2 GOOD MORNING
Fiscal board conditions financial aid on tuition adjustments at UPR
By THE STAR STAFF
The Financial Oversight and Management Board is conditioning financial assistance to needy undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) on the educational institution’s compliance with tuition increases, an oversight board letter shows.
UPR President Luis A. Ferrao Delgado had requested a waiver of the requirements set forth in Section 16 of the budget enforcement language for the Certified Fiscal Year 2024 UPR Budget. Section 16 outlines that if UPR does not fully adjust tuition to keep pace with critical investment and provide sufficient resources to help stem longstanding challenges, UPR may only disburse $10 million of scholarship funds appropriated under the “Commonwealth Scholarship Fund” budget line item to eligible undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Only if UPR fully complies with the tuition adjustment defined in the UPR Fiscal Plan, the $10 million in scholarship funds may also be available for allocation to eligible graduate students with demonstrated financial need.
As such, the $10 million in scholarship funds are intended to offset the impact of tuition adjustments set by the UPR Fiscal Plan.
In an Aug. 30 letter, the oversight board informed Ferrao that it had granted a partial waiver of the request for $2.2 million to eligible graduate students with demonstrated financial need.
“The allocation is proportional to the level of compliance with the tuition schedule established by the UPR Fiscal Plan, given that undergraduate tuition adjustments have progressed more than those for graduate students,” the oversight board said in the letter. “Accordingly, the remaining $300,000 will be reserved for eligible undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need, resulting in $7,800,000 for undergraduates and $2,200,000 for graduates.”
For fiscal year (FY) 2024, UPR determined not to increase tuition credit costs and instead commissioned a price elasticity study to examine the effect of tuition increases on enrollment.
The study concluded that there is a negative and significant relationship between tuition increases and student enrollment. The UPR submitted the results of the elasticity study to the oversight board in support of the request, along with additional requested information on April 26, 2024, and May 10, 2024.
“The Oversight Board analyzed the data submitted by UPR to understand the variables and the determination process by replicating the econometric estimations presented in the Elasticity Study, using data from 11 campuses (in comparison, the Elasticity Study included data from four campuses),” the board said. “The evaluation conducted by the Oversight Board suggests that demand is less elastic than estimated in the Elasticity Study when the same methodology
is applied to more campuses.”
“This indicates that tuition increases will have less of an effect on enrollment than estimated in the Elasticity Study,” the board wrote.
“Moreover, the primary objective of the UPR Fiscal Plan is to improve UPR’s financial position while preserving and, wherever possible, enhancing its ability to deliver quality higher education,” the oversight board added. “Given UPR’s challenges, the UPR Fiscal Plan includes measures to diversify revenue sources, including tuition increases. The UPR Fiscal Plan also emphasizes the need to limit the impact of tuition increases on students with demonstrated financial need by increasing needs-based scholarship expenditures to maintain affordability and access to UPR.”
The UPR Fiscal Plan established a schedule for adjusting graduate tuition to increase the cost per credit for graduate programs to be more in line with island and mainland benchmarks, and then index to average public tuition increases or 3.1% starting in FY2020.
“However, during FY2019, UPR implemented only a partial increase to graduate tuition adjustments and then continued to index graduate tuition costs until FY2023 without addressing this shortfall,” the oversight board noted.
“Consequently, this has led to persistent shortfalls in meeting the UPR Fiscal Plan revenue targets, as the planned adjustments since FY2019 have not been fully enacted,” the board said. “Although the partial increases until FY2023 allowed the University to increase tuition revenues, UPR reported revenue shortfalls of approximately $9.5 million, $10.4 million, and $9 million for Fiscal Years 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.”
With the above-mentioned considerations, the oversight board approved a partial waiver to Section 16 of the budget, allowing $2.2 million to be allocated to eligible graduate students with demonstrated financial need. The remaining $300,000, the board said, should be allocated to eligible undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. The board also approved extending the $2.5 million until June 30, 2025.
UPR President Luis A. Ferrao Delgado (Tammy Olivencia)
Scuba Dogs Society calls for beach cleanup volunteers
By THE STAR STAFF
The Scuba Dogs Society invited volunteers from Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities on Monday to be part of positive change in the 39th International Coastal Cleanup, the largest volunteer effort in the world to remove and record trash from coasts and bodies of water.
The event, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, is led globally by Ocean Conservancy, while in Puerto Rico it has been organized locally for 22 years by the Scuba Dogs Society (SDS). Volunteers will be able to register through the link: https://scubadogssociety.org/registro-de-voluntarios.
The family-friendly and inclusive event is open to anyone who can contribute to cleaning the island’s shores and waterways. An adult must accompany children under 17 years old. Participants will obtain certificates for four hours of green contact or community service.
“The International Coastal Cleanup shows us that every piece of trash we collect locally counts and leads to a global impact,” said María Ocasio Torres, executive director of SDS. “This year, we want to invite more volun-
teers than ever to join us in this crucial mission to protect our coasts and the life that lives on them.”
Volunteers in Puerto Rico will contribute to the world’s largest trash database by recording the trash they collect in the award-winning Clean Swell app. Scientists, researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers committed to the environment and public health rely on Ocean Conservancy’s Ocean Trash Index to formulate policies and solve the growing trash crisis.
In the past year, cleanup data has been used to advocate for a ban on balloon launches in Florida, the introduction of the Farewell to Foam Act in the U.S. Congress, the Global Plastics Treaty and the law banning single-use plastics in Puerto Rico.
In 2023, volunteers collected and logged more than 70,000 pounds of trash on Puerto Rico’s shorelines, with items such as cigarette butts, plastic bottles and food wrappers among the most common.
“Plastic pollution is one of the biggest threats to our oceans, but together we can make a big difference,” said Allison Schutes, global director of the International Coastal Cleanup. “No matter where you are, every bottle, straw,
In 2023, volunteers collected and logged more than 70,000 pounds of trash on Puerto Rico’s shorelines, with items such as cigarette butts, plastic bottles and food wrappers among the most common.
and piece of trash you pick up as part of the International Coastal Cleanup connects you to a global movement for a healthy ocean. We appreciate the efforts of the Scuba Dogs Society and all the volunteers in Puerto Rico, and we look forward to another successful year.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) Electoral Commissioner Juan Manuel Frontera Suau charged on Monday that the recent resolution issued by State Election Commission (SEC) Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera could open the doors to electoral fraud by allowing early voting ballots by mail to be sent to addresses not registered in the General Voter Registry.
“With the decision taken on September 1, the SEC [chairwoman] intends to authorize the officials of the Permanent Registration Boards (JIPs by the initials in Spanish) to record postal addresses that do not conform to the General Voter Registry, which allows ballots to be sent to unregistered addresses,” Frontera Suau said in a written statement. “This decision has the effect of diluting the value of the vote.”
Resolution CEE-RS-24-023 revokes a previous determination by former SEC Chairman Francisco Rosado Colomer, who had established that early voting ballots by mail should be sent only to the postal address registered in the Voter
Javier Jiménez Pérez, the Dignity Project president and candidate for governor
Registry. The change in the rules occurred 66 days before the elections and 15 days before the deadline to request early voting.
Javier Jiménez Pérez, the Dignity Project president and candidate for governor, said “this decision opens the door to electoral fraud, since it allows dozens or hundreds of ballots to be received at a single postal address, which facilitates the manipulation of the electoral process.”
Jiménez Pérez also warned that with tens of thousands of deceased people still not removed from the General Voter Registry there is a real danger that votes will be cast in those individuals’ names, which would undermine the integrity of the elections.
“The people must understand that no SEC official sees the voter who requests a postal vote, at any time,” Jiménez Pérez. Frontera Suau added that therefore, that vote “must have the guarantees of accurate identification by the SEC, that the person who says he requests and casts the vote is the person with the right to do so.”
Jiménez Pérez said the Dignity Project will proceed to take the matter to court to protect the right to vote of all voters in Puerto Rico, ensuring that ballots are sent to the correct addresses and maintaining the transparency and legitimacy of the elections.
OIG Podcast aims to educate public on gov’t administration Dignity Project denounces changes in early voting rules
By THE STAR STAFF
The Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico (OIG) on Monday announced the launch of its new educational initiative, OIG Podcast, as part of its strategy to stay at the forefront of technological changes and offer dynamic and accessible content on critical issues of government administration.
The OIG Podcast will focus on creating diverse and educational content on public management, with episodes that will address topics such as transparency in institutions, best practices in government auditing, and the implications of ethics in decision-making. Through interviews with experts, the podcast seeks to provide in a simple and enjoyable way an understanding of the processes used by government institutions and become a valuable tool for continuous learning.
“Through these conversations, we will not only provide deeper insight into issues of public relevance, but we will also foster an open and educational dialogue on accountability in public administration,” Inspector General Ivelisse Torres said in a written statement. “We are convinced that this podcast will enrich the knowledge of our listeners.”
The OIG Podcast is available on digital platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, iHeart, Amazon Music and Apple Podcast.
NPP resident commissioner candidate outlines gov’t program
By THE STAR STAFF
Sen. William Villafañe Ramos, the New Progressive Party (NPP) candidate for resident commissioner, presented a series of proposals for the party’s government program earlier this week.
Villafañe’s priorities in Washington would include improving coordination between the central government and federal agencies, focusing on statehood, and working with both political parties in the United States to advance Puerto Rican causes.
On energy and infrastructure, he proposes eliminating excessive bureaucracy that delays reconstruction, and ad-
justing estimates for inflation. On federal funding, he advocates for the transition from PAN to SNAP, the expansion of Medicaid, and greater benefits for nonprofit organizations.
In education, Villafañe will focus on obtaining funds for STEM and Special Education. In addition, he proposes prioritizing the hiring of Puerto Rican companies by federal agencies, with the goal of injecting up to $1 billion into the local economy.
Regarding cabotage laws, Villafañe proposes a tariff credit to mitigate their costs, encouraging local agriculture and manufacturing. If elected, he also plans to expand the criteria for student loan forgiveness and improve public safety.
Changes to inspection process are in store for newer vehicles
By THE STAR STAFF
The vehicle inspection process in Puerto Rico will undergo changes, Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega said Monday.
Vélez Vega said rules will be amended so that vehicles under two years old will be inspected in their third year of use.
“An amendment will be made to the regulations of the inspection centers to add that now it is three years …,” she said in a radio interview. “If you have a vehicle that is only two years old, you would have had to inspect it in November of this year, but now you have one more year to inspect it.”
The agency has 90 days to make amendments to the law so they can become effective in November.
Transportation and Public Works Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega
Vélez Vega also pointed out that improvements are being worked on in the inspection sticker payment sys- tem, and that payments can be made through the digital application of the Driver Services Center. Problems were
reported with the payment process and the balance of fines, among other processes. For this reason, the agency passed a resolution so that citizens could renew their stickers without having to present a reconciliation of proof of payment to the AutoExpreso system.
The resolution went into effect on Aug. 12 and will be valid until Sept. 30 while improvements are made to the system.
“One of the resolutions expired on Saturday,” Vélez Vega said. “We were giving until August 31 to people who could not renew the stickers that expired in July. Well, July and August ended on Saturday. …”
The DTOP secretary also clarified that although there is a second resolution in force until Sept. 30 that allows citizens to carry out their renewal process without having to present evidence of payment reconciliation, as of September payments can be made digitally, facilitating and speeding up the process.
Two proposals aim to attract more airlines to Vieques
By THE STAR STAFF
The creation of new air routes and the establishment of greater airline presence should be a priority for the development of Antonio Rivera Radiques Airport in Vieques.
Those are the objectives of a pair of proposals introduced by the New Progressive Party minority leader in the House of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez.
The first proposal is House Bill 28, which would establish an annual allocation of $200,000 from a new fund, the Incentive Fund for Airlines and the Development of Air Access, with the goal of helping airlines that travel continuously to Vieques and Culebra establish or expand routes to regional airports. The other proposal consists of the implementation of the federal Essential Air Service (EAS) program, which provides
economic subsidies and funds to guarantee flight operations in regional airports throughout the United States and its jurisdictions, as would be the case with Puerto Rico.
“For us, the development of regional airports in Puerto Rico is a priority,” said the representative of District 36 (Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra). “Today, with an investment of $13.8 million, the landing strip at Rivera Radiques in Vieques was repaved. This facilitates the arrival of more airlines, as well as support companies, which in turn will generate more jobs for Viequenses.”
“Two mechanisms exist that will immediately help the development of this facility, House Bill 28, which will be presented in January and which establishes some unique incentives for Vieques and Culebra that facilitate the expansion of routes and will attract new airlines,” Méndez Nuñez added. “At the same time, the EAS, which will not be used
at Eugenio María de Hostos [Airport in] Mayagüez, can be implemented in Vieques.”
