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The United States will defend the constitutionality of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) in constitutional challenges resulting from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Title III bankruptcy process.
Brian Boynton, principal deputy assistant attorney general, and U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow said in a notice this week that the U.S. would participate in the bankruptcy process to defend PROMESA.
On June 14 and June 15 of this year, the court certified to the U.S. Attorney various challenges to the constitutionality of PREPA’s Plan of Adjustment proposed by the Financial Oversight and Management Board under PROMESA. In accordance with a July 27 court order, the United States will file its memorandum of law by Oct. 6.
is not secured by a 1974 trust agreement, noting that bondholders have an unsecured claim against the utility to be liquidated by “reference to the value of future net revenues.”
The ruling was part of an adversary proceeding between U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee, the Ad Hoc Group of PREPA Bondholders, Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. and Syncora Guarantee Inc. against the oversight board seeking a judgment that the $8.4 billion in PREPA bonds was secured.
Monoline insurers Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. in June objected to PREPA’s debt plan. They said their objection calls into question the constitutionality of PROMESA on the grounds that it violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution’s Bankruptcy Clause because it treats Puerto Rico differently from other U.S. jurisdictions.
That argument has previously been rejected, but, Assured argued, the earlier ruling has been superseded by other events, including that the court agreed with the oversight board’s contention in the bond lien and recourse challenge that the board had the status of a trustee in bankruptcy.
“Moreover, the Oversight Board is now judicially estopped [barred] from arguing that PROMESA is not a bankruptcy law, because it argued in the Amended Lien & Recourse Challenge that the Oversight Board qualified as a ‘trustee in bankruptcy’ on account of its powers under PROMESA,” Assured said. “Having prevailed in its position that PROMESA is a bankruptcy law, giving the Oversight Board the powers of a ‘bankruptcy trustee,’ the Oversight Board is now estopped from taking a contrary position.”
In August the oversight board filed a third debt adjustment plan for PREPA to restructure some $10 billion in debt. The confirmation hearing is slated for 2024.
Meanwhile, Syncora Guarantee and GoldenTree Asset Management have filed an appeal notice of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain that rejected their request for a removal of a stay order that prevents appointment of a receiver for PREPA.
Swain ruled in the bond lien ruling earlier this year that payment of the $8.4 billion PREPA bonded debt
The oversight board as part of the case wanted a determination from the court seeking a disallowance of the bonded debt to the extent that it purports to be secured by any PREPA property aside from certain moneys currently deposited in a so-called sinking fund, which is a fund created by the trust agreement, and a limited number of certain other funds explicitly made subject to liens by the terms of the trust agreement.
The bondholders, in turn, contended that they have a claim for the face amount of the bonds that is secured by all of PREPA’s current and future revenues, to which they can look for payment in perpetuity. The determination enabled the oversight board to file a new plan of adjustment that cut PREPA’s debt by almost 80%.
Apart from the global pandemic and the earthquakes in early 2020, Puerto Rico has had to deal with the recovery from the devastating effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria which were felt across the entire island.
The pandemic started three years ago and the hurricanes struck nearly six years ago, during which time and since, Puerto Rico has been under the administration of the New Progressive Party (NPP). Some would argue that in that time there has been proper use of federal funds brought into the island to resolve those issues, while others would argue that there hasn’t, and that many of the island’s issues since the hurricane have yet to be addressed.
The NPP’s rival party, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), most certainly thinks the latter. On Thursday, PDP President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, joined at a press conference by several party legislators, charged that even though there have been billions of dollars in federal funds assigned to Puerto Rico for its recovery after hurricanes Irma and Maria, the earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic, the party believes the island’s reconstruction has been excessively slow.
“Since 2020, Puerto Rico has received a great number of precedents in terms of federal funds,” Ortiz González said at the press conference held at PDP headquarters in Puerta de Tierra. “Even though there is a lot of money, the reconstruction of the island has been extremely slow; what they have done so far is not enough.”
He went on to excoriate the NPP, stating that “during the 2020 governmental campaign, [now Gov.] Pedro Pierluisi and [Resident Commissioner] Jenniffer González boasted about billions of dollars in funds that the island and its administration would have access to during the fouryear term, but what has the island and its current administration done in case another atmospheric event occurs? Nothing.”
“What is the current status of the
“Even though there is a lot of [federal] money, the reconstruction of the island has been extremely slow,” Popular Democratic Party President Jesús Manuel Ortiz González said. “What they have done so far is not enough.” (Photo by Richard Gutiérrez/The San Juan Daily Star)
billions of dollars in federal funds that were destined to fix up the island after all the disasters that happened?,” the PDP president added. “Do we see the product of that money in terms of our citizens in their day-to-day? The Answer is no.”
Ortiz González and the PDP legislators who accompanied him pointed out that the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds destined to address recovery issues will expire by 2026, while some Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds will expire this year and others next year. Therefore, he said, the clock is ticking in terms of these highly important funds, something that the NPP is aware of.
“The lack of action has been so excessive that the government solicitated an extension of the CDBG-DR funds until the year 2029,” Ortiz González said. “These funds expire this year. They have to justify the lack of action and poor execution of duties by the executive branch.”
Later in the press conference the PDP president and lawmakers denounced the current situation of public schools on the island, which has been the subject of several recent STAR reports. A lack of air-conditioning and incomplete rehabilitation of
educational facilities has heightened the suffering of thousands of students during the recent extreme heat wave and made adequate learning all but impossible. The PDP officials questioned why the Pierluisi administration hasn’t used federal funds to supply air conditioning to public schools.
Beyond that, District 23 (Yauco, Guayanilla, Peñuelas and Ponce) Rep. José Rivera Madera said, “in the southern region of the island, teachers are still giving classes in trailers, schools are not repaired, and let’s not even get started on the rehabilitation projects in different municipalities -- it is all plans but no action.” Regarding the lack of air conditioning at most public schools, Rivera Madera, who spoke alongside Ponce District Sen. Marially González Huertas, said “having air conditioning in a classroom is not a luxury, it is a necessity that students have it so that they can learn under proper conditions.”
“Children should go to school to learn, not to suffer,” he added. The PDP charged that the problem isn’t new, and that the Department of Education has received billions of dollars in funds for rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery of school facilities, but has been incapable of using them properly. The party president said “it is inexcusable that only 47% of funds
destined for the second phase of Emergency Assistance Funding for elementary and high schools have been utilized.”
“If the money isn’t used, it has to be returned by September 30th,” Ortiz González said.
It is obvious, the PDP officials said, that the root cause of all the aforementioned problems is the management of federal funds. Acknowledging a problem is the first step to creating change, but what solutions can the PDP provide, considering the elections are near?
“The first step to improving funds management is to simplify the process,” Ortiz González told the STAR. “The NPP has created additional structures ever since Hurricane Maria occurred to manage federal funds. I’m not the only one saying this; mayors have stated it, nonprofits have stated it. This has overcomplicated the flow of fund management.”
“One example would be the COR3 [Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency],” he said. “The first thing we need to understand is that we have to reduce the processes so that they are not so bureaucratic. Secondly, there is the reliability of that management. Right now the Department of Education has a syndicate; the last time the department had a syndicate was after [convicted former Education Secretary] Víctor Fajardo. Once the PDP got there, the syndicate disappeared because the funds were managed properly. Once 2017 came around and [former governor] Ricardo Rosselló’s administration was in office, the syndicate came back.”
“Historically the NPP has used the Department of Education as if it was its own personal credit card; that is the truth -- it is history,” Ortiz González said. “We must simplify processes; we have to guarantee the proper management of funds and of course have well established priorities.”
Whether or not such changes will be implemented if the PDP wins back La Fortaleza remains to be seen. While the press conference played out more like an opportunity to call out the NPP for improperly managing funds instead of discussing possible solutions to the problems, it did shed light on the conversations that will be front and center during the upcoming election season.
Bureau for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Commissioner Nino Correa Filomeno said Thursday that the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts that sea conditions in the north and east of the island will be dangerous in the coming days with the passage of Hurricane Lee, so he urges people not to visit the beaches until the bad weather passes.
“Thank God, Hurricane Lee will not have a direct impact, but it will pass north of our region and this will greatly affect sea conditions,” Correa Filomeno said in a written statement. “We could also see episodes of temporary rains, so we have to be attentive to the announcements of the NWS.”
Ernesto Morales, the NWS warning coordinator, said “sea conditions will deteriorate rapidly between Saturday and Sunday, and will remain dangerous for the rest of next week.”
“In the sea, especially in the northern and eastern area, we will see waves between 10 and 15 feet, so we don’t want anyone on the beaches,” Morales added. “As for rainfall, there is a high uncertainty but, with the experience associated with systems like these, we could receive between one and two inches due to the cloudiness associated with the outer bands of the atmospheric system. Sunday is when we will see more cloudiness in our area.”
The storm is forecast to pass closest to Puerto Rico around 8 a.m. Monday and be due north of the island at around 8
a.m. Tuesday.
Correa Filomeno noted that “we are at the peak of the season, and any tropical system that has development potential is of interest to Puerto Rico.”
“The call to our people is to be aware of the bulletins of the National Weather Service, the government authorities and to be prepared,” he said.
Public Safety (DSP) Secretary Alexis Torres stressed that the security component has its emergency plan ready to activate
when necessary, and is in constant communication with island mayors.
Lee developed into a hurricane late Wednesday and as of 11 a.m. Thursday was about 870 miles east of the Leeward Islands, in the northeastern Caribbean, and moving west-northwest at 15 miles per hour (mph). Its maximum sustained winds of 105 mph made it a Category 2 hurricane.
Besides Puerto Rico, dangerous surf conditions generated by the storm will likely affect the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and Bermuda over the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Meteorologists are fairly confident that Lee will stay north of the Caribbean but give it only about a 25% chance of bringing tropical storm-force winds (39 mph or higher) in the northernmost Leeward Islands, including the Virgin Islands, according to The New York Times.
Lee strengthened from a Category 1 storm to a Category 2 over the course of a few hours Thursday and was expected to become a Category 3, with winds of at least 111 mph, later in the day.
Rapid intensification and strengthening should continue into the weekend, when Lee will likely reach its peak intensity. As the storm strengthens, its wind field will also expand, stretching how far hurricane-force winds extend from the center.
There is some chance the storm will hit the East Coast of the United States, but as of Thursday morning it was not the likely outcome. It might also hit Canada or stay farther east and move across Bermuda.
Aguada Mayor Christian Cortés Feliciano reacted Thursday to the approval, without public hearings, of Joint Resolution 75 in the island House of Representatives, which would order the Committee on Evaluation and Disposition of Real Estate to evaluate the transfer of the property and facilities of Parque Colón to the Municipality of Aguadilla, saying the park belongs to Aguada.
“The promoter of the measure, Rep. Wilson Román, erroneously points out that for the Municipality of Aguadilla to assume responsibility for the reconstruction of Parque Colón, it must have title to the [land] and the facilities built on it,”
Cortés Feliciano said.
The mayor, who is a lawyer, also related a historical fact that he said should not be overlooked, which is that in the years 1931-32, the course of the Culebrinas Viejo River (Caño Madre Vieja) was diverted, at a point near its mouth, to the left bank, by Caño Carrizales. That detour changed the physical boundaries between Aguada and Aguadilla at that location.
The diversion work was performed by the Puerto Rico Department of the Interior, which was then directed by Guillermo Esteves Volkers. The then-mayor of Aguada, Carlos González, filed a complaint with the Department of the Interior, alleging that the diversion of the river affected the territorial limits.
The lawsuit reached the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, which determined that the interior commissioner had authority to carry out the work, but that in no way did it entail the loss of the boundary defined by the old riverbed.
Later, the Puerto Rico Planning Board concluded that the land that is located in Parque Colón has always been part of Aguada’s jurisdiction in Barrio Espinar. The dividing line on the northwest boundary between the two municipalities is Caño Madre Vieja, which runs in a northwest direction and places the lands toward its left bank within the limits of the Espinar de Aguada neighborhood.
On Feb. 22, 1987, the then-mayors of Aguada and Aguadilla, Julio César Román and Alfredo González Pérez, respectively, reached an agreement whereby the Municipality of Aguadilla recognized that the land where Parque Colón is located in territory belonging to the Municipality of Aguada. For its part, the Municipality of Aguada recognized that for many years the
Municipality of Aguadilla had maintained the area of Parque Colón, so it granted the administration of those lands owned by the Municipality of Aguada.
That act of brotherhood between neighboring peoples, known as “The Pact of Culebrinas,” made clear that both mayors recognized the legal fact that Parque Colón is located on land whose property title belongs to Aguada, specifically to the Espinar neighborhood, Cortés Feliciano noted.Thus the mayor of Aguada grants the power of administration of the lands to the Municipality of Aguadilla.
Puerto Rico Teachers Association (AMPR by its Spanish initials) Vice President Raúl González and AMPR Local Union General Secretary Ángel Javier Pérez demanded on Thursday that designated Education Secretary Yanira Raíces Vega accept the AMPR’s proposal to implement a schedule that allows students to leave school early in the day and minimize the impact of the heat.
“To address the problem in the short term, you have to address the need that these students have with the schedule,” González said at a press conference. “The schedule is already a measure that has been used in several states of the United States, [where] what is being given is 40 minutes of class. We are proposing a reduced schedule of 45 minutes [per class]. We even proposed a much earlier schedule, possibly starting at 6 in the morning, so that students could complete their full academic load and then go home. But we recommend 7:30 in the morning to 12:30 p.m., because we have done it many times before -- we have done it in the schools of Puerto Rico and it has worked.”
Pérez added: “We do not ask the secretary to suspend
Puerto Rico Teachers Association officials are proposing a schedule that would release students from public schools earlier so that they are not inside their classrooms during the hottest hours of the day, and so that contractors could use the afternoons to conduct the repair work that continues at some schools and that is known to disrupt classes.
classes or eliminate classes the full academic day, starting earlier.”
“[Our proposal is for a] full academic day, starting earlier,” he said.
According to the two educators, with their proposed schedule, contractors could use the afternoons to conduct the repair work that continues at some schools and that sometimes disrupts classes.
González and Pérez alleged that Raíces Vega opposed the proposal because it affected teaching time. They argued that the schedule proposed by the AMPR meets the minimum 5 hours of teaching time.
They also said that Raíces Vega claimed that the reduced schedule could not be used in all schools, because some have air conditioning. When asked for a list of those schools, the Education secretary supposedly did not have it, the AMPR officials said.
They delivered their remarks at a press conference next to Santiago Iglesias Pantín School in the San José neighborhood of San Juan. The school has air conditioning units installed in several rooms, but they cannot be used because when they are turned on, the circuit breakers activate.
Bankrupt Grupo HIMA hospital system has received at least three letters of intent to purchase facilities and has asked the court to let it hire Illinois-based Hilco Real Estate to sell some 78 offices and facilities in Bayamón, Caguas, Humacao and Fajardo.
The court, however, recently raised concerns that the proposed sale may be a “sub rosa plan,” a transaction entered outside of a bankruptcy case that acts as a de facto Chapter 11 plan of reorganization and evades requirements of the Bankruptcy Code.
Grupo HIMA, one of the largest hospital systems in Puerto Rico, filed for bankruptcy in August to restructure some $400 million in debt.
After initially saying it planned to sell a Fajardo facility, Grupo HIMA said in a motion Tuesday that it has contemplated the sale of all its properties and sought to employ Hilco Real Estate LLC as the estates’ real estate broker to provide such consultation and procure the sale of their properties, which may include their chattel property and going concern.
Within the services to be provided, Hilco would assist in identifying potential buyers for the properties. Grupo HIMA said it has retained Hilco based on a $50,000.00 retainer, according to the Sept. 5 motion. As set forth in the agreement, in the event a property is sold, Hilco will earn a fee equal to 5% of the gross sale proceeds. In the event two or more properties are sold as “going concern sales” or are otherwise sold outside of the agreement, the routine fee applicable to the sale of the remaining properties sold by Hilco will increase 1%, for a total fee of 6% of gross sale proceeds.
