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La Plata River improvement project heads into vital 3rd phase
By THE STAR STAFF
Rep. Pedro Julio “Pellé” Santiago Guzmán, along with Reps. Elinnette González Aguayo and Félix Pacheco Burgos, presented an overview of the work to date on the dredging of the La Plata River, including the status of the third phase, which is vital because the body of water has historically affected communities in the municipalities of Toa Baja, Toa Alta and Dorado during periods of heavy rainfall.
The New Progressive Party lawmakers also presented a series of initiatives that seek to ensure that the work in the third phase is completed on time. They include: creating a program of public, executive and/or onsite visits every month beginning in March; close and constant collaboration with Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez, who heads the agency designated to oversee the project; visiting the U.S. capital in March with the objective of speaking with congressmen about the importance of the work; and sending a letter to the director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gen. William Graham, to request periodic data on the work.
The third phase is divided into three projects: the first includes dredging 1.66 miles of the river, raising levees on 2.88 miles, and creating four new concrete culverts. The second project focuses on building 1.31 miles of levees and further dredging on 1.45 miles of the river. Finally, the third project involves relocating a 72-inch pipeline that provides drinking water service from Arecibo to the metropolitan area of San Juan.
“This is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the entire nation,” said Santiago, who represents District 10
(Toa Baja and Cataño). “After decades of discussions, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has finally approved the channelization of the La Plata River. We are talking about improvement work on about 4.8 miles of channel, as well as about 6.22 miles of embankment levees that will be reconstructed. In addition, work will be done to provide greater protection against erosion around several bridges, eight culverts, and the relocation of a 72-inch potable water aqueduct system, as well as mitigation of environmental habitat loss. In total, this work has a budget allocation of around $500 million in federal funds.”
The legislator thanked Gov. Jennifer González Colón for helping secure the funds needed to finish the job.
“This project (third phase) was announced in June 2020 and had not materialized; now it will be a reality,” he said. [...] “We are talking about an impact on over 160,000 people in the municipalities of Toa Baja, Toa Alta and Dorado.”
Former Ponce mayor strikes deal for guilty plea
By THE STAR STAFF
ormer Ponce Mayor Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón pleaded guilty on Wednesday after reaching an agreement with the Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel (OPFEI by its initials in Spanish).
The charges against Irizarry Pabón were amended to negligence in the performance of duty, under Article 263 of the Puerto Rico Penal Code, in its least serious form.
The agreement was presented to Judge Rafael Taboas Dávila at the Ponce Judicial Center, where defense attorneys Carlos Torres Nolasco and Carlos Padilla Montalvo informed the court that their client accepted responsibility for the events.
Irizarry Pabón initially faced charges of unjust enrichment and violations of the Government Ethics Law, related to the request and obtaining of money from municipal employees for the payment of a personal loan. However, special independent prosecutor Zulma Fúster Troche indicated that the charges were amended as part of the agreement.
As part of the conditions, the former mayor, who arrived
at courtroom 405 supported by a walker and accompanied by family members, handed over a check for $25,000 to reimburse the OPFEI for the costs of the legal process.
During the preliminary hearing, several former officials of Irizarry Pabón’s administration testified, including former Chief of Staff Luis “el Oso” Báez Rodríguez, former director of the Infrastructure, Environment and Transportation Directorate (DIAT); Óscar Iván Nazario, former director of Municipal Emergency Management; Jorge Luis Mercado Santiago; and Ángel Gómez Vega, a former employee of the mayor’s Scheduling and Programming Office.
Rep. Pedro Julio Santiago Guzmán
Former Ponce Mayor Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón
Senator proposes creation of ‘Municipal Development Bank’
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico could establish a “Municipal Development Bank” to assist municipalities in financing projects, if legislation introduced by Puerto Rican Independence Party Sen. Adrián González Costa becomes law.
The proposed measure, filed Wednesday in the upper chamber, mandates the Municipal Affairs Committee and the Government Committee of the Puerto Rico Senate to investigate the feasibility of creating such a bank, which would aim to finance investment projects, capital improvements, and various programs that promote the economic development of island municipalities.
Many towns may become insolvent with the new fiscal year in June.
The financial situation of many municipalities in Puerto Rico has been severely impacted by factors outside the control of their administrations. The Financial Oversight and Management Board has imposed significant pressure on the budgets of both the central government and municipalities. The closure of the Government Development Bank (GDB) and the cancellation of central government allocations to
municipalities have further reduced financial resources for cities and towns. Additionally, the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico (BDE) has never included municipalities in its ministerial functions, making it an ineffective alternative for towns seeking financial resources.
Many municipalities in Puerto Rico are experiencing financial instability. As a result, their mayors are compelled to seek alternative sources of income with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency and avoiding excessive debt. Private banking poses challenges due to recent instability and volatility in the U.S. financial system, which affects Puerto Rico’s financial landscape.
In Latin America, municipal and regional banking institutions effectively channel financial resources to municipalities and groups of towns and cities. For example, Mexico and Argentina have institutions known as “subnational development banks.” The primary function of these institutions is to provide funding to municipalities, which are the basic public administrative units in each country.
In Puerto Rico, existing municipal banks in Caguas and Ponce serve as examples that such institutions can operate successfully. However, those banks have primarily focused
on offering loans to the private sector, typically in amounts of a few hundred thousand dollars per project.
González Costa proposes to gather capital for the new bank from various sources, including revenue from a proposed sales and use tax.
The Municipal Development Bank may:
* Receive contributions from both the government and private sector
* Generate interest from deposits of accumulated funds
* Finance private projects to encourage self-management and the establishment of small and medium-sized enterprises, companies, and cooperative enterprises, among others.
Union demands dismissal of DNER rangers chief Cruz Santiago
By THE STAR STAFF
The United Public Servants of Puerto Rico (SPUPR) union on Wednesday demanded the dismissal of Nelson Cruz Santiago, the deputy secretary and commissioner of the Ranger Corps of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER).
The union alleges that his actions violate labor rights and undermine union unity.
“Regrettably, we are moving from Guatemala to Guatepeor,” SPUPR President Jessica Martínez Santos said in a written statement. “In recent months, we have observed a pattern of conduct by Mr. Cruz that infringes on workers’ rights and job stability.”
The union reported that Cruz has interfered in union affairs, employing platforms such as WhatsApp to turn members against their union and attempting to influence the organization’s internal decisions. They noted that he has intentionally delayed the appointment of employer members to the grievance and complaint committees, thereby hindering the resolution of labor
claims, and has encouraged the formation of alternate committees to weaken the union representation of DNER rangers.
Cruz also faced criticism for comments regarding the “bad image” of rangers in the DNER and for his apparent effort to
tie salary increases, as established in Law 156, to performance metrics. “Law 156 does not require any metrics to grant these increases,” Martínez Santos said. “The former Secretary of Natural Resources, Anaís Rodríguez Vega, has already informed the Legislature that the necessary funds to comply with this law are available.”
Additionally, the union rejected any attempts to transfer DNER rangers to the Puerto Rico Police, asserting that those workers are dedicated to their roles in protecting natural resources and working with the police in enforcing environmental laws.
“Our fight is for the recognition of their work as a law enforcement force in environmental protection and as first responders,” the SPUPR emphasized.
The union has urged Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to immediately remove Cruz from his positions and requested that the DNER provide, within 10 days, evidence of efforts made to the Office of Management and Budget or the Financial Oversight and Management Board to comply with the base salary and salary increase for the rangers.
Fourth victim of fatal accident in Dorado dies
By THE STAR STAFF
The police said Wednesday that Isaías Malavé Marrero, 20, died at the Río Piedras Medical Center after being injured in the fatal accident that occurred early Monday morning on highway PR-2 in Dorado.
Malavé Marrero suffered head injuries in the crash, in which Yarelis Torres Alicea, 20; Ángel Gabriel Rivera Gómez,
20; and a 17-year-old minor were also injured.
According to the preliminary report, the accident occurred when Yamaveh Rivera Hernández, 26, was driving a 2012 wine-colored Acura LX while participating in an illegal race. He lost control of the vehicle and hit a 1999 bronze Mazda Protege, whose occupants were unharmed.
Rivera Hernández then crashed into a 2001 Toyota Corolla, driven by Yarelis Torres Alicea, who was accompanied
by Joelys Santos Sanchez, 21. Torres Alicea lost control and, after hitting another vehicle, her passenger died.
In the impact, pedestrian Kevin Torres González, 21, also suffered serious injuries and died in the hospital. Another spectator, José E. Cartagena Rosario, 19, died at the scene.
The accident left several people seriously injured. Rivera Hernández was given a breath alcohol test, which showed .102%.
Nelson Cruz Santiago
Sen. Adrián González Costa
Police officers who died in the line of duty last year are honored
By THE STAR STAFF
Speaker of the House of Representatives Carlos
“Johnny” Méndez Nunez, along with Rep. Félix Pacheco Burgos, who chairs the Public Safety Committee in the lower chamber, earlier this week honored members of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau who lost their lives in 2024 while fulfilling the sacred duty of safeguarding life and property.
