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Highway reopens in Adjuntas after $5.6 million reconstruction
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón led the reopening ceremony for a section of highway PR-523 in Adjuntas on Monday alongside the Transportation and Public Works (DTOP by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Edwin González Montalvo.
Nearly 600 families from the Juan González neighborhood will no longer have to travel an additional 40 minutes to get to their homes after the reopening of the stretch of the highway that was severely affected by Hurricane Fiona in 2022.
“To execute our economic and security proposals, it is essential to accelerate and complete the already delayed reconstruction of our infrastructure,” González Colón said in a written statement. “In particular, expedite projects related to the recovery from past emergencies such as hurricanes and earthquakes. Our people deserve no less.”
The reconstruction of the road, which began in June 2023 and concluded in this month, had an investment of nearly $5.6 million in commonwealth funds through an agreement between DTOP and the Highway and Transportation Authority (ACT). The work was carried out by the Puerto Rican company ReVa Construction, based in Jayuya.
The project included excavation and stabilization of the land, installation of “riprap” for erosion control, channeling of rainwater, placement of guard rails, asphalt paving and
application of thermoplastic paint to improve visibility and safety on the road.
“This project on PR-523 will directly benefit the communities of Adjuntas, Jayuya and Utuado, ensuring safer and more reliable access,” González Montalvo said.
The communities benefited also include the Juan González, Pellejas, Vegas Arriba and Vegas Abajo neighborhoods, as well as commercial establishments, churches and agricultural centers in the area.
The event was attended by Adjuntas Mayor José Hiram Soto Rivera, Ponce District Sens. Jamie Barlucea Rodríguez and Marially González Huertas, Reps. Ensol A. Rodríguez Torres and Joe “Joito” Colón Rodríguez, and engineers Efraín Reyes and Ramón Vargas of ReVa Construction, as well as municipal legislators and members of the community.
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n an upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., Rep. José Aponte Hernández will be supporting Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s initiative to request that U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright assist Puerto Rico in the reconstruction and modernization of its electrical system.
“The rehabilitation and modernization of the electrical grid in Puerto Rico is the largest project of its kind in the history of the nation,” Aponte said over the weekend. “That is why we need the direct help of the federal Department of Energy for many aspects such as reducing bureaucracy in permitting at the federal level, as well as the disbursement of funds associated with reconstruction. Meanwhile, it is imperative that Secretary Wright get involved in this effort directly and consistently.”
“Puerto Rico cannot reach its economic potential until it has a modern energy system, and to do so we need the assistance of the federal government,” added the former speaker of the island House of Representatives and current chairman
of the House Federal and Veterans Affairs Committee. “The governor’s efforts have our support and it is a point that we will bring up in our meetings with congressmen and other federal officials next week.”
“The Department of Energy and the EPA can directly assist with the permitting process for the construction of the Bayamón generation plant, which is designed to add 480 megawatts to the system and must be operational by the summer of 2028,” Aponte said. “This plant, which will use liquefied gas and will also have the capacity to use hydrogen, is necessary, and the efforts made by the governor to expedite its construction will have our active support in the federal capital.”
González Colón requested assistance from the Department of Energy, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to expedite permits in various areas of the reconstruction of the island’s electrical infrastructure, including the construction of a new generation plant. The request was made during the winter meeting of the National Governors Association held in Washington this past meeting.
Senator files bill to raise teachers’ salaries
By THE STAR STAFF
Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde on Monday introduced Senate Bill 326, aimed at addressing salary inequalities within the island Department of Education and establishing a fairer compensation system for teachers.
The legislation, filed at the request of the Puerto Rico Teachers Federation (FMPR by its initials in Spanish) and the National Union of Educators and Education Workers (UNETE), seeks to amend Act 10-2022, known as the “Special Law on Base Salary for Teachers of the Public Education System of Puerto Rico.”
One of the key changes proposed is the establishment of a salary scale based on the teacher’s academic attainment:
* Master’s degree: $3,877.50 per month
* Bachelor’s degree: $2,750 per month
* Doctorate: $4,977.50 per month.
Additionally, the bill proposes an automatic annual salary increase of no less than $50 for every year of experience, recognizing teachers’ expertise and dedication to public service. It also aims to ensure job security for teachers within the system, as stated by UNETE General Secretary Emilio Nieves Torres.
“Our teachers are the foundation of education in Puerto Rico and deserve a decent and equitable salary,”
One of the key changes proposed in a bill filed by Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde, center, is the establishment of a salary scale based on the teacher’s academic attainment: Master’s degree: $3,877.50 per month; bachelor’s degree: $2,750 per month; doctorate degree: $4,977.50 per month.
Álvarez Conde noted. “Currently, there are four different salary scales that create disparities among teachers with the same academic qualifications. This law aims to rectify this issue and provide stability for those dedicated to teaching.”
The bill acknowledges and respects any salary in-
creases granted previously through executive orders, legislation or agreements.
If the measure is enacted, it would replace the Teaching Career Law and affect all teachers, regardless of their employment status within the agency -- whether temporary, probationary or permanent. The change would impact more than 20,000 teachers in Puerto Rico’s public schools, ensuring salary equity, as emphasized by FMPR President Mercedes Martínez Padilla.
Álvarez Conde is urging her Senate colleagues to join her in co-authoring this bill and to support fair salary recognition for Puerto Rico’s teachers.
“It is time to take action in support of education and those who facilitate it,” the Popular Democratic Party senator said. “I invite all senators to back this legislation and ensure that no teacher is discriminated against in their salary based on the year they obtained their degree. Together, we can do justice for those who shape the future of our country.”
The Puerto Rican Independence Party delegation has already reached out to the senator and the FMPR to express their interest in serving as co-authors of the bill.
“I was diligent in filing this bill, as the education of our country and its teachers is an issue that transcends political differences,” Álvarez Conde said.
Thousands of customers without power due to generation failures
By THE STAR STAFF
LUMA Energy reported on Monday that thousands of customers in Puerto Rico were facing interruptions in electrical service due to the abrupt shutdown of several generation units.
According to data updated at 1:15 p.m., 232,200 customers were without service, which represents 15.82% of LUMA subscribers. The most affected regions were Bayamón, Caguas and Carolina, where interruptions affected more than 20% of customers.
LUMA, the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system, urged citizens to reduce their energy consumption to minimize the impact on the electrical grid while it worked to restore service. Bayamón was the area with the most interruptions, with
Fiscal board to focus on healthcare in today’s meeting
By THE STAR STAFF
The Financial Oversight and Management Board will tackle the subject of healthcare at its meeting today. The oversight board is meeting today at the Convention Center in San Juan and will discuss the subject of healthcare
after its executive director, Robert Mujica, provides an update on the entity’s activities.
For more than two decades Puerto Rico’s health system has been going through a progressive crisis, largely caused by a shortage of health professionals, many of whom leave the island in search of better salaries and benefits, and to escape
57,523 customers without electricity, equivalent to 26.57% of the region. Caguas followed with 50,057 affected customers, representing 19.98%, while Carolina had 33,007 subscribers without electricity, which is equivalent to 23.30%.
In San Juan, 34,779 customers did not have electricity, while in Mayagüez, the figure was 35,319 customers. Other impacted areas included Ponce, with 15,852 customers without electricity, and Arecibo, with 5,663 affected customers.
LUMA at press time had not offered details on the estimated time for the restoration of service or the exact cause of the failure in generation.
According to the Genera PR portal, Unit 6 of Costa Sur in Guayanilla went out of service and the Palo Seco generating plant was not activated, as well as the old temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency generation facility. Likewise, the Aguirre generating plant in Salinas was out of service.
the pitfalls imposed on them by local insurers.
At the same time, the U.S. commonwealth’s profound demographic changes, among other factors, such as the adoption of new medical protocols in which outpatient care is prioritized, has put some hospitals in a bind in which they must choose between declaring bankruptcy or reducing their services in order to continue operating.
A study from the economic consulting firm Estudios Técnicos last year revealed that eight out of 10 hospitals in Puerto Rico operate in deficit.
According to the Genera PR portal, Unit 6 of Costa Sur in Guayanilla went out of service and the Palo Seco generating plant was not activated.
Unions condemn proposed ban on street demonstrations
By THE STAR STAFF
Union groups on Monday denounced legislation that would ban protests on public streets.
Pedro Irene Maymí, the president of the Organization of Trade Union Leaders of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), and Iván Vargas Muñiz, a labor leader and Mayagüez city assembly member, strongly condemned House Bill 271. The bill, penned by New Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. José Pichy Torres Zamora, which would penalize public street demonstrations as a crime.
Torres Zamora could not immediately be reached for comment.
“The primary effect of this measure is to restrict workers’ right to free expression
and protest in Puerto Rico,” Maymí said. “Moreover, the language in the bill could be applied to activities that may be considered beneficial. Often, when a large number of attendees participate, these activities lead to the temporary closure of public roads, and any such closures are done in coordination with the police.”
Vargas Muñiz, who in the past presided over the Mayagüez Chapter of the Authentic Independent Union (UIA by its initials in Spanish) of Employees of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), called the measure an extreme action.
“Such measures are typically associated with extremist regimes, whether left or right, and are unacceptable in a democratic government that prides itself on being
pro-American,” he said.
The Mayagüez assemblyman also highlighted a contradiction in the governing NPP’s stance: during last year’s political campaign the party’s candidates actively supported protests in Venezuela against that country’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, which similarly involved blocking streets.
“They advocate for the right of people to demonstrate in other countries, yet oppose it here in Puerto Rico,” Vargas Muñiz said. “What a contradiction!”
The PDP’s Organization of Trade Union Leaders reaffirmed its commitment to defending the right to protest and free expression. “We call on all sectors to unite against this measure and safeguard the fundamental rights of our citizens,” Maymí said.
District 4 senator to chair Comptroller’s Committee
By THE STAR STAFF
District 4 (Mayagüez-Aguadilla) Sen. Karen M. Román Rodríguez has been appointed by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz to chair the Comptroller’s Committee in the upper chamber.
The main function of the Comptroller’s Committee, one of the few panels created by law, is to evaluate the reports audited by the Comptroller of Puerto Rico and, if necessary, investigate irregularities to ensure the proper functioning of the government.
