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By THE STAR STAFF
In response to what he described as libelous remarks made in media and social media discussions, designated Health Secretary Víctor Ramos Otero distanced himself from irregularities around the management of funds designated for the creation of a health insurance plan during his presidency at the Physicians and Surgeons Association of Puerto Rico (CMCPR by its initials in Spanish.
On Tuesday, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said she would not be withdrawing Ramos’ nomination.
In defending himself from the mismanagement claims, Ramos said the CMCPR has a governing board composed of several members who have the right to speak and vote, participating in the institution’s strategic decision-making.
The development of the health insurance plan was a guideline established by the General Assembly aimed at providing a viable alternative for patients and improving compensation for health service providers, he said.
The project was presented to the CMCPR’s governing board and received full approval. At that time, Carlos Díaz, the current CMCPR president, served as vice president of both the CMCPR and the medical plan, playing a key role in its development and execution, he said.
“It is worth noting that this initiative began before Hurricane Maria, with the goal of offering a health-care alternative that would benefit both the medical community and patients in Puerto Rico,” Ramos said. “However, due to the hurricane’s devastating impact, the project was extended and that led to higher costs than anticipated, as the Association’s priorities shifted to support recovery efforts. During this crisis, efforts were redirected toward coordinating aid for doctors, ensuring access to health services, and providing support to the most affected communities.”
The medical health plan was designed as a private corporation with its own board of directors, allowing the participation of various health sectors. That structure enabled members and providers to act as shareholders, ensuring equitable representation in decision-making, Ramos noted.
“When Díaz took over the presidency of the Association and the medical plan, everything was in place for filing with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner,” he said. “During the transition period, the actuarial study was handed over to him, along with a new investor proposal, as the impact of Hurricane Maria had dampened interest from potential shareholders.”
“It is essential to emphasize that Dr. Carlos Díaz, in his capacity as president of the Association and the medical plan, ultimately decided not to continue with the directive of the General Assembly and did not present the actuarial studies or the required documents to the Insurance Commissioner,” Ramos noted.
From the outset, the medical plan had the backing of health providers who recognized the need for a new patient alternative and a platform that would address sector demands for better compensation for their services, he said.
“During my administration, the funds were managed according to established procedures and with total transparency,” Ramos said. “As a testament to my commitment to the project, I invested in shares of the associated entity, reaffirming my genuine interest in its success and the benefits it could bring for doctors and patients in Puerto Rico.”
“All transactions and financial decisions related to these funds are thoroughly documented,” he said. “We have previously addressed this matter in detail to senators, representatives, and other officials who had learned about it from a previously published press article. This issue has recently resurfaced, seemingly aimed at creating doubt and malicious questions. At no point has there been any mishandling or diversion of resources.”
Additionally, the investors in the medical plan held quarterly meetings in person, and after the pandemic began, those meetings continued virtually to follow up on the initiative, he said.
Initially, the plan was designed to provide coverage to patients under the Medicare Advantage model; however, during its development, it was decided to modify the structure to become a commercial health plan. That change, Ramos noted, led to adjustments in the management of the bank account and other operational aspects of the project.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Tuesday the signing of an executive order to establish the “Comprehensive Care Unit for Seniors,” to be attached to the Office of the Governor, with the purpose of coordinating and implementing public policies aimed at the elderly population.
“Our seniors deserve attention and sensitivity from their government, after a lifetime of contributing to our society and families,” the governor said in a written statement.
“They have always been a priority for this public servant, as a congresswoman and now as governor.”
The new unit will be responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of government initiatives in commonwealth agencies, promoting a comprehensive approach based on equity, dignity and quality of life. Additionally, it will work to update existing legislation to address the needs of seniors.
The governor was accompanied by Family Secretary Suzanne Roig, Guaynabo Mayor Edward O’Neill Rosa and Ombudsman for the Elderly Yolanda Varela Rosa, as well
via Jenniffer González Colón)
as legislators and representatives of various organizations serving the senior population.
González Colón also announced the creation of a Task Force for Older Adults comprising government entities and organizations focused on improving the quality of life for that population, including gerontology schools, associations related to diseases such as Parkinson’s, recreational centers, and long-term care organizations.
At the same conference, the governor introduced House Bill A-012 to establish the “Liaison Office for the Support and
Registry of Persons with Rare Diseases Act,” to be attached to the Department of Health, with the purpose of compiling and updating an official registry of such individuals in Puerto Rico.
Likewise, the integration of the Auxiliary Administration for Older Adults into the Department of Family Affairs was announced. The move is intended to consolidate service programs for the senior population, such as PROSPERA, OPPEA, CAMPEA, and home care services, with the goal of optimizing resources and addressing demographic changes.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the island’s aging index will reach 199 in 2023, meaning there are almost twice as many people aged 65 or older for every 100 children under 15. Municipalities such as Hormigueros, Rincón, and Guaynabo have even higher rates, reflecting accelerated growth in the island’s older adult population.
It is estimated that by 2030, older adults will represent 35% of Puerto Rico’s population. Furthermore, almost 40% of them live below the poverty line, and there has been an increase in cases of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation, highlighting the need to strengthen protection and assistance measures.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust on Tuesday announced the launch of an innovative research project developed on the island and destined for the International Space Station (ISS).
The experiment, Rhodium Water Filtration 01, is led by Dr. David Suleiman Rosado, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The research aims to transform water purification in space environments, addressing critical challenges such as energy consumption and the efficient reuse of water resources.
The project will be transported as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, scheduled to launch today at 7:48 p.m. (Puerto Rico time). The live broadcast of the launch will be
available on NASA’s website.
The ISS continuously faces challenges in water purification and reuse due to resupply costs, energy limitations and maintenance requirements. Rhodium Water Filtration 01 introduces advanced technology based on a polymer nanocomposite membrane (PNM) designed to capture essential ions (Na+ and K+), inactivate microorganisms, and separate urea from water. The three-stage system, the researcher said, optimizes purification efficiency and represents a key advancement, not only for ensuring self-sufficiency in future space missions to the Moon and Mars, but also for improving water treatment on Earth.
“Polymeric nanostructured membranes allow for the development of sophisticated separation systems using knowledge of chemistry and engineering,” Suleiman Rosado said. “This
application, which we will study on the International Space Station, is not only an inspiration for me and all my students, but it can also be fundamental for the success of future space missions and help us better understand transport mechanisms, which could have implications for various applications benefiting our society.”
appears inclined to sign it into law
By THE STAR STAFF
Abill that will allow a coal-fired plant owned by AES to continue operating through 2032 is ready to be sent to La Fortaleza and Gov. Jenniffer González Colón is expected to sign it into law.
The island Senate passed in an 18-9 vote House Bill 267 on Tuesday night, amending the Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act and the Energy Diversification Public Policy Act, which call for a ban on coal-fired generation by 2028.
While the initial bill, pushed by the governor’s office,
extended the use of coal as an energy source in Puerto Rico until Dec. 31, 2030, the House amended the HB 267 to change the deadline to Dec. 31, 2032. The House passed the legislation on Feb. 27, according to House records.
The legislation was needed because the AES coal-fired power plant in Guayama generates over 450 megawatts (MW) of energy, the equivalent of 20% of Puerto Rico’s energy. Puerto Rico Energy czar Josué Colón Ortiz, who heads the Public-Private Partnership Authority, advocated for an extension until 2035, citing the need for more time to build renewable energy facilities capable of supplying the power currently provided by the company.
AES signed a power purchase and operating agreement (PPOA) for the plant in 1994, but in 2019, the government
enacted a law ending coal use for energy by 2028.
The governor appears inclined to sign the bill into law.
“This is an administration bill,” she said in relation to House Bill 267, the measure clearing the way for extending the life of AES.
“Nobody wanted to extend the useful life of coal,” González Colón said Tuesday at a press conference. “The reality is that we do not have enough [electric power] generation in Puerto Rico. [...] When there is a decommissioning of a plant of this magnitude, units are closed before that date. Therefore, a plant is shut down and when 2028 comes it is completely out of operation, and to retool it would take two or three years, to reprogram it in that situation.”
By THE STAR STAFF
The island judiciary has expanded the Specialized Mental Health Courtrooms Program, known as the PAAS project, to the Guayama Judicial Region.
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Chief Justice Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez made the announcement Monday during the inauguration of the island’s eighth specialized courtroom in the region, which will serve residents of Guayama, Arroyo, Patillas and Salinas.
The main objective of the Specialized Mental Health Courtrooms is to facilitate the recovery and rehabilitation of individuals suffering from mental health disorders, including substance use and alcohol abuse, through a therapeutic justice approach. The judicial handling of the cases in the specialized courtrooms is conducted with sensitivity, taking into account each participant’s treatment and recovery process. The remedies available through the PAAS project include requests for temporary detention of 24 hours, involuntary admission, compulsory treatment, and other measures provided by Law 408, the Mental Health Law of Puerto Rico.
“Mental health is a critical factor when a person engages with our justice system to assert their rights. There are numerous barriers that hinder effective access to services
informed decisions and obtain essential services that support their recovery and enhance their quality of life. It is about ensuring their well-being and safeguarding human dignity.
The chief justice was accompanied at the inauguration by the administrative director of the courts, Sigfrido Steidel Figueroa, and the administrative judge of the Guayama Judicial Region, José M. D’Anglada Raffucci.
People with cases heard in the specialized courtroom will have the opportunity to benefit from the services of collaborating entities, including the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA), the Health and Family departments, the Society for Legal Assistance, and Legal Services of Puerto Rico. The PAAS initiative also connects with medical service providers such as APS Healthcare, Inspira, Carlos Albizu University, and various hospitals, including Pan-American, San Juan Capistrano, Dr. Ramón Fernández, Pavía and CIMA.
required by individuals whose mental health may lead to behaviors such as antisocial conduct,” Oronoz Rodríguez said. “Given this reality, people with mental health conditions deserve access to the necessary tools to make
Additionally, the specialized chamber benefits from ASSMCA’s Community Assisted Treatment project, which provides supervised outpatient services in the community to help stabilize individuals with mental health disorders who have been referred by the court under Law 408.
