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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, along with Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its Spanish acronym) Secretary Manuel Cidre Miranda and University of Puerto Rico (UPR) President Luis Ferrao Delgado, announced on Tuesday the allocation of over $17 million for research and development projects in the field of biosciences, and especially to promote the Molecular Sciences Research Center (MSRC) as the main research center in the region.

“This announcement is part of the strategies we are working on to advance our mission of achieving the collaboration of the private sector, academia and the government to promote clinical research and technological innovation that help enrich the life sciences ecosystem in Puerto Rico,” the governor said at a press conference.

“We continue to move toward the knowledge economy, in which we can compete face to face with professionals from anywhere in the world. The steps we are taking are leading us to become an important center in the life sciences industry, which complements our manufacturing and biopharma ecosystem, and puts us at the forefront of the future.”

The Molecular Sciences Research Center has over 150,000 square feet of laboratories and equipment for conducting biomedical research in virtually every modality.

As reported by the governor, the allocation includes $11 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to subsidize research and development projects related to COVID-19 ranging from academic research to clinical studies.

Another $6 million ($3 million from ARPA and $3 million from DDEC funds) has been allocated to develop

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strategic projects in the MSRC, such as a robust program to attract researchers, and create two strategic areas for development of new treatments and an operation for research in cell and gene therapy.

The officials said a portion of the funding is being earmarked for a program to recruit scientists of the highest level and to provide them with seed capital to conduct research projects in advanced areas. In addition, funds are to be allocated for the development of an incubator for start-up companies in the biotechnology area, which will allow them to take their products from the laboratory to the market.

“This will help us increase the portfolio of intellectual property, as well as enhance the research carried out at the University of Puerto Rico and the Medical Sciences Campus to commercialize their inventions,” Pierluisi said.

“With this investment we will increase the chances of receiving federal grants from entities such as the National Institutes of Health, the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] and other organizations that support scientific research.

These are strategies that have been considered for a long time and that we are now executing, making resources available and providing government support.”

The DDEC secretary stressed that “Puerto Rico has always maintained high competitiveness in the bioscience industry, especially in pharmaceuticals and medical devices, but this has been focused on a strong manufacturing activity.”

“However, the times force us to redouble our efforts in areas where we have traditionally not invested so much,” Cidre said. “In order to maintain world-class competitiveness, Puerto Rico must significantly increase its research and development activity, especially in the area of biosciences, where global innovations occur faster than ever and we see new trends, such as cell and gene therapy. To take advantage of this and other trends, we have to focus on developing knowledge and wealth in local researchers, so that what we produce in Puerto Rico in these areas has its intellectual property and keeps its wealth on the island, and that is precisely what we are doing.”

Ferrao argued meanwhile that, as the island’s main teaching center and promoter of scientific research, the UPR is committed to the economic development of the island.

“I am fully convinced that to the extent that our Molecular Sciences Research Center has more and better resources, the knowledge generated there will have a positive multiplier effect on economic activity, either as a result of the development of new products, the creation of patents or the attraction of more external funds for new research,” he said. “The development possibilities are endless.”

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Lawmakers prepare to file get-tough anti-corruption bill

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ep. José Enrique “Quiquito” Meléndez Ortiz, along with Rep. José “Ché” Pérez Cordero, announced that on Monday, when the next ordinary session of the island Legislature starts, or soon thereafter, they plan to file a bill to combat the rebound in corruption cases in Puerto Rico.

“We must establish mechanisms that force officials to understand the risks of engaging in corrupt conduct,” Meléndez Ortiz said in a written statement. “President Ronald Reagan used to say, if you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat. I believe that this quote directly describes what we have to do to stop this wave of people from failing [our] trust.”

“The vast majority of public servants are upright and committed officials. Despite this, some, with their unlawful actions, have tarnished the good name of all and damaged the people’s trust in government institutions,” Meléndez Ortiz added. “Therefore, we as legislators are obligated to present initiatives to avoid this type of unfortunate conduct.”

The New Progressive Party at-large lawmaker noted that “[t]he initiatives included in this bill have no historical precedent in Puerto Rico due to their aggressiveness.”

“We believe that some people might find them unpleasant, but although we can understand their concerns,

Rep. José “Ché” Pérez Cordero, at left, and Rep. José Enrique “Quiquito” Meléndez Ortiz we have a responsibility to fight against corruption,” Meléndez Ortiz said. “It is very sad that this legislation is necessary, but we have to respond with force if we want our people to regain confidence in their government.”

Some of the proposals in the bill include making a preventive embargo of assets of any official accused of committing a crime; in case of acquittal, the goods would be returned. Otherwise, they’d be confiscated and liquidated.

The bill also contemplates freezing benefits for any official accused of committing a crime under the Organic Law of the Office of Government Ethics, the Puerto Rico Penal Code, or the Anti-Corruption Code.

If convicted, the official would lose the benefits.

Also proposed in the bill is the definition of the term “contractor” as one who receives a contract for professional, advisory, construction or any other type of services with executive agencies, the judicial branch or the legislative branch, or is granted an economic incentive.

Any wrongdoing of a contractor would result in the revocation of the certificate of incorporation and the dissolution of the corporation and, in the case of it being a public official, in being permanently disqualified from holding any public office or job within the government.

In the case of legal entities, the ban extends to any person who performs equivalent functions for the legal person.

The proposed bill also creates a revolving fund in the Department of Justice, known as the “Anti-Corruption Revolving Fund,” for the exclusive purposes established by the Puerto Rico Anti-Corruption Code.

The bill also proposes that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau is authorized to issue criminal record certificates to clarify that the crimes that are part of the “Registry of Persons Convicted of Corruption” will be permanently included in the Criminal Record Certificates.

Highway authority debt adjustment plan appears on track for court approval

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he bankrupt Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s (HTA) debt adjustment plan seems to be almost ready for court approval.

A hearing to confirm the plan of adjustment is scheduled for Aug. 17.

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The Financial Oversight and Management Board filed a proposed plan of adjustment in May to restructure about $6.4 billion in claims against the HTA. The plan cuts the HTA’s outstanding debt by more than 80%, to $1.2 billion, and saves Puerto Rico more than $3 billion in debt service payments. The plan has been amended more than four times.

At a pretrial hearing earlier this week, the oversight board informed the Title III court that no party had given notice of an intention to cross-examine any witnesses.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain on Tuesday issued a supplemental establishing Friday (Aug. 12) as the deadline for providing notice of an intent to cross-examine declarants.

The judge also dismissed an objection raised by Assured Guaranty Corp. and Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. to a motion filed by the HTA Insured Bondholder Group related to witnesses and evidence in the case.

The oversight board said in a recent report that HTA still needs to make several adjustments in the current fiscal year even if it gets its debt restructured.

The entity, the board said, has not adjusted toll fares for HTA-owned toll roads since 2005. The HTA Certified

Fiscal Plan called for an 8.3% increase in toll fares, starting Jan. 1 of this year, to catch up with the 17-year gap as well as keep pace with inflation and the rising costs of maintaining roads and transportation assets.

“If HTA continues not to implement the measures for increasing toll fares, it would risk approximately $118 million in revenues by FY2026 and $3.2 billion in revenues by FY2051, as laid out in its Fiscal Plan,” the oversight board said.

The HTA Certified Fiscal Plan encourages a series of supplementary means that could additionally increase compliance with and the collection of toll fares. However, such measures have not been implemented by the HTA. As laid out in its fiscal plan, the HTA may increase toll fines in line with inflation and implement a tiered fine system that rewards early payment. Such a combined approach is projected to generate $41.4 million in additional fine revenue through FY2026. Fine optimization measures, along with the implementation of fine increases and a tiered fine system, are necessary to ensure operations are adequately funded, incentivize compliance and reward timely payment of fines, according to the HTA fiscal plan.

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Ex-FBI agent pleads not guilty in ex-governor’s public corruption case

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ormer Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Agent Mark Thomas Rossini, who is co-accused with former Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced of public corruption, pleaded not guilty Tuesday before federal judge Camille Vélez Rivé.

Rossini, who voluntarily surrendered to federal agents, is charged with allegedly conspiring with the owner of Bancrédito, Julio Herrera Velutini, to bribe the former governor and commit electronic fraud.

Additionally, a $50,000 secured bond was set.

Rossini resides in Spain, where he is undergoing cancer treatment and, according to press reports, he could travel to continue his medical treatment.

The former FBI agent faces a jail sentence of 20 years in prison.

The former governor, who was arrested by federal authorities last Thursday, also pleaded not guilty to the alleged bribery and wire fraud scheme in her 2020 primary campaign.

According to the indictment, beginning in 2019, Herrera Velutini’s bank was the subject of an examination by Puerto Rico’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF), a regulatory agency that oversees financial institutions operating in Puerto Rico. Through intermediaries, Herrera Velutini and Rossini allegedly promised to provide funding to support Vázquez Garced’s 2020 gubernatorial election campaign in exchange for Vázquez Garced terminating the commissioner of OCIF, George Richard Joyner, and appointing a new commissioner of Herrera Velutini’s choosing, Víctor Rodríguez Bonilla, who worked at

Former FBI Agent Mark Thomas Rossini Bancrédito.

According to the indictment, Herrera Velutini attended a wedding of an individual identified as Individual C and was seated at the same table as Vázquez Garced. When Blakeman sent a text message to Herrera seeking support, Herrera replied “She has it! At this table she already has 2MM,” then later wrote “But she has to resolve OCIF.” The indictment alleges that Vázquez Garced

accepted the offer of a bribe and, in February 2020, took official action to demand the resignation of OCIF Commissioner A and, in May 2020, to appoint OCIF Commissioner B – a former consultant for the international bank owned by Herrera Velutini – who had been personally selected by Herrera Velutini. In return, Herrera Velutini and Rossini allegedly paid more than $300,000 to political consultants in support of Vázquez Garced’s campaign.

The indictment further alleges that following Vázquez Garced’s primary election loss in August 2020, Herrera Velutini sought to bribe her successor, identified as Public Official A, presumably current Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, by offering funding in support of Public Official A’s campaign in exchange for Public Official A ending OCIF’s audit of Herrera Velutini’s bank on terms favorable to Herrera Velutini.

According to the indictment, between April 2021 and August 2021, Herrera Velutini allegedly used intermediaries to convey his offer of a bribe to a witness, presumably Joseph Fuentes Fernández, who held himself out as a representative of Public Official A, but who was in fact acting at the direction of the FBI. As noted in the indictment, the witness was acting at the direction of the FBI during this timeframe and not actually serving as an intermediary of, or acting on behalf of, Public Official A, the officials said.

In August 2021, Herrera Velutini allegedly directed a $25,000 payment to a political action committee associated with Public Official A, with the understanding and expectation that Public Official A would resolve OCIF’s audit of Herrera Velutini’s bank in the manner requested by Herrera Velutini.

Governor asks for respect from physicians’ spokesman

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia requested respect on Tuesday from Physicians and Surgeons Association President Carlos Díaz Vélez regarding the demands the latter has made to prevent the flight of health professionals from Puerto Rico.

“Tone is very important. Respect for my function, for my office as governor, as well as for legislators, has to be paid,” the governor said in response to questions from the press. “Here disrespect is out of place. They have to respect an effort that is ongoing.

And I’m not just talking about my administration, I’m talking about the Legislature. No one can deny that in the executive branch and in the legislative branch we are constantly trying to address those demands.”

Díaz Vélez said recently that the situation with health professionals was similar to what happened in the summer of 2019, which culminated in the departure of the then-governor, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares.

Díaz Vélez said that if the situation was not addressed, protests could begin in island streets.

He also attributed the alleged lack of attention being paid by politicians to the situation to most of them receiving donations from insurance companies.

The governor said that what the spokesman for the medical profession should do is focus on presenting proposals. Asked if he is going to meet with members of the association to listen to proposals that have already been submitted, Pierluisi replied, “at the time [that is] in agreement with my calendar.”

Physicians and Surgeons Association President Carlos Díaz Vélez

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Worried about the economy, the average consumer changes purchasing strategies

By ALEJANDRA M. JOVER TOVAR Special to The STAR alejandra.jover@gmail.com

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he average consumer in Puerto Rico is worrying more than ever about the economy, according to “Consumer X-ray – Navigating the Perfect Storm,” a report on the results of a survey conducted by the Chamber of Food Marketing, Industry and Distribution (MIDA by its Spanish acronym), which interviewed 1,350 people who make purchasing decisions in their homes around the island to get a sense of what, when and how customers go to the market and what they buy.

The study, conducted between March and April, compares its data to that of 2012 and shows a dramatic increase in consumer worries in all areas of the economy.

Taking into consideration factors such as recession, inflation, demographic changes, the recent war in Ukraine, the state of the supply chain, federal aid, and Nutritional Assistance Program funds (PAN by its Spanish acronym), the hike in interest rates takes first place in the lists of economic worries for the consumer (77% vs. 9% in 2012), followed closely by terrorist attacks (79% vs. 10%), poverty (78% vs. 15%) and inflation (84% vs.

15%.) Gas prices (93% vs. 45% in 2012) are also a source of worry.

Richard Valdés, who leads the MIDA study’s committee, explains a graphic showing the worries of the average consumer.

“More than ever, the industry needs to know what the consumer thinks and how they are reacting to these challenges,” said Dr. Ferdysac Márquez, president of MIDA. The executive vice president of MIDA, Manuel Reyes Alfonso, said “these data reflect a consumer dramatically more pessimistic and distressed about economic issues than 10 years ago, which contrasts with the discourse of some of our public officials regarding the economy.”

According to the study entrusted to Lighthouse Strategies, the average

consumer spends $463 each month on food and household products, a 21% increase vs. 2021. The numbers reflect that consumers stopped purchasing beef at a rate of 51%, favoring cheaper kinds of protein, and 78% of those surveyed started cooking at home more, and purchased fewer products (75%), checked prices before going to the market (72%), and bought generic brand products (66%) instead of name brand.

Interestingly, the study reflected that people are more mindful of what

they eat, strengthening the organic food market. Richard Valdés, president of the study’s committee, said it shows that customers are older, more informed, and health-conscious.

The “Consumer X-ray” study also reflected that purchasing food in pharmacies took a nosedive, going from 12% in 2021 to 1% in 2022, which shows that not only are people making more price comparisons, but also that pharmacies are offering less fresh produce than before and their prices are being taken into consideration.

The online purchasing trend is more vital than ever as a result of the pandemic, according to the study. People got accustomed to buying online, and of 650 people surveyed through a digital survey conducted by the A&Answers division of Arteaga & Arteaga, 48% rely on home delivery of goods, and 27% pick up their purchases at the supermarket. On what’s being purchased, 53% of consumers are buying non-prepared foods, 48% are buying household products, and 44% alcoholic beverages. The beer market was still the big favorite among the consumers surveyed. In all categories, people are getting more comfortable with online shopping than with going to brick-andmortar stores.

The research results will be presented on Aug. 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the Convention Center in Miramar as part of MIDA’s Conference and Food Show 2022.

$25 million in federal funds approved for Puerto Nuevo pier upgrade

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esident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation approved the allocation of $25 million in federal funds requested by the Ports Authority for improvements to Pier C, which is part of the container terminal facilities in Puerto Nuevo.

“It is essential that we have our ports in optimal condition,” González Colón said in a written statement.

“That is why I am pleased to announce that $25 million was approved for Ports that we made available in Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and for whose access I obtained language so that the territories were treated fairly in the requests.”

“The federal government is betting on initiatives to

modernize and reinforce infrastructure throughout the nation. This is essential for us in Puerto Rico after damage caused by natural events,” the resident commissioner noted. “In addition, due to our status as an island and dependence on imports, it is essential that we have our ports in optimal condition. For this reason, in Congress we supported the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, where these funds come from …”

The project will include the following improvements to Pier C: (1) replace the concrete deck with a new one that will allow operating loads of up to 600 pounds per square foot (psf); (2) rehabilitate existing asphalt and install new fence posts and fencing for the preferential loading and tenant areas; (3) install new underground electrical retrofit and LED lighting systems; (4) rehab an existing fire protection system; (5) build a storm sewer system;

and (6) rehabilitate existing water distribution systems.

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón

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Biden is on a roll that any president would relish. Is it a turning point?

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resident Joe Biden arrived at Air Force One on Monday with a jaunty step, a playful manner and a huge grin.

“Feeling great,” he declared. He meant physically, having finally ended his lengthy bout with COVID-19, but he could have been talking about his presidency writ large.

Biden has emerged from medical isolation to a new political world. Suddenly, the administration that could not get anything right, that could not catch a break, was on a roll that any president would relish: major legislation cruising to passage, at least some economic indicators heading in the right direction and the world’s most wanted terrorist killed after a two-decade manhunt.

Those early aspirations to being another Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, the ones that felt like so much hubris in the past few months, are being heard again in the halls of the West Wing and the Capitol. White House aides argue that the string of congressional victories — capped by the package of climate, health and tax provisions that finally cleared the Senate over the weekend — compares favorably to the two-year legislative record of most any other modern president, even perhaps FDR and LBJ. Whether the victories of recent weeks will prove to be a decisive turning point for Biden’s presidency or merely a transitory moment in an otherwise bleak administration, of course, remains to be seen. Biden is still one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history at this point in his term, according to polls, and even some House Democrats quietly worry that none of the achievements will save them from an electoral rout in November.

