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By JOHN Tjpmchaul@gmail.comMcPHAULheexecutivedirector of the Puerto Rico Tourism Com pany (CTPR by its Spanish initials), Carlos Mercado Santiago, announced on Friday that from December 17, 2022, Delta Airline will increase service to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, starting direct flights from the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Detroit, Michigan. These new flights represent more than 25,000 ad ditional seats and an estimated economic impact of $18 million between the months of December 2022 to April 2023. “For the CTPR, the diversification and expansion of air access is a priority in the midst of a challenging operational environment due to the lack of personnel and the increase in competition between destinations. Looking ahead to the high winter season, we celebrate that Delta is betting heavily on Puerto Rico by starting flights from Boston and recovering the Detroit route. With this expansion, Delta will serve San Juan from five airports, thus increasing connectivity to the destination and positively impacting our economic development,” Mercado Santiago said in a writtenServicestatement.fromDetroit and Boston to San Juan will be available starting Dec. 17. The new route between Logan International Airport in Boston and San Juan will have a frequency of one daily flight until April 23, 2023. The flight from Detroit’s Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, one of the airline’s main hubs, will start weekly every Saturday through April 8. “Puerto Rico is one of the most popular destinations in the Caribbean, especially for Delta customers,” said Amy Martin, Delta Airlines’ vice president of International Network Planning. Delta customers in San Juan will now have access to two additional flight hubs in the United States, where they can conveniently connect to more des tinations around the world. We will continue to work to provide our customers with more flight options alongside Delta’s renowned hospitality and reliability.” For his part, Aerostar’s chief executive officer, Jorge Hernández, said that, “At Aerostar, we consider it excellent news that Delta has decided to establish new flights and we celebrate the impact that these will generate for Puerto Rico. We recognize the challenges faced by the industry and the voracious competition that different destinations maintain to attract flights and visitors. We will continue the effort to expand seating capacity, frequencies and destinations for the benefit of our travelers. For this, it is important to continue promoting our destiny abroad suc cessfully and we will be collaborating with other initiatives that will achieve this goal.”

Brad Dean, Chief Executive Officer of Discover Puerto Rico, said, “This shows that, despite the many economic challenges facing our industry, airlines like Delta are bet ting on our destination and seeing opportunities in light of the impressive results attracting visitors. These additional flights help to have better direct access from key markets for Puerto Rican tourism and allow us to stimulate and grow the demand of our market, which results in more visitors benefiting our economy and more and better jobs for ourTheworkers.”airline will use a B739 model aircraft with ca pacity for 180 passengers on both routes. The routes are in addition to existing services from Atlanta, New York JFK, and Minneapolis. The Executive Director of the CTPR reaffirmed the commitment of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro R. Pierluisi, to support the continued development of air access on the island, and expressed his gratitude to Delta Airline for continuing to bet and expand its service in Puerto Rico. “Delta is the longest-lived airline on the is land, serving San Juan for nearly seven decades, and this commitment shows that we share the same vision about the growth potential of our tourism industry and the at tractions offered by Puerto Rico as a tourist destination of excellence in the Caribbean.”

Delta Airline will increase service to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, starting direct flights from the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Detroit, Michigan.

Given that Act 41 impacts the entire private sector workforce and, as a consequence, the whole economy of the Commonwealth, the government’s decision not to prepare an estimate of the law’s impact on the Commonwealth’s revenues is not merely reckless; it is fiscally irresponsible, the FOMB said.

Employers subject to increased employee benefits tend to recoup this cost by reducing wages. However, when employers cannot decrease wages to offset costs of mandated benefits, as may be the case with a minimum wage worker, they may choose to reduce the number of workers they hire, Triest analysis says.

The AEPR noted the importance of increasing salaries and promoting better working conditions to increase production and labor participation. The group also said the government could extend specific incentives and subsidies currently enjoyed by large corporations to small and medium-sized businesses to offset any adverse effects of labor reform in this sector.

By reversing labor reform advances, Act 41 discourages new hiring and reduces labor market flexibility, which will cause a significant adverse economic impact on the Commonwealth’s economy and revenues in direct contravention of the 2022 Fiscal Plan, the Oversight Board said.

While Triest acknowledged the 2017 law failed to increase labor participation, which is currently 40%, the economist said Act 41 will increase the amount or provision of employer-paid benefits. As a result, employers’ costs for any given wage will increase, causing the labor demand curve to shift back. It will also increase the desirability of jobs from the standpoint of em ployees, causing the labor supply curve to shift. The combined effect of the decrease in labor demand and the increase in labor supply is downward pressure on wages, with low-wage workers getting hit the hardest.

The new law’s elimination would likely reestablish onerous provisions related to probationary periods, overtime, and bonuses, making the hiring environment more costly in the formal sector. Its repeal would discourage new hiring and reduce the labor market flexibility, thus limiting the effectiveness of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion in promoting labor force participation, economic growth, and the revenues associated with that growth.

“Likewise, after persistent claims before the other branches of government and the Financial Oversight and Management Board, we obtained the approval of an increase of $200 per month for the personnel, which we got at the beginning of the current fiscal year,” she explained.

The presiding judge assured that “the Judiciary will con tinue to fight to obtain the necessary resources to implement a broad review of all salary scales.” In addition, she will insist on the implementation of a revised Compensation Plan.

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The Board said it conducted its analysis of Act 41, which the government did not contradict. The FOMB said the govern ment proposed to the Board that when the law’s adverse effects are detected, the Oversight Board could adjust the Fiscal Plan to account for the Act’s negative impact on the labor market and the Commonwealth’s revenues.

“Our analysis of the available literature leads us to conclude that to promote economic Development; we should have labor laws that not only restore workers’ rights but also expand those rights,” the group said.

In developing economies, cumbersome labor regulation reduces labor market flexibility, reduces the employment of marginal workers, and generates inequality in the larger society. In addition, more stringent regulations result in a larger unofficial economy and thus, lower tax revenue.

The FOMB, on September 1, sued the government in the federal Bankruptcy Court to nullify Act 41, which restored certain workers’ rights repealed in 2017. The new law also amended the formula for calculating severance payment and the language of the “just causes” for termination under the Unjustified Dismissal Act, the hours of work required to accrue vacation and sick leave as well as the monthly accrual rates for these benefits, meal period provisions, and Christmas Bonus provisions.

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The FOMB and numerous Commonwealth fiscal plans have required the Puerto Rico government not to reverse labor reforms enacted in 2017. The Oversight Board said it also repeatedly directed the government not to pass Act 41 and attempted to engage the Government in a dialogue about the severe negative impacts of Act 41—to no avail.

By THE STAR STAFF Supreme Court Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez announced recently that judicial branch workers would receive a non-recurring payment of $3,000.

The FOMB, in the court action, said its analysis performed by Robert K. Triest, chair of the Economics Department at North eastern University, shows that Act 41-2022 would be detrimental to the economy. Act 41 repeals critical labor reforms and adds new employment law requirements that negatively impact labor market flexibility in contravention of express provisions in the certified Commonwealth fiscal plans.

“The Judiciary has been providing essential services to the community amid the public health emergency due to COVID-19. This has been possible thanks to officials of this branch of govern ment committed to maintaining public order and guaranteeing access to justice. Therefore, after months of efforts and after obtaining the necessary funds, we granted this payment to the staff in recognition of their important work, encouraging the timely resolution of cases and avoiding delays in the judicial operations,” Oronoz Rodríguez said last week. She also reiterated her commitment to addressing the wage lag experienced by her staff. Despite the budgetary challenges caused by the recent government fiscal crisis, the Judiciary has sought the responsi ble use of public funds to ensure staff compensation, including Christmas bonuses, the employer contribution to the medical plan, and salary increases for years of service, remain intact, she said.

Supreme Court Chief Justice is committed to giving fair compensation to branch workers

The Puerto Rico Economists Association (AEPR) has come out against the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) lawsuit to nullify Act 41 of 2022, a new law that returns certain workers’ benefits eliminated or reduced by the 2017 Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act.

The FOMB, in the court action, said its analysis performed by Robert K. Triest, chair of the Economics Department at Northeastern University, shows that Act 41-2022 would be detrimental to the economy.

AEPR opposes Oversight Board’s suit to nullify new labor reform

Triest also said Act 41 will result in an $8.17 billion decrease through 2051 in government revenues. He said the empirical evidence from different countries shows that stricter labor regulations are associated with lower labor participation and higher unemployment in emerging and transition economies, especially among young workers.

The AEPR said over the weekend that strengthening labor rights can jumpstart economic activity. The Association also said it supports the government’s decision to reject the Board’s petition to repeal Act 41 and noted that the new law falls short of its objectives.TheAssociation noted that neither the FOMB nor the government has determined the impact of labor reform. While the Association said it could not assess the law’s impact either, it backed its claims after reviewing the literature on the subject.

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Given the circumstances, Tres Monjitas decided to raise the price per quart of milk eight cents due to the new orders established by the Office for the Regulation of the Dairy Industry (ORIL).

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of the Public Service Regulatory Board approved a resolution which completes the process of the first phase or “Tranche 1” of renewable energy projects. This allows 844.82 megawatts to be added to the power grid.

In addition, the signing of two energy storage contracts that adds 200 megawatts to the electricity system was completed.

Last May, González Beiró and the adminis trator of the Office of Dairy Industry Regulation (ORIL, for its Spanish acronym,) Javier Lugo Rullán, jointly announced the establishment of a new scale for fresh milk, where the minimum price would be $1.64. The maximum fee would be $1.73 per quart. After the announcement, The Puerto Rico Chamber of Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution (MIDA, for its Spanish acronym) said last week that retailers were not taken into consideration in the milk increase.

More expensive quart of milk

“At Tres Monjitas we made an independent and studied analysis based on our economic reality, the reality of the market, and the search for a balance that will also benefit consumers, farmers, and retailers by providing them with a better value equation per ounce in the larger package size,” said Orlando González Núñez, General Manager of Vaquería Tres Monjitas in written statements.

By JOHN Tjpmchaul@gmail.comMcPHAULheEnergyBureau

“The Bureau continues to focus on complying with public energy policy and the transition to clean energy sources as part of the transformation of the electricity system to a more efficient and stable one,” said the president of the Energy Bureau, Edison Avilés Deliz in a written statement.

The Secretary of the Department of Consum er Affairs (DACO, for its Spanish acronym,) Edan Rivera Rodríguez, was noticeably absent during an encounter between coffee growers and the Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives, where they discussed the necessity of raising to $20 the cost of the bushel of coffee to save the local industry. According to the Mayor of Jayuya, Jorge González, there was a time when there were at least 1,000 coffee farmers, and now that number has dwindled to less than 100. “The commitment to agriculture has to be real, ef fective,” he Representativedemanded.Jorge Alfredo Rivera Segar ra, president of said Commission, thanked the attendance of some twenty participants, where the most crucial topic “is the salvation of the 2023 harvest, estimated at 50,000 quintals, the most productive since the passage of Hurricane María. The most important thing here is that the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs acts immediately. There is an urgent need because it would be a tragedy if the coffee harvest were lost.”

President of the Energy Bureau, Edison Avilés Deliz.

“Regarding the Secretary’s statement that it is up to the retailer to negotiate, we respond that there are no conditions for this since the retailer’s profit has been frozen for 15 years, which in reality has been a continuous reduction if we look at it in percentage terms,” added MIDA’s ExecutiveVice President, Manuel Reyes Alfonso.

“The price paid per bushel (28 pounds) of grain must be fixed and established. Remember that the law requires that this price be reviewed every five (5) years by the DACO. That hasn’t happened per the law,” said Rivera Segarra, who added that approximately 250,000 quintals are roasted and milled annually in Puerto Rico. Since 2015, the minimum price in effect has been $14.58 per bushel, implying a 37% increase if the DACO accepts the recommen dation of some roasters to set it at $20. Setting a price per bushel does not represent an increase to the consumer since the same has been paid in recent years. Still, a minimum has not been officially set. By law, the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO) is the government entity that sets prices in the coffee industry. Neither Rivera Rodríguez nor a representative for the agency was present during the Ramónmeeting.González Berió, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, reported that he asked DACO to reconsider the proposed in crease in the price of coffee, which DACO did not accept. DACO indicated in a resolution of more than 30 pages that Gonzalez Beiró was seeking an increase without offering data or an economic study to support the increase in the price of coffee. For the Secretary of Agriculture, “this is an erroneous conclusion by the DACO Secretary.” Those present at the meeting agreed that DACO should reconsider its decision. ?Among those present were community, education, government, and industry leaders, accompanied by mayors of major coffee-pro ducing municipalities. “Now, the Secretary of Agriculture is with us, but we have to see the position of Governor Pedro Pierluisi,” said the Jayuya municipality Agribusinessmanmayor.Juan Meléndez of Café Tres Ángeles proposed that the government establish as a norm that its coffee purchases be of local origin to guarantee a secure market. The mayor of Adjuntas pointed out that “all countries in the world protect their agricultural industries. We see it in the United States and Colombia. In Puerto Rico, the same thing has to happen. We are in a critical situation and must pay farmers $20 or $22 per bushel. The government cannot continue buying coffee abroad when we produce excellent coffee in Puerto Rico. I congratulate the agricultural entrepreneurs for their sacrifice.”

“MIDA wants to clarify that retailers were not provided room to adjust their profit, and they were unfairly kept at 10 cents as they have been for the past 15 years. A few months ago, an increase was granted to the ranchers, and now the processors were allowed to increase as they see fit, but not the retailer. There is no doubt that all the links have suffered increases in their costs and that some increase is justified for all. Still, it is unfair to blame the last link in the chain whose margin has been reduced percentage-wise for the past 15 years”, empha sized MIDA’s president, Joeyleen Quiñones in written statements.

This allows the start of the process for the acquisition of renewable energy for the second phase or Section 2 that will begin on September 9. In that second phase, the Bureau will issue a request for proposals (RFP) for the Puerto /Rico Electric Power Authority to acquire an additional 1,000 megawatts in renewables and 500 megawatts of energy storage through batteries.Law17 of 2019 established a Renewable Energy Portfolio in order to reach a minimum of 40% by or before 2025; 60% by or before 2040; and 100% by or before 2050. For more information on the renewable energy procure ment and storage processes for Tranche 2, interested parties can access the following link: https://prebrfp. accionpower. com/_preb_2101/ login1.asp.

Absent the Consumer Affairs secretary in discussion to save the local coffee industry Energy Bureau approves projects on renewable energy procurement and storage

Front row, from left to right, Maricao mayor and coffee grower Wilfredo ‘Juny’ Ruiz, Secretary of Agriculture Ramón González Beiró and Representative Jorge Alfredo Rivera Segarra. In second row, ADEA administrator, Jayuya Mayor Jorge ‘Georgie’ González, Villalba Mayor and President of the Mayors Association, Luis Javier Hernández and Dr. Fernando Gallardo, UPR Mayagüez.

Representatives of organizations supporting the event were present, such as Senator Nitza Morán Trinidad; Teddy Matheus, president of the board of the Women in Business organization; Marilina Wayland Lucca, President of the Inter american University Metropolitan Campus; Vivian Dolagaray, VPE of Commercial Strategy and Financing of the Economic Development Bank; Enery Ortiz, President of the organization Mujeres Ante la Adversidad; Yandia Pérez, Executive Vice President of the Association of Industrialists and Amongst the invited panelists are Alexandra Lúgaro, former gubernatorial candidate and director of the Innovation Center of Foundation for Puerto Rico; Valerie Rivera Vargas, Director of the Office for the Integral Development of Women of the Municipality of San Juan and Estefanía Soto, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021.

WEF Caribbean targets women and youth, foundations, NGOs, influencers, media, and government institutions. With resilience as its theme, there will be two days of sessions with workshops and a business fair.

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Women leaders will share their knowledge at an economic forum

“We will discuss education trends, entrepreneurship, politics, technology, health, and finance. We want to make an invitation to the civil population to join us and participate. Suppose we unite and look at how to continue working for the development of nations. In that case, we can move forward,” said Johanna Salgado, director of the Women Economic Forum Caribbean.

Alexandra L˙garo, Director of the Foundation for Puerto Rico Innovation Center; Teddy Matheus, Women in Business; Johanna Salgado, Director of WEF Caribbean; EstefanÌa Soto, Miss Universe 2021 (WEF Caribbean Ambassador); Vivian Dolagaray, VPE of Business Strategy and Financing; Nitza Mor·n Trinidad, Senator.

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Puerto Rico, Yesmin Valdivieso, announced that she signed a cooperation agreement in the areas of technical advice and training with the Comp troller General of Accounts of the Republic of Guatemala and another agreement with the president of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of El Salvador Roberto Antonio Anzora“BothQuiroz.agreements are intended to promote technical cooperation in order to analyze issues related to superior control and audits,” said Valdivieso in a written statement.

“This is a forum that was born thanks to the responsibility we have to respond to the needs of our communities. It is very urgent that we rescue this concept of resilience because that is where the opportunity to develop our potential as human beings and as individuals lies,” commented Soto, ambassador of WEFRiveraCaribbean.Vargasthanked the First Lady and the Mayor of San Juan for the work done by the WEF. “We encourage diverse spaces where women can come together to create and help each other. We need to create greater alliances among us,” said Dolagaray,Rivera. from the Economic Development Bank, com mented that half of the commercial portfolio they have is of women entrepreneurs. “Women are essential to us. We have a financing program aimed exclusively at women where we give them extremely attractive terms and conditions where we can guide them, help them and take them towards the culmination of that dream.” For more information and to purchase tickets to WEF Carib bean 2022, access the event’s website https://wefcaribbean.com.

The Comptroller of Puerto Rico, Yesmin Valdivieso, announced that she signed a cooperation agreement with the Comptroller General of Accounts of the Republic of Guatemala and another agreement with the president of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of El Salvador Roberto Antonio Anzora Quiroz.

Lúgaro highlighted the achievements of women today but also emphasized the disadvantages they still have in society.

Comptroller signs cooperation agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala

The Women Economic Forum Caribbean 2022 returns on November 17 and 18 at the Metropolitan Campus of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. This year, 900 women from Puerto Rico and other parts of the world are expected to participate.

On the other hand, Anzora Quiroz said “it is of transcendental importance that the Supreme Audit Institutions strengthen our technical skills to carry out more timely and effective action in terms of proper use of resources.”Theagreement with Guatemala is valid for five years, while the agreement with El Salvador is valid for three years. Both agree ments, signed in San Juan, will be available at www.ocpr.gov.pr.

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The Comptroller’s Office, together with the signatory entities of Guatemala and El Salvador “commit ourselves to strengthen the development of external control activ ities, through projects and study programs, training and technical exchange,” said the comptroller.Inthisregard, the Comptroller General of Accounts of the Republic of Guatemala Dr. Salazar Jerez indicated that “it is important to exchange experiences with other Supreme Audit Institutions in order to strengthen con trols and prevent corruption.”

“Women are nowadays the ones who graduate the most from universities. We have increased the number of women in senior positions in both the private sector and government. We have come a long way, but with a giant rock on our back,” she said. “Seventy percent of the people living in extreme poverty in the country are women. We face inequality, inequity in economic compensation, gender violence, and harassment in the workplace. We still have a long way to go in so many areas. I aspire with this forum to have a conversation that goes beyond empowerment, to start from the recognition that there are many women who are succeeding, who every day stand up and raise their families in the face of adversity,” she added.

Trump described America as a nation in decline, a theme that has become a staple of his post-White House campaign rallies. In Pennsylvania, he again falsely clai med he won the 2020 election and tailored his speech to highlight a spate of recent murders in Philadelphia.

At the rally, Trump attacked the two Democratic candidates at the top of the ticket, Josh Shapiro for go vernor and John Fetterman for senator. He was particularly brutal and unrestrained in attacking Fetterman, whom he called a “socialist loser” and accused, with no evidence, of using a laundry list of hardFetterman’sdrugs. campaign responded: “More and more lies from Trump and Dr. Oz; another day, but it’s the same crap from these two desperate and sad dudes.”