At a hearing on Aug. 23, HIMA’s lawyer, Alexis Betancourt, said the key effort of Grupo HIMA was to sell the hospitals while they were still operating. He said they have received three letters of intent and non-disclosure agreements and requests for information for four of the hospitals.
Thus, potential sales are a real prospect, he said. Nonetheless, potential sales of the hospitals would not be available if the hospitals were to close, he said. The hospitals need to be transferred while operating and while licenses are in place.
The court interjected to clarify as to the intent of the debtors to sell the hospitals as a going concern. The judge said a prior motion for a sales order refers to the Fajardo stalking horse agreement, giving the impression that the property to be sold was the Fajardo property.
However, the judge said that upon careful reading of the specific content and the bidding procedures, the motion includes the sale of all the debtors’ properties in an expedited request, which may give the impression that it is a sub rosa plan, an argument also raised by the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority at a prior hearing.
A sub rosa plan could seriously impact the bankruptcy process.
The court stated that if the motion on an expedited basis is for the sale of all the assets, when the debtors have not filed schedules, disclosure statements, plan and a creditors’ committee has not been appointed, such a scenario raises a concern with respect to the expedited sale of all properties.
Betancourt replied that the motion that had been filed contains bidding procedures for all properties. It includes a purchase agreement that has a stalking horse for the
Fajardo property. However, the debtors were pursuing the sale of all the properties of the debtors. The court stated that disclosure of facts and due notice were critical, and inquired as to how parties in interest will be placed in a position to express an opinion as to what is going to happen if the supporting data is not before the court and due notice to all parties in interest may not have been given.
When Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his central role in planning the attack on the Capitol, it marked an inflection point in the Justice Department’s vast investigation of the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
The sentence ended a series of three federal trials centered on seditious conspiracy, the most serious offense to have emerged from more than 2 1/2 years of investigation of the pro-Trump mob that took part in the attack. But it also punctuated a shift in public attention away from the people in boots who broke through barricades or shattered windows at the Capitol to those in suits who concocted plans to subvert the vote count or spread lies about election fraud that ultimately set the scene for violence.
The effort to hold the rioters at the Capitol accountable has been the largest inquiry ever undertaken by the Justice Department, and is likely to continue for months, or even years, with additional indictments.
But the looming trials of former President Donald Trump and those accused of helping him seek to remain in office will be a different sort of challenge, probing the resilience and authority of the criminal justice system.
The Trump prosecutions are likely to be a stress test of the country’s commitment to the rule of law at a moment of intense polarization and with Trump solidifying his position as the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
As if more tension were needed, Trump has already shown that he intends to make attacking the integrity of the proceedings a central part of his campaign, saying on Wednesday that he plans to take the stand in his own defense.
In some sense, it turns out, prosecuting people — even more than 1,000 of them — for attacking the police or for disrupting the election certification has been relatively straightforward. That is largely because the assault on the Capitol was a discrete event that can be picked apart forensically and in many, if not most, of the riot cases clear-cut video footage exists of the defendants committing crimes.
More than half of the 1,150 people charged in the attack so far have already pleaded guilty. Of the dozens who have risked going to trial, only two — a former government contractor and a onetime Broadway singer affiliated with the Oath Keepers militia — have been fully acquitted.
And as Trump and his lawyers may have noticed, the sentences imposed on top defendants like Tarrio have been significant, underscoring the gravity of criminal behavior that undercuts the foundations of democracy.
But Trump’s trials — especially the two he faces on charges of election interference, which were brought in Washington by special counsel Jack Smith, and in Georgia by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — will be of a different nature. They will be wrapped up in a tangled web of legal and political complexities that has never been seen before.
Samuel Buell, a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at Duke University, said that Trump’s election ca-
Rioters climb the walls as a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters breaches the Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. With leaders of the far-right groups that helped drive the attack on the Capitol sentenced to long prison terms, attention is shifting to the complex and fraught process of prosecuting Donald Trump.
ses were legally challenging not only because they involved intersecting plots with numerous co-conspirators, but also because they were likely to hinge on thorny issues like proving intent and determining liability for crimes that different people may have committed together.
As if to prove his point, prosecutors in the Georgia case said Wednesday that they expect to call at least 150 witnesses and that the trial there could last four months. (The judge said it might take eight.)
“These cases are much more nuanced and complicated than the riot cases,” Buell said.
In the federal case in Washington alone, the former president’s lawyers have already promised to file an array of pretrial motions, including one that would involve an untested legal argument that Trump is immune to the charges because the indictment covers a period when he served as the nation’s commander in chief. Citing the unprecedented nature of the case, the lawyers have said they are also planning to portray
the prosecution as a direct attack on Trump by his chief political rival, President Joe Biden.
“This is one of the most unique cases from a legal perspective ever brought in the history of the United States,” John Lauro, who is representing Trump in the matter, said in court last week.
Even though the Capitol riot cases and Trump’s election prosecutions both converge on the events of Jan. 6, the two for now are wholly separate.
Last week, Judge Amit Mehta, who has overseen several riot cases, including the sedition case of the Oath Keepers’ leader, Stewart Rhodes, reflected on that separation at a sentencing hearing for Sandra Parker, a member of the farright group.
In a pensive moment on the bench, Mehta noted how “the power of disinformation” and the rampant lies about the election had caused defendants like Parker “to believe in something that really was unbelievable.”
The pervasiveness of frauds like that, the judge said, was one of the “untold” stories of the Capitol attack, but that same story will be prominently featured in Trump’s election trials.
To be sure, none of the charges Trump is facing accuse him of encouraging or inspiring the violence at the Capitol. At worst, the Washington indictment claims that as chaos broke out at the building on Jan. 6, Trump “exploited the disruption” to further his goal of stopping the election certification.
The Justice Department spent considerable effort searching for links between the White House and the rioters and, at least so far, has never publicly established any direct ties between the boots and the suits. What remains to be seen is whether prosecutors find a way to bridge their inquiry into the Capitol attack to their investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn his electoral defeat.
“We have the fraud charges and we have the seditious conspiracy charges,” said Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at Columbia University. “But what we don’t yet have is any link between the two beyond vague inferences and thoughts.”
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Jan. 6 rioters have been held to account. That might be the easy part.
everything I have collected is gone.”
He added, “The only saving grace was those guys who came to my house.”
The “guys” are four men in the country illegally that he had hired to help sort through the muck, members of an immigrant workforce that in recent years has helped communities in Florida and other states clean up and rebuild after climate disasters, with thousands of such workers rushing in.
But as this year’s hurricane season intensifies, they may be in shorter supply in Florida.
In May, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law to discourage immigrants without legal status from living and working in the state. The law, which he has described as the country’s most aggressive crackdown, rejects out-of-state driver’s licenses issued to immigrants who entered the country illegally, makes it a felony to transport such immigrants into Florida and punishes companies that hire them.
had been harassed by police officers and sheriff’s deputies in the state. Now, they expressed fear that law enforcement would arrest them and turn them over to federal authorities for detention and deportation. The office of DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday about questions over law enforcement or on the impact of immigrants’ decisions on hurricane recovery.
Carlos, a worker without legal status who lives in Texas and drives with a license from Maryland, said he usually assembles a crew that clears debris in Florida after hurricanes and then does repairs, installing doors, windows and flooring.
They worked nonstop for seven months in Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian, he said, as one satisfied client after another recommended his crew to friends. But when the Legislature passed the immigration law, he said, they left Florida as quickly as possible.
By MIRIAM JORDANWhen Hurricane Idalia struck last week, Michael Burnett’s bayside home in Crystal River, Florida, was inundated with a noxious cocktail of stormwater and sewage from burst pipes that rose to his chest.
“We lost everything we owned,” said Burnett, the manager of a gun shop. “All my kids’ clothes, all my guitars, all my guns,
“There’s a lot of work, but we can’t risk being deported,” said Maria, a Honduran immigrant in Louisiana who worked in Florida after Hurricane Ian last year but said she would forgo traveling there to help with storm cleanup from now on. “We’re staying put.”
Like other immigrants interviewed for this article, she asked to be identified only by her first name out of concern for her family’s safety.
After the Florida Legislature passed the measure, but even before it took effect on July 1, Maria and other immigrants said they
Although Idalia flooded hundreds of homes and businesses from the Tampa Bay area through Florida’s Big Bend region, “we absolutely will not go” help with recovery, Carlos said from Houston, where he has lived for 13 of his 20 years in the United States.
“Imagine being arrested and deported doing work that really helps people,” he said, adding, “We have families.”
Though it is impossible to know for certain how many immigrants without legal status are staying away, more than half of 1,000 who were informally polled this summer by Resilience Force, a nonprofit group that organizes disaster recovery workers and offers them safety training, said they did not plan to return to
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The French doors were cracked open to the night outside, and someone was down in the kitchen. Ryan Drummond, standing noiselessly at the top of the stairs, was sure he knew who it was.
Grasping a frame with a picture of his wife and children — the only possible weapon at hand — Drummond, 42, ran through his options. He decided: best to let the intruder understand that he knows he’s in the house. He flicked the lights on and off.
A terrifying moment passed.
Then the lights flicked back in response.
For nearly a week since a convicted murderer slipped away from the Chester County Prison, the people in the area, a quiet stretch of farmland and wooded thickets about an hour’s drive outside Philadelphia, have had to live with a relentless unease. Teams of police officers jog through backyards, drones buzz in the skies, and for a time, helicopters shuddering overhead blared the sound of a woman’s voice pleading in Portuguese — the mother of the man who escaped, begging, in a recording, for him to give himself up.
The fugitive, Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was convicted Aug. 16 of stabbing his former girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, nearly 40 times, killing her in front of her children. On Aug. 22, he was sentenced to life in prison. Last Thursday morning, a little over a week after the sentencing, he disappeared.
In a news conference Wednesday, Howard Holland, the acting warden of the prison, described for the first time how Cavalcante escaped. A little before 9 a.m., while a basketball game was going on outside in the exercise yard, he said, Cavalcante crab-walked up two parallel walls — putting his hands on one wall and his feet on the other and quickly climbing to the roof, a feat captured on video that was shown at the news conference.
He pushed through two installations of razor wire, some of which was put in after another inmate escaped by the same route in May, and scaled a fence before making his way off the prison grounds. The earlier escape was thwarted within minutes when a corrections officer in a watchtower saw the person fleeing and sounded the alarm. But this time, the officer in the tower did not see Cavalcante, whose absence was discovered by officers in his cellblock nearly an hour later. Holland said the Pennsylvania
attorney general’s office was investigating the escape.
Cavalcante has been seen in the seven days since, once by a prison employee, several times in the ghostly infrared light of security cameras and most recently, said Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police, by a resident who spotted him Tuesday evening in a creek bed, heading into the woods. Police arrived on the scene but were unable to track him, Bivens said, after a search dog suffered a “heat related emergency.” Because of that sighting, he said, authorities have once again expanded the area they are searching, which initially seemed to be narrowing but has broadened and shifted in recent days.
For many residents, Cavalcante has been an unseen presence dominating their daily lives, creating as much of an inconvenience as any sense of panic. Businesses have had to lock their doors, minor errands have entailed navigating roadblocks, and TV news trucks and armed police officers have greeted residents in their driveways.
“It’s like our whole life is shut down over here,” said Kristin Muzik, 50, who stopped at a convenience store Wednesday afternoon with her three children, whose schools were closed for a second day. “I really hope they catch him quickly.”
Few if any of them have had an encounter like the one Drummond had Friday evening.
Drummond, who gave his account first to WPVI-TV, the local ABC affiliate, said he was “100%” sure it was Cavalcante who had been in his house, having seen his image in the news.
At a news conference Saturday, while discussing possible break-ins related to the escape, the Chester County district attorney, Deb Ryan, said that a homeowner had thwarted an attempted burglary in the area Friday evening, and that authorities had a “strong belief” that the intruder was Cavalcante. State police would not discuss the incident.
The week had come to an unsettling close for the Drummond family, who live about a mile and a half from the prison. News of the prison break sent recess indoors at the local schools and as she got ready for bed, Drummond’s 9-year-old daughter asked her father nervously about the French doors that didn’t seem to lock right. He reassured her, asking her why, of all the doors in the area, the fugitive would choose to try those.
He would later wonder if someone had been listening at that moment, perhaps just outside the window or in the shadows
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Florida this hurricane season because of the law.
“Floridians will need thousands of skilled disaster recovery workers to rebuild their homes after Idalia, but they may not get them,” said Saket Soni, executive director of Resilience Force.
“These workers are overwhelmingly immigrants,” he said.
Hurricane Idalia came ashore Aug. 30 on Florida’s Gulf Coast, packing winds of 125 mph that ripped roofs off houses, downed power lines and toppled trees. Surging stormwater and torrential rain flooded low-lying places like Crystal River, about 80 miles north of Tampa.
The sheer amount of water overwhelmed the city’s sewer system. The pressure was such that, in the Burnett home, water shot
out of a toilet like a geyser, puncturing the ceiling and flooding every room. Burnett, 43, and the family dog, Layla, were trapped inside, the putrid water 6 feet high by the time firefighters with an airboat rescued them.
When Kelly Burnett, 37, returned to the house with her children, 3 and 7, the family’s belongings had been reduced to a “sopping wet mess of crap,” she recalled.
“It was overwhelming,” she said. “We were literally at a loss.”
Michael Burnett has eczema that is exacerbated by prolonged exposure to bacteria. The couples’ elderly parents could not help.
During a visit to Home Depot to buy supplies, he spotted some Latino men holding up a sign that read, “Demolition, restoration and hauling.”
Burnett enlisted their help, and before he was even back home,
An image provided by the Pennsylvania State Police showing a man believed to be Danelo Cavalcante was captured on a trail camera in Longwood Gardens, within a few miles from the county prison, on Monday Sept. 4, 2023.
beneath the deck, where the family had spent the evening.
Hours later, he awoke to sounds downstairs.
“‘I don’t want to freak you out,’” he recalled whispering to his wife. “‘But I think someone is in the kitchen.’”
He got out of bed and walked softly to the bedrooms of his three children, making sure they were still asleep. Then he came to the upstairs landing, where he saw — exactly as his daughter had feared — that the French doors stood cracked open. That is when Drummond and the man in the kitchen communicated by the flicking of light switches.
Telling his wife to call police, Drummond braced for a potential confrontation, then watched as the man walked to the French doors, carrying a bag and appearing to be in no particular hurry. Police came within minutes, he said, and rushed to the tree line, but the man was gone into the night.
All that the man apparently took was a peach, an apple and a handful of snap peas that Drummond had bought at the farmers market earlier that day and had laid out on the counter.
For the rest of the weekend, the family tried to live as ordinary a life as possible, fixing soccer nets and having drinks with neighbors as SWAT teams came in and out of the woods and helicopters hovered overhead. Things have quieted down on their block since Monday night, when it appeared that Cavalcante had slipped out of the area where police had been focused. But there is no true return to normal in the area as long as the search continues.
the men had pulled up at his turquoise house. The workers picked through heaps of toys, clothes and other items, as well as through soggy, crumbling boxes for four days, making a total of $500 per day.
“If they found something in the pile that they thought was sentimental, they brought it to us,” said Kelly Burnett — like a photograph of her as a little girl.
Michael Burnett, who gave the men an extra $500 on their last day working for him, said, “If these people are willing to do this, making a little bit of money helping people they don’t know, they should have the world.”
The leader of the group, a man from Honduras named Rogelio who has worked on storm cleanup since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, said they had decided to risk travel to Florida, “trusting in God to protect us.”
“There are many homeowners asking for help,” he said, “but the workers just aren’t here.”
In early 2020, as the coronavirus spread, schools around the world abruptly halted in-person education. To many governments and parents, moving classes online seemed the obvious stopgap solution.
In the United States, school districts scrambled to secure digital devices for students. Almost overnight, videoconferencing software like Zoom became the main platform teachers used to deliver real-time instruction to students at home.
Now a report from UNESCO, the United Nations’ educational and cultural organization, says that overreliance on remote learning technology during the pandemic led to “staggering” education inequality around the world. It was, according to a 655-page report that UNESCO released Wednesday, a worldwide “ed-tech tragedy.”
