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With an initial investment of $64 million and a projected creation of 610 jobs, the island’s first solar panel manufacturing plant is on track to begin operations later this year in Aguadilla. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced on Monday the establishment of Solx Puerto Rico, the first solar panel manufacturing plant on the island, with an initial investment
of $64 million and a projected creation of 610 jobs in Aguadilla.
“This plant is in the process of acquiring the technology to begin commercial operations in August of this year,” the governor said at a press conference at La Fortaleza. “This project will generate 200 direct jobs in its first phase, is already in the planning and recruitment phase, and has committed to creating 610 jobs projected over the next five years.”
“This is obviously a result of the economic commitment of the government of Puerto Rico, which seeks to expand and incentivize many of these jobs,” González Colón added. “The government’s investment in this company is basically almost $7 million, of which $6 million will go toward technology and $1.5 million will incentivize the creation of new jobs. The strategic role of manufacturing solar panels in Puerto Rico is not only for Puerto Rico and the United States, but also as a hub for the creation of solar panels in the Caribbean. So, on an island where we are investing in our energy diversity, having local production with an initial investment of $64 million is no small feat.”
The governor marked the occasion as a celebration of “two things.”
“One, bringing a new manufacturing industry to Puerto Rico; we didn’t have solar panel manufacturing,” she said. “Two, using it in an area where we had the former Hewlett Packard site. So we’re relocating and repositioning many of these properties that the Puerto Rico government had unused.”
Island’s first solar panel plant slated to open in August Roundtable to explore options for solar system recycling industry
By THE STAR STAFF
Rep. Víctor Parés Otero, who chairs the Government Committee in the island House of Representatives, announced on Monday the holding of a roundtable to develop an industry for the management, disposal and recycling of solar panels and batteries in Puerto Rico.
Guests of the roundtable will include the secretaries of economic development and commerce, public safety, consumer affairs, and natural and environmental resources. Also present will be officials from the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau, the Renewable Energy Producers Association, and the Puerto Rico Solar and Storage Association, among others.
“Today, our Governor, Jenniffer González, announced the establishment of the first plant to manufacture photovoltaic energy panels in Puerto Rico. This is a tremendous initiative that will undoubtedly help promote the use of solar energy systems on the island,” Parés said. “However, there is another reality: the need to create an industry for the management, disposal and recycling of batteries and solar panels. We have been working on this issue for years, and for that reason, we are calling a roundtable meeting at the Capitol to discuss the creation of this platform, which is so necessary to address the upcoming needs.”
“According to existing data, around 3,400 solar panel systems
are installed in Puerto Rico every month,” the San Juan District 4 legislator noted. “As this sector grows, so does the volume of photovoltaic panels and storage batteries discarded at the end of their useful life. This definitely has the potential to become an environmental problem unless preventative measures are taken now.”
Experts agree that if the time window is not taken advantage of to outline a roadmap, problems could begin as early as 2030.
“The possible actions we will evaluate at this roundtable range from legislation to prohibit the disposal of panels and batteries in landfill systems, to the development of local recycling industries, which would, in turn, generate economic activity,” Parés said.
Solar panels have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years, while certain types of batteries have an estimated lifespan of 10 to 14 years, and others half that duration.
Mayor denies lack of storm drain upkeep was behind weekend flooding
By THE STAR STAFF
Carolina Mayor José Carlos Aponte
Dalmau on Monday firmly rejected the idea that a failure in municipal operations caused the flooding reported last Saturday in the city.
Aponte said that, according to data from the National Meteorological Service, the amount of rain Carolina received in a short period was not only atypical but also exceeded the capacity of the city’s stormwater system.
“The problem we observed on Saturday was due to a stationary weather system that resulted in five inches of rain falling in the city’s urban area,” the mayor stated. “To suggest that this situation is due to a lack of attention is simply not true.”
As reported by the STAR, Senate Vice President Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni had announced plans to introduce legislation Monday to examine the operations of the Carolina municipal administration regarding the storm drainage system, as well as those of the island Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, following the floods.
“What happened on Saturday in our municipality of Carolina is completely unacceptable,” the Carolina District senator said.
“While many areas experienced significant rainfall, the levels were not high enough to account for the reported damage. We’re talking about locations such as Roberto Clemente Avenue, Jesús M. Fragoso Avenue in front of the Plaza Carolina shopping center, and sections of state highway PR-860, all of which suffered major flooding.”
Aponte said the municipality follows a responsible weekly maintenance and cleaning schedule for its main avenues and is actively working on flood mitigation with an $86.5 million investment. That funding will support the construction of new stormwater systems, the reconstruction of bridges, and the development of gutters and new stormwater management systems.
“Carolina received 3.48 billion gallons of water in a short period,” the mayor said. “This incident is not a result of poor maintenance; every drainage system has a limited capacity to handle stormwater. This includes culverts, drains and canals. If the intensity or
Mayor José Carlos Aponte Dalmau said the amount of rain Carolina received in a short period last Saturday was not only atypical but also exceeded the capacity of the city’s stormwater system. (Municipality of Carolina)
duration of the rain exceeds what the system can manage, an overflow will occur.”
He noted that in recent years, Carolina has completed flood mitigation projects in the Río Grande de Loíza, Sabana Abajo Sur, San Antón, Vistamar, Villamar, Palmar Sur, and Los Ángeles, with an investment of nearly $14 million.
Aponte also noted that, recognizing the flood control challenges Puerto Rico faces, the island government has included Carolina in various flood mitigation infrastructure projects. That includes the allocation of $23.7 million for stormwater infrastructure in the urban center, $44 million for the reconstruction of Sánchez Osorio and Galicia Avenues, and an additional $15 million for Baldorioty de Castro Avenue, all aimed at addressing flood mitigation.
“Those who question the flooding as a result of a lack of maintenance demonstrate a lack of understanding of how a stormwater system manages water discharges in a city, as well as the significant investment we have made to modernize Carolina’s infrastructure,” the mayor said.
Measure requires specifics for achieving renewable energy goal
By THE STAR STAFF
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man Víctor Parés Otero announced Monday the introduction of a measure requiring the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) to establish the percentage of renewable energy that must be produced every five years to achieve the goal of completely eliminating fossil fuels by 2050.
Under the legislation, starting in 2025, and for each subsequent five-year period, the PREB will submit a report to the Legislature detailing its determination regarding the required percentage of renewable energy. The report will include justifications and document all efforts made to responsibly reduce dependence on fossil fuel-derived energy sources until they are fully eliminated.
“We have been consistent from day one: Puerto Rico must transition to renewable energy sources quickly. It is urgent to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels,” said Parés, who represents San Juan District
4 in the lower chamber. “We also need to establish real and verifiable metrics to ensure that the island’s electricity generation industry meets the requirement of 100 percent clean energy sources by 2050. In response, we have filed House Bill 422, which gives the PREB the authority to determine the necessary percentage every five years to achieve this goal.”
“The PREB will make its determination based on studies, market data, and other relevant variables that ensure the stability of the electrical system without compromising the energy supply for customers,” the New Progressive Party legislator added. “Currently, oil generates 47.4 percent of Puerto Rico’s electricity, followed by gas at 33 percent and coal at approximately 16 percent. Our dependence on fossil fuels is unsustainable; we pay roughly double what residents of the states pay for the same amount of energy. On average, we spend about $1.5 billion annually on fossil fuel purchases, a figure that often increases due to market fluctuations. This measure
will help ensure that this cost decreases significantly every five years.”
The bill amends Article 2.3 of Act No. 82-2010, also known as the “Public Policy Act for Energy Diversification Through Sustainable and Alternative Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico,” to establish that the PREB will determine the percentage of energy production from renewable sources needed to reach 100 percent by 2050.
In accordance with Act 82-2010, the island government adopted a renewable energy portfolio applicable to all retail energy providers in Puerto Rico. The portfolio sets mandatory goals for reducing conventional energy use and increasing renewable energy use that each retail energy provider must meet to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.
To ensure compliance with the goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, the government must establish a mechanism that enables the gradual achievement of the required percentage without negatively impacting energy supply or costs for cus-
tomers, according to the new legislation. Additionally, the bill says, such a mechanism must consider scientific and market data, allowing the government to evaluate progress with concrete metrics.
House Government Committee Chairman Víctor Parés Otero
By THE STAR STAFF
Island Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés expressed his gratitude to the parents and guardians who actively participated in the Academic Progress Report collection initiatives and in the online registration process for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.
During the report card distribution for the first 30 weeks of the 2024-2025 school year, attendance at schools was 80%. On this occasion, parents had the opportunity to discuss their children’s academic development with teachers and address relevant topics related to their progress and academic well-being.
“These types of meetings strengthen communication between schools and families, a key factor for the educational
success of our students,” Ramos Parés emphasized. “We appreciate the commitment of the families who attended to learn about their children’s academic performance and collaborate with the school teams.”
The secretary also celebrated the success of online registration, which he said reached a remarkable 97% completion rate, with 218,178 students already enrolled for the next school year. The achievement will allow the Education Department to continue with more effective planning, allocating resources, teachers and equipment in a timely and appropriate manner, he said.
“We appreciate the diligence of families in completing the online registration process,” Ramos said. “This joint effort is essential for us to provide our students with the environment and resources necessary for their development.”
Parents picked up their children’s report cards from the most recent grading cycle at an 80% clip, and also had the opportunity to discuss their children’s academic development and other relevant topics with teachers.
Postal workers in Puerto Rico brace for mass DOGE cuts Education chief thanks parents for participating in report card initiatives
By THE STAR STAFF
The United States Postal Service is facing layoffs of some 10,000 employees as part of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) initiatives aimed at reducing the federal government workforce.
The effort will begin with voluntary early retirement options and is expected to have a significant impact on the most vulnerable sectors, according to postal employee Ramón Rosa. The new guidelines have prompted various reactions. While they are projected to save around $3.5 billion in operating expenses, as noted by postal employee Christopher Cotto, they also pose a risk to rural routes. The concern arises from President Trump’s intention to privatize the postal service.
In response, Popular Democratic Party Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde has announced plans to issue a resolution to study the effects of the federal layoffs on the island.
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which covers clerks and workers inside sorting and distribution centers, led demonstrations last week, while other postal unions held protests on Sunday.
A statement by the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee concluded: “Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. The only way to save the post office -- and American democracy -- is through the mass mobilization of the working class. The working class is the most powerful force on earth. If only we know how to use that power we can defeat the attacks by Trump and his handful of oligarchs
and right-wingers.”
“[I]n the face of the deepest attacks in the 250-year history of the post office, union officials in NALC [National Association of Letter Carriers], the NRLCA [National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association] and the APWU have not proposed, much less organized, a serious struggle against these attacks,” the statement said. “Instead, they are offering their collaboration, with NALC even proposing to help find ways to close the funding gap in workers’ pension plans by moving the fund into the (rapidly declining) stock market!”
The statement added that last week, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy signed an agreement with Musk and the DOGE to help slash spending and dismantle or defy legal requirements on pension financing, service mandates and other measures.
Caguas turns out the lights as part of Earth Hour 2025 worldwide
By THE STAR STAFF
As part of the global effort to combat climate change, Caguas municipal administration, for the 16th consecutive year, held an event over the past weekend in conjunction with Earth Hour 2025, the global campaign organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Saturday’s event at the Charlie Aponte Amphitheater, William Miranda Marín City Hall and Abelardo Díaz Alfaro Paseo de las Artes included, at the latter two locations, a symbolic lights out at 8:30 p.m., which was replicated in hundreds of cities around the world.
The Caguas event began several hours earlier, and attendees participated in a series of educational and cultural activities designed to raise awareness about the importance of reducing human impact on the environment. The event featured exhibits, talks on environmental conservation, and a formal ceremony in which Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres delivered a message highlighting civic responsibility
in protecting the planet. Meteorologist Suheily López Belén also participated, delivering an awareness-raising message related to the event’s theme: “Our People … Our City: Raising Environmental Awareness in the Planet’s Greatest Hour.”