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Trump’s remarks echoed the chain of similar, esca lating attacks he wrote on his social media website this past week, including posts that singled out one agent by name. That agent has retired, and his lawyers have said he did not have a role in the search.

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Trump lashes out in first rally since FBI search

“You’re all enemies of the state,” Trump told thou sands of supporters at his rally, where he was campaig ning for Pennsylvania Republicans, including state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the right-wing nominee for governor, and Mehmet Oz, the celebrity television physician and Senate candidate. “He’s an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth,” he said of Biden.

It was unclear whether more documents remained at Trump’s property. Federal agents recovered 48 empty folders with classified markings and instructions that the user should “return to staff secretary/military aide,” according to court records.

Court records show that the FBI has collected 18 documents marked as top secret, 54 marked as secret, 31 marked as confidential and 11,179 government do cuments or photographs without classification markings. According to the court filings, the sensitive, governmentowned documents were in containers mixed among news clippings, articles of clothing and gifts.

Soon after, Fetterman was fundraising off Trump’s speech.Roy Bunger, a 65-year-old Pennsylvanian who atten ded Trump’s rally, said before the event that he believed the search of Trump’s residence was a political ploy.

Although he faced criticism for the tirades, and some Republicans have warned about the political dan gers in attacking law enforcement, the former president signaled he would yield no ground. His speech came two days after Biden warned that democratic values were under assault by forces loyal to Trump. The former president described Biden’s address as “the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president.”

“They’re deliberately targeting him and doing anything they can to keep him from running again,” BungerButsaid.other Republicans have been more wary of Trump’s actions. Earlier this week, Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said Trump should have turned the documents over. William Barr, who served as attorney general under Trump, has defended the FBI search.

A Florida judge is considering a request from Trump’s lawyers to allow an independent arbiter to review the materials taken by federal agents.

Former President Donald J. Trump speaks at his first rally since his home was searched by F.B.I. agents Aug. 8.

n his first rally since his home was searched by the FBI on Aug. 8, former President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at President Joe Biden and fe deral agents, calling his Democratic rival “an enemy of the state” and the FBI and the Department of Justice “vicious monsters.” In an aggrieved and combative speech in Pennsyl vania, Trump stoked anger against law enforcement even as the FBI and federal officials have faced an increase in threats following the search of Trump’s residence to retrieve classified documents.

Biden has also spent considerable time in Penns ylvania in recent days, underscoring the political signi ficance this year of what may be the nation’s ultimate battleground state. He cast Trumpism as an urgent threat to the nation in Philadelphia, and he also spoke in Wilkes-Barre, near the arena where Trump appeared. He is expected in Pittsburgh on Monday for a Labor Day appearance.

He told the crowd: “It was not just my home that was raided last month. It was the hopes and dreams of every citizen who I’ve been fighting for.”

Still, the document showed the digital department was asking for more: an additional $12 million in February and March. Hartline dismissed the document as a “potential draft budget.”

The financial fortunes of the group alone will not sink Republican chances in November. A super political action committee aligned with McConnell has more than $160 million in television reservations booked after Labor Day. Hartline dismissed those questioning the group’s digital spending as “disgruntled former staff and vendors.” He said the $28 million invested had tripled its file of email addresses and phone numbers and added 160,000 donors.

The NRSC was intended to be a party bulwark yet found itself recently canceling some TV ad reservations in key states.

One fundraising scheme used by the Senate committee, which has not previously been disclosed, involved sending an estimated millions of text messages that asked provocative questions — “Should Biden resign?” — followed by a request for cash: “Reply YES to donate.” Those who replied “YES” had their donation processed immediately, though the text did not reveal in advance where the money was going.

Party leaders, including Sen. Mitch Mc Connell, are fretting aloud that Republicans could squander their shot at retaking the Senate in 2022, with money one factor, as some firsttime candidates have struggled to gain traction.

The texts had been part of a concerted push that successfully juiced fundraising, though it used methods that experts say will eventually exhaust even the most loyal givers.

Scott’s please-all-sides decision to stay out of contested 2022 primaries has been secondguessed, including by McConnell. Scott’s detrac tors accuse him of transforming the NRSC into the “National Rick Scott Committee” — and a vehicle for his presidential ambitions. “The spending wouldn’t matter if the poll ing numbers looked better,” said Liam Donovan, a Republican lobbyist and NRSC donor. “To the extent the red wave is receding, people look for someone to blame.”

“Our goal is to build the biggest GOP digi tal file to help the party now and in the future,” he said. He declined to discuss the texting scheme. Hartline said the Senate Democratic arm has more money because it had not yet spent significantly on television. Scott, he said, had strategically spent early, with nearly $30 million on ads aiding Republicans through July. That sum, however, is actually less than the $37.4 million the GOP committee reported in independent expenditures for candidates as of the same date two years ago.

How a record cash haul vanished for Senate republicans

Yet as Republican chances to retake the Senate have slipped, a full-blown case of finger-pointing has erupted across Washington, with Scott a prime target. His handling of the committee’s finances has become conflated with other critiques, especially a flawed field of Republicans who have found themselves outspent on television.

Scott declined an interview request. His staff vigorously denied financial struggles, said some of the canceled television ads had been rebooked, and argued the digital spending would prove wise in time.

One internal NRSC budget document from earlier this year, obtained by the Times, shows that $23.3 million was poured into investments to find new donors between June 2021 and January 2022. In that time, the contributors the organization found gave $6.1 million — a more than $17 million deficit.

Not long after, the spending spigot was cut off. The committee went from being the biggest political spender on Facebook to being completely absent on it. No Facebook fundrais ing ads ran from April to late August, company recordsDigitalshow.fundraising has dried up across the Republican spectrum in recent months, and the NRSC has been hit hard. Online donations to the committee plunged by 37% between the first

The internal budget document showed the shortcomings of the approach. The first month of outreach investment, June 2021, was projected to generate $3.2 million for the committee by November 2022. But the other $22 million in investments over the next seven months com bined were projected to add up to a narrow net loss by Election Day.

The National Republican Senatorial Com mittee has long been a critical part of the party apparatus, recruiting candidates, supporting them with political infrastructure, designing campaign strategy and buying television ads. By the end of July, the committee had col lected a record $181.5 million — but had already spent more than 95% of what it had brought in. The Republican group entered August with just $23.2 million on hand, less than half of what the Senate Democratic committee had before the final intense phase of the midterm elections. Now top Republicans are beginning to ask: Where did all the money go? The answer, chiefly, is that Scott’s enor mous gamble on finding new online donors has been a costly financial flop in 2022, according to a New York Times analysis of federal records and interviews with people briefed on the com mittee’s finances. Today, the NRSC is raising less than before Scott’s digital splurge.

The sums were so breathtakingly large — peaking at more than $100,000 a day on Facebook and Google — that some concerned Democrats began to study the ads, fretting that somehow Republicans had unlocked a new sustainable way to raise money online. They had not.

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The story of how the Senate GOP com mittee went from breaking financial records to breaking television reservations, told through interviews with more than two dozen Republican officials, actually begins with the rising revenues Scott bragged about last year.

The committee had squeezed donors with hyperaggressive new tactics. And all the money coming in obscured just how much the commit tee was spending advertising for donors. Then inflation sapped online giving for Republicans nationwide. And the money that had rolled in came at an ethical price.

“We made the investment. We’re glad we did it. It will benefit the NRSC and the party as a whole for cycles to come,” said Chris Hartline, a spokesperson for Scott and the committee.

President Joe Biden departs Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington Aug. 29, 2022. One fund-raising scheme by the National Republi can Senatorial Committee involved text messages that asked provocative ques tions, including “Should Biden resign?” A request for cash that followed did not reveal where the money was going.

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Privately, some Republicans complained the tactic was exploitative. WinRed, the party’s main donation-processing platform, recently stepped in and took the unusual step of blocking the committee from engaging in the practice, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Scott installed a new digital team, spear headed by Donald Trump veterans, and greenlit an enormous wave of spending on digital ads — not to promote candidates but to discover more small contributors. Soon, the committee was smashing fundraising records. By the sum mer of 2021, Scott was boasting about “historic investments in digital fundraising that are already paying dividends.”

A Huge Online Outlay For months last year, the National Repub lican Senatorial Committee was far and away the nation’s biggest online political advertiser, outspending every other party committee com bined and pouring money into platforms like Google at levels almost unseen except in the fevered final days of 2020.

A year later, some of that braggadocio has vanished — along with most of the money.

It was early 2021, and Sen. Rick Scott wanted to go big. The new chair of the Senate Republican campaign arm had a mind to modernize the place. One of his first decisions was to overhaul how the group raised money online.

The Senate Republican bet had been this: By spending vast amounts early, the party could vacuum up contact information for millions of potential donors who could then give repeatedly over the coming months.

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The blaze, named the Mill fire, tore through Weed, a working-class town of about 2,900 that sits roughly 50 miles from the Oregon border, and damaged nearby communities such as Lake Shastina, with a population of about 2,400; Carrick, home to about 140 people; and Edgewood, which contains about 70.

On Saturday afternoon, Weed appeared virtually empty except for the presence of emergency vehicles. Traffic lights were out, the smell of smoke tinged with chemicals hung in the air and a haze blanketing the area was thick enough to block visibility of the surrounding mountains.

The unsolicited text messages seeking contributions to the Senate Republican com mittee began buzzing phones in mid-2021 — often without identifying whom they were coming from.

At the Black Bear Diner, Bob Noonan and his wife, Loveminda Cidro, a retired couple who have lived in the area for 22 years and had fled, pondered what became of their home.

Jeff Ott, a nurse practitioner from Lake Shastina, was notified by two co-workers and the Siskiyou Sheriff’s Department about the fire that was rapidly approaching his backyard. Ott said he saw a “giant column” of smoke, felt the heat of the blaze and heard a roar like a freight train. He grabbed his com puters and guitars and was out of his house and in his car in about two minutes, leaving behind framed posters and flyers of punk rock shows from the ’80s that were irreplaceable, he said.“My car was covered in ashes,” Ott added. He ended up in a hotel in Yreka and was not sure he had a home to return to — the last he heard, the fire was about 2,500 feet from his house.

The tight finances stand in contrast to the House Republican campaign arm, which entered August with $110 million — spending 57% of the money it had collected, compared with the Senate committee’s 95%.

wind-whipped fire that erupted near a defunct lumber mill in Northern Califor nia on Friday and became a fast-moving inferno has destroyed at least 50 structures, including homes, and prompted the evacuation of thousands of people in rural Siskiyou County, fire authorities said Saturday.

The number of structures destroyed was expected to rise after teams inspected the damage, Chris Anthony, the chief deputy director of Cal Fire, the state’s fire protection agency, said in a briefing Saturday. An update later in the day said more than 130 structures had been affected to some degree.

Northern California wildfire burns at least 50 structures and forces thousands to flee

The Senate Republican refund rate equals 6.6% of direct individual donations this cycle; the Senate Democratic committee’s rate is 1.67%.

WinRed declined to comment on stopping the Senate committee from using the tactic. The committee is still using the “reply YES to donate” function in texts, but it is now disclosing itself as the sender of the messages.

Fire authorities said three civilians suffered injuries, although their conditions were not immediately known. The blaze had grown to cover 4,200 acres by Saturday night, authorities said, and was 25% contained.

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In the most recent six months that fun draising data is available, the NRSC in 2022 has raised $15 million less than during the same six-month period in 2020.

Lincoln Heights, a neighborhood in Weed, was described by one California Highway Patrol officer in the area as “leveled.” Other areas were left without power, another factor that led many to evacuate, although authorities said electricity would be restored in some locations by Saturday night.

“This is URGENT!” read one such flurry of messages. “Do YOU support Trump?” Then came the key line: “Reply YES to donateThose$25.”who wrote back “YES” automatica lly had a $25 donation to the National Republi can Senatorial Committee charged to their credit cards, though the initial message said nothing about the destination, and there were no links to click to find out. The committee used a tool that paired donors’ phone numbers with credit card information saved on WinRed.

The couple said they did not expect to be able to return for at least a couple of days.

For many residents of the town, fleeing a wildfire is not new. In September 2014, Weed was devastated by the Boles fire, a relatively small but intense blaze that consumed 165 homes and other buildings in the small com munity. The town is also roughly 30 miles southeast of where the McKinney fire raged this summer and became California’s largest blaze in 2022, killing four people and burning more than 60,000 acres. Many residents of Siskiyou County have fled to Yreka, a town about 30 miles north of Weed. But even there, signs of the fire were evi dent, as ashes fluttered down like snowflakes.

From page 8 and second quarters of this year. If not for $10 million in transfers from the Republican National Committee, the Senate arm would have spent more than it raised this cycle.

All told, the Senate committee has poured more than $26 million into expenses marked as texting-related since 2021, part of a digital budget that ballooned so quickly that Republi cans, even inside the committee, are talking about a financial autopsy to examine whether there have been potential conflicts of interest.

Kimberly Greene, the mayor of Weed, said that she was at the local community center, rebuilt after a 2014 wildfire, when the spouse of a co-worker ran in and reported smoke in the distance.“Bythe time we walked outside,” she said Friday, “you could see the flames jumping the street.”Theair was hot and dry, she said, and the wind was “howling.” Greene rushed home and packed her car while fielding reports from fire authorities and from her neighbors. She said that a number of homes had been destroyed and that the swiftness of the blaze concerned her. “This one was so fast, I’m worried some people might not have gotten out,” Greene said.

“It was very stressful. I was very nervous, and I was crying when we evacuated,” she said.

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It is not clear how many people donated in response to the texts. But demands for NRSC refunds, a key metric of donor dissatisfaction, have soared, with the amount returned to donors quadrupling, from less than $2 million in 2020 to more than $8 million now.

The Times documented the practice through interviews with people who had recei ved such texts and made donations, Republican officials familiar with the tactic and a review of thousands of messages flagged by the spamblocking app RoboKiller.

There were no initial reports of fatalities.

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After they had been alerted by a neighbor that they needed to leave, Cidro said that in the rush to get out, she packed randomly, pulling items from the house that did not make sense.

Jon Heggie, a battalion chief for Cal Fire, said that the first call about the Mill fire came at 12:49 p.m. Friday from a subdivision in Weed, near a property owned by a wood products company, where some older buildings were undergoing demolition. Within two hours, the blaze had grown to some 900 acres and eva cuation orders had been issued for Weed and nearby communities. By 7 p.m., the blaze had grown to 2,580 acres, Cal Fire authorities said.

California’s Mill fire tore through Weed, Calif., part of rural Siskiyou County, destroying homes and structures. record cash haul vanished for Senate republicans

The idea is new enough that there is no standard definition — there isn’t even an agre ed-on name. It’s variously called circular ma nufacturing, the circular economy or manu facturing in a circular economy. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing is part of the European Green Deal, which establishes the ground work for new regulations for car companies. Although the idea is barely past the conceptual stage, car companies are already rushing to claim circular superiority. “GM Te chnology is a leader in Circular Economy,” crowed a 2020 news release. BMW, Ford, To yota, Tesla and others have also made claims on the circular future. Industry observers cau tion that, for now, the circular economy’s chief value may be public relations.

One of the more ambitious projects to keep cars on the road is Renault’s Refactory in Flins, France, a 915,000-square-foot facili ty dedicated to a vast experiment in making and refurbishing cars, and converting some to electric power. It is creating a dismantling line to provide parts for discontinued cars as well as unmixed streams of metals and plastics for recycling. It may also convert some gaspowered vehicles to electric, with a goal of recommissioning 25,000 vehicles this year.

“Circular manufacturing” has the promise to reduce waste by reusing parts to make new cars. There are glimmers of hope, but they are currently outweighed by challenges.

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The students, who are now on their four th generation of this vehicle, which this year is called ZEM, for Zero Emission Mobility, may still be ahead of the majors. BMW’s lauded iVision was styled like an economy car: tiny, square-ish and simple. The students found the public indifferent to a similar aesthetic in their previous versions — but they have a plan to solve that “Thisproblem.yearwe wanted to make a really badass-looking car so people would want to interact with it,” said Louise de Laat, manager of the student team for the school’s TUecomo tive effort. The ZEM, built for approximately $50,000, bears passing resemblance to the sporty BMW 4 M Coupe and is made of 3D printed plastic reinforced with glass or carbon fiber. The ZEM is currently being shipped to the U.S. for a tour.

By ROY FURCHGOTT Car tailpipes belch out an estimated 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide yearly, but cars begin to pollute long before they ever hit the road. And they continue to pollute long after they are junked. They be gin to use energy and emit carbon through extraction and production of the steel, rub ber, plastics, glass, lithium and leather used to build them. When scrapped, they molder in junkyards, emitting chlorofluorocarbons, and dripping oils and acids that are a hazard to groundwater.Nowscientists, environmentalists, poli cymakers and car manufacturers are advan cing an idea that could change that. An indus trial concept called “circular manufacturing” aims to break the cycle of take, make, use and toss, by building cars whose components can be endlessly reused to make new cars.

The main element of the experiment concerns how to make circularity feasible as a business. “They can’t do everything becau se it’s good for the environment; they have to have business reason for it,” said Alice Bo dreau, global partners manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to the circular economy, which is partnering with Renault.Allofthis has gained the attention of major carmakers. Last year BMW made a splash at the International Motor Show in Mu nich with the iVision, a concept car it said is completely recyclable. But those efforts are way behind a lesser known student effort at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, which has been producing re cyclable concept cars for years.

Some carmakers say recycling car parts is the future. But is it realistic?

“This is a ripe opportunity for a lot of greenwashing by automotive firms,” said Ri chard Gregory, an economics professor at East Tennessee State University who studies the practice. “Are they actively looking to mis lead? At this point it’s hard to say because the re are no federal regulations about what they are doing.”The central characteristic of circular manufacturing — circularity — creates both a quandary and an opportunity: There is no one place to start, and each part of the cycle is as important as the next. That means there is no one central problem to address, but it also means even obscure elements of car-making can contribute to improvement. Despite the challenges, there are glim mers of progress from companies as diverse as a supercar startup in California, a student project in the Netherlands and an automotive parts consortium.“Peoplethink we are talking about only recycling, but it is very much larger than that,” said Abhishek Gupta, who leads the World Economic Forum’s Circular Cars Initiative. Broadly, the idea is to reduce how much ener gy and material go into making a car. There are a number of ways to do that: using more wind and solar energy in the manufacturing process, for instance, or making parts of less or recycled material. “By looking at the mea sures of carbon and resources you consume, you can really look at your level of circularity,” GuptaItsaid.sounds simple. But a study published in 1998 by the Society of Automotive Engi neers found that mid-size American sedans comprised about 20,000 components. Cars have only gotten more complex, which is a challenge for recyclers, said Greg Keoleian, lead author of the study, now a professor at the University of Michigan’s Center for Sustai nable Systems. “There’s a lot of room for im provement at end of life of the vehicle,” Keo leian said.Car recyclers strip valuable parts, like working engines, for reuse. The remaining hulks go to scrap metal companies, which typically shred the rest. But the mixed alloy shred has limited use. Take aluminum. “The aluminum stream in that case is a mix of a lot of different alloys, including cast alloy, which doesn’t go well back into sheet,” which is used in body panels, said John Weritz, vice president of standards and technology at the Aluminum Association. The demand for unmixed material is growing as carmakers increasingly use lightweight alu minum body panels, he said. In circular manufacturing, the answer to the sorting problem is to change the design process to include a plan for dismantling, so a retired car is easy to separate into like sources of metal, plastic, rubber and glass. Setting cars up to provide easily recycled materials helps free manufacturers from supply-chain issues: The car becomes its own supply chain. One place the car industry says it is ma king tangible gains is in packing and shipping materials. “We reduced packaging by using reusable shipping containers,” said Kevin Butt, chairman of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, a consortium of companies and government agencies that deal with transpor tation. Although the idea isn’t new, Toyota North America, where Butt is director of envi ronmental sustainability, said that since 2017 it has reduced 65 million pounds of cardboard and 171 million pounds of wooden crates, and has saved $273 million by using containers molded of recycled plastic to ship parts like struts, catalytic converters and steering wheel shafts. The consortium wants to see the prac tice adopted by all of its members.