The report, from UNESCO’s Future of Education division, is likely to add fuel to the debate over how governments and local school districts handled pandemic restrictions and whether it would have been better for some countries to reopen schools for in-person instruction sooner.
The UNESCO researchers argued in the report that “unprecedented” dependence on technology — intended to ensure that children could continue their schooling — worsened disparities and learning loss for hundreds of millions of students around the world, including in Kenya, Brazil, Britain and the United States.
The promotion of remote online learning as the primary solution for pandemic schooling also hindered public discussion of more equitable, lower-tech alternatives, such as regularly providing schoolwork packets for every student, delivering school lessons by radio or television, and reopening schools sooner for inperson classes, the researchers said.
“Available evidence strongly indicates that the bright spots of the ed-tech experiences during the pandemic, while important and deserving of attention, were vastly eclipsed by failure,” the UNESCO report said.
The UNESCO researchers recommended that education officials prioritize in-person instruction with teachers, not online platforms, as the primary driver of student learning. And they encouraged schools to ensure that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence chatbots concretely benefited students before introducing them for educational use.
Education and industry experts welcomed the report, saying more research on the effects of pandemic learning was needed.
“The report’s conclusion — that societies must be vigilant about the ways digital tools are reshaping education — is incredibly important,” said Paul Lekas, the head of global public policy for the Software & Information Industry Association, a group whose members include Amazon, Apple and Google. “There are lots of lessons that can be learned from how digital education occurred during the pandemic and ways in which to lessen the digital divide.”
Jean-Claude Brizard, the CEO of Digital Promise, a nonprofit education group that has received funding from Google, HP and Verizon, acknowledged that “technology is not a cure-all.” But he also said that while school systems were largely unprepared for the pandemic, online education tools helped foster “more individualized, enhanced learning experiences as schools shifted to virtual classrooms.”
Education International, an umbrella organization for about 380 teachers unions and 32 million teachers worldwide, said the UNESCO report underlined the importance of in-person, face-to-face teaching.
“The report tells us definitively what we already know to be true: A place called school matters,” said Haldis Holst, the group’s deputy general secretary. “Education is not transactional, nor is it simply content delivery. It is relatio -
nal. It is social. It is human at its core.”
Here are some of the main findings in the report:
The promise of education technology was overstated.
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley tech giants as well as industry-financed nonprofit groups and think tanks have promoted computers, apps and internet access in public schools as innovations that would quickly democratize and modernize student learning.
Many promised that such digital tools would allow schoolchildren to more easily pursue their interests, learn at their own pace and receive instant automated feedback on their work from learning analytics algorithms.
The report’s findings challenge the view that digital technologies are synonymous with educational equality and progress.
The report said that when coronavirus cases began spiking in early 2020, the overselling of ed-tech tools helped make remote online learning seem like the most appealing and effective solution for pandemic schooling even as more equitable, lower-tech options were available.
Remote online learning worsened education disparities.
UNESCO researchers found the shift to remote online learning tended to provide substantial advantages to children in wealthier households while disadvantaging those in lower-
income families.
By May 2020, the report said, 60% of national remote learning programs “relied exclusively” on internet-connected platforms. But nearly 500 million young people — about half the primary and secondary students worldwide — targeted by those remote learning programs lacked internet connections at home, the report said, excluding them from participating.
According to data and surveys cited in the report, one-third of kindergarten through 12th grade students in the United States “were cut off from education” in 2020 because of inadequate internet connections or hardware. In 2021 in Pakistan, 30% of households said they were aware of remote learning programs, while fewer than half of this group had the technology needed to participate.
Learning was hindered and altered.
Student learning outcomes stalled or “declined dramatically” when schools deployed ed tech as a replacement for in-person instruction, the UNESCO researchers said, even when children had access to digital devices and internet connections.
The report also said students learning online spent considerably less time on formal educational tasks — and more time on monotonous digital tasks. It described a daily learning routine “less of discovery and exploration than traversing file-sharing systems, moving through automated learning content, checking for updates on corporate platforms and enduring long video calls.”
Remote online learning also limited or curtailed student opportunities for socialization and nonacademic activities, the report said, causing many students to become disengaged or drop out of school.
The report warned that the shift to remote learning also gave a handful of tech platforms — like Google and Zoom — extraordinary influence in schools. These digital systems often imposed private business values and agendas, the report added, that were at odds with the “humanistic” values of public schooling.
Regulation and guardrails are needed.
To prevent a repeat scenario, the researchers recommended that schools prioritize the best interests of schoolchildren as the central criteria for deploying ed tech.
In practical terms, the researchers called for more regulation and guardrails around online learning tools. They also suggested that districts give teachers more say over which digital tools schools adopt and how they are used.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell on Thursday with Apple leading declines in megacap growth stocks on concerns over China’s iPhone curbs, while a fall in weekly jobless claims stoked worries about sticky inflation.
Apple declined for a second day, down 3.3%, on news that China has widened curbs on the use of iPhones by state employees, requiring staff at some central government agencies to stop using their mobile phones at work.
Bloomberg on Thursday reported that China planned to broaden the iPhone ban to state firms and agencies.
Growth stocks Tesla, Nvidia and Netflix also fell between 1.4% and 3.1%.
“The nature of this announcement seems to have refocused investors that the relationship between the U.S. and China is a big risk to current equity prices, particularly in technology,” said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments.
Shares of Apple suppliers including Skyworks Solutions, Qualcomm and Qorvo slid between 7.1% and 7.6%.
The S&P 500 information technology index fell 1.9% while the Philadelphia semiconductor index dropped 2.8%.
Fueling concerns about interest rates staying elevated for longer, a Labor Department report showed the number of Americans filing for unemployment claims fell to 216,000 for the week ended Sept. 2, hitting their lowest level since February.
Expectations that the Fed was nearing the end of its ratehike cycle have been watered down in recent days by stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data.
Traders’ bets on the Fed leaving interest rates unchanged in September stood at 93%, while their odds for a pause in the November meeting were at 54.1%, down from nearly 59% a week earlier, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch Tool.
Further denting sentiment, data showed China’s exports and imports fell in August, with sagging overseas demand and weak consumer spending hitting businesses in the world’s second-largest economy.
Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese firms including PDD Holdings, JD.com, Baidu and Alibaba fell between 3.7% and 5.7%.
While Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker did not comment on the likely U.S. monetary policy path, investors remain focused on other Fed speakers later in the day, including policy voting member and New York Fed President John Williams.
At 11:53 a.m. ET, the S&P 500 was down 21.95 points, or 0.49%, at 4,443.53, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 176.52 points, or 1.27%, at 13,695.95.
Despite losses in Apple, which ranks eleventh in terms of weightage on the Dow Jones, the cyclicals-heavy index was up 38.25 points, or 0.11%, at 34,481.44.
The weightage of a stock on the Dow is proportional to its share value as opposed to the market capitalization-weighted S&P 500.
Mexico’s governing party earlier this week chose Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, creating a watershed moment in the world’s largest Spanishspeaking country, with voters expected to choose for the first time between two leading candidates who are women.
“Today democracy won. Today the people of Mexico decided,” Sheinbaum said during the announcement, adding that her party, Morena, would win the 2024 election. “Tomorrow begins the electoral process,” she said. “And there is no minute to lose.”
Sheinbaum, 61, a physicist with a doctorate in environmental engineering and a protégé of Mexico’s current president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will face off against the opposition’s top contender, Xóchitl Gálvez, 60, an outspoken engineer with Indigenous roots who rose from poverty to become a tech entrepreneur.
“We can already say today: Mexico, by the end of next year, will be governed by a woman,” said Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, a political scientist at Mexico’s Monterrey Institute of Technology, adding that it was an “extraordinary change” for the country.
Sheinbaum has built her political career mostly in the shadow of López Obrador, and had emerged early on as the party’s favored pick to succeed the current president. That connection is thought to give her a crucial edge heading into next year’s election thanks to the high approval ratings enjoyed by López Obrador, who is limited by Mexico’s constitution to one six-year term.
In recent months, López Obrador has insisted that he will hold no influence once he finishes his term. “I am going to retire completely,” he said in March. “I am not a chieftain, much less do I feel irreplaceable. I am not a strongman; I am
not a messiah.”
But some analysts say his influence will endure regardless of which candidate wins in 2024. Should Sheinbaum win, “there may be changes to certain policies, though the broad strokes of his agenda will remain intact,” according to a recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a research institute in Washington.
If Sheinbaum is defeated, López Obrador “will not fade quietly into the background,” the report said, citing a large base of loyal supporters allowing him to command substantial influence. Some legacies of his administration — including austerity measures or the immersion of the military into social, security and infrastructure roles — could also be obstacles for Gálvez if she seeks to roll back his policies.
As the two female candidates target weaknesses in each other’s campaigns, they share some similarities. While neither is explicitly feminist, both are socially progressive, have engineering degrees and say they will maintain broadly popular anti-poverty programs.
Both women also support decriminalizing abortion. In Gálvez’s case, that position stands in contrast to that of her conservative party. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion nationwide, building on an earlier ruling giving officials the authority to allow the procedure on a state-by-state basis.
Sheinbaum, who was born to Jewish parents in Mexico City, would become Mexico’s first Jewish president if she wins the race. She has faced a misinformation campaign on social media claiming falsely that she was born in Bulgaria, the country from which her mother emigrated; supporters of Sheinbaum have called this effort antisemitic.
She studied physics and energy engineering in Mexico before carrying out her doctoral research at California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. After entering politics, she became López Obrador’s top environmental official when he was mayor of Mexico City.
When Sheinbaum was elected mayor of the capital in 2018, she took on public transit and environmental issues as
top priorities, but she was also the target of criticism over fatal mishaps in the city’s transportation systems, including the collapse of a metro overpass in which 26 people were killed.
With polls positioning Sheinbaum as the front-runner, her ties to López Obrador required discipline to maintain his support even when she may not have agreed with his decisions. For instance, when López Obrador minimized the coronavirus pandemic and federal government officials tweaked data to avoid a lockdown in Mexico City, she remained silent.
“What has stood out is her loyalty, I think a blind loyalty, to the president,” said Silva-Herzog Márquez, the political scientist.
Still, while hewing to López Obrador’s policies, Sheinbaum has also signaled some potential changes, notably expressing support for renewable energy sources.
Drawing a contrast with her rival, Gálvez, a senator who often gets around Mexico City on an electric bicycle, has focused on her origins as the daughter of an Indigenous Otomí father and a mestiza mother.
Gálvez grew up in a small town about two hours from Mexico City without running water and speaking her father’s Hñähñu language. After receiving a scholarship to the National Autonomous University of Mexico, she became an engineer and founded a company that designs communications and energy networks for office buildings.
After Vicente Fox won the presidency in 2000, she was appointed as head of the presidential office for Indigenous peoples. In 2018, Gálvez was elected senator representing the conservative National Action Party.
López Obrador has repeatedly made her the focus of verbal attacks, which has had the effect of raising her profile around the country while highlighting the sway that the president and his party exert across Mexico.
A combative leader who has embraced austerity measures while doubling down on Mexico’s reliance on fossil fuels, López Obrador looms over the campaigning. He pledged to do away with a long-held political tradition whereby Mexican presidents handpicked their successors with their “big finger,” replacing the practice with nationwide voter surveys.
Historically, political parties in Mexico mostly selected their candidates in ways that were opaque and lacked much inclusion. Handpicking was more common than a “free and fair competition for a candidacy,” said Flavia Freidenberg, a political scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The new selection process has changed that tradition, but concerns persist over a lack of clarity and other irregularities that have been denounced by some analysts and other presidential hopefuls. Both the governing party, Morena, and the broad opposition coalition, called the Broad Front for Mexico, used public opinion polls “that have not been fully transparent,” Freidenberg added, “and are not necessarily considered democratic procedures.”
“These irregular activities have occurred under the gaze of public opinion, the political class and the electoral authorities,” Freidenberg said. “This is not a minor issue.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Ukraine’s capital Wednesday and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, delivering a U.S. vote of confidence — and the promise of more aid — even as Russia made one of the deadliest attacks of the war on civilians.
A Russian missile struck Kostyantynivka, an eastern city near the front lines, killing at least 17 people and wounding at least 32 others, and more might still be trapped in the rubble, according to Ukrainian officials. They said the attack hit an outdoor marketplace about 2 p.m., when it was busy with vendors and shoppers, while Blinken was in Kyiv.
“A regular market. Shops. A pharmacy. People who did nothing wrong. Many wounded. Unfortunately, the number of casualties and the injured may rise,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. For anyone around the world to continue to deal with Russia, he added, “means turning a blind eye” to atrocities.
Early in the morning, Russia launched a volley of missiles and drones, several of them at Kyiv, hours before Blinken arrived, the Ukrainian military said, including a drone that killed at least one person in Izmail, a small port city on the Danube River in southern Ukraine.
Blinken’s trip, which was not announced in advance for security reasons, came as Zelenskyy’s government wages an increasingly public fight against the official corruption that has long been endemic in his country.
Some lawmakers in the United States and Europe have cited that problem — as well as
the grueling pace of Kyiv’s counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory — in voicing doubts about continuing to spend billions to arm and support Ukraine. That has put pressure on Zelenskyy and the Biden administration to show progress against graft.
“We’re engaged in assisting the government of Ukraine on anti-corruption efforts and on efforts to ensure accountability and full transparency of all the assistance we’re providing, as well as the security of U.S.-provided defense articles and technologies,” Blinken said at a news conference after his meeting with Zelenskyy, who did not take part in the news conference.
“President Zelenskyy and I discussed these issues today, and the importance to Ukraine’s democratic future of continued re-
forms and the fight against corruption,” he said.
After a series of military procurement and enlistment scandals, this week Zelenskyy dismissed his defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, the biggest shake-up in his administration during a year and a half of war. The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of his successor, Rustem Umerov.
Blinken, making his fourth trip to Kyiv since the invasion, stated repeatedly that American backing was unshaken. “Ukraine’s security is integral to the security of the entire Euro-Atlantic community and indeed it’s integral to security around the world, because of the principles that are being challenged here,” he said at the news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
He announced more than $1 billion in new aid, including $665.5 million in military and other security assistance, drawing on spending authority already granted by Congress to the Biden administration. He noted that much of the aid was intended not for the current fight but for long-term security and rebuilding Ukrainian society.
“For the first time we are transferring to Ukraine assets seized from sanctioned Russian oligarchs, which will now be used to support Ukrainian military veterans,” he said. “Those who have enabled Putin’s war of aggression should pay for it.”
In all, the United States has supplied $43 billion in equipment, including weaponry, training and other military and law enforcement aid, since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022, and more than $20 billion in economic and humanitarian aid.
President Joe Biden has asked Congress to authorize an additional $24 billion.
The Defense Department said Wednesday that the administration plans to send ammunition made with depleted uranium to Ukraine — the latest in a series of escalations in what kinds of weaponry the United States supplies to Kyiv. The British government said in March that it would give Ukraine depleted uranium munitions.
Rounds made with uranium, used for decades by the United States and other countries, are more effective at penetrating armor than those made with other metals, and more likely to ignite fires. Some U.S. tanks have armor that incorporates depleted uranium.
The metal, a byproduct of making fuel for nuclear reactors, is mildly radioactive. Some advocates have expressed concerns that prolonged exposure could cause illness, or that spent ammunition could cause environmental contamination, but the Pentagon has said those fears are unfounded.
The Biden administration has repeatedly resisted and then relented on sending weapons systems to Ukraine — HIMARS rocket artillery, Patriot air defense missiles, Abrams tank, F-16 fighter jets and cluster munitions, among others.
Blinken said he and Zelenskyy had discussed ideas for a long-term security partnership that the Ukrainian leader has said should resemble the U.S. alliance with Israel. Such an arrangement, which 28 other countries have also expressed interest in having with Ukraine, would provide it with some assurances short of joining the NATO alliance, which some member countries consider a far-off goal.
Acyclone battered southern Brazil early this week, killing at least 37 people, displacing 3,500 others and prompting the federal government to dispatch helicopters for rescues, authorities said late Wednesday.
Since Sunday, the storm has brought strong winds and floods to the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, submerging dozens of towns, according to the Ministry of Social Development. More than a dozen fatalities were reported in one town.