In a solemn ceremony Tuesday night, the lawmakers, along with designated Secretary of State Veronica Ferraiuoli Hornedo, Police Bureau Commissioner Joseph González Falcón, designated Justice Secretary Janet Parra Mercado and designated Public Safety Secretary Arthur Garffer, among others, paid posthumous tribute to Sgts. Eliezer Ramos Vélez, who lost his life in April 2024, and Luis Algarín de Jesús, who died last June.
“I know that many police officers in Puerto Rico,
before leaving their homes, put themselves in the hands of the Lord precisely because they go out to serve the people,
they go out to do the work for which they were trained,” the House speaker said in his message. “I know that there are no words that we can say that can satisfy the pain of the loss of a loved one; there are no words. Those of us who have lost our parents, brothers or children, know that this void is difficult to fill. That is why it is important to support the police, because they have been there patrolling, providing traffic control, helping when Puerto Rico suffered the ravages of Hurricane Maria; they have witnessed the need of our people. That is why every day we seek to approve legislation that honors the Puerto Rico police force.”
The well attended and emotional event took place at the Monument to Police Officers Who Have Fallen in the Line of Duty, on Capitol District grounds. Among the guests were various legislators from both houses, as well as former Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa and former Public Safety Secretary Alexis Torres Ríos.
Brush fire forces CROEM to suspend classes, reschedule anniversary event
By THE STAR STAFF
Milton Tomassini del Toro, the director of the Mayagüez Residential Center for Educational Opportunities (CROEM by its acronym in Spanish), announced Wednesday that the institution was forced to suspend academic work due to a brush fire that threatened the school’s Cerro Las Mesas property in the western coastal city.
A brushfire near the Mayagüez Residential Center for Educational Opportunities campus in Cerro Las Mesas has forced the suspension of classes at the school as well as the postponement until March 9 of the 57th CROEM anniversary activities.
The school director also announced the postponement of the 57th CROEM anniversary activities scheduled for this weekend. The event will instead be celebrated on Sunday, March 9 starting at 10 a.m. at the school’s indoor court.
“This is not the first time we have been forced to cancel scheduled activities; however, we regret to inform you that the traditional Feria de Los Pueblos, the CROEMITA Return and the celebration of our institution’s anniversary are suspended for reasons beyond our control, which is why they have been rescheduled,” Tomassini del Toro said in a written statement. “Since Monday we have been affected by a grass fire around the 26 acres of CROEM property, which started in the lower part of Highway 348 in the Rosario Sector below. The wind and high temperature have made it impossible to stop the fire
since the presence of dry vegetation serves as natural fuel that encourages combustion at every moment with the winds on this mountain.”
“The agencies, meaning firefighters, the Municipality of Mayagüez and voluntary entities have done their job,” the CROEM director added. “However, we have been informed that the smoke will remain for several days since, as we have said, the combustion of weeds, grasses and existing vegetation are sufficient reason for these materials to continue burning around CROEM. We clarify that no CROEM structure, meaning classrooms, buildings or properties, has been affected by the fire caused by spontaneous combustion. We do not have any affected students since the fire started at a time when they were enjoying a weekend in their homes of origin. As soon as the situation is normalized, the school will announce the return of its students (in person) and the continuation of academic work, which for the moment is being offered through our modern virtual system (internet).”
Trump makes appointments to White House office that oversees PR affairs
By THE STAR STAFF
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the appointments to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, which is the office in charge of dealing with Puerto Rico affairs.
The office will be headed by Alex Meyer, who will join the White House as a deputy assistant to
the president and director of the office. Meyer previously served as the deputy political director for the Trump-Vance 2024 campaign directly managing Trump’s operations in the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
The position was previously held by Gretchen Sierra Zorita, who headed the office under former President Joe Biden.
Trump also made several other appointments
to the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, most of whom performed various roles in the 2024 TrumpVance campaign. One exception is Christine Serrano Glassner, who will serve as special assistant to the president and office deputy director for local and tribal governments. Prior to joining the White House, Serrano Glassner served as mayor of the Borough of Mendham, New Jersey for the last six years.
In a solemn ceremony Tuesday night, designated posthumous tribute was paid to Sgts. Eliezer Ramos Vélez, who lost his life in April 2024, and Luis Algarín de Jesús, who died last June.
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A Trump order on agencies is part of a broader bid to centralize power
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this week that seeks greater authority over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent from direct White House control, part of a broader bid to centralize a president’s power over the government.
The order requires independent agencies to submit their proposed regulations to the White House for review, asserts a power to block such agencies from spending funds on projects or efforts that conflict with presidential priorities, and declares that they must accept the president’s and the Justice Department’s interpretation of the law as binding.
“This is a power move over independent agencies, a structure of administration that Congress has used for various functions going back to the 1880s,” said Peter M. Shane, who is a legal scholar in residence at New York University and the author of a casebook on separation-of-powers law.
Tuesday’s order follows Trump’s summary firings of leaders of independent agencies in defiance of statutes that bar their removal without cause before their terms are up. Collectively, the moves constitute a major front in the president’s assault on the basic shape of the American government and his effort to seize some of Congress’s constitutional power over it.
The directive applies to various executive branch agencies that Congress established and empowered to regulate aspects of the economy, structuring them to be run by officials the president would appoint to fixed terms but whose day-to-day actions he would not directly control.
Those agencies include the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. Still, the order applies only partly to one particularly powerful agency, the Federal Re-
The Justice Department has sought to establish that only the solicitor general may speak for the executive branch before the Supreme Court. But Congress has also by statute given certain agencies independent litigating authority. The Trump administration apparently seeks to definitively end agencies’ ability to decide what positions to take even in lower court.
Since returning to office, Trump had already challenged a key legal plank of independent agencies by summarily firing the heads of several such organizations. That is in violation of statutes enacted by Congress that protect them from arbitrary termination and say that such officials may be removed before their terms are up only for a good cause, like misconduct.
Ending the independence of such agencies and consolidating power over them in the White House has long been an aim of the conservative legal movement, which sees that goal as a means toward reducing regulations and rules the government has imposed on powerful business interests.
serve, covering issues related to its supervision and regulation of Wall Street, but exempting its decisions related to monetary policy, like raising and lowering interest rates.
Trump’s order builds on a series of directives that trace back to one issued in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan that also required agencies to submit proposed rules to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. That order, however, did not apply to agencies Congress set up to be independent of the White House.
Peter L. Strauss, professor emeritus of law at Columbia University, said there should be no legal controversy over the order’s requirement that independent agencies consult with the White House about their regulatory plans.
Under the Constitution, he noted, the president “may require the opinion, in writing” of senior officials related to the duties of their offices.
But, Strauss said, other aspects suggest that Trump views himself as having the power to direct agency actions — equivalent to how he can give the military orders as commander in chief — even if Congress has said otherwise. That, Strauss argued, crosses a line in what has long been the mainstream understanding of the Constitution.
The order declared that the White House’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell T. Vought, can withhold funding
for any projects or initiatives that conflict with Trump’s policies and priorities.
Specifically, it said, Vought will have the power to “adjust such agencies’ apportionments by activity, function, project, or object, as necessary and appropriate, to advance the president’s policies and priorities,” including by prohibiting them from expending funds on matters Trump does not like.
That power for Vought to restrict agencies’ ability to spend funds that Congress has appropriated for them to use, the order says, is limited: He can do that only “so long as such restrictions are consistent with law.” But another section of the order says the agencies must accept the views of Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on what the law means.
“No employee of the executive branch acting in their official capacity may advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the president or the attorney general’s opinion on a matter of law, including but not limited to the issuance of regulations, guidance, and positions advanced in litigation” without permission, it said.
Trump has taken the position that a 1974 law, the Impoundment Control Act, is unconstitutional. Under that law, Congress restricted presidents’ ability to refuse to spend money that lawmakers had appropriated for programs that the president did not like.
But the movement has lacked the votes to persuade Congress to simply rescind the statutes and abolish or curtail such agencies. Instead, since the Reagan administration, conservative lawyers have developed and pushed an ideology called the unitary executive theory, under which the Constitution should be reinterpreted as not allowing Congress to create any pockets of independence within the government from direct presidential control.
Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court — five of whose nine members served as executive branch lawyers in the Reagan or George W. Bush administrations — have already been chipping away at the powers of regulatory agencies. The agencies include those Congress established as independent and those, like the Environmental Protection Agency, that lawmakers set up to be subject to presidential supervision.
During the 2024 campaign, Trump and some of his closest advisers made clear that if he won, they would push that agenda. In a video on his campaign website, Trump pledged to bring independent agencies “back under presidential authority, as the Constitution demands.”