While the domestic package that advanced over the weekend is broadly popular in surveys — and many of its individual components overwhelmingly so — Republicans hope to pull out particular elements and use them as wedge issues against Democrats, characterizing the measure as a tax increase that will empower the IRS to go after middle-class Americans without fighting inflation. Democrats will retaliate by accusing Republicans of voting against drug relief for seniors on behalf of industry patrons.

But for now at least, Biden has broken the paralysis that hindered his policy agenda and perhaps dispelled the notion that he could not work his will on a Congress where he served for 36 years. He did it, paradoxically, in part by pulling back and letting senators work out their own differences rather than negotiating himself, resisting the impulses of his days as a lawmaker.

Now Biden and his Cabinet officers are planning events and trips in the coming days in hopes of translating the victories to public support. “Do I expect it to help?” he said Monday in response to reporters who asked if the latest legislation would make a difference in the midterm elections. “Yes, I do.”

“It’s potentially a narrative-changing moment,” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster who worked for President

President Joe Biden boards Marine One in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2022. Biden is still one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history, despite his political victories.

Barack Obama when Biden was his vice president. Biden’s low approval ratings, he noted, reflected disappointment among his own base that he had not brought the change they had expected. “It’s kind of hard to say the president hasn’t gotten things done or accomplished anything and kept his campaign promises when you now look at his legislative track record.”

But legislation and other policy advances may not address one major political liability. At 79, he is the oldest president in American history, and polls show that many think he should not run for reelection as a result. Two-thirds of Democrats in a recent New York Times/Siena College survey said they wanted a different nominee in 2024; age was the top reason, cited by 33%.

Congressional Democrats are naturally more concerned with the midterm elections, as they trail in their bid to hold onto their narrow majority in the House. Unless the win streak can lift the president’s low approval ratings, it may make little difference for them in November, and some of them are skeptical that Biden can effectively sell his record to the public in the short time left.

“I suspect it will help with motivating Democratic activists and with fundraising,” said Sara Fagen, who was the White House political director for President George W. Bush. “Those two things will matter in close races, but the president’s job approval would need to improve about 7 points to move the needle on the House. With inflation where it is today, I don’t see it.”

Indeed, inflation remains the big skunk in the Rose Garden for Biden, souring the public as prices rise for food, housing and other necessities at the highest rate in four decades. But the White House hopes the public will balance that against the spate of successes of recent weeks, including a surprisingly robust jobs report; falling gas prices; a drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri, leader of al-Qaida; the approval of a treaty admitting Finland and Sweden to NATO; and passage of major legislation investing in the domestic semiconductor industry

and expanding medical care to military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.

The bill passed by the Senate on Sunday is itself a merger of multiple priorities, any one of which would typically be a significant legislative victory, and several of which had eluded Democrats for many years: the largest U.S. investment in history in climate and energy initiatives to fight global warming, curbs on the cost of prescription drugs for older Americans, the extension of health care subsidies and a minimum 15% tax on corporations that have paid little or nothing.

The bill, which still needs to pass the House this week, is of course a pale shadow of the original $1.8 trillion NewDeal-Great-Society-style legislation that crashed and burned last year, when Biden could not persuade Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to go along with it. The American Families Plan, as it was originally called — or the Build Back Better plan, as it was later recast — would have paid for universal prekindergarten, free community college, expanded child care and parental leave, tax increases on the wealthy and a grab bag of other items from the progressive wish list, none of which made it into the final bill now cruising through Congress.

But this version salvages some of the elements most important to Democrats, and it is still a lot more than Biden appeared likely to get just a few weeks ago, when the seemingly endless talks with Manchin appeared to collapse once and for all. When combined with the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan passed just weeks after Biden took office and the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure program approved later that year, the succession of spending plans add up to one of the most expansive assertions of government in the modern age.

It is an oddity of fate that Biden’s most fruitful period as president coincided with his struggle to shake COVID. On the one hand, his forced isolation kept him off the road and out of the public eye, but he also had time for phone calls with lawmakers after months of travel to Europe, Asia and the Middle East that had taken him away from his domestic efforts.

From the White House residence, according to aides, Biden made a dozen calls to Democratic senators over the final days before passage of the climate-health package, sometimes reaching them in the cloakroom. His staff delivered White House cookies to tired senators. Steven J. Ricchetti, Biden’s counselor, maintained an open channel to Manchin; Ron Klain, the White House chief of staff, kept in touch with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, once a day and sometimes more often.

Ricchetti and Louisa Terrell, White House director of legislative affairs, stayed all night at the White House over the weekend to monitor the marathon voting in the Senate and keep Biden up to date.

So by the time the president woke on a bright Monday morning and received a third negative COVID test, confirming his freedom from isolation, he knew he was headed for one of his most uplifting days since taking office. How long it will last, he cannot know, but he plans to enjoy it while he can.

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White House files under scrutiny in Trump search

The back part of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., June 26, 2020. Trump said on Monday, Aug. 8, that the FBI had searched his Palm Beach, Fla., home and had broken open a safe — an account that, if accurate, would be a dramatic escalation in the various investigations into the former president.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN, BEN PROTESS and ADAM GOLDMAN

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he search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida on Monday by the FBI continued to rock Washington and, more broadly, American politics, amid a swirl of questions about what led the Justice Department to take such a stunning step.

The search came after an earlier visit this spring to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida, by federal agents — including a Justice Department counterintelligence official — to discuss materials Trump had improperly taken with him when he left the White House.

Trump was briefly present for that earlier visit, as was at least one of his attorneys, according to people familiar with the situation.

Those materials contained many pages of classified documents, according to a person familiar with their contents.

By law, presidential materials must be preserved and sent to the National Archives when a president leaves office. It remained unclear what specific materials agents might have been seeking Monday or why the Justice Department and the FBI decided to go ahead with the search now.

Trump had delayed returning 15 boxes of material requested by officials with the National Archives for many months, only doing so in January when the threat of action to retrieve them grew. The case was referred to the Justice Department by the archives early this year.

In carrying out the search, federal agents broke open a safe, Trump said.

The search marked the latest remarkable turn in the long-running investigations into Trump’s actions before, during and after his presidency — and even as he weighs announcing another candidacy for the White House.

It came as the Justice Department has stepped up its separate inquiry into Trump’s efforts to remain in office after his defeat at the polls in the 2020 election and as the former president also faces an accelerating criminal inquiry in Georgia and civil actions in New York.

Trump has long cast the FBI as a tool of Democrats who have been out to get him, and the search set off a furious reaction among his supporters in the Republican Party and on the far right of American politics.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader in the House, suggested that he intended to investigate Attorney General Merrick B. Garland if

Republicans took control of the House in November. A delegation of House Republicans was scheduled to travel to Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, for a dinner with him Tuesday night.

Aggressive rhetoric was pervasive on the right as Monday night turned into Tuesday morning.

“This. Means. War,” the Gateway Pundit, a pro-Trump outlet, wrote in an online post that was quickly amplified by a Telegram account connected to Steve Bannon, Trump’s onetime political adviser.

The FBI would have needed to convince a judge that it had probable cause that a crime had been committed, and that agents might find evidence at Mar-a-Lago, to get a search warrant. Proceeding with a search on a former president’s home would almost surely have required signoff from top officials at the bureau and the Justice Department.

The search, however, does not mean prosecutors have determined that Trump committed a crime.

Despite the historic and politically incendiary nature of the search, neither the FBI nor the Justice Department has made any public comment or explained the basis for its action, in line with their policies of not discussing ongoing investigations.

Trump was in the New York area at the time of the search. “Another day in paradise,” he said Monday night during a telephone rally for Sarah Palin, who is running for a congressional seat in Alaska.

Eric Trump, one of his sons, told Fox News that he was the one who informed his father that the search was taking place, and he said the search warrant was related to presidential documents.

Donald Trump, who campaigned for president in 2016 criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s practice of maintaining a private email server for government-related messages while she was secretary of state, was known throughout his term to rip up official material that was intended to be held for presidential archives. One person familiar with his habits said that included classified material that was shredded in his bedroom and elsewhere.

The search was at least in part for whether any records remained at the club,

a person familiar with it said. It took place Monday morning, the person said, although Trump said agents were still there many hours later.

“After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate,” Trump said, maintaining it was an effort to stop him from running for president in 2024. “Such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries.”

“They even broke into my safe!” he wrote.

Trump did not share any details about what the FBI agents said they were searching for.

Aides to President Joe Biden said they were stunned by the development and learned of it from Twitter.

In January of this year, the archives retrieved 15 boxes Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago from the White House residence when his term ended. The boxes included material subject to the Presidential Records Act, which requires that all documents and records pertaining to official business be turned over to the archives.

The items in the boxes included documents, mementos, gifts and letters.

The archives did not describe the classified material it found other than to say that it was “classified national security information.”

Because the National Archives “identified classified information in the boxes,” the agency “has been in communication with the Department of Justice,” David S. Ferriero, the national archivist, told Congress at the time.

Federal prosecutors subsequently began a grand jury investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. Prosecutors issued a subpoena this year to the archives to obtain the boxes of classified documents, according to the two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

The authorities also made interview requests to people who worked in the White House in the final days of Trump’s presidency, according to one of the people.

In the spring, a small coterie of federal agents — including at least one involved in counterintelligence — visited Mar-a-Lago in search of some documents, according to a person familiar with the meeting.

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Two of Arbery’s killers get federal life sentences; third gets 35 years video that was widely circulated on the internet, sparking outrage worldwide and assertions from civil rights leaders that Arbery had been subject efore the three men convicted of murto a modern-day lynching. dering Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Moments before the chase, Arbery had earlier this week on federal hate crime been inside a house under construction; the charges, they asked a judge to consider not only McMichaels had suspected him of committing the length of the sentences, but also the location, a string of property crimes. Arbery’s relatives with one lawyer arguing that if her client went said Arbery, an avid runner, had been out for a straight to Georgia’s dangerous state prison sysSunday jog. In court proceedings, prosecutors tem, he would be subject to “vigilante justice.” argued that all three defendants harbored racial The men did not get what they asked for. animus toward Black people.

U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey In court Monday, A.J. Balbo, the lawyer for Wood said she had “neither the authority nor Gregory McMichael, asked for leniency, noting the inclination” to send the three white men that his client suffered from heart problems and to federal prison in lieu of the Georgia prison bouts of depression and anxiety. The lawyer for system, where safety issues are so dire that they Bryan, J. Pete Theodocion, noted that his client, are the subject of an investigation by the Civil unlike the McMichaels, had not grabbed a gun Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department. when he joined the chase. Prosecutors noted, Wood said that the men would go to state however, that Bryan had used his truck to block prison first, because they were first prosecuted for murder by state authorities. At the same time, Travis McMichael, left, and his father, Gregory McMichael, in the courtroom Arbery as he tried to run out of the neighborhood.

Wood said she had spent a long time the judge handed down severe sentences to the during the state murder trial in November. thinking about the appropriate sentences for men for their federal crimes, which included the hate-crime charge of “interference with rights,” and contraband cellphones, that people are ‘waiting for him,’ the men. At one point, she referred to the February 2022 that he should not go into the yard, and that correctional federal trial that she presided over, in which all three men attempted kidnapping.

Travis McMichael, 36, who fired on Arbery with a officers have promised a willingness (whether for pay or for were found guilty of federal hate crimes.

It had been a fair trial, Wood said — “the kind of trial shotgun, was given a life sentence. So was McMichael’s free) to keep certain doors unlocked and backs turned to that Ahmaud Arbery did not receive before he was shot 66-year-old father, Gregory McMichael. Their neighbor Wi- allow inmates to harm him.”

But Arbery’s family members came to the federal and killed.” lliam Bryan, 52 — who joined the McMichaels in chasing The three men did not take the stand during their trials.

Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, through their neighbor- courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, on Monday and argued hood on a Sunday afternoon in February 2020 — received that the three men deserved no special treatment after their But on Monday, Bryan apologized to Arbery’s family: “I never own notorious acts of vigilantism against Arbery. intended any harm to him,” he said. a sentence of 35 years.

“These three devils have broken my heart into pieces,” Travis McMichael declined to address the court. But The federal sentences will run concurrently with the life sentences stemming from each man’s murder conviction Marcus Arbery Sr., Arbery’s father, said in court Monday. He his father spoke before his sentencing. “The loss that you’ve in state court, for which only Bryan is deemed eligible for added that he hoped the men would “rot in the state prison.” endured is beyond description,” Gregory McMichael said In three separate hearings, the defense lawyers for to the Arbery family. “I’m sure that my words mean very parole — and then only after 30 years.

In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the three men asked for at least the first part of their clients’ little to you. But I want to assure you, I never wanted any the sentences “make clear that hate crimes have no place in terms to be served in the federal system. Copeland noted the of this to happen.”

The McMichaels were each given extra sentences, to our country, and that the department will be unrelenting in “rich irony” that her client was concerned about vigilante violence.

But she argued for a “cooling off” period in federal run consecutively rather than concurrently, for their use of our efforts to hold accountable those who perpetrate them.”

The courtroom drama Monday — which featured rare prison to last for the duration of the appeals process. Putting firearms in the incident. Bryan was technically given 447 words of remorse in open court from Bryan and the elder her client in state prison now, she said, would “effectively” months, with 27 months off for time served.

“By the time you’ve served your federal sentence, you McMichael — closed a chapter “in an excruciatingly pain- result in “a back-door death penalty.”

In announcing their investigation, federal officials said will be close to 90 years old,” the judge said to Bryan. “But, ful journey” as federal prosecutor Tara M. Lyons put it, “for Ahmaud Arbery’s family and for an entire nation that has the safety problems in Georgia’s prison system had been again, Mr. Arbery never got the chance to be 26.” compounded by staffing shortages, training issues and other wept for Ahmaud along with his loved ones.”

Long federal sentences were expected for the three factors. Copeland cited an analysis from Georgia Public men after their convictions in Wood’s courtroom in February. Broadcasting that found that 53 homicides had occurred in The idea that they should be able to serve at least some of Georgia’s state prisons in 2020 and 2021.

The McMichaels and Bryan are currently being held in their time in federal prison, as opposed to Georgia’s prison Préstamos Personales Pequeños a local jail, the Glynn County Detention Center, where they system, became an emotional flashpoint when it was first otorgados para la semana que terminó el offered up in proposed plea deals for the McMichaels that have been since they were arrested in May 2020. They had sábado, 6 de agosto de 2022 were presented to the court in January; it was eventually walked free for weeks after Travis McMichael shot Arbery at close range with a shotgun. rejected by Wood.

Tasa Mínima Promedio Tasa Máxima The fatal shooting came after the men, in a pair of In a filing last week, Amy Lee Copeland, Travis (%) Ponderado (%) (%) McMichael’s lawyer, wrote that her client had received pickup trucks, chased Arbery, who was on foot, through “hundreds of threats,” including “statements that his image their suburban neighborhood of Satilla Shores, just outside 97.00% 103.50% 110.00% has been circulated through the state prison system on of Brunswick. The chase, and the killing, were captured on

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How a last-minute lobbying blitz watered down a climate bill tax

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but that was before more exceptions were added to the legislation. The tax was projected raise more than $300 n hour after Democrats released the text of billion in new revenue over a decade, but the slimmedtheir climate and tax legislation, Washingdown version is likely to raise just over $200 billion. ton lobbyists for the private equity industry “There’s still the issue that companies are going sprang into action. to end up paying little tax under this anyway,” said Kyle With a final Senate vote nearing on the major Pomerleau, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise package Sunday, a late addition would have subInstitute. jected companies controlled by private investment Pomerleau also lamented that by taxing book income, Congress was ceding some control over tax polifunds to a new 15% corporate minimum tax in the cy to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, an inlegislation that was supposed to apply to America’s dependent organization that sets accounting rules. Book biggest corporations. income is the profit that companies report to shareholBut a last-minute mobilization of political muscle and direct pleas to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., ders and investors on their income statements, which who opposes tax increases and is sympathetic to are generally governed by those accounting rules. private equity, got the measure scrapped. The blitz The new tax is intended to target big companies, was emblematic of the messy nature of tax policysuch as Amazon and Meta, that have for years found making and how policies meant to curb tax avoidanways to lower their tax rates by capitalizing on deducce can spring new carve-outs on the fly. tions in the tax code. Tax experts generally favor increThe issue stems from how private equity firms Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) exits the Senate chamber during a asing tax rates — the current corporate rate is 21% — or work: They typically invest in a portfolio of com- series of votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 7, 2022. A last- scaling back deductions. But because Republicans were panies. Under the provision that was the point of minute mobilization of political muscle and direct pleas to Sen. united against that approach, and Democrats did not contention, if the combined “book income” of com- Sinema, who opposes tax increases and is sympathetic to private have enough votes for it, they settled on the corporate panies controlled by the same private equity fund equity, succeeded in getting the measure to include private inves- minimum tax. exceeded $1 billion, all of those companies, even tment funds in a 15 percent corporate minimum tax scrapped.

Progressives expressed disappointment after Democrats removed the measure that would have affected if they were small or medium-size, would be liable to pay the new 15% tax on the income they reported to their rule limiting deductions that companies can take on business businesses that are controlled by private equity and accused losses that Republicans enacted in 2017.

Sinema of being beholden to Wall Street and lobbyists. shareholders.

The new corporate minimum tax had already been “Whatever job she gets with Wall Street after losing her “Looks like someone is trying sneak one past everyone,” Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of whittled down before the changes over the weekend. Sinema primary, they can’t pay her enough,” Adam Green, co-founpushed last week to preserve deductions that manufacturers der of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, wrote Commerce, said on Twitter on Saturday.