One of the most significant moments of the evening was the lights out, when City Hall and the Paseo de las Artes were darkened as part of the global call for climate action. During the hour, attendees enjoyed an artistic program under natural light, fostering a connection with the environment.
“Earth Hour is more than just a blackout; it’s a reminder that our actions have an impact on the world,” Miranda Torres said. “Turning off the lights for an hour is a symbolic gesture, but real change happens when we integrate sustainable habits into our daily lives.”
The event featured participation from organizations such as AODACE, El Puente de Acción Climática, the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico, and the Arlequín Butterfly Farm, among others, who offered information and activities to inspire concrete actions in the community.
Every year, Earth Hour takes place in more than 180 countries, with iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Roman Colosseum, and the Empire State Building also turning off their lights in solidarity with the cause.
Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres
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Trump and DOGE propel VA mental health system into turmoil
By ELLEN BARRY, NICHOLAS NEHAMAS and RON CARYN RABIN
Late in February, as the Trump administration ramped up its quest to transform the federal government, a psychiatrist who treats veterans was directed to her new workstation — and was incredulous.
She was required, under a new return-to-office policy, to conduct virtual psychotherapy with her patients from one of 13 cubicles in a large open office space, the kind of setup used for call centers. Other staff members might overhear the sessions, or appear on the patient’s screen as they passed on their way to the bathroom and break room.
The psychiatrist was stunned. Her patients had mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Treating them from her home office, it had taken many months to earn their trust. This new arrangement, she said, violated a core ethical tenet of mental health care: the guarantee of privacy.
When the doctor asked how she was expected to safeguard patient privacy, a supervisor suggested she purchase privacy screens and a white-noise machine.
“I’m ready to walk away if it comes to it,” she wrote to her manager in a text message shared with The New York Times.
“I get it,” the manager replied. “Many of us are ready to walk away.”
Scenes like this have been unfolding in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities across the country in recent weeks, as therapy and other mental health services have been thrown into turmoil amid the dramatic changes ordered by President Donald Trump and pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Among the most consequential orders is the requirement that thousands of mental health providers, including many who were hired for fully remote positions, now work full time from federal office space. This is a jarring policy reversal for the VA, which pioneered the practice of virtual health care two decades ago as a way to reach isolated veterans, long before the pandemic made telehealth the preferred mode of treatment for many Americans.
As the first wave of providers reports to offices where there is simply not enough room to accommodate them, many found no way to ensure patient privacy, health workers said. Some have filed complaints, warning that the arrangement violates ethics regulations and medical privacy laws. At the same time, layoffs of at least 1,900 probationary employees are thinning out already stressed services that assist veterans who are homeless or suicidal.
In more than three dozen interviews, current and recently terminated mental health workers at the VA described a period of rapid, chaotic behind-the-scenes change. Many agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity because they want to continue to serve veterans, and fear retribution from the Trump administration.
Clinicians warn that the changes will degrade mental health treatment at the VA, which already has severe staffing shortages. Some expect to see a mass exodus of sought-after specialists, like psychiatrists and psychologists. They expect wait times to increase and veterans to eventually seek treatment outside the agency.
“Psychotherapy is a very private endeavor,” said Ira Kedson,
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memorial for veterans who died by suicide in Washington on March 27, 2014. A chaotic restructuring threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 310 at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Pennsylvania. “It’s supposed to be a safe place, where people can talk about their deepest, darkest fears and issues.” Veterans, he said, trust that what they tell therapists is confidential.
“If they can’t trust us to do that, I think that a sizable number of them will withdraw from treatment,” he said.
A VA spokesperson, Peter Kasperowicz, dismissed the contention that a crowded working environment would compromise patient privacy as “nonsensical,” saying the VA “will make accommodations as needed so employees have enough space to work and comply with industry standards for privacy.”
The DOGE cuts have already sparked chaos and confusion within the agency, which provides care to more than 9 million veterans. The Trump administration has said it plans to eliminate 80,000 VA jobs, and a first round of terminations has halted some research studies and slashed the support staff.
Veterans, too, are expressing anxiety. Sandra Fenelon, 33, said she had a rocky transition back to civilian life after leaving the Navy in 2022. “I just constantly felt like I am at war,” said Fenelon, who lives in New York and is training to become a pharmacist.
It took a year working with a VA psychologist until she felt safe enough to begin sharing the troubling things she had seen on deployment, things that, she said, “people on the outside would never understand.”
Now Fenelon is worried that the tumult at the VA will prompt her therapist to leave before she is better. In her session this past week, she burst into tears.
“I feel like I’m now forced to be put in a position where I have to start over with someone else,” she said in an interview. “How can I relate to a therapist who never worked with veterans?”
‘You deserve better’
For a suicide prevention coordinator in California, mornings start with referrals from a crisis hotline. On a typical day, she said, she is given a list of 10 callers, but sometimes as many as 20 or 30. The work is so intense that most days there is no time for a lunch break or bathroom breaks.
“My job is to build rapport, to figure out what I need to do to keep them alive. I let them know: ‘I’m worried about you. I’m
going to send someone out to check on you,’” the coordinator said. “I tell them, ‘You served this country. You deserve better.’”
The team, which is responsible for covering some 800,000 veterans, was supposed to get three more social workers, but the new positions were canceled as a result of the administration’s hiring freeze, the coordinator said.
She said the stress around the staff reductions is intense, and she fears that it will cause her to miss something critical. “I’m so scared I’ll make a mistake,” she said. “I’m not sleeping well, and it’s hard to stay focused.”
Veterans are at sharply higher risk for suicide than the general population; in 2022, the suicide rate was 34.7 per 100,000, compared with 14.2 per 100,000 for the general population. A major factor in this is the availability of firearms, which were used in 73.5% of suicides, according to the VA.
In Denver, Bilal Torrens was just finishing a shift when he was notified by email that he was being terminated.
His job was helping homeless veterans settle into life indoors after years of living on the street. During those early months, Torrens said, the men are often overwhelmed by the task of collecting benefits, managing medications, even shopping for groceries; he would sit with his clients while they filled out forms and paid bills.
The layoffs reduced the support staff at the homeless service center by a third. The burden will now shift onto social workers, who are already staggering under caseloads of dozens of veterans, he said.
“They’re not going to have enough time to serve any of the veterans properly, the way that they should be served and cared for,” Torrens said.
Fears about privacy and jobs
In Coatesville, Pennsylvania, mental health providers have been told they will conduct therapy with veterans from several large office spaces, sitting with their laptops at tables, said Kedson, who is a psychologist, speaking in his capacity as union president. The spaces are familiar, he said, but they have never been used for patient care.
“That would sound like you’re seeing them from a call center, because you’d be in a room with a bunch of people who are all talking at the same time,” Kedson said. “The veterans who are going to be in that position, I suspect they will feel very much like their privacy is being violated.”
So far, only supervisory clinicians have been affected by the return-to-office policy; unionized workers will be expected to report to the office in the coming weeks.
Several VA mental health clinicians told the Times that they were interviewing for new jobs or had submitted their resignations. Their departures risk exacerbating already severe staffing shortages at the VA, outlined in a report last year from its inspector general’s office.
“Everybody is afraid, from the top down,” said Matthew Hunnicutt, 62, a social worker who retired in late February after nearly 15 years, much of it in supervisory positions, at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago.
When staff members were ordered to shut down diversity initiatives, Hunnicutt decided to speed up his retirement, feeling that “everything I had done was just wiped away.”
US lodges new accusations against detained Columbia protest leader
By JONAH E. BROMWICH
When Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead pro-Palestinian demonstrations while a Columbia University student, was detained this month, the Trump administration argued he should be deported to help prevent the spread of antisemitism, invoking a rarely used law.
Lawyers for Khalil, a legal permanent resident who is being detained in Louisiana, quickly responded that the administration was retaliating against their client for his constitutionally protected speech criticizing Israel and promoting Palestinian rights.
Last week, the government quietly added new accusations to its case against Khalil, saying that he had willfully failed to disclose his membership in several organizations, including a United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees, when he applied to become a permanent U.S. resident last March. It said he also failed to disclose work he did for the British government after 2022.
The Trump administration appears to be using the new allegations in part to sidestep the First Amendment issues raised by Khalil’s case. On Sunday, in a filing opposing his release, Justice Department lawyers argued that the new allegations reduced the importance of concerns about Khalil’s right to free speech.
“Khalil’s First Amendment allegations are a red herring,” they wrote. Given the new allegations, they added, there was an “independent basis” for his deportation.
“The new deportation grounds are patently weak and pretextual,” said one of Khalil’s lawyers, Ramzi Kassem, a co-director of CLEAR, a legal clinic at the City University of New York. “That the government scrambled to add them at the eleventh hour only highlights how its motivation from the start was to retaliate against Khalil for his protected speech in support of Palestinian rights and lives.”
Shezza Abboushi Dallal, a member of Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team, speaks during a rally at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan, March 12, 2025. The Trump administration is now accusing the Columbia University graduate and protest leader Mahmoud Khalil of having withheld information when he applied for permanent residency status. (Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times)
Khalil’s lawyers are expected to argue that the new accusations are pretext for continued retaliation against their client’s speech and his continued detention far from his home and family. They’re fighting for his release in a New Jersey federal court. Khalil’s wife, a U.S. citizen who lives in New York City, is expected to give birth next month.
The new allegations, listed in a document from the Homeland Security Department, include that Khalil did not disclose his work with the U.N. agency or Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups that set off pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school. Khalil earned a master’s degree from
Wildfires burn more than 4,000 acres in North Carolina
By NAZANEEN GHAFFAR
Two wildfires, each greater than 2,000 acres, more than doubled in size Sunday and raged uncontained in Polk County, North Carolina, after residents were ordered to evacuate among warnings of dire conditions.
At 8:20 p.m. Saturday, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a mandatory evacuation for parts of the county. It was not immediately clear how many people were affected by the evacuation order.
Officials warned of dangerous conditions, saying on social media that “visibility in the area will be reduced and roads/ evacuation routes can become blocked; if you do not leave now, you could be trapped, injured, or killed.”
As of Sunday evening, the North Carolina Forest Service had reported four active fires in the county. The largest two — Black Cove, which grew Sunday to 2,076 acres, and Deep Wood, which also grew, to 2,545 acres — were zero percent contained.
Both fires are burning in timber on steep terrain on a mix of state-owned and private land in the Green River Gorge, ac-
cording to the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Nearly 250 firefighting personnel from across North Carolina and other states are working to prevent the fires from spreading to neighborhoods and structures, the department said.
Kellie Cannon, a spokesperson for the county, said Sunday afternoon that the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires “are coming close to meeting and they are separated by a road.”
She added that a code red air quality alert was in place for the county “because the smoke is very dense.” The alert means that the air is unhealthy for anyone exposed to it.
Polk County, in the western part of the state, is home to about 20,000 people.
The Forest Service had a statewide burn ban in effect, with the agency announcing that “under North Carolina law, the ban prohibits all open burning in the affected counties, regardless of whether a permit was previously issued.”
The threat of wildfires extended into South Carolina, where Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency in an effort to combat a wildfire known as the Table Rock fire in
Columbia in December.
The government also said Khalil failed to list his continuing employment with the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut after 2022.
The efforts of Khalil’s lawyers in New Jersey to secure his release are separate from the immigration court proceedings — currently being held in Louisiana — that could lead to his deportation. But in order to deport Khalil on the basis of the new allegations, the government would have to convince an immigration judge that any failure to disclose the relevant information was willful, and that it would have made a difference in his chances of receiving legal permanent residency status.