And Vought, who also led the Office of Management and Budget in Trump’s first administration, told The New York Times in an interview in 2023 that independent agencies were in their cross hairs.
“What we’re trying to do is identify the pockets of independence and seize them,” Vought said.
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The Federal Reserve building in Washington, Nov 3, 2024. President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that seeks greater authority over regulatory agencies that Congress established as independent from direct White House control, part of a broader bid to centralize a president’s power over the government. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times)
Firings expand at Interior Department with purge of probationary workers
By CORAL DAVENPORT and CHRIS CAMERON
The Trump administration fired about 1,300 additional employees at the Interior Department over the holiday weekend, according to two people familiar with the matter, adding to the widespread purge of thousands of federal workers with probationary status that began last week.
The Trump administration had also fired about 1,000 employees at the National Park Service, according to workers groups, bringing the total number of layoffs at the Interior Department to roughly 2,300.
The firings affected many agencies that oversee public lands controlled by the federal government and are managed by the Interior Department.
Some of those agencies focus on areas that President Donald Trump has made policy priorities. Trump said last week that he had directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to undo a Biden-era ban on offshore drilling, and he has in recent weeks fixated on water supply issues that plagued the response to recent wildfires in California.
Among those fired over the weekend were workers at the Bureau of Reclamation, which manages water resources in parched Western states, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which has long overseen offshore drilling, and, more recently, offshore wind farms.
The cuts also included people from the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the conservation and use of public land.
The cuts included about 240 people from the U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors natural hazards like volcanoes and earthquakes but is also one of the nation’s premier agencies for climate research.
“USGS touches American lives every day, they just don’t know it, because so much of it is operating in the background,” said Mark Sogge, a former research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. For example, Sogge said the agency operates a national stream gauge system that alerts communities to floods and affects water deliveries to cities and farms.
“The things we’ve seen with floods in North Carolina — this is the alert system for that,” he said. “And maintaining this system is just the kind of thing that these new, young probationary people are doing.”
The Interior Department’s press of-
fice did not respond Tuesday afternoon to emailed requests for comment.
Firings of probationary workers continued to cascade through the government Tuesday. More than 10% of the workforce at the National Science Foundation, an independent agency that supports cutting-edge scientific research, were laid off adding to the widespread purge of federal workers with probationary status that began last week.
Michael England, a spokesperson for the foundation, said in a statement that the agency fired 168 probationary employees, and that it “had approximately 1,450 career employees prior to the cuts.”
But two NSF employees with knowledge of the matter disputed that all those fired on Tuesday were on probation. The employees, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, said that only about half of the layoffs were of probationary staff, and the other half affected more senior specialists with deep levels of expertise in areas like engineering, biology, computer science, geology and chemistry. When asked about the dispute, England said in an email he had no further comment.
The Trump administration ordered agencies last week to terminate most of an estimated 200,000 government work-
ers on probation, and mass firings began to cascade through the government, with some departments laying off more than 1,000 employees at a time. Other agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and the Defense Department, are preparing to lay off potentially thousands of employees this week.
Workers on probation do not receive the same protections that many other federal employees have. Probationary periods tend to last a year, but they can be longer for certain positions.
Over the weekend, cuts targeting scientists and public health officials rattled through the civil service. An estimated 1,200 employees at the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s premier biomedical research agency, have already been dismissed. Employees at the NSF were told earlier this month to expect a total reduction in its workforce of 25% to 50%, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plans publicly.
The NSF and the NIH are the two cornerstones of public research funding in the United States. The NSF focuses on nonmedical scientific research, supporting advanced research on quantum computing, artificial intelligence, observation of outer
space, and the creation of new advanced materials used in electronics.
The list of scientific breakthroughs accomplished with NSF funding is expansive, but the foundation has supported the development of inventions like the internet, smartphones, MRI scanning, LASIK eye surgery, 3D printing, kidney transplants, lithium-ion batteries, radar, LED lights and even the language learning app Duolingo.
Staff at the Food and Drug Administration’s food science lab were scrambling to keep experiments moving forward on Tuesday after about 50 staff members were let go over the weekend with no plan to hand off studies, according to a person familiar with the work.
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Protesters rally to denounce the Trump administration near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The Trump administration on Tuesday cut more than ten percent of the work force at the National Science Foundation, an independent agency that supports cutting-edge scientific research, adding to the widespread purge of federal workers with probationary status that began last week. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
Can the Fed look past Trump’s tariffs?
By COLBY SMITH
As President Donald Trump’s efforts to restructure the global trade system with expansive tariffs begin to take shape, one question continues to dog officials at the Federal Reserve: How will these policies impact the central bank’s plans to lower interest rates?
One influential Fed governor made clear earlier this week that he did not expect Trump’s policies to derail the Fed’s efforts to get inflation under control, suggesting instead that fresh interest rate cuts are still in play this year.
“My baseline view is that any imposition of tariffs will only modestly increase prices and in a nonpersistent manner,” Christopher J. Waller said in remarks at an event in Australia on Monday evening. “So I favor looking through these effects when setting monetary policy to the best of our ability.”
Economists are concerned that tariffs, which are essentially taxes on American consumers, will increase prices in the United States, at least temporarily, and over time slow economic growth.
Waller acknowledged that the economic impact of the tariffs could be larger than anticipated depending on how they are structured and later put in place. But he suggested that any uptick in prices from tariffs could be blunted by other policies, which could have “positive supply effects and put downward pressure on inflation.”
Waller’s views matter given that he is one of the seven officials who make up the Board of Governors and votes at every policy meeting.
In addition to tariffs, Trump has made increasing domestic energy production, deregulation and tax cuts other pillars of his economic agenda. His administration is also pursuing mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, as well as government spending cuts by, in part, slashing the federal workforce.
Fed officials so far have been hesitant to infer exactly what these changes will mean for the economy and ultimately the path forward for interest rates. Borrowing costs stand at 4.25% and 4.5% after the Fed opted last month against further cuts until it gained
think could be attributed to seasonal quirks that may obscure the real pace.
Research from the central bank’s economists show that this dynamic has occurred in 16 of the last 22 years. In a separate speech on Monday, Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, also noted that CPI inflation in January has exceeded expectations nine out of 10 times over the last decade.
“If this wintertime lull in progress is temporary, as it was last year, then further policy easing will be appropriate,” Waller said in his remarks. “But until that is clear, I favor holding the policy rate steady.”
Michelle Bowman, another Fed governor, affirmed her support Monday for a “cautious and gradual” approach to additional rate cuts. Bowman said that while she was waiting for further evidence that inflation was moderating, she still expected that to happen this year. That is a stance most officials at the central bank have adopted to some degree, emboldened by a solid labor market.
Bowman said she also wanted “clarity” on what the Trump administration has planned.
more confidence that inflation was indeed under control.
Fed officials got more unwelcome news on the inflation front last week after the latest consumer price index report showed that price pressures once again heated up in January. The main culprits were surging grocery prices, led higher by a 15% jump in egg prices because of the ongoing bird flu outbreak, and rising energy costs.
Even once stripping out those volatile items, so-called “core” inflation rose at its fastest pace on a monthly basis in roughly two years.
Alarm eased after the release of the producer price index, which tracks what companies pay in goods and services in order to make what they sell. That index suggested that overall inflation, as measured by the Fed’s preferred personal consumption expenditures index, was more subdued than initially feared.
Waller characterized the data as “mildly disappointing” and said that inflation overall was still well above the Fed’s target amid “excruciatingly slow” progress toward that goal over the past year.
But, he raised doubts about what signals to draw from the most recent data. Consumer price growth tends to run high at the start of the year before slowing in the second half, which Waller and other economists
“It will be very important to have a better sense of these policies, how they will be implemented, and establish greater confidence about how the economy will respond in the coming weeks and months,” she said. Bowman, like Waller, was appointed to the Fed by Trump during his first term.
The president and his staffers have adopted a more measured tone when talking about their capacity to tame inflation, after having vowed to vanquish it on “Day 1.”
Kevin Hassett, the director of Trump’s National Economic Council, told CBS News on Sunday that the administration has a “multifaceted plan to end inflation,” specifically flagging tax cuts, efforts by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to reduce government spending, deregulation and increased energy production.
Still, investors have scaled back their expectations for how much the Fed will lower rates this year. They have also pushed back the timing of those moves on concerns that taken together, Trump’s policies will lead to higher inflation. Now, futures markets point to a cut of just a quarter point in December.
Harker said Monday he was “optimistic” not only that inflation would decline over time but that interest rates would “be able to decline over the long run.”
“This does not mean that there aren’t areas of potential concern,” he added. “In fact, the only thing I can say with any certainty is that there are many uncertainties.”
A shopper at a Trader Joe’s in New York, Jan. 7, 2025. Top officials at the Federal Reserve are grappling with whether they can disregard potential price increases caused by the administration’s expansive tariff policies. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)
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Lagging US still flirting with new highs
Alook at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Even though Wall Street stocks lag world markets this year, the S&P500 still managed to wring out another record high on Tuesday - with a mix of new tariff threats, housing updates and Federal Reserve minutes to digest later today.