The Specialized Mental Health Courtrooms are part of the island judicial branch’s Access to Justice Program for People with Mental Health Conditions.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón made a public call this week for social workers in the Family Department and acknowledged that the staffing situation has become chaotic.
“Recruiting social workers is essential,” the governor said Monday at a press conference at the agency, where she announced the introduction of new technology to be used to improve adoption processes. “There is no law that is valid. We need to increase the number of social workers, because they are the ones who are going to do the investigations of the cases of abuse, the adjudications in the cases that occur and the recommendations on how we are going to work with these minors. And in the cases of the elderly as well.”
“So the fact that the Family Department needs 350 social workers is no small thing, so that we are making a public call for the recruitment of 350 social workers here, because that is the chaos that the Family Department has right now in the care of
[victims of] child and elderly abuse,” she added. “And I am saying it here.”
González Colón went on to note that “as governor, when we held the first meeting of the Welfare Council, I asked why we have so many cases of abuse that are not being attended to, so many cases of referrals for child abuse that are not being attended to, and it is because we do not have enough social workers.”
“Obviously, we have to recruit them, and when we look for them, there are open calls for applications that have not been filled since last year,” she said. “So that is why today I am calling on all social workers; we do not know how long the call for applications will take to be filled -- I did not know that those calls for applications were open.”
Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes said the agency is working with the Social Workers Association and universities to use the agency as a practice center, and to develop a recruitment plan for the agency.
“This week, if I’m not mistaken, we have a meeting planned with the entire chain, all the social work schools from the
various universities and campuses in Puerto Rico that will be visiting us,” Roig said. “The department is open to being a practice center, some already use it, others maybe not, so we are providing that opening so that these next colleagues can conduct their professional practices here in the department, and in
the same way this can make them see the virtues of working in the practice of social work in the Family Department.”
Interested applicants must have a social worker’s license and a driver’s license. The salary can reach $3,420 per month. Job openings can be viewed at www.empleos.pr.gov.
“Recruiting social workers is essential,” Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said during a visit to the Family Department earlier this week. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)
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By BRAD PLUMER
Before a packed crowd of oil and gas executives earlier this week, Chris Wright, the new U.S. energy secretary, delivered a scathing critique of the Biden administration’s energy policies and efforts to fight climate change and promised a “180-degree pivot.”
Wright, a former fracking executive, has emerged as the most forceful promoter of President Donald Trump’s plans to expand American oil and gas production and dismantle virtually every federal policy aimed at curbing global warming.
“I wanted to play a role in reversing what I believe has been a very poor direction in energy policy,” Wright said as he kicked off the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, the nation’s biggest annual gathering of the energy industry. “The previous administration’s policy was focused myopically on climate change, with people as simply collateral damage.”
Wright’s speech was greeted with enthusiastic applause.
It was quite different from a year ago, when Jennifer Granholm, the energy secretary during the Biden administration, told the same gathering that the transition to lower-carbon forms of energy like wind, solar and batteries was unstoppable. “Even as we are the largest producer of oil and gas in the world,” Granholm said, “the expansion of America’s energy dominance to clean energy is striking.”
Wright, however, was dismissive of renewable power, which he said played only a small role in the world’s energy mix. Natural gas supplies 25% of raw energy globally, before it is converted into electricity or some other use. Wind and solar only supply about 3%, he said. He noted that gas also had a variety of other uses — it could be burned in furnaces to heat homes or used to make fertilizer or other chemicals — that were hard to replicate with other energy sources.
“Beyond the obvious scale and cost problems, there is simply no physical way wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas,” Wright said.
Wright has argued that there is a moral case for fossil fuels, saying that they are crucial for alleviating global poverty and that moving too quickly to cut emissions risks driving up energy prices around the world. He has denounced efforts by countries to stop adding greenhouse gas to the atmosphere by 2050, calling that a “sinister goal.”
At a conference in Washington last week, Wright said that African countries needed more energy of all kinds to lift themselves out of poverty, including coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. “We’ve had years of Western countries shamelessly saying don’t develop coal, coal is bad,” he said. “That’s just nonsense.”
In Houston on Monday, other oil and gas executives echoed Wright’s remarks, pitching oil and gas as the best solution
for impoverished people in developing nations around the world.
“There are billions of people on this planet that still live sad, short, difficult lives because they live in energy poverty, and that’s a shame,” said Michael Wirth, CEO of Chevron. “It should be unacceptable but affordability had left the conversation, at least in the West.”
In recent years, much of the world has been investing heavily in renewable energy. Last year, nations invested roughly $1.2 trillion in wind, solar, batteries and electric grids, slightly more than the $1.1 trillion they spent on oil, gas and coal infrastructure, according to the International Energy Agency.
But Wright warned against a shift to renewable energy that he said was likely to prove costly. “Everywhere wind and solar penetration have increased significantly, prices went up,” he said.
That is not always true. Texas has seen its electricity prices decline slightly over the past decade as wind and solar have grown rapidly and now supply more than one-quarter of the state’s power. The costs of wind turbines and solar panels have dropped precipitously in the last decade. But some places, like California and Germany, have seen electricity prices rise significantly at the same time they ramped up their use of renewable energy.
Some energy executives at the conference were more optimistic about renewable energy. John Ketchum, CEO of NextEra Energy, the largest producer of wind and solar power in the United States, said that renewables were essential for meeting growing demand for electricity in the United States over the next few years — especially since there was a large backlog for new turbines that burn natural gas.
Renewable energy “is cheaper and it’s available right now,” Ketchum said. “When you look at gas as a solution, as an example, to get your hands on a gas turbine and to actually get it built throughout the market, you’re really looking at 2030, or later.”
In his speech, Wright sharply criticized the Biden administration for slowing the growth of natural gas exports. Last year, the Energy Department paused approvals of new terminals that export liquefied natural gas, saying that it was concerned about the environmental and price impacts of shipping more gas overseas. Despite the pause, the United States was still the world’s largest exporter of natural gas in 2024.
On Monday, Wright signed the fourth export approval since Trump took office, extending an approval for the Delfin terminal off the coast of Louisiana. He said the Biden administration’s review of gas exports had found only modest impacts on global emissions and domestic U.S. prices.
On the topic of climate change, Wright said he didn’t deny that the planet was warming, calling himself a “climate realist.”
But he added that rising greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels — which have increased global average temperatures to their highest levels in at least 100,000 years — were a “side effect of building the modern world.”
“We have indeed raised global atmospheric CO2 concentration by 50% in the process of more than doubling human life expectancy, lifting almost all of the world’s citizens out of grinding poverty, launching modern medicine,” he said. “Everything in life involves trade-offs.”
The Trump administration’s policies are not uniformly popular among oil and gas producers. Many companies have warned that Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum could raise prices for essential materials like pipes used to line new wells, while the constant threat of tariffs on Canadian oil could raise prices for refineries in the Midwest.
Wright mostly sidestepped questions on the tariffs, saying that “it’s very early on” and pointing out that inflation was low during Trump’s first term.
Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la semana que terminó el sábado, 8 de marzo de 2025
By ANA LEY
As protests over the conflict in the Gaza
Strip ignited rancor and division at Columbia University last year, one student stood out for his role as a negotiator representing activists in talks with the school officials who were desperate to achieve peace on campus.
Mahmoud Khalil, 30, emerged as a public face of students opposed to the war, leading demonstrations and granting interviews. He delivered a message that his side viewed as measured and responsible but that has been branded by some, including the Trump administration, as antisemitic.
Khalil has been involved in demonstrations as recently as January, when four masked demonstrators entered a class on the history of Israel taught by an Israeli professor at Columbia to accuse the school of “normalizing genocide.” Videos of an unmasked Khalil at a related sit-in were soon circulated on social media among critics of Columbia’s protest movement, with some calling for him to be deported.
Over the weekend, Khalil was at the center of the news again. He was arrested by federal immigration officials in a dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump’s crackdown against what he has called antisemitic campus activity. Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States, had been living in Columbia’s student housing when he was detained and then transferred to the Central Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in Jena, Louisiana.
Late Monday afternoon, the streets of lower Manhattan in New York were flooded with about 3,000 protesters, according to police, who had come to demonstrate against Khalil’s detention.
“I support immigrants’ rights and freedoms and I support the Palestinian fight for liberation,” said Alan Yaskin, who attended
the demonstration and said that he identifies as Jewish. “Mahmoud Khalil was exercising rights everyone is entitled to.”
Khalil’s friends said they were stunned to hear of his arrest, describing him as kind, expressive and gentle. He is someone who loves to dance, to read Arab poetry and to play Arab music, said Maryam Alwan, a friend and student who is a pro-Palestinian organizer on campus. He hosted dinners at his home, with Middle Eastern fare served.
“One of my friends last year was graduating and wasn’t able to get a graduation robe,” Alwan said. “He just gave her his.”
On Monday, a federal judge in Manhattan ordered the U.S. government not to remove Khalil from the country while the judge reviewed a motion filed by Khalil’s lawyers challenging the legality of his detention.
Federal immigration officials did not immediately reply to questions about Khalil’s transfer, including why he was taken more than 1,000 miles from his home in New York City, where he had been arrested.
Trump hailed the arrest in a Truth Social posting Monday and pledged that more student arrests are forthcoming.
“ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas student on the campus of Columbia University,” the president wrote. “This is the first arrest of many to come.”
Khalil’s arrest drew outrage from students and faculty at the university. Joseph Howley, a classics professor at Columbia, described him as brave, yet mild-mannered — a “consummate diplomat” who worked to find middle ground between protesters and school administrators.
Howley, who has known Khalil for about a year, having met him after Khalil began speaking out in campus protests, said he was frustrated by depictions of Khalil as a dangerous person.
“This is someone who seeks mediated resolutions through speech and dialogue,” he said. “This is not someone who engages in violence, or gets people riled up to do dangerous things. So it’s really disturbing to see that kind of misrepresentation of him.”
But the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association, in a thread on social platform X, called him a “ringleader of the chaos” at Columbia and
said he was involved in two building takeovers at Columbia and Barnard College.
Khalil was born and raised in Syria because his grandparents were forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Tiberias, now part of Israel, according to his lawyers’ legal filing. He is Palestinian and graduated in December from Columbia with a master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs. He is married to an American citizen who is expecting their first child next month, his lawyer said.