Freedom Works, a conservative organization that lob- use to offset the cost of equipment purchases, and lawmakers on Twitter. bies for lower taxes, blared out warnings on its Twitter feed, decided to keep a deduction for wireless spectrum purchases The House is expected to pass the Senate bill this week claiming that Democrats were targeting small firms that rely that telecommunications companies said was important for and President Joe Biden to sign it into law soon after. The the rollout of high-speed broadband. on capital investment to expand. tax changes would take effect next year, and the Treasury The big win for private equity’s lobbyists was on so- Department would be racing to develop regulations and guiPrivate equity industry groups circulated opposition research on what they called a “stealth” tax, which they said called carried interest. Democrats had proposed curbing the dance to interpret parts of the law. special tax treatment that hedge fund managers and private would hit more than 18,000 companies.

Sinema said in a tweet Sunday that she was proud of equity executives get on the investment gains they take as At the urging of Sinema, the measure was removed after the outcome of the negotiations, which she said would spur hours of horse-trading over how to replace an estimated $35 compensation. After Sinema objected, the curb on carried innovation and job creation. billion in government revenue that would be lost by taking interest was replaced with a 1% excise tax on corporate stock Mark Mazur, a former deputy assistant secretary for tax out of the proposal. Ultimately, lawmakers opted to extend a repurchases. policy at the Treasury Department, said that the corporate Tax experts were already skeptical about the corporate minimum tax was “not the best policy” and that accounting minimum tax, saying companies would be able to maneuver firms were probably combing through the legislation to detertheir way around paying it. mine how their clients could avoid the new levy.

“The minimum tax has always been like a 10th-best “It’s almost an admission that Congress can’t do the Tasa mínima, promedio ponderado, y máxima para solution, and when you start taking out more elements, is it right thing and claw back the tax breaks that were given, and now the 12th-best solution?” said Steven Rosenthal, a senior so it has to do it in a backdoor way,” said Mazur, who left the préstamos personales pequeños otorgados para la fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, noting that Treasury Department in October and held senior roles in the semana que terminó el sábado, 6 de agosto de 2022 relatively few companies would now face the new tax. “The- federal government for nearly 30 years. re may be more government staff dedicated to auditing these Tasa Mínima Promedio Tasa Máxima Predicting that companies would find new ways to (%) Ponderado (%) (%) companies than there are companies subject to the tax.” lower their tax bills, he added: “There are options to do The Joint Committee on Taxation had estimated that the things, and you can expect at least aggressive taxpayers to 29% 33% 33% new corporate minimum tax would apply to 150 companies, explore those options.”

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Nasdaq slides 1% as chipmaker Micron’s warning rekindles tech rout T he tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Tuesday after a dismal forecast from Micron Technology dragged chip and technology stocks lower, while markets remained on the edge ahead of inflation data that will feed into the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike plans.

A high inflation print on Wednesday, following last week’s strong jobs numbers, will likely push the Fed to continue with aggressive rate hikes and weigh on a recent recovery in stocks.

Traders see a 70% chance of the Fed raising interest rates by 75 basis points in September, its third such big hike. IRPR Adding to concerns around a tight labor market and inflation, data showed U.S. worker productivity fell sharply in the second quarter and on an annual basis posted a record decline.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Tuesday after a dismal forecast from Micron Technology dragged chip and technology stocks lower, while markets remained on the edge ahead of inflation data that will feed into the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike plans.

A high inflation print on Wednesday, following last week’s strong jobs numbers, will likely push the Fed to continue with aggressive rate hikes and weigh on a recent recovery in stocks.

Traders see a 70% chance of the Fed raising interest rates by 75 basis points in September, its third such big hike. IRPR Adding to concerns around a tight labor market and inflation, data showed U.S. worker productivity fell sharply in the second quarter and on an annual basis posted a record decline.

“It’s utterly discounted,” said Michael Shaoul, chief executive officer at Marketfield, on why chip stocks were unfazed by the bill.

Shaoul said trading volumes remained low due to summer and “it really doesn’t take a lot of capital to push over yields or the S&P”.

Rate-sensitive growth and technology stocks slipped as U.S. Treasury yields climbed, with megacaps such as Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O and Tesla Inc TSLA.O down more than 1% each. US/ At 11:41 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 7.49 points, or 0.02%, at 32,825.05, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 12.96 points, or 0.31%, at 4,127.10, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 138.44 points, or 1.09%, at 12,506.02.

Despite a choppy recovery since mid-June, the benchmark index .SPX is down 13.5% this year after hitting a record high in early January as surging prices, hawkish central banks and geopolitical tensions weigh.

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Explosions kill 1, injure 9 at Russian air base in Crimea

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

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series of explosions rocked a key Russian air base on the Kremlin-occupied Crimean Peninsula on Tuesday, sending up huge plumes of smoke, killing at least one person and sowing confusion among local officials about what exactly had occurred.

As Russian and occupation officials scrambled to determine the cause, raising the terrorist threat level in the area, a senior Ukrainian military official with knowledge of the situation said that Ukrainian forces were behind the blast at the Saki Air Base on the western coast of Crimea.

“This was an air base from which planes regularly took off for attacks against our forces in the southern theater,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters. The official would not disclose the type of weapon used in the attack, saying only that “a device exclusively of Ukrainian manufacture was used.”

A Ukrainian attack on Russian forces in the Crimean Peninsula would represent a significant expansion of Ukraine’s offensive efforts, which until now have been largely limited to pushing Russian troops back from territories occupied after Feb. 24, when the invasion began.

It would also be an embarrassment for

Infantry fighters in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Force at a frontline trench position just 200 yards from Russian forces near Pokrovske in Ukraine’s Dnipro Region, Aug. 5, 2022.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who often speaks of Crimea, which he illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as if it were hallowed ground.

Ukraine possesses few weapons that can reach the peninsula, aside from aircraft that would risk being shot down immediately by Russia’s heavy air defenses in the region. The air base, which is near the city of Novofederivka, is nearly 200 miles from the nearest Ukrainian military position.

The senior Ukrainian official said the attack involved partisan resistance forces loyal to the government in Kyiv, but he would

not disclose whether those forces carried out the attack or assisted regular Ukrainian military units in targeting the base, as has sometimes occurred in other Russian-occupied territories.

To reach targets deep behind enemy lines, Ukraine has increasingly turned to guerrillas in Russian-occupied territories, officials said. Partisans, for instance, have helped Ukrainian forces target Russian bases and ammunition depots in the Kherson region, Ukrainian officials say.

Publicly, Ukrainian officials on Tuesday would not confirm the involvement of Ukraine’s military. Ukraine’s defense ministry said in a statement that it could not “determine the cause of the explosion” and suggested that personnel at the base adhere to no-smoking regulations.

Other officials did not exactly deny that Ukraine was behind the explosion.

“The future of the Crimea is to be a pearl of the Black Sea, a national park with unique nature and a world resort, not a military base for terrorists,” Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, said in a tweet. “It is just the beginning.”

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the explosion was caused by the detonation of stockpiled ordnance for warpla-

nes at the base. While the ministry offered no speculation about whether Ukrainian forces might have been involved, the decision by Crimea’s Kremlin-installed leader, Sergei Aksyonov, to raise the terrorist threat level to yellow suggested that officials were concerned about security on the peninsula.

“This measure is exclusively prophylactic, because the situation in the region is under full control,” Aksyonov said in a statement on Telegram.

In the eight years of Russia’s occupation of Crimea, the peninsula has transformed from a quiet southern Ukrainian beach destination into a major base of military operations. The Saki Air Base is home to Russia’s 43rd Separate Naval Attack Regiment, which is part of the Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine’s military intelligence service has accused pilots from the regiment of committing war crimes by bombing civilian areas during the war.

Shortly after the explosion occurred, Aksyonov arrived at the scene. Standing in front of a large black plume of smoke, he said that a 3-mile perimeter had been erected around the site of the base to protect residents.

“Unfortunately, one person died,” he said. “I express my most sincere sympathies to family and friends.” Crimea’s health ministry said that at least nine people had been injured.

Ukrainian official calls for UN monitors to visit Russian-occupied nuclear plant

By MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG and MARIA VARENIKOVA

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mid Ukrainian concerns that Russia was endangering security at a nuclear power plant it controls, a senior representative of Ukraine’s atomic energy company said Tuesday that international inspectors should visit the facility, where shellfire has damaged a storage facility for nuclear fuel.

The statement by an official of Energoatom, a Ukrainian state-run company, appeared to be a departure from the Ukrainian government’s stance, which has been that it would welcome a visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex only after its forces regain control of it. The facility, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was seized by Russian forces in early March shortly after they invaded Ukraine.

But calls for a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, have intensified amid mounting global concern over the possibility

of an accident.

Russian forces stationed artillery and other weapons at the complex and last month began shelling the nearby city of Nikopol from positions at the facility, according to Ukrainian regional officials. That made it almost impossible for Ukraine to fight back, given the risk of striking the reactor.

On Saturday, rocket fire struck near a dry spent-fuel storage facility containing 174 casks, each with 24 assemblies of spent nuclear fuel. One person was wounded by shrapnel, and windows were damaged.

Ukrainian and Russian officials blamed each other for the attack. Nikopol was again hammered Monday night with rocket artillery.

The director-general of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said he had “grave concern” about the episode Saturday and called for inspectors to be allowed in.

The representative of Energoatom to the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Yevhen Tsymbaliuk, said Tuesday that IAEA inspectors should visit the Zaporizhzhia facility by the end of August.

“We will use all diplomatic channels available to us in order to bring the IAEA and the U.N. closer to the implementation of this mission,” he said. “We really need this visit to take place urgently.”

Russia has said for weeks that it was open to such a visit, which would demonstrate its control of the facility. Last Friday, Moscow’s ambassador to the IAEA and other U.N. agencies in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, sent a note to diplomats “in which we expressed readiness to assist the agency in organizing an international mission to the plant,” he said.

But there remain several sticking points, including how the monitors would reach the facility. Ukraine does not want them to go via Moscow, which would underscore Russia’s control over the plant. And there are security concerns about gaining access to the plant through the front lines.

A Russian official in the region said that the station was “operating in routine mode” but that Moscow would deploy more air defense systems to protect the plant “following

attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

Ukraine’s government has been reluctant to call for an inspection of the Zaporizhzhia plant out of concern that it might appear to lend legitimacy to Russia’s presence on a part of its sovereign territory, according to Ulrich Kühn, the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.

A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform standing guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, last week.

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Ships loaded with grain have left Ukraine. Where are they going?

By RUTH MacLEAN

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wo of the ships that have left ports in Ukraine after months of being trapped there are going to Turkey, carrying corn.

One is going to England. One to Ireland.

Others are headed to Italy and China.

None of the ships released so far are going to Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia or other countries facing catastrophic levels of hunger.

The United Nations has described three of the shipments from Ukraine, those taking corn to Turkey and Europe, as “lifesaving grain shipments.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told his counterpart from Botswana on Monday that his country was “ready to continue being the guarantor of world food security.”

But the released grain has not, so far, gone to the countries where people are in direst need of it. And most of the trapped grain is not food for humans but animal feed, according to The Associated Press, citing experts.

The first ship that left Odesa, Ukraine, last week loaded with grain was headed to Lebanon, the country with the highest rate of food inflation — although that grain was turned away Monday by its buyer, who said it came five months too late, according to the

A ship loaded with Ukrainian grain approaching a port in Turkey on Monday.

British Embassy in Lebanon.

The United Nations has set up a website to track each ship to leave Ukraine and keeps a running total of the grain tonnage that those ships contain. Ports, including in Odesa and Chornomorsk, need to be cleared so that other ships can get in and load up with grain.

“It’s critically important that we open up the pier space in the Odesa ports so that we can bring empty ships in to be loaded with grain and get them to the places that desperately need it,” said Frederick J. Kenney Jr., U.N. interim coordinator at the Joint Coordination Center, when the first ship left that Ukrainian

port for Lebanon.

The JCC was set up in Istanbul as part of the deal struck in late July to get grain shipments moving again. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations at the JCC coordinate the transportation of agricultural products. It is not clear, however, whether shipping companies that handled those products before the war will want to run the risk of transporting grain out of mined ports.

A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and COVID-19 is causing a global hunger crisis, and the economic effects of the war in Ukraine have been the last straw. And although U.S. diplomats have repeatedly blamed Russia for food shortages and price increases, experts have said that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports will barely make a dent in this crisis.

Something that aid workers say could help is a large increase in funding to address humanitarian crises in Africa and elsewhere.

As of Monday night, a U.N. appeal for nearly $2.5 billion in aid for Ukraine had received more than it had requested, according to the U.N. Financial Tracking System. Crises in 14 countries in Africa had received less than 50% of the funding they needed.

Record-setting rainfall inundates Seoul, killing at least 9

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ome of the heaviest rainfall in decades struck the Seoul area overnight, flooding homes, streets and subway stations, and killing at least nine people, South Korean officials said Tuesday.

Three of the dead, two sisters in their 40s and a 13-yearold girl, were found early Tuesday as emergency workers pumped out the water that had flooded their semi-basement home in southern Seoul. Another was a municipal employee, apparently electrocuted while removing a tree that had fallen onto a sidewalk, police said.

In addition to the nine confirmed deaths, officials said six people were missing after floodwaters pulled them into manholes, underground passages or streams.

Nearly 17 inches of rain poured down in southern Seoul between early Monday and early Tuesday, roughly the same amount that falls in a typical summer month, weather officials said. In one district, 5.4 inches fell in a single hour, breaking an 80-year-old Seoul record.

The deluges continued Tuesday afternoon, and more heavy rain was expected Wednesday in the capital area and in provinces east and south of it, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.

The flooding turned Seoul’s Monday evening rush hour into chaos. Some subway stations were closed, and drivers abandoned cars in the upscale Gangnam district as roads became impassable. Homes and other buildings experien-

A bridge submerged by rainwater near the Han River in Seoul on Tuesday. ced power outages.

Photos on social media showed commuters wading through waist-deep water, drivers stranded on car roofs and rainwater cascading down the steps of subway stations.

Some of the images from Tuesday morning, after the floods receded, resembled a disaster movie, with cars strewn across city streets.

Hiking paths on the mountains around Seoul were closed Tuesday, and the government issued alerts warning that landslides were possible. Businesses were urged to adjust their working hours so employees could avoid traffic jams and potential hazards.

South Korea annually reports floods during its monsoon season, which starts in June and ends in early August. It used

to suffer heavy human casualties, even accepting humanitarian aid from North Korea in 1984. But in the past decade, it has annually reported a single-digit number of casualties, except in 2011 and 2020.

In 2020, 1 1/2 months of on-and-off rains triggered floods and landslides across the country, killing 48 people and leaving 12 missing. In 2011, more than 70 people were killed, including 17 who lost their lives when mudslides slammed into residential buildings in southern Seoul.

The low-lying southern districts of Seoul have often been vulnerable to floods. The area is heavily developed with tall buildings, which deflect rainwater into streams that cannot release it into the Han River, the area’s main waterway, fast enough.

President Yoon Suk-yeol, whose approval ratings have plummeted since he took office in May, said on Facebook that he had “ordered the related government agencies to evacuate people from dangerous areas to avoid human casualties.”

North Korea has also been hit by heavy rainfall in recent weeks. Several bodies found in South Korea near the countries’ border last month were believed to be those of flood victims, swept downstream from the North, South Korean police said.

In the past, flooding has also brought land mines from the North into the South. Officials warned South Koreans living near the border to exercise caution, saying that the North had released floodwaters from nearby dams.

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Freed from prison in China, Taiwan activist urges resistance to Beijing’s threats

By AMY QIN and AMY CHANG CHIEN

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t was September 2017. Her husband, Li Mingche, who like her is from Taiwan, was about to stand trial in China, accused of subverting state power because of his work as a democracy advocate. A guilty verdict was all but guaranteed. The chance that the couple would have an unsupervised moment together was not.

Li Ching-yu came up with a plan. She knew that the Chinese authorities could prevent her from speaking to her husband, but they could not stop her from using her body as a canvas.

The couple was allowed to meet briefly in another room after his trial in Hunan province.

Watched by court officers and state media reporters, Li raised her arms to reveal the message boldly tattooed in Chinese characters on her forearms: “Li Ming-che, I am proud of you.”

“My strength immediately increased a hundredfold,” Li Ming-che, 47, said recently, recalling the moment he saw the tattoo. “That has been the greatest comfort for me in the past five years — knowing that I would not be abandoned by family.”

In the months since Li’s release in April, the couple has sought to use their experience to strengthen the efforts of people in Taiwan — a self-governed democracy that Beijing claims as its territory — and elsewhere seeking to resist China’s authoritarian overreach. Beijing’s threats toward Taiwan have taken on a new urgency in recent days after the Chinese military sent warships and fighter jets in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.

Li Ming-che was among activists and civil society leaders who met with Pelosi as part of her visit last week. During the meeting, Li said, Pelosi spoke about her long-held views on China’s human rights — how frustrated she felt that young Chinese did not recognize the famous “Tank Man” photo from the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and her disappointment in those who overlooked China’s abuses in the interest of financial gain.

“I was moved by her sharing,” Li said. “She shared what she really went through in her own life.”

Li has said his arrest, as well as Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong, were signs of China’s increasing willingness to throw around its power.