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The energy sector remains one of the biggest winners of 2022 with a 44% gain year-to-date, despite a recent pullback.Atthe same time, the S&P 500 dividend aristocrats index, which tracks companies that have increased divi dends annually for the past 25 years, has fallen about 10% this year, a less severe drop than the overall market’s de cline.“Those type of ‘steady-Eddie’ names could tread water in a downward sloping market,” said Chad Morganlander, portfolio manager at Washington Crossing Advisors, who manages a strategy involving companies he expects to in crease dividends in the months to come, including John son & Johnson and Clorox Co.

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Of course, areas that have outperformed this year come with their own risks. Energy prices have been vola tile and could slide should a recession crimp global de mand, pressuring energy stocks. Some defensive areas, in particular the utilities and staples sectors, are trading at significantly higher price-toearnings valuations than their historic averages. Investors could also abandon defensive plays if the economy avoids a downturn.Horizon Investment Services owns shares of ..

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An Orthodox priest blessed the graves with incense, as the gravediggers bent over a fence, coughing and spitting, heads hang ing. Then they closed the truck and drove off. Each body was given a number. Inves tigators had photographed each one and taken DNA samples, the deputy mayor of Bucha, Mykhailyna Skoryk-Shkarivska, said, so that the families would still be able to reclaim their loved ones.

“Shall we pray?” the priest asked.

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“Glory to God.” The process moved swiftly after that. The coffin was loaded into a van. As the family and friends reassembled at the gravesite, still holding their flowers, the men pulled off their caps and the women crossed themselves.

“We stepped over him somehow,” Vla dyslav Minchenko, 44, a volunteer grave digger, said, shaking his head. When Russian troops retreated at the end of March from the region around Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, they left behind a trail of more than 1,200 bodies. At least 458 dead were in and around the subur ban town of Bucha, lying on the streets, in buildings and gardens, in cellars and in makeshift graves.

By CARLOTTA GALL I t was supposed to be the bright spot in a grim day. Of a dozen unclaimed bod ies set for burial recently at Bucha City Cemetery, one had just been identified. The dead man’s family was present and would be able to bury him with full ceremony. His grave would be marked with his name in stead of just a number. But there was a hitch. No one could find the body.

“Every number is a person,” she said. “We want to memorialize everyone. We do not want unknown Skoryk-Shkarivskagraves.”isone of the main keepers of Bucha’s list of the dead. As deputy mayor, and also as a war widow — her husband was killed in 2014 in the war against Russia-backed separatists — she has been determined to help families, jour nalists and war crimes investigators find the information they need.

In the five months since then, ceme tery workers and City Council officials in Bucha have been carrying out the grimmest of tasks: collecting and burying the dead from one of the worst massacres of the war. Dozens of the bodies remain unidentified or unclaimed.Thescale of the atrocities discovered in Bucha brought a deluge of international attention and assistance. International war crimes experts arrived to help document the killings, and new uniforms appeared, among them white hazmat suits and jackets emblazoned with “war crimes prosecutor” in English.Yetfor all of the outside help, the hard work of collecting and burying the bod ies was left to the morgue and cemetery workers and a handful of volunteers. The country was still at war, and everyone was working under air-raid sirens and nighttime curfews, and with minimal equipment, af ter the destruction and looting by Russian troops.There was no electricity or running water for weeks in the suburbs, so Bucha’s morgue was not working. As bodies were collected, they were distributed to five morgues around Kyiv. With no working computers on the ground, data was com piled by hand, on paper.

The Bucha City Council finally did that in mid-August, persuading investigators to release more than 47 unclaimed or uniden tified bodies from the massacre. They were buried over several days, in three lines at the far end of the city cemetery.Onthe second day of the burials, morgue workers in white pro tective suits hauled 11 body bags out of a refrigerated truck and eased them into flim sy, government issued coffins. Gravediggers swung the coffins on ropes, and with little ceremony yet practiced respect, lowered them into the graves.

The deputy mayor, her arm around Khma ruk, said she supported her request to see the body. The gravediggers were adamant in theirOutrefusal.of her sight, behind the van, they unzipped the bag. “One hundred fifty-three, the tag is inside,” they called out in relief.

The driver of the truck turned up. He said he had set the bag aside that morning and was sure the one with no tag was 153.

Cemetery workers carry the body of an unidentified victim to a waiting coffin during a funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022, for 15 people who died in March during the Russian occupation.

“My dream is to digitalize all this pro cess,” she said, waving the sheaf of papers listing the day’s burials. “If we have more computers and iPads to scan and fact check, it will speed it up.” By now the morgue workers had re opened the truck and lowered a bag with no tag. Khmaruk said she wanted to see the body before the coffin was sealed.

In a macabre drama, as the family wilted at the gravesite in the August heat, gravediggers climbed over stinking body bags in the back of a truck, checking the tags for the missing body. As they heaved bodies aside, the deputy mayor, clutching a sheaf of papers, looked on in silence.

The job has not become any easier.

Svitlana Khmaruk, a frail, gray-haired woman in a headscarf, said that she had known since March her son had been killed. For five months, his body had laid unidentified in a morgue, the details of his death recorded incorrectly. She said she last spoke to him on March 11, when he said there was such heavy shell ing that he was lying on the floor most of the time. She begged him to leave but, as a former soldier, he refused. By that time, she said, it was almost impossible anyway. When they could not reach him again, she started calling friends for news. “They said, ‘Sasha is gone,’” she said. “There were witnesses who saw how he was killed, and the next day who covered his body.” Her son was killed by Russian troops on March 20 in the center of town. Sometime later his body was dumped near the forest, she said. That much the family had pieced together on its own. The search for his body took much lon ger. Family members did one DNA test, and then a second. Eventually Khmaruk was sent photographs of his body to her cellphone and was told he was in a morgue just north of Kyiv.The morgue told her that Khmaruk had died of a heart attack and that he was found in Vorsel, a suburb west of Bucha. That was not correct, she said. “He died in Bucha. He was shot in the head,” she said firmly. “I found people who were there, who closed his eyes after he died.” Despite the mistakes, Skoryk-Shkarivska said she was confident of Ukraine’s ability to gather evidence and build cases for war crimes prosecutions. But there was an urgent need to build a national database of the war dead and do away with paper lists.

It was her team that matched the family of Oleksandr Khmaruk, 37, with one of the unclaimed bodies, No. 153. Her office ar ranged to have the morgue place the body aside and for the family to arrive for a burial in the section of the cemetery dedicated to the victims of the war. But as the family waited on a bench in the graveyard, flowers in hand, the grave diggers could not find body bag No. 153.

More than 50 unburied bodies were in a terrible state of decay, Minchenko said in an interview in early August. He com plained that after the last load, he could not get the stench out of the white van marked “Cargo 200,” which he used to collect bod ies. “They should just bury them,” he said.

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The investigators analyzed the remains of three types of Russian cruise missiles — including Moscow’s newest and most ad vanced model, the Kh-101 — and its newest guided rocket, the Tornado-S. All of them contained identical components marked SN99 that on close inspection, the team said, proved to be satellite navigation receivers that are critical for the missiles’ operation. Spleeters said that Russia’s use of the same components pointed to bottlenecks in its supply chain and that restricting the supply of SN-99 components would slow Moscow’s ability to replenish its diminishing stockpile of guided weapons. “If you want to have effective control and make sure that the Russians can’t get their hands on them, you need to know what the Russians need and what they use,” Spleeters said. “Then it’s important to know how they got it — what networks? What suppliers did they use?”

Abuses in Russia’s ‘filtration’ system constitute war crimes, group says

A s Russian forces fire precision-guided weapons at military and civilian tar gets in Ukraine, officers in Ukraine’s security service working with private analysts have collected parts of the crashed missiles to unravel their enemy’s secrets.

The weapons are top of the line in the Russian arsenal. But they contained fairly low-tech components, analysts who exami ned them said, including a unique but ba sic satellite navigation system that was also found in other captured munitions. Those findings are detailed in a new re port issued Saturday by Conflict Armament Research, an independent group based in Britain that identifies and tracks weapons and ammunition used in wars around the world. The research team examined the Rus sian materiel in July at the invitation of the Ukrainian government.

“You can build a mesh around a com puter chip that if probed will delete the con tents,” Menendez said, adding that such pro tections were used in commercial goods like credit card readers to reduce theft and fraud.

To protect this operational knowledge, which the Pentagon refers to with the ano dyne term “critical program information,” military directives require the use of antitampering technologies meant to secure the lines of computer code and instructions that tell a weapon how to find its target.

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Warring parties often examine captured military hardware for intelligence value. But the investigators said they were shocked by Russia’s apparent indifference to having so many weapons that an adversary could po tentially reverse-engineer. By comparison, the Defense De partment has standards that military con tractors must follow to make it harder for adversarial nation-states to build their own versions of captured weapons.

“We saw that Russia reuses the same electronic components across multiple wea pons, including their newest cruise missiles and attack helicopters, and we didn’t expect to see that,” said Damien Spleeters, an in vestigator for the group who contributed to the report. “Russian guided weapons are full of non-Russian technology and components, and most of the computer chips we docu mented were made by Western countries afterHow2014.”Russia obtained these parts is unclear. Spleeters is asking the manufactu rers of the semiconductors how their goods ended up in Russian weapons, whether through legitimate transactions or straw-man purchases set up to skirt the sanctions.

The report undercuts Moscow’s narrati ve of having a domestically rebuilt military that again rivals that of its Western adver saries.But it also shows that the weapons Russia is using to destroy Ukrainian towns and cities are often powered by Western innovation, despite sanctions imposed aga inst Russia after it invaded Crimea in 2014. Those restrictions were intended to stop the shipment of high-tech items that could help Russia’s military abilities.

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R ussia’s interrogation, detention and forced transfers of Ukrainian civi lians through a system of so-called filtration to Russia or areas that it controls in Ukraine constitute war crimes and po tential crimes against humanity, a rights group has said in an extensive report do cumenting the abuses. The 71-page report released this past week by Human Rights Watch adds to recent reporting by The New York Ti mes and other news outlets about the treatment and forcible relocation of thou sands of Ukrainian civilians by Russian troops or officials from Kremlin-linked breakaway republics in the country’s east.Some Ukrainian civilians were roun ded up from their homes, shelters or the street and sent to filtration centers, accor ding to the report. Others were told they had to undergo the filtration process in order to escape active fighting, it said. The Ukrainians who were detained and sent to Russia under the system in cluded many citizens of Mariupol, a southern city that was besieged and bombarded for weeks in the first months of the war, the report’s authors found. The Russian Ministry of Defense has framed the deportation of Ukrainians as part of a humanitarian relief effort. Russia in April shut down the offices of Human Rights Watch in the country, along with those of other nongovernmental organi zations.The total number of Ukrainians for cibly sent to Russia remains unclear. Se cretary of State Antony Blinken in July estimated that 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens — including 260,000 children — had been questioned, detai ned and deported against their will. Last month, the State Department and resear chers from Yale University said in a joint report that they had identified 21 sites in eastern Ukraine that were being used as part of the filtration system.

The report also revealed sharp differen ces between Russia’s top-shelf weapons and those that Ukrainian forces have received from the United States.

Publicly released Pentagon directives provide only an outline of the program’s scope and requirements, and further details are classified. Military officials declined to discuss any anti-tampering technologies that the Defense Department may require.

“A team of college electrical enginee ring majors could build this,” he said.

The hodgepodge of parts that Russia uses to build its guided weapons may also help explain why its cruise missiles are so metimes not very accurate, Menendez said. Errors made by nonstandard GPS units in processing satellite signals can ultimately cause a cruise missile to miss its target by a wideThemargin.Russian approach to weapons elec tronics appears to be “if you can’t keep up, steal the tech and do your best with it,” Me nendez said.

How Russia uses low tech in its high-tech weapons

After an inspection visit to the Za porizhzhia nuclear power plant, the I.A.E.A. announced it would station inspectors at the plant on a permanent basis.

Human Rights Watch said in its re port that many Ukrainian civilians had been hoping to travel to Ukrainian-con trolled territory when they were trans ported to Russia against their will. Some went to Russia voluntarily with the aim of eventually making it to other European countries, the report’s authors wrote. For the report, the rights group inter viewed 47 people who went to Russia, went through the filtration process or had friends or family who had been transfe rred to Russia. It also interviewed eight lawyers and activists who have been hel ping newly arrived Ukrainians leave Rus sia, along with dozens of civilians from Mariupol who were able to escape the area without undergoing filtration. Civilians who were forced to go through Russia’s filtration system were required to give up biometric data, had their phones forcibly searched and were subject to invasive questioning, the re port said.

The investigators found an overall re liance by Russian engineers on certain se miconductors from specific Western manu facturers, not just in munitions but also in surveillance drones, communications equip ment, helicopter avionics and other military goods.“Over time, the Russians kept going back to the same manufacturers,” Spleeters said. “Once you know that, it gets easier to target those networks.

The Russian navigation system resem bles the open-source architecture of GPS receivers, which is not subject to federal restrictions regarding the sale and export of defense articles, he said.

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New York City and renounced his American citizenship only in 2016.For all of his Brexit bluster, which appealed to former Presi dent Donald Trump but grated on Biden, Johnson regularly ex pressed his affinity for the United States. In his last appearance as prime minister in the House of Commons in July, Johnson offered his successor some parting advice, borrowed from his hero, Winston Churchill: “Stay close to the Americans.”

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“Words matter,” Vinjamuri said, “and they matter especially when the U.S. is in a period of elections and political upheaval.”

Peter Westmacott, another former British envoy to Wash ington, likened Truss’ remarks to those of a candidate in an American primary — in this case, aimed at the 160,000 or so members of the Conservative Party who are voting for a new leader. If she wins, he predicted, she will pivot back to the cen ter.

That Brexit-inflected message has helped Truss pile up a commanding lead in the polls over her opponent, Rishi Sunak, even if he performed well in the final debates of the campaign. But some of the pressures will mount regardless of which candi date is victorious. Sunak, too, has pledged to push through the Northern Ireland bill, and he promotes his credentials as a Brexi teer. (Truss opposed Brexit before becoming a fervent proponent of it after the 2016 referendum.)

“There is a swath of Britain that doesn’t like being depen dent on the United States or the European Union,” Vinjamuri said. “She is completely aligned with a vision of Britain being global, strong, sovereign and, most of all, independent.”

European officials may choose to hold off on major retaliation until the Northern Ireland legislation gets through Parliament. That process could drag on for months, given the fierce resistan ce the bill is likely to face in the House of Lords, where many members view it as a breach of international law and a power grab by Cabinet ministers.

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While Truss lived with her family in Canada for a year as a child, she is not a globe-trotting figure like Sunak, who has an MBA from Stanford, owns a home in Santa Monica, California, and until recently held a U.S. green card.

Truss, by contrast, shows little reverence for the “special relationship” between Britain and the United States. “It’s special, but not exclusive,” she said at the party conference last year, noting that Britain had other important allies like Australia, India and European countries, notably the Baltic States.

The Biden administration is keeping close watch, anxious that the dispute could threaten a quarter-century of peace in Northern Ireland secured by the Good Friday Agreement. Presi dent Joe Biden has asked aides to pass along his concern about the negotiations between Britain and the European Union over the trade“We’rerules.going to trundle along in a pretty bad place” in part because “she’s going to keep playing to the peanut gallery of those who are deeply committed to Brexit,” said Leslie Vinja muri, the director of the U.S. and Americas program at Chatham House, the British research institution.

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Liz Truss addressed Conservative Party members last week in London. The outcome of the party’s vote for prime minister will be announced on Monday.

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The dilemma for Truss, if she wins, is that her political as cent has been powered by her cultivation of the party’s Brexiteer wing. That will make it hard for her to give ground in the dispute with Brussels. And Britain’s relations with the European Union are increasingly inseparable from its relations with the United States.“The U.K.-EU relationship looks more destructive in the short term,” said Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst at the political risk consultancy, Eurasia Group. “It’s going to subtract from the level of credibility she’ll enjoy in Washington.”

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Should Truss emerge victorious in a party vote that will be announced on Monday, she will have a chance to flesh out the vision of a Global Britain that Johnson unveiled after the country left the European Union two years ago. Based on her record as foreign secretary, diplomats and analysts in London and Wash ington said, relations could get bumpier with the United States and, even more so, with Europe. Tensions between London and Brussels have already flared over legislation introduced by Truss that would upend the postBrexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland. She has vowed to push the new law through Parliament, stoking fears that it could trigger a trade war across the English Channel.

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In that crisis and others, including Iran’s nuclear program, Britain is likely to keep aligning itself with the United States. Jo hnson has acted as a kind of wingman to Biden on Ukraine, encouraging him to impose harsher sanctions on Russia and ship heavier weapons to the Ukrainian army. Truss would most likely double down on Johnson’s backing of Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. She has presented herself as a hawk on Russia, using language that at times goes further than that of American officials. But her most memorable diplomatic encounter, with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, in February, was marred when Russian officials claimed to reporters that she was ignorant of Russian geography in a private exchange with Lavrov.

A trade war with the European Union is far from inevitable.

Three weeks after Liz Truss became Britain’s top diplomat in 2021, she told a Conservative Party conference that her country need not compete for the affection of the United States. Britons, she said, should not worry “like some teenage girl at a party if we’re not considered to be good enough.” Her line drew laughs, but little more than that, at a meeting dominated by the flamboyant figure of Prime Minister Boris Jo hnson. Now, though, Johnson is on his way out and Truss is the front-runner in the contest to replace him, making such provo cative comments a potential clue to future policy.

Britain’s role in the world is shaped by forces larger than the next occupant of 10 Downing Street. Having cast itself off from the European Union, Britain can act as more of a free agent, seeking its own relations with great powers like China. But it has lost its role as a bridge between the United States and Europe, becoming a less influential player on global issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Perhaps stung by her previous statements about foreign lea ders, Truss has steered clear of American politics. Asked by a journalist last week if she viewed Trump as a friend or foe, she said, “I’m not going to comment on future potential presiden tial runners,” adding, “We have to work with whoever is in the WhiteSheHouse.”wasless diplomatic when it came to continental Eu rope, particularly France. “The jury is out,” she said, when she was asked the friend-or-foe question about President Emmanuel Macron of France. That drew a backhanded reply from Macron, who said Britain was a friend, regardless of its leader.

As Britain prepares for a new leader, tensions with allies loom

So my guess is that actual policy will be a hodgepodge. There will be financial aid to help

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In Britain specifically, the policy picture is especially murky because Liz Truss, the most likely successor to Boris Johnson, is refusing to announce her energy policy until she takes office. At this point, it sounds as if the preferred policy is likely to involve financial aid to families rather than the price caps that France and Spain, among others, have imposed. That is, keep consumers paying sky-high prices for each additional unit of energy they consume but give them a check to help them afford what they were already consuming.Inpractice, however, this probably won’t be enough, because families’ needs will differ so much. Even among people with similar incomes, some will live in houses with good insulation and low energy bills, others in drafty, energyguzzling buildings. In the long run, policy should encourage everyone to upgrade their personal energy efficiency; but in the long run, we are all, well, not dead, but quite possibly impoverished in the face of this gigantic price shock.