A confusing and turbulent start to the year has seen global investors’ attention switch away from pricey U.S. equity to cheaper European stocks and Chinese tech - with this week’s talks on ending the Ukraine war and Germany’s weekend election catalyzing interest in the former.
The rapid turnaround in portfolio investment allocations and mutual fund flows this year is eye catching, but so too is the shift in economic news relative to some extreme expectations.
Economic surprise indexes compiled by Citi show the euro zone gauge at its most positive in eight months while the U.S. equivalent has slipped back into negative territorywith the gap between the two at its most favorable to Europe since July.
Still, these are all relative measures and - for now at least - the still upbeat global activity picture is lifting all boats. And that’s allowed U.S. indexes to keep nudging higher even as global investment portfolios rebalance.
U.S. futures held the latest marginal stock into Wednesday
As to the hot button geopolitical issues of the moment, they continue to rankle overnight - as US President Donald Trump re-iterated threats to impose 25% tariffs on autos, drugs and chips while tensions built around the controversial Ukraine talks.
Washington’s decision to bypass Ukraine and talk directly to Russia about ending the war has raised major concerns about attempts to unseat Kyiv’s government as part of the deal.
With barely concealed anger in Europe at the absence of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy from the talks in Saudi Arabia, European Union leaders are now bracing for a ratcheting up of future security risks, pushing to up defense spending and ways to fund it.
Markets are scrambling to price the shift, with European defense stocks surging this week while talk of higher public spending in Germany after the weekend election has encouraged bets on a wider reboot of the euro bloc. Talk of a rapid defense push has also spurred talk of another round of joint European borrowing, akin to that seen during the post-pandemic rebuild.
That’s both seen benchmark German bund yields rise further as well as squeezing the risk spread between Germany and other euro sovereigns. Italy’s 10-year spread has hit its narrowest in 3-1/2 years while the recently elevated French spread is back at its lowest since July.
The euro itself slipped back on Wednesday - in part as the renewed Trump tariff threats nudged the dollar and U.S.
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Gold prices jumped to another all-time high on both trade and military tensions as well as incoming inflation news. Spot gold hit an all-time-high of $2,946.75/oz - the ninth record notched so far this year.
Benchmark bond yields around the world were also aggravated by the sweep of disappointing inflation reports.
Mirroring January’s ‘hot’ U.S. consumer price inflation report last week, both Canada and Britain saw above forecast annual CPI gains last month toowith the latter’s inflation rate popping back as high as 3%.
Sterling firmed to its best levels since January 2 against the euro and UK gilt yields increased on Wednesday as hopes for a
more rapid Bank of England easing trajectory were set back.
Regardless, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand felt no such constraint overnight and cut its benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75% - flagging further reductions in borrowing costs amid moderating inflation there.
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The simmering feud between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Donald Trump escalated Wednesday when Trump mocked his counterpart in a post filled with falsehoods, calling him a “dictator without elections.”
His comments came hours after Zelenskyy said the U.S. leader had been “caught in a web of disinformation” from Russia over the war in Ukraine.
The pointed exchange came one day after officials from the United States and Russia opened talks to end the fighting in Ukraine that excluded the Ukrainian government. Hours after that meeting in Saudi Arabia, Trump suggested that Ukraine had started the war, a comment that brought a strong rebuttal from Zelenskyy on Wednesday morning.
“I would like to have more truth with the Trump team,” Zelenskyy said in some of the most overt criticism yet of Trump and his view of the war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy, summoning reporters to his presidential office in Kyiv, Ukraine, a building still fortified with sandbags, said that the U.S. president was living in a “web of disinformation.”
In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump responded with a scathing attack on Zelenskyy.
“Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be
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won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the U.S. and “TRUMP,” will never be able to settle,” Trump wrote.
As he did in making his assertions a day earlier, he misrepresented verifiable facts.
The United States, for instance, has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine, according to a research organization in Germany, the Kiel Institute, not $350 billion.
Trump also suggested that future security of Ukraine would not be America’s problem. “This War is far more important to Europe than it is to us,” he wrote. “We have a big, beautiful Ocean as separation.”
The deepening feud threatens to undermine Ukraine’s war effort and further weaken its position in the peace talks that have already started between the U.S. and Russia — notably, without Kyiv’s involvement.
Trump’s fixation on the United States being repaid for military and financial assistance over three years of war could put a stop on any future aid package to the war-torn country. Ukraine has long been dependent on regular U.S. deliveries of air defense weapons, shells and other type of ammunition to sustain its fight against Russia.
“Let’s be honest: Without the U.S., it will be very difficult for us,” Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, said Wednesday.
Ukraine has pushed for a seat at the negotiating table with Russia. But Trump’s portrayal of Russia as a willing partner in peace talks, and his dismissal of Zelenskyy as an illegitimate and ineffective leader, risks further sidelining Ukraine.
Members of Ukraine’s 38th Separate Marine Brigade fire a Grad self-propelled 122-milimeter multiple rocket launcher at a Russian target from the front line near Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
In his social media post Wednesday, Trump said in a menacing tone that Zelenskyy had “better move fast” to secure peace, “or he is not going to have a Country left.”
His comments followed up similarly accusatory statements he made Tuesday. Trump said Ukraine “should have never started” the war and appeared to embrace what has been a Russian demand that Ukraine hold elections as a necessary step in the settlement talks. Elections were suspended under martial law after Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Trump also said Tuesday that Zelenskyy’s
approval rating was 4%. Zelenskyy said that was not true, citing polls showing far higher support. In one conducted in December by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, for example, 52% of Ukrainians said that they trusted his leadership.
“So if anyone wants to replace me right now, that’s not going to happen,” Zelenskyy said, referring to his approval ratings.
Trump’s false statements, Zelenskyy said, stemmed from misinformation spread by people around him. “Such rhetoric doesn’t help Ukraine; it only helps in bringing Putin out of isolation,” he said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Until this week, Zelenskyy had walked a fine line of staking out Ukrainian positions while avoiding any suggestion of an open breach with the United States, Ukraine’s most important ally in a war that is nearing the three-year mark. But after the initial ceasefire talks between Russia and the United States on Tuesday, Zelenskyy starkly laid out his refusal to accept terms negotiated without Ukrainian participation.
His comments Wednesday — pushing back on Trump’s false assertions while refraining from direct criticism by attributing them to a broader disinformation bubble — were in line with his efforts to maintain a balancing act and maintain ties with the U.S.
At the news conference Wednesday, Zelenskyy was focused and spoke with intensity. He said he was not personally ruffled by the negotiations with the Trump administration. “This is not my first dialogue or fight,” he said. “I take it calmly.”
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Pope Francis, who has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, slept well overnight and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, as concerns grew about the health of the 88-year-old pontiff.
In a brief early-morning update, the Vatican said that Francis “spent a peaceful night, woke up and had breakfast.”
Francis was admitted to Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome with bronchitis Friday. Successive diagnostic tests found that he had developed pneumonia in both lungs.
He also has a polymicrobial infection, which
means that he has a mix of microbes, like a virus or bacteria, in his lungs or another part of his respiratory tract. The infection required the use of cortisone antibiotic therapy, the Vatican said.
His overall health continued to be complex, the Vatican said Tuesday evening, but it added that the pope was in “good spirits,” praying, reading and resting.
In recent years, Francis’ health has been cause for concern, and this is his fourth stay at Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital. In 2021, he had colon surgery there. In 2023, he was admitted for a respiratory infection and went home after three days. He was then hospitalized again a few months later to undergo abdominal surgery
for a hernia.
More than 60 years ago, Francis had an upper lobe of his right lung removed, and in recent years his breathing has seemed labored during speeches. Over the past few months, he has often asked aides to read the remarks on his behalf.
But Francis has maintained an often exhausting schedule, in particular since the Roman Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee — a year of faith, penance and forgiveness of sins that takes place every quarter-century — began on Christmas Eve.
All of his public engagements have been canceled through the weekend.
Brazil charges Bolsonaro with attempting a coup after 2022 election loss
By JACK NICAS
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged earlier this week with overseeing a vast scheme to hold on to power after losing the 2022 election, including one plot to annul the vote, disband courts and empower the military, and another to assassinate the nation’s president-elect.
The accusations, laid out in a 272-page indictment, suggest that Brazil came strikingly close to plunging back into, in effect, a military dictatorship nearly four decades into its modern democracy.
Attorney General Paulo Gonet Branco indicted Bolsonaro and 33 other people, including a former spy chief, defense minister and national security adviser, accusing them of a series of crimes against Brazil’s democracy. The charges essentially adopted recommendations from Brazil’s federal police made in November.