In a statement released by his lawyer, Amy Greer, on Monday night, his wife, who was not identified, said, “I urge you to see Mahmoud through my eyes as a loving husband and the future father to our baby. I need your help to bring Mahmoud home, so he is here beside me, holding my hand in the delivery room as we welcome our first child into this world.”
According to the court filing from his lawyer, Khalil and his wife were returning to their apartment on Columbia’s Manhattan campus from a friend’s home about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when they were approached by immigration officers dressed in plain clothes. All of them entered the lobby of the apartment building, which is owned by Columbia.
The agents who detained Khalil told him his student visa had been revoked, even though he does not hold such a visa, according
to the legal filing. When Khalil’s wife showed the officers documents demonstrating that he is a lawful permanent resident — not a student visa holder — they arrested him and said that his green card had also been revoked. The officers threatened to arrest Khalil’s wife if she did not go up to her apartment and leave her husband behind, the court document said. They then handcuffed him and took him outside where vehicles were waiting.
Khalil married his wife on Nov. 16, 2023, and became a lawful permanent resident in 2024.
As news spread about his detention, a petition calling for his release amassed more than 1.7 million signatures by Monday evening. A group of faculty members from Columbia gathered Monday evening with Jewish community leaders and immigrant rights advocates to denounce what they described as “the unprecedented and unconstitutional arrest of a permanent resident and Columbia graduate student in retaliation for his political activity.”
Sophie Ellman-Golan, communications director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice and a Barnard College graduate, described Khalil’s arrest as “so deeply wrong and scary.”
“To target someone for their political speech in this way, to target a permanent resident in this way, is an aberration,” EllmanGolan said.
By IVAN PENN
The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released Tuesday.
The data was released a day after the new U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, strongly criticized solar and wind energy on two fronts. He said Monday at the start of CERAWeek by S&P Global, an annual energy conference in Houston, that they couldn’t meet the growing electricity needs of the world and that their use was driving up energy costs.
The report, produced by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, said about 50 gigawatts of new solar generation capacity was added last year, far more than any other source of electricity.
Wright and President Donald Trump have been strongly critical of renewable energy, which former President Joe Biden championed as a way to address climate change. The energy secretary, Trump and Republicans in Congress have pledged to undo many of Biden’s climate and energy policies.
“Beyond the obvious scale and cost problems, there is simply no physical way wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas,” said Wright, who was previously CEO of an oil and gas production company.
Yet solar energy and battery storage systems appear to have significant momentum and may not be easily thwarted. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, which is part of Wright’s department, said last month that it expected solar and batteries to continue leading new capacity installations on U.S. electric grids this year.
Proponents of clean energy celebrated the milestone for solar power as the world moves to increase electricity pro-
A solar field near the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minn., on July 25, 2024. According to a new report, about 50 gigawatts of new solar generation capacity was added to the U.S. power grid last year, far more than any other source of electricity.
(Tim Gruber/The New
York Times)
duction to meet the needs of energy-hungry data centers to support the growth of artificial intelligence.
“There’s wild agreement that in order to do that, we have to have enough electricity, and there are facts that show that the fastest way to do that and the cheapest way to do that is through the deployment of solar and storage,” Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the solar association, said in an interview at CERAWeek.
In a panel discussion, the leader of one of the nation’s largest utility companies acknowledged solar’s ability to deliver new electricity generation quickly and cheaply.
“Renewables are ready to go right now because they’ve
been up and running,” said John Ketchum, president and CEO of NextEra Energy, the largest U.S. producer of renewable energy and the parent company of Florida Power & Light, a utility that owns power plants that burn natural gas.
But Wright said the growing use of solar and wind power was driving up the cost of electricity, which has steadily increased the last couple of years. Some of that increase has been because of the sharp jump in the costs of oil and natural gas after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and to upgrades to grids that experts say utilities had put off for many years.
“Wind and solar, the darlings of the last administration and so much of the world today, supply roughly 3% of global primary energy,” Wright said. “Everywhere wind and solar penetration have increased significantly, prices on the grid went up and stability of the grid went down.”
Electricity rates across the country reached their highest levels in 2024, rising an average of 4% nationally to $162.60 a month in December for the typical 1,000 kilowatt-hours of usage, up from $156.90 a year earlier, according to the latest federal data.
Even as prices rise, electricity demand is expected to increase drastically. Ketchum projected a 55% increase in electricity demand over the next 20 years, almost one-fifth of that related to the growth of data centers, with manufacturing and industrial growth accounting for much of rest.
Given the projections for the increased electricity demand, energy experts said governments should focus on affordability, reliability and safety of domestic and global energy while not losing sight of concerns about climate change.
“There’s going to be bumps in the road,” Ernest Moniz, who was energy secretary in the Obama administration, said on a panel discussion at CERAWeek. “We are moving to this low-carbon future.”
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
Delta Air Lines earlier this week cut its financial forecast for the first three months of the year, saying that growing economic concerns among businesses and consumers had lowered demand for domestic travel.
The airline’s warning was the latest sign that the U.S. economy, or at least perceptions of it, have been weakening in part because of changes in federal policies announced by President Donald Trump.
Delta said it now expected quarterly revenue to rise by at least 3% from a year ago, down from a minimum gain of 7% it had projected just two months earlier. Delta’s share price, which fell more than 5% in regular trading on Monday, tumbled an additional 12% in extended trading after it published the update.
“The outlook has been impacted by the recent reduction in consumer and corporate confidence caused by
increased macro uncertainty, driving softness in domestic demand,” the airline said in a securities filing. The airline published the update alongside a presentation it plans to deliver on Tuesday at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference.
In addition to the weakened confidence, Delta said fewer passengers were booking flights on short notice. But it added that its expectations for revenue growth from highend travel, international flying and loyalty programs were unchanged.
The bad news was not a complete surprise. One financial analyst, Savanthi Syth of Raymond James, said in a note last week that the airline had probably lost some momentum in February from a slowdown in government travel, bad weather and customer anxiety after an airplane operated by a Delta subsidiary flipped after landing in Toronto.
Still, Syth said that demand for flights over spring break appeared to remain strong and that other airlines had
not been able to make gains at Delta’s expense. While some airlines have faced a variety of challenges recently, Delta and a few others have benefited from strong demand for premium airplane seats and international flights.
Delta said in January that it had collected more than $15.5 billion in revenue in the final three months of last year, a record. At the time, its CEO, Ed Bastian, said Delta was on track to “deliver the best financial year in Delta’s 100-year history.” Last month, it said employees would receive an average of five weeks of pay in profit-sharing. But economic fears have started to grow in recent weeks amid fears of a trade war. Wall Street had its worst day of the year on Monday after Trump refused to rule out the possibility that his policies would cause a recession. Other large carriers, including American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines, were also scheduled to present updates at the J.P. Morgan conference on Tuesday.
What matters in U.S. and global markets today
Wall St’s withering stock selloff has now wiped out virtually all post-election gains and risks turning into a momentum-driven rout unless there’s some change in the darkening economic picture or the uncertain U.S. government trade policy stance.
While watching this jarring picture unfold in U.S. markets, I’m taking a look today at the European defense spending reboot and the extent to which it may seed another round of joint borrowing by European Union countries.
The milestones in the U.S. market reversal piled up on Monday.
The S&P 500’s 2.7% plunge marked its worst day of the year, as it closed below its 200-day moving average for the first time since 2023. ‘Big Tech’ mega caps were battered, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq clocked a 4% loss for the first time since 2022. The VIX ‘fear index’ of volatility hit its highest point since the yen-inspired explosion last August.
In single stock moves, Tesla’s 15% drop stood out. The auto giant has now lost more than 50% of its value since it peaked in December.
Perhaps as worrying as the moves in equities was the disturbance in the credit market, with borrowing premia on high-yield U.S. corporate bonds rising to the widest level versus U.S. Treasuries since September.
There was no clear fresh trigger behind Monday’s slide apart from ongoing trade tariff uncertainty and the softening jobs market, with President Donald Trump and administration officials acknowledging that an economic downturn was a risk in the first quarter.
The New York Federal Reserve’s latest consumer survey highlighted growing concerns about deteriorating household financial situations. And the percentage of those expecting unemployment to be higher a year from now rose to its highest level since September 2023.
Even though the Fed has made it clear that interest rates are on hold for the foreseeable future, a dash for safety in Treasuries saw two year yields hit their lowest point since October, and traders nudged 2025 Fed easing bets up to 85 basis points.
The dollar also slipped again on Tuesday to another 2025 low.
As major investment banks downgraded previously ‘overweight’ U.S. equity recommendations, anxiety spread around the world. The MSCI’s all-country stock index is now negative for the year, too.
However, stock futures and overseas bourses steadied early on Tuesday with small gains.
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Let’s now take deeper look at some potentially gamechanging shifts happening in Europe.
The dawn of euro defence bonds?
The European Union’s latest joint borrowing plan is likely just a fraction of what will be needed to defend the continent, causing some to ask whether the dawn of defence bonds will be the next big expansion of EU-wide borrowing.
For global investors seeking to rebalance their investment portfolios beyond an increasingly isolationist United States, development of a liquid AAA-rated supranational sovereign debt pool in Europe is now intriguing.
Further development of joint EU borrowing beyond the novel post-pandemic “Next Generation” recovery fundsearmarked to be just over 800 billion euros ($866.88 billion) in total - would push the size of this pool far beyond 1 trillion euros, near the scale of domestic government debt heavyweights in Germany, Italy and France.
European leaders last week backed plans to spend more on defence and stand by Ukraine in a world upended by President Donald Trump’s reshaping of U.S. military and trade alliances. But the proposed 150 billion euros of jointly borrowed EU loans seemed shy of estimates for what would be needed in common funding.
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By ANDREW E. KRAMER and ALAN RAPPEPORT
Ukraine said it would support a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, an announcement that followed hours of meetings Tuesday in Saudi Arabia where the United States agreed to immediately lift a pause on intelligence sharing and resume military assistance to Ukraine.
The talks in the coastal city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, brought fresh momentum to ceasefire negotiations that had faltered following a public confrontation at the White House between the Ukrainian and U.S. presidents.