By PAUL KRUGMAN

You probably have to be a senior citizen to remember the gasoline shortages of 1979. I am, and I do. I also remember how demoralizing they were. Then as now, outside a few big cities, America was a highly car-dependent nation, and waiting in long lines, not knowing whether you would be able to fill up, was deeply disconcerting. What caused those shortages? The precipitating event was the Iranian Revolution, which sent world oil prices soaring. But an oil price surge in itself needn’t mean gasoline shortages; it could — as we’ve seen recently — just mean higher prices at the pump. The problem was that policymakers weren’t willing to see that global price hike fully passed on to U.S. consumers, given that only about 40% of the oil we consumed was imported. So they tried to limit the hit with various controls on prices and distribution; we needn’t go into the details. The point is that as every economics textbook will tell you, price controls often (not always) lead to an excess of demand over supply, and that was where the lines and shortages cameIt’sfrom.acautionary tale, but the moral of the story isn’t that governments should always let prices rise as high as needed to balance demand with supply. When politicians don’t do what Econ 101 says they should, it’s not necessarily because they’re stupid (although sometimes they are); it’s not even necessarily because they’re cynical (although that happens too). Sometimes there are good social reasons not to let markets rip, even if government intervention comes at a cost. Which is why we’re probably about to see a number of countries intervening heavily in energy markets over the next few months.America, where plunging gasoline prices have temporarily brought inflation down to zero, won’t be one of those countries. But Russia has drastically curtailed shipments of natural gas to Europe, and European households are facing a huge inflationary shock as a result.

You might wonder why Russia’s de facto embargo matters so much. After all, Russia isn’t the only provider of European natural gas, and gas is only one of Europe’s energy sources. Consider, for example, British electricity generation. Gas accounts for only roughly 35% of Britain’s electricity, and currently none of it comes from Russia. Yet British home energy bills are skyrocketing. Why?

Part of the answer is that markets in natural gas are basically defined as regions served by particular pipeline networks, and even though it doesn’t import gas directly from Russia, Britain is part of the European gas market. Russia’s stealth embargo has sent prices in that market soaring. Even so, isn’t gas just part of the British picture? Yes, but as the textbooks tell us, a good’s price normally reflects not its average cost of production but its marginal cost — the cost of the last, most expensive unit. In Britain right now, the marginal kilowatt-hour is produced with gas. So it’s up, up and away — unless the government steps in. Which it will.

pay energy bills, paid for in part with excess profits taxes on domestic energy companies. But there will also be price caps and probably some form of rationing.

Just letting things rip isn’t an option — not in a democracy, anyway. Without government intervention, energy prices would rise so much that millions of families would be financially ruined. Something has to give.

Overall, European energy policy in 2022-23 is likely to bear a family resemblance to U.S. policy in 1979-80 — not because policymakers are stupid, but because the need to limit extreme hardship will force some awkward compromises.Andthatwon’t be the worst thing in the world, so long as it’s a temporary state of affairs. Rationing and, maybe, occasional energy shortages will be inconvenient and deeply annoying; but Europe will cope if they last for months rather than years. It would be a different story if we were looking at a permanent regime of price controls, a la Venezuela, but that isn’t likely. Even if the war in Ukraine goes on, Europe will both develop more sophisticated systems of energy allocation and gradually wean itself off its dependence on RussianUntilgas.then, we’re getting a lesson in the limits of Econ 101. Sometimes you just can’t do what the textbook says you should.

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La comisionada residente, Jenniffer González Colón, junto a la presidenta ejecutiva de Salud Integral en la Montaña (SIM), doctora Gloria del C. Amador Fernández, y el alcalde, Elliot Colón, celebraron el viernes la apertura de una sala de emergencias en el Centro de Sa lud Integral en Barranquitas, obra financiada con fondos federales para los más de 25 mil residentes del municipio y pueblos limítrofes. “En agosto del 2017, tuve la oportunidad de acompañarlos en los actos de colocación de la primera piedra de esta sala de emergen cia, instalación vital para los vecinos del área de la montaña, quienes deben tener mejores opciones y accesibles para atender su salud como esta sala que inauguramos hoy”, expre só González Colón en declaraciones escritas. La comisionada residente reseñó que “los Centros 330 tienen un rol prioritario en la sa lud de los puertorriqueños, han sido recurso integral en la respuesta del Gobierno a la pan demia, incluso es Salud Integral de la Monta ña, quien corre la única Clínica Post-COVID en Puerto Rico. Hoy, estoy aquí para recono cer los logros que ha cosechado el compro miso de la familia de esta organización con la salud de Puerto Rico y para reafirmar el mío con ellos y con los demás Centros 330 que tan bien han cuidado de nuestra gente”. Por su parte, la presidenta ejecutiva de SIM explicó que “fue a través de una propues ta competitiva de subvención federal que co menzamos este proyecto con el propósito de ofrecer a la comunidad de Barranquitas un centro de salud moderno donde adaptáramos la estructura al cumplimiento de los estánda res del modelo de servicio de Hogar Médico Centrado en el Paciente (Patient Centered Me dical Home, en inglés) y actualizarlo al cum plimiento con las disposiciones de Ley ADA, con un Centro de Salud cómodo y accesible para personas con impedimentos”.

La portavoz del Programa Ayuda Humanitaria Puerto Rico – Venezuela indicó que “Con estos eventos se ha logra do reforzar el sentido de comunidad entre los venezolanos que viven en el exterior que, según los datos oficiales de la agencia de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) y la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), se calcula en más de cinco millones y se estima que para mayo de 2024 pueda superar la cifra de los 10 millones” .

Asimismo, detalló que el Programa de Ayuda Humanita ria Puerto Rico-Venezuela es un grupo sin fines de lucro que recauda y envía insumos médicos y hospitalarios a institu ciones de salud venezolanas operadas por congregaciones religiosas, orfanatos y otras instituciones caritativas.

“Debido a la difícil situación que enfrenta mi país, al igual que en años anteriores, este evento se convertirá en una jornada de solidaridad que se replicará en más de 200 ciudades alrededor del mundo”, aseguró Díaz, mujer que re side en la Isla desde hace más de 20 años.

Venezolanos en Puerto Rico organizan Arepazo por la Paz Comisionada residente participa de inauguración de sala de emergencia

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POR CYBERNEWS

POR CYBERNEWS E l próximo sábado 10 de septiembre se llevará a cabo la décima primera edición del denominado Arepazo Mun dial, que tiene como propósito rendir homenaje a la gastro nomía venezolana y promover la solidaridad con los residen tes de vecino país. La información la dio a conocer Mary Carmen Díaz, por tavoz del Programa Ayuda Humanitaria de Puerto Rico para Venezuela, quien detalló que esta edición se llevará a cabo en un esfuerzo conjunto con la Asociación de Venezolanos en Puerto Rico (AVEPR) y a beneficio del Programa. El lugar de encuentro es Budare, un local gastronómico ubicado en Lote 23 en la avenida Ponce De León, donde además de degustar variedad de platos venezolanos, los asis tentes disfrutarán de un bazar y música venezolana.

Los venezolanos que viven en Puerto Rico y desean parti cipar o auspiciar el evento pueden escribir un correo electró nico a tepuypr@yahoo.com, y recibirán detalles sobre cómo participar.

“Esta Sala de Emergencias que inaugura mos hoy, está equipada con novedosas maqui narias, que incluye récord médico electrónico con otoscopios digitales integrados al récord médico, radiología digital, mamografía y so nografía digital, entre otros para brindar un servicio de calidad a nuestros vecinos de la montaña”, añadió Amador Fernández, quien lleva nueve años al frente de Salud Integral en la Montaña (SIM) y anunció que este año expandieron sus servicios a Orlando, Florida.

POR CYBERNEWS L a directora ejecutiva de la Autoridad para el Financiamien to de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico (AFV), Blanca Fernández González, anunció ayer domingo, la firma del acuerdo para la construcción del nuevo proyecto Égida Sagrado Corazón de Jesús en Arecibo bajo el Programa de Brecha de CDBG-DR de los Créditos Contributivos de Vivienda por Ingresos Bajos (LIHTC, por sus siglas en inglés).

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“Nos llena de satisfacción ejecutar este acuerdo que crea 120 unidades de vivienda para las personas de edad avanzada. Continuamos trabajando, junto a Vivienda, para que más puer torriqueños puedan obtener un hogar digno y seguro”, destacó Fernández González en declaraciones escritas. Mencionó que el proyecto se logra con la aportación de 27.9 millones de dólares de fondos de recuperación CDBG-DR. El desarrollo está enfocado en ofrecer vivienda a la comunidad de adultos mayores y contará con 120 unida des de un cuarto y un baño. De estas unidades, 27 proveen accesibilidad móvil y 4 proveen accesibilidad sensorial. Por su parte, el secretario de la Vivienda, William Ro dríguez Rodríguez, expresó que “continuamos viabilizan do la construcción de nuevas unidades de vivienda para aumentar el inventario tan necesario para la población de adultos mayores. Estamos muy entusiasmados con el co mienzo de esta nueva construcción y continuamos traba jando para que los fondos de recuperación sigan siendo utilizados de forma eficaz y ágil”. La égida contará con paneles solares, cisterna de agua potable, cisterna contra incendios, dos generadores eléctricos para las áreas comunes y unidades de vivienda, gimnasio, control de acceso, centro de actividades, insta laciones de lavandería e infraestructura de banda ancha. Además, cumple con los estándares de Edificio Verde, al igual que con los requerimientos de accesibilidad bajo la American with Disabilities Act (ADA). El desarrollador del proyecto es Nature Housing Se nior Community Inc. El contratista general es Cidra Exca vation y el diseño del proyecto está a cargo de la firma JVP Engineering, PSC. El Programa LIHTC, el cual ha sido esencial en el desarrollo de miles de unidades de vivienda asequible en Puerto Rico, tiene como propósito fomentar la construcción nueva y la rehabilitación de viviendas para familias y adultos mayores de ingresos bajos y moderados. Esto se logra mediante el financiamiento necesario para cubrir la diferencia entre los costos de construcción y otras fuentes de financiamiento tanto de fondos públicos como privados.

Este proyecto tiene una inversión total de 12,152,478 dólares en fondos de los que solo se recibió una asignación en fondos semilla de 1 millón de dólares a través del Programa de Inversión en Infraestructuras de Salud (Health Infrastructure Investment Program (HIIP), por sus siglas en inglés) de la Administración de Recursos y Servicios de Salud (HRSA) del De partamento de Salud Federal (HHS, por sus si glas en inglés). A Puerto Rico se le asignaron 5.66 millones de dólares como parte de una asignación que suma 260 millones de dóla res para 290 centros de salud en 45 estados, Washington D.C. y SIM fue una de seis orga nizaciones en ser recipientes de estos fondos federales en la Isla. La sala de emergencia se sumaría a los ofrecimientos actuales de medicina primaria, farmacia, laboratorio, rayos x, vacunación, nu trición y educación en salud. Se generaron 35 empleos directos y 20 empleos indirecto durante la construcción, y también aumenta la plantilla de empleados con la creación de 27 empleos directos y 30 indirectos.Salud Integral en la Montaña es una or ganización privada sin fines de lucro de base comunitaria, incorporada en el Departamento de Estado desde el año 1974 que proveen cui dado de salud primario y preventivo a las co munidades de escasos recursos y con cuidado médico limitado a través de sus 9 Centros de Salud Integral localizados en los municipios de Barranquitas, Bayamón, Comerío, Corozal, Naranjito, Orocovis y Toa Alta, brindando asis tencia médica a más de 59,400 pacientes en la zonaSIMcentral.está reconocida por el gobierno fede ral como “Federally Qualified Health Center” con una subvención bajo la sección 330 de la Ley de Salud Pública Federal.

Then, he told a few preliminary jokes to give lateco mers a chance to arrive before he started his routine. “It takes a while to get British crowds warm, and Indian crowds in,” he explained. (In India, a warm-up act does this before he comesWhenon.)the show ended, Das posed for a group selfie with audience members outside the venue — a requisite of the star comic the world over. After a gig in India, Das said, he would typically jump in a car to his hotel like any other celebrity. But here, he simply walked off, carrying a bac kpack. Barely anyone gave him a second glance.

one of Iceland’s most popular co medians, takes the stage in his native country, it’s usually to sold-out crowds. In the spring, he pla yed 15 dates in a 1,000-capacity auditorium in Reykjavik. The total audience for the run was equivalent to more than 10% of that city’s population. Yet at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Eldjarn, 40, has found himself in less celebrated surroundings: the fourth room of the Monkey Barrel Comedy Club. On a recent eve ning, there were about 50 people in that space for Eldjarn’s daily show, “Saga Class,” with three rows of empty seats at the back. The air conditioning whirred loudly, and the thud of dance music occasionally intruded from another show upstairs.“Can you hear me all right?” Eldjarn asked as he came onstage. “I hear myself really well,” he said, pointing to the venue’s main speaker, which was just feet from his head. “But I have no idea if the people at the back hear anything.” Eldjarn then introduced himself as an Icelandic comedian, getting one of his first laughs of the act. “I love being in Edinburgh,” he added, “because there are actually other co mediansThehere.”Edinburgh Fringe has for decades been an event that stand-up comedians flock to, hoping to make it big.

Hannah Gadsby, an Australian comedian, won the festival’s main comedy award in 2017 with “Nanette,” a show that went on to become a Netflix phenomenon the next year; previous nominees for that prize include Eddie Izzard, Bo Burnham and James Acaster. At this year’s Fringe, which runs through Monday, more than 1,300 comedians are per forming. Most are little known in Britain, and some have to drum up their own audiences by handing out fliers on the street. Yet among them are a handful of comedians, like Eld jarn, who are actually big stars in their homes countries.

“Wanted” is focused on a furor Das caused in India last year, after he posted a monologue online called “Two Indias” in which he examined the country’s paradoxes and divisions. Das said the monologue, which had been perfor med at a show in Washington, was a way of showing his love for India and calling for social unity, but some accused him of defaming the nation. A spokesman for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party filed an official complaint (Das said in his show that the police had decided not to take it forward, and had dismissed other complaints) and a prominent Bo llywood actress accused Das on social media of engaging in “soft terrorism,” a comment widely picked up on Indian news media. In his Edinburgh show, Das said, “I remember thinking, ‘This is so insulting to actual terrorists.’”

Das said he used to adjust his material for Edinburgh audiences, but does not do that anymore. Many in the au dience were British Indians, who came to his show to hear what India was like today, Das said, whereas Western au diences wanted to learn something new about Indian life.

They’re comedy stars at home. At Edinburgh Fringe, they’re nobodies.

Das, 43, is an old hand at the festival. He first perfor med in 2011, he said, in a venue “at the back of a pool hall at the back of a video game arcade.” For most of that run, he got only three or four audience members a night, he re called. Another year, he said he built an audience with the help of a unique take on handing out flyers: He printed the show details on fake bank notes and dropped them around the city.This year, Das was not using any gimmicks to promote his hourlong show, “Wanted,” which was mostly sold out. (It is playing in a 102-capacity basement venue — a far cry from his last tour dates in Mumbai, where he said he played 10 shows at the 1,109-seater Jamshed Bhabha Theater over five days.)

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After his recent show, Eldjarn discovered that audience members had left him just over 20 pounds, or about $24, in a tip bucket by the door. He then walked across the street to spend the money on burgers for himself and one of his daughters.

Blipp, the Norwegian comic, said in a telephone in terview that he was also nervous about performing in Edinburgh. “I feel like a little boy again,” he said, “like I’m doing a second debut.” Yet not all of the international stars at this year’s frin ge were anxious. Das, the Indian comedian, said being in Edinburgh was “very much a holiday, if I’m honest.” He said he was usually on the road so much that it was a luxury to spend a month in Scotland working on his next special and soaking up experiences that might inform future comedy routines.

Also appearing at this year’s Fringe is Stian Blipp, a Norwegian TV star, and Vir Das, an Indian comedian who has 7.7 million Twitter followers and multiple Netflix specials to his name. In Edinburgh, Das is playing to just over 100 people a day, if his show sells out.

“This is definitely like starting over again,” Eldjarn said. In Iceland, he could “just go confidently onstage, make stuff up and people will laugh,” he added. But in Edinburgh, he said, “you really need a lot of good material.” To make his show — which includes jokes about tur ning 40 and disliking vaping — Eldjarn said he had taken one of his Icelandic sets, deleted anything that would not translate to a British audience, then tried to “salvage as much as possible” as he translated it into English. He was tweaking the routine daily in Edinburgh to try to get bigger laughs, he added.

“Strangely, it’s become more important to tell an authentica lly Indian story for both the Indian and Western audiences,” Das said.Ata recent show, Das walked into the sweaty base ment to booming music, as if he were entering an arena. He drew immediate laughs by remarking on the racial mix of the crowd. “I see Indian people,” he said. “I see people sleeping with Indian people,” he added. “I see random locals who thought Vir Das was a German comedian and are now thinking, ‘This isn’t what we thought it’d be.’”

By ALEX WMARSHALLhenAriEldjarn,

The Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjarn in Edin burgh, Scotland, Aug. 23, 2022.

Like the 18 other passengers on the ship Origin, from ex pedition cruise company Ecoventura, I went to the Ga lápagos Islands in May to be awed by nature. Swimming with barrel-rolling sea lions, seeing a blue-footed booby chick peeking out from beneath its mother, kayaking with flamingoes and experiencing the meditative pace of a giant tortoise — all exceeded the goal. Along the way, encountering the most beautiful white sand beaches I have ever visited, with no hotels, but plenty of sea turtle tracks and sun-bleached whale bones, I became awed not just by nature, but also by humanity.

Questions, Vetting Answers Choice begins with research into the issues affecting the destination and asking questions of travel operators, according to CREST’s responsible travel tips. Most companies that are working to protect the environment and support local communities will be transparent about it. “I should be able to ask questions and they should have answers and know where to direct me,” said Erin Green, an agent with Pique Travel Design, based in Excelsior, Minnesota, who is on the sustainability committee of Virtuoso, a travel agen cy consortium. “If not, it tells me sustainability might not be a central tenet of their business.” Answers should go beyond eliminating plastic straws and reducing laundry, which she calls “gimmes.”

Now it is also up to visitors to do their part to tread lightly in the Galápagos and other environmentally sensitive places. Interest in sustainable travel is on the rise — in a recent Expedia Group Media Solutions survey of 11,000 travelers glob ally, 9 in 10 respondents said they looked for sustainable options when planning trips. In the same survey, 70% said they were overwhelmed by the process of becoming a more sustainable traveler.When I was planning my trip last winter and keen to travel as responsibly as possible, Miller helped me break down the options through the lens of sustainability, which was time consuming. It took months deciding where, how and with what company to go; sifting through operators’ websites for sustain ability practices; and committing to putting my money — triple my normal travel budget, in part because the Galápagos is not cheap — where my mouth is.

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“If you’re going to walk the streets of Paris, that’s a differ ent thing than Galápagos,” Zapata said. “When you go to highly sensitive places, be even more mindful of what you’re doing.”

“That’s where the traveler should be looking at travel and tourism as a privilege, not a right, where your choice matters,” Miller Askingsaid.

though, there are plenty of committed travel agencies, organizations and operators providing guidance to conscious consumers.

Regenerative Travel, a consortium of 30 independent ho tels vetted for their practices in supporting local communities and the environment, recently switched to a subscription model, charging $99 a year to travelers who receive weekly and month ly updates on regenerative issues. Members get that $99 back in the form of a credit at any of the group’s hotels if booked for a minimum three-night stay.

How to tread lightly in fragile places

Defining ‘Sensitive’ Fortunately, both the Galápagos and Antarctica make it easier to travel sustainably through their strong environmental regulations, including mandates to leave no trace on shore and ensure that all landings are guided. In the Galápagos, no ship may carry more than 100 passengers; in Antarctica, vessels with more than 500 passengers are prohibited from making landings.

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The agency Evolved Traveler recently introduced sustain ability icons applied to each itinerary that represent activities or places that have positive social or environmental impacts or community engagement.

An undated photo provided by PONANT-Olivier Blaud shows a hybrid electric ship operating in the polar regions recently launched by the French crui se company Ponant.

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“I’m looking for a specific attainable goal like cutting back emissions or going carbon neutral. Where is their staff from? Are they working with local communities? Where is the food coming from?” Green said. Among operators, she singles out Lindblad Expeditions, an expedition cruise company, which pioneered non-researchrelated travel in Antarctica and the Galápagos in the 1960s, went carbon neutral in 2019 and serves sustainably sourced seafood (10-day Galápagos trips, from $7,710). Quark Expeditions has hired Inuit chefs on its summer cruises in Greenland and Cana da, and Ponant recently launched a hybrid electric ship operat ing in the polar regions.