The Trump administration is also standing by its original justification for Khalil’s detention, citing a little-used law that says the secretary of state can initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizens whose presence in the United States can reasonably be considered a threat to the country’s foreignpolicy agenda.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Khalil of participating in antisemitic activities, referring to protests on Columbia’s campus at which, Rubio said, students expressed support for Hamas. Khalil’s lawyers have denied that their client promoted Hamas and have argued more generally that their client’s speech is protected by the First Amendment. They are expected to challenge the constitutionality of the law Rubio used to initially justify Khalil’s detention.
Jesse Furman, a federal judge in New York who reviewed Khalil’s case before transferring it to New Jersey last week, said that the First and Fifth Amendment issues raised by the case warranted careful review.
“The fundamental constitutional principle that all persons in the United States are entitled to due process of law demands no less,” he wrote.
Pickens County.
That blaze ignited Friday in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and spread over 1,300 acres by Sunday evening.
“As this wildfire continues to spread, the state of emergency allows us to mobilize resources quickly and ensure our firefighters have the support they need to protect lives and property,” McMaster said in a statement.
Another fire, the Persimmon Ridge fire, started Saturday in the Mountain Bridge Wilderness area and had grown to more than 800 acres by Sunday evening.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission said that both fires remained zero percent contained as of Sunday night.
Around 100 homes were under voluntary evacuations just east of Table Rock State Park on Sunday, while another 500 homes remained under close watch. Officials from the South Carolina Forestry Commission urged people to stay away from the area.
The Storm Prediction Center issued an elevated fireweather risk Saturday for an area from northern Georgia, through western portions of the Carolinas and into central Virginia.
Fires have been fueled by weeks of below-average rainfall, with much of Polk County experiencing moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
These conditions are common in spring, said Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center.
Trump’s tariffs could deal a blow to Boeing and the aerospace industry
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
Boeing is the kind of manufacturer — one that exports billions of dollars of goods — that President Donald Trump says he wants to protect and nurture.
But his tariffs could have the opposite effect on the company’s suppliers.
Trump has imposed a few tariffs so far, but he says more are coming in just a few weeks. That threat has unnerved the aerospace industry, of which Boeing is one of the largest companies. Duties on aluminum and steel, two of the most important raw materials used in aircraft, are expected to raise manufacturing costs. But the industry is far more concerned by tariffs that take effect on goods from Canada and Mexico next month, which could disrupt the highly integrated North American supply chain.
“These tariffs are particularly fraught for an industry like aerospace that has been duty-free for decades,” said Bruce Hirsh, a trade policy expert at Capitol Counsel, a lobbying firm in Washington, which has aerospace clients. “Parts are coming from everywhere.”
Aerospace experts say the industry is an example of U.S. manufacturing prowess. It offers well-paying jobs and has produced one of the largest trade surpluses of any industry for years. Aerospace is expected to export about $125 billion this year, according to IBISWorld, second only to oil and gas.
But the industry is operating under a cloud of uncertainty. Many companies have been able to avoid costly cross-border tariffs under a short-term reprieve for products covered by a North American trade agreement that Trump negotiated in his first term. But that deal expires in April.
In a letter to administration officials last week, groups representing airlines, plane repair stations, suppliers and manufacturers asked for an exception to the tariffs, arguing that it was needed to keep the industry competitive on the global market.
For Boeing, the tariffs would come at a difficult moment. The company spent the past year recovering from a crisis that started when a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max jet during a flight in January 2024. There were no casualties, but the incident exposed shortcomings and prompted intense scrutiny from regulators. The company replaced its CEO and began overhauling its operations.
After months of turmoil, including a
nearly two-month strike, Boeing has steadily increased production of the Max, its bestselling jet, and other planes. But the tariffs could hurt the companies that supply it and other aerospace manufacturers. Aluminum makes up about three-fourths of the contents of the Max. Steel accounts for a much smaller but still substantial share.
The direct effects of the tariffs on Boeing will be limited, Brian West, the company’s chief financial officer, said at an investor conference Wednesday. The company has a lot of inventory on hand and the company’s spending is already overwhelmingly concentrated in the United States. In addition, a rise in metal prices would amount to a less than 1% increase in the costs of making planes, he said.
But the tariffs could take a toll on companies further down the aerospace supply chain, which have struggled for years with material and labor shortages.
“What we do worry about is availability of parts because this is a broad, complicated supply chain and people have different levels of exposure to it,” West said.
In all, the tariffs could raise costs for the aerospace industry by about $5 billion annually, said Kevin Michaels, a managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, a consulting firm. A vast majority of that would come from the tariff on goods from Canada
and Mexico. And the threat of a trade war would only compound the consequences.
“Not only are the country tariffs bigger, but countries can retaliate,” Michaels said. “And, boy, is Canada mad.”
Last month, Éric Martel, the president and CEO of Bombardier, a major manufacturer of corporate jets based in Montreal, told investors that the company was suspending its financial projections for the year because the tariffs — and possible retaliatory tariffs — “could have an enormous impact” on the industry. Parts of Boeing’s 787 and 777 jets are built in Canada, which is
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Mexico is also home to many suppliers, big and small. Collins Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace and GE Aerospace design or produce components for commercial and business jets there.
If tariffs are imposed, analysts said, moving that production to the United States would be difficult, if not impossible.
“That’s going to take an awful long time to happen, if in fact it ever does,” said Jerrold Lundquist, an industry consultant. “There’s fundamental economics as to why that supply chain is distributed in the first place. It’s usually labor costs, but also material availability and things like that.”
The industry operates on long time horizons — planes take years to design and months to make and are typically used for decades — so decisions to move operations are not made lightly. There aren’t enough skilled aerospace workers in the United States, and suppliers have struggled for years to hire enough workers.
In a report to Congress in November, a coalition representing the industry, workers and safety experts concluded that the “aerospace supply chain is vulnerable to labor shortages, obstacles in critical materials and the health of supporting infrastructure.”
Even the threat of an escalation in trade tensions is hurting aerospace manufacturers, industry experts said.
“The strategic decisions in a lot of cases are frozen as a result of this,” Michaels said.
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Workers at Boeing’s factory in Everett, Wash., Nov. 8, 2022. Tariffs on aluminum and steel, two of the most important raw materials in making an aircraft, are expected to add to manufacturing costs in the long run. (Lindsey Wasson/The New York Times)
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Alook at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
It’s Friday, so today I’ll provide a quick overview of what’s happening in global markets and then offer you some weekend reading suggestions away from the headlines.
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* Britain’s Heathrow Airport was shut on Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out its power, disrupting flight schedules around the world.
* President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country were going “pretty well” after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders.
* Motorists have traded in a record number of Tesla electric vehicles this month, Edmunds data showed, amid a wave of protests against CEO Elon Musk’s work as an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
* Japan’s core inflation hit 3.0% in February and an index stripping away the effect of fuel rose at the fastest pace in nearly a year, a sign of broadening price pressure that reinforces market expectations of further interest rate hikes.
* Germany’s Bundesrat upper house of parliament is set to vote on Friday on a spending splurge aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy and scale up the military for a new era of European collective defence.
Markets end week on glum note as tariffs loom
World markets turned gloomy again on Friday, now that the week’s big central bank meetings have passed and April’s planned U.S. tariffs have moved front and center.
The week’s main economic data releases were fairly benign, with existing home sales for February and weekly jobless claims showing no major disruptions.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s March business survey showed sentiment ebbing, though by less than forecast. New orders readings fell sharply, however, and prices paid jumped.
But with much uncertainty about what lies ahead, the investment mood remains downbeat and upcoming first quarter corporate earnings and guidance may be a nervy affair.
FedEx dropped 5% overnight after it cut its full-year profit and revenue forecasts, with the parcel delivery giant fretting about tariff-related impacts and “continued weakness and uncertainty in the U.S. industrial economy”.
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Micron Technology’s revenue beat on strong demand for AI-related chips struck a more positive note, bumping its shares up 2% in after-hours trading.
But S&P 500 futures were in the red overall first thing on Friday after clocking another down day yesterday. Treasury yields were slightly lower, and the dollar was broadly firmer.
Overseas markets were in the red too, with Europe impacted by a disruption to travel stocks after a fire near London’s Heathrow airport shut down traffic for all of Friday.
Germany’s upper house of parliament is set to vote on Friday on a spending boost aimed at reviving growth in Europe’s largest economy and scaling up the military for a new era of European collective defence.
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After a brief return home, Palestinians are displaced once again
Tents set up next to a garbage dump by Palestinian families who fled to the center of Gaza City from northern Gaza, March 21, 2025. The Israeli military’s renewed drive into Gaza has pushed families to flee neighborhoods they had only recently returned to during a cease-fire. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)
By HIBA YAZBEK and BILAL SHBAIR
As the Israeli military has expanded its offensive in the Gaza Strip, taking control of more territory in parts of the south and north and issuing new evacuation orders, many people who had only recently returned to their homes have been forcibly displaced once again.
Israel’s drive into the southern city of Rafah pushed thousands of families from the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, near the border with Egypt, to flee on foot Sunday before Israeli troops completely encircled the area by the afternoon.
For many, the new round of mass displacement brought back painful memories of the earlier days of the war in Gaza. Residents of Tal al-Sultan and nearby areas said they had to walk on a specific route amid bombardment, carrying very few belongings, during the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast during daytime.
Most of those who fled Sunday walked several miles north to the city of Khan Younis, where they were left without shelter because of a severe shortage of basic necessities and tents, the Rafah local government, which includes Tal al-Sultan, said in a statement.
The Israeli military renewed its offensive in Gaza last week after an impasse in talks to extend a fragile, temporary ceasefire with Hamas that went into effect in midJanuary. That truce was intended to be the first of three phases leading to the end of a war that began with the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but the second phrase has been delayed indefinitely.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Monday that 61 people
were killed in Israeli bombardments over the past day, a day after it said the death toll in the enclave had surpassed 50,000 since the war began almost 18 months ago. The ministry’s figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
The Israeli military said in a statement Sunday that its troops had killed several fighters in Tal al-Sultan and raided a site it said was used as a Hamas command and control center. It did not provide evidence of its claims, which could not be independently verified.
On Monday, Al Jazeera reported that Hussam Shabat, a journalist who contributed to its coverage of the war, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his car in northern Gaza. At least 208 journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the Gaza government press office. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report.
Videos circulating online and verified by The New York Times show the apparently lifeless bodies of Shabat and two other men, as well as a donkey that had been pulling a cart, on a dusty road in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza. Next to them is a car pocked with what appear to be bullet or shrapnel holes, with an Al Jazeera emblem and the letters “TV” on the windshield. A man shouts Shabat’s name and shakes his body, trying to get a response, while others carry away a person whose condition is unclear.
The Palestinian civil defense in Gaza said Sunday that Israel’s siege of Tal al-Sultan had endangered the lives of nearly 50,000 people living there, with some either unable or unwilling to flee. Some residents, after months of repeated displacement, had only recently been able to return to their homes, or what was left of them, during the
short-lived ceasefire.
“We left with the clothes on our backs under fire and bombardment,” said Mustafa Jabr, 36, after walking for nearly six hours along a sandy route with his family from their home in Tal al-Sultan on Sunday morning. “It was a very surprising and intense attack,” he said from a friend’s house in southern Khan Younis, where the family was now sheltering.
Jabr said that before encircling the neighborhood, Israeli vehicles had been regularly patrolling the area around the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow strip of Gaza along the border with Egypt and one of the main sticking points in the ceasefire talks. But at dawn Sunday, residents were jolted up by “sudden bombardment,” before flyers ordering people to evacuate along a specified route began raining down, he said.
“So we headed north under a hail of tank shelling and quadcopter fire that wounded dozens,” Jabr said. “Many old people were abandoned along the route because they were too weak to keep walking on the sand,” he said, adding, “The scenes I saw on the way were horrific; there were so many children and old people and disabled people.”
Jabr’s family was now among an increasing number of families in Gaza who were once again wondering when they would be able to return to their homes.