The Trump administration had suspended all military aid and intelligence sharing in the aftermath of the meeting in Washington.
The announcements Tuesday, in a joint statement after the talks in Jeddah, came hours after Russian officials said Ukrainian drones had targeted Moscow in the largest attack of the war on the Russian capital. There was no immediate comment from Russia, which did not have officials at the talks.
In the statement, the United States and Ukraine acknowledged that the terms of any ceasefire would be subject to Russia’s approval.
“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire” if Russia did the same, the statement said. It added: “The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace.”
At the conclusion of the meetings, Secre -
tary of State Marco Rubio said the agreement now puts the pressure on Russia to end the war.
“We’ll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope that they’ll say yes, that they’ll say yes to peace,” Rubio said. “The ball is now in their court.”
The United States has been pursuing talks separately with Russia and with Ukraine. There has been no public indication that Russia would accept an unconditional, monthlong ceasefire.
And President Vladimir Putin of Russia has signaled that he will demand concessions — such as ruling out membership in NATO for Ukraine — before agreeing to any halt in the war, which began in 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has killed or wounded more than 1 million soldiers on both sides.
The joint statement Tuesday said the United States and Ukraine also agreed to
conclude “as soon as possible” a deal to develop Ukraine’s critical mineral resources — an agreement that was put on hold after the Oval Office clash. That joint venture is intended to “expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term prosperity and security,” the statement said.
It added that the United States and Ukraine also discussed humanitarian relief efforts that would take place during a ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners of war.
“Representatives of both nations praised the bravery of the Ukrainian people in defense of their nation and agreed that now is the time to begin a process toward lasting peace,” the statement said.
The U.S. delegation in Jeddah was led by Rubio and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser. They met with a delegation from Ukraine led by Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
Before Tuesday’s talks, Ukraine had insisted that any ceasefire include security guarantees, but there was no indication from the statement issued Tuesday that any such guarantees would be provided before any interim ceasefire would take effect.
While the agreement did not delve into the security guarantees that Ukraine has been seeking, Waltz told reporters that those had been part of the conversations in Jeddah.
“We also got into substantive details on how this war is going to permanently end, what type of guarantees they’re going to have for their long term security and prosperity,” Waltz said.
The intelligence cutoff had already impaired soldiers in combat, particularly in the Kursk region of Russia, where Russian soldiers have been rapidly retaking territory seized by Ukraine last summer, according to Ukrainian commanders in the field.
The confrontational White House meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine unraveled into an argument and insults. “You’ve talked enough,” Trump told Zelenskyy at one point. “You won’t win.” He added at the end of the televised, confrontational meeting, “this is going to be great television.”
The fallout has reverberated ever since, prompting Ukraine’s European allies to pledge further support. On Tuesday, Rubio suggested that it was time to move on from concerns about such clashes.
“What’s back on track here hopefully is peace,” Rubio said. “This is not ‘Mean Girls.’ This is not some episode of some television show.”
Yermak, the lead Ukrainian negotiator, in turn thanked the United States for “constructive” talks.
“A just peace is the most important for us,” he wrote on social media. “We want a lasting peace.”
By SUI-LEE WEE and CAMILLE ELEMIA
Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was arrested Tuesday in Manila, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs in which, human rights groups say, tens of thousands of Filipinos were summarily executed.
He was taken into custody at Manilla’s main airport after returning from a trip to Hong Kong, according to the Philippine government. Duterte’s lawyer, Salvador Panelo, said the arrest was unlawful, partly because the Philippines withdrew from the court while Duterte was in office.
In the ICC warrant, a three-judge panel wrote that, based on evidence presented by the court’s prosecutor, it believed that killings ordered by Duterte when he was mayor of the
city of Davao and later president were “both widespread and systematic.”
The panel also said it believed that “Mr. Duterte is individually responsible for the crime against humanity of murder.”
The New York Times obtained a copy of the warrant, which was sealed, and labeled “secret.”
Duterte, 79, who left office in 2022, is a populist firebrand who remains one of the Philippines’ most influential politicians, and he has enjoyed relative immunity despite several accusations against him in connection with his antidrug campaign.
But Duterte’s arrest could be a major step toward accountability for thousands of Filipinos who have long sought justice for their loved ones, many of whom were gunned down by police officers, hit men and vigilantes. Activists say the vast majority of victims were poor, urban Filipinos, some of whom
were minors and people who had nothing to do with the drug trade.
Only a handful of people have been convicted in connection with the killings, which rights groups say totaled roughly 30,000.
“I am very happy that Duterte has been arrested so we can finally have justice,” said Cristina Jumola, whose three sons were killed during the drug war. “We waited so long for this.”
It was unclear whether Duterte would be forced to surrender to the ICC, which is based in The Hague. The case will be a high-profile test of the court, which in recent months has sought the arrest of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the head of the military junta in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing, accusing both men of crimes against humanity.
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Minutes before he was arrested, Duterte was characteristically defiant.
“You would have to kill me first, if you are going to ally with white foreigners,” Duterte said as he was getting off the plane from Hong Kong, according to a video posted by GMA News, a Philippine broadcaster.
For years, Duterte seemed untouchable. As mayor of Davao, the second-largest city in the Philippines, for more than two decades, he ran a deadly antidrug crackdown with impunity. In 2016, he parlayed his law-and-order credentials into a victory in the presidential election, even though experts said the country did not have an outsized problem with drugs.
At his final campaign rally that year, Duterte told the crowd to “forget the laws on human rights.”
“You drug pushers, holdup men and do-nothings, you better go out,” he said. “Because I’ll kill you.” He said he would
give himself and his security forces immunity from prosecution and pardon himself “for the crime of multiple murder.”
While in office, Duterte withdrew the Philippines from the ICC, which had begun looking into the extrajudicial killings.
Panelo, Duterte’s lawyer, said the arrest was unlawful in part because the Philippine police had not allowed the former president’s attorneys to meet him at the airport. He said he planned to bring criminal complaints against the police and the officials who ordered the arrest.
He added that the arrest was illegal because the arrest warrant “comes from a spurious source, the ICC, which has no jurisdiction over the Philippines.”
But the Philippines is still a member of Interpol, which can seek the arrest of Duterte on behalf of the ICC. A representative of Interpol was present when Duterte was arrested.
When Duterte’s single, six-year term ended in 2022, his administration said that 6,252 people had been killed by security forces — all described by officials as “drug suspects.”
Duterte had seemed to enjoy impunity even under his successor, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The son of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, he rose to the presidency after forming a political alliance with Duterte’s daughter Sara, who was elected as his vice president. Early in his administration, Marcos indicated that he would not cooperate with the ICC.
But ties between Marcos and Sara Duterte unraveled quickly and in spectacular fashion. By late 2023, Marcos’ government had quietly allowed ICC investigators to enter the Philippines.
Last year, the Philippines’ House of Representatives started an inquiry into Duterte’s drug war. The former president refused to testify in the House but appeared at a hearing in the Senate, where he has considerable support, in October.
“For all of its successes and shortcomings, I, and I alone, take full legal responsibility,” he said of the antidrug campaign. “For all the police did pursuant to my orders, I will take responsibility. I should be the one jailed, not the policemen who obeyed my orders. It’s pitiful, they are just doing their jobs.”
Africa received billions in US aid. Here’s what it will lose.
By RUTH MACLEAN and SAIKOU JAMMEH
The United States is cutting almost all its spending on aid. The biggest loser will be Africa.
For years, sub-Saharan Africa has received more U.S. aid money than any other region — except for 2022 and 2023, when the United States came to Ukraine’s aid after the Russian invasion.
In 2024, $12.7 billion of $41 billion in American foreign assistance went straight to sub-Saharan Africa, and billions more went to global programs — including health and climate initiatives — for which Africa was the main beneficiary.
Practically all of that aid is set to disappear in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development. The cuts are expected to undo decades of efforts to save lives, pull people out of poverty, combat terrorism and promote human rights in Africa, the world’s youngest, fastest-growing continent.
Trump officials have accused the agency of waste and fraud. In his speech to Congress on Tuesday, Trump railed against aid to Africa, saying the United States was spending millions to promote LGBTQ+ issues “in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.”
The Supreme Court last Wednesday ruled that USAID and the State Department must pay contractors as much as $2 billion for work already completed, but the ruling will have little effect on the wider consequences of eliminating most U.S. foreign assistance.
A New York Times examination of government spending data found that most aid has been spent on humanitarian, health and disaster assistance. In many African countries, it will be harder to accurately track the consequences of these tragedies, since a major program fo -
cused on collecting global health data has also been axed.
Surveys show that Americans are divided on whether foreign aid is valuable or effective. But W. Gyude Moore, a scholar and former Liberian minister, said the way it is being dismantled is “almost gratuitous in its cruelty.”
Seven of the eight countries most vulnerable to the USAID cuts are in Africa (the other is Afghanistan). Here is a breakdown of what Africa stands to lose as the United States draws down its aid contributions across the world.
Humanitarian relief during conflicts
Africa is struggling with several humanitarian crises marked by extreme hunger and violence, from warring factions in Sudan to armed groups ravaging eastern Congo and a wave of extremist violence destabilizing the Sahel.
Last year, the United States spent $4.9 billion helping people flee such conflicts or survive natural disasters like floods and hurricanes.
The biggest American humanitarian program in the world in 2024 was in Congo, where the United States spent $910 million on food, water, sanitation and shelter for more than 7 million displaced people, according to Bruno Lemarquis, the United Nations’ humanitarian coordinator in the country.
As a donor, the U.S. was “ultra dominant” in Congo, Lemarquis said, paying 70% of the humanitarian costs last year. Now 7.8 million people stand to lose food aid, and 2.3 million children risk facing deadly malnutrition, he said.
Last week, the U.N. said Congo needs $2.54 billion to provide lifesaving assistance to 11 million people in 2025.
The United States was also the biggest donor last year to Sudan, where it funded over 1,000 communal kitchens to feed starving people fleeing a brutal civil war. Those kitchens have now shuttered, and Sudan is facing “mass deaths from famine,” according to the United
Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk.
For decades, the United States led efforts to combat famine worldwide, but now famines will likely multiply and become deadlier, according to the International Crisis Group, an independent, nongovernment organization that seeks to prevent and resolve conflict.