Sen. William Villafañe Ramos, the New Progressive Party candidate for resident commissioner
Antonio Rivera Radiques Airport in Vieques
Death of Israeli American hostage prompts outpouring of grief across US
By ISABELLE TAFT and SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA
Hersh Goldberg-Polin loved soccer and music. He was curious, respectful and passionate about geography and travel, according to his mother. He was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Israel when he was 8.
About 15 years later, he became one of the most internationally recognized hostages among the 240 who were taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. For months, his parents made pleas to bring their son and the other hostages home.
But he was among the six hostages whose bodies were found in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip over the weekend. In a statement, President Joe Biden said they were killed by Hamas.
“With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh,” his family said in a statement. Family members declined to be interviewed for this article, asking for privacy.
On Sunday, tributes to Goldberg-Polin, who was 23 and a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, poured in from many pockets of America. People who knew him expressed immense grief and recalled moments they shared. To many across the country, he had become a symbol of hope.
Andy Feig, a rabbi in Los Angeles, grew up with Goldberg-Polin’s father and later spent time with the family in California. He said Goldberg-Polin “exuded the best traits” of his parents: caring, fun-loving and kind.
“In Yiddish, you say ‘mensch,’” meaning a person with integrity,” Feig said, adding, “Hersh was that kind of kid.”
Jeffrey Abrams, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League Los Angeles, recalled a fond memory of Goldberg-Polin’s family in 2010. Abrams was visiting Israel with his wife and three young sons, and after meeting Goldberg-Polin’s parents through a mutual friend, the family invited them to their apartment for a Sabbath dinner.
“Out of nowhere, this nice, lovely young family, with similarly aged kids, expressed one of the core Jewish values, which is to welcome the stranger,” Abrams said. He remembered Goldberg-Polin, then 9, as a “boy with big curly hair riding his tricycle with glee.”
Orly Lewis, CEO of the Weinstein Jewish Community Center in Richmond, Virginia, which has a preschool that Goldberg-Polin attended, also remembered him as a fun, open-minded child. Lewis said she and others in the city’s tightknit Jewish community had
Mourners attend a vigil at Columbus Circle in New York on Sunday night after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is pictured on a poster, Sept. 1, 2024. On Sunday, tributes to Goldberg-Polin, who was 23 and a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, poured in from many pockets of America. (Adam Gray/The New York Times)
admired his parents’ advocacy in the past several months.
“There’s a saying in Hebrew: Who saves one life, it’s as if they saved the entire world,” she said. “I think the whole world was watching how much they tried to bring Hersh home, and the rest of the hostages.”
Goldberg-Polin was abducted while attending a music festival, and he lost a part of his arm while defending an emergency shelter from Hamas gunmen. In the 11 months since he was taken captive, his parents, Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, became two of the most outspoken advocates for the hostages’ release. They have delivered speeches, met with elected officials and the Pope, and even addressed the Democratic National Convention in their hometown last month. At the convention, Goldberg and Polin each wore a piece of tape on which the number 320 was written, representing the number of days their son had been in captivity.
“Hersh, if you can hear us, we love you,” Goldberg said at the convention. “Stay strong. Survive.”
For Yael Nidam Kirsht, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, the news felt personal. Her sister and brother-inlaw were abducted Oct. 7 from the kibbutz where they lived. Her sister was released in November, but her brother-in-law was killed in captivity this year, she said.
Nidam Kirsht had continued to find mean-
ing in something Goldberg-Polin’s mother often said: “Hope is mandatory.” Just last week, Nidam Kirsht joined dozens at a vigil honoring Goldberg-Polin in Berkeley, where he was born.
“I was really hoping that what happened to us wouldn’t happen to Hersh,” she said.
To many who didn’t know Goldberg-Polin or his family personally, the news still cut deep. Susan Gordon Newman, a 52-year-old marketing professional in Chicago, where Goldberg-Polin’s parents were born and raised, said that she, as a mother of two, was “devastated” for the family.
“There was so much hope for almost a year, and now there’s no hope,” she said.
Some Americans lamented the ongoing war and its overall impact. Christine Blevins, a 50-year-old property manager from Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood, said, “All of it is horrible and has gone on way too long. It has created further division in our country.”
There are still seven U.S. citizens in captivity by Hamas. Israeli authorities say more than 60 living hostages and the bodies of about 35 people believed to be dead remain in Gaza. The Israeli military on Sunday said the six people whose bodies were found over the weekend were fatally shot at close range by Hamas.
Hamas initially did not directly address the accusations but said in a statement that responsibility for the deaths lay with Israel. Later, without providing evidence, the group said in another statement that the hostages were killed by the Israeli military’s bullets.
In the Chicago suburb of Skokie, where Goldberg-Polin’s family once lived, Alfred Aghapour, 70, who lived two doors down from the family and attended the same synagogue, said he had been praying for Goldberg-Polin’s release. “It’s heartbreaking,” he said.
Rabbi Leonard Matanky, head of Chicago’s Ida Crown Jewish Academy — from which Goldberg-Polin’s parents both graduated — has known the family for decades. Tragedy in the world often seems to be anonymous and far away, he said, but for the Ida Crown community, Goldberg-Polin’s capture was “very close.”
After Oct. 7, Matanky said, the school displayed a photograph of Goldberg-Polin and a prayer for the safety of the hostages around the building. When students return this week, his photo will still be there.
Trump campaign uses statements from Gold Star families to attack Harris
By CHRIS CAMERON
The partisan dispute over Arlington National Cemetery escalated Sunday when the campaign of former President Donald Trump published statements from family members of slain U.S. troops attacking Vice President Kamala Harris after she criticized Trump for politicizing the cemetery.
It was the latest effort by the Trump campaign to defend itself after a physical altercation between a Trump aide and a cemetery official that was triggered by the campaign defying a ban on political campaigning at the Arlington cemetery in Virginia during Trump’s visit last week. Most of the family members who were with Trump for that visit signed onto the statement promoted by the Trump campaign.
The Army said in a statement Thursday that an official at Arlington National Cemetery was physically pushed by a Trump campaign aide after she tried to stop the campaign from filming in a heavily restricted area of the cemetery. Trump campaign officials then insulted the cemetery worker — insisting that there was no physical altercation and that they were prepared to release footage to prove it, but the campaign has not done so.
In her first public comments on the situation, Harris said in a statement Saturday that Trump had desecrated the cemetery — considered to be among the most sacred of American institutions.
Trump and his campaign also posted videos from the family members on social media that similarly attacked Harris and praised Trump, and on Sunday evening published a campaign ad that included those remarks. Some of those family members had defended Trump’s visit to Arlington in previous statements last week, and some family members were also given speaking roles at the Republican National Convention in July where they criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The former president and his aides have given contradictory explanations for why they had filmed the cemetery. Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesperson, had initially said that the campaign had permission to take photos and video — a notion that statements by the cemetery and the Army had rejected because that would be prohibited by law.
Harris said that the Arlington cemetery was a solemn place that should be free of politics, describing the campaign’s filming of Section 60 — largely reserved for service members killed in recent wars overseas — as “a political stunt.”
The Trump campaign then released the statement signed by family members of 7 of the 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport during the withdrawal from
Afghanistan three years ago.
The statement spoke of the heroism of the troops killed at Abbey Gate, and the grief that the family members have felt in the three years since their loved ones were killed. But it also sought to blame Harris for the politicization of the cemetery, asserting that it was the vice president who had “disgracefully twisted” Trump’s visit “into a political ploy,” and effusively praised Trump’s leadership, with the family members of the troops asserting that “if he were still commander in chief, our children would be alive today.”
It made no reference to the altercation with the cemetery official, nor the insults directed against her afterward. It also made no mention of concerns by the family of a Green Beret — as well as the Green Beret Foundation, a veterans’ charity — about the Trump campaign filming his gravesite. Master Sgt. Andrew Marckesano, who earned Silver and Bronze stars during his service, died by suicide in 2020. Other family members of troops buried in Section 60 at Arlington have expressed outrage at the incident.
The Trump campaign then highlighted that some of the family members who had appeared alongside Trump at the cemetery had given the campaign aides permission to film the event themselves — even though the cemetery said officials had repeatedly told the Trump team that it would violate federal law.
Trump has also repeatedly said that he had posed for photos at the graves spontaneously at the request of family members. He has frequently brought up the incident during his campaign rallies, insisting that he was not campaigning because “I don’t need the publicity.”
“Thank you for saying you wanted me to stand with you at Arlington National Ceremony, and take pictures, that it was your request, not mine, but it was my great honor to do so,” Trump said of the troops’ families in a post on his social media site, Truth Social, on Sunday.
The Trump campaign and some family members of the troops killed at Abbey Gate have also suggested that Harris and Biden had been invited to the Arlington ceremony along with Trump. An aide with the Harris campaign said that the vice president had not been invited and pointed to a statement from Harris that mourned the slain troops on the third anniversary of the bombing last week. A White House official also said that Biden was not invited.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Harris wrote on social media that she had visited the cemetery several times as vice president and that she would never use the setting for campaign activities.
(Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
Has the spread of tipping reached its limit? Don’t count on it.
By BEN CASSELMAN
Americans are being asked to tip more often and in more places than ever before: at fast food counters and corner stores, at auto garages and carwashes, even at self-checkout kiosks. That has rankled many customers and divided employers and tipped workers.
It may soon get worse. Both major-party presidential candidates have embraced proposals to eliminate income taxes on tips, a move that would, in effect, subsidize tipping and prompt more businesses to rely on it.
Economists across the political spectrum have panned the tax idea, arguing that it is unfair — favoring one set of low-wage workers over others — and could have unintended consequences. Even some tipped workers and groups that represent them are skeptical, worrying that over the long term the policy could result in lower pay.
But the debate alone underscores how service-sector workers have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic as an economically and politically potent force. The spread of tipping in recent years was, in part, a result of the intense demand for workers, and the leverage it gave them. The presidential candidates’ dueling proposals signal that they see the nation’s roughly 4 million tipped workers as a constituency worth wooing.
But it is far from clear whether the rapid shifts in the tipping landscape will work out in employees’ favor in the long term. Already, some workers say they are seeing their tips fall off as more customers grow tired of constantly being asked to tip — a complaint backed up by at least some data. There is also evidence that some businesses are using tipping to avoid offering larger pay increases. Both trends could intensify if the economy weakens.
With gratuities now embedded in industries where they were once uncommon, more workers will suffer if customers start pulling back.
“The more wages become tip-based, the more fragile your life is,” said Amanda Cohen, a chef and restaurant owner in New York City who is a critic of tip-based pay. “And I’m not quite sure why you would force more people into that system.”
A pandemic shift
A decade ago, Cohen was in the vanguard of a different trend in tipping: its abolition.
Cohen banned gratuities at her vegetarian restaurant, Dirt Candy, in 2015. In their place, she raised wages for all workers in her restaurant — whether they were servers or line cooks — and raised menu prices to pay for the increase. Other restaurateurs followed suit, including Danny Meyer, owner of New York establishments such as Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe.
Cohen, Meyer and like-minded peers argued that the tipping system was problematic for a number of reasons. It was unstable, with servers never sure what they would make from one shift to the next. It was also inequitable, with those tipped workers — at least at higher-end restaurants like Cohen’s and Meyer’s — earning far more than the line cooks working for hourly wages in the kitchen. And it was rife with
Amanda Cohen, a critic of tip-based pay, inside her kitchen at Dirt Candy in New York, Sept. 14, 2021. Both major presidential candidates propose exempting tips from taxes which could encourage more reliance on tipping, and leave workers vulnerable. (Lanna Apisukh/The
New York Times)
opportunities for racial bias, sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination and abuse.
But the anti-tipping movement never gained traction outside of a relative handful of expensive restaurants in major cities, and the onset of the pandemic killed whatever momentum it had.
The spread of tipping
Economists have struggled to figure out exactly where and how much tipping has grown. Statistical agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau don’t publish data on tipping or ask about it in most of their surveys. The Internal Revenue Service releases some data, but only years after the fact, and its figures don’t include tips that aren’t reported on tax forms.
Data from private-sector sources, however, suggests the spread has been real and significant. Half of all bakeries and ice cream shops now pay out tips to workers, up from about a third before the pandemic, according to data from the payroll processing firm Gusto. Tipping has also increased at coffee shops, quick-service restaurants and similar businesses where it was once less common. (Some stores may previously have had cash tip jars, which aren’t tracked in the company’s data.)
‘Tip fatigue’ fallout
For customers, however, seemingly constant requests for a tip — each of which must be accepted or awkwardly and publicly declined — can be exhausting, said Liz Wilke, Gusto’s chief economist.
“It’s like, how generous are you feeling today, Liz?” she said. “It’s an uncomfortable question to get asked five times a day.”