More rainfall was on the way, and some areas could get more than 11 inches of rain this week, Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology said. Authorities also warned of further flooding near three rivers in the region.
The storm, which forecasters described as an extratropical cyclone, also spawned a tornado and winds exceeding 62 mph in Santa Catarina, the state’s Civil Defense said Tuesday.
Damage from the storm was reported in 79 municipalities across Rio Grande do Sul, where roofs were stripped off of more than 300 houses and bridges collapsed, the state government said in a statement. Of the victims, 14 were in Muçum, a small town, where houses and roads were submerged, it said.
“We are dismayed by the lethality of this weather event and mobilized to save all those still in danger,” Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite of said on social media.
Rescuers continued to search for people stranded in flooded areas overnight as the police and military deployed
aircraft, helicopters and boats, the state government said.
“Night has arrived, the temperature has dropped, and there are people waiting for help in the open air,” Leite said. One victim, he said, was a woman who died during a rescue attempt on the Taquari River. She and her rescuer fell, and the officer was seriously injured.
The Civil Defense in Rio Grande do Sul has issued multiple flood and landslide warnings throughout the state this week. Alerts for power outages, hail and wind gusts were active throughout the state until Thursday morning. Flood warnings were in place Wednesday near the Taquari River, the Das Antas River and the Caí River, which course through towns and mountains in southern Brazil.
Rio Grande do Sul was slammed by another cyclone in June that killed at least 11 people.
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide earlier this week on an earlier ruling giving officials the authority to allow the procedure on a state-by-state basis.
The court struck down the federal penal code that criminalized abortion, deeming it “unconstitutional” and making abortion legally accessible in all federal health institutions across the country. It also ruled against bans on medical providers, including midwives, who perform the procedure.
The ruling in Mexico, a predominantly Catholic country of 130 million people, points to how nations in Latin America are taking a leading role in broadening abortion rights.
“I’m very moved and very proud,” said Rebeca Ramos, executive director of GIRE, a leading abortion rights group that filed an injunction last year against the Mexican regulation from 1931 that criminalized the procedure. “This makes possible what we had not achieved in many years, which is that at least in certain institutions all across the country
legal and safe abortion services can be provided.”
The Mexican Supreme Court first ruled that criminalizing abortion was unconstitutional in 2021, but that ruling applied only to the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas. Other Mexican states have already eliminated criminal penalties for the procedure, with Aguascalientes last week becoming the 12th to do so.
Wednesday’s ruling has no effect on local laws, and abortion remains illegal in 20 of the country’s 32 states. But even in those sta-
tes, women can now legally seek abortion in federal hospitals and clinics. The ruling also prohibits employees at these facilities from being penalized for carrying out abortions.
“Hopefully, this is the preamble so that the court can go state by state helping local legislatures eliminate the crime of abortion, since legislators do not do their job,” said Verónica Cruz, founder of the feminist group Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico.
In addition to Mexico, countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Guyana have moved to either legalize or decriminalize abortion. The regional trend stands in contrast to the United States, where the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 placed the country among a small group of nations making it harder for women to end their pregnancies.
In a statement, Mexico’s Supreme Court said the “criminalization of abortion constitutes an act of gender-based violence and discrimination, as it perpetuates the stereotype that women and people with the capacity to get pregnant can only freely exercise their sexuality to procreate and reinforces the gender role that imposes motherhood as a compulsory destiny.”
Some anti-abortion activists in Mexico were quick to respond to the ruling. “This sends the message to society that the life of a son or daughter can be taken before they are born,” Marcial Padilla, director of ConParticipación, an anti-abortion group, said in comments to ACI Prensa, a Catholic news agency.
The court’s decision reflects profound changes in Mexican society and some of its institutions. Much of the country remains culturally conservative, but decades of feminist activism have reshaped how many people in Mexico think about women’s rights. Reproductive rights groups have also fought to have abortion cases heard by the Supreme Court.
At the same time, the Supreme Court lost some conservative justices, and a former chief justice, Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, who was raised by practicing Catholic parents, emerged as an unexpected champion of abortion rights.
“We’re on a very good path,” said Ramos. “This is a recognition that women and people with the ability to gestate have agency and we are first-class citizens. That democracy is coming to us as well.”
U.S. economic policy in 2021 was met with a firestorm of criticism from many economists.
I’m not talking just about Republican loyalists, who always predict disaster when a Democrat moves into the White House. Even Democratic economists, or relatively apolitical technocrats, were scathing in their denunciations.
Thus Larry Summers, who was effectively the Obama administration’s chief economist, blasted President Joe Biden’s spending bills as the “least responsible macroeconomic policy we’ve had in the last 40 years.” Mohamed El-Erian, an economist who is usually cautious in his pronouncements, declared that the Federal Reserve had committed a historic error by failing to raise interest rates in 2021.
Underlying these harsh words was the belief not only that we would go through a period of high inflation — which the critics got right, and I got wrong — but also that getting inflation back under control would be extremely painful, probably involving years of very high unemployment.
But the economy has defied that dire prediction. Inflation has come way down despite continuing strength in employment. If the policy choices of 2021 did any lasting damage, it’s invisible in the data. So let’s talk about where the economy is now, and ask what,
if any, lasting damage the Biden administration’s early policy may have done.
The first point is that we’ve experienced remarkable progress against inflation, so much progress that it seems almost surreal even to optimists like me. One good way to see the good news is to compare some standard estimates of “underlying” inflation (that is, measures that try to extract the signal from the noise) over different time horizons.
Two such measures for the Fed’s preferred inflation indicator, the personal consumption expenditure deflator — one that excludes volatile food and energy prices, and one that excludes all large price movements — yield almost the same result: inflation below 3% for the past three months, lower than the rate over the past six months, which in turn is below the rate over the past year. This is what you expect to see if inflation is falling steadily toward something close to the Fed’s 2% target.
I still often see statements to the effect that while we’ve made progress against inflation, there remains a lot of work to be done. But the data says that we’re almost there, and inflation pessimists seem to me to be engaged in almost desperate efforts to find justifications for their pessimism.
And all this progress has been achieved at no visible cost in terms of jobs. In fact, employment recovered with stunning speed from the COVID slump. After the last recession began, in December 2007, it took more than a decade to achieve a full employment recovery. This time we were above pre-COVID employment within three years. Disinflation hasn’t seemed to require any sacrifice at all, let alone the high “sacrifice ratio” — lots of unemployment to reduce inflation — that many predicted.
Still, hasn’t inflation eaten into workers’ paychecks? Actually, no.
Wage data has been tricky over the past few years. During the worst of the pandemic shutdowns, job losses were concentrated among lower-paid service workers, so the average wage shot up simply because the worstpaid were not part of the average, then came down as things returned to normal. At this point, however, most of these effects are probably behind us. And the real wage of the average worker — average hourly earnings divided by consumer prices — is higher now than before the pandemic. Prices are higher, but they have been outpaced by wages.
Today’s economy, then, seems to be in pretty good shape. There was an inflation surge in 2021-2022, but it appears to have been, yes, transitory. So did policymakers truly commit a historic error by failing to act sooner against inflation?
In fact, there’s a good economic case to be made that a temporary burst of inflation was just what the doctor ordered. The pandemic was a huge shock that disrupted supply chains and shifted the mix of goods and services
consumers demanded. As a result, it was necessary for the prices of some goods to rise relative to the prices of others. And it was easier to achieve this adjustment in relative prices by raising the prices of goods that were in short supply rather than cutting the prices of goods that weren’t. A limited inflationary burst, like the one that followed World War II, was arguably the right response — at least in strict economic terms.
If you want to argue that policymakers made a historic mistake in 2021, I think that case has to rest on the proposition that even a temporary inflation burst did lasting psychological, or maybe even more important, political damage.
There’s no question that public perceptions of the economy are vastly worse than the economic reality. When I first began making this argument I got a lot of pushback from journalists arguing that the public had good reason to feel bad. At this point, however, it’s more or less impossible to deny that there’s something strange about the public’s negative view about a very good economy.
There are probably multiple reasons for this disconnect, but one possibility is that the sudden reemergence of inflation shocked Americans who had grown accustomed to price stability, and that they still haven’t recovered from that shock.
If that’s true, it might be that the policies of 2021 were good economics but bad politics. This view, however, depends on how much of the acceleration in inflation can be attributed to those policies, which isn’t totally obvious.
So, should fiscal stimulus have been smaller? Yes. Should the Fed have started raising rates sooner? Yes. Would any of that have made much difference to the pretty good place we’re in economically, or the bad place we’re in politically? Probably not.
SAN JUAN – Ever Padilla Ruiz, director de la Comisión de Derechos Civiles, afirmó el miércoles que están listos para encabezar el Observatorio de Trata Humana, propuesto en el Proyecto del Se-
nado 1237, gracias a su experiencia en la lucha contra la trata en Puerto Rico.
“Estamos disponibles para que el propuesto Observatorio de la Trata Humana esté adscrito a la Comisión que honrosamente dirijo”, expresó Padilla Ruiz en declaraciones escritas.
Padilla Ruiz enfatizó durante su ponencia que Puerto Rico es un punto de origen, tránsito y destino de la trata humana, marcándolo como un asunto de alta prioridad. Además, hizo hincapié en la urgente necesidad de sensibilizar a la población sobre este crimen grave y su impacto en la sociedad puertorriqueña para prevenir la impunidad.
El director recalcó que el carácter sistemático de la pobreza y las desigualdades económicas están incrementando la vulnerabilidad de los grupos en riesgo, en particular los niños y sus familias. Subrayó la necesidad de una estrategia educativa inclusiva, que englobe tanto el sistema educativo
privado como público, y una respuesta estructurada de apoyo para las víctimas sobrevivientes, integrando a todas las agencias y organizaciones pertinentes.
En el 2012, el gobierno local adoptó una nueva legislación que clasifica la trata humana como un delito grave, marcando un paso significativo en el reconocimiento y lucha contra esta forma moderna de esclavitud. Sin embargo, aún queda un camino considerable por recorrer para erradicar lo que se ha convertido en el crimen más lucrativo del mundo, según destacó Padilla Ruiz.
La trata humana, descrita como el comercio de seres humanos a través de violencia, engaño o abuso, sumerge a sus víctimas en condiciones de desamparo y miseria, forzándolas a situaciones de explotación sexual, laboral o extracción de órganos, denotando una cruel y moderna forma de esclavitud.
S AN JUAN – Dos hombres fueron detenidos por agentes especiales del FBI, con el apoyo de la Policía de Puerto Rico, acusados de explotación infantil, este miércoles.
En uno de los casos, Rafael Pérez Rodríguez, de 19 años y residente de Ponce, presuntamente transportó material de explotación infantil en su teléfono móvil, distribuyó y recibió pornografía infantil, incluyendo imágenes de menores prepubescentes o que no habían alcanzado los 12 años de edad, entre junio de 2022 y junio de 2023. La fiscal federal Emelina M. Agrait Barreto está a cargo de la persecución de este caso.
“Solicitar la producción de material de abuso
sexual infantil es un crimen particularmente perturbador”, expresó W. Stephen Muldrow, fiscal de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Puerto Rico, en declaraciones escritas.
En otro caso no relacionado, Emiliano Echevarría Collado, de 41 años y también residente de Ponce, fue arrestado por intentar producir y poseer pornografía infantil. Entre el 1 y 2 de octubre de 2021, Echevarría Collado intentó emplear, usar, persuadir, inducir, seducir y coaccionar a una menor de 15 años para que participara en conductas sexualmente explícitas. El fiscal federal Daynelle Álvarez-Lora está encargado de la persecución de este caso.
Si son declarados culpables, Pérez Rodríguez enfrenta una condena mínima de 10 años y hasta 20 años de prisión, mientras que Echevarría Collado en-
POR CYBERNEWS
frenta una sentencia mínima estatutaria de 15 años y hasta 30 años de prisión.
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AN JUAN – La unidad de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional junto con la Fuerza de Tarea contra Crímenes a Menores en Puerto Rico y la Policía de Puerto Rico arrestaron el martes a Daryana González Montañez, una mujer de 30 años de Cataño, por cargos de tráfico sexual de menores, producción de pornografía infantil y transporte de una menor con intención de participar en actividad sexual criminal.
En una operación llevada a cabo entre febrero y el 28 de marzo de 2023, González Montañez presun-
tamente reclutó, albergó y transportó a una menor de 14 años para participar en actividades sexuales por dinero, además de involucrarla en la creación y transmisión de material pornográfico infantil.
“El tráfico humano, especialmente de menores, es un crimen reprochable con consecuencias graves”, expresó el fiscal de Estados Unidos para el distrito de Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow. “Queremos recordar al público que informe todo comportamiento inapropiado con niños a las autoridades locales y, juntos, las fuerzas del orden locales y federales garantizarán que se haga justicia”.
La agente especial a cargo, Rebecca González-
Ramos, detalló: “Hemos seguido el patrón de esta mujer durante varios meses. Hemos implementado nuestro enfoque centrado en la víctima; se realizaron entrevistas forenses y se recopiló información de equipos digitales. Todos estos esfuerzos resultaron en buenas pruebas para un caso sólido de tráfico humano en Puerto Rico. La víctima y su familia tienen el apoyo que necesitan para enfrentar esta experiencia horrenda; y nuestros agentes especiales continuarán este proceso hasta que se haga justicia”.
Si es condenada, González Montañez enfrentará una pena mínima de 10 años hasta cadena perpetua por tráfico sexual de menores, de 15 a 30 años por producción de pornografía infantil, y de 10 años a cadena perpetua por transporte de una menor con la intención de participar en actividad sexual criminal.
When the Rolling Stones released “Beggars Banquet” in 1968, the band had an unusual way of grabbing attention: a surprise food fight.
At the end of a feast with journalists in a posh London hotel, Mick Jagger celebrated the record, which includes “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man,” by smashing a cream pie into the face of guitarist Brian Jones. The event quickly descended from there, with band members and guests throwing food at one another, leaving faces drenched in cream.
On Wednesday, Jagger, 80; Keith Richards, 79; and Ronnie Wood, 76 — the band’s three current members — promoted their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” in somewhat more sedate fashion: with a livestream on YouTube hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
Named after old British slang for the shards of glass that are left after a break-in, “Hackney Diamonds” will be released Oct. 20. Richards, wearing a hat and shades, said that playing live is a “holy grail” but that recording albums is “where the guys can get together and pass around ideas without any interference.”
“When it works, it’s great,” he said. Jagger, wearing a patterned jacket, said he didn’t “want to be bigheaded, but we wouldn’t have put this album out if we hadn’t really liked it.” He then added that he hoped the group’s fans would love it too. “I’ll drink to that,” Wood said, raising a glass.
After the 20-minute event ended, the band premiered the video for the album’s first single, “Angry,” featuring Sydney Sweeney. Jagger earlier said that the album had many tracks themed around anger and disgust.
The lunchtime event was held at the Hac-
kney Empire, an old theater in the trendy Hackney district of London. Fallon, sitting in front of a broken-up version of the band’s lips logo and near three smashed chandeliers, interviewed the group before an audience of journalists and invited guests, although questions were not allowed from the floor.
The anticipated 12-track “Hackney Diamonds” is the group’s first album of original material since the release of “A Bigger Bang” in 2005 and its first since drummer Charlie Watts died in 2021. Two of the tracks were recorded in 2019 with Watts, Jagger said, including “Live by the Sword,” which he described as “retro.”
Richards said the band was obviously different without Watts. “He’s No. 4; he’s missing; he’s up there. Of course he’s missed incredibly.” He said that Watts had recommended the band’s new
drummer, Steve Jordan, and that moving on “would have been a lot harder without Charlie’s blessing.”
Jagger joked about the long delay before this album, saying that the band — known for its extensive tours — had been a bit “lazy” and that the group needed a deadline. They forced themselves to hit the studio in December, he said. “We cut 23 tracks very quickly and finished them off in January, and mixed them in February.”
Fans of the Stones, which formed in 1962 and went on to become one of rock’s most enduring acts, have been awaiting a new album since “Blue & Lonesome” in 2016, which featured a dozen blues covers. Jagger told The Los Angeles Times in October 2021 that “Hackney Diamonds” would have been finished long ago if not for the coronavirus pandemic.