Assistance fighting HIV and other illness
In 2003, President George W. Bush created the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has since invested over $110 billion to fight HIV and AIDS globally.
The program’s primary focus has been subSaharan Africa, where the majority of people living with HIV reside — 25 million of the globe’s 40 million patients.
For many African governments facing limited resources, the program has been a lifeline, filling gaps in national health budgets, paying health care workers and putting millions of HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs.
In countries where the program was active, new HIV cases have been reduced by over a half since 2010, according to the U.N. But experts have warned the cuts could reverse that progress: more than half a million people with HIV will die unnecessarily in South Africa alone, according to one estimate.
But the U.S. funding on global health extends beyond HIV. The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, also launched by Bush, has spent over $9 billion to fight malaria since inception in 2005.
Nigeria and Congo, which together account for over a third of the world’s malaria infections, are both major recipients of U.S. global health funding, and Nigeria relies on it for about 21% of its national health budget.
With the funding gone, every year there will be up to 18 million more cases of malaria, 200,000 children paralyzed by polio and 1 million more children not treated for the most fatal
kind of hunger, according to USAID estimates.
A longtime global leader in aid
The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle USAID is in line with a global trend among Western nations of scaling back on foreign assistance programs.
France reduced its aid by a third last year, while Germany — one of the world’s most generous donors — cut aid and development assistance by $5.3 billion in the past three years. The Netherlands has cut aid, too.
But none of these countries’ aid programs were anywhere near the size of what has been provided by the United States.
The United States has spent less than 0.3% of its gross national income on aid since 1972. But in Africa — by far the poorest continent — that was big money.
With the United States now in retreat, China is poised to take on an even bigger role on a continent where U.S. influence has lately been slipping. Last year, China promised the continent investment, loans and aid worth $50 billion over three years, and pledged to create 1 million jobs.
A farmer in Cubal, Angola, on Nov. 11, 2024. The United States spent decades responding to conflicts and disease in Africa. The continent is now expected to be the hardest hit by the Trump administration’s aid cuts. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG
grants and contracts with the school because of claims of ongoing anti-Jewish harassment.
n Saturday, immigration agents showed up at the apartment building of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of last year’s pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and told him that his student visa had been revoked and that he was being detained. Khalil is married to an American, and his lawyer, speaking to the agents by phone, informed them that he had a green card, but they said that had been revoked as well. He was taken away, and as of this writing appears to be in a detention facility in Louisiana.
In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump made it clear that Khalil was snatched because of his activism. “This is the first arrest of many to come,” Trump wrote. “We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, antiSemitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it.”
Like many things done by Trump’s administration, Khalil’s arrest was shocking but not surprising. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly said he was going to deport anti-Israel student activists. Just last week, Axios reported on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to use artificial intelligence to comb the social media accounts of student visa holders in a search for ostensible terrorist sympathies. The administration seems particularly determined to make an example of Columbia, announcing last week that it was canceling $400 million in
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But the fact that it was easy to see this ideological crackdown coming shouldn’t obscure how serious Khalil’s detention is. If someone legally in the United States can be grabbed from his home for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a drastically different country from the one we inhabited before Trump’s inauguration.
“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian Hauss, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s a direct attempt to punish speech because of the viewpoint it espouses.”
Khalil, who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, hasn’t been charged with any crime. A dossier on him compiled by Canary Mission, a right-wing group that tracks anti-Zionist campus activists, includes no examples of threatening or violent speech, just demands for divestment from Israel. Last year Khalil was suspended from his graduate program for his role in the campus demonstrations, but the suspension was reversed soon after, apparently for lack of evidence, and he completed his degree. The Department of Homeland Security claimed he “led activities aligned to Hamas,” but that’s an impossibly vague, legally meaningless charge.
It’s true that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, any foreigner who “endorses or espouses” terrorist activity is considered inadmissible to the United States. But Margo Schlanger, a law professor who served as head of civil rights in the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, points out that that provision is hardly ever used, especially against people already in the country, who largely have the same free speech protections as citizens.
You don’t need to take this from a liberal law scholar: During Trump’s first term, a legal analysis from Immigration and Customs Enforcement concluded the same thing. “Generally, aliens who reside within the territory of the United States stand on equal footing with U.S. citizens to assert First Amendment liberties,” it said. Khalil’s arrest, said Schlanger, “seems like an incredible overreach in light of the First Amendment concerns that even the government in the last Trump administration documented.”
Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the audaciously dishonest, headlinedominating demagogue, set the agenda — served as a cautionary tale, with members of both parties invoking the horrors of “McCarthyism” to denounce political witch hunts. Even though some Americans really did spy for the Soviet Union, it became clear that domestic subversives did less damage to America than the desperate, fevered campaign to root them out.
Today, pro-Palestinian campus demonstrators are widely despised, just as leftists were during the Red Scare. I wouldn’t be surprised if Khalil’s arrest proves popular, but that won’t make it any less shameful or alarming. The nearly 13 million green card holders in the United States — not to mention foreign students and professors — have been put on notice that they need to watch what they say. “Any foreign student here, I think, has to be worried if they’ve engaged in pro-Palestine protests over the past couple of years,” Hauss said. Nor can citizens rest easy; a government this willing to disregard the First Amendment is a danger to us all.
I asked Schlanger just how freaked out we should be by Khalil’s apprehension. “I teach constitutional law,” she said.
“And I’m freaking out.” Dr. Ricardo Angulo
During periods of nationalist hysteria, however, overreach is common. The closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, when the right exploited widespread fear of communist infiltration to purge leftists from government and cultural institutions. In his new book “Red Scare,” New York Times reporter Clay Risen writes about a 1952 Supreme Court case allowing for the deportation of three immigrants who had each joined but later left the Communist Party. Justice Hugo Black, who had dissented in the case, said that the country at that moment was in “more desperate trouble on the First Amendment than it has ever been in.”
For decades afterward, that era — when
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SAN JUAN – Investigadores del Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (CCCUPR) alertaron el martes sobre el aumento significativo de casos de cáncer colorrectal en la isla, especialmente en personas de entre 20 y 49 años, según los hallazgos de un estudio basado en datos del Registro Central de Cáncer de Puerto Rico.
“Los datos reflejan un aumento preocupante en los casos de cáncer colorrectal en Puerto Rico, particularmente en personas menores de 50 años, lo que resalta la necesidad urgente de reforzar la prevención y el cernimiento temprano”, explicó la doctora María González Pons, investigadora del CCCUPR en declaraciones escritas.
El informe, que analizó 32,181 diagnósticos primarios de cáncer colorrectal entre 2000 y 2021, reveló que solo el 40 por ciento de los casos se detectan en etapas tempranas y que el 55 por ciento afecta a hombres. Además, el 10 por ciento de los casos corresponde a personas entre 20 y 49 años, con una tendencia de aumento casi al doble de lo observado en Estados Unidos.
La doctora Veroushka Ballester, especialista en gastroenterología oncológica, destacó que el cáncer colo-
rrectal es una de las principales causas de muerte en el mundo, pero puede prevenirse con cambios en el estilo de vida y detección temprana. “Es crucial que más personas conozcan los factores de riesgo y accedan a pruebas de cernimiento”, indicó.
Prevención y pruebas de cernimiento
La doctora Vivian Colón López, directora asociada de la Oficina de Alcance y Participación Comunitaria del CCCUPR, recordó que en Puerto Rico la prueba de sangre oculta en heces es obligatoria a partir de los 40 años, según órdenes administrativas del Departamento de Salud. La colonoscopía, por su parte, se recomienda a partir de los 45 años.
Entre los factores de riesgo modificables para prevenir el cáncer colorrectal, los expertos señalaron la importancia de una dieta alta en fibra y baja en carnes procesadas, actividad física regular y evitar el consumo de tabaco y alcohol.
Eventos educativos sobre el cáncer colorrectal
En respuesta a estos hallazgos, el CCCUPR organizará el evento educativo “Juntos contra el Cáncer Colorrectal: Tu Salud, Tu Prioridad”, que se llevará a cabo el sábado 22 de marzo en Plaza del Caribe en Ponce y el 29 de marzo en Plaza Las Américas en San Juan.
El evento contará con la colaboración de la Coalición
SAN JUAN – La Asociación ACirc anunció que la Minigira del Circo Fest 2025 comenzará el miércoles 12 de marzo en Vieques, al llevar espectáculos circenses al aire libre a varios municipios de la isla.
“El Circo Fest ha mantenido el compromiso de llevar su espectáculo de varieté a distintas comunidades, ofreciendo además talleres abiertos al público”, indicaron los organizadores del evento.
Luego de su inicio en Vieques, el festival se trasladará a Canóvanas el viernes 14 de marzo, con una presentación en la Plaza Pública a las 7:00 de la noche. El sábado 15 de marzo se presentará en el Parque de las Ciencias
de Cáncer Colorrectal y la Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción (ASSMCA), entre otras entidades. También incluirá la exhibición Caribe Colon, una experiencia interactiva diseñada para educar sobre la salud colorrectal y la prevención del cáncer.
en Bayamón, también a las 7:00 de la noche. Finalmente, el domingo 16 de marzo concluirá en la Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera de Arecibo, con su Gran Final a las 6:00 de la tarde.
El evento contará con la participación de ocho compañías internacionales, incluyendo 4Stomp de Canadá, Francia y Estados Unidos, Amelia Cadwallader de Australia, Circo Carpa Diem de Italia, Espuma Bruma de Argentina e Italia, Karcocha de Chile, Adriano Cangemi y “Papito” de Argentina, y Uili So de Brasil.
Todas las funciones serán gratuitas, pero como es tradición en el arte callejero, los artistas “pasarán el sombrero” al final de cada presentación para recibir donaciones voluntarias del público.
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By JASON ZINOMAN
Inside a spacious room on the West Side of Manhattan, rehearsal for the latest Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” was full of macho bluster and trash talk. And that was before the actors started running their scene.
It was a Friday morning, and the show’s British director, Patrick Marber, back after being briefly out sick, approached two of his stars, Bill Burr and Michael McKean. They were sitting inside a makeshift restaurant booth, getting ready to play desperate real estate salespeople entertaining the idea of robbing their office.