The case will now go before Brazil’s Supreme Court, which will decide whether to order Bolsonaro’s arrest and have him face trial. If convicted, he could face 12 to 40 years in prison, according to the indictment, though political analysts expect any sentence to be shorter.
In a Tuesday statement, Bolsonaro, 69, called the indictment “the weaponization of the justice system” and compared himself to President Donald Trump, a political ally he often emulates.
The accusations are “nothing more than a desperate attempt to criminalize my political movement, silence millions of Brazilians and rig the next election before a single vote is cast,” Bolsonaro said, adding that he had handed over power peacefully. “This is the same failed strategy that was used against President Trump.”
The charges are the latest chapter in a yearslong saga for Brazil that has included Bolsonaro’s discrediting of the nation’s voting systems, a tense election in which Bolsonaro never fully accepted defeat; an invasion of the halls of power by his supporters; and a high-profile investigation that has left his running mate in jail since December.
Now Brazilians may witness a televised Supreme Court trial that could end up making Bolsonaro their third president in the past eight years to be sent to prison. That would provide a striking contrast with the United States. Bolsonaro and Trump have both now been indicted on
Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil during an interview with The New York Times at Partido Liberal Headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 14, 2025. Brazil’s attorney general charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the vote. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
charges of pushing to overturn elections. But Trump’s case was dropped as he returned to power, while Bolsonaro is at perhaps his weakest political point yet.
Brazil’s electoral court has already ruled that Bolsonaro is ineligible to run in Brazil’s presidential election next year. The attorney general is weighing two other criminal cases against him. And the Supreme Court justice set to oversee this case is arguably his political archrival.
While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump was largely immune from prosecution for his actions as president, Brazil’s Supreme Court has acted aggressively against Bolsonaro and his right-wing movement.
The court has overseen investigations, ordered arrests and censored many of Bolsonaro’s supporters on social media, arguing that the anti-democratic actions of his movement required an extraordinary response. Now the court’s 11 justices could decide Bolsonaro’s fate.
“In a republic, all can be held accountable,” Gonet Branco wrote in a 17-page introduction attached to the indictment. “The president of the republic does not escape this rule.”
The indictment details a variety of actions that prosecutors say Bolsonaro and dozens of his allies — mostly current or former members of the military — carried out over months. First they tried to under-
mine the public’s faith in the 2022 election, and then, after Bolsonaro lost, they tried to overturn the results, the indictment said. It also detailed several plots that prosecutors say the group discussed and began to execute, but ultimately abandoned.
One of those plots, according to the indictment, involved declaring a “state of siege” — an emergency provision in the constitution — which Bolsonaro would then have used to order the arrest of Supreme Court justices, grant new powers to the military and call for new elections overseen by his allies. Investigators said they even found the draft of a speech Bolsonaro would give once he announced the takeover.
An even darker plot, prosecutors say, involved poisoning Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in the 2022 election, before he could be sworn in as president and fatally shooting Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice who has overseen the investigations into Bolsonaro and would be the lead judge in his trial. The assassinations were to be carried out by a small group of elite military agents, according to the indictment, and the men had already begun tracking the movements
of Moraes.
The indictment also says the assassination plan was presented to Bolsonaro. In a WhatsApp message on Dec. 12, 2022, one organizer of the plot told another that Bolsonaro had told him they could carry out the assassinations anytime before Dec. 31, according to the indictment. Lula was set to be inaugurated on Jan. 1.
“I said, ‘Come on, president. The sooner the better. We’ve already lost so many opportunities,’” the organizer, Mário Fernandes, was quoted as saying in the message.
Fernandes has denied the accusations.
In an interview last month, Bolsonaro said he had explored the idea of using a “state of siege” to keep Lula from taking office because he was concerned that the elections had been rigged. But he said that he quickly dropped the idea when it became clear Congress would have to approve the order.
He denied having any knowledge of an assassination plot, blaming it on Fernandes. “Even so, I think it was just another fantasy — bravado,” he said.
“Everyone is responsible for their actions,” Bolsonaro added. “Although, as far as I know, he did not take any action.”
Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. The regime’s killing of political opponents is the focus of “I’m Still Here,” a Brazilian film that has been nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards this year.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has long defended the military dictatorship, crediting it with saving Brazil from communism. He said in an interview last month that he would not see “I’m Still Here,” calling it a leftist rewriting of history. “The story always has two sides,” he said.
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Vance’s Munich disgrace
By BRET STEPHENS
In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question of why the National Socialists, despite being an “anti-parliamentarian party,” would nonetheless compete in that May’s parliamentary elections.
“We enter the Reichstag to arm ourselves with democracy’s weapons,” Goebbels explained. “If democracy is foolish enough to give us free railway passes and salaries, that is its problem. It does not concern us. Any way of bringing about the revolution is fine by us.”
Germany’s postwar federal republic, established over the ruins the Nazis made, has been haunted by Goebbels’ taunt ever since. How does a free society guard against being used, and possibly destroyed, by the rights and privileges it grants the enemies of freedom? How does it avoid the postwar fate of states like Czechoslovakia, which allowed communist parties to gain a fatal foothold in their fledgling democracies? What about Palestinians, who voted for Mahmoud Abbas for president in 2005 and Hamas for parliament in 2006 — and haven’t had an election since?
For countries with a totalitarian past, finding the right answers to these questions is hard. Few have done it better than Germany, which remains unmistakably democratic not because it unthinkingly honors a principle of unfettered liberty (no democracy does) but because it vigilantly monitors the enemies of democracy while maintaining a memory of what the nation once was. It’s something for which all Americans should feel especially grateful, given the price we paid in lives to defeat Germany’s previous political incarnations.
But not, apparently, JD Vance. The vice president’s speech last week at the Munich Security Conference — in which the man who refuses to say that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election lectured his audience about Europe’s retreat from democratic values — combined with his meeting with the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party, has caused a scandal because it is a scandal, a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy.
Why does the AfD dismay so many Germans, including traditional conservative voters? The party began in 2013 in
protest of Germany’s fiscal policies in Europe. It gained a further boost through its opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-arms policy toward the uncontrolled immigration of more than 1 million Middle Eastern refugees.
But the party soon took a much darker turn. In 2017, Björn Höcke, a party leader in the eastern state of Thuringia, complained that Germans were “the only people in the world who’ve planted a monument of shame at the heart of their capital” — a reference to the memorial to the victims of the Holocaust — and that the country needed “nothing less than a 180-degree turnaround in the politics of remembrance.” In 2018, the party leader at the time, Alexander Gauland, dismissed “Hitler and the Nazis” as “just a speck of bird shit in over 1,000 years of successful German history.”
Last year, the German investigative news site Correctiv reported that in 2023 AfD politicians had met with other farright extremists in a hotel in Potsdam, near Berlin, to discuss an “overall concept, in the sense of a master plan” for the “remigration” of “migrants” to their countries of ethnic origin — no matter whether those migrants were asylum-seekers, permanent residents or German citizens. The star of the show was a 34-year-old Austrian named Martin Sellner, who as a teenager confessed to putting swastika stickers on a synagogue before going on to lead Austria’s so-called identitarian movement.
This record explains, in part, why all of Germany’s mainstream parties refuse to go into any sort of coalition government with the AfD, even as it is polling in second place in this month’s federal elections. Vance may seem to think it’s the responsibility of democracy to embrace any party or point of view; it’s worth wondering what he might have said if, instead of the AfD polling at around 20%, an antisemitic and anti-democratic Muslim Brotherhood-style party was drawing a similar percentage of voters.
There’s another reason to fear the AfD. Last year, The New York Times’ Erika Solomon reported on a secret session in the German parliament in which lawmakers heard evidence of ties between AfD politicians and Kremlin-connected operatives. The AfD denies the allegations, but it’s no surprise that the AfD wants to end German military aid for Ukraine and restart the Nord Stream pipelines through which Russia used to supply Germany with natural gas.
In its first term, the Trump administration fought tooth-andnail against Nord Stream, on the justified grounds that it made Germany dependent on an enemy of the West. Someone might ask Ric Grenell, Trump’s former ambassador to Berlin and now his special envoy, why the administration is now so fond of a party that effectively sides with that enemy.
There’s an argument to be made in a future column that some European governments go too far to curtail legitimate free speech. There’s another one to be written about the many ways that Europe’s supposedly mainstream right-of-center parties, particularly Germany’s Christian Democrats under Merkel, adopted left-leaning positions on migration, domestic
Vice President JD Vance arrives for the swearing-in of two new senators at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. Vance’s speech in Germany last week “has caused a scandal because it is a scandal,” columnist Bret Stephens writes. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
security, fiscal policy, energy policy and other issues that drove conservative voters into the arms of the far right.
For now, the important point is this: Much like a certain British prime minister long ago, an American vice president went to Munich to carry on about his idealism while breaking bread with those who would obliterate democratic ideals. A disgrace.
