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UPR Board Names Yet Another Interim President P5

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Monday that for the essential work carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic, some 42,000 employees of the Department of Education (DE) will receive an incentive of $5,000, which represents an outlay of federal funds of $200.2 million.

The governor also announced that school cafeteria employees will receive an additional special payment of $5,000 for their work during the emergency.

“We are happy to announce an incentive like this for our Department of Education employees who have been working hard during the pandemic,” Pierluisi said at a press conference. “This commitment to our children and youth deserves to be recognized and encouraged. These government officials have the most important task of all, which is the education of an entire generation and therefore the future of Puerto Rico.”

The governor said the disbursements from the initiative will be divided into two semi-annual payments through the Treasury Department and will be deposited directly to the bank account of each of the agency’s employees. One payment ($2,500) will be made in December and the second payment ($2,500) will be made next May. The money is part of the Fiscal Recovery Funds related to the coronavirus pandemic, and is distributed through the ESSER Program, which allows payment to education workers and the payment of overtime for keeping schools open and safe.

The governor added that an additional retroactive “premium payment” was authorized for some 3,868 school cafeteria employees who have worked during the COVID-19 emergency.

“School cafeteria employees risked their lives in the midst of the pandemic when vaccines were not yet available,” Pierluisi said. “They did it because of the commitment they have to their work so that our children receive their food. I recognize that effort, I appreciate it and for this we have identified funds so that they receive a payment of $5,000 paid through a special payroll that will be reflected during the month of August and has been coordinated with the Treasury Department.”

The governor noted that over $21.7 million in

federal funds were identified for the payment to cafeteria workers. Those employees will also receive the incentive that the rest of the DE employees will receive.

The governor, along with assistant secretaries from the DE, also offered an update regarding the return to school in August. Some 231,775 (88 percent) students will receive face-to-face classes five days a week, while about 30,649 students (12 percent) will have classes in the classroom for one to three days; of those, only 1% will have only one day in person.

The governor noted that the DE continues to use the Department of Health protocol that was revised and published on July 22. However, each school, using that protocol as a guide, carries out its operational plan according to the particularities of each campus.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced Monday that some 42,000 employees of the island Education Department will receive an incentive of $5,000 for the essential work carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health Dept. to offer home vaccine service

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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sland Health (DH) Secretary Carlos Mellado López announced new vaccination strategies on Monday in order to provide inoculations at home, under the initiative “Salud toca tu Puerta,” in which health professionals take the vaccine to hard-to-reach communities.

Mellado López also announced mass testing events for the early detection of the virus in which the vaccine against COVID-19 will also be available.

“We are not going to give COVID-19 a truce, we continue to work hard to stop the infections,” Mellado López said in a written statement. “We will be focused on the west after the rebound, but the strategies cover the entire island. We impacted the west, but

also remote communities. There are more than 700,000 people who have yet to be vaccinated and with the various initiatives that we have with all the providers, we want to reach them.”

The next mass event will take place in the west in response to last week’s virus rebound. Today, at the Hotel Las Cascadas in Aguadilla, the DH staff will have available antigen tests for those over two years of age and the Pfizer vaccine for those over 12 years of age. This week’s second event will be held on Saturday at José A. Figueroa Freyre Central American Stadium in Mayagüez.

Both events will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Meanwhile, health personnel will arrive in the Miraflores neighborhood of Añasco on Wednesday, and on Thursday they will be in six municipalities simultaneously: in the Borinquén and Cagüitas neighborhoods

in Caguas, in the Gurragua neighborhood in Guaynabo’s Santa Paula Urbanization, in the Hato Viejo neighborhood in Hatillo, in the Saint Just community and the Villa Carolina Urbanization in Carolina, in the Villa Andalucía Urbanization and the Hills Brother sector in San Juan, and in the Carrizales neighborhood in Arecibo. They will be in the Bryant neighborhood in Las Marías on Friday.

To register, all one has to do is call the orientation line at 787-709-4610, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The registration form can also be completed through the DH’s social networks.

The Health chief said people with mobility difficulties also have the option of calling and requesting the vaccination service.

“Through the guidance line we are responding to all requests and in less than 72

Health Secretary Carlos Mellado López says new vaccination strategies will allow islanders who live in hard-to-reach communities to receive inoculations against the coronavirus at home. hours, health professionals communicate to inform you of the day of the vaccination at home,” he said.

Teachers Assn. airs concerns over delta variant and new school year

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few days before the start of the school year, Puerto RicoTeachers Association (AMPR) PresidentVíctor Bonilla Sánchez and Grichelle Toledo Correa, the general secretary of the AMPR Local Union, expressed concern on Monday about the increase in COVID-19 cases, especially the delta variant, and the implementation of health and safety protocols in public schools.

“Our position and exhortation is that we should all be vaccinated because it is important to protect all components of our school community,” Bonilla Sánchez

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said at a press conference. “However, we know that the decision to get vaccinated is a personal one.”

Toledo Correa added that some teachers have determined not to be vaccinated and the union will be very vigilant that their rights are not violated.

“That is what our union division is for, in which we will evaluate the particular situations of these teachers on a case-by-case basis,” Toledo Correa said.

Regarding the health protocol presented to the AMPR last week by acting Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés, both the AMPR and its local union showed concern because it is not tempered by the most recent situation involving the increase in cases.

“We are concerned that this Delta variant [spreads] much faster, and that the physical distance has been decreased to three feet away [in the protocol] when the same doctors have said that not even the six-foot distance is enough,” Toledo Correa said. “We ask the secretary to maintain six feet of distance in each classroom and in all areas within the school campus. Furthermore, our position has always been that until the pandemic is over, the number of students should be lower.”

The AMPR president made it clear that the staff and coordinators of the AMPR, as at the start of every school year, will be posted in all schools to ensure that the necessary conditions are met so that both teachers and students can be in safe and healthy environments.

“As is our custom, we will be conducting visits throughout the island verifying that all health and safety protocols are being carried out,” Bonilla Sánchez said.

“In addition, we will be making sure that the schools are suitable in terms of physical infrastructure and [ma-

terials], as well as addressing the particular concerns of the teachers.”

Puerto Rico Teachers Association President Víctor Bonilla Sánchez

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Ports sues parties embroiled in labor dispute at internat’l dock

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he Puerto Rico Ports Authority filed suit Monday against maritime cargo handling company Luis Ayala Colón (LAC) and the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 1740 over the fees it has failed to collect on containers that have been unable to reach the island due to a labor dispute between the parties.

The suit filed in San Juan Superior Court says Ports has tried to allow the parties to resolve the dispute on their own but “the controversy has escalated and is interfering with Ports Authority powers to keep the ports open.”

Ports says that while some ships have visited the island, they have not been able to unload cargo.

Some six ships have not been able to dock at the ports, including the ships GH Papero, Dole America, Minerva, Scorpius, Northern Diplomat and Fouma. Another ship cancelled

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority has filed suit against maritime cargo handling company Luis Ayala Colón and the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1740 over the fees it has failed to collect on containers that have been unable to reach the island due to a labor dispute. a programmed arrival.

Ports said it collects a dockage fee that

is calculated using a mathematical formula based on the weight of the ship, wharfage, a

surcharge, a fee for scanning trucks using an x-ray system, and harbor dues.

“Due to the dispute between LAC and the ILA, the Authority has not been able to charge, and will continue to be unable to charge as long as said dispute continues. …” the lawsuit says. “This has caused, and continues to cause, damage to the Authority.”

Ports says it has missed some $400,000 in fees.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia has called for federal intervention in the labor conflict between the ILA and LAC, according to a press release from La Fortaleza over the weekend.

The governor also said Monday that he was consulting the Puerto Rico National Guard to see if they could intervene. The governor has also sought the assistance of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the National Labor Relations Board.

“We have to resolve this soon,” Pierluisi said at a news conference.

UPR governing board names 3rd interim president in a week

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n a move described as shameful by critics, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) governing board on Monday removed, without explanation, board member Jorge Valentín as interim president and voted to name Mayra Olavarría Cruz, a Medical Sciences campus professor, in his place.

Former UPR President José Saldaña said the governing board has turned the whole search for an interim president into a joke, while board member Herman Cestero described the situation as shameful.

On Saturday, the governing board appointed Valentín, a former UPR Carolina campus chancellor, as a provisional interim president for two weeks to allow time to find an interim president. The decision to appoint Valentín came about after other candidates failed to get the needed votes for approval. Olavarría is the third interim president appointed by the governing board in a short span of time.