In surveys, many Americans report being frustrated by frequent tip requests, and some say they are becoming less
generous as a result. So far, there is only limited evidence that is actually happening. Data from Toast and other sources suggest tipping has fallen from its mid-pandemic peak but has recently leveled off.
But concerns about “tip fatigue” underscore how the growth of tipping has been a double-edged sword for workers. On the one hand, gratuities have been a crucial source of additional income during a period of rising costs — and have, so far, come on top of wage increases, not instead of them.
On the other hand, workers are more dependent than ever on tips. They now account for about 20% of earnings for workers at quick-service restaurants, for example, up from about 10% before the pandemic, according to data from Square. That makes workers vulnerable to any pullback from customers, whether out of frustration or because of a cooling economy.
“Working for tips can be a bittersweet thing,” said Qiara Mercer, a 23-year-old server at a Waffle House in Durham, North Carolina. “Sometimes you have good days, and sometimes you have bad days.”
Lately, she has had more bad days than good, earning only about $10 an hour even after tips.
The tax-on-tips debate
Former President Donald Trump was looking to tap into the concerns of workers like Mercer this summer when he proposed exempting tips from federal taxes — an idea that he said had grown out of a conversation with a waitress in Las Vegas. Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed a version of the idea during a speech, also in Las Vegas, in August. Harris, unlike Trump, paired the proposal with a promise to raise the minimum wage.
The idea of exempting tips quickly won the support of the Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, as well as industry groups like the National Restaurant Association.
If tips aren’t taxed, workers should, in theory, be more willing to sacrifice wages for tips. Over time, that could lead more businesses to adopt tipping for more workers, said Ernie Tedeschi, a research scholar at Yale Law School who was, until this spring, a White House economic adviser.
“This proposal shifts the burden of compensation a little bit away from the wage side and toward the tip side,” Tedeschi said. That’s good for restaurants, whose costs will fall. But for workers, he said, “they’re going to make a little bit less in wages.”
Stocks
Dow notches record high close after upbeat economic data
Wall Street stocks rose and the Dow scored a second consecutive all-time closing high on Friday, with Tesla and Amazon climbing after fresh U.S. economic data raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates modestly in September.
U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting the economy remained strong while prices rose moderately.
“Investors are seeing another sign of being in a soft landing,” said Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at Newedge Wealth. “It’s another one of those Goldilocks kind of reports really threading a needle right down the center. The market is really getting exactly what it wanted.”
A “just-right” Goldilocks economy has steady growth, but not too much that it fuels excessive inflation.
Amazon.com and Tesla each jumped over 3%.
Broadcom rallied nearly 4%, while Marvell Technology surged 9% after the chipmaker forecast quarterly results above estimates.
The personal consumption expenditures report came on Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell last week expressed support for an imminent policy adjustment.
Economic data next week includes the Labor Department’s August jobs report, due on Friday.
Money markets suggest traders mostly expect the Fed to cut rates by 25 basis points in September, with odds of a 50 basis point cut dimming further after Friday’s data, according to CME Group’s FedWatch Tool.
Friday ended a tumultuous month on Wall Street after signs of a sudden moderation in the labor market in early August sparked fears of a U.S. recession. The influence of the Japanese yen carry trade worsened the rout.
Shares have rebounded since then, with the S&P 500 trading near record highs.
Ahead of Monday’s U.S. stock market holiday for Labor Day, volume on U.S. exchanges was relatively light, with 11.2 billion shares traded, compared to an average of 11.4 billion shares over the previous 20 sessions.
The S&P 500 climbed 1.01% to end at 5,648.40 points.
The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.13% to 17,713.62 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.55% to 41,563.08 points.
All 11 S&P 500 sector indexes rose, led by consumer discretionary, up 1.9%, followed by a 1.1% gain in industrials.
MOST ASSERTIVE STOCKS
For the month, the S&P 500 rose 2.3%, the Dow added 1.8% and the Nasdaq climbed 0.6%.
Nvidia rose 1.5%, rebounding from a 6.4% drop on Thursday after the artificial intelligence-chip bellwether failed to match sky-high investor expectations, despite upbeat results and a broadly in-line forecast.
Novavax surged 8.6% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for an updated version of its COVID shot.
Ulta Beauty slid 4% after it trimmed its annual results forecasts, citing slowing demand for higher-priced cosmetics and fragrances at its stores.
Intel jumped almost 10% following a report it was exploring options that could include a merger.
The San Juan Daily Star
‘Moving in the dark’: Hamas documents show tunnel battle strategy
By ADAM GOLDMAN, RONEN BERGMAN and NATAN ODENHEIMER
Hamas’ handbook for underground combat describes, in meticulous detail, how to navigate in darkness, move stealthily beneath the Gaza Strip and fire automatic weapons in confined spaces for maximum lethality.
Battlefield commanders were even instructed to time, down to the second, how long it took their fighters to move between various points underground.
The 2019 manual, which was seized by Israeli forces and reviewed by The New York Times, was part of a yearslong effort by Hamas, well before its Oct. 7 attack and current war with Israel, to build an underground military operation that could withstand prolonged attacks and slow down Israeli ground forces inside the darkened tunnels.
Just a year before attacking Israel, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, approved spending $225,000 to install blast doors to protect the militia’s tunnel network from airstrikes and ground assaults.
The approval document said Hamas brigade commanders had reviewed the tunnels below Gaza and identified critical places underground and at the surface that needed fortification.
The records, along with interviews with experts and Israeli commanders, help explain why, nearly a year into the war, Israel has struggled to achieve its objective of dismantling Hamas.
Israeli officials spent years searching for and dismantling tunnels that Hamas could use to sneak into Israel to launch an attack. But assessing the underground network inside Gaza was not a priority, a senior Israeli official said, because an invasion and fullscale war there seemed unlikely.
All the while, officials now realize, Hamas was girding for just such a confrontation.
Were it not for the tunnels, experts say, Hamas would have stood little chance against the far superior Israeli military.
The underground-combat manual contains instructions on how to camouflage tunnel entrances, locate them with compasses or GPS, enter quickly and move efficiently.
“While moving in the dark inside the tunnel, the fighter needs night-vision goggles equipped with infrared,” the document, written in Arabic, reads. Weapons should be set to automatic and fired from the shoulder. “This type of shooting is effective because
A sketch of a tunnel that Israeli soldiers drew on the wall of a Palestinian family’s home, where they found a tunnel, during an escorted tour by the Israeli military for journalists in the central Gaza Strip on Jan. 8, 2024. Hamas leaders spent years developing an underground warfare plan. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
the tunnel is narrow, so the shots are aimed at the kill zones in the upper part of the human body.”
Israeli officials knew before the war that Hamas had an extensive tunnel network, but it has proved to be more sophisticated and extensive than they realized. Early in the war, they estimated that it stretched for about 250 miles. Now they believe it is up to twice as long.
And they continue to discover new tunnels. Just last week, Israeli commandos rescued a Bedouin Arab citizen of Israel who was found alone in an underground warren. The government said Sunday that six hostages had been found dead in another tunnel.
Sinwar, Israel’s highest-value target, has been suspected of managing the war and evading capture from a tunnel.
The records show how both sides have had to adapt their tactics in the war. Just as Israel underestimated the tunnels, Hamas prepared for subterranean battles that have not materialized. Israel was reluctant, especially early in the war, to send troops underground where they might face combat. Hamas has primarily ambushed soldiers near tunnel entrances, while avoiding direct confrontations.
That has left Hamas to use the tunnels to launch aboveground hit-and-run attacks, hide from Israeli forces and detonate explosives using remote triggers and hidden cameras, according to Israeli military officials and
a review of battlefield photos and videos.
These maneuvers have slowed Israel’s assault, but its military has still decimated Hamas’ ranks, routed them from strongholds and forced them to abandon huge swaths of the tunnel network that they invested so heavily to build.
Members of the Israeli military discovered the tunnel warfare document in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district in November, officials said. A letter from Sinwar to a military commander was found that same month south of the city. The documents were made available by to the Times by Israeli military officials.
A military spokesperson said that “the fact that Hamas is hiding in tunnels and managing much of the fighting from there prolongs the war.” A senior Hamas official declined to comment on the tunnel strategy.
The markings on the documents are consistent with other Hamas materials that have been made public or been examined by the Times. And Israeli soldiers have described details, such as camouflaged tunnel entrances and recently installed blast doors, that are consistent with the Hamas documents. The documents also describe the use of gas detectors and night-vision goggles, equipment that Israeli forces have found inside tunnels.
Destroying a tunnel section can take dozens of soldiers about 10 hours, according to a senior Israeli officer who is an expert on tunnel warfare. Last year, the Israeli army dis-
covered a tunnel that had a depth of 250 feet — about the height of a 25-story building. The army said it took months to destroy it.
“I cannot overstate that in any way. The tunnels impact the pace of the operations,” said Daphné Richemond-Barak, a tunnel warfare expert at Reichman University in Israel. “You can’t advance. You can’t secure the terrain.”
“You’re dealing with two wars,” she added. “One on the surface and one on the subsurface.”
Israel’s military leadership has made the tunnels its main target. But the campaign has come at a steep cost for Palestinian civilians. Many of the tunnels snake beneath densely occupied areas. Israel has publicized videos of the military destroying tunnels with more than 16 tons of explosives per kilometer.
The Israeli military estimates that it costs Hamas about $300,000 to build roughly a half-mile-long rudimentary tunnel. Richemond-Barak said that the letter from Sinwar highlighted the expense and sophistication behind the effort.
The letter was written to Mohammed Deif, the group’s military commander, who is believed to have been an architect of the Oct. 7 attack. It is not clear when Hamas completed its review of tunnel fortifications or whether it was done in connection to the attack planning. Sinwar wrote that “the brigades will be given the money according to the level of importance and necessity.”
The letter could indicate where the group anticipated the toughest fighting. Sinwar authorized the most money for doors in northern Gaza and Khan Younis. Indeed, some of the heaviest fighting during the war has taken place in those areas.
“The Hamas tunnel system was an essential, if not existential element of their original battle plan,” said Ralph F. Goff, a former senior CIA official who served in the Middle East.
France confronts horror of rape and drugging case as 51 men go on trial
By CATHERINE PORTER and SÉGOLÈNE LE STRADIC
For years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s.
But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story.
Her husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot, had been crushing sleeping pills into her food and drink to put her into a deep sleep, police said, and then raping her. He had ushered dozens of men into her home to film them raping her, too, they said, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.
Using the man’s photographs, videos and online messages, police spent the next two years identifying and charging those other suspects.
On Monday, 51 men, including Pelicot, were to go on trial in Avignon, in a case that has shocked France and cast a spotlight on the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse and the broader culture in which such crimes could occur.
The accused men represent a kaleidoscope of working-class and middle-class French society: truck drivers, soldiers, carpenters and trade workers, a prison guard, a nurse, an IT expert working for a bank, a local journalist. They range in age from 26 to 74. Many have children and are in relationships.
Most are charged with raping the woman once. A handful are accused of returning as many as six times to rape her.
The victim, who has divorced her husband and changed her surname since his arrest, is now in her 70s.
Since his arrest, Pelicot, 71, has “always declared himself guilty,” said Béatrice Zavarro, his lawyer. “He is not at all contesting his role.”
Other defendants have denied the rape charges, with some arguing that they had the husband’s permission and thought that was suf-
A view of the rooftops of Avignon, France, Sept. 1, 2023. A man is accused of drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her over almost a decade — the questions raised by the case have unsettled the country. (Ashley Tinker/The New York Times)
ficient, while others claimed they believed the victim had agreed to be drugged.
When police showed the victim some of the photographs they say her husband had carefully classified and stored, she expressed deep shock. She and her husband had been together since they were 18. She had described him to police as caring and considerate.
She had no memory of being raped, by him or the other men, only one of whom she recognized, she told police, as a neighbor in town.
The first time she will consciously witness the rapes, her lawyer Antoine Camus says, will be in the courtroom when the video recordings are played as evidence.
The trial comes at a moment of heightened scrutiny of the handling of sexual crimes in the country. Rape is defined in French law as an “act of sexual penetration” committed “by violence, coercion, threat or surprise.” A number of feminist lawmakers want to amend that wording to say explicitly that sex without consent is rape, that consent can be withdrawn at any time, and that consent cannot exist if sexual assault is committed “by abusing a state impairing the judgment of another.”
“There is a kind of naivete on the topic of predators in
France, a kind of denial,” said Sandrine Josso, a lawmaker who led a parliamentary commission into what is known in France as “chemical submission” — drugging someone with malicious intent. She started the commission after she says she became the victim of a drugging last year. A senator is being investigated on accusations that he slipped ecstasy into her Champagne.
Josso hopes that the Avignon trial will draw attention to the use of drugs to prey on women, and also shed light on the wide profile of predators. “They could be your neighbors, without falling into paranoia,” she said.