Then Marber noticed a satchel in front of them that he hadn’t seen before. “You were gone, so the play changed,” Burr responded in his staccato Boston cadence.
Marber looked somewhere between annoyed and amused. Getting teased by one of the greatest living stand-up comics is an honor. But there was work to be done. Previews would start in just a few weeks, on March 10, at the Palace Theater. He turned, walked back to his table, picked up a vape and took a puff. Burr pounced. “What’s that?” he asked, a scornful snap in his voice. “Smoke a cigarette like a man!”
Burr loves messing with people. There’s a more accurate verb than “messes,” of course, but I’m not going to use it here. It’s so intrinsic to his needling personality that when I asked him minutes before rehearsal why he’s studying French, Burr described a revenge fantasy of sorts: an eventual stand-up set in France meant to irritate Parisians snooty about Americans mangling their language. Only Bill Burr learns French “out of spite.”
Over the next hour, he kept messing with Marber. When the director, who is also a comedian and playwright, asked him to look at how McKean was using a toothpick in the scene, Burr said sarcastically: “I got to pay attention to him? OK. Sorry.”
At one point, Burr clarified that he was ribbing Marber because he is also a comic: “If he was actually a person,” Burr said, “I’d be hurting his feelings.”
With “Glengarry,” Burr, 56, is entering new territory. He’s acted in movies and in shows like “Breaking Bad” (with his “Glengarry” co-star Bob Odenkirk) and “The Mandalorian,” but this is his professional theater debut.
From a certain angle, it seems unlikely. Over decades of prolific stand-up, Burr projected the persona of the loudmouth ranting at the end of the bar. He told me that for a long time, he didn’t think theater was for him, associating it with musicals, which, he said, “aren’t necessarily my vibe.” Seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly on Broadway in “True West” changed his mind. “I saw the power of it,” he said of that production, which was staged in 2000. “It was like stand-up, feeding off the energy of the crowd.”
Burr owes this job, funnily enough, to Nathan Lane, an actor he has never met and who is not in the production. Lane, however, was originally asked to star as the older salesperson Shelley Levene (Odenkirk took the job after Lane left for a TV series), and had told producer Jeffrey Richards he would do it only if they cast Burr as Moss.
Lane sent Richards and Marber clips of Burr’s performances, including one of him doing stand-up. “Gentlemen,” he wrote, “pay attention to the arena that is full.” They were convinced.
Bill Burr in New York, Feb. 18, 2025. The acerbic comic sounds like a Mamet character, and thanks to Nathan Lane, he’s making his Broadway debut as one in “Glengarry Glen Ross.” (OK McCausland/The New York Times)
(Lane had less success talking Mamet into putting Alec Baldwin’s “coffee’s for closers” speech from the film adaptation into the play.)
Along with being a great actor, Lane explained, Burr just sounds like a Mamet character. “The anger, the simmering rage,” Lane said in a phone interview. “There’s a danger to him. That fits into the world of Mamet. I could hear him being a little funny and a little scary.”
Inside a quiet Little Italy cafe, I began to tell Burr there was something he often talked about that resonated with me when he cut me off.
“Whores?” he responded, leaning back and chuckling, in a gray hoodie and jeans. No, I responded, I’m not talking about whores, fully appreciating how funny it sounds for a New York Times journalist to say this in an interview.
I wanted to talk about male anger, a longtime theme of his stand-up. Some of Burr’s funniest bits are about how men, so nervous about appearing sensitive or weak that they won’t risk their masculinity by buying a pumpkin or even taking a bath, repress those feelings which eventually transform into rage. When I brought this up, Burr interrupted again.
“Let me ask you this,” he said, flashing an intense stare. “You’ve been with me for an hour. Do I seem like an angry person?”
I pause. He did appear a little annoyed when I picked a fight with him about a bit he does about women’s sports. Burr is not the only one who likes messing with people. But alone in conversation, Burr seems like the same guy he is in front of a crowd,
only more cerebral and mild-mannered. “There’s a lot of truth in the guy you see onstage,” he said. “But you’re just looking at me from one side.”
The side I see here is a guy with anger issues who learned how to control them. Getting married and having kids helped, he said, not to mention doing mushrooms, which he talked about in a 2022 Netflix special. Burr rejects the idea that controlling his temper makes him lose his edge.
“I want to lose my edge,” he said. “I don’t want to go through life angry. And here’s the thing: If you have an edge, you never lose it. I can tap into that whenever I need to. You bark at the other dog and make it go away. I know how to do that.”
He demonstrated this in the rehearsal room. Despite his jokey irreverence, Burr has approached his role seriously (he confesses to some nerves). He came into rehearsals almost completely off book, with a detailed take on the play, and the psychology and emotional life of the men in it. Marber told me that Burr was a “total pro,” a natural stage actor, perfectly cast. “Moss is rude and unpleasant and abrasive, but you can’t hate him for it,” Marber said about the character. “He has a certain amount of charm and way with words, just like Bill.”
Back in the rehearsal room, in his scene with McKean, Burr is a salesperson selling another salesperson on an idea. (Just outside the door, Kieran Culkin, who plays top salesperson Ricky Roma, was hunched over his laptop working on his Playbill bio.) Burr was jokey and conspiratorial, warm and whispery one moment, explosive the next, but strategically. When his character was caught in a lie, Burr leaned forward and attacked. “I lied. Alright?” he roared, decibel level climbing. There’s the danger.
Moss’ anger, Burr said, comes from hurt. “He doesn’t feel respected,” he said. “He doesn’t feel loved. He feels alone. As a man, you’re not allowed to express that. You can’t be intimate like that with another man in front of other men.”
So instead, Burr explained, he curses at him.
Burr is at the top of his profession. Lorne Michaels asked him to do the monologue for the first “Saturday Night Live” episode to air after the presidential election in November. But talk to him enough and you discover his memories as a struggling young person remain fresh. You will hear allusions to the “crazy German Irish house” of his childhood, a place that lacked the warmth of his friends’ homes. Or the early days in comedy when he felt out of his depth.
The “Glengarry” character he most identifies with is not one of Mamet’s hustling, fast-talking salespeople, but James Lingk, the ineffectual mark, the man getting sold and then apologizing for his own lack of power to make decisions. “I was that guy until I was about 30,” he said, adding that he was socially immature for his age. “How I didn’t end up in the trunk of someone’s car is beyond me.”
Burr’s next special, “Drop Dead Years,” which premieres March 14 on Hulu, also displays his vulnerability, beginning with a confession that the reason he got into comedy was to get a room full of strangers to like him. For a guy so comfortable antagonizing a room, who likes to mess with people, this comes as a surprise. Asked about it, Burr strikes a thoughtful tone, saying the way he pushes people away is also a way to cope. “It’s just another defense mechanism.”
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Trova introduces Chef Daniel Lugo, who unveils a new menu
By JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS Special to The STAR
Trova restaurant at Wyndham Palmas Beach & Boutique Golf Resort in Humacao introduced the new culinary delicacies from renowned Chef Daniel Lugo, who has amassed a wealth of know-how from mentor and Michelinstarred restaurateur Chef José Andrés and his top positions at innovative and acclaimed restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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classic Puerto Rican dishes, which Chef Lugo has manifested from his special memories growing up on the island, such as Pulpo al estilo Joyuda, a delicate plated dish of thinly sliced octopus, olive oil, avocado, lime, “aji dulce,” and cilantro inspired by his childhood visits to Joyuda, a fishing village on Puerto Rico’s west coast. Chef Lugo also introduced a local culinary favorite, Mero de Caldo Santo, a seared local grouper marinated with Loíza’s famous coconut fish soup, showcasing his commitment to focusing on Puerto Rico’s rich cultural heritage, with Loíza being a longtime culinary hotspot, rich in Afro-Caribbean flavors. Then, the popular Ensalada de Raíces Locales, a roasted local root salad with cumin, goat cheese, oranges, and pumpkin seed, exemplifies Chef Lugo’s focus on using the freshest ingredients cultivated by local vendors.
The imaginative menu’s breadth and scope inspire the concept of wellness and being rooted in the land, making it a must-visit restaurant that ties in excellent storytelling that in turn spotlights Puerto Rico’s favorite dishes with contemporary and global flavors. Visit www.wyndhampalmas.com/ palmas to learn more.
from the Spanish Diner to Jaleo, China Chilcano, and Zaytinya.
Recently, Chef Lugo joined Trova to introduce his culinary vision from his years of experience with a menu that is uniquely created as his “love letter for Puerto Rico,” in honor of his roots since he was born and raised in Mayagüez, and to celebrate his grandmother, who fostered his love for cooking.
“Returning to Puerto Rico from Washington, D.C., after years of working is more than a homecoming – it’s a chance to give back to the island that shaped me,” Chef Lugo said.
At Trova, the delicious menu reimagines
LEGAL NOTICE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of RMF BUYOUT ACQUISITION TRUST
2018-1
Plaintiff v.