Ecuador’s decision in 1959 to create the Galápagos Islands National Park has preserved an archipelago with some of the highest levels of endemism, or species found nowhere else. “I can say without hesitation over 40 years working in and out of there as a tropical ecologist, if the tourism control and manage ment of visitors hadn’t been put in place in the ’60s, it would have been lost,” said Gregory Miller, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Responsible Travel, or CREST.

“We work with incredible independents that don’t have the backing of large groups and financing to reach consumers and typically aren’t on OTAs” or online travel agencies, said Amanda Ho, CEO of Regenerative Travel.

“By putting it there, we hope it sparks a client’s interest and gets them to talk to us about it,” Smith said.

Sustainable travel advocates say their best practices ap ply everywhere, but in such ecologically fragile places — like Antarctica, which most regard as sensitive as it is the last great wilderness where humans have had little direct impact — the urgency is greater.

“Unfortunately, not a lot of sustainability is mainstream yet,” said Paloma Zapata, CEO of Sustainable Travel Internation al, which consults with destinations and educates consumers in sustainable travel. “People, businesses and local organizations do not know what sustainability is and how to really fulfill those criteria.”Here, she and other experts helped provide guidance for travelers who want to plan sustainable trips, especially to sensi tive destinations such as the Galápagos or Antarctica.

Checking Certifications

For independent travelers, sustainable certifications can help identify responsible operations. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council, which sets international standards in the in dustry for sustainability, recognizes several certifying bodies for tourism businesses and destinations, including Bureau Veritas, EarthCheck and Green Destinations. But with so much fragmentation, certifications can be tough to decipher. Check a destination’s website for information on sustainability. Aruba, for example, has distinguished itself for its use of solar and wind energy, powering roughly 20% of its needs. And the country of Jordan created a Meaningful Travel Map that identifies 12 social enterprises — including a cafe with food from a woman-led farmer’s cooperative and a Bedouin camp run by a local tribe — that it encourages travelers to visit.

The carbon emissions associated with flying keeps any travel from being fully sustainable. Aviation is responsible for an estimated 3.5% of global warming, and while relatively small, it’s difficult to decarbonize. A White House initiative to promote the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel aims to meet 100% of demands by Meanwhile,2050.

Beware of hollow incentives to do the green thing. Im pact Travel Alliance, a nonprofit that argues for the positive power of travel, offers tips to avoid greenwashing, including looking for businesses that are active in areas such as recy cling, waste reduction and supporting biodiversity, not just talking about the topics or recommending that travelers buy carbon“Aoffsets.$5food-and-beverage credit to not have a room cleaned is effectively greenwashing,” said Justin Smith, owner of the Evolved Traveler, an agency based in Beverly Hills, Califor nia, noting the reduction in housekeepers’ hours. “You’re caus ing more pejorative impact on the local economy for a minimal amount of energy savings.”

On land, Big Five Tours & Expeditions, which blends cul ture and adventure in trips to Africa, South America and other places, champions social sustainability by patronizing locally owned safari camps in Kenya, for example; its safari listings in clude an “Elephant Ranking,” representing each African coun try’s sustainability achievements. Natural Habitat, which runs wildlife-watching expeditions, has been carbon neutral since 2007, and in 2019 operated the first net-zero-waste trip in Yel lowstone National Park.

ximate area of 103.50 square feet, equivalent to 9.62 square meters. A este apartamento se le asigna el área de estaciona miento número 5.” Recorded at page 233 of volume 536 of Ca rolina, property number 26,994, Property Registry of Carolina, Puerto Rico, First section of Carolina. The mortgage has two (2) junior liens: a) in favor of Doral Bank, which repayment obligation is evidenced with a mortgage note in the amount of $45,000.00, repayable with an annual interest rate of 5.50%, due on August 1st, 2010, pur suant to mortgage deed num ber 404 executed on the same date, and before notary public Lucy Navarro Rosado, recor ded at page 177 of volume 959 of the Registry. Sais junior lien was modified as to its principal balance that now is $43,608.06, repayable with an annual in terest rate of 5.625%, due on August 1st, 2035, pursuant to mortgage deed number 687 executed before notary public David Toledo David, recorded at page 155 of volume 1011 of the Registry. b) Judgment is sued by the San Juan Superior Court, case F CD2013-0566, in favor of Doral Bank against HE RIBERTO VARGAS COLON, AYLEEN BARRIOS ZAYAS, and the Conjugal Partnership between them, for the sum of $40,034.90, recorded at page 155 of volume 1011 of Caroli na, property number 26,994. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the proper ty. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as suffi cient the title that prior and pre ferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFO RE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE will be held on OCTOBER 7TH, 2022, AT 10:15AM and the minimum bidding amou nt that will be accepted is the sum of $180,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on OCTOBER 14TH, 2022, AT 10:15AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum

Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confir mation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, pu blic notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before re ferred to, will, on the 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property des cribed herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set herei nabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States Dis trict Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set herei nabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this No tice will be held on the 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States Dis trict Court, Federal Building, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 14th day of July, 2022. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPE CIAL MASTER. LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF PUERTO RICO CIELO VIVIENDA LLC Plaintiff V. ÁNGEL ALFONSO RAMOS HERNÁNDEZ AND HIS WIFE CAROLINE OCASIO HENRÍQUEZ, AND THE PARTNERSHIPCONJUGALBETWEENTHEM Defendants Civil No.: 16-01456 - (CVR). FORECLOSURE OF MORT GAGE; COLLECTION OF MO NIES. NOTICE OF SALE. To: ÁNGEL ALFONSO RAMOS HERNÁNDEZ AND HIS WIFE CAROLINE OCASIO HENRÍQUEZ, AND THE THEM,PARTNERSHIPCONJUGALBETWEENGENERALPUBLIC,ANDALLPARTIESTHATMAYHAVEANINTERESTINTHEPROPERTY. WHEREAS Judgment in favor of Plaintiff was entered for the principal sum of $282,452.07 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $42,933.62, accrued late charges in the amount of $2,337.60, accrued escrow advance in the amou nt of $9,047.74, and expressly agreed upon attorney’s fees and legal costs in the amou nt of $28,327.31, for a total amount due of $365,098.34, which will continue to accrue interest at the contractual ra tes. Such interests continue to accrue until the debt is paid in full. WHEREAS, pursuant to said judgment, the undersig ned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder. The public sale shall be held at Rondapro, located at: 441 Calle E, Los Frailes Indus trial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969. The public sale will be of the following property:

WHEREFORE, the FIRST PU BLIC SALE will be held on OC TOBER 7TH, 2022, AT 9:20AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $283,273.09. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on OCTOBER 14TH, 2022, AT 9:20AM and the minimum bidding amou nt that will be accepted is the sum of $188,848.72. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on OC TOBER 21ST, 2022, AT 9:20AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $141,636.54. Upon confirmation of the sale, an or der shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particu lars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be exa mined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the United States District Court. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 12th day of August, 2022. JOEL RONDA FELICIANO, SPECIAL MAS TER, E-MAIL: RONDAJOEL@ ME.COM, TEL: 787-565-0415. PUERTO RICO

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DE MAND: The object of this anno tation is the Mortgage in favor of Doral Mortgage Corp, for the sum of $325,100.00, which ari ses from inscription #13. Plain tiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Owner, Amount Owed: $444,777.41; Court Claim: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, in Civil case #172337, on Novembert 30, 2017.

Pursuant to said judgment and the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Spe cial Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Fe deral Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designa ted by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following pro perty: URBAN: Plot of land # 13 of block A, with a surface area of 651.50 square meters at Extension Caparra Develo pment of Pueblo Viejo Ward of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its boundaries are by the NORTH, in 20.00 meters, with street # 3; by the EAST, in 32.59 meters, with plot # 14 of said block A; by the SOUTH, with street # 4 of the development; and by the WEST, in 32.56 meters, with plot # 12 of said block A. It contains a reinforced concrete dwelling. The property descri bed above is recorded at page 110 of volume 72 of Guaynabo, property number 3,303, Regis try of Property of Guaynabo.¹ Physical Address: 13A Genova Street, Villa Caparra, Guayna bo, PR 00966. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easements in favor of Puerto Rico Railroad Light and Power Authority, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Municipality of Guaynabo and restrictive covenants. By itself: MORTGAGE guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Doral Mortgage Corporation, in the amount of $352,100.00, with an annual interest rate of 7.95% and due on September 1st, 2017. As per deed no. 394, executed in San Juan, Puer to Rico, on August 31, 2002 before Notary Public Miguel A. Rivera Rosendo, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, 13th inscription. MODIFICATION is partially cancelled in $10,071.46, re duced to $342,028.54, due on March 1st, 2050, as per Deed no. 56, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 26, 2010 before Notary Public Mag da V. Alsina Figueroa, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, at margin of 13th inscription. MODIFICATION: the principal is extended to the amount of $381,555.39 and the interests are modified as: from April 1st, 2013 to March 1st, 2018 to 3.387690% annua lly and from April 1st, 2018 to March 1st, 2053 to 7.95% annually, as per Deed no. 173, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 19, 2013 be fore Notary Public David Toledo David, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, at margin of 13th inscription. ¹ The property is described is descri bed in the Spanish Language as follows: URBANA: Solar nú mero trece (13) de la manzana “A” compuesto de seiscientos cincuenta y uno punto cincuen ta (651.50) metros cuadrados, en la Urbanización Extensión Caparra del Barrio Pueblo Vie jo de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de veinte (20.00) me tros, con la calle número tres (3) de la Urbanización que es su frente; por el Este, en una distancia de treinta y dos punto cincuenta y nueve (32.59) me tros, con el solar número cator ce (14) de dicha manzana “A”; por el Sur, con la calle número cuatro (4) de la urbanización; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de treinta y dos punto cincuen ta y seis (32.56) metros, con el solar número doce (12) de di cha manzana “A”. Enclava una casa. The property described above is recorded at page 110 of volume 72 of Guaynabo, pro perty number 3,303, Registry of Property of Guaynabo.

Plaintiff V. JOSÉ LUIS MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ A/K/A JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ Defendant Civil No.: 3:17-cv-02337. (ADC). COLLECTION OF MO NIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE.

Defendants Civil No.: 16-CV-02781. (JAG). FORECLOSURE OF MORT GAGE, COLLECTION OF MO NIES. NOTICE OF SALE. To: HERIBERTO VARGAS COLON, THEM,PARTNERSHIPANDBARRIOSAYLEENZAYAS,THECONJUGALBETWEENGENERALPUBLIC,ANDALLPARTIESTHATMAYHAVEANINTERESTINTHEPROPERTY.

Recorded in volume Karibe, of Guaynabo, Property 3303, Annotation “A”, dated October 17, 2019. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the hol ders thereof. It shall be unders tood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, ta cit, implied or legal), shall con tinue in effect. It being unders tood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is su brogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The amount of $381,555.39, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to pro duce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementio ned amount or $254,370.26 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the se cond public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third pu blic sale shall be $190,777.70.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DIS TRICT COURT FOR THE DIS TRICT OF PUERTO RICO RH PROPERTY, INC.

“URBANA: Solar número cua trocientos veintiséis, parcela de terreno sita en la manzana N en el plano de la Urbanización del Reparto Baldrich del barrio Hato Rey del término muni cipal de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número cuatrocientos veintiséis de la manzana N del citado piano de dicha urbanización, con un área superficial de cuatrocien tos cincuenta y nueve punto ochenta metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en treinta y cinco punto diez metros, con la calle Coll y Taste (antes Ra fael) de dicha urbanización; por el OESTE, en veinticinco punto setenta metros, con el solar nú mero cuatrocientos veinticinco de la urbanización Baldrich; por el SUR, es el apex de un trián gulo formado por las líneas Sur y ESTE qua colinda en cuaren ta y tres punto ochenta metros, con terrenos del municipio de Rio Piedras.” Recorded at page 222 of volume 506 of Rio Pie dras Norte, property number 12,647, Registry of the Proper ty of Puerto Rico, Section II of San Juan. The property descri bed above es encumbered by three junior liens: (a) MORTGA GE: In favor of RBS Mortgage Corp., in the original principal amount of $105,250.00, with 8.375% annual interests, due on November 1st, 2022, cons tituted by deed #328, execu ted in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 16th, 2007, before Notary Public René Aviles Pe rez, recorded at page 192 of volume 1736 of the Registry. Modified by Deed number 157 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 26, 2014, be fore Notary Public Eduardo J. Navarro Pluguez, recorded at

CIELO VIVIENDA LLC Plaintiff V. HERIBERTO VARGAS COLON, PARTNERSHIPANDBARRIOSAYLEENZAYAS,THECONJUGALBETWEENTHEM

NOTICE OF SALE. To: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC. On August 22, 2019, Nunc Pro Tunc to December 14, 2018, this Honorable Court issued Judgment in favor Bautista Cayman Asset Company, now RH Property, Inc., and against defendant, José Luis Martínez González a/k/a José Martínez González (“Defendant”). Defen dant was ordered to pay plaintiff as of July 5, 2018, the amount of $461,771.91. This amount is composed by the following: a sum of: (i) $338,382.56 in prin cipal; (ii) interests in the amount of $43,114.94 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at $31.84 per diem; (iii) accrued late charges in the amount of $3,019.06; (iv) insu rance and inspection costs in the amount of $2,230.00 and $312.00 respectively; (v) an additional amount resulting of Modification I and Modification II in the sum of $36,557.81; and any other advance, char ge, fee or disbursements made by RH Property, on behalf of the Defendant, in accordance with the Mortgage, as amen ded, as well as under the other loan documents, as amended; plus (vi) costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amou nt of $38,155.54.

WHEREAS Judgment in favor of Plaintiff was entered for the principal sum of $161,791.66, accrued annual interests of 5.625%, monthly late charges from the 1st day of May, 2014, until full payment, plus mort gage and risk insurance pre miums, late fees and any other amount expressly agreed-upon in the mortgage deed, from the date stated above until full payment thereof, plus 10% for attorneys’ fees and legal costs in the amount of $18,000.00. Such interests continue to ac crue until the debt is paid in full. WHEREAS, pursuant to said judgment, the undersig ned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder. The public sale shall be held at Rondapro, located at: 441 Calle E, Los Frailes Indus trial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969. The public sale will be of the following proper ty: URBAN: Apartment number 103. Residential apartment marked with 103 on the ground of first floor of Marbella del Ca ribe Condominium West Tower at kilometer 0.6 of State Road number 187, Isla Verde, Caroli na, Puerto Rico, with an appro ximate area of 323.90 square feet, equivalent to 30.09 square meters. Bounding on the NOR TH, with exterior elements of the building and with recrea tional areas; on the EAST, with apartment number 104; on the WEST, with apartment number 102; and on the SOUTH, with parking space number 5 and parking space number 6. This apartment consists of efficiency room, kitchen, bathroom, walk in closet, and covered terrace on its North side, with an appro page 192 of volume 1736 of the Registry; b) Lawsuit Annotation dated November 9th, 2009, executed in the Superior Court of Caguas, civil case ECD20091987, by Doral Bank, recorded at page 192 of volume 1736 of the Registry, annotation A; and; (c) Judgment issued by the Caguas Superior Court, case EHEI2012-01072, in favor of Hacienda San José Homeow ners Association, recorded at page 120, lawsuit 357, book 3 of the Registry. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is unders tood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall con tinue in effect it being unders tood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is su brogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens.

ALG. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, ALGUACIL PLACA #924, DIVISIÓN DE SUBAS TAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUA DILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA DAVID GUERRALORENZO,ACOSTAOMAYRASÁNCHEZYLASOCIEDADLEGALDEBIENESGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORAMBOS

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. ALFREDO SERRANO DE JESUS, ERFIS ANGELIC SIFRE ROMAN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV07358. (506). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO GENERAL.EN

que más adelante se descri be, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en públi ca subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efec tivo, giro postal o cheque certifi cado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia. Los autos y todos los do cumentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan du rante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera su basta a celebrarse, se celebra rá una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 3 DE OCTU BRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudica ción, se celebrará una TERCE RA SUBASTA el día 11 DE OC TUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Parce la de terreno identificada como solar número Dieciocho (18) del Bloque “CH” de la URBANI ZACIÓN CAMBRIDGE PARK, radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana del término municipal de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS NOVENTA Y SEIS PUNTO QUINIENTOS NOVENTA Y CINCO (396.595) METROS CUADRADOS y en lindes por el NORTE, en catorce punto cero veintiséis (14.026) metros, una distancia en arco de dos punto setecien tos cuarenta y nueve (2.749) metros y una distancia en arco de cinco punto cuatrocientos noventa y ocho (5.498) metros, con la Calle número Dieciséis (16); por el SUR, en veinte punto cero cero (20.00) metros, con el solar número Diecinueve (19); por el ESTE, en diecio cho punto novecientos setenta ocho (18.978) metros, con el solar número Diecisiete (17); y por el OESTE, con dieciséis punto cincuenta (16.50) me tros, con la Calle número Cua tro (4). En dicho solar enclava una casa de concreto diseñada para una familia. La escritu ra de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 957 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta, finca número 29,946, inscripción sexta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Cambridge Park, H-18, (antes of $120,000.00. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the pro perty, a THIRD PUBLIC AUC TION shall be held on OCTO BER 21ST, 2022, AT 10:15AM and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $90,000.00. Upon confirmation of the sale, an or der shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particu lars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be exa mined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the United States District Court. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 12th day of August, 2022. JOEL RONDA FELICIANO, SPECIAL MAS TER, E-MAIL: RONDAJOEL@ ME.COM, TEL: 787-565-0415.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN CASITAS BLANCAS, LLC Demandante Vs. GABRIEL DOLAGARAY BALADO Y SU ESPOSA RUTH

Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁ LEZ, Alguacil de este Tribu nal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad Puerto Rico, el día 24 de mar zo de 2008, ante el Notario José Orlando Mercado Gely, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Rin cón, inscripción 2, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aguadilla. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebra rá una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Aguadilla, situadas en el Segundo Piso del Cen tro Judicial de Aguadilla, Calle Progreso 70, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mí nimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $60,000.00. De no adjudi carse la propiedad en la segun da subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribu nal de Aguadilla, situadas en el Segundo Piso del Centro Judi cial de Aguadilla, Calle Progre so 70, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el día 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, $45,000.00. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde al cance, el importe adeudado a DAVID ACOSTA LORENZO, OMAYRA GUERRA SÁNCHEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, ascendente a la suma principal de $77,475.72, más intereses al 15 de mayo de 2021, en la suma de $14,791.56 devenga dos a la tasa de 7.25% según pactados, la suma de $851.49 por concepto de cargos por demora, la suma de $786.90 de otros cargos más la suma de $9,000.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anterior mente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha propiedad. Se en tiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferen te, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, con tinuará subsistente, entendién dose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los do cumentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables. El Alguacil procede rá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en po sesión física del inmueble, de conformidad con las disposicio nes de Ley.