On Monday, the governing board convened a meeting presumably to go over the process of selecting candidates.

Cestero said he had already talked to other possible candidates, including one whom he described as a jewel of a candidate. He said he thought the process was going to proceed smoothly.

Instead, Cestero said, things went off the rails. He said board members did not have time to evaluate Olavarría, whose name was proposed by Margarita Villamil, the board

Prof. Mayra Olavarría Cruz vice chairwoman.

“They delayed giving Valentín the certification as interim president and they also did not want him to attend the meeting,” Cestero said. “Now I see that it was because they were planning to do this.”

Cestero said the board wanted to get Valentín out of the way because of claims raised by the UPR-Carolina campus student council, which accused Valentín of building an illegal antenna at the campus.

“This is a dictatorial and abusive move,” Cestero said.

Olavarría teaches in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical Sciences Campus and was a member of the governing board until June, when she completed her term as cloistered representative.

“I thank those who were my colleagues on the governing board until a very short time ago, who have put their trust and their eye on this servant,” Olavarría stated after she announced her appointment. “I am here to work for the university whenever it needs me.”

Several members of the governing body praised the appointment.

“It is curious that we had the solution so close and we did not see it,” said Antonio Monroig, an attorney, while recognizing the obstacles faced by the board in choosing the successor to Jorge Haddock Acevedo, who left office on Saturday.

Last week, the governing board appointed former Utuado chancellor César Cordero Montalvo as interim president, after he was evaluated and recommended by an interim committee. However, the result of the vote was questioned since he did not obtain the minimum number of votes necessary. There had also been questions about Cordero’s behavior.

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Gov’t Ethics Office hits Mayagüez mayor with nepotism complaint

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he Puerto Rico Government Ethics Office (OEG by its Spanish initials) has filed a complaint against Mayagüez Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez Rodríguez for appointing his brother, Osvaldo Rodríguez Rodríguez, to jobs in the western coastal city without requesting the proper authorization from the OEG. According to the complaint filed July 23, but reported Monday, the mayor made three appointments -- in different years -- to place his brother in positions of trust, which constitutes violations of the Government Ethics Act. “They are appointments that benefit a person with whom the defendant (the mayor) Mayagüez Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez has a consanguinity tie, without the Puerto Rico Government Ethics Office authorizing use his duties and powers of his position or such appointments,” indicates the complaint property or public funds to obtain directly or indirectly, any benefit prohibited by law,” as filed by the OEG. When making appointments, the mayor, well as not intervening in the appointment according to the document, engaged in con- of a relative or taking an action that calls duct prohibited by Article 4.1 of Act 1-2012, into question “the impartiality and integrity which provides that “an official may not of the government function.”

The GEO is imposing a $20,000 fine for each of the violations. The mayor has 20 days to answer the allegations of the complaint.

The mayor’s alleged infractions, as detailed in the complaint, date back to April 23, 2001, when Rodríguez asked the Office of the Commissioner for Municipal Affairs of

Puerto Rico (OCAM by its Spanish acronym) for an authorization or dispensation to appoint his brother to a position of trust in the municipality as a community development assistant. On May 2 of that year, Bárbara M. Sanfiorenzo Zaragaosa, then OCAM commissioner, granted the dispensation for the appointment of Rodríguez as director of community development of the municipality of Mayagüez and warned the mayor that in the event that his brother was appointed to another position, he had to request another dispensation.

However, in July 2001, the administration and granting of waivers passed to the OEG. On April 3, 2013, the mayor reappointed his brother to a position of trust without the authorization of the OEG. He also failed to seek dispensations on Feb. 28, 2017 and most recently on Jan. 15, 2021.

According to the law, the mayor could reappoint his brother to a position in the municipality if there were exceptional circumstances evaluated by the OEG leadership, but these were not presented.

Engineers Assn. calls for release of permits in Rincón beach dispute

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uerto Rico Engineers and Land Surveyors Association (CIAPR by its Spanish initials) President Juan Alicea Flores said Monday that after days of evaluation of the tense situation in Rincón involving the construction of the swimming pool at the Sol y Playa Condominium, the community should have immediate and free access to all permits and reports related to the case that have not been made public.

Specifically, CIAPR requests that the government provide all permitting documentation, including the Certification of Categorical Exclusion and data on the demarcation of the maritime-terrestrial zone and the area of public domain, the association said in a press release.

“The details of the basis for environmental compliance with this [project] have not been made public,” Alicea said. “Access to the file was not obtained, mainly the Explanatory Memorandum used for categorical exclusion that we understand to apply. Therefore, the CIAPR requests that the OGPE [Permits Office], as this is a

Puerto Rico Engineers and Land Surveyors Association President Juan Alicea Flores says the Rincón community should have immediate and free access to all as yet unreleased permits and reports related to a controversial swimming pool construction project at the seaside Sol y Playa Condominium.

matter of the highest public interest, make available the file of the permits pertinent to this controversy.”

The CIAPR is also requesting from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources a copy of the demarcation file of the maritime-terrestrial zone relevant to the dispute.

“At CIAPR we have been repeating the urgent message about the dangers of continuing to build without a vision of sustainability,” Alicea said. “We know the consequences of climate change and that the beaches in Rincón and others have lost ground and their slope, which exacerbates erosion. The Sol y Playa Condominium was affected by Hurricane Maria, so it is logical to think that it will be affected in the future with other phenomena. The force of the hurricanes has intensified, so the impact to the coasts will be more significant and recurring. If we don’t make decisions based on that unavoidable reality, we will pay the consequences as a people.”

Alicea noted that the force of a storm surge, such as occurred off the coast of Humacao in October 2017, can knock down structures.

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US is wasting vaccine doses, even as cases rise

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survey of data from 10 states shows that more than 1 million doses have gone to waste since the nation began administering COVID-19 vaccines in December.

Much of the loss has come as demand for inoculations plummeted, with the daily rate of vaccinations now at less than onefifth of its peak average of 3.4 million shots, reached in mid-April.

More than 110,000 doses have been destroyed in Georgia, officials there said.

Of the more than 53,000 doses wasted in New Jersey, nearly 20,000 were discarded in June, up from around 4,000 in April. In Ohio, more than 370,000 doses have been reported as unusable by state providers, while around 50,000 doses in Maryland were not used, officials said.

Reasons for vaccine wastage include breakage, storage and transportation problems, expiration, and shots that were prepared but not used after people did not show up for appointments, officials said.

In many states, data shows that wasted or unusable doses are no more than 2% of those received from the federal government and successfully administered.

In Georgia, more than 8.5 million doses have been administered; the state’s unused doses total just 1.4% of that number, officials said. Idaho has wasted about 2% of delivered doses, and New Jersey less than half of 1%.

Other states are likely to face some of the same issues as the 10 states whose data was reviewed by The New York Times, suggesting that the number of wasted doses in the country could be far higher. Other states, including North Carolina and South Carolina, did not respond to requests for information. State data does not include all doses that the federal government ships directly to chain pharmacies, so there could be unaccounted-for waste.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks wasted doses, but did not respond to a request for that data, which would provide a broader national picture.

The rise in wasted vaccine doses reflects the challenge American health officials face in inoculating residents, even as the more contagious delta variant of

the coronavirus fuels outbreaks among the unvaccinated across the United States.

Delta is also one driver of a rise in cases globally, and many countries are begging for vaccine doses.

Full vaccination offers strong protection against severe disease and death, including from the delta variant, and the CDC says breakthrough infections in vaccinated people are rare. However, recent data suggest that vaccinated people infected with the delta variant may transmit the virus to others, a finding that contributed to the CDC’s recent decision to advise vaccinated people in COVID hot spots to wear masks again in indoor public areas.

Vaccinations are now ticking upward in some states; more than 850,000 shots were recorded on Friday, raising the daily national average to more than 650,000 from about 500,000 three weeks ago. Still, more than half of the U.S. population is not fully vaccinated, according to a Times database.

That includes children younger than 12, who are not yet eligible.

“Early on, it was kind of a crisis because people wanted it and couldn’t get it, and now it’s a crisis because we’ve got it and people don’t want it,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia, who represents state health agencies as the chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

Many states have asked about redistributing unused vaccines abroad, but once the doses are shipped out to states, federal regulations prohibit recalling them. And some countries, like Canada, have declined states’ offers of surplus vaccines.

“Here we are with loads of vaccine, and there are other countries in the world where people are desperate for vaccination,” Plescia said.

With vaccinations lagging, some state health officials have directed providers in recent months to open a new vial even if some of it goes unused.