Sen. Karen M. Román Rodríguez (Facebook via Karen M. Román - Senadora 2024)
“It is an honor and a great responsibility to be appointed to chair the Comptroller’s Committee,” Román Rodríguez said. “I thank God and the president of the Senate for this opportunity and I want to reiterate that our commitment will be to restore the people of Puerto Rico’s trust in a responsible, active and transparent government. Citizens expect that and much more from us public servants.”
The Comptroller’s Committee will have the objective of reviewing and analyzing the audit reports sent by the Comptroller’s Office of Puerto Rico, in order to identify possible allegations that can be corrected, as well as detect those of a serious nature that require greater attention.
If necessary, the committee will convene public hearings to clarify situations and obtain additional information that the Senate may need, thus ensuring that all government processes are carried out appropriately.
“The Senate should be an additional tool for strengthening government oversight,” Román Rodríguez noted. “We have already received a large number of reports from the Comptroller’s Office and we will begin to evaluate them immediately. In addition, we will meet with the comptroller to discuss the next steps.”
In the coming days, the committee will be convened to begin reviewing the most urgent cases reported by the comptroller and take appropriate measures.
By THE STAR STAFF
Ricardo Álvarez Barreto, executive director of the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority (AFV by its initials in Spanish) on Monday announced the availability of $42 million for the development of affordable housing on the island. The funds come from the HOME Investment Partnership-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD), which Gov. Jenniffer González Colón supported while she was resident commissioner.
The purpose of the allocation is the construction and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing, tenant-based rental assistance, supportive services, operational assistance, and capacity building for nonprofit organizations.
“These funds present a great opportunity to address the various housing needs that exist on the island, including the lack
of rental homes, homes for low-income people, among others,” the governor said. “This approval from HUD gives us the green light to continue working and I urge interested individuals and entities to stay tuned for additional guidelines from the AFV.”
The AFV executive director added: “We invite developers and organizations to propose the development of rental housing and provide much-needed support services for qualified populations in Puerto Rico.”
Ricardo Álvarez Barreto, executive director of the Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority (Facebook via Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority)
Pedro Irene Maymí, president of the Popular Democratic Party Organization of Trade Union Leaders
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Republicans face angry voters at town halls, hinting at broader backlash
By ROBERT JIMISON
Some came with complaints about Elon Musk, President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally who is carrying out an assault on the federal bureaucracy. Others demanded guarantees that Republicans in Congress would not raid the social safety net. Still others chided the GOP to push back against Trump’s moves to trample the constitutional power of Congress.
When Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, arrived at a crowded community center Saturday in the small rural town of Trinity in East Texas, he came prepared to deliver a routine update on the administration’s first month in office. Instead, he fielded a barrage of frustration and anger from constituents questioning Trump’s agenda and tactics — and pressing Sessions and his colleagues on Capitol Hill to do something about it.
“The executive can only enforce laws passed by Congress; they cannot make laws,” said Debra Norris, a lawyer who lives in Huntsville, arguing that the mass layoffs and agency closures that Musk has spearheaded were unconstitutional. “When are you going to wrest control back from the executive and stop hurting your constituents?”
An audience member asks a question of Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) during a town hall at a community center in Trinity, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. After a monthlong honeymoon for the GOP at the start of President Donald Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country. (Mark Felix/The New York Times)
Louis Smith, a veteran who lives in East Texas, told Sessions that he agreed with the effort to root out excessive spending, but he criticized the way it was being handled and presented to the public.
“I like what you’re saying, but you need to tell more people,” Smith said. “The guy in South Africa is not doing you any good — he’s hurting you more than he’s helping,” he added, referring to Musk and drawing nods and applause from many in the room.
In Trinity and in congressional districts around the country over the past week, Republican lawmakers returning home for their first congressional recess since Trump was sworn in faced similar confrontations with their constituents. In Georgia, Rep. Rich McCormick struggled to respond as constituents shouted, jeered and booed at his response to questions about Musk’s access to government data. In Wisconsin, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald was asked to defend the administration’s budget proposals as voters demanded to know whether cuts to essential services were coming.
Many of the most vocal complaints came from participants who identified themselves as Democrats, but a number of questions pressing Sessions and others around the country came from Republican voters. During a telephone town hall with Rep Stephanie Bice in Oklahoma, a man who identified himself as a Republican and retired U.S. Army officer voiced frustration over potential cuts to veterans benefits.
“How can you tell me that DOGE with some college whiz kids from a computer terminal in Washington, D.C., without even getting into the field, after about a week or maybe two, have determined that it’s OK to cut veterans benefits?” the man asked.
Beyond town halls, some Democrats have organized a number of protests outside the offices of vulnerable Republicans. More than 100 demonstrators rallied outside the New York district office of Rep. Mike Lawler. Elected Democrats are also facing fury from within the ranks of their party. A group of voters held closed-door meetings with members from the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the minority leader, after a demonstration at his New York offices.
Some of the scenes recalled the raucous town-hall meetings of 2009 that heralded the rise of the ultraconservative Tea Party, where throngs of voters showed up protesting President Barack Obama’s health care law and railed against government debt and taxes. It is not yet clear whether the current backlash will persist or reach the same intensity as it did then. But the tenor of the sessions suggests that, after a brief honeymoon period for Trump and Republicans at the start of their governing trifecta, voters beginning to digest the effects of their agenda may be starting to sour on it.
Sessions, who was first elected to Congress nearly three decades ago and represents a solidly Republican district, appeared unfazed by the disruptions Saturday. Some audience members laughed at him and retorted with hushed but audible expletives when he spoke about his support of some of Trump’s policy proposals and early actions.
And some of his constituents were plainly pleased by what they had seen so far from the new all-Republican team controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress. Several cheered an executive order barring transgender women and girls from participating in school athletic programs designated for female students; applauded plans to shrink the Department of Education; and welcomed calls from Sessions to end remote work flexibility for federal employees.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to have a reduction in force,” Sessions told the crowd.
And although many in the room voiced displeasure over the sweeping changes underway in Washington, some were agitating for bolder action to address what they called government corruption — not for pumping the brakes.
As Sessions spoke about the administration’s efforts to streamline bureaucracy and root out wasteful spending, shouts erupted.
“Take care of it, Congressman,” one woman said, interrupting him.
“Do something about it,” another man added.
One man’s voice rose above the others railing against nongovernmental organizations that receive federal money: “They’re laundering money to NGOs. Who’s in jail?”
Sessions spoke at length about his support for Social Security, but said he could not promise it would be insulated from the blunt cuts that Republicans in Washington are seeking across the government. Instead, he said he supported a comprehensive audit of the program that could result in some cuts.
“I’m not going to tell you I will never touch Social Security,” Sessions said, parting ways with Trump, who campaigned saying he never would. “What I will tell you is that I believe we’re going to do for the first time in years a top-to-bottom review of that. And I will come back, and I will do a town-hall meeting in your county and place myself before you and let you know about the options. But I don’t know what they’re proposing right now.”
In Trump’s alternate reality, lies and distortions drive change
By PETER BAKER
The United States sent $50 million in condoms to Hamas. Diversity programs caused a plane crash. China controls the Panama Canal. Ukraine started the war with Russia.
Except, no. None of that is true. Not that it stops President Donald Trump. In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions.
Trump has long been unfettered by truth when it comes to boasting about his record and tearing down his enemies. But what were dubbed “alternative facts” in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change as he moves to aggressively reshape America and the world.
If the U.S. Agency for International Development is stupid enough to send prophylactics to a Palestinian terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, he claims, then it deserves to be dismantled. If recruiting people other than white men to work in the airline sector compromises safety, such programs should be eliminated. If China controls the strategic passage through the continent, the United States should take it back. If Ukraine is the aggressor, it should make concessions to Russia.
“One of the biggest presidential powers that Trump has deployed is the ability to shape his own narrative,” said Julian E. Zelizer, a Princeton history professor and editor of a book of essays about Trump’s first term. “We have seen repeatedly how President Trump creates his own reality to legitimate his actions and simultaneously discredit warnings about his decisions.”
Trump’s aides have long recognized his penchant for prevarication and either adjusted or eventually broke with him. John Kelly, his longest-serving White House chief of staff in his first term, has said that Trump would tell his
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. In the first month since he returned to power, Trump has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies to justify major policy decisions. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
press aides to publicly repeat something that he had just made up. When Kelly would object, saying, “But that’s not true,” Trump would say, “But it sounds good.”
The exaggerations and falsehoods serve a strategic purpose. While Trump won a clean victory in November, including in the popular vote, which he lost in 2016, he did not win a majority, and his 1.5-percentage-point margin was one of the lowest since the 19th century. But he regularly says that he won a “landslide victory,” which serves not just to stroke his ego but to assert an expansive popular mandate for his agenda.
Trump, who repeatedly disparaged media fact-checking during last year’s campaign, does not back off after misleading statements and lies are exposed. Instead, he tends to double down, repeating them even after it’s been reported that they are not true.
After reporters determined that the $50 million for condoms story was untrue, Trump not only repeated it, he increased the supposed total to $100 million. Nor did he back down after falsely claiming that USAID had provided grants to media organizations as “a ‘payoff’ for creating good stories about the Democrats,” even after learning that the money was simply for subscriptions.
Likewise, Trump made his claim about diversity programs and air safety the day after the midair collision of a passenger jet and Army
In fact, the United States has allocated about a third of what Trump claimed, even less than Europe, and none of it is known to be missing.
The dollar figures cited for U.S. aid to Ukraine can vary depending on how government officials present them, what time period they cover and whether they include humanitarian and economic assistance.
How did Trump arrive at his claim? The White House did not respond to a request for elaboration. But it appears that Trump was referring to a recent interview with Zelenskyy that the president or his staff either misunderstood or distorted.
In the interview, Zelenskyy was asked by The Associated Press about exaggerated numbers and he corrected them. “When it’s said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war, that’s not true,” Zelenskyy said according to a translation by Ukrainska Pravda, a Ukrainian news outlet. “I don’t know where all that money went.”
helicopter in Washington without an ounce of proof, nor did he ever follow up with any. And while a Hong Kong company operates two of five ports adjacent to the Panama Canal, he continues to say the passage is controlled by China when in fact Panama operates it.
Trump’s blame-the-victim revisionism over Ukraine in recent days has been among the most striking efforts to translate his alternative reality into policy. Over the course of several recent days, he said that Ukraine “started” the war with Russia in 2022 and called the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a “dictator without elections,” while absolving President Vladimir Putin of Russia, an actual dictator who had invaded his neighbor. He went even further Friday, saying, “It’s not Russia’s fault.”