In the face of such intimidation, the couple has told activists that pushing back, publicly and loudly, can help those oppressed by the system.

To some, such a message might sound overly optimistic. China’s ruling Communist Party wields largely unchecked power over the courts, the security apparatus and the media.

The family members of political detainees, faced with the threat that speaking out would result in retaliation against their loved ones, often heed

From Left: Li Ming-che and his wife Li Ching-yu, democracy advocates, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 9, 2022. the warnings of the authorities to stay quiet.

Li Ching-yu, 47, chose a different approach.

After her husband was arrested, she held news conferences urging China to release him.

She traveled twice to Washington where she met with Trump administration officials and testified before Congress, pleading for help in pressuring Beijing.

As a Taiwanese person, Li Ming-che was afforded a degree of protection that mainland Chinese citizens do not have, the couple acknowledged. But Li Ching-yu’s efforts to raise awareness globally, they said, helped improve his circumstances.

Li Ming-che was forced to work 12 hours a day making gloves and shoes with other inmates, but was not tortured. Before the pandemic, he was allowed certain privileges not usually given to political prisoners, such as timely medical care and prison-approved reading materials.

“The decision she made to be so public about his case was very unusual,” said Yaqiu Wang, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch. “But it worked — generally, international attention makes the authorities aware that the prisoners are being watched.”

The couple’s story has resonated with many in their tight-knit community of human rights advocates and nongovernmental groups.

“The biggest trouble for Chinese people now is that they all know that the Communist Party is not good, but they do not know how to change it,” Li Ming-che said. “At least our example can give more people the confidence to believe that they can change their situation through their own efforts.”

Born and raised in Taiwan to parents who

had fled mainland China, Li was a longtime sympathizer of China’s beleaguered democracy movement. He frequently discussed Taiwan’s experiences with democratization with people in China. He donated money and books to the relatives of imprisoned Chinese, including rights lawyers and political prisoners. For several years, he had traveled to the mainland without incident.

Then, on March 19, 2017, after Li entered the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, he was whisked away to a secret prison and interrogated about his work and his connections with civil society groups and government bodies in Taiwan.

“I knew I was doomed,” Li said.

When a Chinese court sentenced Li to five years in prison in late 2017, his wife, back in Taiwan, was devastated. She had already lost 30 pounds. Her health deteriorated.

But she was adamant about one thing: She needed to project strength. She had spent years researching Taiwan’s White Terror, a period of political repression that began in 1949 and ended in the late 1980s, under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang, when tens of thousands of Taiwanese were imprisoned and at least 1,000 were executed, often on suspicion of being communist spies.

Her mentor, Shih Ming-teh, who had been held as a political prisoner in Taiwan for more than 25 years, said authoritarian governments were the same: They responded only to strength, not weakness.

“Don’t just focus on how powerful a dictatorship is,” Shih recalled telling Li Ching-yu.

Feeling emboldened, Li kept up her cam-

paign at home and abroad, and was followed closely by the Taiwanese public, who saw in her an eloquent and courageous critic of the authoritarian government in China.

She also knew from hours spent reading the dusty files of former Taiwanese political prisoners how important it was to let her husband know that his family supported him.

“Most of the people gave up because their families had fallen apart,” Li said.

Nearly every month for more than two years, she flew to China to meet her husband for brief, closely monitored visits. Li Ming-che told her about the grim conditions inside the prison: the long working hours, the freezing water temperatures. Each time, she would raise these problems publicly. When some conditions improved, Li, inside the prison, would beam with pride, knowing that his wife’s advocacy was working.

“The Chinese government arrested the wrong person politically,” Li told reporters in Taipei in May. “It did not know that my wife, Li Ching-yu, was a fierce woman.”

Despite Li Ching-yu’s persistence, there were many limits to her advocacy. Prison authorities sometimes denied her applications to visit, saying that she inaccurately depicted its conditions, and barred her from bringing medication for Li Ming-che. When the pandemic began in 2020 and China closed its borders, Li Chingyu held news conferences and sent letters to the prison to pressure Beijing to let her visit or at least speak to him by phone, to no avail. For nearly two years, Li received little word about her husband’s condition.

In April, Li Ming-che was released, and he returned to Taipei. Since then, he tended to the affairs of his father, who died while he was in prison. He devoured newspapers and magazines that Li Ching-yu had saved for him, reading for the first time about the pro-democracy protests that shook Hong Kong in 2019. He finally tasted his favorite pineapple buns again.

On a recent rainy weekday night in Taipei, the Lis gathered with about 10 other rights activists and discussed Li Ming-che’s ordeal.

They wrote postcards to send to political prisoners and government officials in mainland China and Hong Kong. They knew that the notes would never actually reach the prisoners, but believed they could help keep prison officials on their toes.

“Now that I’m out of prison, I must write to express my support,” Li wrote on a card addressed to Chow Hang Tung, an activist who is in prison in Hong Kong for participating in a prodemocracy protest.

“I hope the Hong Kong government treats you well,” Li wrote. “If it doesn’t, the whole world is watching.”

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Did Democrats just save civilization?

By PAUL KRUGMAN

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hey really did it. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform, passed the Senate on Sunday; by all accounts it will easily pass the House, so it’s about to become law.

This is a very big deal. The act isn’t, by itself, enough to avert climate disaster. But it’s a huge step in the right direction, and sets the stage for more action in the years ahead. It will catalyze progress in green technology; its economic benefits will make passing additional legislation easier; it gives the United States the credibility it needs to lead a global effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

There are, of course, cynics eager to denigrate the achievement. Some on the left rushed to dismiss the bill as a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry posing as environmental action. More important, Republicans — who unanimously opposed the legislation — are shouting the usual things they shout: Big spending!

Inflation!

But actual experts on energy and the environment are giddy over what has been accomplished, and serious economists aren’t worried about the effect on inflation.

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Start with the environmental side. Many people I talk to assume that President Joe Biden’s environmental agenda, as contained in his original Build Back Better proposal, must have been greatly watered down in the legislation we actually got. After all, didn’t Democrats have to make big concessions to win over Sen. Joe Manchin? Aren’t there important giveaways to fossil fuel interests, like aid for a controversial natural gas pipeline?

However, energy analysts believe that any adverse climate effect from these concessions will be swamped by the gains from tax credits for clean energy. The REPEAT Project, compiled by Princeton’s ZERO Lab, has produced a side-by-side comparison of emissions cuts under the Inflation Reduction Act and the earlier House version of Build Back Better. By 2035 the IRA, they estimate, will have delivered more than 90% of the emissions reductions that BBB would have achieved.

After all that legislative drama, Biden’s climate policy has emerged essentially intact.

How was this possible? Right at the beginning, the Biden administration decided that its climate policy would be all carrots, no sticks — that it would provide incentives to do the right thing, not penalties for doing the wrong thing. This strategy, it was hoped, would prove politically feasible in a way that, say, a carbon tax wouldn’t. And this hope has been vindicated.

Furthermore, it’s a strategy that seems likely to pay political dividends in the future. One new study, by E. Mark Curtis and Ioana Marinescu, finds that “the growth of renewable energy leads to the creation of relatively high paying jobs, which are more often than not located in areas that stand to lose from a decline in fossil fuel extraction jobs.”

So what did the Biden administration lose?

Unfortunately, much of the social spending BBB originally included — child tax credits, universal pre-K and more — was cut. That’s tragic, although enhanced health insurance subsidies — which have helped bring America’s uninsured rate to a record low — have been extended. But Democrats delivered on their climate promises, more or less in full.

What about the critique from the right? Aside from the pathetic attempt to portray the IRA as a big tax hike on the middle class, Republicans like Mitt Romney are trying to lump this legislation in with last year’s American Rescue Plan, which they claim caused inflation to spike.

Never mind whether this claim is true. The key thing is to do the math. The Inflation Reduction Act calls for spending less than $500 billion over a decade,

compared with the American Rescue Plan’s $1.9 trillion in a single year — and will actually reduce the deficit.

That’s why independent analysts find that it will have little effect on inflation.

But if the spending isn’t very large, how can it have such a big impact? The answer is that right now we’re sitting on a sort of cusp. Renewable energy technology has made revolutionary progress, and renewables are already cheaper in many areas than fossil fuels.

A moderate push from public policy is all that it will take to transition to a much greener economy. And the Inflation Reduction Act will provide that push.

Given all this, however, why did every single Republican senator vote against the IRA? They aren’t all ignorant and innumerate; I’m pretty sure that Romney, for example, knows that he’s talking nonsense.

Nor can we easily invoke differences in ideology.

The IRA’s climate push mostly relies on tax credits — and Republicans have themselves used tax credits to achieve social goals, like the (much abused) Opportunity Zone credits in Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut.

Almost surely, what we’re really looking at is the politics of spite. Every Republican in the Senate was willing to kill our best chance at avoiding climate disaster, simply to deny the Biden administration a win.

The good news is that the legislation passed in spite of their spite. And the world is a more hopeful place than it was just a few weeks ago.

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Asociación de Maestros con su Local Sindical preocupados por trabajos en planteles ante el inicio del curso escolar POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El presidente de la Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (AMPR) Víctor Manuel Bonilla Sánchez, junto con su Local Sindical, expresó el martes, preocupación luego de varias visitas a escuelas de cara al nuevo año escolar.

“Aunque el atraso en labores de reparación y limpieza son situaciones de todos los años, nosotros acostumbramos a desplazar nuestro grupo de trabajo por las escuelas del país para que nos informen de las condiciones reales en las que se encuentran nuestros planteles. Además, creamos un Comité de Fiscalización que también estará vigilante al uso de los miles de millones de dólares que ha recibido el Departamento de Educación (DE) para invertir en infraestructura escolar y otros proyectos para mejorar la

educación del país”, explicó, presidente de la Asociación de Maestros en declaraciones escritas Por su parte, Ángel Javier Pérez Hernández, secretario general de AMPR-Local Sindical, añadió que, ante el comienzo del curso escolar, la preocupación mayor del gremio son las escuelas del sur.

“Nos preocupan todas las escuelas y esa es la realidad.

No hay ambientes aptos para el proceso de enseñanza-

aprendizaje y el mismo secretario de Educación admitió que se llevarán a cabo diferentes trabajos en las escuelas aunque hayan comenzado las clases, y eso ciertamente pudiera afectar la educación de los estudiantes.

Además, como en muchas ocasiones hemos denunciado, es tiempo ya que el gobierno busque la forma de agilizar los procesos para la reparación de las escuelas del sur porque la burocracia que hay en todas las agencias sigue afectando la educación y a nuestros es-

tudiantes”.

Por otra parte, el presidente de la AMPR informó que en la más reciente reunión con el secretario del DE, Eliezer Ramos Parés, tanto la Asociación como la Local Sindical urgieron que se continúe adelantando el tema de la Carrera Magisterial y el establecimiento de una escala salarial para mejorar las condiciones salariales del magisterio y evitar el éxodo de educadores.

Comisionada de Instituciones Financieras anuncia liquidación voluntaria de Bancrédito POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – La comisionada de Instituciones Financieras, licenciada Natalia Zequeira Díaz, anunció el martes, el comienzo del proceso de liquidación voluntaria de Bancrédito International Bank & Trust Corporation (“BIBTC”) al cabo del cual la entidad bancaria internacional (“EBI”), que operaba al amparo de la Ley Reguladora del Centro Bancario Internacional, tendrá que entregar su licencia de EBI a la Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras (“OCIF”) y dejar de operar en Puerto Rico.

“Lo que comenzó en el 2019 como un examen de rutina para una de las entidades bancarias internacionales (EBIs) más grandes y con mayor madurez operando en Puerto Rico hoy llega a su último capítulo”, dijo Zequeira Díaz en declaraciones escritas.

Como parte del proceso de liquidación voluntaria— que podría tomar hasta seis meses—la OCIF velará que la EBI cumpla con sus obligaciones para con los depositantes y se asegurará que un tercero independiente evalúe y pase juicio sobre las transacciones efectuadas por y a través del banco.

Para dicha evaluación, Kaufman Rossin—una firma

especializada en cumplimiento con reglamentación bancaria—ha sido designada para revisar el 99% de las transacciones llevadas a cabo por y a través del banco entre 1 de octubre de 2016 y el 17 de diciembre de 2020 (“Look Back”), con un valor agregado de más de 10,000 millones de dólares. Al cabo de ese proceso, la firma emitirá un informe con sus hallazgos para consideración de OCIF, quien se mantendrá vigilante, en la eventualidad que se requieran actos adicionales de su parte como regulador. Como parte de las sanciones impuestas al presente, Bancrédito acordó pagar una multa de 250,000 dólares para cerrar el procedimiento administrativo que está en curso.

De otro lado, Bancrédito ha contratado a otra entidad independiente, Driven Administrative Services LLC. (“Administrador”) para llevar a cabo la liquidación ordenada de la entidad.

Como parte de las responsabilidades acordadas, Bancrédito, por conducto del Administrador, deberá: * notificar a sus depositantes para coordinar la devolución ordenada de

sus depósitos; * emitir informes mensuales sobre el estado de los procedimientos de liquidación; * pagar, dentro de 30 días, a los depositantes no relacionados a la institución; * transferir y/o vender, dentro de 60 días, a otras instituciones financieras fuera de los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico los depósitos de los clientes que no deseen retirar su dinero, * pagar, dentro de 90 días, los depósitos de las entidades relacionadas a la institución a otra institución autorizada por el depositante, siempre que existan fondos suficientes en una cuenta de reserva de efectivo que Bancrédito acordó mantener para el beneficio de todos los depositantes; y * pagar sus obligaciones cuando venzan, según los términos y condiciones del contrato suscrito.

Por último, no se podrá hacer ninguna distribución de activos al Accionista Mayoritario Bancrédito Holding Corporation hasta tanto se le haya pagado a todos los depositantes.

2,564 casos nuevos por COVID-19 según informe del DS POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El informe de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el martes, sobre 626 casos

positivos confirmados, 1,938 casos probables y sin muertes nuevas.

El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 24 de julio de 2022 al 7 de agosto de 2022.

La tasa de positividad está a 33.34 por ciento.

Hay 351 adultos hospitalizados y de ellos, 47 están en intensivo. Mientras, 44 menores están hospitalizados y ninguno está en intensivo. 24 adultos están en ventilador y ningún menor.

Las personas con vacunas al día son 1,012,368 personas.

El total de muertes atribuidas es de 4,812.

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Podcasts about Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ resonate with LGBTQ fans

By KWAME OPAM

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n the world of podcasts about “X-Men,” flitting from allegories for inequity to “The Real Housewives” is almost effortless.

In the eighth episode of “Cerebro,” a popular podcast that looks at the mutant superhero franchise through a gay lens, Connor Goldsmith, who is the host as well as a literary agent, and his guest, author Anthony Oliveira, delve deep into the character known as Iceman. The two talk through how the character’s coming out as a gay man in 2015 clarified nearly 60 years of subtext in the series. After touching on topics like the closet and bigotry in politics, their discussion culminates with Iceman getting a few taglines for an imagined Bravo reality series starring Marvel’s mutants.

“Some boys are friends of Dorothy,” Oliveira offers, “but I’m the Blizzard of Oz.” “Cerebro” is an upstart garnering attention among the scores of podcasts covering comics culture. “X-Men” devotees in particular are already primed by the inherently political nature of the comic series, whose mutants are seen as an allegory for marginalized groups in the U.S., symbolism Marvel’s former President Stan Lee welcomed. And the fans are hungry for what “Cerebro” and other podcasts like it have to say.

That the X-Men are currently enjoying an editorial renaissance helps. The new status quo, as established by a miniseries in 2019, has the mutants settling on the fictional island of Krakoa and forming an independent nation. It has been called a golden age for the franchise.

A community of “X-Men” fans — notably young, self-identified queer people of color — is growing around podcasts and on social platforms including Twitter, TikTok and Discord. Goldsmith, 34, came to podcasting after prodding from a friend, hoping that it would make him feel less stir-crazy during the pandemic lockdowns. Now, “Cerebro” gets downloaded roughly 20,000 times a week, with “big jumps” in listeners over the past year, Goldsmith said. “Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men,” a longtime hit in the category, launched in 2014 and is similarly popular.

“The community of ‘X-Men’ podcasting is something I’ve never really seen elsewhere,” said Jay Edidin, co-host of “Jay and Miles XPlain the X-Men.” He said he appreciated that there were now more perspectives about the franchise on the podcasts.

Goldsmith, who divides his time bet-

Connor Goldsmith, the host of the “Cerebro” podcast, which focuses on the “X-Men” comic book world and its characters, at his home in West Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on July 20, 2022. A community of “X-Men” fans — notably young, self-identified queer people of color — is growing around podcasts and on social platforms including Twitter, TikTok and Discord. ween New York and Los Angeles, spoke to The New York Times last month about his show and why “X-Men” continues to be relevant.

The following is an edited and condensed version of the conversation.

Q: What pushed you to make this podcast?

A: I was inspired by the Krakoan era that [“X-Men” writer and artist] Jonathan Hickman, my friend and client Tini Howard, and a number of other incredible writers had jumpstarted. It was a bold new era for the “X-Men” after the franchise had been downplayed for a long time. There’s lots of theories as to why, but I think fans did agree that it was not a great time for the “X-Men.” I think even writers and editors who worked on it during that time would agree that it wasn’t the peak. Now we’re in a golden age.