Demandante Vs. MADELINE MATÍAS ROSADO, FRANCISCO VILLA GARCÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE COMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: RN2021CV00010. (0002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR DINARIA. AVISO DE SUBAS TA. 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 In Rem, expedi do el 17 de diciembre de 2021 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Aguadilla, procederé a ven der en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certifi cado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Aguadilla, situa das en el Segundo Piso del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, Calle Progreso 70, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, todo título, dere cho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Rin cón, Puerto Rico, con una ca bida superficial de mil cuarenta y nueve punto mil ochocientos veinticuatro (1,049.1824) me tros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en cincuenta y ocho punto cuatrocientos sesenta y nueve (58.469) metros con Luis A. Rosado; por el SUR, en cuarenta punto ciento setenta y uno (40.171) metros, con área dedicada a uso público; por el ESTE, en dos punto noventa y tres (2.93) metros con Luis A. Rosado y uso público; y por el OESTE, en cuarenta y siete punto doscientos cuaren ta y seis (47.246) metros, con remanente. Inscrita al tomo Karibe de Rincón, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aguadilla, finca nú mero 10,298. Dirección Física: Carr. 115, Kilómetro 11.0, Pue blo Ward, Rincón, PR. La pro piedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su pro cedencia: Libre de cargas. Por sí afecta a: HIPOTECA en ga rantía de un pagaré a favor de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenta ria Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $90,000.00, con interés al 7.250%, y vencedero 1 de abril de 2038, según cons ta de la escritura #134, otorga da en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de marzo de 2008, ante el Notario Público José O. Mer cado Gely, inscrita al tomo Ka ribe de Rincón, inscripción 2. Al asiento 2021-021614-AG01 del día 26 de febrero de 2021, se presentó Demanda sobre Eje cución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, de fecha 12 de fe brero de 2021 bajo el caso civil #RN2021CV00010 dictado en el Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Centro Judicial de Agudilla, Sala Superior, Demandante: Luna Acquisition, LLC como tenedor por endoso de paga ré por la suma de $90,000.00, Demandado: Madeline Ma tías Rosado y Francisco Villa García, balance adeudado $75,813.27. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del descrito inmueble la suma de $90,000.00, que es su valor estipulado a tales fines, según surge de la Escritura Número 134, otorgada en San Juan, TE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registra les posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en la fecha, hora y sitio anteriormen te señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dicha subasta, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subroga ción. Y PARA SU PUBLICA CIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta señalada. Además, en un pe riódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y median te correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBAS TA en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 2 de agosto de 2022 GERAR DO MÉNDEZ VILLANUEVA, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE AGUADILLA.

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COMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS Demandados Civil Núm.: ISCI2013-00510. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA - IN REM. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tri bunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 11 de marzo de 2022, por la Se cretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la pro piedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Miradero del término municipal de Maya güez, Puerto Rico, en la Urbani zación Mendoza, señalado con el número treinta y uno (31), en el plano de la urbanización, de una extensión superficial de 3,018.24 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en dos dimensiones, una de 47.13 metros, con terrenos de José I. Soto Negrón y otra de 61.80 metros, con un solar marcado con el número 32, de dicha urbanización; por el SUR, en 95.98 metros, con el solar mar cado con el número 30 de di cha urbanización; por el ESTE, en 30.00 metros, con terrenos de Ángel Luis López Galarza y de Fermín Sagardia; y por el OESTE, en 31.60 metros, con la Calle B de dicha urbaniza ción. Contiene una edificación en hormigón y bloques de hor migón con una dimensión de 30’ 6” de frente por 49’ 6” de largo, la cual consta de 3 cuar tos dormitorios, 2 baños con lavamanos, retrete y ducha, 1 baño con retrete y lavamanos solamente, cuarto para biblio teca, sala, comedor, cocina, lavandería y balcón. Esta le vantada sobre el terreno en co lumna de hormigón y sus bajos se utilizan para guardar autos. Finca número 25,856, inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 1,359 de Mayagüez. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción de Mayagüez. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago sa ber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimien to de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito eje cutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la su basta si les convenga o satisfa cer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de aboga dos asegurados, quedando en tonces subrogados en los dere chos del acreedor ejecutante: Banco Santander Puerto Rico a cuyo favor aparece un pagaré a su orden, por la suma principal de $5,790.71, con intereses al 7.00% anual, vencedero el dia 1 de marzo de 2038, constitui da mediante la escritura núme ro 81, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el dia 29 de abril de 2011, ante el notario Emil J. Rodriguez Escudero, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Mayagüez, finca número 25,856, inscrip ción 9na., y última. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 22 de diciembre de 2021, este Hono rable Tribunal dictó Sentencia en contra de la parte demanda da por la suma de $113,557.61 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 7.00%, anual desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2012, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipote cario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fe cha antes mencionada y has ta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $11,860.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y de más créditos accesorios garan tizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del algua cil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Maya güez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $116,800.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efec to el día 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $77,866.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $58,400.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de agosto de 2022.

A: GABRIEL DOLAGARAY BALADO Y SU ESPOSA RUTH

Dirección Física: Barrio Ra banal, Comunidad Palma. SR 173 KM 0.9 INT., Sola #1, Ci dra, PR 00739. Finca 18,604, inscrita al folio 49 del tomo 501 de Cidra, Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Segunda de Caguas. B. Que los autos y todos los do cumentos 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 ante riores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, en tendiéndose 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.

Demandado CIVIL NÚM: ECD2012-1001. SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HI POTECA POR LA VIA ORDI NARIA. EDICTO DE SUBAS TA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace cons tar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tri bunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en mone da de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Al guacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte De mandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:

PERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Cond. Regency Park, Apt. 11-D, Guaynabo, PR 00969 y que se describe a con tinuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento núme ro 11-D. Apartamento residen cial localizado en el primer piso de la Torre I del ‘Condominio Regency Park’, situado éste en el kilómetro seis (6.0), de la Carretera Estatal Número Vein te (20), en el Barrio Frailes, del municipio de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento tiene un área de 1,135 pies cuadra dos, equivalentes a 105.48 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE con el espacio abierto sobre el patio Norte del Condominio; por el SUR, con el apartamento número 11-H y área común; por el ESTE, con el espacio abierto sobre el patio Este del Condominio, y por el OESTE, con el aparta mento número 11-B. La puerta principal de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su colindancia Oeste, la cual lo conecta con el pasillo del piso y éste, a su vez, con los eleva dores y escaleras del edificio y, mediante el uso de éstos, se logra comunicar a los usuarios del apartamento con los demás pisos del edificio y con el nivel de acceso a éstos. Consta de 2 habitaciones, un closet en cada habitación, dos (2) baños, coci na, sala-comedor, 2 closets de servicio y terraza. Se asignan a este apartamento los espacios de estacionamiento numerados 105 y 145 localizados en el Edi ficio Anexo para el Estaciona miento de Vehículos de Motor de la Torre Residencial I, sujeto a redistribución según lo dispo ne la escritura matriz y el re glamento del condominio. Este apartamento tiene una parti cipación de 0.00290530993% en los elementos comunes generales del condominio y 0.00676% en los elementos comunes limitados de la Torre Residencial I. La propiedad antes relacionada consta ins crita en el Folio 154 del Tomo 1433 de Guaynabo, finca nú mero 47281, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $140,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adju dicación en la primera subas ta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la se gunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $93,333.33. CH-18), Calle York, Río Pie dras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandan te la suma de $97,937.84 de principal, intereses pactados y computados sobre esta suma al tipo de 8 3/8% (8.325%) anual, desde el día 1ro. de febrero de 2019, hasta su total y completo pago, contribuciones, recargos y primas de seguro adeudados y la suma de $19,885.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Dichas sumas son líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de li citación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será la suma de $198,850.00 y de ser nece saria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equiva lente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $132,566.66 y de ser necesaria una terce ra subasta, la cantidad míni ma será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $99,425.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el im porte de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el mo mento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes prefe rentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán sub sistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vámenes posteriores. EN TES TIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para cono cimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 19 de agosto de 2022. PEDRO HIEYE GON ZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DE LA DI VISIÓN DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI BUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2021CV01737. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA DEMANDADA,PARTEAL

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Demandados Civil Núm.: GB2021CV00592.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR FEDERAL HOME LOAN CORPORATIONMORTGAGET/C/CFREDDIEMAC

ESTADOGB2021CV0059219-07-54586M&TLIBRE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CARO LINA REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante Vs. SUCESION DELCOMPUESTAROSARIOROSARIOFRANCISCORUBENDELCERVONIT/C/CRUBENFRANCISCODELROSARIOHIJOT/C/CRUBENDELCERVONIT/C/CRUBENDELROSARIOPORSYLVIAROSARIOSNAFELIU,MARISADELROSARIOSNAFELIU,MARIADELROSARIOSNAFELIU,RUBENDELROSARIOFIGUEROA,MATILDEDELROSARIODIAZ;NOEMIDIAZRIVERAT/C/CNOEMIDIAZDELROSARIOENCUANTOALACUOTAVIUDALUSUFRUCTUARIA;JOHNDOEYJANEDOECOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOS;ESTADOSUNIDOSDEAMERICA;CENTRODERECAUDACIONDEINGRESOSMUNICIPALES

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certifica do, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipote cado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: UR BANA: Apartment number one thousand two hundred twelve (1212). Residential apartment marked One Thousand Two Hundred Twelve (1212) on the Twelfth (12th.) Floor of Marbella del Caribe Condominium West Tower at kilometer zero point six (0.6) of State Road Number One Hundred Eighty Seven (187), Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico, with an approxi mate area of One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Six Point Forty Three Square Feet (1476.43 Sq. Ft.), equivalent to One Hundred Thirty Seven Point Sixteenth Square Meters (137.16 Sq. Mts.), bounding: On the North with exterior ele ments of the building, with the empty space over the recrea tional area with Apartment One Thousand Two Hundred Eleven (1211), with common corridor and with Apartment Number One Thousand Two Hundred Fourteen (1214). On the South, with the exterior elements of the building and with the empty space over the common terra ce located over the sale spa ces. The apartment consists of living-dining room, kitchen, two (2) bathrooms, three (3) bedrooms, four (4) closet, walkin closet and a balcony on its North side. The apartment has a main door connecting with the common corridor on the floor from where access may be gai ned to the exterior of the buil ding and to the public street by the elevators and stairway. This apartment is equipped with a stainless steel sink, range with over, kitchen cabinets, water heater and central air conditio ning. Se le asigna el área de estacionamiento número Tres cientos Sesenta y Cinco (365). Inscrita al folio 237 del tomo 552 de Carolina Norte, finca 27,648, Registro de la Propie dad de Carolina, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta ins crita al folio 139 del tomo 972 de Carolina Norte, finca 27,648, Registro de la Propiedad de Ca rolina, Sección I, inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: 5347 AVE. ISLA VERDE, APT. 1212 COND. MARBELLA DEL CARI BE, CAROLINA, PR 00979. Se gún figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anterio res o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certi ficación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gra vada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivien da y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $727,500.00.

D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a las siguientes condi ciones restrictivas: Condiciones restrictivas bajo el Programa Mi Nuevo Hogar Ley122 del 6 de agosto de 2010: Para via bilizar la adquisición de esta propiedad, la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivien da de Puerto Rico, concedió la suma de $10,000.00 para sufragar gastos de cierre y/o para aplicar al pronto del pago y está sujeta a las siguientes condiciones restrictivas: La finca será residencia principal del comprador y no puede ser arrendada o destinada a otro uso que no sea el de su resi dencia principal y habitual y no podrá vender, donar, permutar o de otro modo transferir la propiedad sin el previo consen timiento de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, por un término de 10 años. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfa cer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $212,248.80, balance de Principal del referido pagaré, más los intereses que al timo convenido del 5.50% anual que se han devengado sobre dicha suma desde el 1ro de abril de 2012, y los que se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, los cargos por de mora devengados hasta esta fecha y los que se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda, cualesquiera ade lantos hechos por la deman dante para el pago de primas de seguro y contribuciones y la suma de $21,400.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado del demandante se gún pactados Enel pagaré, así como en el contrato de hipoteca y cualesquiera otros adelantos para contribuciones y pólizas de seguro hechos por la de mandante. La primera subasta se celebrará el día 19 de sep tiembre de 2022 a las 9:00AM en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tri bunal de Primera Instancia de Caguas, por el tipo mínimo de $214,400.00. De declararse de sierta dicha subasta se celebra rá una segunda subasta el día 26 de septiembre de 2022 a las 9:00AM en el mismo lugar an tes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $142,933.33. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 3 de octubre de 2022 a las 9:00AM en el mismo lugar antes men cionado. El precio para la ter cera subasta lo será 1/2 del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $107,200.00. 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 16 de agosto de 2022 en Caguas, Puerto Rico. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL Placa 593. NOTICE

Fecha de Vencimiento: 4 de agosto de 2086. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la pro piedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutan te antes descritos, si los hubie re, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anterio res, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por es pacio de dos semanas conse cutivas 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. Expe dido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de julio de 2022. SR. JOSÉ CRISTOBAL, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MANUEL VILLA FAÑE BLANCO, ALGUACIL PLACA #830. LEGAL NOTICE

ASOCIADO Demandante V. LAS SUCESIONES DE ALFREDO FIGAREDO LÓPEZ Y MARÍA ALINA ABOLAFIA MALDONADO T/C/C MARÍA ALINA FIGAREDO COMPUESTA POR MARÍA ALINA FIGAREDO ABOLAFIA; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES YLÓPEZ;ALFREDODESCONOCIDOSHEREDEROSDEFIGAREDOSUTANODETALSUTANADETALCOMOPOSIBLESHEREDEROSDESCONOCIDOSDEMARÍAALINAABOLAFIAMALDONADOT/C/CMARÍAALINAFIGAREDO

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RUSTICA: Solar uno. Solar marcado con el número 1 radi cado en el Barrio Rabanal, en el término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero punto dos mil seiscientos noventa y nueve (0.2699) cuerdas, equivalentes a mil sesenta punto novencien tos cuatro (1,060.904) metros cuadrados. En linderos: NOR TE, con terrenos propiedad de Luis A. Santos; SUR, con el solar remanente de la finca principal; ESTE, con terrenos propiedad de Luis R. Vázquez Santos; OESTE, con carretera municipal y con camino dedi cado a uso público A. Enclava casa para fines residenciales.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE CA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al guacil que suscribe por la pre sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cum plimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAY NABO SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por che que de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia el día 11 DE OC TUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SU sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $727,500.00, 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 Carolina, el 19 DE SEPTIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se esta blece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $485,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido original mente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se estable ce como mínima para la TER CERA SUBASTA, la suma de $363,750.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubi cada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑA NA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandan te, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $404,218.23 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $64,344.96 en inte reses acumulados al 4 de no viembre de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.501% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $16,946.29 en seguro hipotecario; $5,145.00 en tarifas de servicio; $543.00 en seguro; $400.00 de inspec ciones; $317.00 en preserva ción; $1,280.00 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $72,750.00, para gas tos, costas y honorarios de abo gado, esta última habrá de de vengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fe cha, desde este mismo día has ta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencio nada finca, a cuyo efecto se no tifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SU BASTA, 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 intere sados 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 San Juan Daily Star, que es un

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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 pre sente se le emplaza a usted y se le requiere para que dentro del término de TREINTA (30) días desde la fecha de la Pu blicación por Edicto de este Emplazamiento presente su contestación a través del Sis tema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, Sala de Agua dilla, P.O. Box 1010, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 00605-1010 y no tifique a la LCDA. GINA H. FE RRER MEDINA, personalmen te 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 006812342, Teléfonos: (787) 8329620 y (845) 345-3985, Abo gada de la parte demandante, apercibiéndose que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en con tra suya, concediendo el reme dio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal hoy 23 de agosto de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS MMG I PR CR, LLC Demandante V. ISMAEL CARMENMARIACUEVAS,CANDELARIACARMENROSAT/C/CMARIAROSA

Demandado Civil Núm.: AG2022CV00538. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO. A: LUIS A. VALENTÍN,CORDEROFULANADETALYLASOCIEDADLEGALDEGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORAMBOS.

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El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acree dores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecu tada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación re gistral, para que puedan concu rrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, que dando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante a saber: TRM, LLC COMO AGENTE DE SERVI CIO DE RNPM, LLC: A cuyo favor aparece una anotación de demanda, expedida el 26 de octubre 2014, en el en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, caso civil # ECD2015-0984, seguido por TRM, LLC como agente de Servicio de RNPM, LLC ver sus Ismael Candelaria Cuevas y su esposa Carmen Maria Rosa Gómez, por la suma de $166,998.89 y otros gastos. Anotado el 28 de agosto de 2018, en el Sistema karibe de Gurabo, Finca 5,280. Anotación B y última. Que en cumplimien to del Mandamiento de Ejecu

Parte Demandante Vs. MANUEL CONSTANZOENRIQUECASTRO,ANAMERCEDESDÍAZGARCÍA Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: DCD2017-0087. Sala: 503. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que sus cribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumpli miento de la Sentencia dictada el 12 de junio de 2017, la Orden Enmendada de Ejecución de Sentencia del 9 de noviembre de 2018 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia del 3 de agosto de 2022 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a ven der el día 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MA ÑANA en el Cuarto Piso de la Oficina del Alguacil de Subas tas, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Su perior, 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 Al guacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguien te propiedad: URBANA: Solar Número Tres (3) del Bloque H en el plano inscrito de Magno lia Gardens Development, Ba rrio Pájaros, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con un área de 356.00 metros cuadrados. Lindando por el NORTE, en 15.50 metros con el solar número 45; por el SUR, en igual distancia, con la Calle Número Once (11); por el ESTE, en 23.00 metros, con faja de terreno de 3.00 metros de ancho perteneciente a Mag nolia Development Corpora tion; y por el OESTE, en igual distancia, con el solar número cuatro (4). Contiene una casa residencial. La propiedad cons ta inscrita al Folio 31 del Tomo 265 de Bayamón, Finca Núme ro 11,571. Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Ba yamón, Finca Número 11,571. Registro de la Propiedad de Ba yamón, Sección I. Inscripción décima quinta (15ta). Dirección Física: Urb. Magnolia Gardens, H3 Calle 11, Bayamón, PR 00956-2654. Número de Ca tastro: 15-085-094-314-25-001. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $152,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebra rá una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MA ÑANA 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, $101,333.33. De no ha ber adjudicación en la segun da subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 25 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $76,000.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la deman dante el importe de la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia por la suma de $119,951.74 de princi pal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.25% anual desde el 1 de mayo de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $761.23 de recargos adeudados desde el día 1 de junio de 2017 hasta su total pago, más la cantidad estipulada de $15,200.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el con trato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes poste riores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Hipoteca: Constituida por Ana Mercedes Díaz García y Manuel Enrique Constanzo Castro (ambos solteros) en garantía de un pagaré a favor de NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS, o a su orden, por la suma de $38,000.00, sus inte reses al 6 ¼% anual y vencede ro el 1 de enero de 2035, según consta de la Escritura Número 132, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de diciembre de 2004 ante la Notario Gina Aguilar Gerardino. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Fin ca Número 11,571. Inscripción décimo sexta (16ta). b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Manuel Enrique Constan zo Castro, Ana Mercedes Díaz García, Miguel Cintrón Torres, Fermina Córdova Moctezuma y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil Nú mero DCD2017-0087, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un ba lance de $122,975.85 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 18 de enero de 2017. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Ba yamón. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su su cesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a prote ger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesa dos que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipote ca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas la borables, 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 pe riódico 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 re queridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; en tendiéndose 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 ejecuta da se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conoci miento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes inte resadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspon dientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de agosto de 2022. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUA CIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, SALA SUPERIOR.