By undercutting public sympathy for Ukraine, Trump may make it easier for him to strike a peace agreement with Putin giving Russia much of what it wants even over any objections by Zelenskyy or European leaders. Since Zelenskyy is a dictator responsible for the war, this reasoning goes, he deserves less consideration.
One of Trump’s claims about Ukraine offers a case study in his mythmaking. He said that the United States has provided $350 billion in aid to Ukraine, three times as much as Europe, but that much of the money is “missing” and that Zelenskyy “admits that half of the money we sent him is missing.”
Zelenskyy was not saying that there was $200 billion and that he did not know where all of it went. He was saying there never was $200 billion in the first place. Even Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has indicated no concern over missing money, saying that “we have a pretty good accounting of where it’s going.” Indeed, the vast bulk of U.S. aid approved for Ukraine has been in the form of weapons, not cash.
But that does not comport with the official line at the White House. Once Trump makes an assertion, those who work for him — and want to keep working for him — are compelled to tailor their own versions of reality to match his. Even if it requires them to abandon previous understandings of the facts.
So there was former Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., now Trump’s national security adviser, pressed last week to reconcile his past comments about who was responsible for the war in Ukraine with his boss’s current position.
A reporter read aloud from an opinion column that Waltz had written in 2023 stating that “Putin is to blame, certainly, like al Qaeda was to blame for 9/11.” Waltz was asked if he still believed that or whether he now shared Trump’s assessment that Ukraine had started the war.
“Well,” Waltz said carefully, “it shouldn’t surprise you that I share the president’s assessment on all kinds of issues. What I wrote as a member of Congress was as a former member of Congress.”
And so, Waltz’s actual reality gave way to Trump’s alternative version.
Markets and corporate America are unfazed by Washington chaos, for now
By TALMON JOSEPH SMITH
Even by Washington standards, the second Trump presidency has begun in frenetic fashion: mass firings at federal agencies, tariff threats against allies and foes alike, and haggling over how to get a Republican budget through a narrowly divided Congress.
Business leaders and corporate investors are confident that things will turn out fine, at least for them. “Markets aren’t showing all that much concern,” Jason Pride, chief of investment strategy and research at Glenmede Trust Co., noted.
But that could change, with high-stakes implications for the markets and the U.S. economic outlook.
Investors fully expect the tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s first term, which mostly benefited businesses and the wealthy, to be fully extended before the end of the year. Trade groups including Business Roundtable and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors are confident the extension will be taken care of — especially since not doing so “would impose, effectively, a tax increase,” Pride added.
Still, the arithmetic remains tenuous. The cost of extending the tax cuts may total $4 trillion over 10 years. That means Congress is being left to barter over what else can save or raise money, and whose federal benefits might be cut.
The bond market — where traders price the risk of both inflation and an economic downturn — has, for its part, shimmied off moments of worry brought on by Trump’s boomeranging style of negotiation over tariffs. The bet is that the threats of an import tax are more a geopolitical tool than a key revenue raiser, as the administration has portrayed the tariffs in budget discussions.
Some of the underlying calm stems from Wall Street’s confidence in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. A billionaire hedge fund manager before assuming his new position, he has convinced many analysts that the ultimate suite of policies coming from the White House will be beneficial once it coalesces, and he “has also added to some optimism around lower deficits” in future budgets, according to Matt Luzzetti, chief economist at Deutsche Bank.
That optimism is hard to square with Bessent’s goal of making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent and Trump’s declaration in
recent days that social insurance programs that many in his political base rely upon — including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — should not be cut as part of any cost-saving measure.
Several Republican legislators, including Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and eight House members, have echoed that stand. Some others want more spending cuts on the table. With a Republican majority of just a few votes in each chamber of Congress, however, it is unclear which legislative proposals will ultimately take priority.
Plenty of early buzz around saving costs has centered on the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, the initiative led by Elon Musk to reshape the federal bureaucracy.
For many in the business world, including a co-founder of Airbnb and the CEO of Palantir, Musk’s cost-cutting campaign offers the prospect that previously unearthed sources of large-scale waste and fraud, once excavated, could help pay for tax cuts in future budget calculations.
Trump and Musk have said the costcutting effort could save trillions. But a New York Times analysis of the $55 billion in savings claimed by DOGE found that the math is marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes.
“With over 90% of government outlays falling in the categories of nondiscretionary, interest and military spending, options to reduce the deficit materially, without increas-
ing taxes, are quite limited,” said David Rogal, a lead portfolio manager at BlackRock.
Several analysts at conservative think tanks have criticized Musk as misleading voters and businesspeople about where the bulk of federal expenditures lie.
“Unless you are focusing chiefly” on the vast majority of the budget “spent on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense, veterans and interest payments to bondholders, you should not be taken seriously as a spending-focused deficit hawk,” said Jessica Riedl, a senior fellow at the right-leaning Manhattan Institute. “Sure, trim the rest, but the real money is in those.”
Pride of Glenmede said letting tax cuts expire this year could dampen economic growth. But he also said “Option 2” for Trump and Bessent — significant budget cuts — would “have a similar economic impact, via different channels, because the government spends directly into the economy.”
Putting aside potential impacts to households’ health care and food security, many economists believe the hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts being proposed by some members of Congress — paired with hefty layoffs of the federal workforce — could slow job growth and retail sales.
Business community groups have argued for decades that federal budget deficits can and should be addressed through reduced spending, rather than greater tax revenue.
What’s new is that as the population ages, mandatory spending on old-age insurance has soared. The military budget and federal interest payments to bondholders also continue to grow.
On the campaign trail, Trump made a series of populist tax promises to voters. Pledges to stop taxing tips or overtime pay, to lower taxes for firms that make their products domestically and to eliminate taxes on Social Security payments garnered a wave of popular support. But those initiatives — which would collectively reduce tax revenue by about $1 trillion — appear to be falling off the priority list of many in Congress.
The White House and its allies “have a lot of spending and tax reduction ideas and very few plausible, non-gimmicky pay-fors,” said Stan Veuger, an economist and senior fellow at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute.
Kim Wallace, a senior managing director at investment strategy firm 22V Research who heads the Washington policy risk team, said he feared that “at the end of this process, whether it’s June or December, there’s going to be some fudging of the numbers and then there is going to be a confrontation between proponents of fudging numbers” in Congress and experts at the nonpartisan committees in Congress that formally “score” revenue and spending.
Such a confrontation could spook markets. But from notes shared with clients and financial chatter on television, a vast majority of economists, government affairs analysts and wealth managers on Wall Street believe that the budgetary math will be figured out.
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The White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2025. The federal budget debate has big implications for the economy, with businesses betting that tax cuts will be extended and the math will work out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
Stocks
US stocks turn lower, Germany and euro buoyed by election results
Wall Street stumbled early on Monday after attempting to recover from last week’s late slump and Treasury yields likewise dipped, while German election results helped European shares and investors waited for Nvidia’s midweek earnings report.
The euro’s positive reaction to a conservative election victory in Germany, the currency bloc’s largest economy, capped the dollar.
U.S. stocks opened firmer on the back of a futures rebound, but then succumbed to more of the same uncertainty about U.S. growth and valuations and geopolitics that helped knock the S&P 500 back from record highs set early last week.
The S&P 500 was off 0.30% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.88%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was slightly firmer.
In recent sessions, weak U.S. retail sales, consumer confidence and services purchasing managers’ reports, combined with higher-than-expected consumer price inflation have eroded market confidence and, amid uncertainty over a barrage of federal government layoffs, have put U.S. stagflation in the forefront of market thinking.
“Now we’re looking at other things, whether it’s uncertainty, geopolitical, whether we’re finally looking at earnings and things like that affect markets,” said Joe Saluzzi, co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading.
Saluzzi said investors are distracted by German elections, the war in Ukraine, and a range of other headlines. “People get scared quick.”
U.S. markets opened to a rally in German stocks and the euro, which reached a one-month high after Germany’s election result put centrist parties on track to form a coalition.
Friedrich Merz was set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday. Merz should be able to form a coalition to govern with the ruling centre-left Social Democrats, even though the party came third behind the far-right Alternative for Germany.
“In the end (it was) a result that was close to the latest exit polls and should be a very market-friendly outcome,”
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said Peter Schaffrik, global macro strategist at RBC Capital Markets.
The euro rose to a one-month high of $1.0528 before paring to last trade 0.1% higher at $1.0469.
Germany’s DAX stock index rose 0.16%. The pan-European STOXX 600 index turned 0.33% lower.
MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe fell 0.38%.
are set to hold an extraordinary summit on March 6 to discuss additional support for Ukraine and how to pay for European defence needs.
This week marks three years since Russia began its fullscale invasion of Ukraine.
Wall Street took a hit on Friday when a survey on services showed a slide in activity amid concerns about tariffs and cost pressures.
The pullback has raised the stakes for Nvidia’s results on Wednesday when investors will be looking for further rapid growth in revenue.
Pope’s condition shows slight improvement, stays critical, Vatican says
By EMMA BUBOLA and GINA KOLATA
Pope Francis showed slight improvement Monday, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff’s condition remained critical.
On Monday afternoon the pope, 88, did some light work at the Rome hospital where he has spent the past 10 days with pneumonia, a complex infection and mild kidney insufficiency, that together had left him in critical condition, the Vatican said in a statement.
The Vatican said that Francis’ mild kidney insufficiency was not a cause for concern, that oxygen therapy continued, although with slightly reduced flow, and that some laboratory tests have improved. There had been no repeat of the “asthmatic respiratory crisis” that the pope experienced Saturday, they said.
However, given the “complexity of the clinical picture,” the pope’s doctors were guarding his prognosis, meaning they were not issuing predictions about the likely outcome of the pope’s illness.
On Monday night, the Vatican summoned all cardinals residing in Rome to St. Peter’s square to recite a rosary for the pontiff at 9 p.m. The Vatican’s secretary of state, Pietro Parolin, was scheduled to preside on the ceremony.
The Vatican said in a statement Monday morning that for Francis, the night had gone well.
The pope was “alert and well orient-
ed,” and tests showed that his anemia had improved thanks to blood transfusions, the Vatican said, adding that Francis had called the priest of the parish of the Gaza Strip to express his closeness, after receiving a video from the parish.
Francis, who as a young man had part of a lung removed, has suffered a series of health conditions in recent years, but this is his longest hospitalization for a lung infection.
Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who is on the pope’s medical team, said Friday that the pope had told him that he was aware of his own fragility and that “both doors are open.”
An older person hospitalized for pneumonia is in a risky situation from the start. The American Thoracic Society reports that pneumonia poses a greater risk of death in older patients than any other reason for hospitalization.
And kidney failure is a common and especially ominous sign in older people hospitalized with pneumonia, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco.
He added that an older patient hospitalized with pneumonia could develop kidney failure because of the pneumonia infection, which causes inflammation as the body tries to fight the disease, low blood pressure or low levels of oxygen in his blood. Some antibiotics can also affect kidney function.
But whatever the cause, the prognosis is poor. A recent study found that more than a third of hospitalized geriatric patients with pneumonia developed kidney failure, and that more than half of them died, as compared with similar patients whose kidneys did not fail.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, in his homily on Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, said that Francis was “in very, very fragile health and probably close to death,” as he urged the faithful to pray for the ailing pope.
Many around the world have gathered to pray for Francis, who is the spiritual leader of almost 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. From near the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, where the pope is being treated in a dedicated apartment for popes, to South Korea, to his native Argentina, the faithful have held vigils and prayers for the pontiff.
Kenyan police officer fatally injured in Haiti in anti-gang operation
By YAN ZHUANG and MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG
AKenyan police officer was shot and killed in Haiti on Sunday in an operation that was part of the international effort to help combat gang violence and restore order to the Caribbean nation, officials said.
It appears to be the first death of a Kenyan officer working as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission, the international contingent that has been deployed in the Caribbean nation since June. The force is made up of mostly Kenyan officers.
While on patrol, “the security team came under fire
from suspected gang members,” according to a statement posted on social media by Kenya’s national police service. “The officer sustained gunshot wounds and was rushed to hospital where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries.”
The shooting happened in Haiti’s Artibonite region, north of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the officer, who was not identified, was airlifted to a hospital, the Multinational Security Support Mission said in a statement on social media.
The principal secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korir Sing’Oei, said he was “heartbroken by the loss.”
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have been stationed in Haiti since June as part of a U.S.-sponsored mission to restore order. Since 2022, Haiti’s prime minister had appealed for a foreign armed intervention to help stop the rampant gang violence that has upended the nation.
The Multinational Security Support Mission, which also includes officers from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador, was deployed to Haiti to try to wrest control of Port-au-Prince from well-armed and highly organized Haitian gangs that had seized control of much of the capital.
A woman prays at the statue of Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. The 88-yearold pontiff was resting on Monday, the Vatican said. (James Hill/The New York Times)
What Trump’s deportation plans mean for Central America
By ANNIE CORREAL
Central American countries have long taken back their own citizens deported from the United States. But now the Trump administration has called on them to take in people from other countries around the world as well.
The extraordinary measures involved in these deportations — hundreds of migrants whisked away by plane without knowing their destinations and bused to isolated shelters — have shifted attention to Panama and Costa Rica and to how President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is playing out far beyond U.S. borders.
So far, the number of migrants from elsewhere deported to Central America is still small, and it remains unclear if it will grow. Regional leaders largely say they are actively cooperating with the United States or have downplayed the significance of the deportations. However, analysts warn that these leaders have been backed into a corner with the threat of tariffs and that any increase in deportation flights could eventually push Central America to its limits.
“They’re powerless to do anything,” said Christopher Sabatini, a senior research fellow for Latin America at Chatham House, a research institute in London. “And we saw with President Petro of Colombia the consequences if you resist: sanctions against diplomatic personnel, loss of visa rights, as well as tariffs.”
This month, the Trump administration sent three military planes carrying roughly 300 migrants — mostly from Asia and the Middle East — to Panama. Days later, a flight carrying 135 people, nearly half of them children and including dozens of people from China, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, landed in Costa Rica.
The migrants, who U.S. authorities say illegally crossed the southern border, are to remain in the custody of local authorities until they can be returned to their countries or secure asylum somewhere else.
Sending them to other countries removes many of the hurdles that Trump faced during his first term in trying to curb illegal immigration, according to analysts.
It helps alleviate overcrowding in U.S. detention facilities by removing people from countries like China, Afghanistan and Iran, where a lack of diplomatic relations with the United States makes deportations particularly challenging.
Additionally, the immediate removal of migrants allows the United States to side-
People deported from the U.S., including some from Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries, arrive by bus to the Decapolis Hotel in Panama City, where they are being held, Feb. 15, 2025. U.S. officials are flying hundreds of people who can’t easily be deported to Panama, which President Donald Trump has pressured by threatening to take over the Panama Canal. (Federico Rios Escobar/The New York Times)
step international legal obligations to offer people who may face life-threatening conditions in their home countries the opportunity to ask for asylum.
Swift deportations also allow the administration to avoid another notably thorny obstacle that Trump ran into during his first term: Under U.S. law, authorities are not permitted to hold children in detention for more than 20 days, regardless of whether they are with their parents. Of the migrants deported to Central America so far, a large proportion have been families with children.
Publicly, leaders across Central America — clearly worried about the possibility of retribution if they defy the United States — are rejecting the idea that they are being coerced to accept these migrants.
In Panama, officials are characterizing themselves as fully engaged partners on migration. This commitment follows a surge that destabilized the region in recent years, as hundreds of thousands of people crossed into Panama through the Darién Gap, the perilous jungle corridor between Colombia and Panama.
Costa Rica, for its part, has sought to downplay its decision to take in people from distant countries. Officials say it was a one-time request from the U.S. government that involves a negligible number of people. They
shrugged off the flight of deportees in a news conference last week, lumping the arrivals in with other migrants who have begun trickling south as the United States and Mexico harden the border.
Still, President Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica was frank about his government’s motivation in receiving the migrants: “We are helping the economically powerful brother from the north,” he told a crowd last week, “who, if he puts a tax on the free trade zones, will wreck us.”
Analysts say it is likely that more countries in the region will receive deportees from other countries. Officials in El Salvador and Guatemala have already said that they were willing.
“The biggest problem facing regional governments willing to do Trump’s deportation business is that they must walk the tightrope,” said John Feeley, a former U.S. ambassador to Panama. They have to present themselves as “humanitarian, rule-of-law societies,” he said, even as they stand to look like “cruel henchmen” of the Trump administration.
Costa Rica and Panama have said that along with food, clean water and medical care, the migrants are being given the chance to apply for asylum with the help of United Nations agencies. Local officials have been adamant that they are not sending migrants back to countries where they say they face grave danger.
Panamanian officials have also said that they are not acting under threat.
“There is no quid pro quo, no threats,” Carlos RuizHernández, Panama’s vice foreign minister, said in an interview. He added that the negotiation with the administration over the Panama Canal — which Trump has claimed to be under Chinese control — is “compartmentalized” from the agreement to take in migrants deported by the United States.
Analysts say it is not clear if these Central American nations are getting much in return for their cooperation with the new U.S. deportation approach.
“The truth is, Trump’s not offering them anything,” said Sabatini, the Latin America expert. “Not development assistance, not international investment.”
Rather, the incentive for cooperation, Sabatini said, appears to be safeguarding their economies against reprisals by Trump, who has shown he is willing to mete out high tariffs, even on close allies.
In the climate of fear around Trump, appeasement and trying to maintain access seems to be Latin America’s response for the time being, Sabatini added.
S. Fitzgerald Haney, a former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, said the Trump administration’s strategy for dealing with leaders in the region was shaping up to be unpredictable.
“At times they’ll be sticks and at times it’ll be carrots,” he said. “But they really want to address security at our southern border.”
Trump, again, chooses loyalty over leadership
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
In an era that demands stable, experienced leadership, President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to remove Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — alongside other military firings and a series of contentious Cabinet appointments — underscored once again an alarming preference for loyalty over expertise. This shift doesn’t just undermine the future of policy and governance; it destabilizes the very foundation of the institutions that have long safeguarded America’s democracy and substitutes politics for professionalism.
The ousting of Brown, a leader celebrated for his strategic acumen, deep experience and steady guidance, in favor of a less-tested and seemingly more compliant figure raises urgent questions: Will the new Joint Chiefs chair dare to give Trump honest advice that he doesn’t want to hear? How will the president try to exert power over the Joint Chiefs, who have historically been essential sources of expertise and seasoned counsel? How would a politicized change in Joint Chiefs leadership affect complex discussions about geopolitical priorities, from tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to the South China Sea?
Friday’s purge at the Pentagon isn’t an isolated maneuver — it’s indicative of an administration intent on reshaping itself around the president’s personal network. Consider what we now know of who will serve as Trump’s Cabinet. These selections follow a perilous trend where qualifications take a
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back seat to fealty, and where the echo of agreement becomes more valuable than evidence-based expertise.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s most notable qualification for his job was his tenure as a Fox News political commentator, a credential that has frequently eclipsed any engagement with the complex realities of defense strategy for the president. Hegseth’s confirmation hearing raised serious concerns about excessive drinking and how he treats women. To date, his leadership suggests a Pentagon more attuned to the president’s political playbook than the sobering calculus of global military engagement. His recent remarks on retreating from Ukraine, for instance, sent allies in Europe reeling, and the administration scrambling to walk them back.
Then there’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has been a vocal skeptic of vaccines, promoting misinformation that undermines public health. His appointment to HHS doesn’t just defy logic; it represents an affront to the foundational principles of the department he now oversees, which is already shelving some campaigns for flu shots and other vaccines. In this context, science is sidelined in favor of fringe theories, jeopardizing the nation’s ability to effectively manage current and future health challenges.
Similarly, Tulsi Gabbard’s appointment as the country’s top intelligence officer raises multiple red flags. Beyond her military background and support of Trump’s agenda, what are Gabbard’s qualifications to oversee the president’s intel briefings and to coordinate the various branches of the intelligence community? Her foreign policy views frequently conflict with established U.S. approaches, and she has demonstrated sympathy for and defended authoritarian figures such as Bashar Assad, the former Syrian dictator, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
In voting against her confirmation, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican majority leader, said the director of national intelligence should not be someone “with a history of alarming lapses in judgment.” But McConnell was the only Republican senator to vote against her; the others in his party ignored serious questions about the coherence of defense policy under Gabbard’s influence.