The character format occurred to me in part because Tini was writing “Excalibur,” and Betsy Braddock was my favorite when I was a kid. So I was like, well, we could do the first episode on Betsy, and I could have Tini on to talk about the book that she’s doing. I wasn’t expecting the response to me. I thought the guests were going to be the thing. It turns out

people responded to me in a very flattering and appreciative way.

Q: And talk about the guests. You’ve had authors, comedians, a Pulitzer winner, an Emmy nominee.

A: Honestly, a lot of the time, my favorite episodes are the ones I do with fans who are not in the industry, who are just friends of mine or people I’ve met through talking about the comics. There’s a joy, I think, in exploring what these stories can mean to readers specifically.

Having Black guests on who can talk about what it felt like to read “God Loves, Man Kills” [which deals with the murder of mutant children at the hands of religious zealots] as a kid in the ’80s — that is really meaningful.

I’ve had several trans guests on, and those are some of the most interesting episodes to me, because the trans experience and the gay experience are similar in some ways. They’re very different in other ways. I have a lot of trans friends, and I think that if we’re looking at the minority metaphor of the X-Men, the issue right now that is being litigated in public in the most X-Men-style way is the rights of trans people.

Q: Listening to your show and reading the comics, you can tell there’s a kind of political awareness about the characters running through the series, even if it’s not consistent.

A: Yeah. I don’t think the “X-Men” works very well in the ’60s, because it hasn’t identified that beat yet. Similarly, I think that when the “X-Men” fell off for a lot of people, it was after the “House of M” storyline, where the mutant culture was destroyed. The reason Krakoa is resonating with a lot of people as a setting is we’ve revitalized the mutant race.

We’re asking questions about self-determination. We’re asking questions about minority separatism. We’re asking a lot of questions that are provocative, and the comic isn’t providing easy or simple answers.

The mutant metaphor is never going to be perfect, right? Black people, or Jewish people, or gay people, or trans people, or whoever, don’t shoot laser beams out of their eyes. But there’s enough of a hook there that if you start thinking, “OK, if I, as a gay person, was offered the opportunity to go to a gay Krakoa, how would I feel about that?” What do you do as a marginalized person if it feels like the culture around you will simply never allow you to live in peace?

Q: The podcast explores these characters through varying lenses and also from a genuinely joyful place. You spend one episode talking about a character, Selene, and how she’s “giving Cher.”

A: That was a really funny bit! In that episode, [reporter] Alex Abad-Santos and I talk about how Selene is the kind of gay icon like Cher where Gen Z doesn’t really know her. So older gays are trying to explain, and then they see something.

I mean, Kate Bush is a huge example right now, right? I am a lifelong Kate Bush obsessive, and suddenly all these young people are discovering her for the first time because her song was used in “Stranger Things.” That’s what that whole episode was — me and Alex trying to explain these campy ’80s stories to young readers. Right? And finding an audience, because guess what? TikTok loves Selene now! It did work.

I grew up in the shadow of the AIDS crisis. I didn’t have very many gay role models or gay elders in my life that I could talk to at all.

I’m in my 30s, but I get emails all the time from younger people who are feeling really seen.

That’s really moving. And I can’t believe that it’s spinning out of a weekly, three-hour gay podcast about the X-Men.

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Wearing the blues

By IRIS EDÉN SANTIAGO Special to The STAR

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Photos: Dolce&Gabbana

ajolica pottery. Majolica tiles. Majolica fashion.

Dating back to the Renaissance, the Italian signature pottery has enamored generation after generation of art lovers. These fabulous majolica patterns have inspired homes, yachts, jewelry and terraces all over the Mediterranean. They have also inspired Dolce & Gabbana, who in my opinion are great ambassadors for all things Italy.

Through the years, the historic art has also inspired many of their eye-catching fashion collections. Sicily be-

joyfully

ing the birthplace of Domenico Dolce and Milan, Stefano Gabbana’s, it is no surprise that the Italian House of Fashion takes inspiration from the authentic ceramic and design influences. It comes naturally.

Dolce and Gabbana are very respectful of this art form and the people who work on it. The summer 2022 collection is both a tribute to their culture and the art of majolica, as well as a wink to fashionistas everywhere who value this sense of commitment to their land and to fashion. #DGBluMediterraneo For their summer proposal they have reinterpreted the look of white and blue majolica. And who doesn’t love this winning combination? The simplicity and the endless possibilities of having contrasting and coordinating garments in these colors to mix and match is fantastic. Come on, an uncomplicated yet glamorous wardrobe that can take you from poolside mimosas to shopping in town to sunset cocktails looking flawless? Bring it on! This collection makes your vacation in the south of Italy, the French Riviera, or beautiful beaches in

Puerto Rico, one to remember. Let the selfies and reels run wild.

Mediterranean scenes, graphic patterns and flowers in crisp white and shades of intense cobalt are created, recreated and painted on many fabrics for elegant caftans, bathing suits, scarves, trousers and sandals. #DGbluMediterraneo is a celebration of femininity with an undeniable 1950s vibe. The sunglasses, the accessories and the attitude reminds me of that Old Hollywood glamour. The looks come through as very Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn with a hip contemporary flair.

The Mediterranean blue design is also part of the home decor line launched by the design duo in late 2021. The line includes seating, dining, home accessories and cabinetry. Back in 2018 they launched a collection of refrigerators, juicers and small kitchen appliances with the vibrant majolica designs, which was reviewed

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US moves to stretch out monkeypox vaccine supply

By SHARON LaFRANIERE and NOAH WEILAND

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he Biden administration has decided to stretch out its limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing a different method of injection that uses onefifth as much per shot, according to people familiar with the discussions.

In order for the Food and Drug Administration to authorize so-called intradermal injection, which would involve injecting one-fifth of the current dose into the skin instead of a full dose into underlying fat, the Department of Health and Human Services will need to issue a new emergency declaration allowing regulators to invoke the FDA’s emergency-use powers. That declaration was expected as early as Tuesday afternoon.

The move would help alleviate a shortage of vaccine that has turned into a growing political and public health problem for the administration.

The administration has faced a barrage of criticism that it was too slow to ship vaccine that was ready for use to the United States from Denmark, where it was manufactured, and too slow to order that bulk vaccine stocks be processed into vials after the disease first surfaced in the U.S. in mid-May. In less than three months, more than 8,900 monkeypox cases have been reported. The virus spreads from person to person primarily through close physical contact with infectious lesions.

Even though it invested more than $1 billion in developing the two-dose vaccine known as Jynneos that works against both monkeypox and smallpox, the government has only 1.1 million shots on hand. It needs about three times as many doses to cover the 1.6 million to 1.7 million Americans who, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are at high risk of contracting monkeypox.

The vaccine is currently delivered in two 0.5 milliliter doses 28 days apart, with immune protection reaching its “maximum” 14 days after the second dose, according to the CDC. The shot is recommended by the CDC for people who have been exposed to monkeypox and those who might be likely to get it. Those in the latter category include people identified as a contact of someone with monkeypox, those who know a sexual partner from the past 14 days was diagnosed with the disease and those who have had “multiple” sexual partners in that time frame in an area with “known monkeypox.”

Federal health officials said last week that so far, they have distributed about 600,000 doses of the vaccine to state and local jurisdictions.

The Department of Health and Human Services last week also issued a broader public-emergency declaration that allowed the federal government to more

easily allot money and other resources to fight the virus.

Research on intradermal injection of the monkeypox vaccine is essentially limited to one study. It showed that when the vaccine was injected between skin layers, it induced an immune response comparable to that from a standard injection into the fat underneath the skin. Federal officials have consulted with a variety of outside groups about switching to the intradermal injection approach, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, according to people familiar with the talks.

Some outside experts have criticized the data backing up the method for monkeypox as too thin and narrowly focused. The government’s decision to go with it is heavily based on a 2015 study that was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. John Beigel, an NIH associate director of clinical research who has briefed federal health officials and the World Health Organization, said that switching to the intradermal method was a better option for preserving vaccine than administering just one of the two recommended doses, as some jurisdictions now do. One shot does not prompt nearly as strong an immune response as two, he said.

“The upside is you can stretch out doses,” said John Moore, a virus expert at Weill Cornell Medicine.

“The downside is if you cut it too far or take too many liberties, you reduce the efficacy. And how are you going to know that? It’s educated guesswork.”

The intradermal method can be complicated for vaccinators, who must guide a needle into a thin space.

If a vaccinator goes too deep and inserts the dose into fat, the patient might not receive enough vaccine, experts say. But if the needle is not inserted far enough, some of the vaccine could leak back out.

Such shots typically induce more redness and swelling but are less painful than a standard injection, the 2015 study showed.

They have previously been used in polio vaccination campaigns, for rabies and with tuberculosis skin tests.

The NIH had planned further studies into how well such shots work with the monkeypox vaccine, but the results were not expected until the late fall or early winter. Over the weekend, top federal officials came to a consensus that the government needed to embrace the approach now.

An intake for monkeypox vaccinations at a clinic in Manhattan on Aug. 4, 2022. The Biden administration has decided to stretch out its limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing a different method of injection that uses one-fifth as much per shot, according to senior administration officials familiar with the planning.

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SUCESIÓN DE RUTH SOLÁ SÁNCHEZ T/C/C RUTH SOLÁ COMPUESTA POR: MARILYN COLÓN SOLÁ T/C/C MARILYN ISALES, JOSÉ ENRIQUE COLÓN SOLÁ, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE NATIVIDAD SOLÁ SÁNCHEZ COMPUESTA POR: JOSÉ R. ECHEVARRÍA SOLÁ, SUTANO Y PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA POR CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES RELICTOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2021CV03500.

Sala: 409. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

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AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 4 de abril de 2022, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 31 de mayo de 2022 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 1 de junio de 2022 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el DÍA 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, en la Avenida 65 Infantería, Carretera Número Tres (3), Kilómetro 11.7 (Entrada de la Urbanización Mansiones de Carolina) Carolina, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 25 del bloque “D” de la Urbanización Loma Alta, localizado en el Barrio Martín González del municipio de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con área superficial de 299.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle Número 5, longitud de 13.00 metros; por el SUR, con Futuro Desarrollo, en longitud de 13.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número 24, longitud de 23.00 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 26, longitud de 23.00 metros. Inscrita al folio 173 del tomo 1070 de Carolina, Finca Número 44852, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 1070 de Carolina, Finca Número 44852, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II. Inscripción quinta. Dirección Física: Urb. Loma Alta, D25 Calle 5, Carolina, PR 00987. Número de Catastro: 20-088-093-090-42-000.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $78,959.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el DÍA 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $52,639.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el DÍA 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $39,479.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca

a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $50,736.47 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 8.5% anual desde el 1 de julio de 2019 hasta su completo pago, más $374.28 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $7,895.90 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. La Sucesión de Ruth Solá Sánchez también conocida como Ruth Solá compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal, Natividad Solá Sánchez, Departamento de Hacienda y el Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina, en el Caso Civil Número CA2020CV00262, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $50,736.47 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 27 de enero de 2020.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Carolina. Anotación A. b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. La Sucesión de Ruth Solá Sánchez también conocida como Ruth Solá compuesta por Marilyn Colón Solá, como Marilyn Isales, José Enrique Colón Solá, Mengano de Tal, La Sucesión de Natividad Solá Sánchez, compuesta por José R. Echevarría Solá, Sutano y Perencejo de Tal, Departamento de Hacienda por conducto de la División de Caudales Relictos y el Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el Caso Civil Número CA2021CV03500, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $50,736.47 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 22 de diciembre de 2021.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Carolina. Anotación B. Se notifica

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al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea.

Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm.

210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de junio de 2022. MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, ALGUACIL PLACA #830, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA, SALA SUPERIOR.

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Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2020CV00088.

Sala Núm.: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: SUCESION DE ÁNGEL LUIS DÍAZ PÉREZ, COMPUESTA POR TED DIAZ FALERO Y BENJAMIN DIAZ FALERO; SUCESION DE VIDALINA FALERO MELÉNDEZ COMPUESTA POR JEANNETTE AREIZAGA FALERO, JOSE LUIS AREIZAGA FALERO, TED DIAZ FALERO Y BENJAMIN DIAZ FALERO, SUTANO Y FULANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE AMBAS SUCESIONES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados LEGAL NOTICE Unidos de América. Todo pago ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO recibido por el (la) Alguacil por DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- concepto de subastas será en NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA efectivo, giro postal o cheque SALA DE CAROLINA certificado a nombre del (de la) MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Demandante Vs. Instancia. Todo derecho, título, SUCESION DE ÁNGEL participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demanLUIS DÍAZ PÉREZ, dada o cualquiera de ellos en COMPUESTA POR el inmueble hipotecado objeto TED DIAZ FALERO Y de ejecución que se describe a BENJAMIN DIAZ FALERO; continuación: URBANA: Solar SUCESION DE VIDALINA número cuarenta y ocho (48) de la Manzana AA según Plano FALERO MELÉNDEZ de Inscripción del Proyecto de COMPUESTA POR Solares denominados ExtenJEANNETTE AREIZAGA sión Jardines de Palmarejo, FALERO, JOSE LUIS radicado en el Barrio San Isidro del término municipal de CanóAREIZAGA FALERO, vanas, Puerto Rico. Dicho solar TED DIAZ FALERO Y BENJAMIN DIAZ FALERO, tiene un área de doscientos sesenta y cuatro metros cuaSUTANO Y FULANO DE drados y colinda por el NORTE, TAL, COMO HEREDEROS con el Solar número cuarenta y siete, distancia de veintidós DESCONOCIDOS DE

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metros; por el SUR, con el Solar número cuarenta y nueve, distancia de veintidós metros; por el ESTE, con los Solares número cincuenta y cinco y cincuenta y seis, distancia de doce metros; y por el OESTE, con la Calle número veintiuno, distancia de doce metros. Enclava en el mismo una casa destinada a vivienda la cual se describe como sigue: casa de asbesto-cemento, de una sola planta, con un área de piso de seiscientos setenta y dos pies cuadrados. Tiene sala-comedor-cocina, tres dormitorios, cuarto sanitario y portal. Consta inscrita al folio 180 del tomo 66 de Canóvanas, finca número #3,806, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Carolina. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urbanización Jardines de Pamarejo, AA-48 Calle 21, Canóvanas, P.R. 00729. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Estados Unidos de América: a cuyo favor aparece un Embargo contra Ángel Luis Díaz, seguro social xxx-xx-9859, por la suma de $3,164.88, Notificación número 217549216 según Certificada, anotado el día 26 de junio de 2016, al Asiento 2016-006669FED del Sistema Karibe. No podemos precisar que la persona embargada y el titular en esta finca sean la misma persona.

Se le notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados 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. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $55,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #265, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de julio de 2006, ante el notario Fernando Rabel Echegaray, e inscrita al folio 1,086 del tomo 445 de Canóvanas, finca número 3,806, inscripción 4ta, como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 24 de octubre de 2017, en virtud

The San Juan Daily Star de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 8 de agosto de 2006 al Asiento 1339 del Diario 231). La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $55,000.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $36,666.67. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $27,500.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: Suma Principal de $18,980.46, más intereses a razón del 7.48920% anual, desde el 3 de mayo de 2018, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma equivalente a $5,500.00, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes

anteriores y los referentes, 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. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen.

Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 20 de julio de 2022. MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, ALGUACIL PLACA #830.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE MARIANA ANDINO MARRERO, COMPUESTA POR CARLOS MÁRQUEZ ANDINO, POR SÍ; Y “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE MARIANA ANDINO MARRERO, POR DESCONOCERSE SU PARADERO E IDENTIDAD; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (C.R.I.M.)

Demandado Civil Núm.: TA2021CV00656.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Toa Alta, Toa Alta, 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 31 de marzo de 2022, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al

The San Juan Daily Star mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 12, localizada en el Barrio Candelaria del municipio de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con un área de 810.30 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el Lote número 13, dedicado a uso público; por el SUR, con la finca de Don Guillermo Medina; por el ESTE, con la finca de Don Juan Zamora; y por el OESTE, con la Parcela número 11. Inscrita en la finca 12,973 al folio 226 del tomo 211 de Toa Baja. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Bayamón. La propiedad ubica según pagaré en el Barrio Calendaria Parcela 12, Toa Baja, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada y notificada en este caso el 14 de enero de 2022 siendo notificada el 18 de enero de 2022 y publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 24 de enero de 2022, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $36,855.83 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 9.95% desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2016; 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 $4,500.00 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 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Toa Alta, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico.

Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $45,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $30,000.00, 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 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $22,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2)

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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 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de julio de 2022. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Toa Alta. ***

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se el remedio solicitado sin más RELACIONES DE FAMILIA Y citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO MENORES SALA SUPERIOR bajo mi firma y con el Sello del DE BAYAMÓN Tribunal. DADA hoy 5 de agosSTEPHANIE to de 2022 en San Juan, Puerto RAMOS VARGAS Rico. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ Demandante V. COLLADO, SECRETARIA REJOHNEL DE LA GIONAL. MARÍA SERRANO CRUZ RAMOS SOTO, SECRETARIA AUXIDemandado LIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. Civil Núm.: BY2022RF00824.

LEGAL NOTICE (3005). Sobre: PRIVACIÓN ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO PATRIA POTESTAD Y CUSTODE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- DIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENDemandado (a) PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTATANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNICivil Núm.: SS2022CV00153. DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOFAJARDO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO. E.M.I. EQUITY EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. RICO. A La Parte Demandada: NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENMORTGAGE, INC. A LA PARTE COJOHNEL DE LA CRUZ CIA POR EDICTO. Demandante V.