The Estate of Heriberto Febus Bernardini composed of Roberto Febus Lomba, Lissette Febus Lomba, Heriberto Febus Lomba, and John Doe and Jane Doe; Santia María Lomba Delgado a/k/a Santia Lomba a/k/a Santia
Lomba Delgado a/k/a Santia Lomba de Febus a/k/a Santia M. Lomba de Febus a/k/a Santia M. Lomba; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales United States of America
Defendants
CIVIL ACTION: 3:16-cv-1376ADC. NOTICE OF SALE. TO: THE ESTATE OF HERIBERTO FEBUS
BERNARDINI COMPOSED OF ROBERTO FEBUS LOMBA, LISSETTE FEBUS LOMBA, HERIBERTO FEBUS
LOMBA, AND JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE; SANTIA MARÍA LOMBA
DELGADO A/K/A SANTIA
LOMBA A/K/A SANTIA
LOMBA DELGADO A/K/A SANTIA LOMBA DE FEBUS A/K/A SANTIA
M. LOMBA DE FEBUS
A/K/A SANTIA M. LOMBA; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ASUME, ANY OTHER PARTY WITH INTEREST OVER THE PROPERTY
MENTIONED BELOW, AND, GENERAL PUBLIC
WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal, plus interest per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant also owes and ordered to pay WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY,
FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of RMF BUYOUT ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-1 all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% of the original principal amount of $24,150.00 to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash, money orders, or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico, (18.3698885, -66.1125446) to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBANA: Solar número cuarenta y siete (47) del Bloque “A” del Plano de Urbanización Valle Verde, radicada en el sitio Las Tenerías del Barrio Machuelo Abajo del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, compuesto de cuatrocientos cincuenta y siete punto ochocientos ochenta y ocho (457.88) metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en diecisiete punto veintiocho (17.28) metros, con la Calle “B” de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en diecisiete punto cero cinco (17.05) metros, con el solar A-1; por el ESTE, en veintiséis punto veinte (26.20) metros, con el solar número A-46; y por el OESTE, en veintisiete punto doce (27.12) metros, con la Calle “C” de la Urbanización. Contiene una casa de una planta. Property Number Number 25,082, recorded at page 221 of volume 2106 of Ponce.Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Ponce. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, at page 221 of volume 2106 of Ponce, property number 25,082, 4th inscription. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $241,500.00, due on April 7, 2089, pursuant to deed number 222, issued in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on December 20,2010, before notary Alfonso J. Gó-
mez Roubert, and recorded, at page 221, volume 2106 of Ponce Norte, property number 25,082, fifth inscription. Other Liens: None. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the 28th day of March, 2025, at 9:15 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $241,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 4th day of April, 2025, at 9:15 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $161,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 11th day of April, 2025, at 9:15 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $120,750.00, which is onehalf of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency, money orders or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars,
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reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 21st day of February, 2025. By: Joel Ronda, Special Master. rondajoel@me.com 787-565-0515
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BY SOLELY AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2017-1
Parte Demandante Vs. IVETTE COLLAZO PEÑA
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: NSCI201200842. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA ENMENDADO. Yo, SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 21 de enero de 2024, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 16 de noviembre de 2015, notificada el 20 de agosto de 2021 y publicada el 27 de agosto de 2021, procederé a vender el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento identificado con el número 11302 en el cual está localizada en el tercer piso del Edificio XI del Condominio Mirador Playa Convento, ubicado en el barrio Quebrada Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cavidad superficial de 1131.64 pies cuadrados, equivalente a 105.13 metros cuadrados. Co-
linda por el Norte, en distancia de 34´9´´ con apartamento número 11303, pared exterior y pasillo; por el Sur, en distancia de 34´11 ½´´ con pared exterior; por el Este, en distancia de 42´4´´ con apartamento número 11303 y pared exterior; por el Oeste, en distancia de 41´8´´ con apartamento número 11301, pared exterior y pasillo. Su puerta principal de acceso se encuentra en su lado Norte la cual colinda con el pasillo interior de su piso. Contiene tres dormitorios, dos baños, salacomedor, cocina, balcón y calentador de agua. Corresponde a este apartamento en los elementos comunes del inmueble una participación de .49%. Le corresponde dos espacios de área común limitada de estacionamiento marcados con el número 357 y 358. Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Fajardo, Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo, Finca Número 21145. Dirección Física: Apt. 11302, Cond. Mirador Playa Convento, Fajardo, PR 00738. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $107,034.82 más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $112,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $74,666.67. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 20 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $56,000.00. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afecta el siguiente gravamen (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $112,000.00, con intereses al 7.25% anual, vencedero el día 1 de mayo de 2038, constituida mediante la escritura número 187, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de abril de 2008, ante la notario Nay D. Rodriguez González, e inscrita
al tomo Karibe de Fajardo, finca número 21,145, inscripción 4ta. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes posteriores. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 27 de febrero de 2025. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #622. *** LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. ORAMAICA
GARCIA VILLEGAS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: GB2024CV00941. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ORAMAICA
GARCIA VILLEGAS. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Bo.
Camarones Centro, Carr. 20 Ramal 836 KM 0 HM 6, Guaynabo, PR 00970; PO Box 1164, Guaynabo, PR 00970-1164; 405 Majestic Way, Kissimmee, FL 34758. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE ADALBERTO AQUINO HERRERA, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS
WANDA IVETTE AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, GLORIA AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, SAMUEL AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, FRANCISCO AQUINO MONTAÑEZ GLORIWAN AQUINO MONTAÑEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV02281. (409). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: SUCESION DE ADALBERTO AQUINO HERRERA, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS WANDA IVETTE AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, GLORIA AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, SAMUEL AQUINO MONTAÑEZ, FRANCISCO AQUINO MONTAÑEZ Y GLORIWAN AQUINO MONTAÑEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM). Yo, HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RO-
DRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL, PLACA #278, 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 31 DE MARZO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico, 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 Carolina 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 7 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Dieciséis (16) del Bloque “B” en el plano de la URBANIZACIÓN JARDINES DE CAROLINA, radicado en el Barrio Martín González del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de TRESCIENTOS TREINTA Y NUEVE PUNTO SIETE CUATRO DOS DOS (339.7422) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes: por el NORTE, en cinco puntos cincuenta (5.50) metros en arco, con las Calles “B” y “C”; por el NOROESTE, en once punto cincuenta (11.50) metros, con la Calle “C”; por el NORESTE, en dieciséis punto cero cero (16.00) metros, con la Calle “B”; por el SUROESTE, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el solar número B guion Quince (B15); por el SURESTE, en once punto cincuenta (11.50) metros, con la Calle “A”; y por el ESTE, en 5.50 metros en arco, con Calles “A” y “B”. Sujeto a servidumbre de paso de cinco pies (5’) de ancho a lo largo de su lado Sureste a favor de Puerto Rico Telephone Company para sistema telefónico. Contiene una casa de concreto de hormigón y bloques. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 159 del tomo 1357 de Carolina Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Segunda, finca número 21,905, inscripción novena. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización
Jardines de Carolina, B-16, Calle C, Carolina, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $49,645.90 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6 1/4% anual, desde el día 1ro. de enero de 2024, hasta su completo pago; más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $8,600.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, 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 $86,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $57,333.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $43,000.00. 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 para vender 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 otro 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 Carolina, Puerto Rico, 13 de febrero de 2025. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL, PLACA #278, ALGUACIL DEL
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE EDUARDO RIVERA
VALENTÍN COMPUESTA
POR JAQUELINE
JUSTINIANO MARTIR
TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA
COMO JACQUELINE
JUSTINIANO MARTINS
COMO VIUDA, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
COMO HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS;
JAQUELINE JUSTINIANO MARTIR T/C/C
JAQUELINE JUSTINIANO
MARTINS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
(C.R.I.M.) - PARTE CON INTERÉS
Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2024CV02299. Sala: 0101. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIEN-
TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO
RICO, SS.
A: SUCESION DE EDUARDO RIVERA
VALENTÍN COMPUESTA
POR JAQUELINE
JUSTINIANO MARTIR
TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA
COMO JACQUELINE
JUSTINIANO MARTINS
COMO VIUDA, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS, JAQUELINE JUSTINIANO MARTIR T/C/C
JAQUELINE JUSTINIANO MARTINS - 119 CALLE 11, BO. CORCOVADO, HATILLO, PR 00659; PO BOX 2052, HATILLO, PR 00659.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.
pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en uyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) manor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).
Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los cases que proceda. Los abogados de la parte demandante son:
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393
BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ LLP
500 Calle De La Tanca, Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 18 de febrero de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA LIZ TORRES MUÑIZ, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. DAVID JOHN HOLLOWAY; Y DAVID PAUL WITTLETON
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00031. 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: DAVID PAUL WITTLETON 57 ALLANDER DR., ROCHESTER, NY 14624-2052. POR LA PRESENTE, se le no-
tifica a David John Holloway, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. DAVID JOHN HOLLOWAY; Y DAVID PAUL WITTLETON
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00031. 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: DAVID
JOHN HOLLOWAY230 STROLLING WAY DURHAM, NC 27707-5470. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a David John Holloway, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TAN-
TO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787- 705- 2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. YOHAM M ANDINO TORRES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03581. 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: YOHAM M ANDINO TORRES - URB MIRAFLORES 33-8 CALLE 45A, BAYAMON PR 00957. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo
que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. YESMARY GONZALEZ FONSECA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2024CV02669. Sala: 802. 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: YESMARY GONZALEZ FONSECA - 131 TERRACE DRIVE, VERMON ROCKVILLE CT 06066. 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:/// wwwpoderjudicial.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 discre-
ción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de diciembre de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. NIDIA E. ARROYO VARGAS Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV02977. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. Sala: 500-A. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: NIDIA E. ARROYO VARGAS - URB BRAULIO DUENO E34 CALLE 1, BAYAMÓN PR 00959; PO BOX 422, ANGELES PR 00611; URB LA ROSALEDA, RG39 CALLE ACACIA, TOA BAJA PR 00949. 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, Puer-
to Rico
00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IXIA B. CÓRDOVA CHINEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. JOCHINSON ARROYO DE JESUS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV03582. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. Sala: 500 - A. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOCHINSON ARROYO DE JESUS - URB SANTA MONICA L2 CALLE 4, BAYAMON PR 00957; 41 HUNTINGTON ST APT 203, HARTFORD CT 06105.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de diciembre de 2024. ALICIA AYALA SAN-
JURJO, SECRETARIA. IXIA B. CÓRDOVA CHINEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ADJUNTAS
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V. HECTOR C. ROMAN RODRIGUEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: AD2024CV00226. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.\ A: HECTOR C.
ROMAN RODRIGUEZURB. VEGA LINDA, 28 CALLE TOMAS TORRES, JAYUYA, PUERTO RICO 00664-1111.