Ahmad and Faten al-Sayyed also fled Sunday, walking with their four children to a relative’s tent in western Khan Younis. They had recently returned to their damaged home in Rafah after nine months of sheltering in a tent in Khan Younis, only to find themselves back in another tent less than a month later.
“I thought the second phase of negotiations would begin while we were back in our home in Rafah,” said Ahmad al-Sayyed said.
Although occasional gunfire was heard in Rafah in recent days, al-Sayyed said that he was shocked when Israeli troops advanced into the area. “We never imagined it would escalate into a full siege and military operation,” he said.
Trump’s moves on Greenland appear to be backfiring
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MAYA TEKELI
For more than 150 years, U.S. officials have been trying, as President Donald Trump puts it, to “get” Greenland.
The idea came up in the 1860s, then again before and after the world wars. In a way, the timing couldn’t be better than now, with Greenlanders reexamining their painful colonial history under Denmark and many itching to break off from Denmark, which still controls some of the island’s affairs.
But Trump seems to have overplayed his cards — big time.
His decision, announced this weekend, to send a high-powered U.S. delegation to the island, apparently uninvited, is already backfiring. The administration tried to present it as a friendly trip, saying that Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, would attend a dogsled race this week with one of their sons and that Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, would tour a U.S. military base.
But instead of winning the hearts and minds of Greenland’s 56,000 people, the move, coupled with Trump’s recent statement that “one way or the other, we’re going to get it,” is pushing Greenland further away.
Over the past 24 hours, the Greenlandic government has dropped its posture of being shy and vague in the face of Trump’s pushiness. Instead, it blasted him as “aggressive” and asked Europe for backup. And the planned visit may only strengthen the bonds between Greenland — an ice-covered land three times the size
of Texas — and Denmark.
“This will clearly have the opposite effect of what the Americans want,” said Lars Trier Mogensen, a political analyst based in Copenhagen, Denmark. “This offensive pushes Greenland further away from the U.S., even though a year ago, all parties in Greenland were looking forward to more business with the Americans.”
His prediction? Greenlanders, he said, will “seek safety in the status quo — in the Kingdom of Denmark and its alliances.”
Even the dogsled race has reacted coolly. The organizers of the competition — the Avannaata Qimussersua, essentially the Super Bowl of dogsled races — said Sunday of Usha Vance and her son, “We did not invite them,” but added that the event was open to the public and “they may attend as spectators.”
The Greenland drama began during Trump’s first term. He floated the idea of buying the island from Denmark — with people in his camp pointing to its prime strategic location at the edge of North America and along the Arctic Ocean — but the plan faded away. As out-of-the-blue as that might have seemed, Trump wasn’t the first U.S. official to raise it.
In 1868, Secretary of State William Seward, fresh off the Alaska purchase, commissioned a study about acquiring Greenland. He was interested in Greenland’s coal, but the plan didn’t go anywhere. U.S. officials resurrected the idea in 1910 and again in 1946, seeing Greenland as a strategically important chunk of territory, but each time Denmark didn’t want to part with it.
What has changed in recent years is Denmark’s grip. In 2009, Denmark granted Greenland limited selfrule, which means the island runs most of its affairs except defense, foreign policy and a few others. A movement for full independence has been gathering steam. This month, a closely watched parliamentary election yielded an awkward and mixed result: The first-place party wants to pursue independence slowly while the second-place finisher wants it as soon as possible and includes a prominent pro-Trump member who attended the president’s inauguration.
This raises another issue: the timing of the visit, while Greenland’s parties are still negotiating over forming the island’s next administration.
“It’s bad timing. We don’t even have a new government yet. They should’ve waited,” said Jens Peter Lange, a dental technician in Ilulissat, a town in the
Arctic Circle.
But he said, “Is it disrespectful? Not really. I’d rather say: They lack situational awareness.”
Svend Hardenberg, a mining executive and, more recently, a star of a Danish Netflix series with an entire season set in Greenland, offered a more nuanced — but no less pointed — view.
“People are reading political intent into something that, in practice, is quite straightforward,” he said. “This was supposed to be a positive, cultural celebration — and now it’s been turned into a geopolitical standoff.”
He blamed the press, particularly in Denmark, for “shaping public opinion in a direction that creates mistrust,” adding: “It’s the Danish narrative — Denmark defending its own place in the world. That’s what we’re seeing here.”
The visit has been in the works for weeks. Jørgen Boassen, a Greenlandic bricklayer and outspoken supporter of Trump, said he helped plan it. Boassen has been involved in several of the Trump camp’s heavyhanded efforts in Greenland including the visit by Donald Trump Jr. in January that was followed by proTrump social media influencers passing out $100 bills. Many Greenlanders weren’t so fond of that, either.
Still, Boassen said in an interview, “instead of just rejecting them, we should be cooperating with the Americans. We simply can’t avoid the U.S. as a partner.”
“I think it’s absolutely great that they’re coming,” he added. “It’s a huge promotion for our Greenlandic sled dogs.”
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Hans and his son David prepare their Greenlandic sled dogs to go out onto the frozen ice fjord to fish, in Ilulissat, Greenland, Jan. 18, 2025. President Trump’s plans to send representatives to Greenland this week have angered political leaders on the island territory, who see the group’s visit as an aggressive escalation of his threats to seize the area, by force if necessary. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
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It’s about ideology, not oligarchy
By ROSS DOUTHAT
The Democrats, casting about for an anti-Trump narrative, have found a word: “oligarchy.” It was part of Joe Biden’s farewell address; it’s central to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ barnstorming; it shows up in the advice given by ex-Obama hands. It aspires to fold together President Donald Trump’s selfenrichment, Elon Musk’s outsize influence, the image of Silicon Valley big shots at the inauguration with a familiar Democratic criticism of the GOP as the party of the superrich.
I don’t want to pass premature judgment on its rhetorical effectiveness. But as a narrative for actually understanding the second Trump administration, the language of “oligarchy” obscures more than it reveals. It suggests a vision of Trumpism in which billionaires and big corporations are calling the shots. And certainly, the promise of some familiar Republican agenda items — like deregulation and business tax cuts — fits that script.
But where Trump’s most disruptive and controversial policies are concerned, much of what one might call the American oligarchy is indifferent, skeptical or fiercely opposed. Start with the crusade against wokeness and diversity, equity and inclusion, a fight spreading beyond the federal bureaucracy to everything (state policymaking, university hiring) influenced by federal funding. Is this a central oligarchic agenda item? Not exactly. Sure, some corporate honchos were
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weary of activist demands and welcomed the rightward shift. But before the revolts that began with politicians like Ron DeSantis and activists like Christopher Rufo, the corporate oligarchy was an ally or agent of the Great Awokening, either accepting new progressivism’s strictures as the price of doing business or actively encouraging DEI as a managerial and a commercial strategy.
Capital, in other words, is flexible. It can be woke or unwoke, depending on the prevailing winds, and it will adapt again if anti-DEI sentiment goes away.
Next, consider Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with its frantic quest to slash contracts, grants and head counts at government agencies. Is this oligarchy? No doubt some corporations stand ready to fill spaces left open by the public-sector retreat. But the U.S. corporate sector as a whole is deeply enmeshed with governmental contracting, heavily invested in public-private partnerships, accustomed to cozy lobbying relationships and eager to take advantage of government largesse.
So there is no deep corporate investment in reducing head count at random federal agencies, and there is plenty of corporate angst about what DOGE might mean for the specific kinds of private-sector power that have metastasized all around Washington.
And even with Musk himself, the first oligarch: For all the ways he might use his access to game the system, the immediate effect of his crusade has been to undermine Tesla, his most important company, and substantially diminish his (yes, still world-beating) net worth. (The risks to his position if and when Republicans lose power are even more considerable.) So we should take him at least somewhat seriously when he talks like a libertarian or debt-crisis true believer; he’s putting his net worth in the service of those ideas rather than just leveraging power to increase his wealth.
Finally, populist ideas rather than oligarchic self-interest are clearly the motivating factor behind Trump’s highest-risk move: the great tariff experiment. Of course, there is a tycoon who stands to benefit from protectionism out there somewhere, but the generalization still holds: When it comes to the lords of the U.S. economy, nobody wants this.
The people who do want it are the right’s version of the
Bernie Sanders at a rally in Iowa City, Iowa on Feb. 22, 2025. But where President Donald Trump’s most disruptive and controversial policies are concerned, much of what one might call the American oligarchy is indifferent, skeptical or fiercely opposed, writes New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. (Thalassa Raasch/ The New York Times)
critics of neoliberalism who influenced Biden’s administration: outsider intellectuals and dissenting members of officialdom who see themselves as champions of downscale constituencies ill-served by a globalized system designed to benefit investors, corporations and billionaires. There are all kinds of ways in which Trump has failed to follow through on populist promises, but the vision of a new trade order is populism in its truest form; it rejects a consensus shared by academic experts and the upper class, and it promises long-term benefits for the working man in exchange for short-term pain for rich investors.
As such, it can’t really be attacked coherently along the lines favored by Sanders or any left-wing Democrat. It’s not a giveaway to Trump’s biggest donors. (They hate it.) It’s not a sop to the Wall Street players. (They’re against it.) It’s not an intensification of neoliberal capitalism but a rejection of its premises.
Instead, the opportunity it offers Democrats, like the opportunity that Biden’s attempt at postneoliberalism offered Republicans, is contingent on its actual economic effects. A future where the economy sputters even as Muskian cuts lead to foul-ups with popular government programs offers Democrats the clearest path back to power. But they won’t be leading a revolution against the oligarchy; they’ll be promising a restoration.
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SAN JUAN – El senador del distrito de Guayama, Rafael Santos, presentó el Proyecto del Senado 429, una medida que enmienda la Ley Núm. 447 de 1951 para permitir que los empleados públicos que se separen de su empleo para dedicarse al cuidado de un hijo con discapacidad o enfermedad terminal puedan acceder a los beneficios de retiro acumulados.
“La protección y el bienestar de las familias puertorriqueñas es una prioridad. Muchos padres enfrentan la difícil deci-
sión de dejar sus empleos para atender a sus hijos en condiciones de salud delicadas, quedando en desventaja económica al no poder acceder a los ahorros de su retiro. Con esta medida, buscamos corregir esa injusticia y brindarles el respaldo necesario”, expresó el senador Santos.
El proyecto propone añadir un nuevo inciso al Artículo 3-108 de la Ley de Retiro, permitiendo que los participantes del sistema que se separen del servicio para dedicarse al cuidado de un hijo con discapacidad o enfermedad terminal puedan recibir los fondos acumulados en su cuenta de ahorro en un solo pago o a
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“Las enmiendas que proponemos son justas para aquellos padres que se entregan al cuidado de sus hijos con discapacidades. Debemos mostrar empatía con ellos y reconocer el impacto económico que conlleva esta decisión de dedicarse al cuidado de un hijo. Esta oportunidad de retirar sus ahorros podrá servir como ayuda con los gastos médicos, entre otros”, añadió el senador.
Esta medida busca brindar estabilidad financiera a estas familias, reconociendo el sacrificio que realizan para garantizar la calidad de vida de sus hijos. El senador
SAN JUAN – La Administración de Compensaciones por Accidentes de Automóviles, el Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas y la Comisión para la Seguridad en el Tránsito anunciaron el lunes un acuerdo interagencial para facilitar el proceso de orientación, inspección y examen práctico de motoras en distintas regiones de Puerto Rico.
“Con esta iniciativa, buscamos incrementar el número de motociclistas con endoso y reducir exclusiones en la ACAA por la Ley 111”, afirmó la directora de ACAA, Wanda Ortega Álamo, en declaraciones escritas.
En 2024 se reportaron 1,021 reclamaciones por accidentes de motoras, pero solo 174 tenían el endoso requeri-
Santos instó a sus colegas legisladores a respaldar esta iniciativa en favor de la equidad y la justicia social.
do. En 2025, ya se han recibido 266 reclamaciones, de las cuales 211 fueron excluidas por falta del endoso.
