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Special Education assistants in public schools protested Monday morning in front of the Capitol to demand that the island Senate approve House Bill 1886, which proposes increasing the salary of the workers, which currently stands at $9 per hour.
The group’s spokesperson, Guillermo Betancourt, said they are the lowest-paid employees in the Department of Education (DE) despite some having studied at the university level. Meanwhile, some employees only have a high school degree and are earning $14 an hour in other areas of the department, he pointed out.
Likewise, Betancourt noted that apart from sick leave, the special ed assistants have few sick days, they do not have vacation days to accumulate, and their Christmas bonus is conditional.
The spokesperson criticized, for example, the fact that some of the trust employees in the agency who are paid large salaries, and whose names were made public two weeks ago, only have a high school diploma. He was referring to the names of individuals in positions of trust who also work in Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia’s gubernatorial campaign.
“We are inviting and urging the governor to express himself and to give us openness to dialogue so that we are given labor and salary justice,” Betancourt indicated in reference to the state of the commonwealth address that the governor is scheduled to give today.
The 5,500 Special Education assistants work with stu-
dents with autism and Down syndrome, as well as bedridden students. The Special Education population, Betancourt said, is between 20% and 30% of the total enrollment of the more than 800 schools on the island.
Earlier on Monday, Rep. José “Cheito” Rivera Madera, who authored the legislative measure that seeks to increase the salary of DE Special Education assistance employees known as T-1 and T-2, expressed his solidarity with the demonstrators and their cause.
Although on the one hand he regretted that “employees who are so necessary for the special education of our children in schools have to resort to this extreme claim,” the experience has been that this type of demonstration drives the measures that are filed, as was the case with the increase in the retirement of police personnel, a measure also filed by Rivera Madera.
“My solidarity is with all the Special Education Special Assistants (T1 and T2) who today express themselves in front of the Capitol demanding better working conditions and a fair salary,” the legislator said. “These workers are an essential part of the training of our special education students who are left behind and forgotten by the system itself.”
Rivera Madera was optimistic that the measure of his authorship, which was approved in the lower chamber, will be considered on its merits since it establishes in advance the budgetary source with which the recommended remuneration would be met, “without altering the country’s fiscal plan at all.”
Federal authorities offered a $10,000 reward on Monday for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for killing agent Eliezer Ramos Vélez.
“WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP! @ ATFMiami offers a $10,000 REWARD for any information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of @PRPDNoticias police officer Eliezer Ramos-Velez. Call 1-888-ATF-TIPS or PR Police at: 787-343-2020,” reads a message posted by the federal agency ATF Miami.
Meanwhile, the body of agent Eliezer Ramos Vélez, badge 36516, will be on display starting today at 11 a.m. at Rubén Zayas Montañez Coliseum on Muñoz Rivera Street in Trujillo Alto.
Later in the day, at 1 p.m., Police Bureau Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa will posthumously promote Ramos Vélez to the rank of sergeant.
The burial will take place on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Trujillo Alto Municipal Cemetery on Highway 181, kilometer 7.6, in the town’s Dos Bocas neighborhood.
Ramos Vélez, 35, who was assigned to the Special Operations Superintendency out of Police General Headquarters, was shot dead in the early hours of last Friday at the entrance of the Sabana Abajo residential complex in Carolina.
The 12-year veteran of the force was the first police officer killed in the line of duty in 2024. He is
on this occasion with the purpose of providing services to the community, identifying the needs of older adults and people with conditions and extending a helping hand to children.
López Figueroa ordered the integration of the efforts of the Community Relations division, who along with their Carolina Municipal Police counterpart were to be stationed in the residential area.
He said dozens of police officers will join in a parallel effort, which will begin with a process of screening and evaluating the composition of the community and its needs to coordinate aid and provide services. In addition, they will conduct programs aimed at children, in coordination with the school located at the entrance of the residential complex.
survived by a son.
According to the authorities’ investigation, Ramos Vélez left his work shift at 4 a.m., and while traveling along Román Baldorioty de Castro Expressway he saw some subjects on a motorcycle shooting at a moving vehicle. The officer proceeded to follow them, arriving at the entrance of the aforementioned public housing complex, where he was killed.
Earlier on Monday, a second team of police officers occupied the Sabana Abajo residential complex, but
“In the Police we are aware that we have a double role in society,” López Figueroa said. “We have to prosecute those who commit a crime, but we also have to provide support to citizens in need and the community so that it becomes stronger. In this effort, we have the support of our municipal colleagues in Carolina.”
“The different programs offered by the Community Relations division of the Police and the municipality of Carolina will be activated to coordinate aid and establish prevention initiatives,” the police chief added. “The majority of the people who live in Sabana Abajo are good, productive people who help their neighbors and in that way serve Puerto Rico. We urge them to come to us so that this effort bears fruit for the benefit of their community and their families.”
Bankruptcy lawyer Rolando Emmanuelli does not expect U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who is overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) bankruptcy, to issue a ruling before May on whether to approve the utility’s debt adjustment plan. Emmanuelli said that by April 5, all stakeholders must
submit final memoranda on facts and conclusions and then the case will be deemed submitted.
“However, this is a very complicated case, more so than the commonwealth case,” he said in a radio interview.
Swain has more than “900 objections she must resolve -- that will take time,” the attorney added.
Most recently, Cobra Acquisitions requested a trial on millions of dollars in claims PREPA owes it for repairs to the grid following the 2017 hurricanes. The judge sent the matter to mediation.
She also has several “novel” decisions to make, including a petition from the Financial Oversight and Management Board seeking to preempt the powers of the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau to prevent it from interfering in issues related to the rates consumers will have to pay following the bankruptcy.
There are two challenges to the constitutionality of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, including one that alleges that it violates the uniformity clause by creating a separate bankruptcy process for the territory. In
appellate court, bondholders are appealing Swain’s ruling that their debt is unsecured.
“If that ruling is overturned, it will mean that we have to start the bankruptcy again,” Emmanuelli said.
PREPA’s debt adjustment plan (PAD by its Spanish acronym) is a proposal to reduce the utility’s debt by about 80% to $2.5 billion, and end the utility’s bankruptcy. The plan would raise electricity rates for 35 years or more to pay debt service on bonds and other payments to bondholders. The plan also imposes a legacy charge on customer bills to pay off the debt.
Creditors including bondholders, vendors and others claim PREPA owes them over $10 billion. In addition, PREPA owes its retirement system around $4.4 billion in present and future obligations.
Bondholders alone claimed PREPA owed them about $8.4 billion. The Oversight Board challenged their claim, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico subsequently ruled that bondholders have an allowed claim of $2.4 billion. The PAD proposes to pay bondholders about $1.57 billion, including fees related to the plan.
Police Commissioner Antonio López Figueroa, at right, with police personnel at Sabana Abajo residential complex in Carolina. U.S. District JudgeGov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and Acting Treasury Secretary Nelson Pérez Méndez announced Monday the approval of over $1.3 billion in refunds since the current tax cycle began.
The governor also said more than 500,000 families have claimed the Work Credit.
“To date, the Treasury Department has approved $1.3 billion in refunds corresponding to 679,938 returns,” Pierluisi said. “These historical numbers exceed the refunds sent last year on this same date. According to our commitment, we are working as quickly as possible so that taxpayers receive their money
in record time, with only 15 days until the filing period ends on April 15.”
The governor highlighted that reimbursement lists have been approved regularly since the beginning of the tax cycle. Some 893,994 income tax returns have been filed, representing 79,750 more returns than those filed last year by the same date. The Treasury estimates it will receive a million returns corresponding to the 2023 tax year.
The acting Treasury chief noted meanwhile that as of March 20, some 507,893 taxpayers had claimed the Work Credit.
Pérez Méndez urged salaried citizens and pensioners who need assistance in preparing their returns to use the services of
the Electronic Return Preparation and Filing Centers “operating in the municipalities of Caguas, Carolina, Mayagüez, Ponce and San Juan, with appointments coordinated through https://hacienda.turnospr.com.”
“There we are also collaborating with the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with the Voluntary Taxpayer Assistance Program (VITA), with the application for the Additional Child Credit or CTC, which is with the Form 1040SS,” the official said.
He recommended checking on the Treasury Department’s website, Returns 2023 Section, for the documents that must be presented at the centers, in addition to the bank information for direct deposit.
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Monday that with an investment of over $719,000, the process of installing the sixth electric generator at the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority’s (PRASA) Caimito 1 pumping station, which is located in the city’s Chiclana sector, has already been completed.
The new generator is in addition to five others that the municipality previously acquired and installed at the pumping stations in Holly Hills, Caimito 2 (Los Cotto), San Martín, Venezuela and Hasta Mañana in Tortugo.
The acquisition cost of the newly in-
stalled generator, which has a capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW), was around $161,555. The Caimito 1 pumping station served some 1,221 PRASA customers, or approximately 3,663 people in the communities of Beverly Hills, Brisas del Valle, Caminos Avelino López, Doña Lourdes, Genaro Bigio, Guille Figueroa, Isidoro, José Trinidad, Los Benítez 1 and 2, Los García, Los Ocasio, Los Pérez, Los Ramos, María Miranda, Pedro Bonilla, Chiclanas 2, Contreras 2, De la Paz, Gavilán, Lázaro, Los Álamos, Los Arena, Los Café, Los Cocos, Los Martínez 1 and 2, Los Murieles, Los Reyes, Los Solá, Modesto Díaz, Pablo Díaz, Quintas de Beverly Hills and Tomé, along with the Police Members Association.
“The installation of these six generators
will minimize the problems of lack of water suffered by these communities due to power interruptions, which causes there to be no pumping of drinking water from the stations to homes,” the mayor said. “Likewise, we ensure that, in the event of the passage of an atmospheric phenomenon, the service so necessary for our people is not interrupted.”