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SAN JUAN – La Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG) adjudicó contratos a once empresas locales para la reconstrucción y mantenimiento de carreteras y puentes en la Isla, tras un proceso de subasta pública que asegura el cumplimiento de estándares estatales y federales.
La administradora de la ASG, Karla Mercado Rivera, explicó que la Junta de Subastas tomó en cuenta criterios técnicos y administrativos rigurosos, con el objetivo de garantizar calidad y mejores costos para el gobierno.
“Esta subasta tomó en consideración todos los requerimientos estatales y federales vigentes, así como los más altos criterios administrativos y de calidad, que se resumen en el mejor valor para el Gobierno de Puerto Rico”, indicó Mercado Rivera en declaraciones escritas.
El proceso permitió seleccionar empresas con capacidad inmediata para proveer los servicios y asegurar la disponibilidad de materiales de asfalto y otros productos esenciales para la reparación de las vías. A su vez, los contratos, con vigencia de tres años, establecen precios fijos para evitar aumen-
tos por fluctuaciones en el mercado.
La ASG realizó un proceso de precualificación de suplidores, en el cual se evaluaron desempeño previo, cumplimiento de estándares, capacidad financiera y técnica, así como la disponibilidad de inventario.
Las compañías seleccionadas trabajarán por regiones y son: R&F Asphalts Unlimited, Maglez Engineerings & Contractors, Líneas de Puerto Rico, Tekniek Construction, Tropical Asphalt Solutions, A&M Solutions, Norvan General Contractors, Puerto Rico Asphalt, JR Site Construction, Design Build y Super Asphalt Pavement.
Los procesos de subasta fueron transmitidos en vivo y la información sobre los contratos está disponible en el portal de la ASG como parte de las medidas de transparencia del gobierno.
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GERMÁN – La Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT) anunció el miércoles el cierre total del puente sobre el río Guanajibo, en la carretera PR102 en San Germán, a partir del lunes, 24 de febrero, debido a trabajos de mejoras que se extenderán por aproximadamente 110 días.
Los trabajos incluyen la remoción del pavimento existente, la construcción de una losa de hormigón reforzado, la reposición del pavimento, el marcado de la vía y la instalación de vallas de seguridad, entre otras labores relacionadas con la rehabilitación del puente.
Para mitigar el impacto en el tránsito, la ACT recomendó rutas alternas para los conductores:
* Desde la PR-2 dirección norte hacia la PR-102, pueden utilizar la PR-122.
* Desde la PR-2 dirección este hacia la PR-102, tomar la rampa de salida 177.
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* Desde la PR-329 intersección PR102, continuar hacia el casco urbano de San Germán y luego tomar la PR-122 hasta la rampa de la PR-2 y seguir hasta la PR-102.
* Desde el km 38 de la PR-102, tomar la PR-2 en dirección a Hormigueros y Mayagüez, y luego la PR-122 hasta la intersección con la PR-102.
La ACT advirtió que los trabajos podrían causar congestión vehicular y recomendó el uso de la aplicación WAZE para reducir los retrasos en el tiempo de viaje.
Además, exhortó a los conductores a reducir la velocidad en la zona de construcción y a estar atentos a las señales de tránsito para garantizar la seguridad tanto de los trabajadores como de los conductores.
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dueños desconocidos, Bienvenido Acosta Camacho, Norma Iris Rojas Matos y posibles herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la propiedad que se describe a continuación:
RUSTICA: Parcela que radica en el Barrio Jauca del municipio de Santa Isabel, con una cabida Superficial de mil Quinientos Cincuenta y Cuatro Punto Ochenta Cuarenta y Ocho (1,554.8048) Metros Cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE con terrenos de la Autoridad de Tierra; por el Sur con la Carretera Estatal Número Uno (1); por el Oeste con terreno de Nilda Echevarría Valentín y por el ESTE con un (1) solar propiedad del señor José Rentas Colón y un segundo (2ndo.) Solar perteneciente a Jose A. Santiago Rentas. Enclava en dicho terreno una casa de cemento de Dos (2) Plantas, que mide Cuarenta Punto Cinco (40.5’) Pies de frente por Cuarenta y Seis Punto Ocho (46.8) pies de fondo, conta de sala, comedor, cocina, dos (2) baños, cuatro (4) cuartos de dormitorio, balcón y “Laundry”. Enclava una Segunda Edificación que actualmente no se puede utilizar por estar parcialmente destruida por los embates de huracanes y terremotos No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Los interesados incluyen a colindantes desconocidos, anteriores dueños desconocidos y posibles herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la Propiedad antes descrita. Por la presente quedan notificados que Iris Norma Acosta Rojas también conocida como Iris Norma Acosta, ha radicado en este Tribunal una Petición de Expediente de Dominio sobre la propiedad antes descrita, alegando que Doña Iris Norma Acosta Rojas quien adquirió por Donación de sus padres, Bienvenido Acosta Camacho y Norma Iris Rojas Matos siendo dueños y ha poseído tanto por sus anteriores dueños como por ella como dueña dicha propiedad por más de 30 años y por ello solicita Orden para que Ordene al Registrador de la Propiedad de Guayama que inscriba dicha finca a nombre de la Peticionaria Iris Norma Acosta Rojas también conocida como Iris Norma Acosta. Se apercibe que si transcurrido Veinte (20) días desde la publicación de este Edicto, no ha habido reparos u oposición contra la demanda interpuesta, este Tribunal dictará Sentencia de acuerdo a lo solicitado en la misma. Copia de la contestación deberá ser notificada al Licenciado Rubén Román Toro a su dirección en: Apartado Pos-
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RODRÍGUEZ MALDONADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
REVERSE MORTGAGE
FUNDING LLC.
Demandante Vs. SUCESION MARIA
ERUNDINA COLON
RIVERA T/C/C MARIA
E. COLON DE QUIGLEY
T/C/C MARIA E. COLON T/C/C MARIA
E. COLON RIVERA
T/C/C MARIA COLON
T/C/C MARIA COLON
RIVERA COMPUESTA
POR HEYDA QUIGLEY
COLON, SANTIAGO
QUIGLEY COLON, JAIME
QUIGLEY COLON Y SUS
POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2018CV07212. (505). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 4 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho
título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar con un área superficial de 246.25 metros cuadrados, marcado con el #24-B de la manzana LC de la Urbanización Caparra Terrace que radica en el Barrio Monacillos de la municipalidad de Río Piedras, P.R., el cual colinda por el Norte en 9.85 metros con el solar 1-LC, por el Sur en 9.85 metros con la calle #100 de la urbanización, por el Este en 25.00 metros con el solar #23-A-LCV y por el Oeste en 25.00 metros con el solar #24-A-LC. Enclava casa. Se halla afecto a Servidumbre de signo aparente de pared medianera. Finca número 17,483, inscrita al folio 120 del tomo 473 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al Sistema Karibe, finca 17483 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III, inscripción 7a. Propiedad localizada en: URB. CAPARRA TERRACE, SO #1421 CALLE 4, SAN JUAN, PR 00921. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $213,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 30 de marzo de 2082. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $213,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 11 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de
$142,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $106,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 18 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia Enmendada dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $78,155.52 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $11,421.13 en intereses acumulados al 31 de marzo de 2019 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 4.221% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $3,583.15 en seguro hipotecario; $625.00 en tasaciones; $400.00 en inspecciones de la propiedad; más la cantidad de 10% de la pagare original en la suma total de $21,300.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de enero de 2025. IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, ALGUACIL PLACA #492.
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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE LENNÍN SEPÚLVEDA FIGUEROA
COMPUESTA POR: LENNÍN SEPÚLVEDA RAMÍREZ; REBECCA SEPÚLVEDA RAMÍREZ; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA
Demandado Civil Núm.: LJ2023CV00007. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 17 de enero de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Radicado en la Urbanización Alturas de San Blás de Lajas, solar veintitrés (23) con una cabida 281.1014 metros cuadrados. Linderos; al Norte, con servidumbre eléctrica en una distancia de 25.5593 metros y con el solar #16 en una distancia de 11.0002 metros; al Sur, con el solar #24 en una distancia de 25.5498 metros y con calle de uso público ‘B” (final) en una distancia de 11.0002 metros; al Este, con solar #24 en una distancia de 25.5498 metros y al Oeste, con servidumbre eléctrica en una distancia de 25.5593 metros. Consta en dicho solar una edificación residencial unifamiliar construida de hormigón armado y bloques, de tres dormitorios, sala-comedor, cocina, un baño completo, marquesina sencilla y laundry. Las dimensiones de sus patios son las siguientes; patio delantero de 4.00 metros, patio lateral izquierdo de 2.15 metros, patio lateral derecho de 2.50 metros y patio posterior de 7.49 metros. Inscrita al tomo Karibe de Lajas, Finca 18,171, Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán, inscripción Primera. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta dónde alcance, la SENTENCIA archivada en autos y notificada el 10 de octubre de 2024. Dicha Sentencia fue publicada en un
periódico de circulación general, The San Juan Star, el 18 de octubre de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $87,914.88 de principal, 3.5% anual de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $103,375.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $68,916.67, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $51,687.50, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones
de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de enero de 2025. ALGUACIL GLORIAN VÁZQUEZ #077, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
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Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN ANTONIO SEGARRA RODRIGUEZ Y SU ESPOSA JOCELYN ALEXIS ALVARADO SEPULVEDA POR SÍ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2019CV04419. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Ponce, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que venderá en pública subasta en la Oficina de Alguaciles, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, al mejor
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 10 de febrero de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V. EDUARDO
NAZARIO ARROYO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AU2023CV00479. (Salón: 0001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. JAN MIGUEL OTERO MARTÍNEZJAN.OTERO@ORF-LAW.COM.