“It’s better to give two doses and waste 12 than to leave 14 doses sitting in the freezer,” said Kristen Dillon, a director of the Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 vaccine Planning Unit. Oregon has reported more than 78,000 doses as nonviable, the “vast majority” of which were unused doses from opened vials, officials said.

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Denver, May 8, 2021. A survey of data from 10 states shows that more than one million doses have gone to waste since the nation began administering COVID-19 vaccines in December.

In Arkansas, where just 36% of residents are fully vaccinated, nearly 55,000 doses had gone to waste by mid-July, up from around 580 in mid-March, as officials prioritized vaccinations over saving doses.

“If we have the opportunity to give the vaccine, let’s go ahead and do it,” said Robert Ator, a retired National Guard colonel who runs the state’s vaccination effort.

Like officials in many other states, Ator

said he stopped ordering additional doses in April as demand dropped, and he has since shifted to repackaging doses in smaller quantities for distribution to drugstores and doctors’ offices. The state’s stockpile has decreased from 550,000 doses in April to about 350,000 in late July, he said.

Despite his efforts, Ator projected that about 100,000 doses of the state’s stockpile could expire over the next three months.

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‘It looked like an atomic bomb’: Surveying the Bootleg Fire’s devastation

By SERGIO OLMOS

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arc Valens washed his hands in the rubble of what was once his home, in the bowl where he used to make salad. There was something almost normal about it all: the clink and clank of lids and pots as he stood at the still-intact sink and stove.

But any sense of normalcy was an illusion. Much of his home and belongings were gone, swallowed up by the largest wildfire currently burning in America, the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon.

The frame of a chair sat amid the ash where the living room used to be. Except for the tall spire of the tan-rock chimney, the outdoor sink and stove and a few other things, there was little else. The rest was rubble and ash — even the aluminum rims of his car melted, leaving a silver puddle in the dirt.

“It looked like an atomic bomb,” said Valens, 72.

The Bootleg Fire has consumed a wide swath of southern Oregon forest — 413,000 acres, an area the size of Portland, Seattle, Sacramento, California, and New York City combined.

It has burned since July 6 and remains only 53% contained. The fire, the third-largest blaze in Oregon since 1900, has mostly burned in a remote, sparsely populated area in and near the Fremont-Winema National Forest. Only 161 homes have been destroyed, a low number for a wildfire that immense.

But for Valens and others who have lost their homes, destruction is destruction, regardless of the scale.

On a recent afternoon, Valens walked slowly with his hands clasped behind his back, assessing what remained with his wife, Anne Golden. He kicked aside some of the wreckage on a charred sled.

“I think it’s still usable,” he said.

Valens has been sleeping in a tent near the rubble, returning home as soon as evacuation orders were lifted. The outhouse burned, so a neighbor brought him a new one. His brother brought

him a small trailer.

“Now I can shower,” Valens explained.

Valens and Golden lived in the house at Moondance Ranch for 50 years, a short drive from Beatty, an unincorporated town about 40 miles north of the California state line. They divided their time there and at their second home in the city of Ashland.

He is a retired lawyer who spent a lifetime specializing in environmental and Native American cases. She works as a business consultant and serves on the board of a local hospital.

“This is my hippie van,”Valens said as he toured his property, pointing to the burned-out hulk of his 1960s Chevrolet camper van. “When I turned 21, I took a year driving across the West Coast, Canada, down through New England to the Blue Ridge Mountains.”

Up close amid the rubble, there was no pattern or logic to

Marc Valens, a retired environmental lawyer, uses the outdoor kitchen at what is left of his home of 50 years, burned in the Bootleg Fire, near Beatty, Ore., July 24, 2021.

what survived and what did not. The picnic table on a patch of grass emerged unharmed, pristinely and surreally spared from the flames. On the fireplace was a small ceramic souvenir — a miniature bus with a demon on top.

“That was a little ceramic I brought back from Mexico on one of my trips,” Valens said. “That little devil survived.”

Earlier this summer, heat waves gripped the Pacific Northwest. In Portland, temperatures reached as high as 116 degrees, and a majority of the state has been primed to burn while undergoing severe drought. The past few weeks have felt especially chaotic, as climate change has helped make extreme weather and extreme disaster commonplace in the region.

“West of the Mississippi we have droughts, fires and smoke, and east of the Mississippi there’s flooding,” Golden said. “It’s biblical. It just feels like the plague and everything else.”

In the aftermath of the fire, Valens and Golden are uncertain whether they and others who lost their homes will receive any state or federal aid. In a meeting with President Joe Biden and a group of governors on Friday, Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon asked the president for flexibility in using federal disaster-relief money in sparsely populated areas, which are currently ineligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding, a spokesman said.

Valens said fire insurance had been difficult to obtain for him and other homeowners in the area. “We couldn’t get nearly as much insurance as we wanted,” he said, adding that he was able to insure only about 20% of his ranch months before the fire.

In 2019, Valens was diagnosed with a rare form of prostate cancer. As he toured the wreckage, he paused to sit down several times, the cocktail of drugs helping to keep the cancer in remission making him tired at times. He was quiet and contemplative.

“The lesson I learned with cancer is that it’s a waste of time worrying about what you should have done,” he said. “And that’s where we are with the fire. What do we have now? What resources are left?”

Fauci predicts COVID cases will rise but says lockdowns are unlikely

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he nation’s top infectious disease expert Sunday predicted that the number of cases and hospitalizations in the United States “will get worse” but that measures seen in the early days of the pandemic, such as closing businesses, were unlikely to return.

In an interview on “This Week,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the number of Americans who were already vaccinated was likely sufficient to prevent caseloads and hospitalizations on the scale seen by much of the country in the winter.

“I don’t think we’re going to see lockdowns,” he said.

“I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country — not enough to crush the outbreak — but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation

we were in last winter. But things are going to get worse.”

Over the past two weeks, new coronavirus infections have risen by 148% in the United States, and hospitalizations have increased by 73%, according to New York Times data. The surge of infections has been largely attributed to the highly contagious delta variant and to low vaccination rates in some states.

“We are seeing an outbreak of the unvaccinated,” Fauci said, noting that there are 100 million people in the United States who are eligible to get vaccinated but have not done so.

As of Sunday, 57% of eligible Americans had received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 49% are fully vaccinated, according to Times data.

“We’re looking not, I believe, to lockdown, but we’re looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we’re seeing the cases go up,” Fauci said. “The

solution to this is: Get vaccinated, and this would not be happening.”

Masked and unmasked tourists walk through the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, July 28, 2021.

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Latino voters moved toward Republicans. Now Biden wants them back.

By JENNIFER MEDINA and LISA LERER

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lejandra Gomez was surprised, but pleased, by a flurry of phone calls from the White House in the spring, offering updates on its efforts toward an immigration overhaul. Officials also asked what her Arizona-based advocacy group thought of its work on voting rights and how the pandemic relief package was affecting the state.

“It’s absolutely different than what we’ve seen before,” Gomez said, comparing the efforts with those of previous Democratic administrations, which typically waited to reach out only during reelection campaigns.

She wasn’t alone. Leaders of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials were taken aback when both the president and vice president committed to speaking at their conference in June, the first time in the event’s decadeslong history that the top two White House officials had agreed to speak in a non-election year.

And in Wisconsin, Voces de la Frontera, a group that represents low-wage immigrant workers, was thrilled when the White House reached out to arrange a conversation between their members and Marty Walsh, the secretary of Labor, during a swing he made through Milwaukee.

“We had an opportunity for all our members to come listen to him and for him to listen to us,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, the executive director of the organization.

“That’s a good cue that they haven’t forgotten us after the elections.”

For years, Latino activists and organizers complained that Democratic efforts to woo their community often seemed like an afterthought, a motley collection of Spanish-language advertisements, haphazardly translated campaign literature and a handful of outreach staff members tacked on to campaigns.

But after last year’s election, when Republicans peeled away significant amounts of Latino support across the country, Democratic leaders are trying a more aggressive approach.

Led by a White House that recruited top Latino organizers to high-level staff positions, and with the first lady, Jill Biden, taking a particular interest in reaching out to Latino voters, the new effort bridges the party, encompassing policy, communications and political organizing. The outreach encompasses a broad number of community leaders and social media stars, such as Eugenio Derbez,

a Mexican comedian, and meetings with Hispanic faith leaders.