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REGISTRAL, FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO, ULTIMO Demandante Vs ACREEDOR Y TENEDOR SUCESION DE MIGUEL CONOCIDO, JOHN DOE ANGEL COLON Y RICHARD ROE COMO GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POSIBLES TENEDORES POR SU HEREDERO DESCONOCIDOS MIGUEL COLON Y Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV05717.

SUS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXPARTES CON INTERÉS TRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENFULANO DE TAL Y TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS SUTANA DE TAL UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL

A: SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL COLON GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO MIGUEL COLON Y SUS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de agosto de 2022, 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 08 de agosto de 2022. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, el 08 de agosto de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE ROBLES MATHEWS, SECRETARIA.

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E.M.I EQUITY MORTGAGE INC. Demandantes Vs.

RF MORTGAGE AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION, ACREEDOR ORIGINAL Y

DEMANDADA: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS CUYA DIRECCIÓN SE DESCONOCE.

Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la CANCELACION de un pagaré extraviado a favor de RF Mortgage and Investment Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $136,850.00, intereses al 6.50% anual y vencimiento el 1ro. de mayo de 2035, según consta de escritura número 246 otorgada el 8 de abril de 2005 ante el Notario Enrique N. Vela Colón, inscrita al folio 71 del tomo 1053 de Monacillos, finca número 9,472, inscripción Novena, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Tercera.

Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. 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 secretaria del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo.

David Cardona Dingui, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndo-

RAMOS. A Su Última SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Y/O Dirección Conocida: HILL BROTHERS, 686 CALLE BANK OF AMERICA 13, SAN JUAN PR 00924.

(COUNTRYWIDE HOME la presente se le notifica LOANS, INC.), JOHN DOE Por que se ha radicado Demanda Y RICHARD ROE COMO de Divorcio por la Causal de POSIBLES TENEDORES Ruptura Irreparable. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite DESCONOCIDOS

Demandado(a) Civil: FA2022CV00070. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS CUYA DIRECCIÓN SE DESCONOCE.

a usted por edicto que se publicara una (1) sola vez en un periódico de circulación general.

Se le emplaza y requiere que notifique copia de la Contestación a la Demanda radicada, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto para que conteste la demanda. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio y no radica por SUMAC, debe enviar copia de la Contestación a la Demanda a las oficinas de Lcda. Milagros Rivera Rivera, PO Box 50823, Toa Baja, PR 00926, lcda.riveramilagros@ gmail.com tel.: (787) 525-3290, abogada de la parte demandante. Se le apercibe a los efectos de que si no contesta la demanda radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE MENORES DE BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO, hoy 29 de julio de 2022.

LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ISABEL C. SOUCHET BURGOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de junio de 2022, 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 4 de agosto de 2022. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 4 de agosto de 2022.

WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. JENIFFER CALEGAL NOTICE RRASQUILLO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSDE PUERTO RICO SALA DE TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE

FAJARDO

MARIA EUGENIA RAMOS OSORIO Demandante V.

XIOMARA YERLEEN ROSA RAMOS, NELSON GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ

Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: LU2022RF00007.

Sobre: CUSTODIA MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: XIOMARA YERLEEN ROSA RAMOS, BO. DAMIÁN ARRIBA, OROCOVIS PR 00720.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 3 de agosto de 2022, 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 4 de agosto de 2022. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 4 de agosto de 2022. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. YOLANDA TORRES DE JESÚS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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MARIA EUGENIA RAMOS OSORIO Demandante V.

XIOMARA YERLEEN ROSA RAMOS, NELSON GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ

Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: LU2022RF00007.

Sobre: CUSTODIA MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: NELSON GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ, MEDIANIA BAJA, SECTOR LA 23, HONDURA, LOÍZA PR 00772.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se

le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 3 de agosto de 2022, 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 4 de agosto de 2022. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 4 de agosto de 2022. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. YOLANDA TORRES DE JESÚS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

JOSE LUIS BAEZ LOPEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2021CV02819.

(505). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: JOSE LUIS BAEZ LOPEZ.

Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el Cuarto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos

22 y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN LAS VEGAS de Cataño.

Solar: B guión Veinte (B-20).

FLOR DEL VALLE. Cabida: CUATROCIENTOS VEINTINUEVE PUNTO CERO CERO (429.00) METROS CUADRADOS. Linderos: NORTE, en treinta y tres punto cero cero (33.00) metros, con el solar número Veintiuno guión B (21B); SUR, en treinta y tres punto cero cero (33.00) metros, con el solar número Diecinueve guión B(19-B); ESTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, con la Calle número Uno(1); y por el OESTE, en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros, terrenos de Las Palmas Industrial Corporation. Enclava una casa de una planta de concreto que consta de tres dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, balcón, baño y marquesina. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Cataño, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, finca número 2,543, inscripción sexta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urb. Las Vegas, Solar B-20, Calle Flor del Valle, Cataño, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $75,799.65 de principal, intereses al 4.00% anual, desde el día 1ro. de octubre de 2020, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $9,523.80 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $95,238.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $63,492.00 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $47,619.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que

el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas.

Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 2 de agosto de 2022.

EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de julio de 2022, 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 2 de agosto de 2022. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 2 de agosto de 2022.

WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. JENIFFER CARRASQUILLO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

Demandante V.

DORAL BANK AHORA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandado(a) Civil: FA2022CV00512. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

miento 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 1 de agosto de 2022 En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 1 de agosto de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Demandante Vs.

SUCESION GENOVEVA NIEVES MONTES T/C/C GENOVEVA NIEVESMONTE COMPUESTA POR MARIA ARLENE HERNANDEZ NIEVES; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION ELISA NIEVES MONTES T/C/C ELISA N. LEGAL NOTICE ROSADO T/C/C ELISA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO NIEVES COMPUESTA DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA POR ANGEL MANUEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- ROSADO NIEVES; JOHN TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE DOE Y JANE DOE COMO SAN JUAN POSIBLES HEREDEROS FIRSTBANK DESCONOCIDOS; PUERTO RICO ESTADOS UNIDOS DE Demandante V. AMERICA; CENTRO YENEISY ANGELITA DE RECAUDACION DE FERNANDEZ POLANCO INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandado(a)

Civil: SJ2021CV08542. (508).

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le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de abril de 2022, 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 procedi-

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01733.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

NIEVES MONTES T/C/C GENOVEVA NIEVESMONTE.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 03 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. MARILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE ASOCIACIÓN DE EMPLEADOS DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSE ANTONIO VALENTIN RIVERA COMPUESTA POR ALBANI VALENTIN NARVAEZ, JOSE A: MARIA ARLENE ARMANDO VALENTIN HERNANDEZ NARVAEZ Y ANDRES NIEVES; JOHN DOE VALENTIN NARZAVEZ, Y JANE DOE COMO JOHN DOE Y RICHARD POSIBLES MIEMBROS ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE DESCONOCIDOS LA SUCESION ELISA DE JOSÉ ANTONIO NIEVES MONTES T/C/C VALENTÍN RIVERA, ELISA N. ROSADO T/C/C MARIA BETHSAIDA ELISA NIEVES; JOHN PAGAN RIVERA ROE Y JANE ROE COMO TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POSIBLES MIEMBROS COMO BETZAIDA DESCONOCIDOS DE LA PAGAN RIVERA Y LA SUCESION GENOVEVA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE

BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA POR CONDUCTO DEL FISCAL FEDERAL DE LA CORTE DE DISTRITO DE ESTADOS UNIDOS PARA EL DISTRITO DE PUERTO RICO, CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES, ADMINISTAGION PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES

Parte Demandada Caso Civil Núm.: BY2022CV03024.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓN DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: MARIA BETHSAIDA PAGAN RIVERA, ALBANI VALENTIN NARVAEZ, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE JOSÉ ANTONIO VALENTIN RIVERA.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda.

Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de julio de 2018, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio.

De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida

la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $138,802.00 de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 5.8750% anual, así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo la suma estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar número dos mil ciento cincuenta y cinco (2,155) del Bloque “B” de la urbanización Levittown, en el barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, compuesto de trescientos diez con cincuenta metros cuadrados (310.50 m.c). En lindes por el NORTE, en treces metros cincuenta (13.50) centímetros con la calle Atenas, según plano calle trescientos cuatro (304); por el SUR, en trece punto cincuenta metros (13.50 m) con un paseo público; por el ESTE, en veintitrés metros con el solar número dos mil ciento cincuenta y seis (2,156); y por el OESTE, en veintitrés metros con el solar número dos mil ciento cincuenta y cuatro (2,154). Inscrita al folio doscientos treinta y uno (231) del tomo cincuenta y ocho (58) de Toa Baja, finca número cuatro mil seiscientos veintiocho (4,628), Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, como miembro de la Sucesión de Jose Antonio Valentin Rivera se ha presentado una solicitud de interpelación judicial para que sirva en el término de treinta (30) días aceptar o repudiar la herencia. Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto en tomo a la aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del causante Jose Antonio Valentin Rivera y por consiguiente, responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Código Civil, vigente. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 4 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO

GITSIT SOLUTIONS LLC. Demandante V.

JUAN RAFAEL QUIÑONES MALDONADO, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN RAFAEL QUIÑONES JIMENEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) COMO PARTE CON POSIBLE INTERÉS

Demandado(a) Civil: FA2019CV00326. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE INTERES EN LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN RAFAEL QUIÑONES JIMENEZ. BARRIO MONTAÑEZ, 157 CALLE 5, FAJARDO PR 00738 Y/O VILLA PALMERAS 252, CALLE FLAMBOYAN DEL RIO, SAN JUAN PR 00912.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de agosto de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 04 de agosto de 2022. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 04 de agosto de 2022. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, INC. Demandante, V.

MARIA VICTORIA RIVERA APONTE, ORIENTAL BANK AND TRUST, JOHN DOE

Demandadas Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06175.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESION DE JOSE RODIRGUEZ JAIME LUIS CLAVELL RIVERA t/c/c JOSE VAZQUEZ COMPUESTA RAMON RODRIGUEZ POR XONDRA RIVERA, ZULMA GUZMAN CLAVELL, LEMARIE CRUZ y la Sociedad CLAVELL, JEROME Legal de Gananciales CLAVELL Y JAIME compuesta por ambos, CLAVELL; FULANO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE FULANA DE TAL COMO AMERICA representados POSIBLES HEREDEROS A: JOHN DOE por el SECRETARIO DESCONOCIDOS DE LA COMO TENEDOR DE LA VIVIENDA Y SUCESION; CENTRO DE DESCONOCIDB DEL DESAROLLO URBANO RECAUDACIONES DE PAGARE a favor de (HUD) Oriental Bank and Trust, INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandado(a) (CRIM) o a su orden, por Ia Civil: BY2019CV04830. SALA Demandados suma de $65,000.00 con (505). Sobre: COBRO DE Civil Núm.: PO2021CV01964.

DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE intereses al 5.50% anual y Sala: 406. Sobre: COBRO DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA OR- vencimiento 1 de mayo de DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE DINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE 2025. Constituida por Ia HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).

SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. Escritura 24 otorgada en EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El AlA: JOSE RODIRGUEZ San Juan el 12 de abril de guacil que suscribe por la preRIVERA t/c/c JOSE 2005 ante el notario Sarah sente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumRAMON RODRIGUEZ J. Delgado Brayfield e RIVERA, ZULMA GUZMAN inscrita a Ia finca 35,816, plimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que CRUZ y la Sociedad Registro de Ia Propiedad, le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil Legal de Gananciales Quinta Sección de San que suscribe por la Secretaría compuesta por ambos del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA Juan.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se Demandante V.

Por Ia presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar Ia demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de Ia publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en Ia Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de Ia parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP Suite 209 500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670 Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdiaz@bdprlaw.com Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 4 de agosto de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, LEGAL NOTICE SECRETARIO GENERAL. MIESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO CHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SEDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- CRETARIA AUXILIAR. le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de julio de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 60 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 3 de agosto de 2022. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 3 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, SECRETARIA. F/ MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 1RO DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: LL-111 (L-18) CALLE 21, URB. JARDINES DEL CARIBE, PONCE, PR 00728 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número dieciocho (18) del Bloque “L” del Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Jardines del Caribe situada en Ponce, Puerto Rico; con una cabida superficial de trescientos doce (312) metros con quinientas (500) milésimas de otro. En lindes por el NORTE: en una distancia de 25.00 metros con el solar número 17 del Bloque L; por el SUR, en una distancia de 25.00 metros con el solar número 19; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 12.500 metros con la Calle Número 21; por el OESTE, en una distancia de 12.500 metros con los solares número 15 y 25 del Bloque K. La propiedad an-

tes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 55 del Tomo 1,215 de Ponce, finca número 6,712, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $122,314.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $81,542.67. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $61,157.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 444 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de diciembre de 2014, ante el Notario Rafael A. Toro Arsuaga, y consta inscrita al folio 46 del tomo 1,252 de Ponce, finca número 6,712, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección Segunda, inscripción Décima (10ma). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte co-demandada, ascendente a la suma de $119,366.93 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2016, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, La Sucesión de Jaime Luis Clavell Vázquez adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $12,231.40. Además, La Sucesión de Jaime Luis Clavell Vázquez se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $12,231.40 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $12,231.40 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Por razón de dicho

incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial.

Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 03 de agosto de 2022. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560,

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ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

RH PROPERTY, INC. Plaintiff V.

JOSÉ LUIS MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ A/K/A JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ GONZÁLEZ

Defendant Civil No.: 3:17-cv-02337.

(ADC). COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

To: DEFENDANT AND GENERAL PUBLIC.

On August 22, 2019, Nunc Pro Tunc to December 14, 2018, this Honorable Court issued Judgment in favor Bautista Cayman Asset Company, now RH Property, Inc., and against defendant, José Luis Martínez González a/k/a José Martínez González (“Defendant”). Defendant was ordered to pay plaintiff as of July 5, 2018, the amount of $461,771.91. This amount is composed by the following: a sum of: (i) $338,382.56 in principal; (ii) interests in the amount of $43,114.94 which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at $31.84 per diem; (iii) accrued late charges in the amount of $3,019.06; (iv) insurance and inspection costs in the amount of $2,230.00 and $312.00 respectively; (v) an additional amount resulting of Modification I and Modification II in the sum of $36,557.81; and any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made

by RH Property, on behalf of the Defendant, in accordance with the Mortgage, as amended, as well as under the other loan documents, as amended; plus (vi) costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $38,155.54. Pursuant to said judgment and the Order of Execution of Judgment, the undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBAN: Plot of land # 13 of block A, with a surface area of 651.50 square meters at Extension Caparra Development of Pueblo Viejo Ward of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its boundaries are by the NORTH, in 20.00 meters, with street # 3;

by the EAST, in 32.59 meters, with plot # 14 of said block A; by the SOUTH, with street # 4 of the development; and by the WEST, in 32.56 meters, with plot # 12 of said block A. It contains a reinforced concrete dwelling. The property described above is recorded at page 110 of volume 72 of Guaynabo, property number 3,303, Registry of Property of Guaynabo.¹ Physical Address: 13A Genova Street, Villa Caparra, Guaynabo, PR 00966. The property is subject to the following liens: By its origin: Easements in favor of Puerto Rico Railroad Light and Power Authority, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Municipality of Guaynabo and restrictive covenants. By itself: MORTGAGE guaranteeing a note payable to the order of Doral Mortgage Corporation, in the amount of $352,100.00, with an annual interest rate of 7.95% and due on September 1st, 2017. As per deed no. 394, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 31, 2002 before Notary Public Miguel A. Rivera Rosendo, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, 13th inscription.

MODIFICATION is partially cancelled in $10,071.46, reduced to $342,028.54, due on March 1st, 2050, as per Deed no. 56, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 26, 2010 before Notary Public Magda V. Alsina Figueroa, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, at margin of 13th inscription.

MODIFICATION: the principal is extended to the amount of $381,555.39 and the interests are modified as: from April 1st, 2013 to March 1st, 2018 to 3.387690% annually and from April 1st, 2018 to March 1st, 2053 to 7.95% annually, as per Deed no. 173, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on February 19, 2013 before Notary Public David Toledo David, recorded at page 116 of volume 1316 of Guaynabo, at margin of 13th inscription. ¹ The property is described is described in the Spanish Language as follows: URBANA: Solar número trece (13) de la manzana “A” compuesto de seiscientos cincuenta y uno punto cincuenta (651.50) metros cuadrados, en la Urbanización Extensión Caparra del Barrio Pueblo Viejo de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de veinte (20.00) metros, con la calle número tres (3) de la Urbanización que es su frente; por el Este, en una distancia de treinta y dos punto cincuenta y nueve (32.59) metros, con el solar número catorce (14) de dicha manzana “A”; por el Sur, con la calle número cuatro (4) de la urbanización; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de treinta y dos punto cincuenta y seis (32.56) metros, con el solar número doce (12) de di-

cha manzana “A”. Enclava una casa. The property described above is recorded at page 110 of volume 72 of Guaynabo, property number 3,303, Registry of Property of Guaynabo. DEMAND: The object of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of Doral Mortgage Corp, for the sum of $325,100.00, which arises from inscription #13. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Owner, Amount Owed: $444,777.41; Court Claim: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, in Civil case #172337, on Novembert 30, 2017.

Recorded in volume Karibe, of Guaynabo, Property 3303, Annotation “A”, dated October 17, 2019. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The amount of $381,555.39, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $254,370.26 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $190,777.70.

Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of

24 the property described in this Notice will be held on the 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 21ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 14th day of July, 2022. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

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 4 de agosto de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, 4 de agosto de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JESSENIA PEDRAZA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE COAMO

Demandante Vs

Demandante Vs.

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC.

SUCESIÓN DE IRENE LUIS ARMANDO SOTO HERNÁNDEZ, MALDONADO T/C/C IRENE SOTO FLORES A/K/A LUIS COMPUESTA POR A. MALDONADO DIANITZA MARTÍNEZ FLORES A/K/A LUIS SOTO, JORGE LUIS MALDONADO FLORES MARTÍNEZ SOTO, A/K/A LUIS ARMANDO GILBERTO MARTÍNEZ MALDONADO A/K/A LUIS SOTO, FULANO DE TAL Y A. MALDONADO A/K/A SUTANO DE TAL COMO LUIS MALDONADO Y A POSIBLES HEREDEROS LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DESCONOCIDOS, DE AMÉRICA Demandados CENTRO DE Civil Núm.: B2CI2016-00919.

RECAUDACIONES Sala: 406. Sobre: COBRO MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN ESTADOS UNIDOS DE DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA AMÉRICA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SU-

Demandados BASTA. Caso Núm.: CG2019CV00725.

AL: PÚBLICO EN Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y GENERAL. EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA A: LUIS ARMANDO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOMALDONADO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FLORES A/K/A LUIS

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE IRENE SOTO HERNÁNDEZ, T/C/C IRENE SOTO.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se les notifica la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 4 de agosto de 2022 este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada

A. MALDONADO FLORES A/K/A LUIS MALDONADO FLORES A/K/A LUIS ARMANDO MALDONADO A/K/A LUIS A. MALDONADO A/K/A LUIS MALDONADO Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, RODOLFO LARA MARTÍNEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Coamo, 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

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presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Coamo, Coamo, 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 11 de enero de 2019. 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 día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE 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 Coamo, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 12 enero de 2022, 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 de su propiedad ubicado en: Pulguillas Comm., SR 723 Int, 5 St, Lot 93, Aibonito, PR 00705, y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número noventa y tres en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Pulguillas del Barrio Pulguillas del término municipal de Coamo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con punto cuatro mil ciento treinta y siete diezmilésimas de otra, equivalentes a mil seiscientos veinte y cinco punto noventa y nueve metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número tres (3); por el SUR, con la Parcela número sesenta y ocho (68); por el ESTE, con la parcela número noventa y cuatro (94); y por el OESTE, con la parcela número noventa y dos (92), de la misma Comunidad. Finca Número 7,092, inscrita al folio 129 del tomo 130 de Coamo.

Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Barranquitas. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: $67,201.00, la cual no

incluye intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 30 de junio de 2017, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón del 3.169% por ciento anual, hasta su completo pago; más la cantidad de $18,600.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 207, otorgada el día 15 de enero de 2013, Cayey, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Magaly Rodriguez Bahsha y consta inscrita al folio 220 del tomo 326 de Coamo, Puerto Rico, finca número 7,092, Registro de la Propiedad de Coamo, Sección de Barranquitas. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $186,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $124,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $93,000.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del cré-

dito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $186,000.00, con intereses al 3.169% anual, vencedero el día 15 de enero de 2096, constituida mediante la escritura número 208, otorgada en Cayey, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de noviembre de 2013, ante la notario Magaly Rodríguez Bahsha, e inscrita al folio 220 del tomo 1,326 de Coamo, finca número 7,092, inscripción 10ma. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este des-

alojo. Y para la concurrencia de BASTA. licitadores y para el público en Al: PÚBLICO EN general, se publicará este EdicGENERAL. to de acuerdo con la ley, meA: SUCESIÓN DE ROSA diante edicto, en un periódico MARÍA RAMOS PÉREZ de circulación general en el EsT/C/C ROSA M. RAMOS tado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por PÉREZ T/C/C ROSA espacio de dos (2) semanas RAMOS PÉREZ T/C/C consecutivas con un intervalo ROSA MARÍA RAMOS de por lo menos siete (7) días T/C/C ROSA M. RAMOS entre ambas publicaciones, y T/C/C ROSA RAMOS para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en COMPUESTA POR que ha de celebrarse la venta, KARINYLL TORREGOSA tales como la Alcaldía, el TribuRAMOS; ÁNGEL LUIS nal y la Colecturía, y se le notifiTORREGOSA RAMOS; cará además a la parte demanFULANO DE TAL Y dada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última diSUTANO DE TAL COMO rección conocida. EN TESTI- POSIBLES HEREDEROS MONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el DE NOMBRES presente Edicto de Subasta DESCONOCIDOS, para conocimiento y compareSUCESIÓN DE ÁNGEL cencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en LUIS TORREGOSA Coamo, Puerto Rico, a 2 de RAMOS COMPUESTA agosto de 2022. RODOLFO POR KARINYLL LARA MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL TORREGOSA RAMOS, DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA FULANO DE TAL Y INSTANCIA, SALA DE COASUTANO DE TAL COMO MO.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYAMA

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SUCESIÓN DE ROSA MARÍA RAMOS PÉREZ T/C/C ROSA M. RAMOS PÉREZ T/C/C ROSA RAMOS PÉREZ T/C/C ROSA MARÍA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA M. RAMOS T/C/C ROSA RAMOS COMPUESTA POR KARINYLL TORREGOSA RAMOS; ÁNGEL LUIS TORREGOSA RAMOS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS, SUCESIÓN DE ÁNGEL LUIS TORREGOSA RAMOS COMPUESTA POR KARINYLL TORREGOSA RAMOS, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: GCD2017-0030.

Sala: 307. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SU-

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES MUNICIPALES; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, PEDRO J. MUÑOZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL PLACA #034, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guayama, 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 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guayama, Guayama, 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 12 de diciembre de 2019. 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 día 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:30 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 Guayama, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 2 de julio de 2021, 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 de su propiedad ubicado en: C-2 7th St. Bello Horizonte, Guayama PR 00784, y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número dos del Bloque “C” de la Urbanización Bello Horizonte, situada en el Barrio Algarrobos de la Municipalidad de Guayama, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos cincuenta y siete metros cuadrados con treinta y siete centímetros, colindando por el NORTE, en veinte metros con cincuenta centímetros, con la Calle número siete; por el SUR, en veinticuatro metros, con el solar número tres; por el ESTE, con una serie de alineaciones totalizando dieciséis metros con noventa y ocho centímetros, con un saco que forma la Calle número siete de dicha Urbanización y por el OESTE, en quince metros, con el solar número uno. En dicho solar enclava una casa de concreto para fines residenciales. Finca Número 6,505, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 224 de Guayama, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama.

La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: $85,318.79, con intereses al 5.060% anual por concepto de balance principal del préstamo el cual incluye intereses hasta el los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la deuda. Así como la cantidad líquida estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de $14,250.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 93, otorgada el día 14 de julio de 2012, Humacao, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Roberto Soto Tapia y consta inscrita inscrita al margen del folio 28 del tomo 459 de Guayama, finca número 6,505, inscripción 5ta., Registro

The San Juan Daily Star de la Propiedad de Guayama, Sección de Guayama. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca revertida en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $142,500.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, vencedero el día 22 de febrero de 2094, constituida mediante la escritura número 94, otorgada en Humacao, Puerto Rico, el día 14 de julio de 2012, ante el notario Roberto Soto Tapia, aclarada la fecha de otorgamiento, mediante la escritura número 46, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de abril de 2013, ante el notario Roberto Soto Tapia, e inscrita al margen del folio 28 del tomo 459 de Guayama, finca número 6,505, inscripción 6ta. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $142,500.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $95,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $71,250.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis-

tentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio 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. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUGuayama, Puerto Rico, a 2 de MACAO agosto de 2022. PEDRO J. MUBANCO POPULAR ÑOZ RIVERA, ALGUACIL PLADE PUERTO RICO CA #034, ALGUACIL DEL TRIDemandante V. BUNAL DE PRIMERA MANUEL RESTITUTO INSTANCIA, SALA DE GUAYASERRANO ROSADO MA. Demandado LEGAL NOTICE Civil Núm.: HU2019CV01325.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Vía Ordinaria. AVISO DE VENTRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- TA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Alguacil Supervisor SAN JUAN de la División de Subastas del FIRSTBANK Tribunal de Primera Instancia, PUERTO RICO Sala de Humacao los demandaDemandante dos y al público en general les SUCESION DE CLARA notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado CRISTINA STEFANI CRUZ COMPUESTA POR en el presente caso por el SeLARITSSA PERAETA cretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 4 de enero de 2022 STEFANI; FULANO Y y para satisfacer la cantidad SUTANO DE TAL COMO adeudada de $46,479.68 de POSIBLES HEREDEROS principal mediante Sentencia DESCONOCIDOS; CRIM dictada en el caso de autos el 3 de noviembre de 2021, notificaDemandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV00893. da y archivada en autos el 9 de Sala: 508. Sobre: COBRO DE noviembre de 2021, y publicaDINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HI- da mediante edicto en el perióPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE dico “The San Juan Daily Star” el 16 de noviembre de 2021, SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: FULANO Y SUTANO procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en DE TAL COMO pago de contado y en moneda POSIBLES HEREDEROS del curso legal de los Estados DESCONOCIDOS DE LA Unidos de América, mediante SUCESION DE CLARA efectivo, giro o cheque certifiCRISTINA STEFANI CRUZ. cado a nombre del Alguacil de EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus- este Tribunal todo derecho, tícribe le notifica a usted que tulo e interés que hayan tenido el 5 de agosto de 2022, este tengan o puedan tener los deuTribunal ha dictado Sentencia, dores demandados en cuanSentencia Parcial o Resolución to a la propiedad localizada en este caso, que ha sido debi- en el Municipio de Humacao, damente registrada y archivada Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble en autos donde podrá usted se describe a continuación: F9 enterarse detalladamente de Bo. Arenas, Las Piedras, PR los términos de la misma. Esta 00771. URBANA: Solar marcanotificación se publicará una do con el número F-9 del plano sola vez en un periódico de de inscripción del Proyecto UMcirculación general en la Isla 7-10 denominado Residencial de Puerto Rico, dentro de los Oriente radicado en el barrio diez (10) días siguientes a su Quebrada Arenas del términotificación. Y, siendo o repre- no municipal de Las Piedras, sentando usted una parte en Puerto Rico, con una cabida el procedimiento sujeta a los superficial de 283.10 metros términos de la Sentencia, Sen- cuadrados, en lindes al Norte, tencia Parcial o Resolución, con la calle #9, distancia de de la cual puede establecerse 13.00 metros; al Sur, con terrerecurso de revisión o apelación nos de Felipa Martínez Medina, dentro del término de 60 días distancia de 13.01 metros; al contados a partir de la publica- Este, con el solar #F-10, distanción por edicto de esta notifica- cia de 21.49 metros y al Oeste, ción, dirijo a usted esta notifica- con el solar #F-8, distancia de ción que se considerará hecha 22.07 metros. Consta inscrita al en la fecha de la publicación folio 105 del tomo 186 de Las de este edicto. Copia de esta Piedras, finca #9,831, Registro notificación ha sido archivada de la Propiedad de Humacao. en los autos de este caso, con Con el importe de dicha venfecha de 5 de agosto de 2022. ta se habrá de satisfacer a la En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 5 parte demandante las cantidade agosto de 2022. GRISELDA des adeudadas, en el caso de RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SE- epígrafe, que se desglosan de CRETARIA REGIONAL. MAR- la siguiente forma: $46,479.68 THA ALMODOVAR CABRERA, de principal, 6.5% de intereses, los cuales continúan acumulánSECRETARIA AUXILIAR. dose hasta el saldo total de la LEGAL NOTICE deuda, $61.44 de cargos por ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO demora, los cuales continúan DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- acumulándose hasta el saldo NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA total de la deuda, mas costas, gastos y honorarios de aboga-

do. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $70,000.00 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 $46,666.67.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado $35,000.00.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 1 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2022, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:00 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 Humacao. Del Estudio de Título realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes: Por su procedencia: Libre de cargas.

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

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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 Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 4 de agosto de 2022. JOSÉ L. RODRÍGUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR

E.M.I. EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC., COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIOS DE SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY Demandante Vs.

FERNANDO CAMERON SANTIAGO, EDNA CARMEN MALDONADO RIVERA T/C/C EDNA C. MALDONADO RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: TA2020CV00018.

Sala: 505. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM” (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR, QUINTO PISO SALA 503, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: D-66 CALLE 12 URB. TOA ALTA HEIGHTS TOA ALTA, PR 00949 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar mar-

cado con el #66 del bloque “D” de la Urbanización Toa Alta Heights, localizado en los barrios Piñas y Mucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, de 240.00 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con los solares #61 y #62 del bloque “A”, en 10.00 metros; por el SUR, con la calle #12, en 10.00 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar #65 del bloque “D”, en 24.00 metros y por el OESTE, con el solar #67 del bloque “D”, en 24.00 metros. Está afecto a una servidumbre de drenaje pluvial de 2.00 metros de ancho a todo lo largo de la colindancia Norte.

Está afecto a una servidumbre de drenaje pluvial de dos metros de ancho a todo lo largo de la colindancia Norte. ENCLAVA: Una estructura de concreto, para fines residenciales. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 127 del Tomo 130 de Toa Alta, finca número 6,268, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $59,950.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $39,966.66. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $29,975.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca número 608 otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de octubre de 1994, ante el Notario José Carlos García Selva, consta inscrita al Folio 127 del Tomo 130 de Toa Alta, finca número 6,268, inscripción Segunda (2da). Dicha hipoteca fue modificada en cuanto a su principal que será de $58,939.83, en cuanto a su interés que será al 4.00%; en cuanto a su pago mensual de principal e interés será por la cantidad de $281.39, Y en cuanto a su vencimiento que será el primero (1ro) de septiembre de 2043, según consta de la escritura de modificación de hipoteca número 455, otorgada el día 29 de julio de 2013, en San Juan, Puerto Rico ante la Notario Público Leilany Ca-

rrión Del Toro, consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Toa Alta, finca 6,268, inscripción quinta (5ta).

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $53,515.81 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de agosto de 2018, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte co-demandada Fernando Cameron Santiago, Edna Carmen Maldonado Rivera t/c/c Edna C. Maldonado Rivera y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $5,995.00. Además, la parte co-demandada Fernando Cameron Santiago, Edna Carmen Maldonado Rivera t/c/c Edna C. Maldonado Rivera y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $5,995.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $5,995.00 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMON, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesa el gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relaciona a continuación: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington, District of Columbia, o a su orden, por la suma

26 principal de $3,950.96, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de noviembre de 2024, constituida mediante la escritura número 29, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de octubre de 2004, ante el notario Jaime M. Rosa Malavé, e inscrita al folio 1222 del tomo 556 de Toa Alta, finca número 6,268, inscripción 4ta, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 3 de octubre de 2017, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010.

(Fue presentado el día 17 de noviembre de 2004 al Asiento 321 del Diario 463). Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 09 de agosto de 2022. Edgardo Elías Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa #193, Alguacil De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial De Bayamón, Sala Superior.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO

DE MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (MASS MUTUAL) Parte Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESIÓN DE VILMA RUTH COLLAZO LEHMAN T/C/C VILMA RUTH COLLAZO T/C/C VILMA COLLAZO FELICIANO COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO, MANUEL DE JESÚS FELICIANO HERNÁNDEZ T/C/C MANUEL FELICIANO HERNÁNDEZ, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, JOSÉ MANUEL FELICIANO COLLAZO, RAÚL FELICIANO COLLAZO, ROBERTO FELICIANO COLLAZO, JAVIER JOSÉ FELICIANO COLLAZO, POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDEROS DE VILMA RUTH COLLAZO LEHMAN T/C/C VILMA RUTH COLLAZO T/C/C VILMA COLLAZO FELICIANO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2022CV02463.

(403). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOSÉ MANUEL FELICIANO COLLAZO, RAÚL FELICIANO COLLAZO, ROBERTO FELICIANO COLLAZO Y JAVIER JOSÉ FELICIANO COLLAZO, POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDEROS DE VILMA RUTH COLLAZO LEHMAN T/C/C VILMA RUTH COLLAZO T/C/C VILMA COLLAZO FELICIANO, A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: URB. SANTA ROSA, 48-57 CALLE 23, BAYAMÓN, PR 00959-6809.

FULANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO DE VILMA RUTH COLLAZO LEHMAN T/C/C VILMA RUTH COLLAZO T/C/C VILMA COLLAZO FELICIANO, CON IDENTIDAD Y DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

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demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $64,201.60 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.25% anual desde el 1 de octubre de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $1,466.57 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,540.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar radicado en la urbanización Santa Rosa situada en el Barrio Juan Sánchez de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de la urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Numero del solar: 57 de la manzana 48, con cabida de 325.50 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 21.0 metros con el solar #58; por el SUR, en 21.0 metros, con el solar #56; por el ESTE, en 15.50 metros con el solar #87; y por el OESTE, en 15.50 metros con calle #23. Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloques de cemento, consistente principalmente de sala, comedor, 3 cuartos dormitorios, cocina, cuarto de baño y balcón. Inscrita al folio 57 del tomo 221 de Bayamón, Finca 9872, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 101 del tomo 1638 de Bayamón, Finca 9872, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción 6ta. La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 9872, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción 8va. La demandante es tenedora por endoso en blanco, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de los causantes dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo 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 advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR 00970-3922, Tels. (787)7891826 y (787)708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 29 de JUNIO de 2022, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Wanda L. Trinidad Silva, Secretaria Del Tribunal Confidencial I.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

JOSÉ VÍCTOR RIVERA RIVERA, SU ESPOSA MILDRED SOTO ORTIZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2022CV01992.