Kash Patel’s confirmation as director of the FBI is perhaps the most worrisome illustration of this loyalty-first strategy. Patel’s past efforts to undermine critical investigations highlight a prioritization of political interests over the impartial execution of justice, a core tenet expected from the nation’s top law enforcement agency. He has frequently trafficked in conspiracy theories, enemies lists and unfounded vendettas over facts.
Patel’s post calls upon him to be independent, steadfast in his integrity and sober in his decision-making. Like the military, the bureau’s mission needs to transcend partisan politics to maintain public trust, and its leader should not only understand the intricacies of national security law but also adhere to truth and transparency. Patel hasn’t demonstrated he has either the qualifications or the disposition for the position he has now accepted.
“My reservations with Mr. Patel stem from his own prior political activities and how they may influence his leadership,”
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. Trump advisers privately say that the president was angered by a video Brown recorded in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, reflecting on his experiences as an African American pilot in the Air Force. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in a post on the social platform X. Murkowski voted against his appointment, saying, “The FBI must be trusted as the federal agency that roots out crime and corruption, not focused on settling political scores.”
The Senate, in confirming all these Cabinet members on behalf of the president, accepted responsibility to oversee their actions and to intervene when any of them endangers effective — and frankly, given its track record so far, legal — governance.
Congress always has the right to speak up and object to Trump’s actions. Yes, many senators gave deference to the president’s Cabinet preferences and approved his nominations, in some cases quite narrowly. Already, though, many appear concerned about the consequences of those choices. Members of both parties have expressed worry about Trump’s outrageous parroting of the Russian line on Ukraine. They are likely to be even more upset when Elon Musk’s cuts reach their states, when record-breaking measles outbreaks happen, or when a weakened FBI misses an important national security warning or fumbles an investigation.
Trump can fire the lawyers, but he can’t silence elected officials, and they need to do their jobs and raise their voices.
No pueden estar gastando, gastando, gastando como si no hubiera fin, dice gobernadora sobre situación fiscal de algunos municipios
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LAFORTALEZA – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón dijo el lunes que, aunque va a buscar alternativas para ayudar fiscalmente a los municipios, tampoco puede haber gastos sin control en los Ayuntamientos.
Varios alcaldes han levantado bandera de la situación fiscal que enfrentan a primero del primero de julio, con la eliminación total del Fondo de Equiparación.
“Todavía nosotros no nos hemos sentado para evaluar las alternativas que los propios alcaldes nos están dando
y lo que nuestro equipo fiscal también nos plantea. Hay que ver también municipios, por ejemplo, el de Villalba quebrado. Hay que tomar unas medidas ahí, pero no pueden ser medidas que provengan a que el estado esté financiando cuando hay unas conductas municipales de erogación de fondos sin control de gastos. Pero eso no es el caso en todos los municipios, usted tiene municipios que han tenido que incurrir en gastos más allá de los que tenían presupuestados por emergencia. O atender situaciones. Así que yo no los puedo poner a todos en el mismo nivel”, dijo la gobernadora a preguntas de la prensa.
“Nosotros vamos a buscar, cómo trabajar con los
municipios. Yo creo que hay algunas funciones que ellos pueden adquirir y que el estado le dé. Lo que pasa es que también hay que tomar en consideración, no podemos tener municipio gastando, gastando, gastando, como si no hubiera fin, porque, alguien va a subsidiar los municipios. No, no se trata de eso”, añadió.
“Pero yo me quiero sentar con los alcaldes, cual fue la recomendación, y la voy a trabajar de la mano con ellos. Porque aquí también ellos van a tener que poner. No es que todo va a ser estatal, hay cosas que tienen que hacerse en términos municipales. Y yo estoy convencida que las vamos a poder trabajar en equipo”, concluyó.
Justicia recurre al Tribunal de Apelaciones para revocar sentencia de restricción domiciliaria a Mayra Nevárez Torres
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SAN JUAN – El Departamento de Justicia acudió el lunes al Tribunal de Apelaciones para solicitar la revocación de la sentencia de restricción domiciliaria impuesta a Mayra Nevárez Torres, condenada por provocar la muerte de Justin Santos Delanda y causar graves daños a Keven Monserrate Gandía en un accidente de tránsito ocurrido en 2021.
La jueza Wanda Cruz Ayala, del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan, le impuso 15 años de restricción domiciliaria con supervisión electrónica, una decisión que Justicia busca revertir.
“Confiamos que Nevárez Torres reciba la condena que merece tras haber sido declarada culpable de causarle la muerte a Justin Santos Delanda y grave daño corporal a Keven Monserrate Gandía al conducir en con-
tra del tránsito y en estado de embriaguez en el puente Teodoro Moscoso”, expresó la designada secretaria de Justicia, Janet Parra Mercado, en declaraciones escritas.
El procurador general Omar Andino Figueroa explicó que, tras evaluar el caso, se determinó recurrir al foro apelativo para corregir lo que calificó como una “errónea sentencia” y solicitar que la convicta cumpla una pena de cárcel.
“Me siento orgulloso del trabajo que el equipo de la Oficina del Procurador General ha ejecutado para corregir la errónea sentencia que concedió a Nevárez Torres restricción domiciliaria por 15 años, cuando lo que corresponde en ley es la cárcel. Hoy damos un paso más para hacerle justicia a las víctimas y familiares de este trágico suceso”, indicó Andino Figueroa.
El accidente ocurrió la madrugada del 21 de noviembre de 2021, cuando Nevárez Torres manejaba en contra
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CABO ROJO – El proyecto Esencia reafirma su compromiso con la comunidad de Cabo Rojo al apoyar la tercera edición de la carrera Ruta del Amor 2025, organizada por Cabo Rojo MTB Trails, que se llevó a cabo, ayer, domingo 23 de febrero en los terrenos donde se desarrollará este innovador proyecto.
Cabo Rojo MTB Trails es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a fomentar el ciclismo de montaña en un ambiente saludable y natural, promoviendo la recreación y el bienestar en la región. La Ruta del Amor
del tránsito y bajo los efectos del alcohol en el puente Teodoro Moscoso. Su vehículo impactó el de Santos Delanda, quien falleció en la escena, mientras Monserrate Gandía resultó con lesiones graves.
Ahora, la determinación sobre la apelación presentada por Justicia queda en manos del Tribunal de Apelaciones.
2025 es una carrera gratuita diseñada para los amantes del ciclismo de montaña, ofreciendo un recorrido dinámico y desafiante en contacto con la naturaleza.
Esencia, un proyecto que busca integrar el deporte, la preservación ambiental y el turismo sostenible en Cabo Rojo, además tiene como visión convertirse en un destino clave para los ciclistas de montaña en Puerto Rico. Su diseño incluye 19 millas de veredas especializadas, con infraestructura segura y de libre acceso, promoviendo así un espacio ideal para el desarrollo del ciclismo en la isla.
Con este apoyo, Esencia y Cabo Rojo MTB Trails con-
tinúan fortaleciendo la comunidad ciclista y fomentando un estilo de vida activo en armonía con el medioambiente.
SAG Awards 2025: ‘Conclave’ comes on strong
By KYLE BUCHANAN
The papal thriller “Conclave” won the top prize at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, thwarting a guild sweep by “Anora,” which had previously scored big wins this month at ceremonies thrown by the producers, directors and writers guilds.
The last three winners of SAG’s top prize — “Oppenheimer,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and “CODA” — all went on to win best picture at the Oscars. Some of those had been season-long sweepers, unlike “Conclave,” which can boast only one other bestpicture award, from the BAFTAs. Still,
the win indicates that the Oscar race remains fluid leading up to the March 2 ceremony.
SAG’s lead-actor race produced an upset victory, too, as “A Complete Unknown” star Timothée Chalamet finally nabbed a prize for his portrayal of Bob Dylan; the award had gone all season to Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”). “I’m really in pursuit of greatness,” Chalamet said when accepting his award. “I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats.”
Over the past three years, every individual acting winner at SAG has gone on to repeat at the Oscars except last year’s SAG winner Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), who lost the
best-actress Oscar to Emma Stone (“Poor Things”).
This year’s best-actress battle is even more competitive, with “The Substance” lead Demi Moore and “Anora” actress Mikey Madison trading industry prizes all season. And although Golden Globe winner Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”) was not nominated at the SAG Awards, she has nevertheless mounted a late surge with many Oscar voters I’ve spoken to, who have just gotten around to watching her movie.
At the SAG Awards, it was Moore who triumphed. As she did at the Golden Globes in January, she gave a galvanizing speech that she dedicated to “that little girl who didn’t believe in herself.”
As she grew emotional, Moore closed with, “The words are kind of beyond me. So I’m just going to have to say thank you.”
In SAG’s supporting races, prizes went to Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) and Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) who have swept their categories all season and are the prohibitive favorites at the Oscars.
“Believe it or not, this actually means a lot to me,” Culkin said, after riffing at length about the weight of the SAG statuette and the self-seriousness of his fellow actors. “It’s hard to be sincere here. Or in general.”
But evincing sincerity was not an issue for Jane Fonda, who accepted her lifetime achievement award with an overtly political rallying cry to those in the room.
“This is it, and it’s not a rehear-
sal,” the 87-year-old actress said. “And we mustn’t for a moment kid ourselves about what’s happening.”
Here is the complete list of SAG winners.
FILM
Outstanding Cast
“Conclave”
Actor in a Lead Role
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Actress in a Lead Role
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Stunt Ensemble in a Movie
“The Fall Guy”
TELEVISION
Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Shogun”
Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“Only Murders in the Building”
Actor in a Drama Series
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”
Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Sawai, “Shogun”
Actor in a Comedy Series
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer” Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series
“Shogun”
Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” (2024)
How a runaway dog became a hero for New Orleans
By RICK ROJAS
He evaded death at a shelter that needed to make room for more dogs. He was shot at — a veterinarian plucked pieces of ammunition from his flesh. He dodged a train, scampered across an interstate highway and survived on cat food left out for strays.
He is about 3 years old, weighs 17 pounds and has coarse, cloudy fur. And for several months, he had much of New Orleans looking for him. With each foiled capture or implausible escape, his fame grew and so did his reputation. He became an almost mythical figure, too savvy and swift to contain.
His saga has inspired tattoos, murals and Mardi Gras floats. Some have held him up as a renegade, choosing freedom over the comforts of domestic life. Scrim, as someone along the way named him, is also a living, panting embodiment of the spirit of New Orleans: He, like the city, kept on going despite it all.
But for the small band of volunteers who bonded over months of searching for him, Scrim is simply a little dog who has been through a lot of trauma in his short life.