The Municipality of San Juan established an agreement with PRASA for the acquisition of electrical generators for drinking water pumping stations that lacked one. After collecting information from all the stations, it was concluded that only six had the space to install generators. Those six stations together serve some 32,313 people, mostly from rural areas of San Juan.
Rep. José Aponte Hernández on Monday urged Puerto Ricans residing in Ohio to vote for the U.S. Senate candidate who is committed to fighting for equal rights for U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico.
“This coming November, U.S. citizens who were born in Puerto Rico but moved to the state of Ohio in search of a better quality of life have a unique opportunity to make their vote felt, supporting candidates who express their direct commitment to statehood for the
island,” Aponte said. “The race for a Senate seat is particularly important. Incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) faces Republican Bernie Moreno. This race is important for control of the Senate in January 2025.”
In November, 33 incumbent senators will be running for re-election.
Since 2018, Ohio has seen an increase in the number of Puerto Ricans moving there. By 2017 the number was about 137,104. Now it is over 200,000. In fact, the city of Cleveland, with about 34,000, ranks seventh in all the states with the largest population
of Puerto Ricans. “The Hispanic community registered to vote in Ohio is approximately half a million, more than a third of whom are Puerto Rican,” the veteran New Progressive Party lawmaker said. “Any candidate who aspires, in this case to the U.S. Senate, has to have this important bloc; that is why our exhortation to Puerto Ricans in this state is to ask the two candidates to express themselves, publicly, about equal rights for U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico, which can only be achieved with statehood.”
As part of his effort to mobilize Puerto Rican communities in the states to favor statehood ahead of the November general elections, Aponte said he will be making many outreach efforts.
“We are going to continue knocking on doors, talking about statehood in the states because we have the opportunity to pass a bill in Congress that gives us equality, as our people have demanded by a majority in 2012, 2017, and 2020,” said the former speaker of the island House of Representatives. “Ohio, as well as other states, are the key to this effort.”
Construction crews work to patch a part of the road that fell out from Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif. on January 30, 2023. Heavy storms and landslides over the weekend caused a portion of Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of California to collapse, stranding about 2,000 motorists, most of them tourists, overnight. (Ian Bates/The New York Times)
By EDGAR SANDOVAL, COLBI EDMONDS and EMMA GOLDBERGOfficials in California on Sunday slowly began guiding drivers past a collapsed section of scenic Highway 1 in the Big Sur area, one day after the damage left about 2,000 motorists stranded overnight.
Officials with the California Department of Transportation urged the public Sunday to avoid that section of the southbound highway in the Central Coast, and Monterey County issued a disaster declaration. The highway remains closed to the public while crews work on the affected areas, where large chunks of the road fell into the ocean. The agency, known as Caltrans, did not give an estimate of when the highway would fully reopen.
Highway 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, features stretches of rocky cliffs, lush mountains, panoramic beaches and coastal redwood forests.
Officials did not say what led to the collapse, but torrential rain Saturday battered the area near Rocky Creek Bridge, the site of the damage, which is about 17 miles south of Monterey.
There were no reported injuries from
the collapse. Many of those stranded Saturday were visitors who were driving through the area over the Easter holiday and had to sleep in temporary shelters, said Nicholas Pasculli, a spokesperson for Monterey County. Others stayed in local hotels, bed-and-breakfasts and campgrounds, and some slept in their cars, he added.
On Saturday evening at Nepenthe, a famed cliffside restaurant, customers slowly learned the news of the road closure from servers and bartenders, and groans could be heard as families scrambled to find empty rooms to spend the night.
Linda Molinari, a Pilates instructor from Hollister, California, and her boyfriend were two of those customers. They were making a day trip to Big Sur for lunch Saturday and ended up arriving around 4 p.m. After hearing the news about the highway, they decided to head back home. At about 5:15 p.m. they were met with a roadblock and told by authorities that they would have to turn around.
“We came here just to have lunch and go home, and now it’s like everyone is trapped here,” Molinari recalled thinking. “All the little hotels and stuff, you could tell everybody was swarming.”
Molinari and her boyfriend had
brought their camper with them in case they wanted to pull over to watch the ocean. Instead, it ended up being their room for the night.
The couple went to a general store and bought some emergency supplies: water, hot dogs and instant oatmeal. They stayed near the Big Sur River Inn, which provided breakfast and Wi-Fi to travelers.
On Sunday, uniformed officials were guiding some motorists around the damaged road in organized convoys. As cars moved past the damaged area, drivers could see that a chunk of the highway had entirely disappeared, along with the rock barrier separating the highway from the cliff’s edge.
Another convoy was scheduled for Monday morning in case the crews were not able to reach everyone by Sunday night, Pasculli said.
“We’re hoping we can get all the visitors out today — that’s our hope, that’s our goal,” he said. “Suffice it to say, it’s a holiday weekend.”
An unseasonably cold and vigorous storm system cut through the southwestern Pacific Coast over the weekend, bringing rain, flash flooding and snow to parts of California and elsewhere.
Over the years, landslides have taken out portions of Highway 1, which stretches more than 650 miles, from south of Los Angeles to north of San Francisco, through Big Sur and across the Golden Gate Bridge. Most notably, in May 2017, some 6 million cubic yards of earth moved after heavy rains, adding 15 acres of coastline. The highway underwent repairs and reopened a year later.
Last year, relentless winter storms in California caused landslides that blocked a 20-mile stretch of Big Sur for several weeks.
Molinari and her boyfriend were among those who were able to leave with the convoy Sunday afternoon. They made it back home around 2:30 p.m.
“Everything went fine,” she said, adding that they had not needed to eat the hot dogs. Still, she added, “it was a crazy, weird Easter.”
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Officials in Baltimore were preparing on Monday to open a temporary alternate channel around wreckage from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge for “commercially essential vessels.”
The bridge, a critical link to the Port of Baltimore, collapsed March 26 after it was hit by a giant cargo ship. Wreckage has been blocking a vital shipping lane into the port ever since.
The temporary channel was announced late Sunday by the state and federal agencies leading the response to the disaster. Their announcement, which did not give a timeline, was a sign of incremental progress in what experts say will be a long recovery process at one of America’s busiest ports.
“This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore,” Capt. David O’Connell, a
commander for the Coast Guard’s Maryland-National Capital region, said in the announcement. “By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore.”
The announcement said that the temporary channel was part of a phased approach to reopening the port’s shipping channel. It also provided the channel’s dimensions: a controlling depth of 11 feet, with a 264-foot horizontal clearance and a 96-foot vertical one.
Officials coordinating the response to the Key Bridge collapse did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of working hours Monday.
Salvage experts have said that clearing debris around the wrecked structure in the Patapsco River is likely to take weeks. It’s unclear how much longer it would take for shipping to reach normal levels.
News of the temporary channel was reported earlier by The Washington Post.
Gold prices hit fresh all-time peaks on Monday but stocks on Wall Street eased from near-record highs, with optimism that the Federal Reserve was close to cutting interest rates fading as a strong U.S. economy negates the necessity of cuts anytime soon.
Chinese shares led a rally around most of Asia overnight amid a broadly optimistic global economic backdrop, while Japanese shares tumbled with the yen pinned near levels that kept traders on guard for a currency intervention.
The dollar rose after data showed the U.S. manufacturing sector grew in March for the first time since September 2022, while the yen loitered below 152 per dollar, keeping traders on edge over the threat of intervention.
The dollar index, a measure of the U.S. economy against six peers, rose 0.55%.
Oil prices stayed near five-month highs as markets expected tighter supply due to OPEC+ cuts and after attacks on Russian refineries, with Chinese manufacturing data supported a stronger demand outlook.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday that inflation data released that day “is what we were expecting” and that “you won’t see us overreacting,” suggesting the U.S. central bank is content to remain in wait-and-see mode.
“The potential for a cut keeps getting pushed off because Powell says almost with a giddy tone that this is a great environment. Interest rates are above average, not wildly above, but above average. We don’t have to cut them because the economy is doing so well,” said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & Snyder in New York.
“You don’t want another 1970s event where the Fed cut too soon and inflation re-ignited and took off. It’s better to keep those cuts in your pocket,” Ghriskey added.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.69%, the S&P 500 lost 0.39% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.2%.
European markets were closed on Monday and most markets across the globe were closed on Friday.
Friday’s report on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index data earlier drove expectations for easier U.S. monetary policy, lifting gold to a fresh record high. U.S. gold futures gained 0.93% to $2,238.10 an ounce.
U.S. Treasury yields rose as the stronger-than-expected manufacturing data raised doubts on whether the Fed can deliver on the three interest rate cuts outlined in its forecast at its last policy meeting.
The two-year Treasury yield, which reflects interest rate expectations, rose 9.8 basis points to 4.718%, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year note was up 13.7 basis points at 4.331%.
Japan’s Nikkei tumbled 1.4% as of the close, weighed down by worries about yen-buying intervention that would hurt exporter profit outlooks and returns for foreign
investors.
A corporate survey showing a worsening mood among big manufacturers gave another reason to sell stocks on the first day of Japan’s new fiscal year, with analysts saying investors took the opportunity to book profits with the Nikkei still close to the record peak reached just over a week ago. [.T]
U.S. crude recently rose 1.27% to $84.23 per barrel and Brent was at $87.74, up 0.85% on the day.
Israeli soldiers withdrew from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week raid in which they killed around 200 Palestinians and arrested hundreds of others, the Israeli military said Monday. The troops left widespread devastation in their wake after extended firefights with Palestinian militants in and around the complex.
Taysir al-Tanna, a longtime vascular surgeon at Shifa, said many of the hospital’s main buildings — including the emergency, obstetrics and surgical wards — had been badly damaged in the fighting, and the main gate had been smashed.
“Now it looks like a wasteland,” al-Tanna said.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense, said bodies were scattered in and around the complex. The final death toll remained unclear, he said, as some corpses were either under the rubble of destroyed buildings or were believed to have been buried.