Sala: 401. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: JOSÉ VÍCTOR RIVERA RIVERA, POR SÍ Y POR CONDUCTO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE CON MILDRED SOTO. J-3, 7TH., CIUDAD CENTRAL II, CAROLINA, PR 00987, Y PO BOX 1315 TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00978-1315.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca “In Rem” en la que se alega que: Se ha incumplido con las cláusulas de la escritura de hipoteca antes mencionada por haberse dejado de pagar las mensualidades vencidas desde el día 1ro de agosto de 2019, adeudándosele a la parte demandante la totalidad de la deuda

ascendente a: $76,753.13 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 5.625%, anual desde el 1ro de julio de 2019, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $10,350.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La propiedad hipotecada cuya ejecución se solicita tiene la siguiente descripción y localización: URBANA: Parcela de terreno marcada con el número tres (3) del Bloque “J” de la Urbanización Ciudad Central ll, localizada en el Barrio San Antón del Municipio de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 267.31 metros cuadrados, colindando por el NOROESTE, con una distancia de 22.75 metros, con solar número cuatro (4) del Bloque “J”; por el SUROESTE, en una distancia de 22.75 metros, con solar número dos (2) del Bloque “J”; por el SURESTE, en una distancia de 11.75 metros, con acera que la separa de la calle número siete (7); y por el NOROESTE (así surge), en una distancia de 11.75 metros, con solar dedicado a parque. Enclava casa que contiene sala, comedor, cocina, baño y área exterior para “laundry”. Afecta por su colindancia Sureste con servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. lnscrita en la finca número 54,713 al folio 84 del tomo 1275 de Carolina. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar 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. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393 BERMÚDEZ & DÍAZ, LLP Edificio Ochoa, 500 Calle De La Tanca Suite 209 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

Tel.: (787) 523-2670 / Fax: (787) 523-2664 rdíaz@pdprlaw.com Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 04 de agosto de 2022. Lcda.

Marilyn Aponte Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional. Keila García Solís, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

EMILIO FERNANDO GARCIA MELENDEZ, SUCESION DE ALEJA CARTAGENA MELENDEZ COMPUESTA POR MILDRED HERNÁNDEZ CARTAGENA, FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: AY2019CV00057.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). NOTIFICACIÓN DE ORDEN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: MILDRED HERNÁNDEZ CARTAGENA, FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ALEJA CARTAGENA MELENDEZ.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que el Honorable Tribunal ha dictado la Orden que se transcribe a continuación: ORDEN: VISTA la Moción radicada por la parte demandante, se declara la misma Con Lugar y en su consecuencia se autoriza la enmienda al epígrafe para incluir como co-demandados en la presente acción a MILDRED HERNÁNDEZ CARTAGENA, FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL como herederos desconocidos de la SUCESIÓN DE ALEJA CARTAGENA MELENDEZ para que en el término de veinte (20) días muestren causa por la cual/a Sentencia dictada el día 10 de octubre de 2019, notificada y archivada en autos el día 28 de octubre de 2019, no deba ser extensiva a éstos como miembros de la Sucesión y cotitulares del inmueble objeto de la presente causa de acción. Esta Orden se notificará por medio de edicto el cual será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general y el término aquí dispuesto comenzará a partir de la fecha de su publicación. Además, dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes

a la publicación del edicto se dirigirá a los demandados antes indicado por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, copia de la Sentencia y del Edicto al lugar de su última dirección conocida. El Secretario del Tribunal expedirá el correspondiente Edicto. REGÍSTRESE Y NOTIFÍQUESE. DADA en Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 28 de julio de 2022. FDO. JOSIAN RIVERA TORRES, JUEZ SUPERIOR. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los veinte (20) días de haber sido publicado esta Orden, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/ salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y enviar copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante cuya dirección más adelante se indica. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá hacer extensiva la 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.

Lcda. Xana M. Connelly Pagán Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.,R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999 Fax (787) 705-7387 E-mail: xconnelly@lawpr.com Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edict que firmo y sello en Guayama, Puerto Rico, hoy 3 de agosto de 2022. Marisol Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional I. Ileana Santiago Vega, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SALINAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

VIRGINIA RODRIGUEZ SOLIVAN

Demandados Civil Núm.: SA2022CV00175.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO

RICO, SS.

A: VIRGINIA RODRIGUEZ SOLIVAN. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: E-6 CALLE 4 URB. LLANOS DE PROVIDENCIA, SALINAS, P.R. 00751. DIRECCIÓN POSTAL: URB. LLANOS DE PROVIDENCIA 506 CALLE VIOLETA, SALINAS, P.R. 00751.

POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO, se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma de $27,380.29 de principal, intereses al 8 3/8% anual, desde el día 1ro de diciembre de 2021, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $5,200.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/ 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.

La dirección postal de la abogada de la parte demandante es la siguiente: LCDA. XANA M. CONNELLY PAGÁN BUFETE COLLAZO, CONNELLY & SURILLO, LLC P.O. Box 11550, San Juan, PR 009221550 Teléfono: (787) 625-9999 Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción.

Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en Salinas, Puerto Rico, 04 de agosto de 2022. Marisol Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria Regional.

Brenda L. Ramos Pomales, Secretaria Del Tribunal Confidencial Ii.

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Serena Williams says she will retire from tennis after US Open

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

S

erena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion who has been the face of tennis since winning her first U.S. Open in 1999, said in a magazine article published online Tuesday that she planned to retire from the sport after playing again in the tournament, which begins this month.

Williams, who long ago transcended her sport as a dominant cultural figure, said in an as-told-to cover story for Vogue that she has “never liked the word retirement” and preferred the word “evolution” to describe her next steps. “I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,” including working with her venture capital firm and growing her family.

She was not explicit about when she might stop playing but hinted on Instagram that the U.S. Open could be her last tournament.

“The countdown has begun,” she said.

“I’m gonna relish these next few weeks.”

Exiting the stage this year at the U.S. Open would be a fitting end to Williams’ storied career. She won her first Grand Slam title there, in 1999, when she was just 17, or 23 years ago, a number that matches her career Grand Slam tally.

Serena Williams at the U.S. Open in 2019.

“It feels like the right exclamation point, the right ending,” said Pam Shriver, the former player and tennis commentator who was one of the great doubles champions of the 1980s. “It doesn’t matter her result, and it’s a conclusion that feels a lot better than

last year at Wimbledon.”

At Wimbledon in 2021, Williams was forced to retire from her first-round match after just a few minutes when she slipped and tore her hamstring.

The injury sidelined her for nearly a year. In fact, Shriver and others thought it was likely that Williams might never officially retire but would instead drift into the existence that she assumed for nearly a year following her teary Wimbledon exit.

This spring, though, Williams said she got the itch to play competitively again.

In the Vogue story, she stated that Tiger Woods convinced her to commit to training hard for two weeks and see what happened. She did not immediately take his advice but eventually began hitting and signed up for the doubles competition at a Wimbledon tuneup event.

At Wimbledon, she played a spirited but inconsistent three-hour, first-round match, but lost to Harmony Tan of France, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7), during which she showed flashes of the power and touch that had once made her nearly unbeatable.

Williams said that she and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, planned to have another child.

“In the last year, Alexis and I have been trying to have another child, and we recently got some information from my doctor that put my mind at ease and made me feel that whenever we’re ready, we can add to our family. I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”

Williams, whose last Grand Slam tournament victory came while she was pregnant during the Australian Open in 2017, was eliminated from Wimbledon in June in the first round.

“Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year,” Williams said. “And I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York. But I’m going to try. And the lead-up tournaments will be fun.”

Williams has won nearly $100 million in prize money.

Williams is second to Margaret Court of Australia in Grand Slam singles championships, a record she had multiple chances to tie and surpass in 2018 and 2019 when she lost four Grand Slam finals without winning a set. However, few in tennis believe that shortcoming should tarnish the legacy that Williams leaves as the greatest female tennis player, and one of the greatest athletes in any sport.

Williams gave vogue the exclusive on her retirement

By JACOB BERNSTEIN

T

he decision by Serena Williams to give the news of her retirement to Vogue might have seemed strange to people who don’t think of the magazine as a conventional news outlet — much less a sports magazine — but it makes perfect sense.

Vogue’s editor, Anna Wintour, in real life is, first, a tennis fan and, second, a fashion person. She plays tennis at the Midtown Tennis Club in New York, and another one of her favorite tennis players is Roger Federer. Wintour has been to nearly every Grand Slam that Williams has won, as well as her U.S. Open appearances. (In 2019, she was photographed in Williams’ box, sitting right behind Meghan Markle.)

Wintour first placed Williams in the magazine in 1998, when Annie Leibovitz photographed Williams with her sister Venus in matching black-and-white ballgowns from Carolina Herrera.

Since then, Williams has been on the cover of Vogue numerous times: in 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2020.

Williams has been to five Met galas and debuted her

baby bump at the May 2017 gala in New York. The following year, the first pictures of her with her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., by Mario Testino, were for her Vogue cover.

Further, celebrities breaking major pieces of news in fashion magazines makes a certain amount of sense.

Women’s magazines expressly exist to celebrate women.

Cover subjects are generally treated well, by photographers and writers.

The exposure they receive there also helps them obtain campaigns and roles as brand ambassadors.

Over the years, Williams has moved steadily into that sphere. Her corporate sponsors in recent years have included Nike, JPMorgan Chase, Beats by Dre, Pepsi and Audemars Piguet, the Swiss watch manufacturer with pieces that typically run over $20,000.

And when Williams married her husband, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, Wintour consulted with her on her wedding dress, which was designed by Sarah Burton, for Alexander McQueen.

People magazine described it as a “grand slam.”

Serena Williams at the French Open last year.

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WNBA enters final week with only one team out of playoff hunt

By SARA ZIEGLER

T

he Chicago Sky, the reigning champions, are assured of one of the top two spots in the upcoming WNBA playoffs. The rebuilding Indiana Fever are the only team out of contention. Everything else is up for grabs.

The final week of the WNBA’s regular season should be a showcase of the parity and chaos the league has seen all season.

Six of the league’s 12 teams are battling for the final three playoff spots, and the teams that have already clinched are still jockeying for seeding.

At the top of the standings, the Sky are 25-8 and hold a two-game lead in the race for the No. 1 seed. Chicago can fall no further than a No. 2 seed after a win Sunday over the Connecticut Sun, but it will still need to hold off the Las Vegas Aces, who spoiled Sue Bird’s final regularseason game at Climate Pledge Arena with a win over the Seattle Storm. Chicago and Las Vegas face off Thursday in their final regular-season meeting.

The Sun, who were on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night, are solidly in the third spot but could still overtake the Aces for the No. 2 seed. A bigger battle is brewing below them, though, as Seattle and the Washington Mystics fight for home-court advantage in what is nearly certain to be the playoff matchup between the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds. The Storm are at a scheduling disadvantage, with games on the road against Chicago (Tuesday night) and Las Vegas around a trip to Minneapolis. The Mystics, meanwhile, finish with two games against the last-place Fever and play their final regular-season game at home.

Of the teams hoping to clinch one of the final playoff spots, the Dallas Wings were in the best shape entering Monday, holding a 16-16 record with four games remaining — all against teams that sit below them in the standings. Marina Mabrey’s 31 points helped Dallas clinch a berth with an 86-77 win Monday night against the New York Liberty.

Below the Wings, though, the race is wide open. With three games left for each, the Atlanta Dream and Phoenix Mercury were tied at 14-19 (with Atlanta

Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart brings the ball up against the Minnesota Lynx during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Seattle. playing the Western Conference-leading Aces on the road Tuesday night), though the Dream own the head-to-head tiebreaker. The Liberty are now 13-20 with three games left, and the Minnesota Lynx and the Sparks were also hanging on at 13-20 entering Tuesday’s games.

The Dream, the Mercury and the Liberty have all been without key players down the stretch. Atlanta guard Tiffany Hayes has missed three games with an ankle injury, while Phoenix announced Monday that Diana Taurasi would miss the rest of the regular season with a quad injury. For Saturday’s game with Phoenix, the Liberty had finally gotten healthy as Betnijah Laney returned to action two months after knee surgery, but forward Natasha Howard went down with an ankle injury.

Those injuries could leave the door open for the ninth-place Lynx: They hold the season tiebreakers over Phoenix and the Liberty, and they play the Mercury in a must-win game today. But the rest of Minnesota’s schedule is daunting, with games at home against Seattle and on the road against Connecticut. In its favor is the comeback of Napheesa Collier, who returned Sunday less than three months after giving birth. (A motivating factor for her was the chance to play again with Sylvia Fowles, who is retiring at the end of the season.)

Finally, the Sparks may face the most difficult path to a playoff berth, for reasons on and off the court. Los Angeles had been in position for the No. 6 seed after a July 21 win over the Dream. But with dra-

ma swirling as four-time All-Star Liz Cambage left the team, the Sparks dropped six games in a row to fall to 11th place.

A win Sunday against the Mystics kept their hopes alive. But they must play back-to-back games this week against the third-place Sun before finishing up against the surging Wings. And making matters worse, the Sparks were caught up in a travel nightmare while trying to leave Washington.

After their flight was delayed and then canceled, some members of the Sparks spent the night in the airport when there weren’t enough hotel rooms for all players. Nneka Ogwumike, a former league MVP, said in a video posted on Twitter, “It’s the first time in my 11 seasons that I’ve ever had to sleep in the airport.”

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

Wordsearch

GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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Aries is the sign of the pioneer, but with Mars your ruler bound up with Saturn, you may not be having such an adventurous time right now. And with a chance that a dream opportunity could be harder to acquire than you thought, you might not be in the best of moods. Your saving grace is the Sun in pleasure seeking Leo, which encourages you to indulge yourself regardless.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

You may be tempted to take on someone who is no pushover. And with the current hard aspects on the go, any tussle with them might not work out to your advantage. This is one time when your diplomatic side could be of great use to you. Whether you back off or try to negotiate, do so with as much grace and tact as you can muster. They may even show a friendlier side if you do.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Feelings could intensify, and it may be over something quite trivial, Taurus. For some reason someone might be getting under your skin and causing you to get all worked up. Mind, a more benevolent influence can help take the sting out of things by encouraging you to see the lighter side of the situation.

Ask your friends what they think, as it maybe you’re taking it too seriously.

Letting go is never easy, but the present star map is encouraging you to say goodbye to something that’s not doing you much good, Gemini. No matter how attached you are, this is the time to release your grip and let it drift away. You may be spurred on by a hard Saturn angle, that enables you to make tough decisions. Once you’ve done it, the relief will be truly immense.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

Tempted to compromise? If someone has been too demanding, why should you? While this is one way to tackle the situation, it isn’t the only way. You could also refuse to do anything, unless they approach you more respectfully. While a mars/Neptune angle might tempt you to play this down, don’t, especially if this has been ongoing. It’s time to firm up your boundaries, Cancer.

Leo

(July 24-Aug 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Worried about something you’ve said or done, Scorpio? If so, you could work yourself into a fever pitch thinking about the consequences. Yet it may not be as bad as you fear. It’s possible the person in question barely noticed it, and you’ve made a big drama out of it by focusing on the worst-case scenario. Let it go, and in a few days you’ll be back to normal.

What will you do if you want something badly, but find you can’t afford it? As Venus opposes Pluto across your financial axis, this intense and compulsive blend of energies could see you desperately seeking a way to buy it. Even if it messes with your ability to pay the bills, you’ll likely figure something out. Is it worth it? Within two minutes of getting it, you might regret it.

Feelings for someone could seem to strengthen over coming days, and might even border on the obsessive. Mind, Venus’s face-off with Pluto is a temporary aspect and won’t last too long, so it’s possible that you may go from red hot to icy cold within the week.

And this can apply to something else you want, Capricorn. One minute it’s most desirable, and the next it really isn’t.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Despite your fun-loving outlook, you may be brought down to earth by aspects that make you aware of how hard life can be at times. You might have intense feelings about matters that you can’t do anything about.

In a few days your perspective will have changed, and what is bothering you won’t seem so worrying.

And there is a silver lining to this that will show up soon, Leo.

Is someone making an issue out of a matter that isn’t a big deal? Maybe they’re looking at it from the wrong angle, and this is where you can step in and help. If it seems they’re geared up for a confrontation Aquarius, you’d be wise to steer clear. You have so many better ways to spend your time than dealing with people who have a chip on their shoulder.

Don’t go there!

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Certain relationships seem to be moving along very nicely, and showing promise Virgo, and it is these you may be keen to cultivate. Contrast this scenario with another, in which you might be wary of someone and their motives, especially if they seem controlling. Trust your feelings around this, and if you sense that you’re better off steering clear of them, it’s wise to do so.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

It’s possible to be so cautious, that you end up making something a chore rather than an activity that should be fun. As Venus opposes Pluto across your social axis, you may be prone to fears, doubts and compulsive ideas that aren’t based on reality.

Attracted to someone you’re hanging out with and desperately trying to play it cool? Unless you can detach, you won’t be yourself.

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