“There were one of two things that could happen,” said David W. Brown, a journalist in New Orleans whose free time became consumed by the chase. The odds of a positive outcome, Brown said, grew more faint each day that Scrim stayed on the loose.
In November 2023, an overcrowded shelter in a nearby parish sent Michelle Cheramie a list of dogs it planned to euthanize. On that list was Scrim, who looked like a West Highland white terrier mix.
Nearly 20 years ago, in the brutal months after Hurricane Katrina, a passion for animals led Cheramie to start Zeus’ Place, named after her own beloved dog. Her plan was to provide grooming, boarding and day care that would help support a rescue operation.
By the time Cheramie took in Scrim, Zeus’ Place was helping stem a crisis of a different sort: Dogs that had been adopted during the pandemic were flooding back into packed shelters.
Scrim arrived frozen by fear, carrying the baggage of his old life. All she knew was that he had been battered and neglected.
He stayed with volunteers for a while, recovering. In April, someone wanted to adopt him and brought him home for the trial week that Zeus’ requires.
On the first night, he bolted.
Hours turned to days of searching for Scrim; days became months.
Flyers were posted and appeals were made on social media. Scrim was purportedly spotted all over, some calls more credible than others.
A group of volunteers coalesced around Cheramie. Brown got looped in after reporting a sighting that turned out not to be Scrim. Bonnie Goodson started riding her bike around her neighborhood at night to look for him. Tammy Murray and Barbara Burger were easily recruited.
“You bring me out one time,” said Burger, a court reporter and an acquaintance of Cheramie, “and I’m on a mission.”
The team worked the grid of streets in the Mid-City neighborhood like patrol officers, Brown said. They crawled under countless houses. They hurried to check out reports of dead dogs, hoping they were not Scrim.
He kept running, always just beyond their grasp.
Cheramie set up a target in her backyard made from a tracing of a dog they
rescued that looked just like Scrim. She practiced and practiced with a tranquilizer gun.
On Oct. 23, a tipster reported spotting him around a lot where a limousine company parks its vehicles.
Cheramie got there, positioned the dart gun and fired.
“Perfect shot,” she said.
He ran for seven minutes before he started wobbling in circles. Cheramie and Goodson swooped in.
“You’re safe,” Cheramie told him.
He had broken teeth. A chunk of his ear was gone. He had been shot with a pellet gun.
After leaving the animal hospital, he went to what was supposed to be his new home, settling in over a few weeks. When his new caretaker needed to go away, Cheramie temporarily took him in.
On Nov. 15, while she was out, Scrim went upstairs to her daughter’s bedroom, where her cats lounge on beds facing the sunlight. The window was open but screened. He chewed and clawed through the mesh. He jumped onto the roof of her front porch, and then he was gone.
The leap only intensified the legend.
This time, Scrim covered a lot more territory. He passed by the Superdome. He
was spotted hanging around the giraffes at Audubon Zoo. He somehow made it all the way to Harahan, a far-flung suburb. A crowdsourced map online filled with sightings.
For the search team, Scrim’s second escape meant more tips to check out and more crawling under houses. He snubbed the traps they set with beef and Popeyes fried chicken.
The long nights in random corners of the city reminded them that Scrim was not the only creature lost in New Orleans. The team rescued dozens of other dogs and cats. They checked in and offered help, too, to distressed people living on the streets.
“It opened my eyes,” Burger said.
The longer the search went on, the more the prospect of finding him alive seemed like a miracle.
He was loose during the eruption of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, and attention turned away from Scrim after a deadly attack on Bourbon Street the next day enveloped the city in grief and fear. He also was on his own during the commotion that came with hosting the Super Bowl and a blizzard that shut down the city, dumping more snow than New Orleans had seen in decades.
On Tuesday, Cheramie got a text message with a photo. Scrim was squeezed into a trap that had been set for feral cats.
Two days later, there he was, chilling in a little bed at Cheramie’s house. He was perfectly calm, even as people cycled through to bear witness. He was like a newborn baby everyone wanted to see and hold.
He accepted the scratches, toys and some of the treats visitors brought. Cheramie’s dog, 90 pounds of curiosity and cuddles named Scooby-Doo, sulked like an attention-starved big brother.
The traps had been dismantled. Cheramie was looking forward to disconnecting the second cellphone she had carried for responding to tips. When the search team assembled at her house Thursday night, it was to eat pizza and share stories. Cheramie still obsessively checked her doors, windows and gates. Burger said she would like to believe Scrim was ready for a different life. Maybe he was. But he might also be plotting, waiting for that perfect opportunity to run.
The stray dog who became know as Scrim, in New Orleans, Feb. 13, 2025. For 15 months, Scrim ran wild around New Orleans, eluding capture and developing a giant fan base — his saga that inspired tattoos, murals and Mardi Gras floats. (Emily Kask/The New York Times)
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LUIS ANGEL VARGAS PABON, ANDREA ESTHER MUÑOZ ALVARADO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ESTOS
Demandado Civil Núm.: FCD2017-0169. 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 Carolina, Carolina, 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 9 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: URBANA: Solar #36 de la manzana 113 de la Urbanización Villa Carolina, del Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área de 336.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle 78, distancia de 14.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar #7, distancia de 14.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar #35, distancia de 24.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar 37, distancia de 24.00 metros. En dicho solar enclava una casa. Inscrito al folio 156 del tomo 653 de Carolina, finca número #26,259 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Carolina. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 7 de agosto de 2017 y notificada en este caso el 9 de agosto de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $84,712.53 por concepto de principal; más intereses que continuaran acumulándose al 4% anual desde el el día 1 de agosto de 2016 hasta el saldo total, $206.92 por concepto de cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $9.259.10 para costas, gas-
tos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $92,591.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 13 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $61,727.33, 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 27 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $46,295.50, 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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 28 de enero de 2025. Mildred Castro, Alguacil, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Carolina.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC.
Demandante Vs. PABLO ENRIQUE NIEVES CONDE; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2024CV00092. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, , en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 6 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el cuarto piso del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble
de su propiedad que ubica en: URB. VILLA DEL RIO OESTE SECCION ALMIRA AC-1 CALLE 9 CATAÑO, PR 00962 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número uno Bloque AC, Urbanización Villa del Río-Oeste, Sección Almira, Barrio Palmas de Cataño, Puerto Rico, con cabida de trescientos cincuentidos metros cuadrados con ciento setentiseis milésimas de otro, en lindes por el NORTE, en 23.740 metros, con propiedad del Félix José y Maritza Jiménez Soto; por el SUR, en 23.00 metros, con el solar número 2; por el ESTE, en 12.368 metros, con la Calle número 9; y por el OESTE, en 18.256 metros con los solares número 5 y 6. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 204 del Tomo 110 de Cataño, finca número 5,246, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $191,468.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 13 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $127,645.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 20 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $95,734.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 35 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de febrero de 2021, ante el Notario Francisco Armando Bacó Martínez, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Cataño, finca número 5,246, inscripción 16ta, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $182,035.11 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2023, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago
total de la obligación. Además la parte co-demandada, Pablo Enrique Nieves Conde, adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $19,146.80. Además, la parte co-demandada, Pablo Enrique Nieves Conde se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $19,146.80 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $19,146.80 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, contra Pablo Nieves Conde & Zamalid Varela Vargas, seguro social número xxx-xx-3901 y xxx-xx-6524, respectivamente, embargo número BAY19-3901, por la suma de $10,644.43, Certificación de fecha 30 de julio de 2019, anotado 5 de agosto de 2019, al Asiento 2019-006578-EST del Sistema Karibe. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan a continuación. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of United States, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $5,928.48, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de marzo de 2051, constituida mediante la escritura número 357, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de julio de 2023, ante el notario Jaime E. Dávila Santini, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Cataño, finca número 5,246, ins-
cripción 17ma. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en el Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 03 de febrero de 2025. EDGARDO Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193, Alguacil De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial De Bayamón, Sala Superior.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE HUMBERTO MARTORELL
ALVARADO T/C/C
HUMBERTO MARTOREL
ALVARADO T/C/C
HUMBERTO EMILIO
MARTORELL ALVARADO, COMPUESTA POR:
HUMBERTO MARTORELL
PÉREZ, GLADYS
IVETTE MARTORELL PÉREZ, y GLADYS PÉREZ GÓMEZ, POR SÍ Y POR CONCEPTO DE USUFRUCTO VIUDAL; LEVITT HOMES CORP. EL HONORABLE
SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; EL CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2019CV02075. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 16 de diciembre de 2024 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 17 de agosto de 2022, notificada el 19 de agosto de 2022, procederá a vender el día 6 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, 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 todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Horizontal Property; Apartment number C 104 which consists of the following: Residential apartment of irregular shape located on the First (1st) floor of building “C” of the Condominium Puerta Del Parque in Hacienda San José Community, in the Cañabón Ward of the Municipality of Caguas, Puerto Rico, with an approximate area of two thousand two hundred sixty-three square feet and thirty-one hundredth of another (2,263.31 sq. ft.), equal to two hundred ten square meters and twenty seven hundredths of another (210.27 sq. mts.). Its boundaries are as follow: NORTH, in a distance of fifty-six feet six inches (56 ft. 6 in), with a common exterior area: South, in a
distance of fifty-six feet six inches (56 ft 6 in), with a median wall that separates it from apartment number C 103 and a common area; EAST, in a distance of forty four feet six inches (44 ft 6 in), with a median wall that separates it from apartment number C 101 and a common area; WEST, in a distance of forty four feet six inches (44 ft. 6 in), with a common exterior area. Garage number C 104”: Garage of irregular shape that includes two (2) parking spaces in tandem located on the Ground floor of building “C” with an approximate area of four hundred ten square feet and zero hundredth of another (410.00 sq. ft.) equal to thirty eight square meters and nine hundredth of another (38.09 sq. mts.). Its boundaries are as follow: NORTH, in a distance of ten feet zero inches (10 ft 0 on), with a common exterior area; SOUTH, in a distance of ten feet zero inches (10 ft. 0 in) with a common area; EAST, in a distance of forty one feet zero inches (41 ft. 0 in) with a median wall that separates it from the main lobby and a common exterior area; WEST, in a distance of forty one feet zero inches (41 ft. 0 in.), with a median wall that separates it from garage for apartment number C 604. This apartment consists of a partial covered terrace, foyer, living/dinning room, kitchen, laundry area, one (1) master bathroom, one (1) bathroom, one (1) master bedroom, walkin closet, two (2) bedrooms with closets and garage. The total unit area is two thousand six hundred seventy three point thirty one (2,673.31) square feet equal to two hundred forty eight point thirty six (248.36) square meters. The entrance door of this apartment is located on its East side and opens to the elevator lobby of the first floor, which leads to the outside of the building. The garage door is located on its North Side and leads directly outside. The garage also has a door on its South side that opens to the corridor leading to the elevator lobby of the ground floor of the building. This apartment has a participation of one point four thousand three hundred fifty five ten thousandths percent (1.4355%) in the general common elements of the condominium. Inscrita al tomo Karibe, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas I, Finca número 65,687. Que con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas. El remate co-
que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 12 de febrero de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARIELY
FÉLIX RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS. FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. MARIA DE LOURDES GUEVAREZ ROMERO
Parte Demandada CIVIL NUM. CG2018CV03285.
SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO.
EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El suscribiente, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas, a los demandados de epígrafe y al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables y que venderá en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América en efectivo, cheque certificado, o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en mi oficina en este Tribunal el derecho que tenga la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona más adelante para pagar la SENTENCIA por $113,646.90, de balance principal, los intereses vencidos sobre el principal computados al 6% anual desde el día primero de junio de 2017, hasta su total pago; más el 4% computado sobre cada mensualidad de principal e interés por la suma de $868.39 por concepto de cargos por demora desde el primero de julio de 2017, a razón de $34.74 mensuales hasta su total pago; más la suma de $14,484.00 garantizada de la hipoteca para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado del acreedor demandante, más cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquier concepto legal se devenguen hasta el total y completo pago de esta sentencia hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número dos (2) del bloque H en el plano de inscripción de
la Urbanización Haciendas De Florida II, radicada en el barrio Florida del término municipal de San Lorenzo, con una cabida superficial de SETECIENTOS CUARENTA PUNTO QUINIENTOS CUARENTA Y NUEVE (740.549) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos del Señor Rivera, en una distancia de veintiocho punto setenta y cinco (28.75) metros lineales; por el SUR, con calle siete (7), en una distancia de ocho punto noventa y dos (8.92) y tres punto treinta y tres (3.33) metros lineales; por el ESTE, con el solar tres guion H (3-H), en una distancia de treinta y cinco punto treinta y dos (35.32) metros lineales; y por el OESTE, con solar uno guion H (1-H), en una distancia de cuarenta y uno punto cuarenta y seis (41.46) metros lineales. Enclava edificación. Talud: Este solar tiene un talud a todo lo largo de sus colindancia Norte. Se halla afecto a servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company de uno punto cincuenta y dos (1.52) metros de ancho a todo lo largo de su colindancia Sur. Inscrita al tomo Karibe, finca número veintidos mil quinientos treinta y cinco (22535), Registro de Caguas II. Dirección física: H-2 Hacienda de Florida II, San Lorenzo, P.R. 00754. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el día 20 de marzo de 2025, a las 9:00 de la mañana, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $144,840.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 27 de marzo de 2025, a las 9:00 de la mañana y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $96,560.00. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 3 de abril de 2025, a las 9:00 de la mañana, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $72,420.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad
queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. (Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico a 18 de febrero de 2025. ALEJANDRO URBINA ROQUE, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V.
PATRICIA GLASS SCHUMAN Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2024CV01027. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: PATRICIA GLASS SCHUMAN, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; STANLEY ROBERT EPSTEIN, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, POR ELLOS COMPUESTA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 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 18 de febrero de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 18 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. PAUL DENNIS SCAGLIONE Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2024CV01079. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN
DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: PAUL DENNIS SCAGLIONE; NORMA KAY SCAGLIONE T/C/C NORMA SCAGLIONE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 1907 CIRCLE OAK STREET, RIVERVIEW, FL 33569. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 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 18 de febrero de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 18 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL
DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante Vs. ALMA IRIS ACEVEDO LÓPEZ Y SAMUEL LÓPEZ CARRASQUILLO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV07052. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ES-
TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ALMA IRIS ACEVEDO LÓPEZ Y SAMUEL LÓPEZ CARRASQUILLO - URB. ALTURAS DE BUCARABONES, SOLAR 3 S-36, CALLE 44, TOA ALTA PR 00953 Y 3 COOPERATIVA LA HACIENDA, APT. 3-E, BAYAMÓN PR 00756. 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 Secretaria 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. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970
TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello
del Tribunal, hoy 13 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILA HERNÁNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. PENTAGON FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01936. (Salón: 602). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARITZA DEL CARMEN GUZMÁN MATOS - MGUZMAN@ PARTNERSLEGALSERVICESPR. COM.
A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 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 19 de febrero de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 19 de febrero de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. MARÍA DE LOS M. VALENTÍN RAMÍREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
THOMAS CAMACHO
T/C/C TOMAS CAMACHO
COLÓN Y OTROS
Parte Demandante Vs. AGUSTÍN CRUZ GOMEZ Y OTROS
Parte Demandada Civil Número: CG2024CV02044. Sala: 803. Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: AGUSTÍN CRUZ GÓMEZ; Y LYDIA ESTHER CRUZ GÓMEZ; SONIA COLÓN GÓMEZ. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda enmendada de epígrafe dentro de los TREINTA (30) DÍAS a partir de la publicación de este edicto; el cual se publicará en un periódico de circulación general diaria durante una (1) sola vez. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle.
LCDO. PEDRO A. CRESPO CLAUDIO, MBA (RUA 17415) EMPHATIA NOTARY & LEGAL ADVISORS, PSC Urb. Villa Criollos Calle Corazón A-6 Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725 Tel. (939) 337-5550 / Fax. (939) 337-5553
E-mail: pcrespo@emphatialaw.com POR ORDEN DEL JUEZ DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, hoy día 18 de febrero de 2025. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 18 de febrero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CSMC 2015-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2015-PR1 Demandante Vs. ISAMALIA MUÑIZ NIEVES Demandado
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV04597. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed on the Commission’s website (http://www.ferc.gov), using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. You may register online at https://ferconline. ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an application for a new license for Project No. 663. Pursuant to 18 C.F.R. §§ 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a new license and any competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for a license for this project must be filed by August 19, 2027. p. The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, community organizations, Tribal members, and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or OPP@ferc.gov.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.
MUNICIPIO DE TOA ALTA
Demandante v. ANGEL LUIS CEDEÑO
SANTIAGO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2024CV01355 (SALÓN 507). Sobre: EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA.
ISAMAR CORREA RUIZ
ISAMARCORREA.ESQ@GMAIL.COM
MARIBEL C. PICORELLI VÁZQUEZ
PICORELLI@YAHOO.COM
NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE, A TODA PERSONA IGNORADA, A QUIENES
PUEDA PERJUDICAR LO SOLICITADO, LOS QUE
TENGAN CUALQUIER
DERECHO REAL SOBRE LA FINCA OBJETO DE
ESTE PROCEDIMIENTO. ANGEL LUIS CEDEÑO SANTIAGO. ANGEL LUIS CEDEÑO SANTIAGO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SLG COMPUESTA CON ZULMA SANTANA. ZULMA SANTANA
ARROYO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTO CON ANGEL L. CEDEÑO. (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 60 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, Secretario(a). f/MARILYN COLON CARRASQUILLO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE CAROLINA.
CAROLINE FARAH LEMBCK Peticionaria VS. KIAVASH KAZEMIAN Peticionado
NÚM.: CAL148-2024-0135. SALA: SOBRE: CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: KIAVASH KAZEMIAN 925 CALLE SOLA SAN JUAN, PR 00907 LEY 148-2015
POR LA PRESENTE le cita para que comparezca ante
este Tribunal en el lugar, fecha y hora indicada más adelante, para que preste declaración en relación con el caso de epígrafe. Se le apercibe que, de no comparecer a esta vista, el Tribunal podrá anotarle la rebeldía y conceder los remedios solicitados o cualquier otro remedio que proceda en derecho; podrá encontrarle incurso en desacato y ordenar su arresto. Vista se celebrará: rj Se le advierte que, si alguna de las partes del caso de epígrafe es menor de edad o persona incapacitada judicialmente, deberá comparecer a la vista representado(a) por su madre, padre o tutor(a) legal, según corresponda. Se le advierte su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de un(a) abogado(a). Podrá presentar documentos relacionados con este proceso, accediendo al Tribunal Electrónico en la siguiente dirección: https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-electronico.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA
Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 4 de febrero de 2025. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Heilys Sanchez Santos, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante Vs. LUIS OMAR RODRÍGUEZ
SOSTRE, SU ESPOSA DAMARIS GONZÁLEZ
GUITARD T/C/C DAMARIS GONZÁLEZ GUIFARD Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2024CV01006. 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: LUIS OMAR RODRÍGUEZ SOSTRE, POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON DAMARIS GONZÁLEZ
GUITARD T/C/C DAMARIS GONZÁLEZ GUIFARD - BARRIO YEGUADA,
COMUNIDAD RURAL
ANGEL SANDIN, PARCELA #150-A, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693; BDA. SANDIN, CALLE MERCURIO A-50, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693, Y; BARRIO YEGUADA, BDA. SANDIN, 150-A CALLE MERCURIO #50, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693.
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/ind ex.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. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P.
LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970
TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155
E-MAIL:
ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 20 de febre-
ro de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
RAFAEL PEÑA
Demandante V. CRISLAURY
ALCANTARA BONILLA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024RF00833. (Salón: 302). Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAVIER SEVILLANO VICÉNSSOLUTIONS@SEVILLANOLEGAL. ORG.