El secretario del DTOP, Edwin González Montalvo, indicó que los exámenes prácticos M1 y M2 se ofrecerán en varios municipios, con personal de los CESCO presentes para otorgar los endosos e inspeccionar motoras el mismo día.
Los programas educativos de la ACAA y la CST también ofrecerán orientación sobre seguridad vial, uso del equipo de protección y cumplimiento con la ley, según explicó el director de CST, José Orlando “Memo” González Mercado.
Los requisitos incluyen haber aprobado el examen teórico, contar con licencia de conducir categoría 3 o mayor, y presentar los sellos de rentas internas. Las fechas y municipios se anunciarán próximamente.
SAN JUAN – El Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico reportó entre el viernes, 21 de marzo y el domingo, 23 de marzo, un total de dos asesinatos, un accidente fatal, dos suicidios y cuatro personas heridas de bala en diferentes municipios de la Isla.
El viernes en Las Piedras, Jian Omar Grullón Figue-
roa, de 19 años, fue asesinado y Jesús Román Castro, de 23 años, resultó herido de bala frente a un negocio en el barrio Tejas. Ambos tenían expediente criminal por sustancias controladas, informó la Policía.
En la madrugada del domingo, Noel Ortiz Sáez, de 30 años, fue asesinado en un puesto de gasolina en Barranquitas. El agresor se entregó a las autoridades en Naranjito, donde reside.
En cuanto a accidentes, el viernes en Cataño falleció Félix X. Torres González, de 34 años, luego de perder el control de su motora y chocar contra un poste. El hombre había sido transportado en condición crítica al Centro Médico de Río Piedras.
También se registraron dos suicidios. El viernes, Sixto Armando Escobales Ramos, confinado en Las Cucharas en Ponce, fue hallado sin vida en su celda. El domingo, Brandom Lee González Seguinot, de 39 años, fue encontrado muerto en su residencia en el barrio Quebrada Grande de Mayagüez.
En otros hechos, cuatro personas resultaron heridas de bala: Jesús Román Castro en Las Piedras; un menor de 16 años en Fajardo el sábado; Jonathan Nazario Marín, de 28 años, en Jayuya; y un hombre de 42 años aún sin identificar en Naguabo, ambos el domingo.
Hasta la fecha, se han reportado 108 asesinatos, 64 accidentes fatales y 42 suicidios en lo que va del 2025, en comparación con 131 asesinatos, 65 accidentes fatales y 28 suicidios para esta misma fecha en 2024.
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Chad Kassem, the founder of Quality Record Pressings, at the company’s warehouse Salina, Kan., in January 2025. Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists. (David Robert Elliott/The New York Times)
By BEN SISARIO
Hydraulic machines whooshed in a sprawling Kansas factory as melted vinyl squeezed through molded stampers like pancake batter, turning out fresh new albums about once a minute. Workers inspected the grooves for imperfections, fed album jackets into a shrink-wrapper and stacked the finished products on tall dollies for shipping.
Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000. Over the last 15 years, this unassuming complex has become a leading manufacturer of the music industry’s most surprising hot format: vinyl LPs.
Pacing the floor was Chad Kassem, the company’s founder, who was bitten by the audiophile bug as a 22-year-old and now, four decades later, is a top player in the booming business of vinyl. Speaking in a slow drawl, but moving quickly on the ground, Kassem, 62, explained his obsession with making the best-sounding records possible — a never-ending pursuit that involves hunting down decades-old master tapes and making minute adjustments to tweak the temperature of an embryonic wad of polyvinyl chloride by a degree or two.
“What I’m all about,” he said, “is saving the world from bad sound.”
Introduced in 1948, vinyl LPs seemed destined for extinction as the music industry went digital. But over the last decade or so, the format has been reborn, embraced by fans as a physical totem in an age of digital ephemera, and by increasing ranks of analog loyalists who swear by its sound.
Today, the symbol of the vinyl craze may be a rainbow of collectible LPs by pop stars like Taylor Swift. But on a chilly recent afternoon, Acoustic Sounds’ assembly lines were humming with albums by the likes of John Coltrane, Steely Dan and Lightnin’ Hopkins, in deluxe packages that go for up to $150 apiece.
Acoustic Sounds, founded in 1986, is Kassem’s umbrella for a group of interrelated businesses that form a nearly complete vinyl supply chain, including a mastering lab, a plating and pressing plant, a record label and a mail-order house. Almost entirely dedicated to reissues, the enterprise serves
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an affluent, global clientele that is constantly seeking out the newest, clearest-sounding, top-dollar reissue of a Muddy Waters or Dusty Springfield classic — and it has become a go-to partner for catalog-rich labels and artist estates.
“Chad’s attention to detail, his fanaticisms, are over the top — and his stuff sounds phenomenal,” said Jeff Jampol, who manages the legacies of the Doors, Janis Joplin and other classic acts.
A worker at Quality Record Pressings rinses a master disc to remove any dust or debris from the grooves, in Salina, Kan., in January 2025. (David Robert Elliott/The New York Times)
Acoustic Sounds has pressed records by the Beatles, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and Kiss, and formed partnerships with major labels like Verve and Atlantic. In all, Kassem employs 114 people, and his Analogue Productions imprint releases more than 80 titles a year.
“I’m supplying the world,” Kassem said. “One little guy in Kansas.”
Before he became a vinyl kingpin, Kassem was a thrill-seeking teenager in Lafayette, Louisiana, with a drug problem. Eventually, he said, a judge gave him a life-changing choice.
“I had 16 felonies,” Kassem said. “I either had to go to jail or a halfway house.”
He chose a halfway house in Salina, far from the temptations of home, and took a job at a diner. Soon after, a friend introduced him to audiophile vinyl. It was 1984, the dawn of the CD era, but Kassem describes the discovery as the first step in a lifelong quest to find sonic perfection on a 12-inch grooved disc.
“I’ve never gotten goose bumps listening to a CD,” Kassem said. “But it happens sometimes listening to an album.”
He began dealing records by mail, and within a few years had annual sales of more than $1 million. In 1991, he started a reissue label, Analogue Productions, and by 2010 founded his own plant, Quality Record Pressings, or QRP. Kassem hired veterans of the record-making business and indulged their ideas for modernizing the process. Among other innovations, they introduced computerized controls and found ways to regulate the fluctuating temperature of vinyl in the presses.
Kassem describes record-making as a process of constant industrial refinement and costly quality control. The company presses about 1 million finished records a year, he said, but rejects as many as 150,000 as not up to standards.
Over the years, Kassem has developed what he calls a simple recipe for making great-sounding records. First, he says, use the artist’s original master tape; no copies (and certainly no digital sources) are acceptable. Second, work with only the best mastering engineers. Third, use the best pressing facilities available.
But does all of this really make the music sound better? Skeptics often posit that vinyl’s appeal is a matter of nostalgia, if not outright delusion, and point to improvements in digital
audio since the early days of the CD.
“Well, some people think the Earth is flat,” Kassem scoffed.
I compared Analogue Productions’ recent version of Steely Dan’s 1977 jazz-rock classic “Aja,” for example — pressed on translucent “clarity vinyl,” a proprietary formulation that the company claims limits surface noise — to a high-resolution streaming version of the album. The digital file sounded very good, but to my ears the vinyl had a vividness that simply felt more lifelike. Some reviewers have called this the best-sounding edition of “Aja” available.
Kassem is his company’s official hype man, announcing each reissue campaign with excited but unfancy YouTube videos.
And it works. Since 2021, the company has sold more than 35,000 copies of Miles Davis’ 1959 landmark “Kind of Blue,” in boxed sets that went for $100 and $150. Next up is Bob Marley, whose catalog will be reissued by Analogue Productions in deluxe editions.
“We got stuff coming that’s going to frost some people’s cookies,” Kassem touted.
Even Kassem’s boosters say that he sometimes acts more like a fan than a businessperson, sparing no expense on projects that he believes in. “It’s not a rational business model in some ways,” said Michael Fremer, the editor of Tracking Angle, an online audiophile publication. “It’s all heart and instinct.”
Kassem does not entirely disagree. “I’d rather lose money coming out with an album that will make your jaw hit the ground,” he said.
“I’m doing what I love for a living,” he added. “I mean, what’s more satisfying than picking your favorite childhood record, getting the master tape and getting it to sound better than it’s ever sounded before?”
By ANTHONY HAM
Iwas prepared to wait, to soak up the magical morning light as our small motorboat traveled up the Rio São Lourenço in the Pantanal, Brazil’s vast wetlands. A tangle of lianas, acuri palms and strangler figs pressed close along the riverbank. I stared into the forest, scanning for movement, for shadows, for a jaguar. But it was too soon.
Patience in the wild is a lesson I have learned over a lifetime of travel. On an African safari, for example, it can take days to spot a cheetah or a leopard.
But in Brazil, we had been out on the river for barely half an hour when the cry went up from Gabriel, the captain: “Jaguar!”
And there he was, a magnificent male sunning himself in the reeds. I expected him to flee. But as we pulled up to the riverbank, he remained watchful but inscrutable, giving no sign of being disturbed. Farther upriver, we happened upon a female jaguar with her cub. As they walked along the riverbank, the cub eyed us suspiciously, but for the mother it was as if we were not even there.
Where nature holds sway
Close to the center of Brazil, the Pantanal begins south of the city of Cuiabá. From there to tiny Porto Jofre (about 160 miles), the MT-060 and the unpaved Transpantaneira Highway unfurl across the world’s largest wetlands, passing savanna and forest, ranches and eco-lodges.
At Porto Jofre, the highway ends and motorboats take over, with guides and local captains, many with their own Instagram accounts, ready to take you upriver to look for jaguars.
It was late November, the end of the dry season, when I arrived, and Porto Jofre was barely a pinprick of human presence, with a handful of lodges, camps and houses surrounded by rainforest. Families of capybara, the world’s largest rodent, had taken over the airstrip. Hyacinth macaws screeched overhead.
Over the days that followed, I would wake before dawn in the simple, palm-shaded surroundings of the Jaguar Camp, run by my guide, Ailton Lara, and we would head down to the riverbank, where each sultry morning, with rain on the near horizon, a few fishermen cleaned their morning catch. The flotilla of tourist boats during the June-to-September high season was already a distant memory.
But even on these quiet mornings, there were still boats setting out with visitors, heading as far as 60 miles upstream in their search for jaguars. They usually don’t have to travel that far, finding what they’re looking for in the Encontro Das Águas (Meeting of the Waters) State Park, less than an hour upriver from Porto Jofre.
I had been drawn to Lara, 44, and his Pantanal Nature tour company, by his soft-sell approach. One of the Pantanal’s most
In the land of the jaguars
In a photo provided by Ailton Lara shows, Pantanal at sunset. Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands, is home to a sizable population of jaguars. Near one tiny outpost, the normally shy animals are remarkably easy to observe.
(Ailton Lara via The New York TImes)
experienced guides, he had been exploring the network of rivers for decades. For him, it was all about the jaguars. If I wanted to join him, that would be wonderful. If not, he’d be out there anyway, looking for the animals.
I had Lara and Gabriel to myself. After our first two sightings of the morning, we eased from the main river into a creek called Corixo Negro. “This is ground zero for jaguars,” Lara said.
As if on cue, beyond a family of giant otters, a female jaguar, cub in tow, launched herself from a branch overhanging the water’s edge and onto an unsuspecting caiman in a violent commotion of water. With a handful of other guide boats alongside us, there was an audible gasp from amid the whir of camera clicks. The female jaguar, magnificent in the golden light of morning, emerged from the water, a small, writhing caiman in her jaws. I looked around at Lara. Like all of us, his eyes were shining, as if seeing wild nature for the first time.
An unlikely intimacy
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This section of the northern Pantanal has one of the highest jaguar densities in South America — about three for every 39 square miles. But when it comes to actually seeing jaguars, it hasn’t always been like this.