Damaged buildings at the Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City, March 31, 2024. Israeli soldiers withdrew from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week raid in which they killed around 200 Palestinians and arrested hundreds of others, the Israeli military said on Monday. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
“Even outside the complex itself, there are blocks of buildings that were knocked to the ground,” and people were searching for the occupants in the rubble, Basal said.
The Israeli military said the roughly 200 Palestinians it had killed were militants, and that its soldiers had arrested around 900 people it suspected of being militants at the Shifa complex over the past two weeks, including senior commanders in groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It said two Israeli soldiers were killed and eight were wounded in the raid.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, blamed the destruction on the militants, saying they had fortified themselves inside hospital wards, fired on soldiers and refused calls to surrender. “We had to fire on the buildings in order to stop that and to kill the
terrorists,” he said.
Israeli forces evacuated displaced civilians sheltering in the compound as well as some patients, and placed other patients in a building away from the fighting, Hagari said. The World Health Organization said Sunday that at least 21 patients had died since the Israeli raid began in mid-March, though their causes of death were unclear. By this past weekend, just 107 patients remained — 30 of them bedridden — without drinking water and with only minimal medication, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement.
Israeli forces first raided Shifa in November, maintaining that Hamas militants had built a command center in tunnels underneath it. Hamas and the hospital director insisted the facility was solely a refuge for civilians.
The Israeli military later publicized some evidence to support its case, including by showing reporters a fortified tunnel constructed underneath the hospital grounds. An investigation by The New York Times suggested that Hamas had used the site for cover and stored weapons there. Critics argue that Israel failed to substantiate its original claims about Shifa’s military value.
After little more than a week, Israeli troops withdrew in compliance with a brief cease-fire. But as the war ground on, Israeli forces closed in on the hospital again in mid-March in an attempt to root out what they said was a renewed insurgency by Palestinian armed groups in the northern Gaza Strip.
“Hamas and Islamic Jihad have started to rebuild themselves in the north,” Hagari said. “And they re-based themselves inside Shifa.”
Hamas has not commented on the new allegations that it was using the hospital as a base, but in a statement it accused the Israeli military of summarily executing Palestinians inside. The group’s armed wing has repeatedly said that its militants were fighting with the Israeli military around Shifa over the past two weeks.
Hamas called the destruction at the hospital “a horrific crime” that Israel had perpetrated “with full and unlimited support from the administration of U.S. President Biden.”
Before the first Israeli incursion, Israel gave the hospital more than a week’s notice before its forces entered the complex, giving militants hiding there an opportunity to flee, Hagari said. This time, Israeli soldiers launched a surprise attack, raiding the area in the middle of the night, he added.
In a visit to Shifa on Saturday, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli military chief of staff, declared the raid “extremely successful.” Halevi said the operation had let militant groups know that “a hospital is not a safe place” for them.
Israeli airstrikes destroyed a building belonging to the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing a senior commander in the Quds Force, the external military and intelligence service of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Iranian state media reported Monday.
Gen. Ali Reza Zahdi, 65, oversaw Iran’s covert military operations in Syria and Lebanon, Iranian officials said. He is among the senior most Iranian commanders believed to have been killed by Israel in a yearslong shadow war that has included assassinations of Iranian
military leaders and nuclear scientists in Iran and in Syria.
The Israeli military declined to comment on the strike, but four Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters, acknowledged that Israel had carried out the attack, targeting Zahdi. They did not confirm that he had been killed.
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, strongly condemned the attack in a statement and said he had spoken to his Syrian counterpart about the “Zionist regime’s attack on the consulate section of the Isla-
mic Republic’s embassy in Damascus.”
“Netanyahu has lost his mental balance because he has faced back to back defeat in Gaza and has not achieved the Zionists’ ambitious goals,” Amirabdollahian said in the statement.
The strike, an Iranian member of the Revolutionary Guard said, targeted a secret meeting in which Iranian intelligence officials and Palestinian militants gathered to discuss the war in the Gaza Strip. Among the Iranian officials were senior commanders in the Quds Forces and leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an armed group armed and funded by Iran.
The men who killed Maksim Kuzminov wanted to send a message. This was obvious to investigators in Spain even before they discovered who he was. Not only did the killers shoot him six times in a parking garage in southern Spain; they ran over his body with their car.
They also left an important clue to their identity, according to investigators: shell casings from 9 mm Makarov rounds, a standard ammunition of the former Communist bloc.
“It was a clear message,” said a senior official from Guardia Civil, the Spanish police force overseeing the investigation into the killing. “I will find you. I will kill you. I will run you over and humiliate you.”
Kuzminov defected from Russia to Ukraine last summer, flying his Mi-8 military helicopter into Ukrainian territory and handing the aircraft along with a cache of secret documents to Ukrainian intelligence operatives. In doing so, he committed the one offense President Vladimir Putin of Russia has said again and again he will never forgive: treachery.
His killing in the seaside resort town of Villajoyosa in February has raised fears that Russia’s European spy networks continue to operate and are targeting enemies of the Kremlin, despite concerted efforts to dismantle them after Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Russia’s intelligence services have been put on a war footing and begun operating at a level of aggressiveness at home and abroad reminiscent of the Stalin era, said Andrei Soldatov, an author and expert on Russia’s military and security services.
“It’s not about conventional espionage anymore,” he said. “It’s about operations — and these operations might include assassinations.”
In Spain, Kuzminov lived “an indiscreet life,” the senior Guardia Civil official said. He went to bars popular with Russian and Ukrainian clientele, burning through the money he had received from the Ukrainian state. He drove around Villajoyosa in a black Mercedes S-Class.
Exactly how the killers found him has not been established, though two senior Ukrainian officials said he had reached out to a former girlfriend, still in Russia, and invited her to come see him in Spain.
“This was a grave mistake,” one of the officials said.
Senior police officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said the killing bore hallmarks of similar attacks linked to the Kremlin, including the assassination of a former Chechen rebel commander in Berlin in 2019 and the poisoning of former Russian
Fighting in Serebrianka Forest in Ukraine on Feb. 6, 2024. Maksim Kuzminov’s defection was orchestrated by a unit in Ukraine’s military intelligence arm and was a coup for the country. (Tyler Hicks/ The New York Times)
military intelligence operative Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England, in 2018. Skripal survived.
The two hooded killers who appeared on surveillance camera footage from the parking garage of Kuzminov’s apartment complex were clearly professionals who carried out their mission and quickly disappeared, police officials said.
“It is not common here in Spain for someone to be shot with a lot of ammunition,” said Chief Pepe Álvarez of the Villajoyosa Police Department. “These are indications that point to organized crime, to a criminal organization, to professionals.”
While no evidence of direct Kremlin involvement has emerged, Russia had made no secret of its desire to see Kuzminov dead. Weeks after his defection, the Kremlin’s signature Sunday evening news program ran a segment quoting fellow pilots and commandos from Russia’s military intelligence service vowing revenge.
“We’ll find this person and punish him, with all the severity of our country’s laws, for treason and for betraying his brothers,” said one of the commandos, who was not identified. “We find everyone eventually. Our arms are long.”
The defection of Kuzminov was a coup for Ukraine, orchestrated by a covert unit in the HUR, Ukraine’s military’s intelligence arm. The unit specializes in recruiting Russian fighters and running agents on Russian territory to carry out sabotage missions. Some soldiers from the unit have received specialized training from the CIA on operating in hostile environments.
While the unit had been able to persuade individual Russians and sometimes small groups of soldiers to defect, Kuzminov’s daring flight — and the high value of what he delivered — was unprecedented, said a senior Ukrainian official with knowledge of the operation.
In the early evening of Aug. 9, 2023,
Kuzminov took off in a military helicopter from an airfield in the Kursk region in western Russia for what was supposed to be a simple cargo delivery to another base in the country. With him in the cockpit were a technician named Nikita Kiryanov and a navigator, Khushbakht Tursunov. Neither soldier appeared to be aware of Kuzminov’s plans.
Shortly after takeoff, Kuzminov turned off the helicopter’s radio communications equipment and dove to an altitude of just under 20 feet to evade radar. Then he crossed into Ukraine.
In interviews with Ukrainian news media, Kuzminov was coy about what happened next. He said only that he had landed the helicopter at a prearranged rendezvous point in the Kharkiv region, just over 10 miles from the border, where he was met by HUR commandos.
What happened to his crewmates is less clear. A Russian television report about them, citing a medical examiner, claimed that the two had been shot and killed at close range and suggested that Kuzminov had killed them before landing. The senior Ukrainian official involved in the operation said this was not true.
“Our soldiers shot them,” the official said. “Otherwise, they would have killed Kuzminov and could have escaped in that helicopter.”
In interviews, Kuzminov said his crewmates were unarmed but never explained how they died.
The HUR clearly considered the mission a major success. Shortly afterward, Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, announced that the operation would give confidence to other Russian soldiers who were considering defection. The intelligence agency even produced a documentary film about the operation to showcase its triumph.
Kuzminov went on a media tour, holding a news conference, giving interviews denouncing Russia’s war and calling on others to follow his example.
“You won’t regret it,” he said in the documentary. “You’ll be taken care of for the rest of your life.”
The Ukrainian government paid Kuzminov $500,000 and provided him a Ukrainian passport and a fake name: Ihor Shevchenko. They also offered him a chance to join them in fighting Russia.
Instead, Kuzminov left Ukraine in October and drove to Villajoyosa, a small town on the Mediterranean coast popular with British and Eastern European tourists. There, he settled on the ninth floor of a modest apartment building about a 10-minute walk from the beach.
It was a curious choice for someone so explicitly targeted by Russian authorities for
liquidation. The region is a well-known base of operation for Russian organized crime figures, some of whom maintain ties to the country’s intelligence services, Spanish authorities say.