The efforts reflect how vital Latino voters are to the party’s success, but also the extent of the work needed to win back a group that makes up nearly 20% of the population. Democrats have long viewed these voters — a diverse group that includes dozens of countries of origin and a wide range of socioeconomic status — as a mostly monolithic bloc that could be taken for granted, operating as though the most important factor was simply turnout; if Latino voters cast ballots, the reasoning went, they will vote Democratic.

But 2020, with a record 18.7 million ballots cast by Latino voters, proved just how wrong that theory was. Though roughly 60% chose President Joe Biden, the movement toward Donald Trump plunged Democrats into a period of soul-searching.

While there has not been a conclusive detailed analysis, exit polling and focus groups from both parties show that Trump won over Hispanic voters without a college degree who were critical of shutdown orders amid the pandemic and believed the former president would be a better steward of the economy. Republicans also did well with Cubans, Venezuelans and Colombians in South Florida who viewed Democrats as sympathetic to socialism, as well as Mexican Americans in South Texas and other regions who backed his border policies. Evangelicals made up a sizable portion of Latino Trump supporters based on their opposition to abortion.

The Democratic Party is now trying to use data to better understand Latino voters, and to try to develop a more granular understanding of how different national backgrounds, economic status and other factors change voting behavior.

As a candidate and president-elect, Biden has had uneven success with Hispanic outreach. In early 2020 primaries, he trailed his rival Bernie Sanders among Latino voters.

Top Latino officials were frustrated during his campaign last year by the absence of Hispanic officials in his inner circle.

Some activists are quietly criticizing the new efforts as lackluster, and point out that while outreach has increased, there has not been a major policy victory on a critical issue like an immigration overhaul.

But they acknowledge that there is a growing recognition that winning over Latino voters will take more than stops at taco shops and

Supporters of then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden rally in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 1, 2020. inserting mangled Spanish slogans into stump speeches.

Democrats’ efforts are also geared toward persuading voters to see benefits of the party’s policies, particularly in key places like South Florida and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where more defections could cost them congressional seats.

Since Biden entered office, the White House has held dozens of meetings, many of them virtually, with leaders across the country. It is also finding ways to reach out directly to Latino voters and not rely solely on advocacy groups.

There are biweekly calls with Latino organizations on vaccination efforts and economic policies, as well as one-on-one meetings and briefings on more specific issues.

Officials responsible for hiring held months of weekly calls with outside organizations to help develop a pipeline of Latino candidates for administration posts. The effort has been successful: A number of Latino organizers and strategists now hold high-level posts in the White House and the Cabinet.

White House aides say that many of the top policy priorities will benefit Latino voters significantly; the child tax credit, for instance, could have an outsize effect on a Latino population that is disproportionately young. In private polling of Latino voters shared with The New York Times, Building Back Together, a group run by Biden allies, found that economic concerns and public health were the top-ranking issues, with immigration ranking third.

Top aides said they were particularly pleased that their efforts on vaccination had appeared to pay off, as the gap between Latino and white Americans receiving vaccinations has narrowed. Latinos have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, in part because they make up a disproportional number of essential workers, and have seen life expectancy decrease significantly.

“It’s definitely by design,” said Emmy Ruiz, the White House director of political strategy, “In everything that we do, there’s a Latino frame to it.”

It’s an approach that differs from the past. During the Obama administration, much of the outreach came after the midterms and was focused largely on health care legislation and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allowed young immigrants brought into the country illegally to live and work in the United States.

Still, the effort falls short of what many Latino leaders hope to see, particularly in the wake of last year’s election, when the Hispanic vote caught many Democratic officials by surprise.

“This moment requires a full-court press,” said Carlos Odio, a co-founder of Equis Labs, a research group that has spent the last several months examining the shifts among Latino voters during the last election cycle. “My concern is that there is a belief that last year was an anomaly, and that it is just going to go back to normal. That’s especially troubling if Republicans go back to campaigning for those votes.”

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2 House races in Ohio will test Democratic divisions and Trump’s sway

By JEREMY W. PETERS

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wo primary contests today for open House seats in Ohio are poised to act as a stress test for both Democrats and Republicans, offering early hints about whether party leaders are aligned with their voters before the midterm elections next year.

In the Cleveland area, two Democrats are locked in an increasingly embittered and expensive clash that has become a flashpoint in the larger struggle between the party’s activist left flank and its leadership in Washington. The early favorite to win, Nina Turner, is now trying to hold back Shontel Brown, the preferred candidate of more establishmentfriendly politicians and allied outside groups.

Turner, a former state senator who Nina Turner, third from right, built a national following as a surrogate for Senator built a national following as a surrogate Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaigns. She is now seeking a House seat in the for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential Cleveland area. campaigns, has been buoyed by support Despite Trump’s dominance in the from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cor- the caveats that the candidates are lartez, D-N.Y., and other leaders in the pro- gely indistinguishable on the issues and Republican Party, its voters are by no gressive movement. But Brown, a local that some of Carey’s rivals have also won means a monolith. And some of Carey’s rivals have more established reputations Democratic Party official, has benefited endorsements from Trump allies.

“When you have a number of in the district, the 15th Congressional, as from the help of Hillary Clinton, Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina and people in the race with solid conser- well as the backing of prominent allies of vative credentials, and Trump world is the former president. others in party leadership roles.

These rivals include Bob Peterson, a About two hours to the south, near spreading out its endorsements, it’s really state senator who also operates a 2,700Columbus, a dense field of Republicans anyone’s game,” Baer said.

Trump and his allied political groups acre grain farm and has the backing of is vying to upset the preferred candidaare hoping to avoid another loss after Ohio’s leading anti-abortion group, Ohio te of former President Donald Trump, an energy lobbyist named Mike Carey who the defeat last week of a Trump-backed Right to Life. There is also Ruth Edmonds, was largely unknown until Trump endor- House candidate in Texas. In that race, who has a following among Christian sed him in early June and all but ensured a state representative, Jake Ellzey, beat conservatives and the endorsements of Susan Wright, the widow of Rep. Ron Ken Blackwell, Trump’s former ambasthat he would be the front-runner.

But the crowded competition — Wright, who held the seat until he died sador to the United Nations, and Debmore than 10 candidates are running for in February after battling lung cancer and bie Meadows, an activist and the wife of Mark Meadows, Trump’s last White Houthe Republican nomination in the solidly being hospitalized for COVID-19. se chief of staff.

Last week, the pro-Trump group right-leaning district — means that the Both primaries on Tuesday will test race is fluid, especially considering that Make America Great Again Action special elections typically draw low tur- made a last-minute purchase of nearly the limits of outside influence and mo$350,000 in text messages, digital ads ney, which have flooded the state all nout.

If Trump’s candidate does not pre- and television commercials in support summer.

The presence of national groups vail, a loss would be seen as another sign of Carey. And Carey has pointed to the that his blessing is not the political gol- Trump seal of approval as his main se- and political boldface names is inescaden ticket that he and his allies insist it is. lling point. When he filled out a candi- pable in the Democratic race in Cleve“The question is ‘What does a date questionnaire for USA Today’s Ohio land and Akron, where Sanders, I-Vt., Trump endorsement mean?’” said Aaron bureau, for instance, the first thing he paid a visit over the weekend, and teBaer, president of the Center for Chris- wrote as his answer to a question about levision ads impugning the character of tian Virtue, a Columbus-based conserva- why voters should pick him was “First, both women in the race are running on tive advocacy group. “Typically, people I am honored to have President Trump’s a continuous loop. They are competing to replace Marcia Fudge, who held the would say it means a lot,” he added, with endorsement.”

seat in the 11th Congressional District until she was confirmed as President Joe Biden’s secretary of housing and urban development.

“You can’t turn on your social media, you can’t turn on your TV, you can’t turn on anything without having to deal with this,” said Blaine Griffin, a member of the Cleveland City Council who is supporting Turner. “It’s that bad,” he added. “And I can tell you that a lot of people are getting turned off.”

In recent weeks, Brown’s allies have escalated their attacks on Turner, who has rankled party leaders with her past, unvarnished and sometimes crude criticisms of Democratic standard-bearers such as Hillary Clinton and Biden.

She has also angered some Jewish Democrats over statements she has made about Israel.

Supporters such as Griffin said they found these criticisms disingenuous.

“Nina Turner was running away with this, and people got scared because they don’t like the way she can throw some sharp elbows,” he said.

Brown and her supporters have made the case that Turner would be divisive and counterproductive as a member of Congress, given her history of antagonizing party leaders. No doubt there are voters who will turn out in a Democratic primary to support Turner precisely because she has been so unapologetic about questioning the commitment of many in her party to advancing progressive goals on issues such as universal health care.