Beginning about 20 years ago — after decades of hunting, poaching for skins and
retaliation for the occasional loss of livestock, all of which drove jaguars into hiding — a combination of government protection, a rise in tourism and early eco-tourism projects resulted in an increasingly friendly relationship between humans and jaguars. Over the years, the jaguars have become used to the boats and the camera-toting humans in them.
“Human-jaguar conflict is disappearing around this area of Porto Jofre,” Lara said. “We are starting to live in harmony with jaguars.”
It’s an unusual situation. “Jaguars are normally very shy and avoid the human presence,” said Fernando Tortato, the Brazil conservation program coordinator for the wildcat conservation nonprofit Panthera. “People say that the jaguar is like a ghost living inside the jungle.”
But not here. There is an unlikely intimacy between the animals and the guides, who have given the jaguars names — Ousado, for example, a male whom Lara named, whose paws were burned in recent wildfires; Patricia and her cub; bent-eared Marcela, amber-eyed and pregnant.
It helps that in the northern Pantanal, there are no sizable towns — Porto Jofre, with a transient population of perhaps 100, has neither a gas station nor a shop within 100 miles. And the riverbanks are filled with jaguar prey: caiman, capybara and tapir, as well as birds like black-backed water tyrants, and the menwig frog, which blends in perfectly with the brown leaf litter on the forest floor and has a call that sounds like a Formula 1 engine.
“Jaguars here are doing so well,” said Lara, “because there are so many different species they can eat.”
Challenges ahead
The Pantanal may look like a jaguar paradise, but threats remain. On the last day of my trip, the Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul state governments announced plans to build a bridge across the São Lourenço at Porto Jofre, where a road would cut through forest and wetlands to the regional city of Corumbá. In their announcement, the state governments — which did not respond to requests for comment — justified the move as a means of furthering eco-tourism by connecting the northern and southern Pantanal regions.
Local activists, scientists and tour operators are against the project.
Even without the road and bridge, the Pantanal faces challenges.
Last year, fires burned one-quarter of the Pantanal, and a drought led to the lowest water levels ever in the Rio Paraguay, part of the network of rivers upstream from Porto Jofre. A landmark 2023 study of plans to dredge the Paraguay River to enable cargo river traffic found that the project posed an existential threat to the wider biome. Just 5% of the Pantanal is officially protected.
And as ever in Brazil, the political winds that pit ranchers against conservationists are never far away. Even in times of relative peace, the two coexist uncomfortably: A sign welcoming visitors to Cuiabá describes the city as “Capital of the Pantanal and Agribusiness.”
For now, the region’s isolation and growing fame as the world’s best place to see jaguars are keeping it safe.
Back on the river for the last time, we watched Marcela, the pregnant female jaguar, stalk and attack a caiman in the river shallows, carrying it into the undergrowth. Soon, her meal finished, she reemerged and took to the water. We followed at a distance for more than an hour, until she disappeared.
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Here’s one more reason to try to exercise
By DANIELLE FRIEDMAN
The next time you’re feeling the burn during a workout, it might give you a boost to know that exercise can also be a balm: Research suggests it is one of the best tools for fighting chronic inflammation.
Inflammation has emerged as a looming health concern in recent years — experts say it can be both a cause and a sign of disease. And although there’s still a lot we don’t know about its significance, most experts agree that the less chronically inflamed we are, the healthier we are.
The scientific evidence is also clear that people who are sedentary tend to have higher levels of inflammation compared with people who exercise regularly. And when sedentary people start moving consistently, their inflammation levels generally decline.
Some researchers believe that exercise’s power to fight inflammation may even be at the heart of why physical activity is so effective at protecting us against cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia and other chronic conditions.
The growing understanding that exercise and inflammation are linked has been relatively recent, and this has spurred a boom of research into the connection, said Dr. Robert Shmerling, a rheumatologist and a medical editor at Harvard Health Publishing. Here’s what we know — and what it means for you.
What is chronic inflammation?
Although inflammation may seem like a menace, it serves a vital function in keeping you healthy.
For example, after a paper cut or an ankle sprain, immune cells flood the area, which causes the surrounding tissue to swell and turn red — this kind of acute inflammation usually resolves in a few days. A similar process happens when you get an infection, such as a cold or the flu.
But chronic inflammation is a low-grade condition that can simmer for years. It can begin with an infection or injury, but then morph into a lingering state, in which the immune system starts attacking healthy tissue, Shmerling said.
Chronic inflammation can also be linked to diet, stress, smoking, obesity, sleep quality and your level of physical activity. And it increases as you age (a process that researchers call “inflammaging”).
Experts suspect this prolonged immune response may put you at greater risk for disease, and in some cases, make you feel fatigued, depressed or foggy. A doctor can usually detect chronic inflammation through blood tests that measure specific chemicals, or biomarkers, released by your immune system.
Why is exercise anti-inflammatory?
Experts are still untangling how physical activity fights chronic inflammation, said Barbara Nicklas, an exercise physiologist and professor of gerontology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Research suggests that consistent, moderate exercise can fight inflammation by tamping down on the release of inflammatory chemicals and ramping up the release of
chemicals that fight it, she said.
Exercise can also lower inflammation indirectly, for example, by improving sleep quality and lowering stress.
For people who are sedentary, exercise is especially effective at counteracting inflammation, experts said. Certain kinds of fat cells have been shown to release chemicals into the blood that cause low-grade inflammation. When someone who has been sedentary starts working out consistently, not only does their fat tissue often shrink, but studies also suggest that the physical activity might alter their fat cells so they produce fewer inflammatory substances, Shmerling said.
Regardless, there’s no downside to someone taking up exercise, Shmerling added. “They may get healthier in a hurry, and it might have nothing to do with inflammation,” he said. “The outcome is still a positive one.”
How can you maximize exercise’s anti-inflammatory potential?
Although research hasn’t yet given us a prescription for exactly what kind and how much exercise is most effective for fighting inflammation, experts shared four tips for making the most of exercise’s potential impact on it.
Work out regularly.
Most moderate-intensity exercise seems to reduce inflammation in the short term, and the more consistently you work out, the more you keep chronic inflammation at bay, said Suzi Hong, a professor at the University of California San Diego’s School of Public Health.
In a 2017 study, Hong and her team found that a single, moderate, 20-minute treadmill workout, such as a brisk walk or jog, sparked a temporary anti-inflammatory response. If you’re breathing harder than usual to keep up the pace, and you feel like you’re putting in moderate effort, she said, you’re probably fighting inflammation. For lasting benefits, though, you have to make it a habit.
Prioritize strength training.
Strength training is crucial as we age, including for its potential to fight inflammation.
For starters, resistance training helps to reduce inflammation-causing fat cells, particularly when combined with regular aerobic exercise.
People with chronic inflammation tend to lose muscle mass more rapidly as they age than those with less inflammation, Nicklas said, so strength training may be especially important for them to remain mobile and independent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that adults make time for at least two strength-training sessions per week.
Find workouts that help you de-stress.
Chronic stress is another contributor to inflammation, so finding a workout you enjoy may offer greater anti-inflammatory benefits by helping to relieve stress. If you’re looking for a place to start, a large body of research suggests that yoga can help calm the nervous system, lower inflammatory markers and lessen symp-
Some researchers believe that exercise’s power to fight inflammation may even be at the heart of why physical activity is so effective at protecting us against cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia and other chronic conditions. (Freepik)
toms of diseases associated with chronic inflammation.
Build in time for recovery.
High-intensity exercise itself produces a temporary surge in inflammation, so it’s important to properly heal between workouts, Hong said.
For similar reasons, you should avoid overtraining, since repeated intense workouts without appropriate recovery can heighten your levels of inflammation and weaken your immune system, she added.
As with many other aspects of health, moderation and consistency are keys to getting and staying fit — and to fighting inflammation for the long haul.
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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CREDITO LOS HERMANOS Demandante Vs. JORGE I. RICARD CRESPO Demandados
Caso Núm.: CG2025CV00158. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO - INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADO UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JORGE I. RICARD CRESPO - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. Quede emplazada y notificada que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda de Cobro de Dinero. POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza para que dentro de
los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto presente la contestación a la demanda o informe si acepta o repudia la herencia. De no presentar la contestación se le podría anotar la rebeldía o se celebrará la vista en su fondo, según sea el caso. De no responder en cuanto a la herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. Usted debe de presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de marzo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUANSUPERIOR.
CITIMORTGAGE, INC VS DIAZ NIEVES, MARCELINO CASO: KCD2016-1244. SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA.
SIPRIANA DE LA CRUZ REYNOSO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON MARCELINO DIAZ NIEVES
NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. EL SECRETARIO(A) QUE SUSCRIBE LE NOTIFICA A USTED QUE EL 18 DE MARZO DE 2025 , ESTE TRIBUNAL HA DICTADO SENTENCIA, SENTENCIA PARCIAL O RESOLUCION EN ESTE CASO, QUE HA SIDO DEBIDAMENTE REGISTRADA Y ARCHIVADA EN AUTOS DONDE PODRA USTED ENTERARSE DETALLADAMENTE DE LOS TERMINOS DE LA MISMA. ESTA NOTIFICACION SE PUBLICARA UNA SOLA VEZ EN UN PERIODICO DE CIRCULACION GENERAL EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO, DENTRO DE
LOS 10 DIAS SIGUIENTES A SU NOTIFICACION. Y, SIENDO O REPRESENTANDO USTED UNA PARTE EN EL PROCEDIMIENTO SUJETA A LOS TERMINOS DE LA SENTENCIA, SENTENCIA PARCIAL O RESOLUCION, DE LA CUAL PUEDE ESTABLECERSE RECURSO DE REVISION O APELACION DENTRO DEL TERMINO DE 30 DIAS CONTADOS A PARTIR DE LA PUBLICACION POR EDICTO DE ESTA NOTIFICACION, DIRIJO A USTED ESTA NOTIFICACION QUE SE CONSIDERARA HECHA EN LA FECHA DE LA PUBLICACION DE ESTE DICTO. COPIA DE ESTA NOTIFICACION HA SIDO ARCHIVADA EN LOS AUTOS DE ESTE CASO, CON FECHA DE 19 DE MARZO DE 2025 LIC. SÁEZ MARRERO, ANDRÉS PRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM EN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, A 19 DE MARZO DE 2025. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIO. POR: F/ MARIELA O. VIZCARRONDO ROSADO, SECRETARIO AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA PARQUE ESCORIAL RESIDENTIAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. ZAIDA VALENTÍN AYALA Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV03285. (Civil: 408). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO.NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANA J. BOBONIS ZEQUEIRAANA@FFCLAW.COM. A: ZAIDA VALENTÍN AYALA, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de marzo 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 marzo de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 19 de marzo de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE LAS PIEDRAS
EFRAÍN RUIZ TORRES
Demandante Vs SUCESIÓN ANDREA RUIZ MATOS Y OTROS
Demandados
Civil Número: LP2025CV00026. Sala: 205. Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. EDICTO.