A: EDUARDO NAZARIO ARROYO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de enero de 2025, 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 10 de febrero de 2025. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 10 de febrero de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NOEMÍ DEL C. ROMÁN BOSQUES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT PUERTO RICO, LLC (COMO AGENTE DE MIDLAND FUNDING LLC.)
Demandante V. WANDA HIDALGO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AU2020CV00358. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: WANDA HIDALGO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de febrero de 2025, 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 11 de febrero de 2025. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 11 de febrero de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ERIKA CRUZ PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE DATANAEL
SANTANA RODRIGUEZ
T/C/C DATANAEL
SANTANA T/C/C
NATANEL SANTANA RODRÍGUEZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CG2024CV04107. (Salón: 701). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA
POR EDICTO. ILIA CRISTINA RAMÍREZ MARTÍNEZ RAMIREZ@GLSLEGALSERVICES. COM. A: JOHANNA SANTANA
MARCANO, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDOS, COMO HEREDEROS DEL FINADO DATANAEL
SANTANA RODRIGUEZ T/C/C DATANEL SANTANA T/C/C
NATANEL SANTANA RODRÍGUEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de febrero de 2025, 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 12 de febrero de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 12 de febrero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
FINANCE OF AMERICA
REVERSE LLC
Demandante V.
SUCESION CARMEN
GLORIA SANTIAGO MOYET Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CG2023CV01723. (Salón: 702). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN CARMEN
GLORIA SANTIAGO MOYET T/C/C CARMEN G. SANTIAGO MOYET T/C/C CARMEN SANTIAGOMOYET T/C/C CARMEN
SANTIAGO MOYET.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de febrero de 2025, 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 10 de febrero de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de febrero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. SUCESION DE EDNA LUZ RODRIGUEZ COTTO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV08697. (Salón: 604 CIVIL). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM. WANDA I. LUNA MARTINEZQUIEBRA@GMAIL.COM. A: FULANO(A) DE TAL Y SUTANO(A) DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EDNA LUZ RODRÍGUEZ COTTO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de febrero de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de febrero de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS FINES DE CORREGIR LAS PERSONAS A NOTIFICAR POR EDICTO Y EL TÉRMINO DE APELACIÓN.
En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de febrero de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE YANIRA ROMÁN SANTIAGO COMPUESTA FELIX CUBERO COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO Y/O PARTE CON INTERÉS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN Demandada
Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01983. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE YANIRA
ROMÁN SANTIAGO COMPUESTA FÉLIX CUBERO COMO HEREDERO CONOCIDO Y/O PARTE CON INTERÉS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHA SUCESIÓN - URB. PRADERA REAL, SOLAR C-29, ISABELA, PR 00662; URB. PRADERA REAL, 1188 CALLE LOS UCARES, ISABELA, PR 00662; URB. PRADERA REAL, 1188 CALLE LOS UCARES, C-29, ISABELA PR 00662; SUITE 23, CASTILLA VALLEY, ISABELA, PR 00662.
POR LA PRESENTE 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://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 del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera 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. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión,
se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados 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 a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. 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 NÚM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 11 de FEBRERO de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ALBERTO LUIS CHAVES GORBEA T/C/C ALBERTO L. CHAVES GORBEA T/C/C ALBERTO CHAVES GORBEA, COMPUESTA POR ALBERTO L. CHAVES LUGO; WILLIAM CHAVES LUGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV06847. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESIÓN DE ALBERTO LUIS CHAVES GORBEA T/C/C ALBERTO L. CHAVES GORBEA T/C/C ALBERTO CHAVES GORBEA, COMPUESTA
POR ALBERTO L. CHAVES LUGO; WILLIAM CHAVES LUGO; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES.
Yo, IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 18 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 4 de noviembre de 2024. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 25 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 1 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 10 de febrero de 2025, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento tres-B del edificio gobernado por el Régimen de la Propiedad Horizontal por el nombre de “El Laurel” sito en el número seiscientos cincuenta y uno (número 651) de la Calle Roosevelt, Miramar, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Este apartamento está localizado en el extremo Este del tercer piso del edificio y colinda por el NORTE, con patio del solar en que radica el edificio principal en colindancia
de parte se anotó la rebeldía. Examinada los documentos y las alegaciones de las partes, el Tribunal declara HA LUGAR la demanda de desahucio y ORDENA a la parte demandada, Sr. Gilberto Rivera y Juan del Pueblo o cualquiera persona que no fuera la parte demandante desalojar la propiedad que ubica en el Bo. Las Delicias Parcela 11, Culebra Puerto Rico. En virtud de ello, se autoriza a la parte demandante, una vez la sentencia advenga final y firme, la remoción del tráiler y la basura y cualesquiera otras pertenencias de la parte demandada de la referida propiedad. Se impone fianza de apelación en la suma de $5,000. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 13 de febrero de 2025. REGISTRESE Y NOTIFIQUESE. SYLMARI DE LA TORRE SOTO, JUEZ SUPERIOR.
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE SELINA ALMA ROSA
COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS ZULMA
FELICIANO ALMA, DÉBORA FELICIANO
ALMA T/C/C DEBORAH FELICIANO ALMA, ELVIN
FELICIANO ALMA, SUS NIETOS LUIS MIGUEL
FELICIANO ARCE, GABRIEL FELICIANO ARCE, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA REPRESENTADOS POR EL SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO (HUD)
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AG2023CV01950. (603). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia de 12 de agosto de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 2 de diciembre de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 3 de diciembre de 2024; en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender día 11 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MA-
ÑANA, en mi oficina del Alguacil Regional del Centro Judicial de Aguadilla área del sótano, al final del pasillo, Calle Progreso Número 70, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Parcela de terreno radicada en la Urbanización Paseos Reales, localizada en el Barrio Arenales del término municipal de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico y que se describe en el plano de inscripción con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación:
Número del solar: 2 del bloque K. Área del solar: 300.150 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en alineación recta de 13.05 metros, con el solar #26 del mismo bloque; por el SUR, en alineación recta de 13.05 metros, con la calle #1; por el ESTE, en alineación recta de 23.00 metros, con el solar #3 del mismo bloque; por el OESTE, en alineación recta de 23.00 metros, con el solar #1 del mismo bloque. Enclava una casa para fines residenciales. Afecta a servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company de 5’0” de ancho a todo lo largo de su colindancia Sur. Inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 625 de Aguadilla, Finca 33457. Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 195 vuelto del tomo 625 de Aguadilla, Finca 33457. Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. Inscripción segunda. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 71 del tomo 641 de Aguadilla, Finca 33457. Registro de la Propiedad de Aguadilla. Inscripción quinta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: PASEOS REALES, K2 CALLE 1, AGUADILLA, PR 00603. Número de Catastro: 01-006-034-612-15-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $65,467.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 18 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $43,644.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el 25 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $32,733.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará
a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por suma de $36,770.52 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.00% anual desde el 1 de mayo de 2023 hasta su completo pago, más $558.19 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,546.70 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. HIPOTECA SUBORDINADA: Constituída por Selina Alma Rosa (soltera), en garantía a un pagaré a favor de Secretario del Departamento d Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos de America, o a su orden, por la suma de $13,895.74, sin intereses y vencedero el 1 de julio de 2043, según consta de la escritura #558, otorgada en San Juan, el 28 de junio de 2013, ante el notario David Toledo David, inscrita al folio 143 del tomo 641 de Aguadilla, finca #33457, inscripción 6ta. b. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Doral Bank vs. Selina Alma Rosa (soltera), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Aguadilla, en el caso civil número ACD 2012-0249, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $58,631.19 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 30 de noviembre de 2012. Anotada al folio 196 del tomo 625 de Aguadilla. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos,
sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de diciembre de 2024. CARLOS D. AVILES LOPEZ, PLACA #043., ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA, SALA SUPERIOR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA. CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante V. CRISTOPHER GIOVANNI PEÑA CRUZ, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTE Y JANE DOE Y OTROS Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2024CV02620. (CIVIL 403). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDREA CAROLINA CHAVES FIGUEROA ACHAVES@ESQLEGALPR.COM A: CRISTOPHER GIOVANNI PEÑA CRUZ, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCILAES 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 13 de FEBRERO de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este
edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de febrero de 2025. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 13 de febrero de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. FLILLIAM ORTIZ NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante V. KENNETH GERARD MCCONNELL, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTE Y JANE DOE Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: IS2024CV00150. (Salón: 601 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDREA CAROLINA CHAVES FIGUEROA ACHAVES@ESQLEGALPR.COM A: KENNETH GERARD MCCONNELL, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTE Y JANE DOE, JANE DOE, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTA Y KENNETH GERARD MCCONNELL
CALLE LA CIMA 422 ISABELA, PUERTO RICO 00662 (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de FEBRERO de 2025, 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 14 de febre-
ro de 2025. En AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico, el 14 de febrero de 2025. SARAHI REYES PEREZ, SECRETARIA. F/MARIA DE LOS M VALENTIN RAMIREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED
SECURITIES
ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE FERDINAND SIERRA FELICIANO T/C/C FERDINAND SIERRA COMPUESTA POR ANITA ANA PACHECO, GLORIVI ROLLE T/C/C GLORYVEE ROLLE, FERNANDO NIEVES, FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRE
DESCONOCIDO, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES, Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV03375. Sala: 406. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: ANITA ANA PACHECO, GLORIVI ROLLE T/C/C GLORYVEE ROLLE, FERNANDO NIEVES, FULANO Y SOUTANE DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO COMO HEREDEROS DE SUCESIÓN FERDINAND SIERRA FELICIANO T/C/C FERDINAND SIERRA. 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 y el cobro de dinero relacionado al pagaré suscrito a favor de The Money House, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $186,000.00, con intereses computados sobre la misma desde su fecha hasta su total y completo pago a razón de la tasa de interés de 4.253%
anual, la cual será ajustada mensualmente, obligándose además al pago de costas, gastos y desembolsos del litigio, más honorarios de abogados en una suma de $18,600.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original. Este pagaré fue suscrito bajo el affidávit número 567 ante el notario Luis A. Colón Ortiz. Lo anterior surge de la hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 103 otorgada el 31 de diciembre de 20211, ante la misma notario público, inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 1,230 de Ponce, Sección Segunda, finca número 8,556 inscripción 6ta. La hipoteca grava la propiedad que describe que describe a continuación:
URBANA: Parcela de terreno en la Urbanización Las Delicias, Primera Unidad de Planificación en el Barrio Magueyes de Ponce, Puerto Rico, y que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Las Delicias, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Solar número treinta y uno del Bloque U, con un área de cuatrocientos veintiún metros cuadrados con treinta y cuatro centímetros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, en treinta y un metros noventa y un centímetros, con el solar número treinta; por el SUR, en treinta y dos metros noventa y un centímetros, con el solar numero treinta y dos; por el ESTE, en trece metros, con la Calle número diecisiete; y par el OESTE, en trece metros cuatro centímetros, con los solares número trece y catorce. Existe en este solar una casa residencial para una familia, de bloques y concreto. Afecta por su procedencia a: Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Estado Libre Asociado, acueducto a perpetuidad a favor de la finca 26,407 de Ponce, Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Gobierno Municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales y Condiciones Restrictivas. Finca Número 8,556 (antes 33,272), inscrita al folio 72 del tomo 481 de Ponce Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Ponce. Se apercibe y advierte a ustedes como personas desconocidas, que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede accesar utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por Derechos Propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal De no contestar la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante la secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, y notificar copia de la contestación de ésta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada, GLS LEGAL SER-
VICES, LLC, Atención: Lcda. Ilia Cristina Ramírez Martínez Dirección: P.O. Box 367308, San Juan, P.R. 00936-7308, Teléfono: 787-758-6550, dentro de los próximos 30 días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitando en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 7 de febrero de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARIELY FÉLIX RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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PGA Tour and Saudis seek friendlier deal terms under Trump
By LAUREN HIRSCH and ALAN BLINDER
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are racing to reshape their plans to combine their rival golf circuits, emboldened by President Donald Trump’s eagerness to play peacemaker for a fractured sport, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Since the start of secret talks in April 2023, PGA Tour executives and their Saudi counterparts have been weighing how they could somehow blend the premier American golf circuit with the Saudis’ LIV Golf operation. But negotiators have struggled to design a deal that would satisfy regulators along with players, investors and executives.
Trump’s return to Washington has offered a new opening: After an Oval Office meeting this month that ethics experts have said tested the bounds of propriety, the two sides are considering options that might have stalled during Joe Biden’s presidency but that the Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers could offer a friendlier glance.
The details of any prospective agreement, including LIV’s fate, remain in flux. In general, regulators would see any transaction that led to the dissolution of one of the leagues as anticompetitive; under Trump, though, antitrust regulators could take a more relaxed view.
The two sides are looking beyond a simple cash transaction, though it is unclear how exactly the deal would be structured. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has said they are looking at a “reunification,” but there are many complicating factors, including how to value both ventures.
There is also the matter of how to handle any deal alongside a separate $1.5 billion investment in the PGA Tour by a band of American sports magnates.
The people familiar with the deal talks spoke on the condition of anonymity because the negotiations are confidential. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Before Trump returned to power Jan. 20, Biden’s Justice Department had been reviewing term sheets that called for the Saudis to invest $1.5 billion in a new commercial arm created by the PGA Tour. Regulators sat for months poring over reams of documents, but talks were at an effective standstill.
The chance now to explore potentially cozier terms is
a remarkable turnabout and underscores how the legal and political realities of deal-making can quickly change under Trump, especially when he acts as mediator.
The Saudi-backed LIV league roared into the golf world in 2022 with huge contracts for established stars and a shorter, livelier tournament format that challenged the PGA Tour. But it effectively split the stars of the golf world across two circuits, fracturing the audience and weakening the business prospects for both leagues. The Saudi wealth fund is valued at about $925 billion, but its golf operation has bled money for years, even as LIV sought to cut a swaggering public profile.
In an Oval Office meeting two weeks ago, Trump met with Monahan and spoke by telephone with Yasir al-Rumayyan, the Saudi wealth fund’s governor.
Trump’s lifelong love of the sport and his family’s ownership in more than a dozen golf properties around the world suggest his involvement could raise conflicts of interest.
The PGA Tour has not held a tournament for its flagship circuit at a Trump property since 2016, and Trump has been especially close to LIV and its power brokers. His company’s courses have hosted LIV tournaments, and another is planned for Trump National Doral, near Miami, in April. Trump has often appeared at LIV events.
Dustin Johnson hits out of the sand trap on Hole 18 during first round play at the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational event, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., July 29, 2022. Since the start of secret talks in April 2023, PGA Tour executives and their Saudi counterparts have been weighing how they could somehow blend the premier American golf circuit with the Saudis’ LIV Golf operation. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Al-Rumayyan and Trump are both expected to attend a meeting of investors and executives hosted by the Saudi wealth fund in Miami Beach this week. It is not clear whether they will try to complete a golf deal at the conference, which is about far more than sports. But Tiger Woods, the greatest player of his generation, sounded a broadly optimistic note over the weekend.
“We’re going to get this game going in the right direction,” Woods, a member of the PGA Tour’s board, told CBS on Sunday. “It’s been heading in the wrong direction for a number of years, and the fans want all of us to play together, all the top players playing together, and we’re going to make that happen.”
Woods also said another meeting with Trump was “coming up.”
The clock on the Justice Department’s review of the original agreement expired this month, according to two of the people familiar with the talks. Ordinarily, that would have meant the parties could just proceed with the agreement.
Instead, they have turned toward the possibility of better options.
Even the possibility that golf’s turmoil could end with an antitrust whimper, rather than a regulatory thunderclap, shows how much the environment has shifted over the past two years.
In 2023, LIV officials encouraged a federal inquiry into professional golf, arguing that the PGA Tour’s efforts to stem defections to other leagues threatened the labor market’s integrity. Investigators examined cellphones and interviewed LIV players, including Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, as they studied the tightknit structures of men’s professional golf.
Then came the surprise agreement between the Saudis and the tour to pursue a joint venture. Monahan stunned observers the day it was announced when he publicly declared that a deal could “take the competitor off of the board,” a comment that antitrust experts saw as a flagrant red flag. The Justice Department pressured the two sides to abandon the no-poach clause they had included in their preliminary accord.
The PGA Tour’s television ratings have declined sharply, and Monahan told reporters last week in California that people wanted to see the world’s top players competing against one another again. (For the most part, tour and LIV players meet only at the four major tournaments: the Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open and the British Open.)
Asked whether the talks could lead to the end of LIV, Monahan did not answer directly.
“What it means is the reunification of the game, which is what we have been and are focused on,” he said.
Monahan added that he could “certainly see a day where we’re adding Trump venues to our schedule.”
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