ción de Sentencia expedido el día 1 de febrero de 2022, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Di rección de la Propiedad: Barrio Celada 181 Rd 5 St., Gurabo, PR, 00725. RUSTICA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Celada del término municipal de Gura bo, con una cabida superficial de 440.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, en un punto con los terrenos del señor Samuel Candelaria y el remanente de la finca prin cipal; por el SUR, en 15.81 metros con un camino público; por el ESTE, en 56.50 metros con terrenos del señor Samuel Candelaria y por el OESTE, en 56.03 metros con terrenos de la finca principal de la cual se segrega. En la inscripción 4ta se expresa que por el ESTE colinda en 50.50 metros con terrenos del señor Samuel Candelaria. Enclava una casa de una planta levantada en columnas, construida de con creto y bloques que mide 29’ de frente por 60’ pies de fondo. Inscrita al folio 96 del tomo 139 de Gurabo, finca número 5,280, Inscripción 7ma, del Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 20 de junio de 2016 en el presen te caso civil, a saber, tiene la suma de $166,810.67 de prin cipal, más los intereses acumu lados a razón de 3.850% anual computados desde el día 1 de marzo de 2015, hasta su total saldo, recargos por demora y $14,250.00 por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Los intereses se continúan acumu lando, hasta el saldo total de la deuda, para cubrir el principal adeudadio, disponiendose que si quedare algun remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas del mis mo debera ser depositado en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demanda dos previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referi da propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del algua cil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Algua cil, localizada en el Centro Ju dicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mí GOMEZ T/C/C CARMEN ROSA GOMEZ PEREZ T/C/C CARMEN M. ROSA GOMEZ T/C/C CARMEN M. ROSA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENESCOMPUESTAGANANCIALESPORAMBOS Demandado (s) Caso Núm.: ECD2015-0984. (801). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HI POTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. A: ISMAEL CARMENCARMENMARIACUEVAS;CANDELARIACARMENROSAT/C/CMARIAROSAT/C/CCARMENMARIAROSAGOMEZT/C/CROSAGOMEZPEREZT/C/CCARMENM.ROSAGOMEZT/C/CCARMENM.ROSAYLASOCIEDADLEGALDEBIENESGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORAMBOS;YALPUBLICOENGENERAL:

nimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $142,500.00. Que de ser necesaria la cele bración de una SEGUNDA SU BASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 31 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $95,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $71,250.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como des: $44,242.31 de principal, más $1,042.23 por concepto de por concepto de recargos y más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados según pactado. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judi cialmente para que su desem bolso esté condicionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribu nal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los interesados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra localizada en el Centro Industrial Río Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carraízo, Ca guas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebra ción, para inspeccionarlo física mente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas intere sadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subas tarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momen to. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instan cia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el ve hículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo esti mare conveniente, por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fue re mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado esta rán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competen cia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conoci miento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; enten diéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la pu blicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visi bles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el pre sente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de agosto de 2022. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRAN DA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, AL GUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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FAIRWAYCOMOSERVICES,PORTFOLIOLLC,AGENTEDEACQUISITIONSFUND,LLC Demandante Vs. ANDRES E ZAYAS SANTA Demandada Civil Núm.: CN2022CV00094. Salón: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ANDRÉS E. ZAYAS SANTAURB. VILLAS DE LOÍZA AD1 CALLE 24 bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su ex tinción el precio del remate. EX PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de agosto de 2022. NATA LIA SUÁREZ ORTIZ, ALGUA CIL PLACA #089, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJAR DO LEGACY MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 Demandante Vs. CORPORATION;INTERNATIONALASSOCIATESHOLDINGJOHNDOEYRICHARDROECOMOPOSIBLESTENEDORESDESCONOCIDOS

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radi cado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda Enmendada sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma prin cipal de $88,018.26 intereses al 5.50% anual, desde el día 1ro de enero de 2022, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $12,860.42, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acu mulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBAN: Lot located in Pue blo Ward of the Municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico, forming part of DORADO DEL MAR DEVELOPMENT, which is des cribed in the plot plans of said Development, with the number, area and boundaries related as follows: Lot number: Eleven dash V (II-V). Area FIVE HUN DRED TWENTY SIX POINT EIGHT THREE FIVE (526.835) SQUARE METERS. Bounded: by the NORTH, in thirty one point two seven (31.27) meters, with lot number Twelve (12); by the SOUTH, in thirty point nine five four (30.954) meters, with lot number Ten (10); by the EAST, in seventeen point cero cero (17.00) meters, with Dora do del Mar Country Club; by the WEST, in seventeen point cero cero (17.00) meters, with Street number Nine (9) of the Develo pment. The aforesaid lot conta ins a reinforced concrete single family dwelling. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita a! folio 29 del tomo 245 de Do rado, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, finca número 4,295, inscripción décimo tercera. POR LA PRE SENTE, se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su ale gación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamien to, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá pre sentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: direccióndecopiasecretaríasuenrepresentejudicial.pr/sumac/https://unired.ramasalvoqueseporderechopropio,cuyocasodeberápresentaralegaciónresponsivaenladeltribunalyenviaralarepresentaciónlegallapartedemandantecuyamásadelantesein fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedan do subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: VILLANUEVALCDA.gadosnotifiqueeloriginalenpresentejudicial.pr/sumac/,http://unired.podersalvoqueseporderechopropio,cuyocasodeberáradicareldesucontestaciónanteTribunalcorrespondienteyconcopiaalosabodelapartedemandante,MARJALIISACOLÓNAsudirección: PO. Box 7970 Ponce, PR. 00732. Tel: 787-843-4168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cancelación de pagaré extraviado. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que se extravió un pagaré hipotecario pagaré a favor Associates In ternational Holdings Corpora tion, o a su orden, por la suma de veintitrés mil seiscientos ochenta y nueve dólares con noventa y nueve centavos ($23,689.99), con intereses al diez punto noventa y cinco por ciento (10.95%) anual, vence dero el primero (1ro) de diciem bre de dos mil veinte (2020), según consta en el testimonio seis mil ochocientos noventa y cuatro guión A (6,894-A) de la escritura número quinientos cincuenta (550) otorgada en Fajardo., Puerto Rico, el día veintisiete (27) de agosto de dos mil cinco (2005), ante el no tario Félix R. Figueroa Cabán, y cuya obligación está inscrita al folio trescientos treinta y cinco (335) del tomo ciento cuatro (104) de Vieques, finca número dos mil doscientos sesenta y dos (2,262), inscripción tercera (3ra). Que la propiedad sobre la cual se constituyó dicha hi poteca es la siguiente: RÚS TICA: Parcela marcada con el número trescientos noventa y ocho (398) en el plano de par celación de la comunidad rural Esperanza del barrio Puerto Real del término municipal de Vieques, con una cabida su perficial de cero cuerdas con ochocientos noventa y siete diez (0897.10) milésimas de otra, equivalentes a trescientos cincuenta y dos punto sesenta y tres (352.63) metros cuadra dos. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle número diez (10) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela número tres cientos noventa y siete (397) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número trescien tos noventa y seis (396) de la comunidad; por el OESTE, con las parcelas cuatrocientos (400) y cuatrocientos uno (401) de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio doscientos ochenta (280) del tomo cincuenta y cuatro (54) de Vieques, finca núme ro dos mil doscientos sesenta y dos (2,262) Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Senten cia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribu nal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 25 de agosto de 2022. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SHEILA ROBLES HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN REVERSEFUNDINGMORTGAGELLC. Demandante V. SARA COLLAZO RIVERA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandado(a) Civil: BY2022CV01395. Sala: 403. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: COLLAZOSARARIVERA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de agosto de 2022. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 26 de agosto de 2022. LAURA I. SANTA SÁN CHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIO NAL. KATHERINE SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADOGB2019CV0013919-01-54364M&TLIBRE

Demandante V. LINNETTE MARIE DE JESÚS RAMOS Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2019CV00139. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUN CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Man damiento de Ejecución de Sen tencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPE RIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en mo neda de curso legal de los Es tados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribu nal de Primera Instancia el día 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, títu lo e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en C-6 Zeus St., Monte Olimpo Dev., Guaynabo, PR 00969 y que se describe a con tinuación: URBANA: Solar mar cada con el número 6 del blo que marcado con la letra C de la Urbanización Monte Olimpo, en el Barrio Frailes de Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 898.98 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2287 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 5 del bloque C, en una distancia de 30.38 metros; por el SUR, con el solar núme ro 7 del bloque C, en una dis tancia de 29.45 metros; por el ESTE, con la calle Zeus, en una distancia de 30.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el Sr. Alejandro Diaz, en dos alineaciones que suman 30.10 metros. La pro piedad antes relacionada cons ta inscrita en el Folio 210 del Tomo 715 de Guaynabo, finca número 28491, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $278,795.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una ter cera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 15 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $139,397.50. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura número 233, otorgada el día 28 de octubre de 2016, ante el Notario Orlando Maldo nado Rivera y consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de Guay nabo, finca número 28491, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo, inscripción séptima. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcial mente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $274,149.05 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.250% anual desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2017. Dichos intereses con tinúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $27,879.50 para costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $27,879.50 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $27,879.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses se gún provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los do cumentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETA RIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRI MERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulari dad del inmueble y que las car gas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante conti nuarán subsistentes. Se enten derá que el rematante los acep ta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estu dio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta me diante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan ins critos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscrip ción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del ac tor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endo so, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con poste rioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las

Si no hubiere remate ni adju dicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SU BASTA en las oficinas del Al guacil que suscribe el día 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la se gunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $185,863.33.

dica. Si usted deja de presen tar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387 E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com Se le advierte. además, a los herederos que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689, 696 (2005) y a tenor con las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá aceptar o repudiar la herencia del causante Joseph Charles Riley Dávila, dentro del término de treinta (30) días. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por acep tada. Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte deman dante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presen te Edicto que firmo y sello en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMALYN FIGUEROA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito segui do por Firstbank Puerto Rico vs. Linnette Marie De Jesús Ramos (soltera), ante el Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, Sala Superior, en el caso civil número GB 2019CV00139, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $274,149.05 y otras cantida des, según Demanda de fecha 7 de febrero de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Guaynabo. Anotación A. Y para conoci miento de licitadores del públi co en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del mu nicipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un dia rio de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de AGOSTO de 2022.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2022CV00726. (301). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EMPLAZAMIENTOEXTRAVIADO.POREDICTO.ESTADOSUNIDOSDEAMÉRICA,ELPRESIDENTEDELOSEE.UU.,ELESTADOLMREASOCIADODEPUERTORICO,SS. A: POSIBLESHOUSINGCORPORATION.INTERNATIONALASSOCIATESHOLDINGSUSDEPARTMENTOFANDURBANDEVELOPMENT.4517HTSTREETS.W.WASHINGTON,DC20410.JOHNDOEYRICHARDROECOMOTENEDORESDESCONOCIDOS.

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV03548. (503). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBO NITO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. JOSE ORLANDO DIAZ MELENDEZ; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandados Civil Núm.: AI2022CV00068. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que sus cribe por la presente CERTIFI CA, ANUNCIA y hace CONS TAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ORO COVIS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 6 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE OROCOVIS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, títu lo e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: PR 567 KM 0 HM 1 BARRIO BARROS OROCO VIS, PR 00720 y que se descri be a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar A: Predio de terreno ra dicado en el Barrio Barros del término municipal de Orocovis, Puerto Rico, compuesto de dos mil quinientos cuarenta y cuatro diez milésimas de cuer da (0.2544), equivalente a mil metros cuadrados con doscien tos treinta y nueve milímetros (1,000.239 m.c.), con lindes por el NORTE, con terreno denomi nado en el Plano de Inscripción Solar “B”, propiedad de Ramón González; por el SUR, con te rreno conocido como la Capilla Barros de la Iglesia Católica; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Ramón González Hernández; y por el OESTE, con la Carretera Estatal número 567. La propie dad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 110 del Tomo 140 de Orocovis, finca número 6,854, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del in mueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $51,803.36. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que sus cribe el día 13 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda su basta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $34,535.57. Si tam poco hubiere remate ni adjudi cación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $25,901.68. La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura número 296 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de noviembre de 2013, ante el Notario Rafael Maldo nado Pérez, y escritura de mo dificación de hipoteca número 341, otorgada el 16 de mayo de 2019, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Roberto L. Varela Ríos. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su pro ducto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Senten cia que ha obtenido ascenden te a la suma de $50,608.20 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2020, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada, José Orlando Díaz Meléndez, adeu dan a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equiva lentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,560.00. Ade más, la parte co-demandada, José Orlando Díaz Meléndez, se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $7,560.00 para cubrir cualquier otro ade lanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $7,560.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al Proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE OROCOVIS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita, que se men ciona a continuación: Sujeta a Condiciones Restrictivas por un término de 10 años, a través del Programa Mi Casa Propia, creado y organizado por la Au toridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, bajo las provisiones dispuestas en la Ley número 34 del 26 de junio de 2013, y el Reglamento número 8373 del día 3 de julio de 2013, según enmendado, concedió a la parte comprado ra la suma de $3,000.00, como subsidio para sufragar gastos de cierre y/o para aplicar al pronto pago de esta transac ción de compraventa. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormen te, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continua ción: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Deve lopment, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $19,710.11, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de mayo de 2049, constituida mediante la escritura número 342, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de mayo de 2019, ante el notario Rober to L. Varela Ríos, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Orocovis, finca número 6,854 Bis, inscripción 9na. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de car gos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipo teca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmi sibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamen te con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anterior mente se adquirirá libre de car gas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en ge neral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por es pacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tri bunal y la Colecturía / Cuartel. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circula ción general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con secutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi fir ma y sello de este Tribunal en Orocovis, Puerto Rico, hoy día 31 de agosto de 2022. HÉC TOR I COLÓN MALDONADO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE OROCOVIS, SALA SUPE RIOR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. KAREN MICHELLE COLON SANTANA Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV01014. Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Al guacil que suscribe por la pre sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cum plimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque cer tificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 4 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: APT. 1301, CONDOMINIO TORRES DE ANDALUCIA II, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00926 y que se des cribe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número 1301. Apartamento localizado en la décima tercera (13) planta del Edificio dos (2), Condominio Torres De Andalucía, situado en la Calle Marginal Oeste de la carretera estatal número 181 (Expreso Trujillo Alto), kilómetro 1, Hectómetro 2, Barrio Saba na Llana, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, con área de 908.89pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 84.4 metros cuadrados. Consta de sala, comedor, 3 dormitorios, cocina, lavandería, baño y clo sets. En lindes por el NORTE, con el patio delantero; por el SUR, por donde tiene su ac ceso de entrada y salida con pasillo que lo comunica con el resto del edificio con el cuarto de contadores de agua, cuar to de conserje, elevadores, cuarto de contadores eléctri cos, cuarto de incineración y cuarto de transformadores; por el ESTE, con el patio late ral izquierdo; y por el OESTE, con el patio lateral derecho. Le corresponde una participación equivalente a 0.2685% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio y un espacio de estacionamiento identifi cado con el número del apar tamento. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Tomo móvil de Sabana Llana, finca número 25,203, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del in mueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematan te los acepta y queda subro gado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni pre ferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita an teriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este proce dimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en ga rantía de un pagaré a favor de la Autoridad para el Financia miento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $15,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 26 de mayo de 2012, constituida mediante la escritura número 313, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de mayo de 2004, ante el notario Irma J. Plnadeball Moreno, e inscri ta al folio 1 del tomo 1036 de Sabana Llana, finca número 25,203, inscripción 15ta. Sujeta a Condiciones bajo el Progra ma (no expresa), no podrá ven der, donar permutar o de otro modo transferir por el término de 8 años. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desco nocidos, no inscritos o presen tados que sus acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hi poteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmi sibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamen te con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anterior mente se adquirirá libre de car gas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en ge neral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por es pacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este de $57,450.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscri be el día 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MA ÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $38,300.00. Si tampoco hu biere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebra rá una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 19 DE OCTU BRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pacta do para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $28,725.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue consti tuida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 128 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de mayo de 2004, ante el Notario Juan Piza Ramos y consta inscrita al Folio 1 del Tomo 1035 de Sabana Llana, finca número 25,203, inscrip ción Decimo Cuarta (14ta), en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Di cha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcial mente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $41,893.82 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2018, más inte reses al tipo pactado de 6.00% anual que continúan acumulán dose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, Karen Mi chelle Colón Santana, adeuda a la parte demandante los car gos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los crédi tos accesorios y adelantos he chos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equi valentes a $5,745.00. Además, Karen Michelle Colón Santana, se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $5,745.00 para cubrir cualquier otro ade lanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $5,745.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documen tos correspondientes al Proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDI CIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bas tante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes

Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 31 de agosto de 2022. ERIK F. OSUNA ACE VEDO, AGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPE RIOR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA GUAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. JOSE MORERALUISPEREZ Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2022CV00898. Sala: 702. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUN CIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Man damiento de Ejecución de Sen tencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a ven der en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque cer tificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demanda da de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en APT. S-2B, EDIFICIO S, CON DOMINIO PARQUE LAS MER CEDES, CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO 00725 y que se descri be a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento Residencial de forma rectangular irregular de un solo nivel en el Condominio Edificio S del Proyecto Parque Las Mercedes, Caguas, Puerto Rico, con la siguiente descrip ción, cabida y colindancias: Apartamento número S-2B localizado en el segundo piso del edificio, en el exterior Sur del mismo, área primitiva 900 pies cuadrados equivalentes a 83.6 metros cuadrados. Colin dancia por el NORTE, con la pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento S2-A y con la pared medianera de la escalera de uso común, en cuya pared está ubicada la puerta principal de entrada al apartamento; por el SUR, con terrenos comunes del solar que lo separa de una Calle Marginal; por el ESTE, con terrenos comunes del solar

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presen tar 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 re beldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la de manda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discre ción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la par te demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas di recciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com, andrea.ruiz@ orf-law.com y a la AUXILIAR.TORRESRIATE2022.Puertojuliolina,yEXTENDIDOnotificaciones@orf-law.com.direcciónBAJOMIFIRMAelsellodelTribunal,enCaroPuertoRico,hoydía22dede2022.EnCanóvanas,Rico,el22dejuliodeLCDA.MARILYNAPONRODRÍGUEZ,SECRETAREGIONAL.DAMARISRUIZ,SECRETARIA

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ABOGADOS DE LA DEMANDANTE:PARTE Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ LLP Suite 209 500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel. (787) 523-2670 Fax: (787) rdíaz@bdprlaw.com523-2664

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 26 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍ GUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIO NAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. que lo separa del Bloque G de casas gemelas de la urbani zación; y por el OESTE, con terreno comunes del solar que lo separa de la Calle 7 y con la pared medianera que lo separa de la escalera de uso común. Piezas de que consta: consiste de tres dormitorios con closets, sala-comedor, cocina, con clo set, cuarto de baño, área de lavandería, balcón al frente y atrás y closet en pasillo para uso múltiple. Participación en elementos comunes del edifi cio: 12.5%. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 84 del Tomo 1224 de Caguas, finca número 43,072, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $63,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adju dicación en la primera subas ta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la se gunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $42,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TER CERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $31,500.00.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, INC. Demandante V. ALEXANDER ALFREDO SANDRA YCHAPARROMARGARITAHERRERA,LASOCIEDADLEGALDEGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORAMBOS,DORALMORTGAGECORPORATION,JOHNDOE

AVENDAÑO RODRIGUEZ,

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ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, AL GUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUA CIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SU PERIOR DE CAGUAS. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA MÓN ISLAND SERVICES,PORTFOLIOLLCCOMOAGENTEDEFAIRWAYACQUISITIONSFUND,LLC Demandante Vs. CARMEN J. HERNÁNDEZCANCEL Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00181. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC TO. A: CARMEN J. CANCEL HERNÁNDEZ - VILLA LOS FILTROS TOWNHOUSES

le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presen te al tribunal su alegación res ponsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de ha ber sido diligenciado este em plazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: CIOSBA,GIONAL.COLLADO,2022.Rico,delPEDIDOSanSantaúltimadaemplazamientoacuseustededicto,alosSetrónico:(787)PR450,númeroes:gadosinción,elcualquiersolicitadocontra,tartérmino,responsivadejacretaríaalegacióncuyosente,pr/sumac/,https://unired.ramajudicial.salvoqueserepreporderechopropio,encasodeberápresentarsuresponsivaenlaSedelTribunal.SiusteddepresentarsualegacióndentrodelreferidoeltribunalpodrádicsentenciaenrebeldíaensuyconcederelremedioenlaDemanda,ootro,sieltribunal,enejerciciodesusanadiscreloentiendeprocedente,máscitarlenioírle.ElabodelapartedemandanteJaimeRuizSaldaña,RUA11673;Dirección:PMB400CalleCalaf,SanJuan,00918-1314·;Teléfono:759-6897;Correoeleclegal@jrslawpr.com.leadviertequedentrodediez(10)díassiguienteslapublicacióndelpresenteseleestaráenviandoaporcorreocertificadoconderecibo,unacopiadelydelademanpresentadaallugardesudirecciónconocida:Urb.Rita,988CalleMadrid,Juan,PR00925-2613.EXbajomifirmayelselloTribunalenSaJuan,Puertohoydía23deagostodeGRISELDARODRÍGUEZSECRETARIAREBRENDABÁEZACASECRETARIADESERVIASALA.