A: LAS PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS O IGNORADAS A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA Y LOS QUE ESTAN AUSENTES. Siendo usted poseedor de un predio de terreno colindante del inmueble objeto de la acción de epígrafe, el cual se describe a continuación, o un titular anterior o descendiente de uno de ellos, de acuerdo a la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, se le notifica por este medio de que, si tuviere algo que alegar al respecto, puede y debe comparecer por escrito a exponer lo que a bien tenga que expresar sobre el asunto en consideración del Tribunal. Parcela marcada con el número CIENTO TREINTA Y OCHO (138) en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Boquerón del Barrio Boquerón del término municipal de Las Piedras, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas, con dos mil quinientos cuarenta y cuatro (0.2544) diezmilésimas de otro. Equivalente a novecientos noventa y nueve punto noventa y cinco (999.95) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE con la Parcela Número Ciento Treinta y Seis (136) de la Comunidad; por el SUR con la Parcela Número Ciento Cuarenta (140) de la Comunidad; por el ESTE con la Parcela Número Ciento Treinta y Nueve (139) de la Comunidad; por el OESTE con la Carretera Estatal. Numero novecientos treinta y siete ( 937). POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la Demanda dentro de los 20 días
de haber sido diligenciado esta Notificación, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. Si compareciere a hacer alguna alegación, notificará copia de la misma a: LCDO. PEDRO A. CRESPO CLAUDIO (RUA 17415) EMPHATIA NOTARY & LEGAL ADVISORS, PSC
Urb. Villa Criollo 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 25 de febrero de 2025. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 27 de febrero de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. KARILIN MORALES FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL INTERINA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JUAN RAMON OTERO POR SI Y EN REP DE SLG COMP CON ASTRID
GISELLE SEGUI Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2024CV06175. (Salón: 501). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: GRISELLE SEGUI RODRIGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS CON JUAN RAMON OTERO, JOHN DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de marzo 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 marzo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 19 de marzo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, 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
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. DIANA M. ORTIZ FELICIANO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00921.
(Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: DIANA M. ORTIZ FELICIANO - PARCELA PONDEROSA 194E CALLE 18, VEGA ALTA PR 00692.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de marzo de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término
de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de marzo de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 14 de marzo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JAVIER A. OCASIO COLLAZO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: MZ2024CV01713. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: JAVIER A. OCASIO COLLAZO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de marzo 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 marzo de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 13 de marzo de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JOSSIE BOBE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE
UTUADO SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND Demandante V. VEGA RUIZ, JUDITH (SUCN) Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: UT2024CV00482. (Salón: 5). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: KIM DAVID MCDONALD VEGA, JUDITH ZAMBRANA VEGA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN JUDITH VEGA RUIZ T/C/C JUDITH VEGA RIVERA T/C/C JUDITH O´NEIL RIVERA T/C/C JUDITH O´NEIL T/C/C
JUDITH O´NEIL VEGA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de marzo 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 marzo de 2025. En Utuado, Puerto Rico, el 18 de marzo de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. BRENDA L. DE JESÚS VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA POR CONDUCTO DE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
OFFICE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO (SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD); THE MONEY HOUSE, INC.; CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES LLC; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ205CV01440. Sala: 504. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES LLC; JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: (i) pagaré a favor de SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT o a su orden, por la suma principal de $525,000.00, con intereses al 4.600% anual, vencedero el 9 de mayo de 2082, bajo testimonio número 11,423 para garantizar el pago de un préstamo hipotecario mediante la escritura #115 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 15 de agosto de 2016 ante la notaria Magaly Rodríguez Batista e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Monacillos Este y El Cinco, Sección Quinta de San Juan finca número 3,140, inscripción 15ta. Por la presente se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux #1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 7583276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Por la presente se les apercibe de que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan , Puerto Rico, a 18 de marzo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LIZ
MARIE RIVERA DÍAZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AÑASCO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. MARISA B. SOTO MERCADO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AÑ2024CV00127. 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: MARISA B. SOTO MERCADO - A20 URB VISTA DEL RIO, ANASCO PR 00610-9867.
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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en AÑASCO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de febrero de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JAILENE ACEVEDO GUZMÁN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE
FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. MARCELINO LOPEZ RAMOS
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02924.
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: MARCELINO LOPEZ RAMOSURB EL COMANDANTE 934 CALLE CARMEN HERNANDEZ CAROLINA PR 00982; HC 1 BOX 3739 LARES PR 00669-9610. 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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de febrero de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE MÉNDEZ PADILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. LUIS ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ABRAHAM, ANA CELIA ABRAHAM LOPEZ Demandados
Civil Núm.: AR2019CV02071. (Sala: 102). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: LUIS ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ABRAHAM, ANA CELIA ABRAHAM LOPEZ. Yo, WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #PLACA 135, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 23 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Manatí, Manatí, Puerto, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Manatí durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 30 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 7 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUSTICA: Solar marcado con el No. 23-D del plano de inscripción del Proyecto UM7-44, denominado RESIDENCIAL LA FUENTE radicado en el Barrio Florida Adentro, lugar Algarrobo del término municipal de Florida, con un área superficial de 325.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el Norte, con el solar 22-D, en una distancia de 25.00 metros lineales; por el Sur, con el solar 24-D, en una distancia de 25.00 metros lineales; por el Este, con la Calle No. 5, en una distancia de 13.00 metros lineales; y por el Oeste, con el solar 6-D, en distancia de 13.00 metros lineales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 101 del tomo 82 de Florida, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí, finca número 2383, inscripción 5ª. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 5tª., cancelando parcialmente
en la suma de $1,178.47 para un nuevo principal que será por $58,061.53 y al interés los primeros 60 meses al 2% los siguientes 12 meses al 3% y el restante al 4% anual, vencedero el día 1ro. de agosto de 2038, según la escritura número 123, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de marzo de 2012, ante el Notario Público Ricardo Ranqel Rivera, inscrita al folio 101 del tomo 82 de Florida, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí, finca número 2383, al margen de la inscripción 5ª. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Carretera 140, R 629, K-53. Res. La Fuente, D-23, Florida, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $39,216.79 de principal, intereses al 4.00% anual, desde el 1ro. de junio de 2021, hasta su completo pago; más la cantidad $5,924.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $59,240.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $39,493.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $29,620.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta
aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otros créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, 14 de febrero de 2025. WILFREDO RODRÍGUEZ CARRIÓN, ALGUACIL
CONFIDENCIAL # PLACA 135, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ.
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COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. JOMMER ROLDAN MATOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FA2024CV01130.
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: JOMMER ROLDAN MATOS - URB PUERTAS DEL SOL 30 CALLE LUNA, FAJARDO PR 00738-5113; HC 67 BOX 15399, FAJARDO PR 00738-9762.
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 FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de febrero de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. EUGENIO QUILES QUILES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SS2024CV00629. 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: EUGENIO QUILES QUILES - 42 CALLE HIPOLITO CASTRO, SAN SEBASTIAN, PR 00685-4834; HC 1 BOX 9065 SAN SEBASTIAN PR 00685; 51 SOUTHARD ST TRENTON NJ 08609-1019; 272 TYLER ST APT B2 TRENTON, NJ 08609-2541. 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, Kenmuel J. Ruiz Lopez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-
8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kenmuel.ruiz@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN SEBASTIAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de febrero de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. IVELISSE ROBLES MATHEWS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Demandante V. MARÍA RIVERA SANTIAGO, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA ÁLVAREZ COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS LAURITA CORREA RIVERA, ENRIQUE CORREA RIVERA, FULANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE RUTH CORREA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR NATASHA CORREA Y LAWRENCE CORREA, MENGANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX CORREA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR KEISHA CORREA Y BRIAN CORREA Y ZUTANO DE TAL HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA
Demandado Civil Núm.: HA2019CV00074. 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 Camuy, Camuy, 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 21 de febrero 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: RÚSTICA: Radicada en el Barrio Capáez del térmi-
no municipal de Hatillo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de OCHOCIENTOS SETENTA Y OCHO PUNTO MIL CIENTO CUATRO (878.1104) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes por el NORTE, con Sandalio Adorno; al SUR, con calle municipal; al ESTE, con Adela González y Carlos Moya y por el OESTE, con remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega. FINCA: #22,818 inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 364 de Hatillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II. Inscripción Segunda. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada y notificada en este caso el 27 de marzo de 2024, notificada el 1 de abril de 2024 y publicada en un periódico de circulación general, The San Juan Daily Star el 10 de abril de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $8,681.31 de principal, 7.5% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más 4% de todo pago en atraso, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más $5,495.90 como cantidad estipulada de honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. 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 21 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Camuy, Camuy, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $54,959.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 28 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $36,639.33, 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 5 DE MAYO DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $27,479.50, 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 tota-
lidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el 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. WXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Camuy, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de marzo de 2025. ÁNGEL DE JESÚS TORRES PÉREZ, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY.
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Parte Demandante Vs. ROBERTO FIGUEROA RIVERA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TB2024CV00354. 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: ROBERTO FIGUEROA RIVERA - URB LEVITTOWN LAKES M5 CALLE LUISA E TOA BAJA PR 00949 Y ESTANCIAS DE CERRO GORDO, PLAZA FABIANA #70 VEGA ALTA PR 00692. 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 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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 20 de febrero de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 20 de febrero de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Sala: 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: GRICEL MAMERY MUNOZ - COND GARDEN HILLS TOWER 15 CALLE MIRAMONTE APT 723, GUAYNABO PR 00966-2035; VISTAS DE SAN JUAN 600 AVE FERNANDEZ JUNCOS APT 913, SAN JUAN PR 00901-3021.
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 00936-8518, 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 20 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA
AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
E.M.I. EQUITY
MORTGAGE, INC
Demandante Vs. SANA INVESTMENT
MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC, T/C/C SANA MORTGAGE CORP, HOY, DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, ANTES CONOCIDA COMO DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, ANTES CONOCIDA COMO
DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; DORAL BANK, HOY, FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION; DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION D/B/A H.F. MORTGAGE BANKERS; COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE ARECIBO (COOPACA); FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO MAS CUAL Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01095. 403. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA REPRESENTADA POR PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO DE TAL, Y MENGANO MAS CUAL.
Se emplaza y notifica a ustedes que se ha presentado una demanda en este caso, en la cual en síntesis, la parte demandante alega que se extravió un pagaré hipotecario que estaban en poder de “Doral Mortgage LLC”, y solicita que se ordene la cancelación de la hipoteca que lo garantiza. El pagaré fue librado por la Sra. Rafaela Reyes Padilla, y su hijo, el Sr. Pascual Hernández Reyes, también conocido como Pascual
Aníbal Hernández Reyes, a favor de la “SANA INVESTMENT MORTGAGE BANKERS”, o a su orden, por la suma de $20,000.00, más intereses y créditos accesorios, vencedera el día 1 de julio del 2010, según consta de la escritura #70, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de junio del 2000, ante el Notario Público Osvaldo Berríos Colón. La referida escritura consta inscrita al folio 201 vuelto del tomo 1589 de Bayamón Sur, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera (I) de Bayamón, finca #9320, inscripción 6ta. Pueden ver la demanda en su totalidad en este Tribunal. Los abogados de la Parte Demandante lo son:
Sandra De L. Tous-Chevres y Raúl J. Tous Bobonis, Urb. San Francisco, Calle Diamela 1789, San Juan, PR 00927-6330, teléfono (787) 751-8834, a quien deberá notificar la contestación de la demanda dentro de los próximos 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los próximos 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 (SU-
MAC), 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. Se le apercibe que 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. Dado bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por Orden del mismo hoy 11 de marzo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO, SUBSECRETARIA.
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G&G INVESTMENTS, LLC.