Pelicot seemed like a classic man next door. He was a trained electrician, an entrepreneur and an avid cyclist. His middle child and only daughter, Caroline Darian, her pen name, described him as a warm and present father in a book published in 2022 about the case, “And I Stopped Calling You Papa.” She tried to turn her family trauma into action, forming a nonprofit association, “Don’t Put Me to Sleep,” to publicize the dangers of drug-facilitated crimes.
Her father, she wrote, was the one who drove her to school, picked her up late from parties, encouraged her and consoled her. Her mother was the stable breadwinner, working as a manager in a Paris-area company for 20 years.
When she retired, they moved to a house with a big garden and pool in Mazan, a small town northeast of Avignon. The couple regularly hosted their three children and grandchildren for summer vacations peppered with late dinners on the terrace, where the family debated, held dance competitions and played Trivial Pursuit.
“I think of us as happy,” his daughter wrote. “I thought my parents were.”
None of them harbored any suspicions. Then, in 2020, three women reported Pelicot to police for trying to use his camera to film up their skirts in a grocery store, and he was arrested.
Police seized his two cellphones, two cameras and his electronic devices, including his laptop, before releasing him on bail.
On the devices, police say they found 300 photographs and a video of an unconscious woman being sexually assaulted by many people. They said they also found Skype messages in which the man boasted of drugging his wife and invited men to join him in having sex with her while she was unconscious.
Over the course of their investigation, police found more than 20,000 videos and photographs, many of them dated and la-
beled, in an electronic folder titled “abuse.” The timeline they built began in 2011. The list of suspects grew to 83.
Two months after his initial arrest, Pelicot was arrested again and charged with aggravated rape, drugging and a list of sexual abuse charges. He is also accused of violating the privacy of his wife, daughter and two daughtersin-law on suspicion of illegally recording, and at times distributing, intimate photos of them. If he is found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
During interviews with police, the details of which were included in an overview of the case by the investigative judge, Pelicot said he began drugging his wife so he could do things to her, and dress her in things, that she normally refused. Then he started inviting others to participate. He said he never asked for or accepted money.
The story has prompted some soul-searching among doctors, since Pelicot’s wife had visited gynecologists and neurologists over a series of mystifying symptoms, but had received no diagnosis, according to her daughter.
“What I found disturbing for us doctors was that no doctor considered this hypothesis,” said Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, a well known obstetrician-gynecologist and expert in violence against women. She and a pharmacist, Leila Chaouachi, have now developed training for doctors and nurses on the symptoms that victims of drug-facilitated assault can experience.
Contrary to popular belief, most cases occur at home, not at bars, said Chaouachi, who runs annual surveys on such offenses in France. Most victims are women, the surveys show, and around half of the victims do not remember the attack, because of blackouts, she said.
In the case going to court in Avignon, some of the accused admitted guilt to police. According to the investigating judge’s report, many claimed that they were tricked into having sex with a drugged woman — lured by a husband for a three-way encounter and told she was pretending to sleep, because she was shy.
Several said they believed that she had consented to being drugged and raped as part of a sex fantasy. Some said they did not believe it was rape, because her husband was there and they believed he could consent for both of them.
“It sends shivers down the spine regarding the state of affairs in French society,” said Camus, who is also representing Darian and many other members of the family. “If that’s the conception of consent in sexual matters in 2024, then we have a lot, a lot, a lot of work to do.”
America does not need the death penalty
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Capital punishment is not a front-burner political issue this year. In fact, the Democratic Party dropped the subject from its 2024 platform, eight years after becoming the first major party to formally call for abolishing the death penalty. But in 2020, President Joe Biden’s campaign platform included a pledge to “work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level, and incentivize states to follow the federal government’s example.” Once elected, he became the country’s first sitting president openly opposed to capital punishment.
It would be an appropriate and humane finale to his presidency for Biden to fulfill that pledge and try to eliminate the death penalty for federal crimes. Such an effort would also remind the nation that this practice is immoral, unconstitutional and useless as a deterrent to crime.
For more than two decades now, most barometers of how Americans view capital punishment — the number of new death sentences, the number of executions and the level of public support — have tracked a steady decline. There were 85 executions in 2000 but only 24 last year and 13 so far this year, all carried out in only seven states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. While a majority of Americans, about 55% over the
PO BOX 6537 Caguas PR 00726
Telephones: (787) 743-3346 • (787) 743-6537 (787) 743-5606 • Fax (787) 743-5100
Dr. Ricardo Angulo
Founder
María de L. Márquez
past several years, remain in favor of the death penalty for convicted murderers, half no longer believe it is used fairly. The Gallup Crime Survey, which has been testing opinions on this subject of fairness since 2000, found in last October’s sampling that for the first time, more Americans believed the death penalty was applied unfairly (50%) than fairly (47%).
This editorial board has long argued that the death penalty should be outlawed, as it is in Western Europe and many other parts of the world. Studies have consistently shown, for decades, that the ultimate penalty is applied arbitrarily, and disproportionately to Black people and people with mental problems. A death sentence condemns prisoners to many years of waiting, often in solitary confinement, before they are killed, and executions have often gone awry, arguably violating the Eighth Amendment ban on “cruel and unusual punishment.”
But the death penalty is still on the books at the federal level as well as in 27 states. Biden’s Justice Department ordered a moratorium on federal executions in 2021, putting a pause on the practice after the Trump administration carried out 13 federal executions in its last six months. The moratorium is not a ban; it was intended only to study the protocols used for the practice. So even after the moratorium on carrying out federal executions was put in place, federal prosecutors decided to seek the death penalty for the perpetrator of the racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in 2022.
Some states have imposed moratoriums on executions because the predominant method, lethal injection, has been botched so many times. Others are searching for new modes of killing. The most notorious of the 13 executions so far this year, that of Kenneth Smith on Jan. 25 in Alabama, was a result of the state’s recent experiment with asphyxiation by nitrogen gas.
When Smith was first scheduled to die, in 2022, the prison’s execution team was unable to insert the IV for a lethal injection, adding to the lengthy list of bungled executions by that method. Problems in administering lethal injections and the difficulty in procuring the necessary chemicals had prompted officials in some states to explore a new method of execution. In Alabama, Smith was chosen to test it.
Whether Smith was guilty of committing a terrible crime is not in question; he was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988. The question is whether death by asphyxiation is what Americans in Alabama and elsewhere should accept as justice and humanity in the 21st century.
Nitrogen hypoxia was promoted by Alabama as a more humane way to put a person to death, and it initially looked as if it would be widely embraced. Oklahoma, Mississippi and Louisiana have authorized the new method, Ohio is preparing to join them, and officials in Nebraska are considering it.
But then, all the other methods used in the United States over the last three centuries — gallows, firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber and lethal injection, which is currently the most common method — were also promoted as humane. One witness to Smith’s death reported that he writhed and heaved in apparent agony for several minutes before he died. Americans who believe that these punishments have no place in a modern system of criminal justice can urge lawmakers in the states where execution is still legal to ban it altogether. In the several states where it is still regularly in use, voters can demand stricter limits, such as a requirement that a prisoner cannot be subject to the punishment a second time, after a botched attempt, as Smith was. Alabama was the last state that allowed judges to impose the death penalty even when a jury had ruled otherwise. That was the case for Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison by the jury in his second trial, a decision that was overruled by a judge.
There are executive actions Biden could take in the absence of federal or state legislation to abolish the death penalty, including directing the Justice Department not to pursue the death penalty in pending and future cases and commuting the death sentences of those currently on federal death row. He could also order the demolition of the federal execution chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, as those opposed to the death penalty have urged him to do. And by promoting new federal legislation, he could restart an important conversation in American society about ending the death penalty. Even if its chances of passage were unlikely, the discussion around it and in the wider public would have value.
Until this year, the American justice system seemed firmly on course away from the death penalty. Biden was right to identify capital punishment as a moral affront, and he should help relegate this practice to history.
Denuncian
que Juan Dalmau
SAN JUAN – El expresidente de la Cámara de Representantes, José Aponte, sostuvo que Juan Dalmau, candidato a la gobernación por la unión independentista de Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño y el partido Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana, denigra a los trabaja-
“denigra” a trabajadores puertorriqueños en los estados
dores puertorriqueños que laboran en los estados de la nación.
“El trabajo, cualquiera que sea, es digno y nunca debe ser motivo de burla. Las expresiones denigrantes de Juan Dalmau contra los hombres y mujeres que se han movido a los estados de la nación por una mejor calidad de vida son insensibles y de corte elitista. Mi primer trabajo a tiempo completo un verano estando en escuela superior fue como conserje en una fábrica, asumo que Dalmau encontraría eso bajo también”, dijo el líder estadista.
En una entrevista corriendo por las redes sociales, Dalmau dice que ‘no me gustaría que la aspiración del que se siente desesperado por una economía fracasada colonial en Puerto Rico se ve en la necesidad de irse a los Estados Unidos como una válvula de escape para terminar limpiando pisos y baños, porque es la realidad en muchos casos’.
“Quiero decirle a Dalmau que los puertorriqueños que por nuestra condición colonial se mudan a esta-
Administradora de ASSMCA invita al evento “No
POR CYBERNEWS
SAN
JUAN – La administradora de la Administración
de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA), Carmen Bonet, invitó el lunes a participar del “No Luches en Silencio Day”, evento que se llevará a cabo el domingo, 8 de septiembre en el Paseo La Princesa del Viejo San Juan, será un espacio de encuentro, apoyo y fortalecimiento emocional para los asistentes. La actividad, que iniciará a la 1:00 de la tarde, es gratuita y está abierta a personas de todas las edades.
“El ‘No Luches en Silencio Day’ es más que un evento, es un movimiento de solidaridad y comprensión. Este esfuerzo forma parte de la campaña de educación ‘No Luches en Silencio’, es una iniciativa de política pública del gobernador Pierluisi que busca transformar la manera en que vemos y hablamos sobre la salud mental en nuestra sociedad. En un mundo donde tantas personas enfrentan batallas internas, este día nos recuerda que no debemos sufrir ni cargar solos
las vivencias que afectan nuestra salud emocional. Es una invitación a abrir el corazón, ventilar nuestras emociones y, sobre todo, a buscar la ayuda necesaria para sanar”, afirmó la administradora.
Las actividades del día estarán diseñadas para nutrir el alma y el espíritu. Habrá estaciones psicoeducativas y recreativas enfocadas en fortalecer la salud emocional de manera integral. Pero el evento no se limitará solo a la educación; también habrá espacio para el disfrute, con un espectáculo artístico, degustaciones de productos locales, la presencia de personajes infantiles, y ferias de servicios donde ASSMCA y otras organizaciones estarán ofreciendo orientación en un ambiente acogedor.
La funcionaria agregó que “la campaña educativa ‘No Luches en Silencio’ también tiene como objetivo difundir la existencia de la Línea PAS, un recurso vital disponible los 7 días de la semana, las 24 horas del día. Cualquier persona que necesite apoyo puede llamar al 1-800-981-0023 o al 9-8-8 y recibir asistencia inmediata. Es una línea de vida, un puente hacia la recupe-
dos como Florida, Texas, California y Nueva York, entre otros, trabajan igual que otros. Nuestra Constitución dice: ‘La dignidad del ser humano es inviolable. Todos los hombres son iguales ante la Ley. No podrá establecerse discrimen alguno por motivo de raza, color, sexo, nacimiento, origen o condición social, ni ideas políticas o religiosas’. Las expresiones del candidato a la gobernación por la mogolla independentista es una afrenta a ese pronunciamiento como lo es a todos los trabajadores, no sólo en los estados, sino en Puerto Rico también”, añadió el Representante por Acumulación.
“Los candidatos de esa mogolla se han expresado en contra de la democracia, no denuncian abusos contra la libertad religiosa y han dicho que no creen en la libertad económica, inclusive hasta vehículos de motor han indicado que quieren quitarle a la gente y ahora Dalmau, el líder del grupo, denigra el trabajo, tratando de estigmatizar a los puertorriqueños en los estados. Debería pedir una disculpa pública a todos los trabajadores”, concluyó diciendo Aponte.
Luches En Silencio Day”
ración, que ha estado y estará siempre al alcance de quienes la necesiten”.
El evento contará con música en tarima, incluyendo el talento de Los Cantores de Bayamón, la Orquesta del Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación, así como los grupos VIP y N3 Amigos. También, el espectáculo del personaje infantil de ASSMCA Ernesto Honesto y otras atracciones.
Investigan hurto de 41 gallos de pelea valorados en 41,000 dólares en Trujillo Alto
TRUJILLO ALTO – La Policía informó que investiga un hurto reportado en la mañana del lunes en el barrio
Quebrada Grande de Trujillo Alto, donde se sustrajeron 41 gallos de pelea y de reproducción valorados en 41,000 dólares.