But her success will ultimately depend on what type of candidate Democratic voters want to send to Washington.

“Right now, voters are interested in voting for the person who’s going to go to work and they’re not going to have to think about ever again,” said Sean McElwee, executive director of Data for Progress, a Democratic messaging and polling firm. “That’s what wins races now.”

McElwee said the mood in the party had shifted away from the anti-establishment, throw-the-bums-out mentality. “Most Democratic incumbents still won reelection,” he said, “and only a few bums were thrown out, so to speak.”

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‘This business trip could have been a Zoom call’: Companies rethink travel

By KEVIN J. DELANEY

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oeing CEO David Calhoun has access to company aircraft as part of his job. Even so, he told an interviewer that he didn’t expect to fly nearly as much for internal company meetings after the pandemic.

Calhoun, like some of his peers, found that video calls were remarkably effective for checking in with colleagues, allowing him to pack in more meetings and schedule them with minimal advance notice, according to an account in “Leading at a Distance,” a recent book by James Citrin and Darleen DeRosa.

“I will do as much or more customer travel, because that’s still the most important way to build relationships,” Calhoun told the authors. “But most travel when leading big companies is visiting your own teams. I won’t be doing that nearly as much.”

There’s broad consensus that how often we fly for work and what we travel for will shift significantly post-pandemic.

Who is traveling may be different as well. That, in turn, will prompt changes in what the travel industry provides to business people, a source of nearly one-third of its revenue before the pandemic.

A year and a half of forgoing virtually all travel and doing business by video conference has led many business people to conclude that a lot of their previous travel wasn’t worth the time and toll on their bodies and mental state, on their families and the environment. That’s even before considering the role that travel played in transmitting the virus across continents.

There’s a popular meme: “This meeting could have been an email.” Those of us who have traveled long distances for a single work meeting know that we could often just as easily say, “This business trip could have been a Zoom call.”

And before travel fully takes off again, some organizations and individuals are taking steps to rein it in. Adding significantly to the pressure are commitments that many companies are making to trim their emissions — goals that often involve slashing the carbon footprint of employees’ business travel.

One scenario is what Calhoun suggested: Companies could dramatically reduce whole categories of travel, such as in-person meetings with internal colleagues in other cities. A Wall Street Journal analysis last year, for example, estimated that intra-company meetings and training represented 20% of all business travel and predicted that 40% to 60% of that would go away permanently. The Journal concluded that 19% to 36% of business trips would disappear. Bill Gates predicted at DealBook’s conference last fall that business travel would still be more than 50% lower once things normalized.

The rebound Early indications suggest that most businesses will be reluctant to dramatically trim the estimated two-thirds of business travel that involves sales calls and client visits, conferences and professional services such as consulting. Executives

remain wary of losing out to a rival who actually shows up in person, or seeing an important contract go away because of poor virtual communications. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in May that clients told him his bank lost business when “bankers from the other guys visited, and ours didn’t.”

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby earlier this year predicted “full recovery in business demand because business travel is about relationships.” Speaking with investors via a conference call, he added, “You cannot build human relationships through a medium like this.”

Others also see the potential for corporate travel to swell, as increasingly dispersed workers need to reassemble regularly.

“The thing that we describe as business travel may actually grow in the future years,” said Lindsay Nelson, chief experience and brand officer at Tripadvisor, an online travel company. “But the kinds of people that are traveling and what they’re traveling for is going to change.”

The rethink Rather than just accept that business travel will rebound, companies can use the change in practices of the past year to open a new chapter for how they approach it. A compelling reason for doing so is the environmental impact, especially as organizations pursue reductions in their climate footprints.

Commercial air travel is responsible for about 3% to 4% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. First-class travel, because of the lower density of seating, can result in up to four

times the emissions as sitting in the back of the plane.

At Zurich reinsurance company Swiss Re, for example, flights represented about two-thirds of its operational carbon footprint. As part of its net-zero emissions efforts, the company used the drop in corporate travel last year as an opportunity to more permanently reduce its carbon footprint.

Its employees’ air travel fell last year about 80% from 2018 levels and it expects a drop of 30% or more this year from the 2018 baseline.

Swiss Re in January began adding a significant carbon emissions surcharge onto flights purchased by its 13,200 employees — representing roughly $500 on top of the price of a Zurich-to-New York City plane ticket. Team budgets can absorb these charges — which Swiss Re uses to fund carbon offsets and removal — since its employees are flying less.

Environmentalist and author Paul Hawken calls flying long distances for business meetings “a catastrophically monumental waste of resources” and argues that companies would do better with less corporate travel. “We just got a good lesson in how to be effective without moving protoplasm around,” he said.

It would be easy for organizations to revert to their old practices, and probably many will. But their environmental targets will push some companies to rethink who travels and why. And while we know well the limits of video meetings, there are compelling reasons to forgo some travel and resign ourselves to settling in on Zoom.

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As COVID cases rise, restaurants once again scramble to impose rules

Diners at Gramercy Tavern in New York on Feb. 17, 2017. Gramercy Tavern is one of more than a dozen Union Square Hospitality Group restaurants requiring employees and customers to show proof of full vaccination.

By CHRISTINA MORALES

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s the delta variant of the coronavirus has become the most predominant variant in the United States and medical experts issue confusing advice, restaurateurs find themselves once again making difficult decisions on health mandates. Many, where laws allow it, have taken that to a new level this week, requiring their patrons to bring proof of vaccination before dining.

“For us, it’s really just a preventive measure to make our employees and our diners feel safer,” said Patricia Howard, the owner of Dame, a seafood restaurant in Greenwich Village in New York City. Her restaurant’s new vaccination policy, which applies to diners outdoors as well as indoors, was announced to customers Wednesday on social media.

“This seems like one way we could take control, fight back a little bit and protect our space in a very attainable way,” said Howard, who is immunocompromised. She said that all the employees on her small team had been vaccinated.

Many restaurant owners said that as infection rates have risen recently, they began to consider setting their own safety rules. But the announcement last Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that vaccinated people should resume wearing masks indoors added new urgency, prompting some owners to make drastic decisions to respond to a much more contagious variant.

“This is not our first rodeo,” said Benjamin Sukle, the chef and owner of Oberlin in Providence, Rhode Island, who

on Thursday began requiring his patrons to show proof of vaccination and wear masks. “This is not the first time we’ve seen cases go up, and they don’t just stop.”

In states including California and New York, some restaurant owners are mandating vaccines for customers and employees, and reinstating older health protocols like requiring that both groups wear masks. But in states like Florida and Arkansas, which have had huge spikes in coronavirus cases, laws are more stringent. Businesses are not allowed to ask customers for proof of vaccines, and local governments cannot issue mask mandates.

In New York state, where about 57% of residents are fully vaccinated, many restaurants quickly adopted policies requiring proof of vaccination.

Danny Meyer, the chief executive of Union Square Hospitality Group, which manages more than a dozen restaurants in New York and Washington, D.C., announced Thursday that beginning Sept. 7, all employees must be fully vaccinated.

Customers will also be required to show proof that they’re fully vaccinated, either through the CDC’s vaccine card or through digital vaccine passports. Masks will not be required unless there are government mandates, he added.

“I just do not want to see our business or our city turn back to where we were last summer,” he said. “We have an answer, and this is what the answer is, and it’s vaccines.” (Meyer is also the founder and chairman of the board of the nationwide hamburger chain Shake Shack, but said he could not decide for that company.)

“New York City fully supports this move,” Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York tweeted in response. “More businesses should mandate vaccines for the safety of workers and the safety of our city.”

Jacob Siwak, the head chef and owner of Forsythia, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, said some customers, concerned about rising COVID caseloads, had asked to sit in his outdoor dining area rather than inside over the past week. He said he began to start thinking more seriously about instituting a vaccine policy about 10 days ago, because his partner is a physician and has helped him make decisions on health policies.

“I had been wanting to make this change for a little bit, and I didn’t know the right way to put this into practice,” said Siwak, who began to ask diners for proof of vaccination Wednesday night as a means of protecting his fully vaccinated staff.

“It’s the right thing to do. It was kind of a no-brainer.”

But not all restaurants have received the same support.

Since announcing that customers of her San Francisco restaurant, Vegan Picnic, would have to present proof of vaccination to eat inside Monday, Jill Ritchie said she had initially received hundreds of threatening messages a day, and dozens of onestar reviews from skeptics.

Yelp posted a consumer warning for the restaurant about unusual review activity. People continue to leave negative Google reviews based on her announcement. “Come here to be discriminated against,” said one message.