Parte Demandante Vs. R.G. MORTGAGE AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV01740. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su 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/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cancelación de pagaré extraviado. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que se extravió un pa-
garé que consta en la escritura número once (11), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día veintiocho (28) de octubre de dos mil novecientos noventa y ocho (1998), ante el notario público José F. Cardona Jiménez se constituyó hipoteca en garantía de pagaré, a favor de R. F. Investment Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de setenta y ocho mil trescientos dólares ($78,300.00), interés al diez y medio por ciento (10 1/2%) anual, vencedero al primero (1ro) de noviembre de dos mil dieciocho (2018) y cuya obligación hipotecaria se encuentra inscrita al folio ciento cuatro (104) del tomo ochocientos cincuenta y dos (852), finca número diecinueve mil quinientos noventa y cuatro (19,594) de Santurce, inscripción octava (8va). Que grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación:
URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial número trescientos dos (302). De forma irregular localizado en la tercera planta del Edificio Condado Mar, en el Sector Norte, de Santurce, Puerto Rico, con un área total privada de seiscientos cuarenta y cuatro punto cero cero (644.00) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cincuenta y nueve punto ochenta y ocho (59.88) metros cuadrados, midiendo dieciocho (18) pies diez pulgadas (18’ 10”) en su mayor ancho por treinta y tres pies una pulgada (33’ 1”) en su mayor longitud. Consta de foyer, dos (2) terrazas, salacomedor-dormitorio con closet, baño, dos (2) closets, cocina con mesa de trabajo, gabinetes de pared, estufa-horno, fregadero y nevera. Colinda por el NORTE, en una línea quebrada con patio exterior en una longitud de ocho pies ocho pulgadas (8’ 8”) con la pared que la separa del apartamento trescientos uno (301) en una longitud de diez pies (10’) y una pared que lo separa de corredor común en una distancia de cinco pies (5’); por el SUR, en una quebrada con patio exterior en una longitud de veintidós pies diez pulgadas (22’ 10”); por el ESTE, en una línea quebrada con patio exterior en una longitud de treinta y ocho pies ocho pulgadas (8’ 8”); y por el OESTE, con una pared que separa del apartamento trescientos cuatro (304), en una longitud de veintiséis pies once pulgadas (26’ 11”) y con el corredor común limitado en una longitud de seis pies (6’) y con la pared que lo separa del apartamento trescientos uno (301) en una longitud de tres pies nueve pulgadas (3’ 9”). Este apartamento tiene su puerta de entrada que lo comunica con el corredor común limitado que da acceso a los ascensores y escalera de salida al exterior del edificio y le
corresponde el estacionamiento descubierto ciento cincuenta y nueve (159). Corresponde a este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales una participación equivalente a cero punto dos doce por ciento (0.212%). Inscrita al folio uno (1) del tomo quinientos cuarenta y cinco (545) de Santurce Norte, finca número diecinueve mil quinientos noventa y cuatro (19,594). Registro de la Propiedad Sección Primera (1ra) de San Juan. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 10 de marzo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NELLY MARTE MARCANO, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
YIA LEXANDRA ANTONGIORGI IRIZARRY
Demandante V. FIRST BANK DE PUERTO RICO; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO CUSTODIOS DE LOS EXPEDIENTES DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03517. Sala: 403. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: JOHN DOE / RICHARD DOE.
Quedan notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra ustedes como co-demandados en la que se solicita la cancelación por la vía judicial de un Pagaré hipotecario extraviado a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $37,500.00 e intereses al 9.00% anual y vencimiento el día 1ro de julio de 2009, mediante la Escritura Número 50 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante el notario público Raúl Tous Bobonis, inscrita al folio 31 de tomo 683 de Carolina, finca número 7879 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Carolina, inscripción 10ma.
HUMACAO
El descrito Pagaré hipotecario grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA:
PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Condominio Verde de Carolina Norte. Apartamento: cuatrocientos once (411). Cabida: doscientos diez pies cuadrados (210.00 pc). Linderos: NORTE, en veinte pies seis pulgadas (20’ 6”), con la pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento cuatrocientos doce (412); SUR, en veinte pies seis pulgadas (20’ 6”), con la pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento cuatrocientos diez (410); ESTE, en diez pies seis pulgadas (10’6”), con la pared exterior que da hacia el patio común al lado de la propiedad, cuyo patio colinda con la Calle Dalia; OESTE, en diez pies seis pulgadas (10’ 6”), con la pared medianera que lo separa del pasillo común desde donde tiene acceso este apartamento. Consta este apartamento de un (1) baño, un (1) closet y una sala dormitorio que también tiene su cocina. Inscrita al folio veintinueve (29) del tomo doscientos doce (212) de Carolina, finca número siete mil ochocientos setenta y nueve (7879), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera (I) de Carolina. Se les advierte que el presente Edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y se le requiere para que contesten la Demanda de epígrafe dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección: BUFETE APONTE & CORTES LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5337 Tel. (787) 302-0014 / (787) 239-5661 / Email: emarengo@apontecortes.com Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 10 de marzo de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AIXA M. MONTES MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE
JAMES JOSEPH RYAN
Demandante V. HF INC. MORTGAGE BANKERS; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2025CV00234. Sala: 08. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: JOHN DOE / RICHARD DOE. Quedan notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra ustedes como co-demandados en la que se solicita la cancelación por la vía judicial de un Pagaré hipotecario extraviado a favor de HF Inc. Mortgage Bankers, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $33,200.00 e intereses al 9 1/2% anual y vencimiento el día 1ro de enero de 2018, mediante la Escritura Número 946 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante el notario público Miguel García Suárez, inscrita al folio 33 del tomo 55 de Ceiba, finca número 2601, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo, inscripción 2da. El descrito Pagaré hipotecario grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Comunidad Aguas Claras de Ceiba. Solar: ciento sesenta y cuatro (164). Cabida: mil seiscientos cincuenta y cuatro punto setenta metros cuadrados (1,654.70 mc). Linderos: NORTE, con parcela ciento sesenta y cinco (165) de la comunidad; SUR, con calle número catorce (14) de la comunidad; ESTE, con calle número diecisiete (17) de la comunidad; OESTE, con parcela 164-A de la comunidad. Inscrito al folio treinta y dos (32) del tomo cincuenta y cinco (55) de Ceiba, finca número dos mil seiscientos uno (2,601), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. Se les advierte que el presente Edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y se le requiere para que contesten la Demanda de epígrafe dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección:
BUFETE APONTE & CORTES LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5337 Tel. (787) 302-0014 / Email: emarengo@apontecortes.com Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y
Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 10 de marzo de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE AL INDUSTRIA BIOFARMACÉUTICA Demandante V. IVETZALIS DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CD2024CV00002. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ERIKA F. MORALES MARENGOEMARENGO16@YAHOO.COM. A: YVETZALIS DÍAZ MARTÍNEZ.
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They have the tools, but need a nudge
By KEITH LAW / THE ATHLETIC
Every year, there are a handful of big leaguers who have lost their rookie/prospect status but are candidates to make a significant improvement. That might come from a change in skills, a change in role or just positive trends from them over the past year or two.
My picks for the 2025 breakout players aren’t in any particular order, and the only requirements I have are that they no longer be rookie-eligible and that their performance to date has been mediocre enough that they can still improve (and thus break out) from here.
Iván Herrera, Catcher, St. Louis Cardinals
I have always bought the bat, as Herrera has a great swing and makes a ton of contact, but in a small sample last season, he showed that he can make plenty of hard contact, too. His hard-hit rate and exit velocities would put him right around the MLB median for catchers had he played enough. He got just under half a season of playing time last year and was worth 1.7 wins above replacement, by the Baseball Reference accounting; I think he will double that this year, assuming he gets twice the at-bats.
He did struggle to control the running game last year, and that could affect how much the Cardinals — who seem very sensitive about catcher defense in their post-Yadier Molina era — play him defensively.
Jo Adell, Outfielder, Los Angeles Angels
If Adell breaks out this year, or ever, it will be one of the great prospect comeback stories of the past decade, as it looked like the Angels had completely messed him up by rushing him to the majors in 2020. He played regularly for the first time in 2024 and had his best season by any measure, getting up to 0.9 WAR and cutting his strikeout rate to a manageable (if high) 27.9%. He even played solidto-average defense.
ing less and swinging-and-missing less will continue.
Junior Caminero, Third Baseman, Tampa Bay Rays
Is this cheating? He was the No. 3 prospect in baseball going into 2024 and barely lost his prospect eligibility last season. Nobody, and I mean nobody, doubts that this kid is going to hit. I suppose the only real statement I’m making here is saying yes, it will be this year, and not in 2026. I will be disappointed with anything less than a 4 WAR season.
Also, the Rays are playing half their games at Steinbrenner Field, which has dimensions that mimic those of Yankee Stadium, and that should help the superficial performances of some of the Rays’ left-handed power bats, including Josh Lowe and Jonathan Aranda.
Spencer Arrighetti, Pitcher, Houston Astros
I was shocked at how ineffective Arrighetti’s four-seamer was last year, as it has plenty of run, and he gets great extension in his delivery to help it play up even more. It was worth minus-6 runs last year, and hitters hit it hard when they swung at it, which is not what you’re going for here. I do think that Arrighetti got too much of the heart of the plate, though, trying to get ahead with the fastball but often getting spun around instead when few guys can live in the middle of the zone with their four-seamers.
He misses plenty of bats and showed no platoon split again last year, so he can start. He was worth 0.3 WAR last year, and I’m saying he can get that up toward 2 WAR in a full season, just with better location and sequencing of the stuff he already has.
James Wood, Outfielder, Washington Nationals
Thirty homers, 190 strikeouts. That’s my prediction — he is going to clobber a bunch of baseballs, and pitchers are going to find multiple ways to attack him, given the size of his strike zone.
I also think he is a better defender than what we saw from him in the majors last year; I saw him quite a bit in High-A and Double-A, where he showed good reads and plenty of closing speed while playing center field.
Brooks Lee, Infielder, Minnesota Twins
His 2024 might have been his breakout season if he had just held serve against fastballs; he didn’t hit them as hard last year as he had in limited time in 2022 and 2023, even though he whiffed on them less.
I’m assuming that’s just noise, and that he will see improvement there that more than makes up for any ground lost against off-speed stuff, and that his overall trend of making more contact, making more hard contact, swing-
Lee was a top-10 pick (No. 8, 2022), hit well in the minors, hit extremely well in Triple-A last year and was awful in the majors when he wasn’t on the injured list with a herniated disk in his back or shoulder soreness. Health continues to be a problem, and Lee will start the season on the injured list with back tightness.
Lee still squares up the ball a ton and doesn’t whiff. But in 2024, he lost a huge amount of juice: Just comparing his Triple-A numbers across the two seasons, his average exit velocity dropped from 90.5 mph to 86.4, his 90th percentile exit velocity dropped from 102.9 to 102.1, and the average of his top 50 batted balls’ exit velocity dropped from 100.0 to 97.1. A guy with back and shoulder problems who missed more than half the year couldn’t hit the ball as hard? You don’t say. I think we will see the real Brooks Lee this year.
ALSO CONSIDERED
These are other players who I think should be better this year, but I have less confidence in calling for breakouts for them:
Logan O’Hoppe, Catcher, Los Angeles Angels
He already broke out last year with a 2.7 WAR season
and 20 homers in his first truly full season in the majors. He did wear down in the second half, though, going from .276/.328/.472 at the All-Star break to .196/.266/.312 after it. I expect him to hold his production better this year, between having the physical and mental experience of playing a full season before and the presence of Travis d’Arnaud as a backup who can give O’Hoppe more days off from catching.
Miguel Vargas, Third Baseman, Chicago White Sox
I want to believe. He hit everywhere in the minors, had plate discipline and made hard contact. But last year, he was flat-out weak, making soft contact and wearing down as the season went on. He has put on some good weight this winter, and the White Sox have worked with him on his swing, but those are just words until there’s something in his performance or data to back it up.
Max Meyer, Pitcher, Miami Marlins
Meyer should be better than he was last year, although there’s still a good chance that he’s a reliever in the end. He is using a new sweeper this spring, although the breaking ball was the least of his problems last year — his slider was his most effective pitch. His four-seamer was hit hard, with a 57.3% hard-hit rate on the pitch last year, as he doesn’t have much deception. It’s also too straight. There was some flukiness in his 2024 season, and giving him another 15 starts should lead to better results just from regression to the mean. If Miami tries him in the bullpen, though, I think he’ll break out.
Seth Halvorsen and Angel Chivilli, Pitchers, Colorado Rockies
I thought both of these guys could start at times when I saw them in the minors, but the Rockies developed them strictly as relievers. There are opportunities for either of them to pick up some high-leverage work, given who else is in Colorado’s bullpen. Halvorsen has the better pure stuff, while Chivilli has better control.
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Iván Herrera (Instagram via herrera.ivan01)
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