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Last month, the Stones teased the album via an advertisement for a fake glass repair company, called Hackney Diamonds, that appeared in a London newspaper. The ad’s text referred to several of the band’s well-known songs: “Our friendly team promises you satisfaction. When you say gimme shelter we’ll fix your shattered windows.”
In the interview with Fallon, the band said other album titles it considered were “Hit and Run” and “Smash and Grab.”
Philip Norman, who wrote “The Stones,” a major biography of the group, said in an interview that the release event was far from the band’s raucous 1960s and ’70s image but still managed to give its members an air of being “tearaways” by being held in London’s trendiest district. That was “typical Stones fakery,” Norman said, because the band had no previous association with Hackney.
Although the Stones have said “Hackney Diamonds” marks a “new era,” Norman said he was anticipating a classic Stones sound. “This is the Stones we know and some of us have loved for the past six decades,” he said.
The livestream generated interest online (at points 53,000 people watched live), but there was less hype on Hackney’s streets Wednesday. Before the unannounced event, a few dozen fans waited outside the theater to catch a glimpse of the band walking the red carpet.
Sam Poullain, 42, a marketing director, said that two months after he watched a school play on the Empire’s stage, he was back to see “the original rock ’n’ roll band.”
The enthusiasm was not unanimous. As the huddle to see the band grew, three schoolgirls walking past asked what was happening. Told it was the Rolling Stones, Anya Morrison, 16, said, “I’ve heard of them, I think.” Then she got on a bus home.
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Gary Wright, a spiritually minded singer-songwriter who helped modernize the sound of pop music with his pioneering use of synthesizers while crafting infectious and seemingly inescapable hits of the 1970s like “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California. He was 80.
The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, said his son Justin.
The New Jersey-bred Wright rose to prominence in the late 1960s after relocating to London and helping to form the bluesy British progressive rock band Spooky Tooth.
He soon befriended George Harrison, with whom he would collaborate frequently over the years, including playing keyboards on that former Beatle’s magnum opus triple album, “All Things Must Pass,” released in 1970.
Their long friendship would have a lasting impact on both Wright’s life and his music. Harrison introduced him to Eastern mysticism, giving him a copy of “Autobiography of a Yogi,” by Paramahansa Yogananda, who helped popularize yoga and meditation in the United States, and Harrison traveled with him to India.
“That was his life path after that,” Justin Wright said in a phone interview. “Deep down inside of him, he was searching for something, and this was the answer for him.”
His spiritual awakening helped spawn “Dream Weaver,” a track from his 1975 album, “The Dream Weaver,” which hit No. 7 on the Billboard album chart and rocketed him to fame. The song was inspired by the yogi’s poem “God, God, God,” which includes the line “My mind weaves dreams.”
Wright begins the song with the lyrics “I’ve just closed my eyes again / Climbed aboard the dream weaver train / Driver take away my worries of today / And leave tomorrow behind.”
The “Dream Weaver” single, swept along by a wave of lush electronica that bordered on the interstellar, soared to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1976. The song became a soft-rock touchstone, appearing in such movies as “Wayne’s World” (1992) and “The
People vs. Larry Flynt” (1996), as well as on a 2010 episode (called “Dream On”) of the musical comedy-drama TV series “Glee.”
It was not the only smash hit from that album. Like “Dream Weaver,” “Love Is Alive” rose to No. 2 that July, conjuring the languid sexuality of the water bed era. Wright performed at stadium shows on the same bill as heavyweights like Peter Frampton and Yes, standing out among the guitar gods with his strap-on keyboard known as a keytar.
While his biggest hits became emblematic sounds of the 1970s, Wright had taken an unconventional musical approach on the album “The Dream Weaver,” relying almost entirely on keyboard instruments, including a Minimoog synthesizer, as opposed to guitars, and foreshadowing the synth-pop boom of the early ’80s.
“The theme of having only keyboards, drums, voices — and no guitars — came accidentally,” Wright said in a 2010 interview with Musoscribe, a music website. When he went back and listened to the demos he had recorded, he said, “I thought, ‘Wow. This sounds good. It doesn’t really need guitars.’”
Gary Malcolm Wright was born April 26, 1943, in Cresskill, New Jersey, the middle of three children of Lou Wright, a structural engineer, and Anne (Belvedere) Wright.
His mother helped instill in him an interest in music
and acting, driving him to piano lessons and eventually to auditions. Their efforts paid off when he made an appearance on the seminal science fiction TV series “Captain Video and His Video Rangers” and later won a role in the 1954 Broadway musical “Fanny,” starring Florence Henderson.
“I originally came into the play as an understudy to the main role, and then I picked up the main child role,” Wright said in a 2014 interview with Smashing Interviews Magazine. “I was only 11 and 12 during those years. It was an amazing experience to act and sing every night before sold-out audiences and sing with a full orchestral band.”
Within a few years, he abandoned the stage and screen “to be a normal kind of person in school, playing sports and Little League baseball and that kind of thing,” he told Smashing Interviews. While attending Tenafly High School, he played in various rock groups, including a duo called Gary and Billy with his school friend Bill Markle. Their single “Working After School” was played on the TV show “American Bandstand.”
After high school, Wright attended William & Mary in Virginia for a year before transferring to New York University, where he switched his focus to medicine. After graduating in 1965, he briefly enrolled in medical school before moving to Berlin to study psychology.
Losing interest in a life in clinical practice, he went back to music, helping to form a band that built a following in Europe; at one point it opened for the rock group Traffic in Oslo, Norway. There he caught the attention of Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records. Blackwell summoned him to England to join a band called Art, which evolved into Spooky Tooth.
Spooky Tooth temporarily disbanded in 1970, and a year later Wright released his first solo album, “Footprint.” That album featured Harrison on guitar on the track “Two Faced Man,” which the two performed with Wright’s band Wonderwheel on “The Dick Cavett Show” in 1971.
In addition to his son Justin, Wright is survived by his wife, Rose (Anthony) Wright; another son, Dorian; a sister, Lorna Lee; and two grandchildren. His marriages to Christina Uppstrom, the mother of his sons, and Dori Accordino ended in divorce.
Along with his work with Harrison, Wright was a session keyboardist for Harry Nilsson, B.B. King and Jerry Lee Lewis, and he continued to record solo albums.
In the Musoscribe interview, he discussed his 2010 release, “Connected,” and the album’s hook-laden opening track, “Satisfied,” in terms that could have applied to “Dream Weaver.”
“The word ‘hook’ means drawing people into something,” he said. “When I write songs, I always try to make them that way — catchy — so that people will remember them. They’ll be more embedded in people’s consciousness.”
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David Antonio has been inspiring local men and women with his unique brand of glamour and style for 40 years.
Since 1983 the Puerto Rican fashion designer has been serving up designs that are bold, sexy, creative, and more than anything wearable. The latter, ladies and gentlemen, is the clue to his booming business and the cornerstone to four successful decades in the cut-throat fashion industry. And also, probably the top feature fashion connoisseurs look for when shopping for an unforgettable look: Make it wearable. David Antonio designs fabulous silhouettes that women can walk flawlessly in and be comfortable in, dresses that showcase the woman, not the other way around.
“I don’t go crazy with trends or editorial looks, I design with my clients in mind,” he said. “When I grab my sketch pad, I have a plan, I focus on silhouettes and colors that women want to wear.”
A benefit for Hogar Cuna San Cristobal, the anniversary event brought fashionistas from all walks of life to the Condado Vanderbilt Ballroom, a space that proved tight for the huge crowd that gathered at the elegant hotel Thursday night. At the cocktail party, Hogar Cuna San Cristobal launched the publication “Amigas del Hogar,” a magazine that honors the legacy of the non-profit organization, founded 31 years ago. The book also pays tribute to 40 local women who have trusted David Antonio for decades with their style, special occasion dresses and wardrobe. Among the women in the book, Zulma Licha, Daniela Dapena, Francina Bonnelly, Rita Campos, Cuchy Recio,
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Gabriela Ballester, Nilda Ortiz, Ana Maria Rivera, Ednita Colón, Maypi Rodriguez, Melissa Delgado, Tensy Llavat, Conchita Lopez Ballori, Rossina Pacheco, Alia Gonsalves and Milagros Arrieta.
“As I look back, it’s inevitable to remember so many beautiful memories, so many selfless people who have helped me every step of the way…you don’t get far in this world without a support system,” he said. “It has truly been a journey of love, I could have never dreamed my love for design would allow me to establish a solid business and touch so many lives. I feel blessed every day of my life. God is everything.”
The Anniversary Collection is full of color, sequins, plumes, lace and that unbeatable latin flair we all love to love. Classic silhouettes with fun unexpected twists, body hugging bodices, see through princess skirts, mermaidcore, thigh-high splits, ruffles, embroidered embellishments and fringes. Each gown was unique, different, memorable. David Anto nio is a master at statement dressing. He selected luminescent fabrics, textiles that sparkle, polka dots, stripes, winter florals and animal prints. Every look is a celebration, everything worked. He also presented ready-to-wear sexy dresses, shorts, suits, kaftans, jump suits and denim on denim. The color palette includes cerulean blue, bright fuchsia, orange, purple, yellow, red, indigo and white. The Holiday Collection is sophisticated, polished, and ultra femme. It comprises 80 looks, which will be presented in New York later this month as part of the New York Fashion Week 2024 Series.
Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico celebrated its exceptional fundraising event, “Magic Night Gala 2023,” recently at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Isla Verde with the theme of “Mystical Egypt.” Make-A-Wish brings to life this important gala every year to raise funds for 125 young children from the age of 2 ½ years to young adults under 18 from Puerto Rico who have been chosen due to life-threatening conditions.
Glamorous ladies in magnificent gowns were in attendance, with many wearing extravagant Egyptian headpieces, gliding around the beautifully decorated event filled with colorful floral arrange ments by Emilio Olabarrieta Event Atelier. The best dressed men also enjoyed the spectacular buffet and accompanied the ladies to dance the night away to the music of Cuenta Regresiva and DJ Curvy.
Miguel Otero, Nicole Lafitte
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
AWILDA MACHUCA FELIX
Peticionario EX PARTE
CIVIL NÚM.: CA2023CV02006
SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS
IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA
QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA
PERSONA EN GENERAL
QUE CON DERECHO
PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE
POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Solar con residencia construida en concreto en el Barrio. Saint Just del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 423.523 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Noreste en
varias alineaciones de 3.816, 5.810 y 15.206 con terreno perteneciente a Felicita Delgado Collazo; por el Sureste en una alineación de 23.720 con terreno perteneciente a María J. Cruz Delgado; por el Sur en una alineación de 8.341 con calle Las Cruces y por el Oeste en varias alineaciones de 14.655 y 18.558 con terreno perteneciente a Cruz J. Álvarez López. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)-758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el de _____ de 20_, a las _____ _, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, a 8 de agosto de 2023. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Angélica M. Romero Chaparro, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.. YO, el(la) Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia, expedido el 31 de agosto de 2022 por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Carolina, procederé a vender en públicas subastas y al(os) mejor(es) postor(es), quien(es) pagará(n) el(los) importe(s) de las ventas en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil del Tribunal, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 4 de octubre de 2023, a la(s) 9:00 AM para la Finca Número 13,800; para la Finca Número 2,153, a las 9:15 AM; para la Finca Número 20,019, a las
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10:30 AM, en las oficinas del Alguacil del Tribunal de Carolina, todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre los inmuebles que se describen a continuación: Finca Número 13,800.
URBANA: Solar radicada en la Urbanización Vistamar, Sección Séptima, situada en el Barrio Sabana Abajo de Carolina, Puerto Rico, que se señala con el número mil quinientos ochenta y siete (1,587) de la Manzana “A”, con un área superficial de seiscientos setenta y un metros cuadrados con cincuenta y dos centímetros cuadrados (671.52 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, con calle “VT’ raya seis (VT-6), distancia de nueve metros (9.00) y dos arcos de cinco metros con treinta y cuatro centímetros (5.34) y diecisiete metros con cuarenta y nueve centímetros (17.49); por el SUR, con solar número mil quinientos ochenta y ocho (1,588) y mil quinientos ochenta y nue-
ve (1,589), distancia de veintinueve metros con noventa y cuatro centímetros (29.94); por el ESTE, con paseo público y con calle “VT” raya seis (VT-6), distancia de dieciocho metros con noventa y ocho centímetros (18.98) y dos metros con noventa y dos centímetros (2.92); y por el OESTE, con solar número mil quinientos ochenta y seis (1,586) distancia de veinticuatro metros (24.00). Enclava en dicho solar una estructura de dos plantas construida de hormigón y bloques dedicada vivienda. Dirección Física: 1587 Calle Róbalo, Urb. Bahía Vistamar, Carolina, PR 00981. La propiedad consta inscrita a favor de Rubén Alberto Fernández Allicock. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbre a favor de: Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Puerto Rico Telephone Company; Municipio de Carolina; Condiciones Restrictivas; Mención de Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Mención de Servidumbre de Paso. Por sí: CONDICIONES: La separación entre estructuras del batey no será menor de catorce metros con cincuenta centímetros de los cuales seis metros corresponderán al batey propiamente y los restantes ocho metros con cincuenta centímetros a los patios de las viviendas. Se permitirán verjas a todos los patios, excepto que en el batey éstas mantendrán la línea de construcción individual de cada estructura, según escritura #2,304, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de octubre de 1970, ante el Notario Público Orlin P. Goble, inscrita al folio 278 del tomo 362 de Carolina Norte, inscripción 1. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Portador, o a su orden, por la suma de $125,000.00, con interés al 9%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #36, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de agosto de 1999, ante el Notario Público Wilfredo Valle Román, inscrita al folio 86 del tomo 882 de Carolina Norte, inscripción 10. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $23,000.00, con interés fluctuante sobre el balance insoluto (Prime Rate), y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #666, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de octubre de 2007, ante el Notario Público Juan Manuel Casanova
Rivera, inscrita al folio 178 del tomo 943 de Carolina Norte, inscripción 12. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $23,000.00, de la inscripción 12, según consta de la escritura #427, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de julio de 2009, ante el Notario Público Roberto M. García Rodríguez, inscrita al folio 31 del tomo 982 de Carolina Norte, inscripción asiento abreviado 13. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma de $100,000.00, con interés al 8%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #18, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de junio de 2013, ante el Notario Público Carlos F. Padín Pérez, inscrita al folio 31 del tomo 982 de Carolina Norte, inscripción 14. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $39,800, con interés al 9.99%, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #36, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 9 de febrero de 2002, ante el Notario
Público Carlos J. Morales Bauzá, inscrita al folio 77 del tomo 1053 de Carolina Norte, inscripción asiento abreviado 15.
ANOTACIÓN DE DEMANDA: Es objeto de esta anotación la Hipoteca a favor del Portador, con un valor de $125,000.00, según inscripción 10ª, Hipoteca a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, con un valor de $23,000.00, según inscripción
12. Demandante: Triangle REO PR2 CORP., Demandados: Rubén Alberto Fernández Allicock; Alberto Prudencio Fernández Sánchez; Pamela Allicock Puddicombre y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales Compuesta por ambos; City Liberty Unlimited, Inc.; Blue Pacific & Company, Inc.; National Investor & Associates Corp. h/n/c National Investors Corporation, cantidad adeudada $1,074,888.40, por concepto de principal más intereses, según Demanda expedida por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina en el caso Civil #FCD2013-1769 el día 23 de julio de 2020, inscrito al tomo Karibe de Carolina Norte, anotación B de fecha22 de junio de 2020. Finca Número
2,153. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número trescientos cuarenta (340) del Bloque “B” del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Vistamar, situado en el Barrio Sabana Abajo de la municipalidad de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de doscientos no-
venta y nueve punto cero cero (299.00) metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros con la Calle denominada Principal Street del mencionado plano de inscripción; por el SUR, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros con el Solar número trecientos veintitrés (323) del Bloque “B” del mencionado plano de inscripción; por el ESTE, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros con el Solar número trescientos cuarenta y uno (341) del Bloque “B” del mencionado plano de inscripción; y por el OESTE, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros con el Solar Número Trescientos treinta y nueve (339) del Bloque “B” del mencionado plano de inscripción. Enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales.