On the morning of Feb. 13, a white Hyundai Tucson entered the garage under Kuzminov’s apartment building and parked in an empty spot between the elevators used by residents and the ramp leading to the street. Two men waited there for several hours, according to the senior Guardia Civil official.
Around 4:20 p.m., Kuzminov drove into the garage, parked and began walking toward the elevators. As he passed in front of the white Hyundai, the two assailants emerged, called out to him and opened fire. Although he was struck by six bullets, most of them in the torso, Kuzminov managed to sprint a short distance before collapsing on the ramp.
The two killers got back into the car and ran over Kuzminov’s body on their way out. The vehicle was found a few miles away, burned with the help of what investigators believe was a special accelerant. It took specialists a week to identify the make and model of the car and establish that it had been stolen — two days before the killing — in Murcia, a town about an hour away.
A special unit in the Guardia Civil is carrying out the investigation under strict secrecy rules. Authorities have not publicly confirmed that Kuzminov was the person killed.
But among the community of Russian and Ukrainian expatriates living in Villajoyosa, there was no question of who was behind the death.
“Everyone thinks the services took him out,” said Ivan, 31, who fled his home city, Kherson, Ukraine, at the start of the war. “They’re everywhere.”
Spain’s annual report on national security threats, published this month, said Russia had revamped its intelligence operations in the country after the expulsion of 27 Russian diplomats over the war in Ukraine. Although fewer in number, the report said, Russian spies continued to seek out ways to “destabilize Spain’s support for NATO.”
Boeing planes? Kayak, a travel booking site, noticed an uptick in the number of people trying to weed them out; it recently made that search filter more prominent and even added an option to specifically avoid certain models.
Boeing’s problems, great as they are, are just one reason that consumers might be wary of taking flight. United Airlines now also faces scrutiny for a series of safety incidents, although many experts say the issues there do not appear to be systemic. The biggest danger of all may be understaffed air traffic controllers and overstuffed runways, which lead to far too many near misses.
Personally, I am not worried about flying, and other than cracking some ill-advised jokes, I have not changed my behavior. That’s why I hadn’t bothered to check whether I’d be flying on a Boeing Max, or any type of Boeing plane, until after I boarded.
globally for more than a year — were grounded by the FAA. (About 387 of them had been delivered at that time, and 400 or so more were in production.)
The public later learned Boeing had added a new software system to the planes to help keep them stable. Because the system made the planes behave more like older Boeing models that pilots were already familiar with, the company got permission from the FAA to avoid retraining pilots on the new planes (a cost savings for the airlines that bought them) or even telling pilots about it.
It’s hard to escape the conclusion that those at the company who took all those shortcuts figured the system, with all its redundancies, would save them. But that’s a gamble. Eventually, two or three or four rare mishaps will align.
quickly. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
By ZEYNEP TUFEKCI“Ah, it’s a Boeing Max,” I exclaimed to my travel companions after we boarded our plane a few weeks ago. I looked to see if we were seated next to a hidden door plug panel like the one that blew out on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January. We weren’t, but joining a trend on social media, we cracked a few jokes at Boeing’s expense: “Maybe they can charge extra, saying it’s potentially an even bigger window seat.”
The Federal Aviation Administration recently informed the passengers on that ill-fated Alaska Airlines flight that they may have been crime victims. The agency hasn’t explained why, but Boeing has told the Senate that it cannot find documentation of exactly how the door plug was removed and reinstalled, even though the company acknowledged it is supposed to have kept such records. Facing all this, the company announced last week that it was replacing its CEO. But the bad news wasn’t over: On Thursday, a New York Times investigation reported a disturbing pattern of sloppy safety procedures and dangerous cost-cutting. One expert who had spent more than a decade at Boeing told the Times, “The theme is shortcuts everywhere — not doing the job right.”
Is it any wonder that some travelers are trying to avoid
The trajectory of Boeing as a corporation, however, is another matter. It’s going to take a lot more than a shuffle at the top to fix that company’s problems. But the fact that Boeing managed to cut as many corners as it did is testament to the layers and layers of checks, redundancies and training that have been built into the aviation industry. Aviation safety is so robust because we made it so.
Two seemingly contradictory things are both true: U.S. commercial passenger airlines have gone an astonishing 15 years without a single death from a crash. And there is a huge safety crisis in commercial aviation that we urgently need to fix.
Commercial aviation is a complex system involving many dynamics: technology, engineering, corporate culture, regulation, weather, human factors, politics and more.
It’s extremely hard to predict what will emerge from so many different things interacting all at once — an example of the so-called butterfly effect, in which a tiny insect flapping its wings leads to major weather on the other side of the world. And although testing every part of the system on its own is necessary, it’s insufficient, since it’s the interaction of many moving parts that creates those hard-to-foresee problems. Solving equations won’t be enough to manage it all because such systems defy easy calculations.
We do, however, have methods to manage complex and safety-critical systems, and if done right, they can work very well.
Perhaps the most important measure is redundancy, the layering of precautions. Since even a minor failure could set off a catastrophic chain of events, it’s important to shore up everything. That’s why many plane parts have duplicates or backups, and much of planes’ production and maintenance is subject to inspections by multiple people.
Redundancy, however, while great for safety, is expensive.
The first Boeing 737 Max crash occurred in Indonesia in 2018. Everyone on board was killed. The next was in 2019, in Ethiopia. There were no survivors of that flight, either. After that, the planes — which had been flying
A Boeing representative told me that the company was taking responsibility and working to improve quality. But we need to see action, not promises.
So, why should anyone still fly on Boeing’s planes? Or fly at all? Because the statistics still show that commercial aviation is miraculously safe, far more so than all the alternative ways of traveling.
Although I don’t check for who manufactured the planes I fly, I do keep my seat belt on even when the captain says I don’t have to. Other than that, I’m as comfortable as possible while flying. I know that, on balance, air travel is a well-regulated system staffed by highly trained crews with layers and layers of safety precautions and a dedication to learning from past accidents. Let’s keep it that way.
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AGUADA – El alcalde de Aguada, Christian Cortés Feliciano, realizó el lunes el corte de cinta oficial para inaugurar la masiva remodelación del coliseo Ismael ‘Chavalillo’ Delgado, para dar paso al regreso del equipo Santeros de Aguada del Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Los Santeros fueron los campeones en la temporada 2019, y en el evento ‘Fan Fest’ de la pasada semana, aseguraron que vienen arrasando.
En su mensaje a los presentes, el alcalde detalló el esfuerzo y empeño de los aguadeños para la restauración del Chavalillo, con $2.4 millones en inversión. “Esta adminiatracióaguadeños hemos logramos una
victoria significativa: hemos transformado el Chavalillo en un coliseo moderno, seguro y acogedor. Hoy celebramos con orgullo que hemos cumplido nuestra promesa, regresaron los Santeros y estrenan casa nueva. Tan pronto la fanaticada acceda a las facilidades, notarán la diferencia”, señaló el alcalde. Este sábado, 6 de abril a las 8:00 pm se celebra el primer juego en el Chavalillo. Como parte del evento del corte de cinta, los miembros de Los Santeros recibieron decenas de estudiantes de tres escuelas de Aguada para realizar clínicas de baloncesto.
Entre los trabajos realizados en el Chavalillo se encuentra la instalación de cuatro (4) nuevas unidades de aire acondicionado y la instalación de un nuevo tabloncillo removible, como los que se usarán en las próximas Olimpiadas de este verano en Francia. También se culminaron los trabajos de pintura externa e interna, instalación de nueva iluminación interior y en el estacionamiento.
De igual manera, las mejoras a los camerinos, las gradas, la cantina, al sistema de rociadores automáticos de control de incendios y alarmas de incendio, aportan la seguridad de las instalaciones, así como los
trabajos al sistema eléctrico, sellado de techo, instalación de luces y lámparas de emergencia. “No hemos escatimado en poner al Chavalillo como de merece, con remplazo de los ‘shot clocks’ de los tableros y compra de sillas especializadas para los jugadores, tipo NBA, en fin, es una transformación total”, expuso el alcalde.
“Los Santeros no son solo nuestro equipo de baloncesto, son un símbolo de nuestra identidad aguadeña, y su regreso al Chavalillo es un motivo de celebración para todos. Por eso, nuestra administración aprobó una aportación de $150,000.00 para cubrir gastos de la temporada”, anunció el alcalde.
La temporada será dedicada al deportista Wasdie Rivera Aponte, quien perteneció a la Selección Juvenil de Tenis de Mesa de Puerto Rico en 1987. Del evento de corte de cinta participaron los jugadores, personal de Los Santeros, así como los legisladores Migdalia González, senadora del distrito Mayagüez Aguadilla y el representante Jessie Cortés. Para información actualizada del itinerario de juegos, los interesados pueden acceder a ‘Santeros de Aguada’ en la red social Facebook.
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By ANITA GATESLouis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — died early Friday in Santa Monica, California. He was 87.
Gossett’s first cousin Neal L. Gossett confirmed the death. He did not specify a cause.
Gossett was 46 when he played Emil Foley, the Marine drill instructor from hell who ultimately shapes the humanity of an emotionally damaged young Naval aviation recruit (Richard
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Gossett told the Times that he had recognized the role’s worth immediately. “The words just tasted good,” he recalled.
When he accepted the Oscar for best supporting actor in 1983, he was the first Black performer to win in that category and only the third (after Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier) to win an Academy Award for acting.
Gossett, a versatile actor, played a ran-
ge of parts in his long career. But he was best known for playing decent, plain-spoken men, often authority figures.
By the time he won his Oscar, he had already won an Emmy as Fiddler, the mentor of the lead character, Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), in the blockbuster 1977 miniseries “Roots.”
Fiddler was, as the name suggested, a musician, an enslaved man on an 18th-century Virginia plantation. Gossett was not thrilled about the role at first. “Why choose me to play the Uncle Tom?” he remembered thinking in a 2018 Television Academy video interview. But he came to admire the survival skills of forebears like Fiddler, he said, and based the character on his grandparents and a great-grandmother.