A: CRISLAURY
ALCANTARA BONILLA. (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 13 de febrero de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de febrero de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. LAURA L. CORREA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA
HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. ÁNGEL LUIS COLLAZO ÁLVAREZ; LUZ ZORAIDA RODRÍGUEZ
SANTIAGO; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; CARLOS IVÁN COLLAZO RODRÍGUEZ; MARÍA MILAGROS
ORTÍZ RIVERA; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2024CV01068. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: CARLOS IVÁN COLLAZO RODRÍGUEZ, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARÍA MILAGROS ORTIZ RIVERA, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y A LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - PO BOX 231 COROZAL, PR 00783. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Carlos Iván Collazo Rodríguez, su esposa María Milagros Ortiz Rivera y a la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787-705-2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta. SE LE ADVIERTE a las Partes Demandadas que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la De-
manda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a 29 de enero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. M. BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE IRAIDA ORTÍZ MEJÍAS COMPUESTA POR ERIC JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ, ALAN ELÍ RODRIGUEZ ORTÍZ, JON LESTER RODRIGUEZ ORTÍZ Y JUAN BAUTISTA III RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ Y LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN BAUTISTA RODRÍGUEZ QUIÑONES, COMPUESTA
POR JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, FULANO (A) DE TAL, SUTANO (A) DE TAL Y JUAN DEL PUEBLO, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV02703. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE IRAIDA ORTÍZ MEJÍAS COMPUESTA POR ERIC JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ, ALAN ELÍ RODRIGUEZ ORTÍZ, JON LESTER RODRIGUEZ ORTÍZ Y JUAN BAUTISTA III RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ Y LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN BAUTISTA RODRÍGUEZ QUIÑONES, COMPUESTA POR JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, FULANO (A) DE TAL, SUTANO (A) DE TAL Y JUAN DEL PUEBLO, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS.
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado una Demanda Enmendada en su contra por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., mediante el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC) solicitando un Cobro de
Dinero por la vía ordinaria. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. com), la Lcda. Ashley Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@ mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787-705-2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda Enmendada dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del edicto en el periódico de circulación general. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda Enmendada, sin más citarles ni oírles. Se les interpela judicialmente, además, para que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del presente edicto, acepten o repudien mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, la participación que les corresponde en la herencia de Juan Bautista Quiñones. 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, señalados contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación de la presente Orden y publicación, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante y por consiguiente responden conforme dispone el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. §11021. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 29 de enero de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V.
LUIS M.
RIVERA GARCIA Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PA2024CV00161. (Sala: 302). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.
A: LUIS M.
RIVERA GARCIA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de 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 21 de febrero de 2025. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, el 21 de febrero de 2025. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIVEE GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. GLAMARIS
COSME RODRIGUEZ
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: TB2024CV00349. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: GLAMARIS COSME
RODRIGUEZ - EXT VILLA RICA D3 CALLE 5, BAYAMON PR 00959.
POR LA PRESENTE SE le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este
Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA E. COLLAZO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. FLOR MAYALA VEGA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2024CV00970. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FLOR M AYALA VEGA - URB MONTE BRISAS 1 FL5 CALLE ROUND, FAJARDO PR 00738-3335. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic-
tar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificara copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de diciembre de 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA.
IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. MIGUEL DURAN BONILLA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00710. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MIGUEL DURAN BONILLA - URB COLINAS DEL PLATA 40 CAMINO DEL VALLE, TOA ALTA PR 00953; 2982 CALDER DR, JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL 32250.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418
San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. VILMA M. ORTIZ SILVA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC. Parte Demandante Vs. NELSON DIAZ MARCIAL Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00789. Salón:: 500-A. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, ss.
A: NELSON DÍAZ MARCIAL - MIRADOR DEL TOA, 68 CALLE SOUTH MAIN APT 3 TOA ALTA, PR 00953. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.podjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Juan Antonio Ruiz Robles cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección juan.ruiz@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. VILMA M. ORTIZ SILVA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. ROCELIS ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03776. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ROCELIS
ORTIZ RODRIGUEZURB HERMANAS DAVILA O-10 CALLE 8, BAYAMON PR 00959.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de diciembre de 2024. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Marilyn Colón Carrasquillo, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND
Demandante Vs. SUCESION GERMAN LUCIANO MALAVE T/C/C
GERMAN LUCIANO COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: HA2024CV00288. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION GERMAN LUCIANO MALAVE T/C/C GERMAN LUCIANO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com
Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Hatillo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de enero de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. BRENDA LIZ TORRES MUÑIZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL
GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. CARLOS COLLAZO APONTE, FULANA DE TAL, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL
DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2024CV03917. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: CARLOS COLLAZO APONTE, FULANA DE TAL, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Urb. Mansiones de Juncos, 40 Calle Eucalipto, Juncos, PR 00777-2930. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy
día 31 de enero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CIDRA FÉLIX CABRERA BERRÍOS, ANA DOLORES RIVERA NEGRÓN Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: CD2025CV00018. Sala: 602. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A las personas desconocidas y/o ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción de dominio solicitada del inmueble que se describe más adelante por la presente se le requiere comparezcan ante este Tribunal dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación de este Edicto y expongan lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la siguiente propiedad: “RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno compuesto de una cuerda equivalente a tres mil novecientos TREINTA PUNTO TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS CINCUENTA Y OCHO METROS CUADROS (3,930.3958 m.c.) en lindes por el Norte con área dedicada a uso público, por el Sur con remanente de la finca principal, por el Este con remanente de la finca principal y con terrenos de Luis Rivera y por el Oeste, con remanente de la finca principal.” Se le advierte que, de no hacer oposición dentro del término antes expresado, presentado el original del escrito en el Tribunal y notificada copia de ello al representante legal del promovente, éste podrá obtener que se aprueba el expediente de dominio y se orden inscribir a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas, el dominio de la finca antes descrita. Es la representante legal del promovente la Licenciada Anayra L. Santiago Torres cuya dirección es P.O. Box 1726, Cidra, P. R. 00739 y 9 Calle Práxedes Santiago, Primer Nivel, Cidra, PR 00739, teléfono (787) 739-3110 / (787) 504-4169, lcda.anayra.santiago@gmail.com. DADA EN CAGUAS, PUERTO RiCO, a 6 de febrero de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. DHARMA TORRES BRUNO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Canada’s hockey victory sends a message to Trump: Hands off
By VJOSA ISAI
Some sports rivalries are generational. Others are about an underdog fight or national pride.
Canada’s hockey victory over the United States last week was a bit of both. Against a backdrop of taunts by President Donald Trump about annexing Canada and the looming economic threat of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods, a lot was symbolically riding on the game.
“This wasn’t a win for themselves. This was a win for 40plus million people,” said Jon Cooper, Canada’s coach. “The guys knew it, and they delivered.” (Facebook via Hockey Canada)
“Canada needed a win, and the players beared that on their shoulders,” Jon Cooper, Canada’s coach, said after Thursday’s game. “This one was different. This wasn’t a win for themselves. This was a win for 40-plus million people. The guys knew it, and they delivered.”
The game capped off a round-robin tournament called the 4 Nations Face-Off between Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States. It was the first international tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey to feature some of the NHL’s best players representing their countries.
Thursday’s championship game took on geopolitical consequences unfamiliar to Canadian sports fans. After Canada lost the firstround match, there was a sense of urgency weighed by heavy stakes and a responsibility to prove something very important to the world.
Instead of the usual electric anticipation before sports matchups between Canada and the United States, this championship’s buildup held a bitterness. Social media was abuzz with insults in both directions. My group chat plotted how many Canadian flags would sufficiently offend at a sports bar. Bygone were the playful pregame bets between world leaders. Despite being an infrequent sports watcher, the tone felt unusually familiar. The intensity reminded me of the hostile soccer rivalry between Albania, my family’s home country, and Serbia. The two nations have a fraught political relationship and have been involved in wars against each other.
On the flip side, Canada and the United States, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau has remarked in recent weeks, fought alongside each other as close allies that share a friendship unparalleled on the global stage. That was, of course, before Trump’s threats of annexation.
“You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” Trudeau wrote on social media after the nailbiting victory.
Thursday began with more needling from Trump that Canada should “someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State” led by “Governor Trudeau.” Typically, Canada’s matches against the United States are about sport supremacy and pride, equally so in the women’s hockey league and in soccer and basketball, said Dave Bidini, a Canadian musician and author of 13 books about hockey. That’s changing.
“This geopolitical climate adds an entirely new depth, I think, to these kinds of games and probably will for the next four years,” Bidini told me. The last time he recalled feeling heightened political tension during an international hockey event was during a match in 1972 between Canada and the Soviet Union. Canada scored the winning goal with 34 seconds left. As a child, Bidini feared the Soviet Union would consume his country if the team lost.
“Looking back, I think how utterly absurd
that was,” Bidini told me before Thursday’s game. “But that was the climate of the times, and tonight is the closest it has come to mirroring that.”
“I hope Canada wins because I think it’ll quiet the noise a little bit,” he added, referring to Trump’s threats.
As for other noise, sports-watching venues across Canada were raucous. At a packed sports bar in Toronto’s east end, fans around me booed the United States. They erupted in jubilation after Canada’s first two goals — by Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Bennett — and into enthusiastic cheers after three impressive saves by goaltender Jordan Binnington. The viewers more than once broke into the melody of “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes. Pizza Pizza, a Canadian fast-food franchise, put out ads during the game for a 25% “reverse tariff” discount on pizza.
Connor McDavid, who played alongside the fellow national treasure Sidney Crosby, scored the winning goal in overtime.
Then came the finale: the national anthem.
Matthew Roberts, a spectator who was sitting not far from me, belted out the first words of “O Canada.” Others quickly joined.
“I sang ‘O Canada’ as loud as I could to get the crowd going,” Roberts said.
As exhilarated fans filed out of the bar, Roberts told me he normally isn’t the most patriotic or invested sports fan, but the atmosphere that night called for it.
Salinas hosts RBI Women’s Softball Tournament
By THE STAR STAFF
Salinas Mayor Karilyn Bonilla Colón welcomed dozens of participants and fans of the sport of softball for the RBI Women’s Tournament recently.
“The successful Salinas Softball Academy continues to develop girls from the age of five (5) in this sport, in all categories,” the mayor said. “We welcome all teams to our town.”
Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) is an organization dedicated to promoting baseball and softball in the most needy communities in the world. It was founded in 1989 for baseball and expanded to softball in 1991. In general terms, a run batted in or runs batted in (RBI) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for putting the ball in play so that a run is scored (except in certain situations, such as when an error is made on the play).
“In Salinas we promote sports in all its forms, and for all ages,” Bonilla Colón said. “We are always ready to receive teams from around the world to compete and generate new competitive experiences.”
Salinas has the Caney de la Fama, which opened in 1990 with memorabilia and the history of its athletes, dedicated to boxer Ángel “Cholo” Espada, the fourth world champion from Puerto Rico and the first to win a world title on the island.
“But the most important thing is that Cholo gave our town more than 40 years of dedication to the children and young people of the town as a boxing coach,” the mayor noted. “That is how important sport is in Salinas.”
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