“My feelings are hurt, but I’m resolved to do whatever I can to do my part to protect people,” Ritchie said. “I’m open to hearing that people disagree, but to call us names, put us down, call us Nazis, all these terrible things, and then try to harm our business online is just disheartening.”

After a number of coronavirus cases among vaccinated staff members, Ben Bleiman, the owner of the San Francisco bars Teeth and Soda Popinski’s, said it was time for him to issue guidance to about 300 bars in the trade group he heads, the San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance. The group has urged its members to ask customers for proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test.

Bleiman said he had to shut down one of his bars for 10 days after his bartender became sick and there was no one to fill in.

“We’re not trying to get to zero,” Bleiman said of the policy, though he knows there is no way to be certain a customer has been immunized. “If there’s some really scumbaggy people that will go so far as to fake a vaccine card, that’s between them and their maker.”

In Cocoa, Florida, east of Orlando, Emma Kirkpatrick said she has closed her restaurant, Ossorio Bakery & Cafe, until at least Saturday after a vaccinated employee tested positive for COVID. While she is not able to require patrons to show proof of vaccination because of a law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, she said she would require employees to resume wearing masks, and would encourage customers to wear them, too, though that will be a trickier proposition.

“I’m not ready to fight with customers again,” she said.

“Reinstituting a mask policy for customers at this point would be a much bigger fight than a few months ago when people were used to it.”

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Wall Street declines with Amazon; S&P 500 posts gains for month

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.S. stocks fell on Friday with Amazon.com shares declining after the company forecast lower sales growth, but the S&P 500 still posted a sixth straight month of gains.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares sank after it reported late on Thursday revenue for the second quarter that was shy of analysts’ average estimate and said sales growth would ease in the next few quarters as customers ventured more outside the home. read more Shares of other internet and tech giants that did well during the lockdowns of last year, including Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O), were mostly lower.

“Overall earnings have been good. But Amazon ... and some of last year’s winners are taking some of the air out of the market today,” said Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer of Longbow Asset Management in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “This market has been driven by big tech and when tech does well, the market seems to go right along with it, and when it doesn’t,” it falls.

Data on Friday showed U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in June, although annual inflation accelerated further above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

Unofficially, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 146.36 points, or 0.42%, to 34,938.17, the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost 23.58 points, or 0.53%, to 4,395.57 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) dropped 101.51 points, or 0.69%, to 14,676.76.

Strong earnings and the continued rebound in the U.S. economy have helped to support stocks this month, but the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and rising inflation have been concerns. read more “There are still some distant jitters, whispers about the Delta variant, about cases rising, and I think some underlying worries about a slowdown of the reopenings and possible reversal,” Dollarhide said.

Also on the earnings front, Pampers maker Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) rose as it forecast higher core earnings for this year, and U.S.-listed shares of Canada’s Restaurant Brands International Inc jumped after the Burger King owner beat estimates for quarterly profit. read more Pinterest Inc (PINS.N), however, plunged after saying U.S. user growth was decelerating as people who used the platform for crafts and DIY projects during the height of the pandemic were stepping out more.

Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) shares also fell, even though the company posted a rise in second-quarter adjusted profit on the back of a recovery in global economic activity.

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Where a vast global vaccination program went wrong

President Joe Biden makes remarks while touring a Pfizer factory in Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 19, 2021.

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and REBECCA ROBBINS

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eaths from COVID-19 were surging across Africa in June when 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Chad. The delivery seemed proof that the United Nations-backed program to immunize the world could get the most desirable vaccines to the least developed nations. Yet five weeks later, Chad’s health minister said, 94,000 doses remained unused.

Nearby in Benin, only 267 shots were being given each day, a pace so slow that 110,000 of the program’s AstraZeneca doses expired. Across Africa, confidential documents from July indicated, the program was monitoring at least nine countries where it said doses intended for the poor were at risk of spoiling this summer.

The vaccine pileup illustrates one of the most serious but largely unrecognized problems facing the immunization program as it tries to recover from months of missteps and disappointments: difficulty getting doses from airport tarmacs into people’s arms.

Known as COVAX, the program was supposed to be a global powerhouse, a multibillion-dollar alliance of international health bodies and nonprofits that would ensure through sheer buying power that poor countries received vaccines as quickly as the rich.

Instead, COVAX has struggled to acquire doses: It stands

half a billion short of its goal. Poor countries are dangerously unprotected as the delta variant runs rampant, just the scenario that COVAX was created to prevent.

The urgent need to vaccinate the world goes far beyond protecting people in poor nations. The longer the virus circulates, the more dangerous it can become, even for vaccinated people in wealthy countries.

Without billions more shots, experts warn, new variants could keep emerging, endangering all nations.

“COVAX hasn’t failed, but it is failing,” said Dr. Ayoade Alakija, a co-chair of the African Union’s vaccine delivery program. “We really have no other options. For the sake of humanity, COVAX must work.”

More supplies are finally on the way, courtesy of the Biden administration, which is buying 500 million Pfizer doses and delivering them through COVAX, the centerpiece of a larger pledge by wealthy democracies. The donated doses should begin shipping this month.

But the Biden donation, worth $3.5 billion, comes with a caveat: To help fund it, the administration is diverting hundreds of millions of dollars promised for vaccination drives in poorer countries, according to notes from a meeting between COVAX and American officials. Short on funding, those countries have had a hard time buying fuel to transport doses to clinics, training people to administer shots or persuading people to get them.

Even as COVAX officials scramble to fill that funding gap, the overriding question is whether the program can move beyond its mistakes, and beyond an imbalance of power that has left it at the mercy of wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer, for example, balked at a direct deal with COVAX this spring, interviews reveal, instead reaching an agreement through the Biden administration, an arrangement that hurt COVAX’s credibility as an independent vaccine purchaser.

The program has struggled with delays and infighting.

According to interviews and records from COVAX, bureaucratic barriers imposed by its leadership have held up the disbursement of $220 million to help countries administer vaccines.

Driven by a nonprofit funded by the Gates Foundation, COVAX is a creation without precedent. It has gotten vaccines to poorer countries faster than was previously typical and developed a system to compensate people for serious post-vaccine reactions and protect vaccine-makers from legal liability — a plan that saved those countries months of negotiations.

Still, the 163 million doses it has delivered — most free to poorer nations, with the rest to countries like Canada that paid their way — are a far cry from plans to have at least 640 million doses available by now.

Dr. Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi, the nonprofit at COVAX’s heart, said insufficient early financing made supply shortages inevitable. When distribution problems of the type in Chad and Benin emerge, COVAX tries to “move those vaccines to other countries, but then to work with those countries to try to improve capacity,” he said.

Supporters and critics agree that the program must improve, rapidly. As of early July, confidential COVAX documents indicated that 22 nations, some with surging fatalities, reported being nearly or entirely out of doses from the program.

“The way COVAX was packaged and branded, African countries thought it was going to be their savior,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, who directs the African Population and Health Research Center. “When it didn’t meet expectations, there was nothing else.”

Rich and poor In the frantic early months of 2020, health experts strategized on how to equitably inoculate the world. COVAX was the answer, bringing together two Gates-funded nonprofits, Gavi and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI; the World Health Organization; and UNICEF, which would lead delivery efforts. It hoped to be a major global vaccine buyer, for both rich and poor nations, giving it the clout to bully vaccine-makers.

But if rich nations pledged donations, they did not make obliging partners. Britain negotiated for wealthier participants to be given a choice of vaccines to purchase through COVAX, creating delays, said Kate Elder, senior vaccines policy adviser for Doctors Without Borders’ Access Campaign.

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The San Juan Daily Star From page 14 Most important, rich nations became rivals in a vaccinebuying race, paying premiums to secure their own shots while slow-walking financial pledges that COVAX needed to sign deals.

“You can’t be passing the tin cup in the middle of a pandemic,” said Dr. Nicole Lurie, the U.S. director at CEPI, referring to the desperate scramble for financing.

Initially, COVAX planned on giant deliveries from the Serum Institute, an Indian manufacturer. But after the virus surged in India in March, the Indian government halted vaccine exports. Many poor countries were rattled. They had banked on COVAX, despite often being left out of its decisionmaking.

Alakija, who is leading African delivery efforts, said health officials in Africa were scarcely consulted in mid-2020 when the program set an initial target of vaccinating at least 20% of poorer countries’ populations. Alakija recalled that people involved in COVAX had said they believed Africa was at low risk and mass immunizations were unnecessary, a claim a Gavi spokesperson denied.