That portrayal, he said, became “a tribute to all those people who taught me how to behave.”
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was born May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Louis Gossett, a porter, and Helen (Wray) Gossett, a nurse. He made his Broadway debut when he was 17 and still a student at Abraham Lincoln High School on Ocean Parkway.
While healing after a basketball injury, he appeared in a school play, just to occupy his time. Impressed, a teacher suggested that he audition for “Take a Giant Step,” a play by Louis Peterson that was opening at the Lyceum Theater in the fall of 1953. He won the lead role, that of Spencer Scott, a troubled adolescent. Brooks Atkinson of the Times praised his “admirable and winning performance,” one that conveyed “the whole range of Spencer’s turbulence.”
Sidney Fields devoted a column in The Sunday Mirror to the young man, who shared his career plans. “I always wanted to study pharmacy,” Gossett said. “But now after college I’ll try acting. I know it’s a tough business, but if I fail, I’ll have the pharmacy degree to fall back on.”
He ended up majoring in drama (and minoring in pharmacy) while on a basketball scholarship at New York University. In 1955, he returned to Broadway, in William Marchant’s comedy “The Desk Set.” By the time he graduated, acting was paying him more than any basketball team would.
He made his film debut as an annoying college man in “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961), an adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play that starred Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee. He had appeared on screen only twice before — in two episodes of “The Big Story,” an NBC drama series, in 1957 and 1958.
Before becoming a film star, Gossett had a thriving theater career. In less than a decade,
he landed six Broadway roles, including that of a Harlem hustler in “Tambourines to Glory” (1963), a South African grandfather’s servant in “The Zulu and the Zayda” (1965), a lawyer who had killed a white man in a civil rights demonstration in “My Sweet Charlie” (1966) and Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba in “Dangerous Angels” (1971).
In the mid-1960s, he replaced the actor playing big-time boxing promoter Eddie Satin in the musical “Golden Boy,” starring Sammy Davis Jr. His most unfortunate role may have been as a Black man with a white slave in “Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights” (1968), a comedy written by Robert Alan Aurthur and directed by Sidney Poitier. The play, which Clive Barnes of the Times called racist, closed after a week.
Gossett never committed to another Broadway role. But he appeared for four nights as flashy lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical “Chicago” in 2002.
His dozens of feature films included “The Landlord” (1970), in which he played a man on the brink of insanity; “Travels With My Aunt” (1972); and “The Deep” (1977), as a Bahamian drug dealer. His later films included “Diggstown” (1992), in which he played a boxer, and the movie version of Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class” (1994), in which he played a bar owner.
Gossett made more than 100 television appearances, ranging from lighthearted comedies like “The Partridge Family” to dramas like “Madam Secretary.” He played the title role, a Columbia anthropology professor who investigates crimes, on the short-lived 1989 series “Gideon Oliver.”
He also appeared in numerous television movies, among them “The Lazarus Syndrome” (1978), about a cardiologist; “A Gathering of Old Men” (1987), about a Black man who kills in self-defense; “Strange Justice” (1999), about the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation process (he played presidential adviser Vernon Jordan); and “Lackawanna Blues” (2005), based on Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s play. His other TVmovie roles included Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat and baseball star Satchel Paige.
He continued to act until last year, when he was seen in the film version of the Broadway musical “The Color Purple.”
Gossett’s marriage to Hattie Glascoe in 1964 lasted only five months. He and Christina Mangosing married in 1973, had one child and divorced after two years. His 1987 marriage to Cyndi James Reese ended in divorce in 1992.
Gossett is survived by his sons, Satie and Sharron Gossett, and several grandchildren.
Louis Gossett, right, in his professional stage debut, in Louis Peterson’s “Take a Giant Step” in New York in 1953. Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” died in Santa Monica, Calif. on March 29, 2024. He was 87. (Sam Falk/TheIt is rare for a total solar eclipse to hit the same place twice — once every 366 years on average. In 2019, this happened in the Pacific Ocean, far west of the coast of Chile. By a stroke of luck, the next one will span a region of about 10,000 square miles that includes parts of southern Illinois, southeastern Missouri and western Kentucky.
People in those areas will encounter April 8’s eclipse about seven years after they were near the middle of the path of the “Great American Eclipse.”
For that total eclipse, which occurred Aug. 21, 2017, Southern Illinois University sold out its football stadium in the city of Carbondale.
“We had people screaming,” said Bob Baer, the director of the university’s astronomy observation program. “But unlike a football game, you had them all screaming for the same thing.”
The college town, with a population of nearly 22,000, was among the most popular hot spots in the Midwest for the 2017 eclipse. Now, Carbondale and its neighbors are getting ready for another day with no sun. While towns in the area averaged around 2 1/2 minutes in the darkness of totality in 2017, this time they will experience about four minutes of totality. Preparation and hype have increased, too.
Baer first heard that Carbondale, five hours south of Chicago, was in the crossroads of two solar eclipses nearly a decade before the 2017 event. But the significance didn’t click for him until 2014, when an astronomer from the National Solar Observatory reached out.
“Once I understood, I about fell out my chair,” Baer said, though he struggled to convince anyone else. “When I started talking to people about the eclipse, their eyes would gloss over. I’d lose them in the first 20 seconds.”
That started to change as August 2017 got closer. Carbondale, which planned for that eclipse for three years, welcomed around 14,000 people. Clouds obstructed much of the view that day, but the communal experience struck people nonetheless. Excitement from that event continues to reverberate seven years later.
“The vibe is still pretty electric here,” Baer said. “A lot of anticipation.”
Not everyone was as prepared as Carbondale was in 2017. Seventy miles away, city officials in Paducah, Kentucky, were surprised by the number of visitors they got.
A solar eclipse promotional banner that includes the dates of the one seven years ago and the upcoming one on April 8, in Carbondale., Ill., March 27, 2024. By a stroke of luck, the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 will once again be close to total, just seven years later, for large parts of southern Illinois, southeastern Missouri and western Kentucky. (Julia Rendleman/The New York Times)
“We had no idea what to expect,” said Angela Schade, a downtown development specialist in Paducah’s planning department. She remembers locals renting out their yards to campers in an attempt to make room for everyone coming for the eclipse. Schade watched the spectacle from the parking lot at work but didn’t fully comprehend what she was experiencing.
This year, Paducah is organizing a street fair where educators will teach people about the science of eclipses. The National Quilt Museum — Paducah’s claim to fame — will host an exhibition featuring the work of Karen Nyberg, a retired NASA astronaut who makes space-themed quilts.
Schade is also making sure that Paducah’s streetlights don’t automatically switch on when the sun vanishes.
Paducah was not the only town in the crossroads to be overwhelmed in 2017. In Makanda, Illinois, a village with a population of fewer than 600, a wave of 12,000 people turned out to see the eclipse.
“We had all hands on deck,” said Debbie Dunn, a festival event coordinator there. The town, which sat smack in the middle of the eclipse path, experienced the longest duration of totality. One artist painted a neon orange line across town — and through his own studio — to mark the centerline of the moon’s shadow.
Makanda will not be the site of longest totality again in April — that will be near Torreon, Mexico. But according to Dunn, interest in the eclipse seems higher than it was in 2017.
“All our neighboring communities have got all these things planned,” she said, adding that last time Carbondale was the only place in southern Illinois that did anything big.
Events aren’t limited to the day of the eclipse — communities are planning festivities for the weekend before and the evening after totality. Part of this is strategic: Makanda is hosting a dance on the night of April 8, for example, in the hopes of mitigating the kind of post-eclipse traffic jams that paralyzed the town in 2017.
Pat Hunt, who runs Apple Creek Vineyard & Winery with her family in Friedheim, Missouri, is organizing a weekend of live music and food.
Hunt described the experience at her vineyard in 2017 as chaotic, mainly because no one knew how many people would show up. “We just had some nightmares the first time around,” she said. “We weren’t as prepared as we needed to be.”
This time, they are selling tickets to control the arrival of visitors and adding 10 employees to help on eclipse day, many focused on traffic and parking.
College towns seemed to be better pre -
pared in 2017. “We were not caught off guard,” said Bruce Skinner, chair of the eclipse committee at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. In 2017, the event coincided with the first day of classes, so the university rolled it into the orientation activities.
On April 8, classes will be canceled for a schoolwide block party. Many students will assist NASA-funded research projects.
After that, it won’t be until 2045 that a total solar eclipse comes anywhere near this region lucky enough to see two in seven years.
“For many of the people that are going to see it, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Skinner said. But for those caught in the crossroads, “it’s going to be a twice-in-a-lifetime thing.”
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Anew trending workout seems to emerge every month.
Each guarantees a happier, healthier, stronger and leaner you.
There’s a viral challenge, known as “75 Hard,” which promises to improve your mental toughness if you work out for 45 minutes twice daily — while also sticking to a diet and drinking a gallon of water a day, among other things. Another, known as 12-3-20 (not to be confused with 12-3-30 or 25-7-2), claims to transform your body. And there’s always some new kettlebell routine with thousands of TikTok views saying it can make you a faster runner almost immediately.
There’s no doubt that a vigorous fitness regimen could help improve your stamina, in the same way that eating a healthier diet and committing to more sleep may help you feel more energized and rested. The actual workouts of these plans are often perfectly fine, but the problem is how they make you think about exercise.
Oftentimes, the advice of these fitness strategies is “misleading at best and dangerous at worst,” said Victoria Sekely, a physical therapist and the founder of Train Smart Run Strong, leaving you feeling worse than you did before and leading to injury or burnout.
Here’s how you can identify which exercise fads may help you reach your goals and which may set you up for injury or disappointment.
Be realistic about your starting point.
Many fads are actually designed for people who already have a workout routine and may not be suitable for beginners. Influencers don’t know where you are starting from.