Yo, ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, Al guacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acree dores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al públi co en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 26 DE SEPTIEM BRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se or denó por la vía ordinaria al me jor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos corres pondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Caguas durante horas labora bles. Que en caso de no produ cir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 11 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar an tes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: UR BANA: Solar marcado con el número Dieciséis (16) del Blo que R guión Catorce (“R-14”) del plano de inscripción de la URBANIZACIÓN TURABO GARDENS, situado en el Barrio Cañaboncito de la Municipali dad de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS DIEZ PUN TO SETENTA Y DOS (310.72) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, en VEIN TICUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) METROS, con el solar número QUINCE (15); por el SUR, en VEINTICUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) METROS, con el solar número Diecisiete (17); por el ESTE, en DOCE PUNTO NOVENTA Y TRES (12.93) METROS, con la Calle “B; y por el OESTE, en DOCE PUNTO NOVENTA Y TRES (12.93) METROS, con los solares número Diez (10) y Once (11). El inmueble antes descrito contiene una casa de concreto reforzado, diseñada para una familia, construida de acuerdo con los planos y especificaciones aprobados por la Administración Federal de Hogares y otras Agencias Gubernamentales. La escritu ra de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio móvil del tomo 1603 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera, finca número 21,504, inscripción décimo tercera. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Turabo Gardens, R14-16, Calle B, Caguas, Puerto Rico. La su basta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte deman dante la suma de $63,619.11 de principal, intereses al 5.4% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2016, hasta su com pleto pago, más la cantidad de $8,825.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acu mulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $88,250.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $58,833.34 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la canti dad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $44,125.00. Si se de clara desierta la tercera subas ta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adju dicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo lici tador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán sub sistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a to das las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que po drán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta acep tada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, debe rá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de ge rente, la totalidad del crédito hi potecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos pos teriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TES TIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conoci miento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 29 de agosto de 2022.

LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EMPLA ZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S. S. A:

AMBOSMARGARITARODRIGUEZ,ALFREDOALEXANDERAVENDAÑOSANDRACHAPARROHERRERA,YLASOCIEDADLEGALDEGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORCOMOTENEDORDESCONOCIDODELPAGARÉcomotenedordesconocidodePagaréafavordeDoralMortgageCorporationporlasuma$130,000.00,coninteresesal6.625%anual,vencederoeldía1dediciembrede2034,constituidamediantelaescrituranúmero473,otorgadaenSanJuan,PuertoRico,eldía30denoviembrede2004,anteelnotarioJoaquínDelRioRodríguez,einscrita a la finca número 36,011 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Segunda Sección de Carolina. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publica ción del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: laprocedente.susilacederenTribunaldentrotificarustedsentepr/sumac/,https://unired.ramajudicial.salvoqueserepreporderechopropio.Sidejadepresentarynosualegaciónresponsivadelreferidotérmino,elpodrádictarsentenciarebeldíaensucontrayconelremediosolicitadoenDemanda,ocualquierotro,elTribunal,enelejerciciodesanadiscreción,loentiendeLosabogadosdepartedemandanteson:

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic tar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el reme dio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejerci cio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El siste ma SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte deman dante, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puer to Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la RIAGUEROARIASANTAjulioBayamón,hoynal,MIlaw.com.lajose.aguilar@orf-law.comdirecciónyadirecciónnotificaciones@orf-EXTENDIDOBAJOFIRMAyelsellodelTribuenBayamón,PuertoRico,día28dejuliode2022.EnPuertoRico,el28dede2022.LCDA.LAURAI.SÁNCHEZ,SECRETAREGIONAL.AMALYNFINIEVES,SECRETAAUXILIARDELTRIBUNAL.

Demandadas Civil Núm.: CA2022CV02111. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR 2 CARR 833 APT I1 GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO 00969-3322.

La hipoteca a eje cutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la es critura número 290 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 16 de julio de 2008, ante el Notario Ricardo J. Ramos Gon zález, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 190 del Tomo 1730 de Caguas, finca número 43,072, inscripción Décimo Tercera en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Primera. Di cha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcial mente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $54,717.66 por con cepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2020, más inte reses al tipo pactado de 7.25% anual que continúan acumulán dose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la par te demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos acce sorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipote ca; y las costas, gastos y hono rarios de abogado equivalentes a $6,300.00. Además, la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $6,300.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipo teca y una suma equivalente a $6,300.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondien tes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SE CRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CEN TRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmue ble y que las cargas y graváme nes anteriores y los preferen tes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes entendiéndose que el re matante los acepta y queda su brogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de rema te. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de car gos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipo teca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmi sibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamen te con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus inte reses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado ase gurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anterior mente se adquirirá libre de car gas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Or den de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en ge neral se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por es pacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribu nal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de septiembre de 2022. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓ MEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPE RIOR. LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CA GUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. ALVERO DUARTE DE JESUS,

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2016-1225. (801). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO GENERAL.EN A: ALVERO DUARTE DE JESUS, SANTIAGOALVERIOCONOCIDOTAMBIENCOMODUARTEDEJESUS,SUESPOSAJERIANTERESATIRADOYLASOCIEDADLEGALDEBIENESGANANCIALESCOMPUESTAPORAMBOS.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V. BRENDA ENID ALGARIN CASIANO Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV02374. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: BRENDA ENID ALGARIN CASIANO. POR MEDIO del presente edic to se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordiñaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honora rios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sen tencia en contra suya y que se

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James has not said when he plans to re tire, though it seems it may not be soon: He has said he wants to play with his 17-yearold son, LeBron James Jr., who is known as Bronny. And in a Sports Illustrated article this week, he hinted that he might want to play with his 15-year-old son, Bryce, too. Bryant retired after the last year of his two-year extension. The Lakers were among the worst teams in the NBA those two years, and though outsiders criticized the deal, Bryant never seemed to lose the goodwill of Lakers fans and staff. “This is a year that’s dedicated to Kobe and his farewell,” Mitch Kupchak, then the Lakers’ general manager, said during Bryant’s finalFansseason.flocked to Bryant’s games, hoping to catch a final glimpse of him and gener ating TV ratings and merchandise sales for the team. In his last game, the Lakers’ home arena reportedly sold more than $1.2 million in merchandise, including five cashmere diamondencrusted Bryant baseball hats for $24,008. (Bryant wore the jersey numbers 8 and Even24.)

LeBron James recently signed a two-year extension with the Lakers, even though he is 37 years old.

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“There is a very strong emotional com ponent as well,” Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said in an email. “Pro fessional sports are unlike any other business. You will not find the emotional attachment to players that Mavs and NBA fans have, like they do to Dirk or LeBron or so many others, in any other business.” Cuban employed his own franchise star in Dirk Nowitzki, who spent his whole ca reer with the Mavericks, from 1998 to 2019. Nowitzki retired at 40 and received multiple late-career contracts for close to the maxi mum“Noamount.onesays they have a favorite pro grammer at Google or the person who up dated their iOS at Apple is their all-time favorite and they have their trading card,” Cuban said. “I’m not saying all owners look at it this way, but I know quite a few of us do.”

“Having his retirement date closer on the horizon creates a sense of urgency, and a scarcity effect,” Irina Pavlova, a former exec utive for the Brooklyn Nets, said in an email.

Why LeBron James is worth $100 Million to the Lakers,

James makes it look easy, but the short list of players who were competing at an All-Star level around James’ age shows that it is not: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, John Stockton and Michael Jordan. Chris Paul, who turned 37 in May, may deserve to be on the list. Still, trends would suggest that the Lak ers’ recent decision to sign James to a twoyear, $97.1 million extension with a player option for a third year might not pay off on the court. The Lakers didn’t make the play offs last season, and James played just 56 of 82 games because of injuries and rest. His contract will eat up a significant percent age of the team’s salary cap space, making it harder for the team to add other top-tier players. James has defied human limits thus far, but each year is a new chance for sci ence to win. Yet deals like his are often unbound by the rules of basketball, finance or science.

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There’s also a branding benefit for the Lakers in having James — or stars like John son and Bryant — associated with the team, said Rick Burton, a sports management pro fessor at Syracuse University.

“If we go back, it was Kobe, it was Magic, it was Kareem,” Erving said. “It was Wilt. It was Jerry West. Elgin Baylor was the greatest; he was my favorite. So they’ve al ways had a guy who fans locally and globally could identify with, and LeBron is that guy for the Lakers.”

“It will speak volumes in terms of attract ing people to that,” Julius Erving, the Hall of Fame guard and forward, said of James’ ex tension.

f one believes in science, historical trends and the limits of human capabilities, there’s a high likelihood that the 37-yearold LeBron James soon will no longer play like aAftersuperstar.all,in the history of the NBA, few players were even in the league at that age, much less playing as well as he does. Last year with the Los Angeles Lakers, in his 19th season, James averaged 30.3 points a game, the second highest of his career and the most on the team. He was named an All-Star for the 18th time.

Of course, if the Lakers continue to un derwhelm as they did last season, James’ contract could draw criticism much like Bry ant’s extension did, even though James led the Lakers to a championship in 2020. Jeanie Buss, Jerry Buss’ daughter and the majority owner of the Lakers, declined to comment for this article. But James has long escaped the clutches of critics, and the Lakers have shown that, in special cases, they are willing to invest in their stars.

“These are players that the Lakers want you to know: ‘These guys are with us. The best players in the world play for us,’” Burton said.But even if James soon is no longer among the best in the world, his contract is likely to pay off for the Lakers in ways be yond wins: on the business side.

if James is not retiring, he is just 1,325 points behind Abdul-Jab bar for first on the NBA’s career scoring list, giving the Lakers an opportunity to cash in on that chase through apparel and oth er such sales. James has scored at least that many points in every season except 2020-21, when he played in just 45 games because of injuries. (The season was shortened by 10 games, to 72, because of the coronavirus pan demic.)Nonbasketball factors make up “a small percentage” of decisionmaking on contracts, said Rod Thorn, a for mer NBA front-office executive, who drafted Jordan with the Chicago Bulls. The Lakers, he said, want to be a strong basketball team because they have “a big rival on their door step” in the Los Angeles Clippers, who are expected to leave their shared arena by the 2024-25 season for their own venue.

“It’s still a Laker town, but the Clippers may eclipse them as a team,” Thorn said. “They want to have a great team. That’s how they get to where they want to go. That’s how they maximize the money they can take in. That’s how they maximize their brand.”

Cuban said he was influenced by Jerry Buss, a former owner of the Lakers, who in 1981 signed Magic Johnson to an unusual 25-year contract worth $25 million after just two seasons with the team. The Lakers also gave a 35-year-old Kobe Bryant a twoyear extension worth $48.5 million in 2013 months after he had torn his Achilles tendon, keeping him as the highest-paid player in the NBA.“When someone has given as much to the organization as Dirk did for the Mavs, you just ask what he wants to do and do it,” CubanThissaid.approach serves as a signal to stars on other teams that the Lakers are willing to keep them long-term. Bryant and Johnson, who each separately led the Lakers to five championships, helped recruit James to the Lakers, directly and indirectly.

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The deals, you might say, have been slam dunks. Free man, Turner and Betts all rank among the top 10 in the ma jors this season in total bases, with Freeman leading the ma jors in hits (168) and doubles (43) through Saturday. Betts hit his career-high 33rd home run, while Turner, who is eligible for free agency after the season, leads all NL shortstops in OPS, at .831.

Until then, the Dodgers had been prudent — for a pow erhouse, anyway. Andrew Friedman, the team’s president of baseball operations, inherited the majors’ highest payroll af ter the 2014 season. But he needed several long-term deals to expire before making a seismic move of his own.

The Dodgers have clearly gotten what they paid for: the best record in the sport, the most runs scored, the fewest runs allowed (despite a rash of pitching injuries), and the most paying fans. The team crossed the 3 million mark in attendance this weekend, and averages more than 48,000 fans per game. Of course, everything will reset before long, and the Dodgers will soon have to prove themselves all over again. They cannot admire their spellbinding season for long. As their everyday first baseman can tell you, another game is coming right up.

“In the past we’ve had more platoons and matching up, and I think at times it’s a good thing,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Other times, you have guys that know their roles but they’re not playing consistently, so sometimes I’ve seen that as a cost. “But when you can run out guys every day that are con sistent — they have routines, they know they’re playing — there’s some benefit to that. And I guess we won’t know which one’s better ’til after this postseason.”

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The cost of all this is staggering. The Dodgers have the majors’ highest payroll, at $265.6 million, according to Spo trac, and their players understand the mandate that comes with the spending.

A lineup card is very easy to fill out when you have Trea Turner, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.

The talent was undeniable, too — as it was with Turner, who arrived in the 2021 trade that brought Max Scherzer for the stretch run, and Freeman, who signed a six-year, $162 million deal after his contract talks fizzled with the Braves.

“When the regular season is done, you can probably say we can be one of the best regular season teams there is,” Freeman said. “But that’s the key: it’s the regular season. We try to win every game, every single night, that’s just who we are — but once October hits, no one cares what your record is.”

The Dodgers don’t need to Play the Percentages

The Dodgers once chased matchup advantages with the fervor of Homer Simpson’s softball manager, Mr. Burns, who sat Darryl Strawberry against a lefty — “It’s called playing the percentages” — in a famous episode of “The Simpsons.”

This is a team that gave every position player on the roster at least one start in the 2018 World Series, and batted Kiké Hernández third in the final game, even though he had not hit there since April. Now the Dodgers have eight players with at least 400 plate appearances; no other division-leading team has as many. Freeman leads the NL in plate appearances for the second year in a row and brings quality to his quantity: a .326 average with a .908 on-base plus slugging percentage through Saturday.

That came in July 2020, just before his first game with the Dodgers, when Betts signed a 12-year, $365 million con tract. It dwarfed the combined value of the three most lu crative deals the Dodgers had previously given under Fried man (about $237 million in contract extensions for Clayton Kershaw, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen), but the timing was right.

“It shows the dedication to wanting to win a world cham pionship,” said Will Smith, who has quietly become one of baseball’s most productive catchers. “That’s what we’re all here to do, and you can motivate yourself in the offseason knowing that the front office is putting together a team that’s going to be World Series-caliber.”

Betts, Turner and Freeman have all played for teams that beat the Dodgers in the postseason. Betts did it with Boston in 2018, Turner with Washington in 2019 and Freeman with Atlanta last fall. The Dodgers won the World Series in 2020, the year they acquired Betts in a trade with the Red Sox.

By TYLER KEPNER T here is a phrase in modern sports lingo that make no sense to Freddie Freeman: load management. The idea of sitting out now to stay strong later simply does not add up. “You can be a five-tool player,” Freeman said Tuesday, in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout before a game at Citi Field. “But if you don’t have the sixth tool of playing every day, what’s the point of the first five tools?” In the last five seasons, no major leaguer has played in as many games or collected as many hits as Freeman. The Dodgers were 50 games over .500, at 91-41, after Saturday’s 12-1 win at home over San Diego, and Freeman has a per fect attendance record in his first season for the team. “Just sitting there and making money and doing noth ing — I don’t understand that, and I will never wrap my mind around that,” Freeman said. “I’m about to be 33 in two weeks. My career is getting toward the end. Soon I’m not going to ever be able to play again. Why would I just take a day off now? I don’t comprehend that.” Freeman’s presence and philosophy highlight an evolu tion in a franchise trying to win its fourth National League pennant in the last six seasons. The Dodgers have a steady lineup headed by superstar imports: Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Freeman. It was not always this way.

“We have talked a lot about how strongly we believe against trying to build a team in free agency — but supple menting a really good core, I think, is a very effective strat egy,” Friedman said. “There are things we tried in ’15, ’16 and ’17 that didn’t line up, but our payroll was still in a very transitory spot. We had a lot of guys coming off and young guys coming up, and we got to the point where we had a core in place and the ability to be a little bit more aggres sive.“So it was after ’19 where it was a very concerted ef fort, and that’s when we ended up trading for Mookie. Trea kind of came out of us looking for pitching. And then with Freddie, we talk about being by the backboard whenever a star player is available. Just be around the backboard — you never know what’s going to happen, you don’t know which way it’s going to kick. As opposed to turning around and running back up the court, we’ll stay around the backboard.”

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Things may not always be as they seem, especially with the Moon’s angle to misty Neptune. Your perspective could be skewed, or you might make a mistake. But no matter, this is also a time to give your imagination free reign. If you have a project in mind, this dreamy line-up can give it a special beauty. Keen to promote your skills? Be sure you’re not giving out mixed messages.

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Keeping busy may be a good thing Capricorn, as the more time you have to ponder things, the more you might be tempted to make changes that aren’t necessary. If something is working, why try to fix it? And yet with Mars in restless Gemini for some months to come, you could find plenty of reasons to want to tinker with things. This isn’t bad, except if you do it too often!

You’ll take an obstacle in your stride, because your way of looking at the world could shift to the positive due to today’s Moon/Neptune angle. In a few days, you might get a surprise. And even if you were forced into making a detour or moving in a new direction, you’ll be glad you did. An opportunity may be waiting for you that you wouldn’t have discovered had all gone to plan.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Don’t leave everything until the last minute, if you’re going on a trip. A distracting aspect means that even if you have done your best, there’s a chance you’ll forget something. Write a to-do list or two, and put them where you can see them. Go through them rigorously before you set off, and you should be fine. With the details taken care of, you can relax and enjoy yourself.

Tempted to cut corners? If so, it may be because today’s Moon/Neptune tie encourages you to take the path of least resistance. If you only do a tenth of what you’re capable of, you’ll have a lot more to catch up on in the future. You might not feel like pushing yourself, but it’s worth it, Aries. And once you get more involved you could start to enjoy it, which is always a good sign.

Tempted to splurge, even though you’ve sworn to yourself you wouldn’t? Today’s edgy Moon/Neptune link suggests it won’t be worth it anyway. You may end up with something that’s disappointing. And even if you are temporarily mesmerized, the spell will wear off and you’ll feel disillusioned. It’s much better to save your money than spend it on things you don’t need.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

As the Moon angles towards Neptune, making plans could be more of a pain than a pleasure, as arrangements might get muddled and expectations be too high. Ease up and just enjoy life. Try going with the flow, as this leaves you free to focus on relaxing matters, like interacting with friends or indulging anything that involves your creative side. Go easy with the spending though!

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

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It may be better to talk less and think more, to avoid saying something that could jeopardize an important project, a promotion or other plan. You might think you’re being witty, but this is one time when you could get the wrong end of the stick. Even so, with lovely Venus in the last degree of charismatic Leo, you can be quite happy to draw attention to yourself today, Libra.

If others try to persuade you that their way is best, then stick to what you know. They could exert some pressure Virgo, and you may feel you’re being manipulated. Trust your judgement, as you will likely be proved right. This wouldn’t give you any satisfaction, it’s just that you dislike wasted time, energy and resources, all of which can occur if you ignore your deeper wisdom.

Over coming weeks, the focus will be on hard work and dressing to impress. Make the most of today, and enjoy a new experience or think about booking that well-deserved vacation. Either way, just let your hair down, Archer.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Taurus (April 21-May 21) You might be fully immersed in your plans, and ready to take things further. But with a lunar tie to Neptune, you’ll benefit from a second opinion. You may have overlooked something that isn’t important now, but could be a cause of concern later. If this is important to you Taurus, then you won’t want your efforts wasted on something minor that can be fixed in the blink of an eye.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

You may wonder if someone is trying to pull a fast one on you, which is naturally concerning. Are they though? Today’s lunar phase can play tricks on your mind, as your perception might be distorted. Because of this it’s best not to say anything, unless you’re one hundred percent sure. Besides, they may have made a mistake, in which case they aren’t really guilty of anything.

Delightful Venus is preparing to move into Virgo and your career sector tomorrow, but before it does, you may feel an urge to take a walk on the wild side.

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