The spokesperson said that the target was set in the face of “limited resources” and “a limited understanding of COVID-19 epidemiology,” and that it now had enough money to buy vaccines for almost 30% of poorer countries’ populations.

Desperate, 17 countries eligible for free COVAX doses, including Rwanda, have struck deals to buy doses from Pfizer directly.

By this May, COVAX appeared poised to strike a new deal of its own to buy low-cost doses from Pfizer. It had already ordered 40 million in January; this deal was expected to be bigger.

But behind the scenes, tension was simmering between Pfizer and COVAX, two people familiar with the negotiations said. The company wanted the new doses to go to poorer nations alone. As a global purchasing pool, COVAX insisted on also fulfilling orders from wealthier countries that had been buying directly at higher prices. South Korea, for example, had received Pfizer doses from the program.

And the two sides had already tangled. In negotiations over the first round of doses, Pfizer had sought liability protections beyond COVAX’s model indemnification agreement, Berkley said, asking countries to sign additional legal letters.

Into the standoff stepped Jeffrey D. Zients, President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator. To allay Pfizer’s unease about wealthier nations getting the doses, the White House would donate the vaccines to only the program’s poorest countries, as well as the African Union.

The United States is paying about $7 per donated dose, roughly a third of Pfizer’s price for Americans, two people familiar with the deal said. Berkley said the U.S. purchase allowed COVAX to get more doses, and faster, than the program was trying to secure on its own.

A Pfizer spokesperson, Sharon Castillo, said the company had “a collaborative relationship” with COVAX. Jeremy Konyndyk, executive director of USAID’s COVID-19 Task Force, acknowledged that the United States had diverted some distribution funds to pay for Pfizer doses because contributing shots was the priority.

The deal looked good for Pfizer and the Biden administration, positioning the United States as a leader in global vaccinations.

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But it also highlighted COVAX’s difficulty securing a major supply agreement by itself, people involved with the program said — a reputational blow, even as it needs to wrestle with other manufacturers.

CEPI, one of the nonprofits behind COVAX, made critical investments to expand manufacturing of several vaccines.

But production issues choked deliveries in June from COVAX’s main supplier, AstraZeneca, which said shipments had since picked up. Johnson & Johnson, which also had production struggles, has yet to deliver any doses ordered by COVAX. Several major vaccine-makers only recently agreed to supply the program, including Moderna and two Chinese companies.

“The world is making a couple hundred million doses a week, so there’s not a supply problem,” said Dr. Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to the World Health Organization. Instead, he said, vaccine-makers and world leaders were electing to put rich countries first: “There’s a choice problem.”

How to pay for freezers With 1.7 billion more doses expected by December, COVAX officials fret that some countries will struggle to make use of the vaccines suddenly available. Facing long delivery droughts and uncertain shipments, some countries delayed major preparations.

“It’s much easier to scale up when you have a steady and predictable supply,” said Lily Caprani, a UNICEF senior adviser.

COVAX had counted on World Bank grants and loans to finance poorer countries’ rollouts. But because of COVAX’s supply shortages, countries spent most of that money on doses.

Gavi, the nonprofit leading COVAX, asked its board in June to approve $775 million in new distribution funding, $500 million of it from the United States as part of a donation unaffected by the Pfizer deal.

But the $1.8 billion available by late June for vaccine delivery was still $1 billion short of what health officials estimate may be needed.

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Costs are only rising, given that Pfizer doses must be stored at ultralow temperatures. COVAX needs to install 250 to 400 more freezers, and backup generators for them. Some African officials worry that their electrical grids could be overwhelmed. As it is, some countries, like Chad, cannot move Pfizer doses outside major cities.

To buy freezers, COVAX plans to draw on $220 million pledged by Germany in February. But a bureaucratic impasse has prevented it from being spent, reflecting broader concerns about delays in ramping up delivery funding.

Germany specified that the money be distributed through UNICEF, while also insisting on giving it first to COVAX, whose purse strings are controlled by Gavi.

The country would not send the money until the two agencies submitted a joint spending plan, its Development Ministry said, delaying the payment until early July. But Gavi, exercising oversight of how it is spent, has not yet transferred the cash to UNICEF. “COVAX is like a group project without a leader,” said Andrea Taylor, a Duke researcher studying global vaccinations. “Everything they do is that much slower.”

A Gavi spokesman said that any donation takes time to be deposited, that Gavi had a long history of releasing money to UNICEF and that it would use a faster process for new distribution funding.

Some African countries have used the vast majority of their COVAX doses. But delivery funding has fallen short of what COVAX estimated was needed in dozens of lower-income nations, confidential documents said.

Even as American officials now press COVAX to prepare for the crucial Pfizer doses, wealthy countries remain reluctant to fund such work, experts said. The difficulties have prompted calls for COVAX to share more power with humanitarian and regional groups on the ground.

“I don’t see a lot of understanding that they will never be able to do this centrally,” said Dr. Mark Dybul, a Georgetown professor. “I’m worried they’re going to end up with a lot of vaccine that’s stuck.”

Vials of vaccines for COVID-19 at the Serum Institute in Pune, India, Jan. 14, 2021.

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Belarusian sprinter who feared for her safety is offered asylum in Poland

Ms. Timanovskaya, left, in a 100-meter heat on Friday.

By MOTOKO RICH and TARIQ PANJA

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ristina Timanovskaya, the Belarusian Olympic sprinter who sought protection at a Tokyo airport as her nation tried to forcibly send her home from the Summer Games, has been offered asylum in Poland.

Timanovskaya, 24, entered the Polish Embassy in Tokyo on Monday and will fly to Warsaw on Wednesday, according to Alexander Opeikin, the executive director of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund, a group that opposes the Belarusian government.

Marcin Przydacz, the deputy foreign minister of Poland, confirmed on Twitter that Timanovskaya had received a humanitarian visa.

Timanovskaya had said she feared for her safety in Belarus after she criticized her coaches and the country’s national committee for registering her for a relay event for which she had not trained.

She had originally been scheduled to run a heat of the 200 meters, one of her regular races, on Monday but instead spent the day seeking a new country in which to settle.

“She is OK. She’s a little bit disappointed, because she wanted to continue in the Olympic Games,” Opeikin, who has been in contact with Timanovskaya since the events unfolded Sunday, said by telephone.

“She’s disappointed she couldn’t compete in the 200 meters today, but she understands the whole situation, she understands her rights, she understands the deep violations

of her rights as an athlete, of her human rights,” he said. “She needs to tell the whole world about this situation.”

The asylum offer capped nearly 24 hours of drama at the Olympics, where Timanovskaya had placed fourth in her heat in the 100 meters Friday. She then said on Instagram that her coaches had informed her at the last minute that she would have to run the 4x400-meter relay in place of a team member who had not taken enough anti-doping tests to qualify for the event.

Although her criticisms were about athletic decisions, Timanovskaya had good reason to fear that she would be treated as a political dissident in Belarus.

The chairman of the country’s national Olympic committee is the eldest son of Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman leader who has held power in Belarus for 27 years. He has long sought to stifle any dissent, including with a brutal crackdown that began a year ago after a disputed presidential election.

Lukashenko is not afraid to take drastic measures on the international stage. In May, Belarusian authorities forced down a Ryanair plane flying to Vilnius, Lithuania, from Athens that was carrying Roman Protasevich, a blogger for a website that helped direct anti-government protesters last year.

Even before Timanovskaya’s case, Belarus had a tangled relationship with the International Olympic Committee. In December, the committee barred Lukashenko and his son from attending the Tokyo Games. A group of athletes had said that they had become victims of political discrimination and im-

prisonment for speaking out against the government.

The IOC allowed the country to send a 103-member team to the Games because it said it did not want to punish innocent athletes.

At a news conference Monday morning, Mark Adams, spokesman for the IOC, said at first that Timanovskaya had merely gone to the airport with other athletes who had finished their events.

But when pressed about the fact that she had been taken to the airport even though she had not completed her own competitions, he said the IOC was awaiting a report from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee.

In the meantime, he said, reporters would “have to take my word for it” that Timanovskaya was being protected. Adams said that she had talked with the Tokyo police as well as with officials from the agency of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Masa Takaya, spokesman for the Tokyo organizing committee, said that Timanovskaya had spent Sunday night in a hotel near Haneda Airport in Tokyo. A spokesman for the Haneda police said the department would not speak to foreign journalists.

After posting her complaints on Instagram, Timanovskaya accused the Belarusian Olympic committee of kidnapping her from the Olympic Village and taking her to the airport.