“The person on social media giving you advice doesn’t necessary have any background in it other than their own anecdotal experience,” said Heather Milton, a clinical exercise physiologist and strength and conditioning specialist at Sports Performance Center at New York University Langone Health.
If you have never worked with heavy weights, for example, doing a daily kettlebell swing ladder could cause injury. And although some plans do not dictate the type or intensity of exercise, starting a plan with an hour or more of exercise a day can be overwhelming.
Instead, Milton recommends starting simply, with 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week. Define for yourself what is moderate, rather than taking someone else’s word for it.
“Each person has individual needs based on genetics, medical history, including injury history and body type,” Milton said. These factors affect our ability to do different exercises and determines how beneficial they will be, she said.
If you are able to, work with a professional who can help tailor workouts to your current fitness level.
Focus on both ‘process goals’ and end goals.
Viral workout plans often work off a simple equation: Do a certain activity for a certain number of days to achieve a certain result.
Experts call these kinds of results — a faster mile time or the ability to do more pullups — a performance (or end) goal. To get there, it’s helpful to focus on what they call process goals: smaller, achievable steps, such as improving technique, said Carla Meijen, a sport and exercise psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam.
One such process goal is learning to listen to your body, a skill in itself. Bringing awareness to your workouts is far more important for longevity and resilience than staying on a rigid course in the short term, experts say. If you find yourself having an off day and slogging through a workout, instead of berating yourself, look at it as a chance to build a process goal by working on mental toughness.
The same recommendations apply to athletes competing in a race. Instead of focusing solely on a finishing time — the performance goal — experts recommend identifying smaller goals along the way.
A man working out in the mirror at his home in New York on March 4, 2009. Viral online exercise challenges, like the 75 Hard or the 12-3-20, might get you in shape in the short run, but they may not help you build sustainable healthy habits. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
Avoid plans with no rest days.
For many programs bound by a number of days, the challenge is a daily commitment, no days off. If you skip a workout in the 75 Hard challenge or do not follow your diet, you’re supposed to start over from Day 1.
Although this might work for some people, most need time off for their body and mind to recover, Sekely said.
“You can’t build muscle and get stronger and faster and do all the things without rest and recovery in the picture,” she said. “It’s physiologically how our bodies work.”
Don’t judge success by the way you look.
Before and after photos can help many plans go viral. But be wary using your appearance as a measure of success.
There is no singular “fit” body type, and our bodies do not react to exercise in the same way, Milton said.
More sustainable goals are about how you feel — aiming to get stronger, build endurance or gain flexibility. But much of this comes with patience and steady work, which are not usually the emphasis of a fitness fad.
“Habits are made by doing really simple, really easy things, and slowly introducing them into your way of living,” Sekely said. “When we let go of perfection, we can actually make progress.”
If the overabundance of root vegetables like sunchokes, black radishes and kohlrabies the size of my head is the late-winter scourge of my CSA, the steady supply of braising greens is its redemption. No matter how many bunches of curly kale, sturdy collard greens and steely chard arrive each week, there’s always a place on my table for their floppy, verdant magic.
I sauté them most nights in olive oil with garlic and red pepper flakes, adding whatever soft herbs need using up. A splash of water, stock or wine helps wilt and soften everything, especially the hardier plants like collards and broccoli raab. We pile them on toast, submerge them in soup, top them with an egg or toss them into pasta. And when no one else is home, I simply spoon the cooked greens into a bowl, sprinkle Parmesan over the top and devour the entire bunch all by myself.
For this recipe, I nestled my beloved greens in their pan with chicken thighs, another weeknight favorite. It makes for a skillet dinner that’s not much harder than cooking the greens by themselves, but a lot more substantial.
I chose boneless, skinless thighs because they’re forgiving and cook quickly. But bone-in, skin-on thighs are a great alternative, provided you add about 10 minutes to the roasting time. Chicken breasts — either bone-in or boneless — will also work well. Boneless breasts have a narrow window of being done but not overdone, usually about 5 to 7 minutes less than boneless thighs, so watch them carefully. In any case, you’ve got options.
Ditto for the greens. Kale, collards and chard are my usuals for braising, because that’s what’s usually in the CSA box. But the broccoli spigarello and broccoli raab I tested while developing this recipe were also divine, adding pleasing bitter notes to the mix. Just avoid baby tender greens, which easily turn to mush.
Grated lemon zest mixed in right at the end adds some revelatory brightness. And if you’re a fan, olives or capers gives this a briny zing that rounds out the earthiness of the greens.
Serve this skillet meal alongside something that will capture all the savory, schmaltzy sauce — crusty bread, rice or noodles. Or you could pop a pan of root
Herby skillet chicken with greens. This forgiving and adaptable weeknight dinner stars tender chicken thighs, braising greens and whole garlic cloves. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)
vegetables into the oven to roast along with the chicken. If they’re going to keep arriving, we may as well give them a chance to shine.
In this easy skillet meal, seared boneless chicken thighs are nestled on a bed of herbs, browned whole garlic cloves and greens before the pan is popped into the oven to roast until golden. Just before serving, butter, lemon zest and (optional) olives or capers are tossed into the pan drippings, adding creaminess and a tangy, salty spark to the sauce. Serve this over rice or with roasted or mashed potatoes, or with bread for soaking up the drippings.
Yield: 4 servings
Total time: 35 to 45 minutes
Ingredients:
6 garlic cloves, 5 smashed and peeled, 1 finely grated or minced
1 teaspoon kosher salt (Diamond Crystal, or use 1/2 teaspoon Morton), more as needed
1 teaspoon ground coriander
Large pinch of red-pepper flakes
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (see Tip)
1 bunch scallions
About 1 large or 2 small bunches kale, collard greens, mustard greens, mature spinach or other hardy greens (12 ounces)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more as needed
1 cup chicken stock or water
1 cup chopped soft herbs, such as cilantro, dill, mint or basil, or a combination, more for serving
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 lemon, zested and halved
1 to 3 tablespoons chopped olives or capers (optional)
Preparation:
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together grated garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, coriander and red-pepper flakes. Rub all over chicken, then set aside to rest
at room temperature while you prepare vegetables.
2. Thinly slice the scallions, separating the white and green parts. Pull the leaves off the greens and coarsely chop them (discard stems or save for another use). You should have 8 to 9 cups.
3. Heat a 10-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Add oil and smashed garlic cloves, stirring to coat garlic in oil, then add chicken. Cook, stirring the garlic occasionally, until chicken is deeply browned on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn chicken and cook for 1 to 2 minutes on the other side, just until no longer pink (the chicken will still be very raw inside). Transfer chicken to a plate but leave garlic in the pan.
4. Stir in scallion whites (save the greens for later) and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until softened and lightly browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in stock, greens, herbs, another pinch of salt and a drizzle of oil. Bring liquid to a simmer, tossing to wilt the greens (you might have to add the greens in batches, adding more as they wilt down).
5. When the greens are wilted, nestle chicken into skillet, browned side up, and pour in any juices from the chicken plate. Transfer skillet to oven and cook, uncovered, until chicken is cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pan from oven and transfer chicken to a plate.
6. If pan juices are watery, bring to a simmer over high heat and cook until thickened slightly. Add scallion greens, butter, lemon zest, and olives or capers (if using) to the pan, stirring until the butter melts. Squeeze in a little lemon juice, then taste and add more salt and lemon juice if needed. Return chicken to the pan and toss with the saucy greens. Top with more herbs and serve.
Tip: If you want to use bone-in, skin-on thighs or chicken breasts here, you can. Just add about 10 minutes or so cooking time for the bone-in thighs, and start checking the breasts 5 minutes sooner since they might need less time in the oven.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HU-
MACAO SALA SUPERIOR BRAVO TRAVEL, LLC
Parte Peticionaria EX PARTE
CIVIL NÚM. NG2021CV00105
SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: JUANA CACERES
BURGOS Y JOSE GABRIEL GONZALEZ, O A SUS HEREDEROS DE ESTOS HABER FALLECIDO.