Finca número 2,153 (antes 6,555) inscrita al folio 64 del tomo 55 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Carolina. Dirección Física: B-340 Avenida Pontezuela, Urb. Vistamar, Carolina, PR. La propiedad consta inscrita a favor de City Liberty Unlimited, Inc. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Servidumbre a favor de: Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales; Condiciones Restrictivas de Edificación y Uso; Mención de Servidumbre de Paso. Por sí:
HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank PuertoRico, o a su orden, por la suma de $81,000.00, con interés al fluctuante sobre el balance insoluto, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #224, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario Público José M. Biaggi Junquera, inscrita al folio 184 del tomo 950 de Carolina Norte, inscripción 10. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $81,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 10, según consta de la escritura #424, otorgada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de julio de 2009, ante el Notario Público Roberto M. García Rodríguez, inscrita al folio 184vto del tomo 950 de Carolina Norte, inscripción asiento abreviado 12. Finca Número 20,019. URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento nueve D (9-D); OESTE: Apartamento de tres (3) dormitorios, localizado en la esquina Noroeste del ala Norte de la novena (9na) planta radicada residencial del Edificio Oeste del Condominio Los Pinos, cuyo Condominio ubica en un
Solar de tres cuerdas con cuatrocientos cincuenta y seis milésimas (3.456) equivalentes a trece mil quinientos ochenta y cuatro punto cero cinco (13,584.05) metros cuadrados cuyo solar colinda por el NORTE, que es su frente, con el kilómetro uno punto dos (1.2) de la Carretera Estatal número ciento ochenta y siete (187), estando dicho solar localizado en el Barrio Cangrejos Arriba del Municipio de Carolina, Puerto Rico. El Apartamento tiene un área superficial de mil quinientos diez punto cero cero (1,510.00) pies cuadrados equivalentes a ciento cuarenta punto treinta y dos (140.32) metros cuadrados colindando el mismo NORTE con el espacio abierto sobre el patio noroeste del Condominio; por el SUR, con el área comunal ocupada por las escaleras Norte del Edificio y unos closets de equipo; por el OESTE, con el espacio abierto sobre el patio Oeste del Condominio; y por el ESTE, con el Apartamento nueve guión C (9C), Oeste y con el pasillo central del piso, por donde tiene su puerta de entrada al apartamento, cuyo pasillo lo conecta a su vez con los elevadores y las escaleras del Edificio, a través de los cuales el Apartamento tiene acceso al vestíbulo central y a las demás áreas comunes del piso terrero de ambos edificios del Condominio y de sus patios circundantes y a la Calle en la colindancia Norte del solar. Las demás dependencias del Apartamento se relacionan en el documento perteneciendo además a este Apartamento un espacio de estacionamiento para un automóvil marcado en el lado Oeste del sótano de estacionamiento con el número y letra del Apartamento. Le corresponde un porcentaje de cero punto trescientos ochenta y ocho por ciento (0.388%) en los elementos comunes generales. Finca Número 20,019, inscrita al folio 120 del tomo 515 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Carolina. Dirección Física: Cond. Los Pinos Oeste, Apt. 9-D, Carretera 187, Isla Verde, Carolina, PR. La propiedad consta inscrita a favor de Alberto Fernández Sánchez y su esposa Pamela Allicock Puddicombe. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Libre de Cargas.
Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $215,000.00, 1% sobre el interés preferencial, y vencedero a
la presentación, según consta de la escritura #222, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario Público José M. Biaggi Junquera, inscrita al folio 26 del tomo 989 de Carolina, inscripción 8ª. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Westernbank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $77,000.00, 1% sobre el interés preferencial, y vencedero a la presentación, según consta de la escritura #665, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de octubre de 2007, ante el Notario Público Juan Manuel Casanova Rivera, inscrita al folio 156 del tomo 990 de Carolina, inscripción 9ª. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $77,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 9ª, según consta de la escritura #426, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de julio de 2009, ante el Notario Público Roberto M. García Rodríguez, inscrita al folio 156 del tomo 990 de Carolina, inscripción 10ª. MODIFICACIÓN DE HIPOTECA: Es objeto de esta modificación la Hipoteca por $215,000.00, que surge de la inscripción 8ª, según consta de la escritura #425, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de julio de 2009, ante el Notario Público Roberto M. García Rodríguez, inscrita al folio 156 del tomo 990 de Carolina, inscripción 11ª. Finca Número 13,125. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número doce del Bloque BK de la Urbanización Jardines de Country Club, localizado en el Barrio Sabana Abajo del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área de doscientos veintiséis metros con catorce centésimas de metro cuadrado en lindes por el NORTE, en quince metros, veinticinco centímetros con la Calle número ciento diez (110); por el SUR, en veintidós metros veinticinco centímetros, con el solar número once del mismo bloque; por el ESTE, en seis metros noventa centímetros con la Calle ciento once (111); por el OESTE, en seis metros noventa centímetros con la Avenida Galicia; y por el NOROESTE, en cinco metros cincuenta centímetros con la intersección de la Calle número ciento once y la Calle número ciento diez. Sobre dicho solar enclava una casa construida de concreto armado y bloques para fines residenciales. Finca Número 13,125 (antes 27,097), inscrita al folio 177 del tomo 346 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Carolina. Dirección
Física: Urb. Jardines de Coun-
interés al 8% anual, y vencedero 1º de noviembre de 2023, según consta de la escritura #50, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 1 de noviembre de 2013, ante el Notario Público Luis A. Noriega Morales, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, inscripción 4ª. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del portador, o a su orden, por la suma de $80,000.00, con interés a razón del 10% anual luego de su vencimiento, y vencedero 360 meses a partir del 7 de julio de 2020, según consta de la escritura #13 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 7 de julio de 2020, ante el Notario Público Carlos F. Padín Pérez, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, inscripción 6ª. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de Sunshine Property Inv, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma de $60,000.00, con interés a razón del 10% anual luego de su vencimiento, y vencedero 20 años, según consta de la escritura #39 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2022, ante el Notario Público Carlos F. Padín Pérez, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina, inscripción 7ª. Servirá como tipo mínimo para la primera subasta en ejecución de la hipoteca objeto de este caso que grava la Propiedad antes descrita la suma de $10,000.00, conforme a lo estipulado en la escritura 226, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de diciembre de 2004, ante el Notario Público José M. Biaggi Junquera. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta, en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 12 de octubre de 2023, a la(s) 10:45 a.m. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $6,666.66. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 19 de octubre de 2023, a la(s) 10:45 a.m. El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, $5,000.00. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a Triangle REO, las cuales, a la fecha de la Sentencia en Rebeldía ascendían a la cantidad total de $1,074.888.40 de principal más $24,049.75 de intereses vencidos al 15 de octubre de 2013, más $12,711.60 por concepto de escrow, más la suma líquida y pactada de $122,500.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha pro-
piedad. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables.
El Alguacil procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley.
POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en la fecha, hora y sitio anteriormente 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 intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, 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 subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN 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 periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 14 de agosto de 2023. Héctor Peña Rodríguez, Alguacil, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Carolina.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA MUNICIPAL DE SAN
JUAN
PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar:
1. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación:
“URBANA: CONDOMINIO CANALS 266 de Santurce Norte.
postor pagará el importe de su oferta en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil de Tribunal. 6. La propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes:
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
ASOCIACIÓN
DUEÑOS CONDOMINIOS CANALS, INC.
Demandante Vs. JOSE ELI
TOLEDO VICENS
Demandado(A)
CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2022CV04472
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (R.60). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. EL
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JOSE ELI TOLEDO
VICENS FÍSICA: 266
Apartamento: 308. Cabida: 24.99 metros cuadrados. Estudio residencial individualizado en la tercera planta del edificio conocido como Canals 266, en el barrio Santurce de la Ciudad de San Juan, con una cabida superficial de doscientos sesenta y nueve pies cuadrados equivalentes a veinticuatro punto noventa y nueve metros cuadrados; con lindes por el NORTE, en dieciocho pies siete pulgadas (18’ -7”) con el corredor que conduce a las escaleras; por el SUR, en dieciocho pies siete pulgadas(18’ -7”) con la pared exterior de carga orientada hacia el patio lateral; por el ESTE, en catorce pies con cinco pulgadas (14’5”) con el apartamento 306; por el OESTE, en catorce pies, cinco pulgadas (14’-5”) con el apartamento 308. Consta este apartamento de una sola habitación con su baño, un closet y área de cocina. Le pertenece a este apartamento en uso exclusivo el área de estacionamiento número 308. La participación de este apartamento en las áreas comunes generales es de cuatro punto uno, cuatro, dos por ciento (4.142%) Finca #42016BIS, inscrita al Folio 270 del Tomo 29 de Bayamón Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección l.” Dirección física: 266 CALLE CANALS, APTO. 308 SAN JUAN, PR 00907. 2. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. 3. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito ejecutante, continuaran subsistentes, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 4. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 5. Que el licitador y/o mejor
A. Hipoteca: A favor de Fondo de Retiro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $72,650.00, con intereses a razón del 6 1/2% anual, con vencimiento el 31 de julio del 2040. Se tasa la finca en una suma equivalente al principal original del pagaré, cuyo valor servirá como tipo mínimo en caso de subasta. Créditos Adicionales y Número de Testimonio no indica la inscripción. Así resulta de la escritura número 64 otorgada en San Juan el 11 de junio del 2010 ante el notario Ernesto A. Meléndez Pérez, según inscripción. B. Anotación de Embargo (Judicial, Ley 209):
A favor de Asociación Dueños Condominio Canals, lnc., con un valor de $8,416.25, sentencia número de caso de SJ2022CV04472 sobre cobro de dinero Regla 60 ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan, Asociación Dueños Condominio Canals, lnc. Demandante v. José Eli Toledo Vicens demandado a 24 de octubre d e2022, según inscripción A. 7. Dicha subasta se celebrará para con el importe de la misma satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma principal $7,245.40 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento vencidas y no pagadas al 26 de mayo de 2022, más intereses desde que se dicte la sentencia al 5.00% anual ($1.13 diario), a partir de esa fecha en la cantidad de $337.24 al 18 de agosto de 2023; más $700.00 por concepto de honorarios de abogado otorgados según sentencia; más $315.81 de costas y gastos según memorando, otorgados mediante resolución del 1 de noviembre de 2022, más $950.00 por concepto de honorarios del proceso de ejecución de la sentencia mediante embargo de bien inmueble, mueble y vehículo, concedidos mediante Orden de fecha de 17 de marzo de 2023; más $950.00 por las costas y gastos del proceso en la ejecución de la sentencia mediante Venta en Pública Subasta, cantidades que sumadas al principal totalizan la cantidad de $10.098,45.
La subasta se llevará a cabo en mi oficina localizada en el local que ocupa en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Municipal de San Juan, el día 27 de septiembre de 2023 a las 11:30 de la mañana. Y para la conveniencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general y por un término de catorce (14) días en los lugares públicos que determine la ley. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 23 de agosto de 2023. Pedro Hieye González, Alguacil.
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 506 ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. ADRIANA A. NUÑEZ FERNANDEZ
Demandado (a) KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM
ADRIANA A. NUÑEZ FERNANDEZ PO BOX 1543 BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico 00960
CASO NÚM: BY2022CV06615 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60, COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: ADRIANA A. NUÑEZ FERNANDEZ (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 29 de agosto de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 29 de agosto de 2023. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. F/ Nélida Ocasio Ortega, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 201 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT
TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES
ACQUISITION TRUST
2018-HB1
Demandante V. SUCESION HECTOR
EMILIO SORRENTINI
MENDEZ T/CC HECTOR
E. SORRENTINI
MENDEZ T/C/C HECTOR
SORRENTINI MENDEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDO
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CASO NÚM.: GB2021CV00715
SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HI-
POTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR
EMILIO SORRENTINI
MÉNDEZ T/C/C HÉCTOR
E. SORRENTINI
MÉNDEZ T/C/C HÉCTOR
SORRENTINI MÉNDEZ
T/C/C HÉCTOR EMILIO
SORRENTINI T/C/C
HÉCTOR E. SORRENTINI
T/C/C HÉCTOR
SORRENTINI
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 30 de agosto de 2023. Em Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 30 de agosto de 2023.
Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. F/Sara Rosa Villegas, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN-
CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DÍAZ SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 1 SALA SUPERIOR.
MORALES RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS
Demandante v. POPULAR MORTGAGE INC. Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
ZILMARIE DELGADO PIERAS ZILMARIED@HOTMAILCOM
Caso Núm.: GM2023CV00325. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. Notas de la Secretaría: A LOS EFECTOS DE ELIMINAR A POPULAR MORTGAGE INC. DE LA NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA
POR EDICTO En Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, el 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRU QUIÑONES, Secretaria. f/WALESKA E. RIVERA TORRES, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN
JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN
901 CIVIL
LIZBET_AVILES@YAHOO.COM
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV03686
Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO A: UNIVERSAL FUNDING CORPORATION; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria. f/VIRGEN Y. DEL VALLE DIAZ, Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
SYLVIA LUZ
REYES PEREZ
Demandante V.
UNIVERSAL FUNDING CORPORATION Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
LIZBET AVILÉS VEGA
Demandante V. JUAN ORTIZ RODRÍGUEZ, SU ESPOSA ELSA BORRERO MELÉNDEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; y SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO
URBANO Y VIVIENDA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA (“HUD” POR
Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: BY2023CV04057.
SALA: 503. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.
Expedido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 31 de agosto de 2023.
Lcda Laura I Santa Sanchez, Sec Regional. Ivette M Marrero Bracero, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal I.
LEGAL NOTICE
Sucesión de Felix Raül
Prado Polo t/c/c Felix R. Prado Polo t/c/c Felix
Prado Polo, compuesta por Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como posibles herederos nombres desconocidos; Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales; y Estados Unidos de America
DEMANDADOS
URBANO Y VIVIENDA
451 Seventh Str. SW Washington DC 20410
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de sesenta (60) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: htts://www. poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).
Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Los abogados de la parte demandante son:
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393
BERMUDEZ & DÍAZ LLP
500 Calle De La Tanca, Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Tel.: (787) 523-2670
Fax: (787) 523-2664
rdaz@bdpaworn
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR MUNICIPAL DE BAYAMÓN HECTOR LUIS
HERNANDEZ PRINCIPE Y ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ ALMODOVAR
Demandante V. FIRST BANK OF PUERTO RICO, COMO SUCESOR EN INTERES DE BANCO
SANTANDER PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
Demandado(a)
Civil Núm.: BY2023CV03733.
702. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE.
(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de agosto de 2023. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 31 de agosto de 2023.
LCDA LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.CIVIL NUM.: SJ2023CV04958.