Según el informe policial, el querellante, un hom-
bre de 75 años, informó que alrededor de la 1:00 de la madrugada escuchó ruidos en su gallerín, y al verificar en horas de la mañana, descubrió que alguien había roto una verja de alambre de su finca y otra de cyclone fence en la parte posterior del gallerín, apropiándose de los gallos.
La Policía precisó que el agente William Lozano, adscrito al distrito de Trujillo Alto, investigó preliminar-
mente el incidente, y el caso fue referido a la División de Propiedad del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) de Carolina para continuar con la investigación. Se exhorta a la ciudadanía que tenga información sobre este caso a comunicarse de manera confidencial con la Policía llamando al 787-343-2020 o a través de la red social X en @PRPDNoticias y en Facebook en www.facebook/prpdgov.
POR EL STAR STAFF
September 3, 2024 13
The highly deceptive, deeply loved, down-to-earth Carol Kane
Carol Kane in New York in July 2024. Starring in a new indie film, “Between the Temples,” Kane never expected to be known for comedy. (Caroline Tompkins/The New York Times) The San Juan Daily Star
By MELENA RYZIK
Do you hear Carol Kane before you see her? The voice that can go pipsqueak high or deep rasp, wavering at just the right moment? Or do you imagine first the mass of golden curls, which telegraph unruliness while actually framing exactly what she wants you to experience?
She modulates that distinctive quaver to match the character, too — “whether it should be lower, or denser, or higher, or an accent,” she said. “I work a lot on that. I get it as specific as I can.”
It’s nearly absent in her “Annie Hall” graduate student, and filtered through quiet Yiddish in “Hester Street,” the 1975 immigrant drama that earned her an Oscar nomination at 23. It swings from the pinched cadences of Simka, with her invented language on the sitcom “Taxi,” to the brash Lillian, the batty, mouthy New York landlord on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
And in her newest film, the Sundance favorite “Between the Temples,” in which Kane stars opposite Jason Schwartzman, she runs the gamut from vulnerable to sharp — a vocal confidence scale that’s not far from how her own real-life lilt changes.
More than an eccentric character study, Kane, 72, who has been acting professionally for nearly 60 years, is actually a deceptively versatile performer who, through friendship and dedication to craft, is connected to Hollywood’s golden age — but also appeared at a sci-fi convention last month.
That she became known for comedy “was a surprise to me,” she said. This despite a four-decade sweep that includes that Emmy-winning performance in “Taxi,” holding her own opposite Andy Kaufman, and scene-stealing moments as a
witchy wife in “The Princess Bride” and a fairy abusing Bill Murray in “Scrooged.”
Did she think of herself as funny? Not really. She started in theater and her first film role — at 17 — was in the Mike Nichols drama “Carnal Knowledge.” But she knew enough to heed the call when people such as Gene Wilder, James L. Brooks or Tina Fey beckoned.
“A lot of people are funny-adjacent. And Carol’s really funny,” Fey, a creator of the Netflix series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” said by phone. “She’s so cuddly, and her eyes are enormous. Her hair is like spaghetti. But, you know, she is very much in control of her timing.” On some level, Fey said, Kane is “a machine inside” who takes a precise approach. “But she’s a proper actor, too,” Fey added. “And so you can get vulnerability and real feeling from her very easily.”
IN “BETWEEN THE TEMPLES,” directed by indie filmmaker Nathan Silver, she plays Carla, a retired elementary school music teacher who runs into a former student, Ben (Schwartzman), now a cantor, albeit a depressed one who can’t sing. They strike up a friendship (or maybe more) while Carla studies for a deeply belated bat mitzvah. The movie — funny, idiosyncratic, sad, neurotic and, yes, Jewish — hangs on their dynamic as widowers seeking something outside themselves. Many critics have called Kane’s performance among the best of her career.
Silver, who wrote the movie with C. Mason Wells, said he created it for Schwartzman. But it was not until Kane joined that it came into focus. When Schwartzman and Kane met on a video call for a chemistry test, “within a minute, they were comfortable with each other, doing a screwball comedy kind of back-and-forth,” Silver said, “and I knew we had a movie.”
Schwartzman, 44, said he grew up watching — being fascinated by — Kane, and even pictured her “Princess Bride” scene while they were shooting a pivotal moment in “Between the Temples.”
The story was personal in some ways for Kane, who is also Jewish (but wasn’t bat mitzvahed). It reminded her of her mother, Joy, a composer and music educator who, at 97, still plays the piano daily and who at 55 uprooted her life to move to Paris to study and teach. Kane said she drew on that as inspiration for “someone that, later in life, wanted to learn and become a fuller person.” Today, mother and daughter live together on the Upper West Side, so Kane can care for her mother.
Over a delightful lunch in Manhattan, she seemed most proud to share a poem her mother had just written.
She collects lifelong friendships with co-stars easily. “What took you so long? She’s an important actress!” Billy Crystal, her partner in “The Princess Bride,” said when I called to talk about her. They met years before their 1987 movie, at a party in Jamie Lee Curtis’ West Hollywood apartment. Curtis, Kane and Bette Davis all lived in the same building, and Kane befriended Davis, too.
In “The Princess Bride,” Rob Reiner’s classic fairy-tale
comedy, Crystal and Kane are Max and Valerie, a decrepit, bickering couple of potion-sellers, and Kane has one of cinema’s great entrances, screaming “Liaaaarrr!” at her husband as she runs in, white hair flowing. She is on screen for about 90 seconds. And she is indelible.
“It’s just a little jewel in the middle” of the movie, Crystal said.
KANE FELL IN LOVE with performing instantly when she was around 7 and her mother took her to see children’s theater in her native Cleveland. Her family moved around a lot, with stints in Paris and Haiti, following the career of her father, Michael, who was an architect. When her parents divorced, her mother settled in New York, where Kane attended the Professional Children’s School.
Kane was a late addition to the small cast of “Carnal Knowledge,” Nichols’ 1971 marital drama. Arriving on set, she met the filmmaker and immediately went to see the dailies. Watching beside screenwriter Jules Feiffer and stars Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel — she played his teenage girlfriend — “I’m just like what? Just paralyzed with shock, you know?” she said. Nichols put her at ease.
“The best direction he gave to me was that he let me know — because I was terrified — that I would be enough, that I couldn’t do anything wrong because I was perfect for the part,” she said, and started crying at the memory.
“I loved him so much,” she said, “and that was such a generous way to welcome someone into the world that he was creating.” (Nichols died in 2014.)
THE LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING of “Between the Temples” was her speed in some ways, but a challenge in others: It had no real screenplay. Silver prefers “scriptments,” more like a novella, which the filmmakers worked on with Schwartzman and Kane for months before shooting.
For Kane, the movie reflects what she has learned about her vocation and the pleasures she still finds in acting.
“When I was young,” she said, “I was a perfectionist to the degree where it’s painful. That’s what Bette Davis was. People think she was difficult, but she wasn’t difficult. She just wanted it to be perfect.”
“But that’s a costly way to live your life,” she continued. “I’ve learned, as I grow older, that I have to let a lot go. You have no control about what’s going to happen.” She’s in it for the moment, not the endpoint. “So, I’m enjoying it more.”
Good news for deal-seekers this fall: Travel demand has softened
By CEYLAN YEGINSU, DEREK M. NORMAN and CHRISTINE CHUNG
Revenge travel after the darkest days of the pandemic contributed to travel roaring back around the world, with airlines, hotels and cruises reporting double-digit growth and travelers using their savings, taking on debt or even selling their homes to splurge on bucket list adventures or multiple trips.
Now, at least for some travelers, that furious vacation spending is slowing down. While high-income travelers are still booking luxury experiences and jet-setting abroad, other consumers have been cutting back on travel spending to meet the high cost of living.
Data from Tourism Economics (on behalf of the U.S. Travel Association, a travel group) shows that the meteoric rise in post-pandemic travel spending that began in 2021 has reached a plateau. In earnings calls this month, top hotel chains such as Hilton and Hyatt reported less demand by leisure travelers for lower-priced brands, while online travel agencies, such as Expedia Group and Booking Holdings, and short-term rental companies such as Airbnb also noted slowdowns.
For those still seeking a vacation or two, that softening demand means bargains — in the form of lower airfare and hotel perks.
“The revenge travel effect is finally receding, and so are prices,” said Steve Hafner, CEO of the Kayak search engine, adding that the fall season will be an ideal time for travelers to “snag up a deal.”
Lodging costs stay steady, but perks abound
The hotel industry in the United States has reported a mostly flat performance this year, according to CoStar Group, a real estate analytics company.
“One thing we see across both sectors — both hotels and short-term rentals — is those listings that are the lowest price, attractive to lower-tier consumers, we’re seeing weakness,” said Jamie Lane, chief economist at AirDNA, a short-
term rental data and analytics company.
More incentives to book, such as room upgrades, are being offered to travelers, particularly loyalty-group members.
“There are more hotels than ever before offering perks with stays,” said Melanie Fish, the head of global public relations for Expedia Group Brands. “They may not be lowering their prices, but they will offer you a bottle of Champagne or free breakfast or a spa discount to stay.”
While looking through last-minute Labor Day options on Hotels.com, one of Expedia’s brands, Fish noticed properties offering rooms with 20% to 30% discounts.
A quick search confirms this: One room at the Moon Palace Cancún resort in Mexico was listed for nearly half of its normal price on Hotels.com for a stay over Labor Day weekend.
According to research conducted by AirDNA, last-minute reservations for short-term rentals — or bookings typically made the same week of the stay — have almost doubled since 2019.
Air travel: Lower prices and more seats
Although demand for air travel has continued to surge in 2024, with international and domestic traffic matching 2019 levels, according to the International Air Transport Association, bookings made in June and July for the months ahead slowed down, especially for domestic travel.
“A likely explanation is a return to prepandemic levels of growth,” the trade group wrote in a recent report.
Looking toward the fall, ticket prices are lower than last year and cabin capacity remains high.
In the United States, carriers have been flying more passenger seats this year compared with last year, according to global travel data provider OAG.
“Now, we’re seeing the scale tipped in the other direction, with more flights scheduled than demand,” said Katy Nastro, a travel expert and spokesperson at Going, a travel company that monitors airfare deals.
Airfare for international flights leaving from the United States this fall is down about 3% compared with last year, according to Airlines Reporting Corp., which processes the sale of tickets between airlines and travel agencies.
Domestic airfare will remain under 2023 levels for the rest of the year, according to the booking platform Hopper. The average price for a round-trip ticket in September is $240, 8% below the average in September 2023.
“We expect airfare to remain low through this fall before rising into the holiday season,” said Hayley Berg, the lead economist at Hopper.
175-70-R13 4x- $199 .00
175-65-R14 4x-
$238 .00
195-50-R15 4x- $252 .00
195-65-R15 4x- $279 .00
235-75-R15 ...... 4x- $379 .00
265-70-R15 4x- $529 .00
205-55-R16 ...... 4x- $289 .00
195-45-R16 4x- $299 .00
205-60-R16 ...... 4x- $309 .00
215-70-R16 4x- $356 .00
235-70-R16 4x- $408 .00
205-40-R17 4x- $315 .00
205-50-R17 4x- $320 .00
205-45-R17 4x- $319 .00
215-45-R17 4x- $329 .00
235-45-R17 4x- $369 .00
225-65-R17 4x- $376 .00
225-60-R17 4x- $374 .00
225-50-R18 ...... 4x- $476 .00
225-55-R18 4x- $484 .00
225-40-R18 ...... 4x- $369 .00
225-45-R18 4x- $368 .00
225-40-R19 ...... 4x- $469 .00
235-35-R19 4x- $389 .00
235-55-R19 4x- $576 .00
235-40-R19 4x- $412 .00
225-30-R20 4x- $412 .00
225-35-R20 4x- $416 .00
265-45-R21 4x- $718 .00
305-40-R22 4x- $812 .00 285-45-R22 4x- $676 .00
Baterias desde $ 49. 95
It’s not just Expedia brands. On Agoda.com, an online travel agency owned by Booking Holdings, a room at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida, was available for nearly 25% off for Labor Day weekend dates. And on Booking.com, one could find a weekend at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas in October for nearly 40% off, as a limited time deal.
Booking last minute, one trend that arose during the pandemic, persists.
Among the fall deals are round-trip flights in early October, operated by Alaska Airlines between Los Angeles to Honolulu for less than $300. An international round-trip airfare from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, with Tap Air Portugal costs about $500. Southwest Airlines is running a fall sale, with one-way domestic flights for as low as $39, and American Airlines is advertising discounted fares to South America, including a flight from Chicago to Bogota, Colombia, for a little more than $300.
Get more for your money by booking a cruise?
While travel demand is decreasing for some sectors, it’s not going away.