A: JOHN DOE, JANE DOE Y RICHARD JOE
POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO
se le notifica que la Peticionaria en el caso de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una petición sobre expediente de domino para inscribir la siguiente finca que no consta inmatriculada en el Registro de la Propiedad: “RUSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Maizales del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de VEINTIDOS MIL CIENTO TREINTA
Y UNO PUNTO SEIS TRES
TRES METROS CUADRADOS
(22,131.633 METROS CUADRADOS) EQUIVALENTES
A CINCO PUNTO SEIS TRES
CERO CUERDAS (5.630 CUERDAS) colindando por el Norte, con Julián García; por el Sur con Juana Cáceres Burgos; por el Este, con Carlos Ortiz Félix, Carlos A. García De León, Joaquín García Rodríguez, José Gabriel González y Elba C. Hernández Del Valle; por el Oeste, con Emilio Cruz López. Se le emplaza conforme a la Regla 4.5 y 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, mediante la publicación de un edicto, en tres ocasiones dentro del término de veinte días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria en la Isla de Puerto Rico, a los efectos de a fin de que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho dentro del término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, 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 electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la
secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte que, si no contesta la petición o deja de presentar una alegación responsiva, radicando el original de dicha alegación responsiva en este Tribunal y notificando copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del referido término, el Tribunal procederá a continuar con el proceso concediendo el remedio solicitado en la petición, sin más citarle ni oírle. Favor de notificar copia de su contestación al: LCDA. NELLY PUJALS GONZALEZ: PO Box 194972, San Juan, PR 00919-4971
Tel.: 939-717-6695
npujals@npglc.com
EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 12 de marzo de 2024. EVELYN FELIX VAZQUEZ, Secretaria Regional. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, Sub Secretaria.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. CARLOS EDUARDO OLIVERA LAMBOY, SU ESPOSA VALERIE BÁEZ FLORES, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM.: MZ2023CV01073
SALA: 207 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 20 de febrero de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Solar número 29 del bloque B sito en el Proyecto de Viviendas conocido como Palmas del Valle, radicada en el Barrio la Parguera del término Municipal de Lajas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 291.41 metros cuadrados. En linderos: por el NORTE, con solar 28 del Bloque B; por el SUR,
con solar 30 del Bloque B; por el ESTE, con solar 4 del Bloque B; OESTE, con la calle Plumosa de la Urbanización. En dicho solar enclava una casa diseñada para fines residenciales para una familia. Este solar esta afecto por su colindancia Este, a servidumbre a favor de Telecomunicos de Puerto Rico (así surge del Registro de la Propiedad). Inscrita en la finca número 17,929, al folio 49 del tomo 418 de Lajas. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Germán. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Aviso de Demanda del día 10 de julio de 2015, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, en el Caso Civil número ISCI201500878, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, versus Carlos Eduardo Olivera Lamboy, Valerie Báez Flores y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales, compuesta por ambos, se reclama el pago de la hipoteca por la suma de $110,235.43 y otras más, anotado al día 3 de septiembre de 2019 al tomo Karibe de Lajas, finca número 17,929, Anotación A. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día $147,450.35 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 3.125% desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2021; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $14,896.12 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación,
en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE ABRIL DE 2024
A LA 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $148,961.29. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LA 1:30 DE
LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $99,307.52, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una
TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE
ABRIL DE 2024 A LA 1:30 DE
LA TARDE, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $74,480.64, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de
circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de MARZO DE 2024. José M. Crespo Nazario, Alguacil División de Subastas Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Mayagüez.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE AGUADA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE LOS FINADOS MARIO FRANCISCO BALSERA
NOA Y LUZ SELENIA
RODRIGUEZ RIVERA
T/C/C LUCY RODRIGUEZ RIVERA T/C/C LUCY BALSERA, COMPUESTA
POR JANE DOE, JOHN DOE RICHARD DOE, JIMMY DOE, JEANNETTE DOE; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Y CRIM
Demandado
CIVIL NUM.: ABCI2014-01040
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO
- EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA
POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE SUBASTAESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU.
EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 16 de febrero de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y
venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial #206, que radica en la segunda planta del Condominio Arenas del Mar, localizada en el Barrio Ensenada del municipio de Rincón, Puerto Rico. Esta unidad está construida en hormigón armado y bloques de cemento. Consta de una planta y tiene su entrada y salida por su lindero Noreste, el cual sale a un pasillo de entrada común del segundo piso del edificio que da acceso a las escaleras uno y dos y al elevador que a su vez da acceso a las otras plantas y al exterior del edificio. Colinda por el NORESTE, en 34’6” con el pasillo y elemento exteriores; por el NOROESTE, en 3 alineaciones discontinuas que totalizan 28’1”, con elementos exteriores; por el SUROESTE, en 5 alineaciones discontinuas que totalizan 34’6”, una de ellas un arco de curva de un largo de 9’3”, sostenido por una cuerda de 8’ 10 con elementos exteriores; por el SURESTE, en 28’1”, con el apartamento #205. Tiene un área de construcción de 899.1065 pies cuadrados, equivalentes 83.5297 metros cuadrados, y consta de dos dormitorios con sus respectivos closets, dos baños, lavandería en el área del pasillo, salacomedor, cocina y balcón. Le pertenece un espacio de estacionamiento para un vehículo de motor con el #206 en el plano del condominio. Le ha sido asignado una participación en los gastos e ingresos del condominio y en la titularidad de sus elementos comunes equivalentes a 4.01%. Inscrita al folio 124 del tomo 155 de Rincón, finca #7513, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Aguadilla. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados
en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 25 de septiembre de 2015, notificada el 29 de septiembre de 2015, a saber la suma de $196,947.11 por concepto de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al tipo de 6.375% por ciento anual desde el día 1ro de noviembre de 2008 hasta su completo pago, más la suma de dinero para primas por seguro FHA, de aplicar y contra riesgos, más recargos por demora, más los interese devengados y la cantidad estipulada de $20,150.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado (“Sentencia”). La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, en el área del sótano al final del pasillo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $201,500.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, en el área del sótano al final del pasillo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $134,333.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Aguadilla, en el área del sótano al final del pasillo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $100,750.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho
monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Aguada, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de marzo de 2024. Esteban Atiles Feliciano, Alguacil Confidencial División de Subastas Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Aguadilla.
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE QUEBRADILLAS COOPERATIVA
Demandante Vs.
Demandado
Civil Núm.: QU2023CV00125.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-
TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
D-49 CARR. 2 R484 K1.5, QUEBRADILLAS, PUERTO RICO 00678, O SEA, LA PARTE DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en un término de 30 días a través del Sistema
Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, deberá notificar su contestación a la:
LCDA. ANA M. CAMPOS GAVITORUA 7710
EDIFICIO DR. MANUEL ZENO GANDÍA
353 AVE. DOMENECH, SUITE 302
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918-3753
TELEFONO: (787) 751-5733
EMAIL: anamcampos1@yahoo.com abogada de la parte demandante cuya dirección es la que se deja indicada. Se le apercibe que, en caso de no hacerlo así, podrá dictarse sentencia en rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 19 de Marzo de 2024. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.
MARITZA ABRAMS RUIZ, SE-
CRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR VEGA BAJA AUTORIDAD DE CARRETERAS Y TRANSPORTACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION (FDIC), COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y SUS SUBSIDIARIAS; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, COMO SUCESORES DE DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION Y SUS SUBSIDIARIAS, ANTES CONOCIDA COMO FIRST FINANCIAL CARIBBEAN CORP., H/N/C HF MORTGAGE BANKERS, ORIGINALMENTE CONOCIDA COMO H.F INC.; JOHN DOE, JANE DOE
Demandado
Civil Número: BY2024CV01465. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.
Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https.//unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Caguas, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Grace M. Figueroa Irizarry; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; gracefigueroalawoffice@gmail. com Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 20 de marzo de 2024. Lcda. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
Demandante V. BIBIANA
Demandado
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. NEREIDA PEDRAZA CRUZ
(Civl: 401). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM.
A: “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE MIGUEL ENRIQUE GARCIA FONSECA.
Civil Núm.: CB2024CV00162. Sala: 0200. Sobre: EXEQUÁTUR. EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: BIBIANA CONSTANZA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2023CV01654. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA
POR EDICTO.
Por la presente se les notifica que se ha radicado contra usted una Demanda sobre Exequátur donde se le solicita al Honorable Tribunal que convalide una Sentencia de Divorcio (“Final Decree of Divorve”) dictada por 418th County Court of Montgomery County, Texas, Estados Unidos de América, dictada el 1 de febrero de 2012, en el caso número 11-09-10571-CU; con cualquier otro pronunciamiento que en Derecho corresponda. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique al Lcdo. Orlando Joshua Nazario Morales, a su dirección física y postal: Ave. Universidad Interamericana #143 Ofi. 1-C San Germán, Puerto Rico, 00683. Teléfono (787) 234-8143. Email: lcdo.ojnazario@gmail.com, abogado de la Parte Demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la Demanda radicada en este caso contra usted, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Debe 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. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 18 de marzo de 2024. LIC. NORMA
G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: NEREIDA PEDRAZA CRUZ.
(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 MARZO DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de marzo de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 21 de marzo de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. LA SUCESION DE MIGUEL ENRIQUE
GARCIA FONSECA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02100.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de marzo de 2024, 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 25 de marzo de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 25 de marzo de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE RINCÓN
Demandante V. NORBERTO VILLANUEVA SOTO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AU2023CV00415. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ F. GIRAD MEJÍASJGIRAUD@MCMLAWPR.COM. NORBERTO VILLANUEVA SOTO - PO BOX 141 AGUADA, PUERTO RICO 00602.
A: NORBERTO VILLANUEVA SOTO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que
el 18 de marzo de 2024, 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 25 de marzo de 2024. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 25 de marzo de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. NOEMÍ
DEL C. ROMÁN BOSQUES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
FORTALEZA EQUITY
PARTNERS I, LLC
Demandante V. RENE ARIEL TORRES
PEÑA POR SI Y EN REP
SLG COMP DAYRA I. RUIZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: LO2022CV00139. (Civil 404). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD
RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICA-
CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR
EDICTO. FRANCISCO J. FERNÁNDEZ
CHIQUÉS FFC@FFCLAW.COM.
A: RENE ARIEL TORRES
PEÑA POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTACON DAYRA
ILEANARUIZ BATTISTINI; DAYRA ILEANA RUIZ BATTISTINI POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA CON RENE ARIEL TORRES PEÑA; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES TORRES-RUIZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que
el 19 de marzo de 2024, 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 25 de marzo de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 25 de marzo de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MYRIAM FIGUEROA PASTRANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE SAN JUAN
FINANCE OF AMERICA
REVERSE LLC
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS
PICHS SUAREZ T/C/C ANDRÉS F. PICHS
SUAREZ T/C/C ANDRÉS
FRANCISCO PICHS
SUAREZ COMPUESTA
POR ROSALINA COLON GÓMEZ, ANDRÉS
PICHS, BARBARA
PICHS, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES
HEREDEROS NOMBRES
DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV03225.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.
A: SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS PICHS SUAREZ
T/C/C ANDRÉS F. PICHS
SUAREZ T/C/C ANDRÉS
FRANCISCO PICHS
SUAREZ COMPUESTA
POR ROSALINA COLON
GÓMEZ, ANDRÉS
PICHS, BARBARA PICHS, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES.
Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 29 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 24 de enero de 2024. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 6 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una
TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 1 de marzo de 2024, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar de forma rectangular que mide doce metros de frente por veintiún metros de fondo, marcado con el número ocho de la manzana “DL” de la Urbanización Puerto Nuevo propiedad de la Everlasting Development Corporation, que ubica en el barrio Monacillos de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos cincuenta y dos metros cuadrados en lindes por el NORTE,
comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA
SUBASTA el 6 DE MAYO DE
2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MA-
ÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón. Se 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 y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, 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 término 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 vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. 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, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, 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 la Sala de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 18 de marzo de 2024. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN
Demandante V.
Demandada
Civil Núm.: BY2021CV02686.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO
Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA.
AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLI-
CA SUBASTA. Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados 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 13 de julio de 2023 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $90,293.06 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 28 de junio de 2022, notificada y archivada en autos el 29 de junio de 2022 y publicada mediante edicto en el Periódico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 6 de julio de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número diecisiete (17) del Bloque “GB”, Sección Cuarta de la Urbanización Santa Juanita, radicado en el Barrio Minillas de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que comprende un área de ciento treinta y nueve punto trescientos cincuenta y cuatro 139.354 metros cuadrados. Colindando al Norte, con el solar GB-14, en una distancia de 6.096 metros; al Sur, con la calle España, en una distancia de 6.096 metros; al Este, con el solar GB-16, en una distancia de 22.860 metros y al Oeste, con el solar GB-18, en una distancia de 22.860 metros. Existe una servidumbre por signo aparente establecido por la corporación vendedora en las paredes y/o columnas que dividen este apartamento del apartamento #16 y en las paredes y/o columnas que dividen este apartamento del apartamento #18. Cada pared medianera pertenecerá en común proindiviso en un caso a los propietarios de este solar 18 y en otro caso a los propietarios del solar 16. Enclava edificación. Consta inscrita al folio 106
del tomo 745 de Bayamón Sur, Finca número 34,046, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma $90,293.06 de principal, 3.75% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $94,604.30 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado: $65,069.63. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $47,302.15. La PRIMERA
SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el
22 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 29 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 6 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón. Del Estudio de Título realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes: POR
SI: Condiciones Restrictivas de venta por el término de 10 años impuestas por la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda por haber concedido la suma de $5,400.00 para sufragar gastos de cierre, según Esc. #30 en San Juan el 14 de febrero de 2011 ante Mario A. Quiles Rosado, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1854 de Bayamón Sur, finca #34046 inscripción 10ma. Hipoteca constituida por Angélica María Polanco Hernández, soltera.en garantía de pagaré bajo aff. #16340 a favor de Popular Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden por $10,000.00 al 5.50% anual, vencedero el 1 de marzo de 2041, según Esc. #65 en San Juan el 14 de febrero de 2011 ante Roy R. Sánchez Vahamonde Dieppa, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1854 de Bayamón Sur, finca #34046 inscripción 12ma. Hipoteca constituida por Angélica María Polanco Hernández, mayor de edad, soltera, en garantía de pagaré bajo afidávit #527 a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por $3,512.04 sin intereses, vence el 1 de agosto de 2043, según Esc. #212 en
San Juan el 20 de agosto de 2013 ante Roberto Luis Varela Ríos, inscrita al tomo Karibe finca #34046 de Bayamón Sur, inscripción 14ta. Aviso de Demanda dictado el 24 de abril de 2017 en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de Bayamón caso civil DCD2017-0498 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Angélica María Polanco Hernández donde se solicita el pago de la deuda garantizada con la hipoteca de la inscripción 11ma reducida a $65,329.36 o la venta en pública subasta, anotada el 12 de mayo de 2017 al tomo Karibe finca #34046 de Bayamón Sur, anotación “B”. Se 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 y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, 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 término 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 vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. 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, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, 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 la Sala de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 08 de marzo de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA
Demandante V.
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PA2023CV00209. (Sala: 302). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: BRENDA LUZ DIAZ
TIRADO - HC 64 BOX 6850 PATILLAS, PR 00723.
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The tour is on again for Brenton Doyle, an encore after so many stirring performances last season that there ought to be a T-shirt listing all the venues: Boston, Tampa Bay, San Francisco …
“And that was just me,” said Austin Gomber, a Colorado Rockies pitcher, still amazed this spring at how often Doyle saved him in center field last summer. “I know he made another catch in the right-center field gap in St. Louis that was unbelievable. There’s a reason he won the Gold Glove.”
Doyle, 25, is like an indie band with a cult following that just hit it big. It’s hard to get noticed when your team finishes 41 games out of first place, as the Rockies did last season while enduring a franchise-worst 59-103 record. But when it was time to recognize defensive excellence, Doyle was impossible to miss.
The Gold Glove winners are determined by sabermetric data and votes from managers and coaches.
“With all the data and the metrics that are out there now, he was far and away the winner,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “And based on the data, what we see in person, what we see on TV when we’re watching games and highlights — with Doyle, it was clear cut. Best center fielder in the game.”
Doyle hit only .203 last season, with a .250 on-base percentage and 10 home runs. But he also stole 22 bases, flashing the speed that helped make him the first rookie outfielder to win a National League Gold Glove, an award that dates to 1957.
Doyle said he was eager to display the trophy in his home office with the others he has won, at Shepherd University in West Virginia
and Class A Spokane. He has been a natural in center since he outgrew shortstop at Kettle Run High School in Nolesville, Virginia.
“My freshman to sophomore year, I probably grew from 5-9 to 6-2, and then I grew 1 more inch from sophomore to junior year,” Doyle said. “You see a lot of tall shortstops — Corey Seager’s as big as me, and he plays short — but I come from a pretty small town, and in high school, they wanted the bigger guys in the outfield. So that’s where I moved, and it worked for the best.”
It worked so well last season that Doyle essentially broke the metrics. In the first 20 seasons that Sports Info Solutions tracked defensive runs saved (2003 to 2022), no Rockies center fielder ever amassed more than six in a year — then Doyle had 19. FanGraphs gave him an Ultimate Zone Rating of 24.5, nearly three times better than the next-best center fielder, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho (9.2).
But folks don’t think about numbers when they watch Doyle work. Even a guy such as Charlie Blackmon, who has logged more than 5,000 innings at center for the Rockies, is awestruck.
“You watch him and you start taking note of how many plays where, just off the bat, you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s 100% a double if it stays in the park’ — and then it turns into an out,” Blackmon said. “He’s not taking away singles. These are run-scoring, extra-base hits he’s taking away. It’s really impactful.”
Last spring, Doyle said, Blackmon reminded him never to coast at Coors Field, where balls tend to stay airborne longer than you’d think. But really, Blackmon said, there was nothing he could teach a player with Doyle’s instincts and attitude.
“The thing about great defenders is that
Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle making a catch last season, when he became the first rookie outfielder to win a National League Gold Glove, an award that dates to 1957. (thednvr.com) The
they want to make plays, so he’s not afraid to dive, and he doesn’t shy from the wall,” Black said. “You cross your fingers when you see outfielders crash into a wall; you’re always saying, ‘Get up, get up.’ But that’s how they’re wired.”
When he was a boy, Doyle said, he would tag along to his sister’s tennis practice and scramble around the court, snaring balls with his bare hands. These days, it’s best to leave him alone during batting practice.
“A lot of guys can take shagging BP as time to just hang out, relax and wait till it’s your turn to hit, but I take those reps very seriously,” Doyle said. “And the pitchers here know that, too. Whenever there’s a ball hit near center field, they get out of the way because they know I’m going full speed to catch it.”
Rockies pitchers had little margin for error last season, with an MLB-high 5.67 ERA, so they were especially grateful for Doyle. Gomber, a fly-ball pitcher, was the beneficiary of his superhero catches at Fenway Park and Tropicana Field, and a double play in San Francisco that cut down the go-ahead run at the plate.
There’s a reason, perhaps, that Doyle’s best plays came away from the Rockies’ milehigh home. For outfielders, Coors Field is like New York City: If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere.
“If you can handle Coors Field, it just
makes your game so much better because you go to these other outfields and it seems like they’re half the size,” he said.
Doyle did make his mark at home: In a September game against Toronto, he held Davis Schneider at third with a throw measured at 105.7 mph, the hardest ever by an outfielder in nine seasons of Trackman data.
“On that ball, Vlad Guerrero Jr. hit it deep enough that the runner normally would take off at third,” Doyle said. “He took a couple of hard steps and shut it down pretty immediately. So, I mean, it’s cool, but at the same time, I still like my putouts. I don’t want ’em to be too passive against me.”
It’s too late for that. The secret is out on Doyle, and in his field — like another — there’s only one level higher than gold: platinum.
Feats of strength
For hitters, a confrontation with Seattle’s Logan Gilbert is one of the most stressful in the game.
“He’s got like 7 1/2 feet of extension,” the Mariners’ designated hitter, Mitch Garver, said accurately this spring. “That gives you less time to react, so you’re recognizing pitches and shapes a little bit later than normal. It means the ball is closer to you, so you don’t have time to get your ‘A’ swing off. A lot of times you’re taking a defensive swing.”
Gilbert is 6-foot-6, and his average stride is a full foot longer. That ranks in the 99th percentile of major league pitchers, a level only one other starter, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow, reached last season. Gilbert averaged 95.7 mph with his fastball last season — ninth among qualified pitchers — and the hitter perceives the pitch as even harder than that.
“I don’t consciously try to do it,” said Gilbert, who had 189 strikeouts and just 36 walks last season, while going 13-7 with a 3.73 ERA. “I wasn’t aware of how far out it was until towards the end of college. I think it’s a product of some of the things I do train, but I’m not necessarily training the extension.
“I’m training using my legs correctly and the way my arm unravels at release, and I think that kind of translates into extension. That’s kind of the last piece. I guess it naturally happens, but I think of it like dominoes almost in a row, hitting each other. I train the first two or three dominoes, which leads to that actually happening.”
One thing he does consciously try to do, Gilbert said, is reach as far as he can with his hand.
“Everything works way better when my hand’s out front,” he said.