SOBRE: Ejecución de Hipoteca In Rem. EMPLAZAMIIENTO
POR EDICTO E INTERPELACION. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRES1DENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos de la Sucesión de Felix Raül Prado Polo t/c/c Felix R. Prado Polo t/c/c Felix Prado Polo
POR LA PRESENTE, se les emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaria de este Tribunal la Demanda del caso del epígrafe solicitando la ejecución de hipoteca relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de Home Mortgage Banker Corp., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $154,500.00, más intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 5.060% anual, y vencedero el 4 de julio de 2089.- La Hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Monacillos, finca número 666, inscripción l5ma. La hipoteca grava la propiedad que describe que describe a continuación:
---” URBANA: Solar radicado en Ia Urbanización Las Lomas, situada en el Barrio Gobernador Piñero, antes Monacillos, de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, marcado en el plano de inscripción de Ia urbanización con el número ochenta y siete de la Manzana “WT’, con un área de doscientos cincuenta y tres metros cuadrados con noventa y dos centésimas de metro cuadrado, en lindes por el NORTE, con el solar nUmero ochenta y ocho, distancia de veintiún metros con diez y seis centímetros; por el SUR, con el solar nUmero ochenta y. seis, distancia de veintiún metros con diez y seis centésimas; por el ESTE, con el solar número doce, distancia de doce metros; y por el OESTE, que es su frente, con Ia calle nUmero “seis”, distancia de doce metros. Sobre este solar enclava, o está en proceso de construcción, una casa de hormigón, que contiene salacomedor, cocina, baño, tres habitaciones y balcón.”. Finca
número 666, inscrita al folio 204 del tomo 18 de Monacillos. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de San Juan. Dirección física: 1656 Calle 24 SW, Urbanización Las Lomas, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Se les APERCIBE y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, y notificar copia de la contestación de esta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Yadira Lopez Gonzalez, Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de La publicación de este empLazamiento por edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circuLación diana general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Se Les ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de TREINTA (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de Felix Raül Prado Polo t/c/c Felix R. Prado Polo t/c/c Felix Prado Polo a saber: Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos. Se les APERCIBE que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de TREINTA (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les APERCIBE que luego del transcurso del término de TREINTA (30) días antes señalado contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia de la causante Felix Raül Prado Polo t/c/c Felix R. Prado Polo t/c/c Felix Prado Polo, y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el ArtIculo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, según enmendado. Se ORDENA a La parte demandante a que, en vista de que La sucesión de Felix Raúl Prado Polo t/c/c Felix R. Prado Polo t/c/c Felix Prado Polo incluye a: Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como miembros de nombres desconocidos; proceda a notificar Ia presente Orden mediante publicación de un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy 1 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria. Michelle Rivera Rios, Sub-Secretario (a).
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 604 CIVIL BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LA SUCESION DE RUBEN CRUZ MORALES YOTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2022CV02750. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTEC PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍAOFICINABELMAALONSO@ GMAIL.COM MARINILDA RIVERA VARGAS MRIVERAVARGAS@YAHOO.COM
A: MILENA CRUZ, COMO HEREDERA DE RUBEN CRUZ MORALES, RENÉ COBIANFERRER T/C/C RENÉ COBIAN, PEDRO COBIAN FERRER T/C/C PEDRO COBIAN YEDWIN COBIAN FERRER T/C/C EDWIN COBIAN; MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE RUBEN CRUZ MORALES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de septiembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN CONDOMINIO BAHÍA PROPERTIES, LLC. Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA
A. DÁVILA SANTIAGO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV03131. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALEJANDRO BELLVER ESPINOSA ALEJANDRO@BELLVERLAW.COM
EVELIAN DEL ROCÍO SÚAREZ RODRÍGUEZ EVELIAN@BELLVERLAW.COM
A: SUCESIÓN DE MARIA
A. DÁVILA SANTIAGO, COMPUESTA POR FULANA DE TAL, FULANO DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL, MENGANA DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL, MARÍA
T. BERRÍOS SANTIAGO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de septiembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de septiembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. JOHANNA RODRIGUEZ BENÍTEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: LM2022CV00023.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
RAFAEL FABRE COLÓN
RFABRE@MCMLAWPR.COM
FULANO DE TAL.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de junio de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de septiembre de 2023. En Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JAILENE ACEVEDO GUZMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE CIALES SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 101 SALA SUPERIOR. ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante v. JESUS
NEGRON MORALES
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm. MV2023CV00018.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA
EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LA W.COM
JESUS NEGRON MORALES PO BOX 1881 MOROVIS, PUERTO RICO 00687
A: JESUS NEGRON MORALES
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. En CIALES, Puerto Rico, el 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZALEZ, Secretaria. f/SANDRA MALDONADO VEGA, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 100. ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE GESTOR DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND LLC. Demandante v. JOSE M PEREZ PEREZ
Demandado(a) EDWIN OMAR SERRANO PEÑA EDWIN.SERRANO@ORF-LAW.COM JOSÉ FRANCISCO AGUILAR VÉLEZ JOSE.AGUILAR@ORF-LAW.COM
Caso Núm. HA2022CV00018. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOSE M. PEREZ PEREZ (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los
10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. En HATILLO, Puerto Rico, el 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZALEZ, Secretaria. f/ISAMAR RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
DEMANDANTE Vs. Cruz Meléndez Andino tic/c Cruz Meléndez Aquino por si y como miembro de la Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón; Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón compuesta por Samuel Antonio Meléndez Colón, Cruz Meléndez Colón, Sandra Ivette Meléndez Colón, Luis Enrique Meléndez Colón, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como posibles herederos de nombres desconocidos; Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales; y los Estados Unidos de América
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: JU2023CV00140.
SOBRE: Ejecución de Hipoteca
In Rem. MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELAClON. ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL
PRESIDENTE DE LOS ES-
TADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO
LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. Por Cuanto: Se ha dictado en el presente caso la siguiente Orden: “ORDEN”
Examinada la demanda radicada por la parte demandante, la solicitud de interpelación contenida en la misma y examinados los autos del caso, el Tribunal le imparte su aprobación y en su virtud acepta la Demanda
Enmendada en el caso de epígrafe, así como la interpelación judicial de la parte demandante a los herederos de! codemandado conforme dispone el Artículo 959 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 2787 y su equiva-
lente el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, edición 2020. Se Ordena a los herederos de la causante María Teresa Colón Colón a saber, Cruz Meléndez Andino t/c/c Cruz Meléndez Aquino por si y como miembro de la Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón; Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón compuesta por Samuel Antonio Meléndez Colón, Cruz Meléndez Colón, Sandra Ivette Meléndez Colón, Luis Enrique Meléndez Colón, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como posibles herederos de nombres desconocidos, dentro de! término legal de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la causante María Teresa Colón Colón. Se le Apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados: (a) Que de no expresarse dentro del término de 30 días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia la misma se tendrá por aceptada; (b) Que luego del transcurso del término de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante, y por ende, la parte demandante podrá continuar la causa acción, dado por entendido que las partes interpeladas han aceptado la herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 957 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 2785 y su equivalente el Artículo 1587 del Código Civil, edición 2020. Se Ordena a la parte demandante a que, en vista de que la sucesión de la causante María
Teresa Colón Colón incluyen como herederos a Cruz Meléndez Andino t/c/c Cruz Meléndez Aquino por si y como miembro de la Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón; Sucesión de María Teresa Colón Colón compuesta por Samuel Antonio Meléndez Colón, Cruz Meléndez Colón, Sandra Ivette Meléndez Colón, Luis Enrique Meléndez Colón, Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal como posibles herederos de nombres desconocidos, proceda a notificar la presente Orden mediante un edicto a esos efectos una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de la Isla de Puerto Rico. DADA en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de agosto de 2023. F/Myrna E Ayala Díaz, JUEZ. Por Cuanto: Se le advierte a que dentro del término legal de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la causante María Teresa Colón Colón. Por Orden del Honorable Juez de Primer Instancia de este Tribunal, expido el presente Mandamiento, bajo mi firma y sello oficial, en Caguas,, Puerto Rico hoy día
17 de agosto de 2023. LISILDA MARTNEz AGOSTO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARTA E DONATE RESTO, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIONES CIVIL 403.
WILMINGTON SA VINOS
FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BOT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES
ACQUISITION TRUST
2018-HBl
Demandante v. EUMELIA CRESPO SEPÚLVEDA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm. : CA2021CV03082.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPES LCDA.GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM
A: EUMELIA CRESPO SEPÚLVEDA
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 01 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, Secretaria. f/LILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE. FIRSTBANK
Demandante v. LUIS M. VILLANUEVA VELAZQUEZ
Demandado
CIVIL NÚM.: PO2023CV02032 (401). Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE COTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: LUIS M. VILLANUEVA VELAZQUEZ
D-18 CALLE L. SANTOS SABATER, URB SAN TOMAS, PONCE, PR 00716 URB. VILLA FLORES, CALLE BEGONIA 1741, PONCE, PR 00716 DE: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato; Cobro de Dinero; la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $3,949.98 por la tarjeta bancaria número xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-4906 y por el préstamo personal la suma de $15,322.90 de principal, más intereses acumulados a razón del 14.99% de interés anual hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más los cargos por demora acumulados los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el pago total y completo de la deuda; más una suma por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalente a un 10% del montante de esta obligación. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Abogado Número 15693 PO Box 194089, San Juan, PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy: GLENDA RUIZ FELICIANO, Secretaria. JOAN M ROSARIO ALBINO, SubSecretaria.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN. EFRAÍN DÍAZ ORTIZ Y NORMA IRIS PÉREZ SANTIAGO Y LA SOCIEDAD DEBIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS, FULANO TENEDOR DE PAGARÉ
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL: SJ2023CV04027. SALA: 401. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. ORDEN DE EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTOS. Examinada en solicitud de Orden de Emplazar por Edictos a los Demandados” presentada por la parte demandante, este Tribunal la declara Ha Lugar. En consecuencia, se le ordena a la Secretaría de este Tribunal expedir un emplazamiento por edicto contra los siguientes demandados: NEW YORK MORTGAGE BANKERS con dirección en: 818 Ave. Ponce de León, 1er. Piso, Miramar, SAN JUAN, PR, 00911 y a FULANO TENEDOR DE PAGARÉ cuyo nombre y dirección se desconocen. El edicto se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico. Dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, la parte demandante notificará, por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la Demanda al lugar de su última dirección física o postal conocida de los demandados cuyas direcciones conoce, pero se exime de notificarles a los Demandados que no residen en Puerto Rico o a aquellos cuyos nombres y direcciones se desconocen. En caso de que con posterioridad al emplazamiento que por este medio se dispone y en fecha anterior a la comparecencia de dichos codemandados, la Demanda fuere enmendada, ésta deberá ser notificada en la forma dispuesta por la Regla 4.6 o por la 4.4, según corresponda. Transcurridos treinta (30) días de haberse publicado el edicto, sin que la persona notificada conteste la Demanda presentando el original de la contestación mediante el sistema telemático SUMAC o personal en la secretaría de este Tribunal, con copia a la Parte Demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. REGÍSTRESE Y NOTIFÍQUESE. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 7 de julio de 2023. f/DARINA I. VÁZQUEZ RÍOS, JUEZA SUPERIOR.
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE VIEQUES SALON DE SESIONES SALON 001.
ANA LUZ CLARK
CAMACHO Y OTROS
Demandante v. DORAL MORTGAGE LLC
Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
LISDAIRA SERRANO MARTINEZ LISDAIRASERRANO@ GMAIL.COM
JOHN DOE
DIRECCION
DESCONOCIDA, VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO, 00765 RICHARD ROE
DIRECCION
DESCONOCIDA, VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO, 00765
Caso Núm. : VQ2023CV00062. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE RICHARD ROE (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 01 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. En VIEQUES, Puerto Rico, el 01 de SEPTIEMBRE de 2023. WANDA SEGUI REYES, Secretaria. f/OLGA N MORALES TORRES, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO SALON DE SESIONES SALON 1. AMG SECURITIES LLC
Demandante v. CITY MORTGAGE INC Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
DAMARIE ROSARIO GONZALEZ DAMARIE.ROSARIO@GMAIL.COM
Caso Núm. : AI2023CV00024. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTOS.
A: ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL
HOLDING CORPORATION
H/N/C CITIFINANCIAL.
INC., T/C/P CMFC INC.
CITI MORTGAGE INC., JOHN DOE/ JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES POSEEDORES
DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. En COAMO, Puerto Rico, el 31 de AGOSTO de 2023. ELIZABETH GONZALEZ RIVERA, Secretaria. f/DAMARIS ORTIZ
RIVERA, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan.
LUIS MANUEL VILLAFAÑE VIDAL
Parte Demandante Vs. EMILIANA DE LEON MARTINEZ, LUIS
A. MARTINEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTO POR ELLOS
Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. SJ2021CV06312. MATERIA:CUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO. NOTIFICACIÓND E SENTENCIAP OR EDICTOP OR SUMAC.
A: EMILIANA DE LEON MARTINEZ, LUIS A. MARTINEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLOS EL SECRETARIO(A ) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 9 de junio de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de esta. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de junio de 2022. En San Juan. Puerto Rico, el 14 de junio de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria Regional. f / JOHANNA RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, Secretario (a) Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO.
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE VS. SUCESION DE OLGA IRIS ORTIZ SERRANO COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS EMILIO REGUERO HERNANDEZ, POR SI; LUIS EDWIN GONZALEZ ORTIZ Y . DIANA IRIS GONZALEZ ORTIZ; SUCESIÓN DE , OLGA EILEEN GONZALEZ ORTIZ COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO LUIS MARTÍNEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN AMBAS SUCESIONES DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NÚM.: HU2023CV00077. SOBRE: 1 EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.
A: EMILIO REGUERO HERNÁNDEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OLGA IRIS ORTIZ SERRANO; LUIS EDWIN GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ Y DIANA IRIS GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ COMO HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS DE DICHA SUCESIÓN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE OLGA IRIS ORTIZ SERRANO
Barrio El Duque Lote A-11
Carr. 970 Km 9
Naguabo, PR 00718
Dirección postal: PO Box
102 Naguabo, PR 007180102; Emilio Reguero
Hernández a 2990
Emerson Dr. SE Palm Bay, FL 32909 y 3001 Javens Cir #48 Monte Dora, FL 32757 y a Diana
Iris González Ortiz a 395 SE 160th St. Summerfield, FL 34491.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. rarnajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Se le apercibe que conforme al artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021, usted tiene 30 días para aceptar o repudiar la herencia desde la publicación de este edicto. A esos efectos, de no rechazarla, se tendrá la herencia por aceptada. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO
FAS C.S.P.
LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS
RUA NUM: 11416
PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO PR 00970
TEL. 787-751-5290, FAX 787-751-6155
E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
En Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 5 de septiembre de 2023. Ivelisse Fonseca Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Michelle Guevara de Leon, Sec Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN DE SESIONES SALÓN 702.
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2019-PRl
Demandante v.
MARIA JUDITH FORTIS RIVERA Y OTROS
Demandado(a) ANDRÉS SÁEZ :MARRERO PRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM
Caso Núm.: BY2023CV00800.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: MARIA JUDITH FORTIS RIVERA
JOSE FORTIS RIVERA
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRET ARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 30 de AGOSTO de 2023. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 30 de AGOSTO de 2023. LAURA l.
SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretaria. f/MIRCIENID GONZALEZ TORRES, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
A petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have as a parent to your child, Yanxel Darien Casillas Mojica. The court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. A hearing will be held in Court Room No. 6005, of the York County Judicial Center, 45 North George Street, York, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 2023 at 1:30 p.m., to terminate your parental rights to Yanxel Darien Casillas Mojica (DOB: November 8, 2009), whose place of birth is Humacao, Puerto Rico, whose gender is male, whose Father is Jayson Darien Casillas Sierra and whose Mother’s last name is Mojica Rivera. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help.
ATTORNEY CONNECTION/ YCBA MODEST MEANS
137 East Market Street York, Pennsylvania 17401
717-854-8755
http://www.yorkbar. com/?page=YCBAFindEsq
If you cannot afford an attorney, an attorney may be appointed by the court at no cost to you if you qualify. Contact the following office for instructions and forms to complete and file.
Clerk of the Orphans’ Court York County Judicial Center
45 North George Street York, Pennsylvania 17401 717-771-9288
http://yorkcountypa.gov/component/jdownloads/? task=download.send&id=824& catid=100&m=0<emid=110
Martin Miller, Esquire
Solicitor for York County Offices of Children, Youth & Families
If you are the person whose parental rights are sought to be terminated, you may contact York County Office of Children, Youth and Families, 100 West Market Street, York, Pennsylvania 17401, telephone number 717-846-8496, to obtain a copy of the petition prior to the hearing.
LEGAL
MONEY HOUSE, INC.
Demandante Vs. LA SUCESION DE WILLIAM MATOS MARTINEZ COMPUESTA POR BRYAN WILLIAM MATOS DE JESUS; FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00354.