“People aren’t going to stop traveling,” said Fish. “They may book closer to when they’re going to travel. They may take a less ambitious trip. They may star down their hotel stays.”
One sector of the travel industry — cruises — has reported record demand this year, in part by drawing in passengers seeking all-inclusive packages more affordable than land-based vacations.
By the end of 2024, 34.7 million passengers are expected to sail on a cruise, 5 million more than the 29.7 million passengers who sailed in 2019, according to Cruise Lines International Association, the industry’s trade group. Cruise capacity is forecast to increase by 10% from 2024 to 2038.
Planes on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, July 19, 2024. The post-pandemic travel rush seems finally to be easing, which has airfares lower and hotels offering more inducements to book. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
LA TENGO MÁS CALIDAD A LOS MEJORES PRECIOS • MARCAS RECONOCIDAS A SU CONVENIENCIA
Unusual origin found for asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
By BECKY FERREIRA
Scientists have discovered new evidence that the rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, abruptly ending the age of dinosaurs, was a bit of an oddball.
The nature of this apocalyptic object, known as the Chicxulub impactor, has inspired intense debates, including a long-running dispute over whether it was a comet or an asteroid. But evidence has been mounting in recent years that the roughly 6-mile-wide impactor belonged to a family of asteroids that formed beyond the orbit of Jupiter, and that rarely impact Earth.
Now, a team led by Mario Fischer-Gödde, a research scientist at the University of Cologne in Germany, has bolstered that case with the help of the rare element ruthenium. Ruthenium is abundant in asteroids but extremely scarce in Earth’s crust, making it a handy bellwether of past impacts by space rocks. The team searched for isotopes of ruthenium in the geological remnants of the Chicxulub impact.
The results revealed a uniform signature across the global layer of debris left by the impact, which is known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. And that signature neatly matches the makeup of a group of space rocks known as carbonaceous asteroids because of their
high-carbon content, according to a study published in Science.
“It’s the nail in the coffin,” Fischer-Gödde said. “This ruthenium isotope signature that we measure cannot be anything else other than a carbonaceous asteroid.”
Previous studies have unearthed chemical signatures in the K-Pg boundary that also implicated a carbonaceous asteroid in the death of the nonavian dinosaurs and about two-thirds of all other species on Earth. But Fischer-Gödde and his colleagues have spent years focusing on ruthenium.
Ruthenium is so vanishingly absent on Earth that it takes only small amounts to associate it with an impact by a carbonaceous-type asteroid. “This is the beauty of the element ruthenium,” Fischer-Gödde said.
For a base line, Fischer-Gödde and his colleagues measured ruthenium in the samples of five other asteroid impacts that occurred over the past 541 million years. All of these impacts lined up with the composition of siliceous asteroids, a class that formed closer to the sun than carbonaceous asteroids and that are concentrated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Most meteorites that end up on Earth’s surface are from this siliceous family.
“So far, Chicxulub, among the 500-millionyear-old impactors, seems to be a unique and rare
case of a carbonaceous-type asteroid hitting Earth,” Fischer-Gödde said.
The siliceous asteroids that impact Earth usually come from the asteroid belt. But it is still unclear how a massive carbonaceous asteroid ended up on a collision course with our planet. One possible origin is a population of carbonaceous asteroids that exists today at the outer edge of the asteroid belt. Though these rocks initially formed beyond Jupiter, scientists think that gravitational instabilities in the early solar system launched them inward to their current position.
Previous research led by William Bottke, a senior planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, has suggested that the deadly object could have been one of these carbonaceous asteroids from the asteroid belt.
Bottke said the new study was “useful” because it confirmed the likely back stories of several impacts on Earth and added “more detailed information to what was in the literature.”
David Kring, principal scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute of the Universities Space Research Association and an expert on the Chicxulub impact, said “the study is an outstanding application of a new analytical technique.”
“Identifying the type of impactor is important because it helps us evaluate the frequency of such impacts in the geologic past and the hazards of such impacts in the planet’s future,” Kring said.
Many mysteries remain about the Chicxulub impact, as well as about the broader role that asteroid strikes have played in the emergence and evolution of life on Earth — and, potentially, other planets. Carbonaceous asteroids have wiped out untold species in our planet’s past, but they may have also helped seed Earth with water, and other essential ingredients for life, at the dawn of the solar system.
And while the Chicxulub impactor doomed the dinosaurs, it simultaneously enabled the rise of mammals, including humans. So we may owe that rogue asteroid a measure of gratitude.
“Without this impact, what would our Earth look like today?” Fischer-Gödde said. “We should probably value, a bit more, that we are around and this is maybe a lucky coincidence that everything came to place like it is today.”
An illustration provided by Mark Garlick shows an artist’s impression of a large asteroid impacting Earth 66 million years ago, abruptly ending the age of dinosaurs. A new study adds strong evidence to the hypothesis that the deadly rock known as the Chicxulub impactor came from a family of objects that originally formed well beyond the orbit of the planet Jupiter. (Mark Garlick via The New York Times)
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR CALIXTO PIÑOL
GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR HÉCTOR PIÑOL Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE OLGA
EMELIA BALLESTER
CABRERA T/C/C OLGA EMILIA BALLESTER
CABRERA COMPUESTA POR MERCEDES
BALLESTER CABRERA, ELENA BALLESTER
CABRERA, SACHA
KOPEL BALLESTER, DAVE KOPEL
BALLESTER, STEVEN KOPEL BALLESTER Y DANIEL JOSHUA
KOPEL BALLESTER, PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO
DESCONOCIDO; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA POR
CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES
RELICTOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01508. (501). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 4 de abril de 2024, enmendada el 15 de mayo de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 18 de julio de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 19 de julio de 2024 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024,
A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en el Cuarto Piso de la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Ju-
dicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, ubicado en la Carretera Número Dos (#2), Kilómetro 10.4, Esquina Esteban Padilla, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar #13 manzana G, Urbanización Jardines de Caparra, Barrio Juan Sánchez de Bayamón, compuesta de 312.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con solar #2 en 13.00 metros; por el SUR, con calle #15, en igual medida; por el ESTE, con solar #12, en 24.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar #14 en igual medida. Contiene una casa de concreto para una familia. Inscrita al folio 16 del tomo 557 de Bayamón, Finca 25326. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 1802 de Bayamón, Finca 25326. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción décima. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. JARDINES DE CAPARRA G13 CALLE 15, BAYAMÓN, PR 00959-7828. Número de Catastro: 1-508-503-088-51300-1. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $118,340.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $78,893.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $59,170.00 Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $78,634.95 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.5% anual
desde el 1 de enero de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $411.40 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $11,834.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Hipoteca: Constituida por Héctor Calixto Piñol González y su esposa Olga Emilia Ballester Cabrera, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma de $118,340.00, con intereses al 6 1/2% anual y vencedero el 1 de enero de 2034, según consta de la escritura #308, otorgada en San Juan, el 10 de diciembre de 2013, ante la notario Margarita M. Pérez, inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 1802 de Bayamón, finca #25326, inscripción 10ma. b. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Sucesién de Héctor Calixto Piñol González, compuesta por Fulano y Mengano, Olga Emelia Ballester Cabrera tambien conocida como Olga Emilia Ballester Cabrera, ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, en el caso civil número BY2022CV01508, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $78,634.95 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 21 de abril de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Bayamon. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por
ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de agosto de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIAL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
JUAN
HERNÁNDEZ RAMOS
Demandante V. MAREDOLJED
DEVELOPMENT CORP.; DARÍO EDUARDO
RUBERTE CORDERO Y ALICIA SÁNCHEZ LÓPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; MARTA
RUBERTE CORDERO; Y JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: JCD2011-0344. (406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA (POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 16 de abril de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Ponce, procederé
a vender en públicas subastas y al(os) mejor(es) postor(es), quien(es) pagará(n) el(los) importe(s) de las ventas en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil del Tribunal, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LA(S) 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA conjuntamente para las Fincas Número 18,045; 24,009, y 24,010, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Ponce, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre los inmuebles que se describen a continuación: Finca Número 18,045: a. REMANENTE: Parcela de terreno ubicada en el Barrio Real Anón del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de cuarenta y uno punto ocho mil treinta y dos cuerdas, equivalentes a ciento sesenta y cuatro mil seiscientos diecisiete punto siete mil trescientos cuarenta y cinco metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con propiedad de Irem del Carmen Poventud, en una alineación de seiscientos doce punto tres mil seiscientos setenta y siete metros lineales y con la parcela número Dos, en una alineación de seis punto ocho mil cuatrocientos sesenta y uno metros lineales; por el SUR, con las propiedades de Las Niñas Eschuchas de Puerto Rico y propiedad de Perfecto Colón, en seis alineaciones de setecientos cincuenta y cinco punto mil doscientos setenta y cuatro metros lineales y con la parcela número Uno en una alineación de cuarenta y uno metros lineales; por el ESTE, con la propiedad de Perfecto Colón, en una alineación de doscientos veintidós punto seis mil cuatrocientos catorce metros lineales y con la propiedad de Las Niñas Escuchas de Puerto Rico, en una alineación de veinticuatro punto mil cuatrocientos quince metros lineales; y por el OESTE, con la parcela número Uno, en dos alineaciones de ciento cuarenta y seis punto cero cuatrocientos ochenta y ocho metros lineales, con la Calle de Acceso, en una alineación de trece metros lineales y con la parcela número Dos, en cuatro alineaciones de trescientos treinta y seis punto seis mil novecientos veinticinco metros lineales. La finca antes descrita es el Remanente de la misma, luego de deducidas la Parcela 1, con cabida de 37,851.5794 m/c;
Parcela 2, con cabida de 78,576.6173 m/c; y Calle de Acceso, con cabida de 5,633.4319 m/c, que pasaron a formar las fincas 24,009; 24,010 y 24,011, respectivamente. Consta inscrita al folio 176 del tomo 983 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II, finca número 18,045. Dirección Física: Calle Realeza final, Urbanización Estancias del Real, Bo. Real Anón, Ponce, PR 00780. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico y a servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. Por sí: HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Eurobank, por la suma principal de $2,760,000.00, intereses al 4 % sobre la tasa de interés establecida de tiempo en tiempo por los principales bancos comerciales en la Ciudad de Nueva York, y vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la Escritura #2, otorgada el 9 de marzo de 2001, ante la Notario Público Marta M. Kury Latorre, inscrita el 21 de febrero de 2001, al folio 190 del tomo 1027 de Ponce, finca número 18045, inscripción 6a. MODIFICADA Y AMPLIADA mediante la Escritura #13, otorgada el 6 de mayo de 2002, ante el Notario Público Jorge Cela Ureña, de la siguiente manera: $4,926,752.00 de principal por lo cual se expide un segundo pagaré por $2,166,752, a favor de Eurobank, vencedero a la presentación, suscrito el 6 de mayo de 2002, ante el mismo Notario Público, devengando intereses al 4 % anual sobre el balance impagado. Esta hipoteca garantizará con igual rango los dos pagarés, o sea, el original y el que ahora se garantiza en la ampliación y que las partes otorgantes expresan y convienen en que esta ampliación del principal de esta hipoteca no constituye una novación de la hipoteca original. Según nota al margen de la inscripción 6a, al folio 190 del tomo 1027 de Ponce, finca número 18045, con fecha 11 de julio de 2002. EMBARGO: El Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, Civil #JCD-2005-1770, seguido por R&F Asphalt Unlimited, Inc. vs. Mareldojed Development Corp., demandado, expidió una Orden y Mandamiento el 13 de septiembre de 2010 donde se autoriza el embargo
de esta finca a favor de la parte demandante, con la prohibición de enajenar los inmuebles que aparezcan a nombre del demandado hasta completar el monto de la Sentencia dictada en este caso, anotada el 12 de julio del 2011 al folio 187 del tomo 1160 de Ponce, finca #18045, Anotación C. AVISO DE DEMANDA: En el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, Civil #JAC2011-0344 seguido por Oriental Bank and Trust, demandante vs. Maredoljed Development Corporation, Darío Eduardo Ruberté Cordero y Alicia Sánchez López y la sociedad legal de gananciales compuesta por ambos; Eduarto Ruberté Huertas y Diana Cartagena Meléndez y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos; Pedro Ferdinand Panelli Ramery y Jeannette Ruberté Huertas y la sociedad legal de gananciales compuesta por ambos; Marta Ruberté Cordero, Olga Ruberté Huertas, John Doe, Richard Roe, demandados, donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca relacionada en la inscripción 6a, ampliada y modificada al margen de la inscripción 6a, antes relaciondas, reducida a $3,490,456.76, anotada el 30 de julio del 2013 al folio 187 vuelto del tomo 1160 de Ponce, finca # 18045, Anotación D. EMBARGO: A favor de ELA para responder por la suma de $51,003.02 por concepto de contribución sobre ingresos; según certificación del 9 de marzo del 2010, anotada el 11 de marzo del 2010 en el Libro ELA Ley 12 Tomo #1 al folio 17 orden 66, en contra de Maredoljed Development Corporation. SENTENCIA con fecha de 14 de marzo de 2008, una sentencia en cobro de $6,350.00, seguido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Yauco, Civil #J4CI2007-00070, sobre Petición para hacer cumplir orden por Alejandro J. García Padilla, en su carácter de Secretario del Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor, en beneficio de Pedro R. Díaz, demandante, contra Maredoljed Development, demandado, anotada en el folio 3, orden 758, Tomo 3 del Registro de Sentencias de Ponce II. Sentencia de fecha 1 de agosto de 2008, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, Civil #JAC20050840605, seguido por San Juan Abstract Company, Inc., v. Traditional Bankers Mortgage Corp., Maredoljed Develop-