De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar al 8 de mayo de mayo de 2024, por concepto de la línea de crédito comercial la cantidad de $2,670.89 de principal; más intereses acumulados hasta el pago total de la deuda; más los cargos por mora que se acumulen hasta el pago total de la deuda; más la suma de $19,196.70 por concepto del balance en perdida del préstamo personal más intereses acumulados, más los cargos por mora que se acumulen hasta el pago total de la deuda más la suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, conce-
diéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos, Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919
Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 25 de febrero de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. MARGARITA TORRES MATOS, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. JUAN MANUEL ORTIZ LOPEZ Y SU ESPOSA MARIA DEL ROSARIO CHEVEREZ QULLILONES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV00627. (703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: JUAN MANUEL ORTIZ
LOPEZ Y SU ESPOSA MARIA DEL ROSARIO CHEVEREZ QUIÑONES, POR SÍY COMO COADMINISTRADORES DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria, en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $44,058.14, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 7 1/4% anual, desde el día 1ro de mazo de 2024, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $9,025.00, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es:
URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Diez (10) del Bloque “PC” en el plano de inscripción de la URBANIZACIÓN PATIOS DE REXVILLE, la cual se encuentra ubicada en el Barrio
Pájaros del termino municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de DOSCIENTOS VEINTISIETE PUNTO OCHENTA Y CINCO (227.85) METROS CUADRADOS. Colindando al NORTE, en nueve punto ochenta (9.80) metros, con la Calle número Veintiuno guión A (21-A); SUR, en nueve punto ochenta (9.80) metros, con los solares números Treinta y Tres (33) y Treinta y Cuatro (34) del mismo bloque; ESTE, en veintitrés punto veinticinco (23.25) metros, con el solar número Once (11) del mismo bloque; y por el OESTE, en veintitrés punto veinticinco (23.25) metros, con el solar número Nueve (9) de! mismo bloque. Contiene una estructura de hormigón y bloques de un solo piso a ser dedicada a vivienda; la cual consta de sala-comedor, cocina, tres dormitorios, un baño, balcón y marquesina. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 104 vuelto del tomo 1454 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera, finca número 64,587, inscripción sexta. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. 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: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro de! referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. La información del (de
la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres RUA Núm. 10,189
Bufete Collazo & Surillo, LLC
P.O. Box 11550
San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550
Tel. (787) 625-9999
Fax (787) 705-7387
E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com
Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habra de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que esta situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de febrero de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE UTUADO SALA SUPERIOR DE ADJUNTAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. NORA E. LOPEZ ZAMORA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: UT2023CV00129. (Salón: 1). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.
A: NORA E. LOPEZ ZAMORA. (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 diciembre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 04 de marzo de 2025. Notas de la Se-
cretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS ÚNICOS EFECTOS DE EXPEDIR NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO NUEVAMENTE. En Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, el 04 de marzo de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. MADELINE ORTIZ PLAZA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
KATHERINE SANTANA PEÑA
Demandante V. LUIS ADRIAN SANTANA MÁRQUEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024RF00730. (Salón: 405). Sobre: PATRIA POTESTAD - PRIVACIÓN, SUSPENSIÓN O RESTRICCIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARIA D. PAGAN HERNANDEZMARILUPAHE@YAHOO.COM. A: LUIS ADRIÁN SANTANA MÁRQUEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de febrero de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 26 de febrero de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 26 de febrero de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. AMELIA Z. GARCÍA BRIONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE
LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CON-
TROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: DIVAD ROMÁN ESTRADA Parcelas Carraizo 181 A Calle 4 Km4, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00926
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025.
ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT
(RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: FÉLIX DAMIÁN LARA VÁZQUEZ
Antigua Vía Cupey Bajo, Carr. 176 R845, K3 Hl Int, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL. Defendants
CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MO-
NEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: FREDDIE CORTORREAL SOTO
Urb. Vistamar 697 Calle Segovia, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00983-1438
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025.
ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk.
Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.
ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL. Defendants
CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: GARAGE ROOKIE INC
Carr #2 KM 17.4 Bo Candelaria, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico 00949
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025.
ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL. Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. TO: GEOVANNY CINTRÓN RIVERA
March 12,
Bo Quebrada Cruz Sec El Cuco Carr 825 Km 7, Toa Alta, Pue110 Rico 00953
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed
By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’ LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: GUSTAVO ANTONIO RIVERA DÁVILA
Palacios de Marbella F-4 Calle Andrés Segovia, Toa
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025.
ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk.
Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: HAROLD SÁNCHEZ SANTIAGO
Villa María B-10, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, 00953
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Hono-
rable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants
CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: HÉCTOR MARTÍNEZ ORTIZ
Urb. Monte Verde F-17 Calle Britto, Manatí, Puerto Rico, 00674
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are he-
reby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: HÉCTOR SANTIAGO DÍAZ
Urb. Lago Alto 1-161 Calle Patillas, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976-4024
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty
30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. ORIENTAL BANK
Plaintiff, v. MANFRED PENTZKE LEMUS, ET. AL.
Defendants
CIVIL NO.: 24-1550. ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT OF1970 (RACKETEERINFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 - 1968); COLLECTION OF MONEY; DAMAGES. JURY TRIAL IS DEMANDED. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: HENDRICK SOCORRO
SÁNCHEZ ORTA Carretera 842 Km. 7.3 Caimito, Alto San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926
Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on March 4th, 2025, by the Honorable María Antongiorgi-Jordan, United States District Judge (Docket No. 76), you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty 30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the origi-
nal plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Alfredo Fernández Martínez, Pedro A. Hernández Freire, and/or Eduardo L. Hernández Freire, at Delgado & Fernández LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio, B7 Tabonuco Street Suite 1000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968, telephone number (787)274-1414. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Island of Puerto Rico. Within ten (1O) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant Ángel María Martínez Martínez, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to his last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Comt and noticed by this Summons, the Court will proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Pue1to Rico. In San Juan, Pue1to Rico, this 5th day of March 2025. ADA l. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ. CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Digitally signed By Ana Duran, Deputy Clerk. Date: 2025.03.05 17:37:22 04’-00’
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March 12, 2025
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Art Schallock, a New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles left-handed pitcher of the 1950s who had been the oldest living former major leaguer, died last Thursday in Sonoma, California. He was 100.
His death was confirmed by his family.
When the Yankees sent 19-year-old Mickey Mantle to the minors in 1951, they called up Schallock, who was making his major league debut.
Pitching for five seasons in the majors, he appeared in 58 regular-season games, 14 of them as a starter.
Arthur Lawrence Schallock was born in Mill Valley, California, near San Francisco, on April 25, 1924, the fourth child of Arthur and Alice Schallock. His father was a telephone and telegraph lineman.
After pitching for high school and semipro teams, he served in the Navy during World War II as a radio operator on an aircraft carrier.
The Brooklyn Dodgers signed him in 1946, and he pitched in their minor league system until they traded him to the Yankees in July 1951.
He was a member of the Yankee teams that defeated the Dodgers in the 1952 and 1953 World Series, although he had only one postseason appearance: In Game 4 of the last of those matchups, he allowed one run in two innings.
“I roomed with Yogi Berra, and he knew all the hitters on each team,” he once said. “Besides that, I had to run down to the lobby and get his funny books. Every morning.”
The Orioles obtained Schallock off waivers in May 1955.
He had a career record of 6-7, with an ERA of 4.02 and 77 strikeouts
Schallock’s family was struck by tragedy one night in March 1973 when a man who was an outpatient at a mental institution invaded the home of his brother Melvin; Melvin’s wife, Ruth; and the couple’s son, Daniel, in Mill Valley. The man set the house on fire and killed all of them with shotgun blasts.
Last April, the Yankees honored Schallock on his birthday when they sent him a team jersey signed by the players.
A list of Schallock’s survivors was not immediately available. His wife, Donna, died in 2023.
For all his fortitude, Schallock did not set a record for longevity in professional baseball. Pitcher Si Simmons of the Lincoln Giants of the Negro leagues lived to 111, and Yankees pitcher Red Hoff reached 107.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Pescadores del Plata of Comerío started the 2025 season of the Double A Superior Baseball League with a bang, winning their first two games at home with a total of 29 runs scored and a collective batting average of .390.
“The boys did a tremendous job in preseason and the result showed that,” said Luis Matos, manager of the Pesca-
dores “It’s only two games, but we know that the section is very competitive.”
On Saturday, Comerío beat the Bravos de Cidra 19-5, with a solid performance by left-hander Héctor Hernández, who pitched six innings. The offense was led by Pedro Crespo, who had five hits in six at-bats with three RBIs and three runs scored. In addition, Neftalí Rosario and Luis Colón homered for the winners.
On Sunday, the Pescadores del Plata defeated the Toritos
By THE STAR STAFF
Karl Vilips notched his first victory on Sunday in the 2025 Puerto Rico Open held at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Río Grande.
The 23-year-old Australian finished with a final performance of 64 strokes, with a total of 262 strokes (-26). The victory marks Vilips’ first title on the PGA TOUR, in only his fourth entry in the professional circuit. Vilips broke the tournament record by surpassing the mark of 267 strokes that had been set by Nico Echavarría in 2023 and Chesson Hadley in 2014. He earned 300 points for the FedExCup standings with the victory, along with a guaranteed place in the PLAYERS Championship and the PGA Championship in 2025.
The Australian golfer carded a final round with seven birdies, an eagle and a bogey. Despite having played only three
tournaments before this one, his victory demonstrated his talent and potential.
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen of Denmark, in his first PGA TOUR tournament, finished in second place with 265 strokes (-23). Neergaard-Petersen completed his final round with a 63, with nine birdies, including six in a row. His performance earned him a spot in the Valspar Championship.
American Joseph Bramlett, who had already had good results on the PGA TOUR, finished third with 267 strokes (-21) in his best showing on the tour. Bramlett, who led in driving distance, stood out for his consistency on the course and his performance in the tournament.
South African amateur Kieron Van Wyk surprised everyone with his strong performance, tying for fourth place with 269 strokes (-19). In his first tournament on the PGA TOUR, Van Wyk earned a top-10 finish along with a spot in the Valspar Championship.
de Cayey 10-3, with an outstanding pitching performance by Luis Leroy Cruz, who struck out 10 batters in seven innings. On offense, Yadiel Rivera contributed a home run.
“The management made several changes in the offseason that were beneficial for the team,” Matos added. “We hope to stay healthy and continue getting good results.”
The Pescadores play next on Friday, when they visit the Próceres de Barranquitas at Pablo Marrero Stadium, at 8 p.m.
Defending champion Brice Garnett of the U.S. finished in 40th place at 12-under.
The Puerto Rico Open is part of the 2025 PGA TOUR season, with a prize pool of $4 million and 300 FedExCup points for the winner.
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