Sala: 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓNDE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, 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 3 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: #105 CALLE RIO CAMUY, URBANIZACION VISTAS DEL RIO, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número
105 de la Urbanización Vistas del Río, radicada en el Barrio Collores, del término Municipal de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de aproximadamente 458.39 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1166 cuerdas. Colinda por el NORTE, con una distancia de 13.94 metros, con el Solar número 100 y el Solar número 101 de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con la Calle Río Camuy (H); por el ESTE, en una distancia de 37.78 metros, con el Solar número 106 de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 32.74 metros con el Solar número 104 de la Urbanización. Contiene una casa pata fines residenciales. Dicho solar se encuentra afecto a una Servidumbre a favor de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 170 del Tomo 306 de Las Piedras, finca
número 15,619, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $123,620.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $82,413.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 17 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023, 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 $61,810.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 156 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de septiembre de 2015, ante el notario Enel M. Pérez Monte y consta inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 306 de Las Piedras, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao, inscripción Segunda y última. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $110,617.23 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2021, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Sucesión de William Matos Martínez, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $12,362.00. Además, La Sucesión de William Matos Martínez se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,362.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,362.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA
SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de septiembre de 2023. JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR. JANIA GUASP LOZA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #653.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE
SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
GUILLERMO ONATE
HERMIDA T/C/C
GUILLERMO ONATE
HERMIDA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2022CV09843. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO, HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GUILLERMO A. SOMOZA COLOMBANI
BILLYSOMOZA@YAHOO.COM
A: GUILLERMO ONATE
HERMIDA T/C/C
GUILLERMO ONATE
HERMIDA, ANMERAHILE COTTO ANDINO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR
AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de agosto de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de septiembre de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 01 de septiembre de 2023. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR
CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE SAN JUAN
CARLOS JOSE BARCELO
LOPEZ, COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL BARCELÓ DÍAZ
Y SU ESPOSA AIDA
NATAL SANTIAGO Y LA SUCESIÓN DE JAIME
BARCELÓ NATAL Demandante Vs.
JAIME RAFAEL BARCELO CUMBA, COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL BARCELÓ DÍAZ Y DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAIME BARCELÓ NATAL. Demandado
CIVIL NUM.: SJ2023CV08190 SOBRE: LIQUIDACION DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JAIME RAFAEL BARCELO CUMBA
Por medio del presente edicto se les notifica de la radicación de una Demanda de Liquidación de Comunidad de Herederos sometida por la parte demandante. La parte demandante solicita del Honorable Tribunal que declare Con Lugar la demanda y en su consecuencia ordene al Alguacil a comparecer por usted en la venta de dos (2) propiedades ubicadas en la Urb. San Gerardo y Sagrado Corazón sitas en San Juan, Puerto Rico. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Copia de dicha contestación debe remitirse al abogado del demandante, Lcdo. Alejandro J. Cacho Rodríguez, 54 Calle Resolución, Suite 303 San Juan, PR 00920 Tel: (787) 722-2242; Fax: (787) 722-2242 email cacho@cacholaw.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 30 de agosto de 2023. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, secretaria Regional. F/Loyda M. Convertir Reyes, Secretaria Servicio a Sala.
In most years, there is a very specific climate pattern at the U.S. Open.
The tournament starts at the end of the dog days of August, in the lingering heat and humidity of a New York summer. By the final matches, at the end of the first full week of September, it’s a good idea to bring a light sweater or a windbreaker to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Not this year. Not even close.
A first week filled with cool, breezy afternoons and crisp nights has given way to some of the hottest days — and nights — of the summer, with conditions that have brought some of the fittest athletes in the world nearly to their knees, even when they are playing in twilight and after sunset. It is heat and humidity so oppressive that it parks itself in the brain, sparks fear and makes it difficult to focus on anything else, especially returning serves of 130 mph and chasing forehands and backhands around the court for as many as five hours.
It is the first thing that Daniil Medvedev has been thinking of when taking the court for his warm-ups this week, sessions that take place hours before his matches.
“I was like, ‘Oh, my God,’” Medvedev said the other day as he prepared to play Alex de Minaur of Australia. Medvedev is from Russia and, like many of the Eastern European players, can become awfully cranky in extreme heat.
In a quarterfinal match on Wednesday, he struggled to see the ball and relied on instinct to survive a grinding battle with his countryman and close friend, Andrey Rublev. For the second consecutive day, organizers used a new measure to bring relief — partially closing the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium to shade the court.
“One player gonna die, and they gonna see,” Medvedev muttered in the middle of the match.
Even still, after Medvedev prevailed in straight sets in two hours, 47 minutes, he slumped on his chair, draping a towel packed with ice around his neck, his head between his knees, begging for water. Had the match stretched to a fourth set, Medvedev said he would have used the 10-minute break to take a cold shower, even though he knew it might make his body stiff as a board.
“I didn’t care, I was going for the shower,” said Medvedev, the skin on his face raw hours later from rubbing it with a towel too much.
As the planet warms, officials in every
warm-weather sport are searching for a balance between safety and maintaining the belief that elite sports demand elite fitness and the ability to win in challenging conditions. International soccer has incorporated water breaks in extreme heat. Track and field has started scheduling marathons at dawn or at night.
Tennis, which has become more physical and taxing during the past 20 years thanks to improving racket and string technology and court conditions, is navigating the issue as well.
“It’s part of the sport,” Stacey Allaster, the tournament director for the U.S. Open, said of the heat.
Tennis players are not strangers to extreme temperatures. Their seasons begin in the Australian summer in January, where hot winds from the arid plains can send temperatures into the triple digits and make the tournament feel as though it’s taking place inside an oven. At the Australian Open in Melbourne, shifting winds and temperature swings of 20 to 30 degrees within a few hours are not uncommon.
After Australia — though there are a handful of indoor tournaments — the sport essentially spends the next 10 months chasing the sun. There are steamy stops, such as Doha, Qatar; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Florida; and Mexico; and even August events in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and outside Cincinnati before the U.S. Open in New York’s “big heat,” as Novak Djokovic refers to it.
This week, that heat has been very big
indeed, requiring Allaster; Jake Garner, the tournament referee; and their team of advisers to keep a close eye on the WetBulb Globe Temperature, a measure of the heat stress in direct sunlight, which also takes into account temperature, humidity, wind speed, sun angle and cloud cover.
When it rises above 86 degrees, mitigation measures kick in, including the 10-minute break between the second and third sets of the women’s matches and the third and fourth sets of men’s matches.
Garner said in an interview on Wednesday that officials this summer decided that when the index hit 90 degrees, he and his team would meet to consider whether to partially close the roofs at its two main stadiums, Louis Armstrong and Arthur Ashe.
It crossed that threshold on Tuesday, nearing 92 degrees on the court during Coco Gauff’s quarterfinal win over Jelena Ostapenko. Had that match gone to a third set, the roof would have been partially closed, but Gauff won in straight sets. So officials shaded the court for the next match, Novak Djokovic’s straight sets win over Taylor Fritz.
“We both struggled,” Djokovic said. “A lot.”
As players booked their spots in the semifinals set for Thursday and Friday, there seemed to be a clear pattern emerging — Florida. Two of the three women who had made the final four by late Wednesday afternoon, Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka, make their homes there. A third, Madison Keys, who lives in Orlando, claimed the final spot Wednesday night with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. Ben Shelton, the 20-year-old with the cannon serve who will play Djokovic in the semifinals on Friday, lives in Gainesville,
Florida.
Sabalenka, who grew up in Belarus, hardly a tropical locale, credited her summer training near her home in Miami as she managed to resist wilting in Wednesday’s heat during her win over Zheng Qinwen of China.
“What can be worse than Florida?” Sabalenka said.
For Gauff, the 19-year-old from Delray Beach, Florida, who has become the darling of the tournament, the heat represents an opportunity to thrive rather than something to merely survive.
“The hotter the better,” Gauff, who will face Karolina Muchova, of the rarely hot Czech Republic, on Thursday, has said on more than one occasion.
That may be especially true against Muchova. She struggled against Gauff in the Ohio heat last month during the final of the Western & Southern Open. She walked onto the court for the warm-up that day, and said, “Oh, Jesus.”
“Ouch,” she said when it was over.
On Wednesday, one of Muchova’s coaches, Jaroslav Blazek, said he would have her focus on trying to keep her body cool. Many players have been sticking black hoses that spray cold air under their shirts during the changeovers. But he anticipated the challenge would be as much a mental battle as a physical one.
“You should be ready that it’s going to be like in hell,” he said.
Blake Shelton vs. Novak Djokovic (TBD) Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Daniil Medvedev (TBD)
NFL running backs, once the face of many teams, have fallen so far in relative value over the last few decades that it has amounted to a public demotion.
They have seen their contributions derided by data analysts, and their pay slip in relation even to unglamorous offensive linemen. This past offseason, some staged holdouts and others organized a Zoom call to try to fight against their predicament. But the evolution of the game toward passing — and a salary structure that doesn’t reward their brief prime years — may mean that running backs never recover the market power they once had.
In 1997, Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions was the second-highest-paid player in the league — a time when running back was still one of the marquee positions in all of American sports. Today, not a single one is ranked in the top 100.
And since 2011, the earliest year for which complete data was available, total pay for running backs and fullbacks has increased only about 11%. For every other offensive position, total pay has increased at least 90%.
To be clear, starting running backs still make a healthy living. Last season, among the NFL’s 32 teams, the 32 highest-paid running backs made an average of $5 million. But the average pay of a top-32 offensive lineman last year was $16.9 million.
This year the highest-paid running
back by reported average annual pay is Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers at $16 million. This is only about 30% as much as the highest-paid quarterback, Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers ($52 million average).
There is no single reason running backs’ pay is flat. A confluence of factors is working against them.
Teams prioritize passing — even though they still run the ball a lot.
While the NFL has become more of a passing league than it was decades ago, by some surface-level metrics the typical game has not changed much. In 2000, rushing attempts accounted for 46% of all offensive snaps and 35% of all yards. In 2022, rushing attempts accounted for
45% of offensive snaps and 35% of all yards.
But not all yards are created equal. “Very few backs are weapons on third down,” when teams often pass to try to keep a drive alive, said Randy Mueller, a former general manager for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints.
The devaluing of running backs has coincided with their “devaluing on the field,” Mueller said. He pointed to McCaffrey’s ability as a pass catcher as the reason he commands such a large contract.
Since the 2010 season, only one Super Bowl winner (the 2013 Seattle Seahawks) has placed in the bottom half of the league in passing yards, but eight have been in the bottom half in rushing yards. Kansas City won the Super Bowl in February after a regular season with the No. 1-ranked passing game and the 20thranked rushing game.
Running backs are seen as interchangeable.
Even teams that care more about improving their running games have started to believe that allocating money toward a single player is not always worth it.
In 2000, the top running back on each team was responsible, on average, for close to 60% of his team’s regularseason total rushing yards. But teams are now far more likely to disperse the workload. Last season, the teams’ top rushers accumulated 47% of all rushing yards.
Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys was paid $11 million less last season than the starter, Ezekiel Elliott, but rushed for more yards on fewer attempts — one of several high-profile examples in recent years of a backup’s performance surpassing a star’s. That has led teams to treat the difference between stars, backups and unsigned free agents as smaller than they used to, which has diminished the value of running backs collectively.
“Relative to other positions, there is less of a difference between the top talent running backs and those on the border of the 53-man roster,” said Kevin Meers, a former director of research and strategy for the Cleveland Browns.
Teams are investing in offensive lines instead.
Total pay for offensive linemen has doubled since 2011. The logic is simple: A strong offensive line benefits the run -
ning game whether the starting or backup running back has the ball, and also helps the passing game significantly.
In 1990, according to data from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 13 of 28 NFL teams paid their top running back more than their highest-paid offensive lineman. In 2011, only 7 of 32 teams did. Going into 2023, only one running back, Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans, is set to be paid more (as measured in average annual value) than each of his teammates on the offensive line.
In 2013, running backs were typically the sixth-highest-paid position of what could be considered the 11 offensive starters. Now they are the eighth. Last season, on 17 of 32 teams the second-highest-paid wide receiver was paid more than the highest-paid running back. Ball carriers are often past their prime when their rookie contracts expire.
The 2011 collective bargaining agreement between the NFL players’ union and the team owners hurt the ability of running backs to be paid well during their early, most productive seasons. The deal mandates that drafted players sign a rookie contract — on a rookie wage scale — for four years, with the possibility of negotiating an extension only after year three.
Peter Schaffer, an agent who has represented running backs including Sanders and Jerome Bettis, said the set duration of contracts “truly affects the compensation.” Running backs, who tend to reach their career peak at a younger age than other players, spend their prime years locked into a rookie contract and are often seen by teams as declining in value by the time they can sign a new deal.
Schaffer said the compensation offered under the franchise tag, a system that allows teams to lock a player into an extra year before he becomes a free agent, was low. The collective bargaining agreement that dictates rules around the rookie wage scale and franchise tag process expires in 2030.
When teams are faced with the choice of paying a high-performing player coming off a rookie contract, or drafting a rookie who will be on a favorable contract for several years, the risk of paying a premium for a player who may soon be in decline is often unappealing.
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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
Difficulty reaching others could plague you today, Aries. emails might not go through or you could be stuck in endless telephone tag. You may want to stop trying, but don’t give up. Keep at it! Find something else to do while you’re waiting. You’ll make contact eventually. What you have to discuss with these friends could prove gratifying on more than one level.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
Upsets among family members in the home could drive you to escape it all and throw yourself into your work, particularly creative projects of some kind. This might be the right course of action, Taurus. The situation isn’t permanent, and perhaps the others in your household simply need to work things out for themselves. In the meantime, your work will give you satisfaction and perhaps even advancement.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Don’t expect much luck with computers today, Gemini, particularly when it comes to writing or communicating with others. Malfunctions with technology could plague you throughout the day. If you want to get a message to a friend, the best way might be to visit in person! Creative efforts could be hindered the same way. Today is a great day to fall back on good old pen and paper.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Upsetting news about money may come your way today, Cancer. This could involve your personal finances or economic factors in general that indirectly affect your finances. Don’t panic. All may not be as it seems! Check the facts before acting. The situation could be real, but it’s more likely the product of overblown journalism. Don’t believe everything you read.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
A strong desire for new romance, whether with a new or current partner, could prove overwhelming today, Leo. You might be tempted to do whatever it takes to attain it. Don’t plunge ahead - this isn’t the day for it! It might cause problems. Go to a romantic movie or read a racy novel. Seek what you want in a few days. You should have better results by then!
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
A strong desire for new romance, whether with a new or current partner, could prove overwhelming today, Leo. You might be tempted to do whatever it takes to attain it. Don’t plunge ahead - this isn’t the day for it! It might cause problems. Go to a romantic movie or read a racy novel. Seek what you want in a few days. You should have better results by then!
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
An unexpected meeting with a friend could leave you sensing some strong emotions that your friend is experiencing. These could be unsettling, Libra, so be prepared. Increased psychic awareness could cause you to pick up the thoughts and feelings of others more strongly than usual. This should increase your understanding of the person, but be careful not to reveal this understanding unless asked. It might prove too much for your friend right now.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
A sudden desire for independence from the confines of a job, stagnant home life, or relationship that isn’t working could seem irresistible right now, Scorpio. You might have some outrageous ideas for changing jobs, moving, or finding a new partner. These ideas might be more workable than they seem, but this isn’t the day to make decisions. Wait a few days and then consider your ideas again.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
A warm, loving letter, phone call, or email could come today from someone dear who lives far away. This should be delightful, Sagittarius, but the frustrations that result from the separation could cause you to think about taking a trip to visit the person. This might be a good idea, but don’t make any promises. Wait a few days and look into the possibility to see if it’s workable.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
Someone could approach you today offering an opportunity to increase your income, which may seem too good to be true. It might be all they say, Capricorn, but look into the facts before making promises to go ahead with it. All may not be as it seems! Today isn’t a good day to commit to investments of any kind. Wait a few days, consider the idea again, and see if it’s workable.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
Whatever your situation, Aquarius, today you could encounter someone exciting who stirs a powerful romantic attraction within you. This can be delightful, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t enjoy the company, but be a little cautious before taking any action. Get to know this person better before you decide on any sort of involvement, casual or serious. All may not be as it seems.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
Annoying situations that arise today could have you feeling stressed, Pisces. A sudden desire to escape might enter your mind. Take care not to work out your frustrations by overindulging in food or drink. This could only make the situation worse. Focus on the tasks at hand and get them done. Follow that with a long walk to clear your head and a movie to get your mind off it all.