ment Corporation, Potential Investment & Develop (Pidico), Darío Eduardo Ruberté Cordero y Alicia de Lourdes Sánchez López, Marta Eugenia Ruberte Cordero, Eduardo Ruberté Huertas Diana Cartagena Meléndez, Olga Ruberté Huertas, Pedro Ferdinand Panelli Ramery y Jeannette Ruberté Huertes, por la cual se anota Sentencia por la suma de $508,208.63, más $80,794.06 de intereses, más $124.29 diarios de costas, anotado el día 13 de agosto de 2008, al folio 19 Libro 3, Demanda Número 806 de Sentencia de Ponce. Sentencia de fecha 2 de agosto de 2007, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Civil #JAC2005-0840605, seguido por San Juan Abstract Company, Inc., v. Traditional Bankers Mortgage Corp., Maredljed Development Corporation, Potential Investment & Develop (Pidico), Darío Eduardo Ruberté Cordero y Alicia de Lourdes Sánchez López, Marta Eugenia Ruberte Cordero, Eduardo Ruberté Huertas y Diana Cartagena Meléndez, Olga Ruberté Huertas, Pedro Ferdinand Panelli Ramery y Jeannette Ruberté Huertas, por la cual se anota Sentencia por la suma de $508,208.63, más $80,794.06 de intereses, más $124.29 diarios de costas desde el 1 de junio de 2006 en adelante y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados equivalentes a 10% de principal, anotada el día 8 de febrero de 2007, al folio 46 Libro 4, Demanda Número 1 de Sentencias de Ponce. Finca Número 24,009: b. RÚSTICA: Parcela número uno (1). Parcela de terreno ubicada en el Barrio Real Anón del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de nueve punto seis mil trescientas cuatro cuerdas, equivalentes a treinta y siete mil ochocientos cincuenta y uno punto cinco mil setecientos noventa y cuatro metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con propiedad de Irem del Carmen Poventud, en una alineación de trescientos quince punto nueve mil doscientos veinticuatro metros lineales y con el remanente, en una alineación de cuarenta y un metros lineales; por el SUR, con la Calle de Acceso, en cuatro alineaciones de doscientos ochenta y dos punto tres mil novecientos noventa y un metros lineales y también colinda con la referida calle, en tres alineaciones adicionales en forma de arco de veinticuatro punto
crita al folio 21 del tomo 354 de Vega Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta de Bayamón, finca número 26488. Dirección Física: 103 Apt. Chalets de La Playa, Vega Baja, PR. 00693. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Doral Financial Corporation, haciendo negocios como HF Mortgage Bankers, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $43,000.00, con intereses al 6 5/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de febrero de 2036, constituida mediante la escritura número 31, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de enero de 2006, ante el notario Félix Javier Santiago García, e inscrita al folio 26 del tomo 442 de Vega Baja, finca número 26,488, inscripción 4ta. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma principal de $138,597.31, la suma de $3,303.99, por concepto de atrasos acumulados por la moratoria debido al paso del Huracán María, la suma de $12,716.62 que incluye intereses según pactados, cargos por demora y otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Vega Baja, por el tipo mínimo de $172,000.00. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera,
o sea, $114,666.67. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la tercera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $86,000.00. Y PARA QUE ASÍ CONSTE, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los sitios públicos conforme a la ley, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello de este tribunal, hoy 19 de agosto de 2024, en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL PLACA #888, ALGUACIL CENTRO JUDICIAL DE VEGA BAJA #888. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA PEDRO TIRADO VIDAL
Demandante V. CATALINA TIRADO VIDAL Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2023CV01943. (Salón: 603 CIVIL). Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS.
NELSON ESTEBAN VERA SANTIAGO - VERASANTIAGOLAW@ GMAIL.COM.
A: CATALINA TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO CARLOS TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO JUAN TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO LUIS TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO ANA LUISA TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO ANDRÉS TIRADO VIDAL O SU HEREDERO FULANO DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL Y PERENCEJO DE TAL - DIRECCIÓN: SE DESCONOCE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted
una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 26 de agosto de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 26 de agosto de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE primera INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA JUAN ANTONIO GARCÍA OCASIO
Peticionario EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: CN2023CV00177. (407). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: CELIO GARCÍA, (II) DUEÑOS ANTERIORES Y (III) PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente de dominio arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor del peticionario, el dominio que tienen sobre la siguiente finca la cual no consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Hato Puerto, hoy Palma Sola del término municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, compuesto de uno punto dos mil setecientos cuatro (1.2704) cuerdas, equivalentes a cuatro mil novecientos noventa y dos punto nueve mil ochocientos treinta y siete (4,9922.9837) metros
cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con Arturo Rodríguez y Nahiara C. Frank Quintana; por el Sur, con Ramal de la Carretera PR-957; por el Este, con Nahiara C. Frank Quintana; y por el Oeste, con Celio García y Arturo Rodríguez”. El abogado del peticionario es: Lcdo. Felix Oscar Rivera Borges, RUA 10781, PO Box 178, Mayagüez, PR 00681-0178; Tel: 787-873-5660; felixriveraborges@yahoo.com. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la parte peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de julio de 2024. LIC. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC
Demandante V. LA SUCESION DE HARRY BRAY PEREZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2023CV00027. (Salón: 201). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA
ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARREROPRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE HARRY BRAY PÉREZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO HARRY BRAY Y COMO BRAY COMPUESTA POR HARRY SEGUNDO BRAY LEAL, ENRIQUE MANUEL BRAY LEAL; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 26 de agosto de 2024. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 26 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA SONIA NOEMI RIVERA LOPEZ
Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, SUCESOR EN INTERES DE RG PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TJ2024CV00354. (Civil: 407). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NO-
LEGAL NOTICE
POR EDICTO. ENEL M. PÉREZ MONTESLCDAENELPEREZ@GMAIL.COM.
A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 29 de agosto de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 29 de agosto de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. DENISSE MINERVA TORRES RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO AGUAS BUENAS
Parte Demandante V. ARIEL OSVALDO
CENTENO TORRES
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV01359. Sala: 803. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ARIEL OSVALDO CENTENO TORRES.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: AGS LEGAL GROUP, LLC Abogados de la parte demandante Lcdo. Ricardo A. Acevedo Bianchi - RUA 20637
Lcdo. José R. González RiveraRUA 13105
Lcdo. Juan A. Santos BerriosRUA 9774
P.O. Box 10242
Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792
Teléfono: (939) 545-4300
Email: rab@agslegaIpr.com o jrg@ agsIegalpr.com
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva, con copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante, dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este
emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día su publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. 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. Extendido bajo mi firma y Sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de agosto de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN JUAN ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ MARQUEZ Demandante V. SUCESION VICENTA F. CARLO LERDO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TB2024CV00128. (Salón: 403). Sobre: DIVISIÓN
AVISO DE MENSURA PARA AGRUPACIÓN DE FINCAS
Se les notifica que el 6 de septiembre de 2024, a las 8:00 AM se realizarán trabajos de mensura de tres fincas propiedad de PP Worldwide Investments, Inc., ubicadas en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, San Juan, PR.
Según consta en el Registro de la Propiedad, las fincas a ser mensuradas son las siguientes: finca 8595, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, número de catastro 087-017-264-05-000; finca 17382, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, número de catastro 087-027-264-06-000; finca 34827, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1099 de Sabana Llana, numero de catastro 087-017-264-01-001.
Los colindantes de los predios antes mencionados, según información provista son: al Norte, Calle Albañiz Municipio de San Juan y desconocidos; al Sur, PR3 Ave. 65 De Infantería, Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI, Ave. Simon Madera; al Este, Ave. Simón Madera, Municipio de San Juan y desconocidos; al Oeste, Pep Boys- Manny Moe & Jack of Puerto Rico.
Con esta notificación se le convoca para que algún representante autorizado de las fincas colindantes pueda estar presente durante el proceso de mensura y confirmar las colindancias en común. Su incomparecencia no será motivo para que la misma no se lleve a cabo. Cualquier comunicación con relación a la mensura que se pretende realizar puede ser dirigida al Agrimensor Alberto Rodríguez Banchs, Dirección: 34 Calle Mattei Lluberas, Yauco, PR 00698, Teléfono 787-645-3539, Correo electrónico a: arbanchs@yahoo.com.
O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
CARMEN E. ALFONSO ARROYOALFONSOABOGADA@GMAIL.COM.
A: SUCN. DE VICENTA FRANCISCA CARLO LERDO COMPUESTA POR AIDA LUZ, CARMEN MILAGROS, IRIS DAMARIS, JUAN E TODOS DE APELLIDOS RODRIGUEZ CARLO, CONYUGES DE LOS DEMANDADOS, FULANO DE TAL.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de agosto de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 09 de agosto de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 09 de agosto de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO
MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC
Demandante Vs ARCADIO RIVERA RIVERA COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HERIBERTO RIVERA RIVERA; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO
DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00181. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, el 8 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el #80 en el plano de parcelación de la COMUNIDAD RURAL PLAYA DE GUAYANÉS del término municipal de Yabucoa, con una cabida superficial de 780.66 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con parcela #83 de la Comunidad; por el Sur, con Calle #2 de la Comunidad; por el Este, con parcela #81 de la Comunidad; y por el Oeste, con parcela #79 de la Comunidad”. Consta inscrita al folio 40 del tomo 198 de Yabucoa, finca número 12638, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Seccion de Humacao. Propiedad localizada en: Lot 80, Bo. Playa Guayanés, Yabucoa, PR 00757 t/c/c Lot 80, Bo. Playa Guayanés, Yabucoa, PR 00757. La propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas preferentes ni cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El
rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $61,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, el 15 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $41,000.00 dos tercios (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $30,750.00 la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, el 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $38,753.92 de principal; intereses al 7.50%, los cuales se acumulan mensualmente desde el 1 de noviembre de 2019, hasta el saldo total de la deuda; y cargos por demora que ascienden al 5% de cualquier pago mensual o cuotas atrasadas de más de quince (15) días después de la fecha de vencimiento del pago; más la suma de $6,150.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado, así como de cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todo ello de acuerdo a los términos de la Sentencia dictada, la cual es final y firme. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para
su publicación en el periódico
The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 27 de agosto de 2024. JENISSA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MICHAEL A. RIVERA, ALGUACIL PLACA #114, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE YAUCO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante Vs. JAVIER CASTRO MERCADO Demandado
Civil Núm.: YU2023CV00568. Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JAVIER CASTRO MERCADOP.O. BOX 5008 PMB 025, YAUCO, PR, 00698-5008. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel
Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 de junio de 2024. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 26 de junio de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIOBNAL TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMEON SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ SANTOS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02903. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ SANTOS. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index/ php/tribunal-electronico., salvo que 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 tér-
mino, 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, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr.com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Urb. Cerromonte, C6 Calle 2, Corozal, PR 00783-2203; 1508 SE Ridgeport Cir, Lees Summit, MO 64081. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. JAN CARLOS MENDEZ IRIZARRY
Demandado Civil Núm.: AR2024CV00869. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JAN CARLOS MENDEZ IRIZARRY. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la ra-
dicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICIO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index/ php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr.com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Bo. Quebrada Sector Villa Nueva, Carr. 45 Km 4.6, Camuy, PR 00627; PO Box 1211, Lares, PR 00669-1211;
21 Rosewood Dr., Worcester, MA 01602. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Camuy, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de agosto de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. JOHANNA GONZÁLEZ VILELLA, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante Vs. HECTOR MANUEL REYES LÓPEZ, DOMINGA MERCEDES PICHARDO [ACOSTA], Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV00865. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: HECTOR MANUEL REYES LÓPEZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; DOMINGA MERCEDES PICHARDO [ACOSTA], POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR
Church of Divine Structure, Inc.
The Puerto Rican non-profit corporation, Church of Divine Structure, Inc. dissolved its business on March 15, 2024.
If you have a claim against the corporation, please contact Dr. Dean Howell, 185 Howell Canyon Road, Tonasket, Washington 98855. You have 30 days to contact us.
OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo.com, copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán además presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogada de la parte demandante. Si dejaren de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del 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.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 9 de agosto de 2024. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. ARACELIS W. CAMACHO ACEVEDO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA ALTA LUNA
RESIDENTIAL II LLC
Demandante V.
MARGARITA ACEVEDO GONZÁLEZ POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ MÁRQUEZ; JORGE MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, MARÍA DE LOS ANGELES MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN Y TANISHA MONTAÑEZ COMO MIEMBROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ
MÁRQUEZ; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ
MÁRQUEZ
Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00724. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ MÁRQUEZ - PO BOX 1052, TOA ALTA, PR 00951-1052; CALLE 820, RÍO LAJAS, SECTOR
MARZAN, TOA ALTA, PR 00953; BO. RÍO LAJAS, PR 00953; BO. RÍO LAJAS, CARR. 820, KM HM 0.8, TOA ALTA, PR 009853; RÍO LAJAS
CALLE MICKEY RIVERA RIVERA, TOA ALTA, PR 00953.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. pbp/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente
de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009 10-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a 19 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA ALTA LUNA
RESIDENTIAL II LLC
Demandante V. MARGARITA ACEVEDO GONZÁLEZ POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ
MÁRQUEZ; JORGE MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, MARÍA DE LOS ANGELES MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN Y TANISHA MONTAÑEZ COMO MIEMBROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ
MÁRQUEZ; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ MÁRQUEZ
Demandada
Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00724. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO.
A: JORGE MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN, MARÍA DE LOS ANGELES MONTAÑEZ COSTAIN Y TANISHA MONTAÑEZ COMO
MIEMBROS CONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE FRANCISCO MONTAÑEZ
MÁRQUEZ - PO BOX 1052, TOA ALTA, PR 00951-1052; CALLE 820, RÍO LAJAS, SECTOR MARZAN, TOA ALTA, PR 00953; BO. RÍO LAJAS, PR 00953; BO. RÍO LAJAS, CARR. 820, KM HM 0.8, TOA ALTA, PR 009853; RÍO LAJAS CALLE MICKEY RIVERA RIVERA, TOA ALTA, PR 00953.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. pbp/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009 10-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expe-
dido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a 19 de agosto de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE POPULAR AUTO LLC. ANTES RELIABLE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Demandante Vs. JOEL OMAR LÓPEZ PADILLA
Demandado Civil Núm.: PO2024CV01062. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JOEL OMAR LÓPEZ PADILLA.
POR LA PRESENTE: Se le notifica que contra usted se ha presentado la Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero de la cual se acompaña copia. Por la presente se le emplaza a usted y se le requiere para que dentro del término de TREINTA (30) días desde la fecha de la Publicación por Edicto de este Emplazamiento presente su contestación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, P.O. Box 7185, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00732-7185 y notifique a la LCDA. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA, personalmente al Condominio Las Nereidas, Local 1-B, Calle Méndez Vigo esquina Amador Ramírez Silva, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00680; o por correo al Apartado 2342, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-2342, Teléfonos: (787) 832-9620 y (845) 3453985, Abogada de la parte demandante, apercibiéndose que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal hoy 9 de agosto de 2024. CARMEN TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. LOYDA TO-
RRES IRIZARRY, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO THE MARBELLA CLUB HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Parte Demandante Vs. JULIO E. GARCÍA
RIVERA Y ELAINE RODRÍGUEZ PASTRANA
Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2024CV00740. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JULIO E. GARCIA RIVERA Y ELAINE RODRÍGUEZ PASTRANA
Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: GONZÁLEZ & MORALES LAW OFFICES, LLC PO BOX 10242
HUMACAO, PR 00792
TELÉFONO: (787) 852-4422
FACSÍMIL: (787) 285-4425
Email: jrg@gonzalezmorales.com abogados de la parte demandante, cuya dirección es la que deja indicada, con copia de su Contestación a la Demanda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, dentro de los TREINTA (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr , salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 19 de agosto de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA INTERINA. KARILIN MORALES
FIGUEROA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. GISELLE M LOPEZ PENA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV02879. Salón: 1003. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: GISELLE M LOPEZ PENA - URB BORINQUEN GDNS FF14 CALLE MAGNOLIA, SAN JUAN, PR, 00926. 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
LEGAL NOTICE
Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. is proposing to modify telecommunications equipment at approximate overall height of 41 feet above ground level on an existing 21-foot tall building located at Jardines de Country Club, Lot BE-4, Av. Galicia, Bo. Sabana Abajo, Carolina, Carolina County, Puerto Rico (N18° 25’ 30.0”, W65° 58’ 41.6”). Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed undertaking may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 or via email to publicnotice@ecausa.com. Ms. Howell can be reached at (770) 667-2040 x 108 during normal business hours. Comments must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice. 24-
dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de junio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LAURA C. REYNOSO ESQUILÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. propone modificar el equipo de telecomunicaciones a una altura total aproximada de 41 pies sobre el nivel del suelo en un edificio existente de 21 pies de altura ubicado en Jardines de Country Club, Lot BE-4, Av. Galicia, Bo. Sabana Abajo, Carolina, Carolina County, Puerto Rico (N18° 25’ 30.0”, W65° 58’ 41.6”). Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc. invita a cualquier parte interesada a hacer comentarios sobre el impacto que la empresa propuesta puede tener en cualquier distrito, sitio, edificio, estructura u objeto significativo en la historia, arqueología, ingeniería o cultura de los Estados Unidos que se enumeran o se determina que son elegibles para Inscripción en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Los comentarios pueden enviarse a Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Annamarie Howell, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, GA 30004 o por correo electrónico a publicnotice@eca-usa.com. Puede comunicarse con la Sra. Howell al (770) 667-2040 x 108 durante el horario comercial normal. Los comentarios deben recibirse dentro de los 30 días posteriores a la fecha de este aviso. 24-
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
Down
1. Radio "good buddy"
2. Apply to a whetstone
3. Juan's water
4. Phocaea resident
5. King of France
6. Run ____ (owe)
7. Mlle., in Madrid
8. In verse
9. Kind of potato
10. Ventilate
11. Special effects tech
12. Snakelike fish
13. Use a towel
18. Belief statement
22. Letters for royalty
24. Captain of the Nautilus
26. "Did You Ever ____ Dream Walking?"
27. Go too far
28. Kind of circus or frenzy
29. Prose piece
30. Turns over
31. Room type
32. Shenanigan
33. Laxity's opposite
34. Dancer Fred's sister
38. Morning haze
40. Old Saxon letter
41. Ready to drive, as a golf ball
44. Island in Operation Detachment
46. "Wherever I may roam, by land ___..."
49. Incense
50. Pet restraint
51. Rattletrap
55. Prefix with marketing or commuting
56. Eli's school
58. "Driving Miss Daisy" writer
59. R&B singer Peniston
60. Those muchachos
Roger
61. EPA-banned pesticide
62. "Either you do it, ___ will!"
63. Museum-funding org.
64. ___ es Salaam
66. Prefix for lexic or functional
The US Open is busier than
By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ
Inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday afternoon, thousands of fans cheered on an All-American third-round match between Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton. But as the match stretched into its fourth hour, a throng of thousands more with tickets for the night matches swelled outside the stadium waiting to enter.
The crowd was one of many over the past week at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York, where the U.S. Open has been busier than ever.
With an average of about 31,900 fans per night Monday through Friday, nightsession attendance totals broke U.S. Open records. The previous best-attended night sessions were in 2023, according to tournament attendance data.
Combined day and night attendance on Monday through Friday last week averaged 75,012 fans per day, making those days the top five best-attended days ever at the tournament.
The record-breaking attendance is a clear sign of rising interest in the U.S. Open and tennis overall, but fans have complained that the large crowds have also meant longer lines for concessions and gifts, congestion around the grounds and difficulty finding seats on courts open to general admission.
Renee DuPree, 47, of San Francisco, said the lines for concessions in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday were so long that it was easier for her to leave the stadium, buy a drink nearby and then return to watch more tennis.
“There’s just people everywhere,” DuPree said. “To be able to watch a lot of great tennis is a joy. I just wish it were easier to get around.”
Sally Neal, a Long Islander, said she’s seen crowds grow since the 1970s, when she attended the tournament as a child when it was held in Forest Hills. (On average, about 10,900 people would attend a session at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills between 1968 and 1977.)
But this year, Neal said, has been especially crowded, particularly at the gift shops around the grounds.
“It’s like Black Friday at Walmart,” she said.
Fans who show up
Fans have four ticket options to attend the U.S. Open. They can pay for a seat at one of the three stadiums — Arthur Ashe, Louis Armstrong and the Grandstand. Or
ever. Some fans are not happy about it.
As the sport has grown, Zausner said, fans are spending more time on the outer courts because they know those players, not just the big names who play in Arthur Ashe or Louis Armstrong stadiums. Someone with a ticket to sit in Arthur Ashe might also spend time outside the stadium to see a lower-ranked player, Zausner said.
“They’re gravitating — whether it’s Court 5 or it’s Court 16 — to go watch a player because they know something about them,” Zausner said. “As opposed to saying, ‘I’m going into Ashe because I know that Carlos Alcaraz is playing.’”
The grounds become especially crammed when matches end around the same time.
On Thursday, a match between Caroline Dolehide and Sara Errani on Court 7, with seating for 1,494, ended almost at the same time as a match between Mirra Andreeva and Ashlyn Krueger in the adjacent Grandstand Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,125. As fans left both courts, they created a bottleneck of bodies looking for bathrooms, refills on drinks or another match to watch.
they can purchase a grounds pass, a general admission ticket that allows fans to bounce around the outer courts and offers firstcome-first-served admission to matches in Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Some fans, such as Nicole Karagheuzoff, a New Yorker who attended the tournament on Tuesday with Neal, suspect that the tournament has sold too many grounds passes.
Karagheuzoff, who by her estimate has attended the U.S. Open about 30 times, said she had noticed crowding around the outer courts, where she likes to watch doubles matches.
“It’s so hard to get a seat,” she said.
John Chen, 25, of Boston, who attended the tournament Wednesday with his friends, also said that he thought the tournament had sold too many grounds passes.
“They should be more mindful of how many people they should allow to have that general admission,” he said.
But Daniel Zausner, chief operating officer for the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, said in an interview Thursday that the tournament has actually sold fewer grounds passes over the past five to 10 years.
The increased attendance, Zausner said, has primarily come from a drop in no-shows at the tournament.
“The actual percentage of people who
buy the ticket and show up has gone up dramatically,” he said.
In the past, Zausner said, tickets, sometimes purchased by companies, would go unused. “Maybe they sat in your desk drawer,” he said, “or you gave them to somebody, and they ended up not showing up.”
Attendance has also been bolstered by the ticket resale market and by international tourism, which has rebounded since the pandemic began in 2020, according to Zausner, who also serves on the board of directors for New York City Tourism + Conventions.
Draw of the outer courts
Not all fans have complained about the large crowds this year.
“I don’t know that it feels any more busy than previous years,” said Trevor Tripp, 39, of Denver, as he waited in the food court Friday.
The difference between the top five daily attendance totals last year and the first five days this year is an average of about 1,900 fans per day, according to U.S. Open attendance data.
But Tripp said he had noticed more crowding around the outer courts, which typically host lower-ranked players and early-round doubles matches.
“That’s probably the biggest downside,” Tripp said.
“That’s just inertia. You can’t do anything about that,” Zausner said. “There’s no question that you create a crowd in that area, but that’s like when you go to Madison Square Garden and then the game ends, or at halftime and everyone rushes to the bathroom.”
Quieter at the finals
As the draws dwindle, the second half of the U.S. Open is typically less busy than Week 1. The grounds outside Arthur Ashe have been particularly quiet on the last two days of the tournament for the men’s and women’s finals.
But this year will be different, with the introduction of what has been called the Finals Fan Fest. Those without a ticket to the finals can still buy a grounds pass for $28 that will allow them to walk around and attend a watch party in Louis Armstrong Stadium. Before the finals, fans will have more action to follow with the men’s and women’s quarterfinal matches Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by semifinal matches Thursday and Friday.
Gerard Santi, 64, of New York, went to the tournament Thursday with a ticket to Arthur Ashe, where he watched Jannik Sinner of Italy win a straight-sets match over Alex Michelsen, an American. Santi said he had tickets to return on Wednesday, but he wasn’t sure if he would make it.
“They’re squeezing the most out of this thing,” Santi said. “It’s a business; I get it.”
A crowd of attendees at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Aug. 31, 2024. As interest in tennis increases, so do the crowds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times)
The San Juan Daily Star
2024 22
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 21