Belarusian journalists at the Games said they had been told that Timanovskaya missed a bus meant to transport her to the airport with other athletes who had completed their events. They said she was taken to Haneda Airport in a separate car, accompanied by one of her coaches.

The Belarusian committee said it had withdrawn her from the Games because of her “emotional and psychological state.”

But in a complaint filed with an Olympic sports court by the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund, her supporters said they had a copy of an audio recording in which members of the coaching staff had told Timanovskaya that she was being withdrawn from the Games because of her Instagram post.

The complaint said the video offered proof that the official explanation from the Belarusian delegation was “fake” and violated her rights under the IOC’s charter to participate in the Games.

“Consequently, it is the case of pure discrimination” against Timanovskaya for “political reasons,” the complaint said.

The events unfolded chaotically Sunday night at Haneda Airport. Track and field officials were stunned to first hear of Timanovskaya’s declaration through news media reports.

Sebastian Coe, president of the governing body known as World Athletics, managed to rouse the most senior official responsible for Belarus’ track delegation, who was in Sapporo ahead of the marathon.

According to people familiar with the matter, that official told Coe that Belarusian officials maintained that Timanovskaya had decided to leave the Olympics voluntarily after being told she would have to run the 4x400-meter relay on top of her usual events.

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Nobody wants to live in a nursing home. Something’s got to give.

By MICHELLE COTTLE

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ew people dream of living out their golden years in a nursing home. The very idea sparks existential dread in many Americans, conjuring images of grim, institutional dumping grounds where society’s frailest and most vulnerable members aren’t so much cared for as warehoused. Scattered horror stories of neglect and abuse supercharge more prosaic fears about losing one’s autonomy.

The coronavirus pandemic made things all the more terrifying, tearing through facilities with brutal efficiency. The official COVID-19 death toll in U.S. nursing homes stands at more than 133,000, accounting for more than 1 in 5 of the nation’s pandemic fatalities.

Even pre-pandemic, most Americans said they wanted to age at home — 76% of those 50 and older, according to a 2018 survey by AARP. The vast majority — more than 90% of those 65 and older — are doing just that. Looking to ease the strain this can put on families, President Joe Biden has called for a $400 billion investment in home- and communitybased care. Experts cheer the effort as crucial to addressing the challenges of America’s fast-graying population, a trend fueled by better medical care, longer life spans and a flood of aging baby boomers.

But the need for institutional care will not vanish. The United States had around 15,600 nursing homes serving 1.3 million residents, most 65 and older, as of 2015-2016 (the

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most recent data available). Even with additional resources, many seniors will require more support than can be provided at home. And the demographics are daunting: The number of Americans age 85 and older is expected to top 19 million by 2050.

American nursing homes are creatures of the last century. They sprang up in the 1930s as a gentler alternative to poorhouses and later proliferated thanks to various government programs. As the name suggests, they take a highly medicalized approach to aging, and, by design, are reminiscent of hospitals.

Improvements in home-based care, including telemedicine, are enabling more people to remain at home longer.

Assisted living and continuing-care communities are springing up, offering elaborate care, especially for more affluent seniors. This leaves traditional nursing homes as the province of the poorest and sickest — those with few other options.

Complicating matters is the bifurcated population and how the bills get paid. On one side are short-term residents, who usually arrive after a hospital stay. On the other side are long-haulers needing custodial care, mostly seniors and the severely disabled. Most short stays in nursing homes are paid for by Medicare, which reimburses facilities at a much higher level than Medicaid, which covers extended-stay residents.

Nursing homes have long relied on their Medicare cohort to subsidize their Medicaid population. This dynamic is being disrupted as more people receive post-acute care elsewhere. With people living longer and requiring more advanced services, the costs of long-term stays are going up.

Worse, many older facilities need extensive, and expensive, capital improvements. Well before the current labor crunch, the industry was plagued by staff shortages and high turnover — a byproduct of demanding, poorly compensated work. (The average hourly wage for nursing assistants hovers around $14.)

Under pressure, the industry has been experiencing a wave of closures and consolidations. Smaller nonprofit nursing homes are being closed or swallowed by for-profit entities, even as smaller for-profits are absorbed by large corporations. Private-equity firms have also become a major industry player. On the whole, nonprofit facilities provide a higher quality of care, and private equity has a particularly troubling reputation.

COVID 19 turned nursing homes’ chronic operating problems into emergencies. From January 2020 to January 2021, nursing home occupancy fell nationwide more than 16%. In a survey released in June, 54% of nursing homes said they were operating at a loss, and only a quarter of nursing homes and assisted living facilities expressed confidence they could survive another year.

With the industry in crisis, experts and advocates believe the time is ripe for an overhaul. Among the more interesting reform possibilities being discussed is a shift toward smaller, more self-contained, unconventional facilities that

reflect the evolving attitude toward aging.

Unconventional nursing homes have been generating buzz for a couple of decades. Among the best known are those associated with the Green House Project, a nonprofit group that opened its first one in 2003 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Green House properties strive to provide residents with a homier atmosphere and a greater sense of agency than traditional facilities. Homes serve 10 to 12 residents, whose schedules are, to varying degrees, less regimented. The buildings resemble ranch-style houses. Residents have private rooms and bathrooms organized around a communal area for cooking, eating and socializing.

Green House follows a practice of “consistent assignment,” in which aides stick with the same residents, helping them with a range of activities including cooking, laundry and personal care. Advocates say this helps residents and aides build closer relationships — and limits the vectors for disease transmission. Aides receive specialized training and are typically paid above industry average.

Green House facilities have been adapted to accommodate specific populations, such as veterans, dementia patients and people suffering from multiple sclerosis. Multiple cottages are typically clustered together in residential areas.

Some are placed on the campuses of larger senior communities or even public housing. Where space is tight, communities can be set up on the individual floors of a high-rise building.

Research indicates clinical advantages to this care model, finding Green House residents less likely than residents in traditional facilities to require hospitalization, to wind up bedridden, to develop pressure ulcers or to need catheters.

(Fewer hospitalizations have translated into lower Medicare costs.) Other studies show lower turnover among the staff and higher levels of satisfaction among aides, residents and residents’ families.

Despite their promise, there are only about 300 Green House homes operating in 32 states, serving some 3,200 residents. There are regulatory and financing hurdles to setting up these facilities. And the homes cost more to establish and operate. For an industry already facing financial challenges, it can be a hard sell.

But in the COVID era, these alternatives are getting new attention. Research indicates that Green House homes weathered the early pandemic far better than traditional facilities. Through July of last year, the Green House Project reported 32.5 positive COVID-19 cases and 2.84 deaths per 1,000 senior residents in its facilities, compared with 146 cases and 38 deaths per 1,000 residents in certified nursing homes overall.

The need for innovation and reform in the industry is glaring. As the pandemic drove home, the status quo is as undesirable as it is unsustainable. Something has got to give, for the sake of the millions of seniors who will continue to rely on these institutions.

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Crisis presupuestaria es la causa por la que los atletas puertorriqueños tienen que acudir al exterior a entrenar a juicio de Pierluisi POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia achacó el lunes a la crisis presupuestaria, el que los atletas puertorriqueños no tengan el entrenamiento adecuado para representar a la Isla en eventos internacionales, como por ejemplo, las Olimpiadas.

“Esa ha sido la realidad en los últimos años. Hemos estado sufriendo una crisis fiscal, eso no lo despinta nadie”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

“Mi compromiso es que, dentro de los recursos del estado le vamos a estar dando

atención al programa que apoya a los atletas de alto rendimiento, al Comité Olímpico, al Departamento de Recreación y Deportes. Pero esto en el contexto de una crisis fiscal y unas necesidades presupuestarias que tenemos en todas las áreas del servicio del gobierno. Es legítimo fomentar el deporte, la participación de nuestros atletas en eventos olímpicos, así como otros eventos deportivos a nivel internacional, nacional y local. Y lo vamos a hacer”, añadió.

Jasmine Camacho Quinn, ganó su primera medalla de oro, representando a Puerto Rico, en los Juegos Olímpicos Tokio 2020.

Familia de Andrea Ruiz Costas sostiene supuesto suicidio de Miguel Ocasio no les trae paz POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – La familia de Andrea Ruiz Costas reaccionó el lunes, al supuesto suicidio de Miguel Ocasio Santiago, quien enfrentaba a la justicia acusado darle muerte.

“El suicidio del asesino de Andrea Ruiz Costas es otra tragedia añadida a esta devastadora historia. Su muerte no nos trae paz ni pone fin a esta desgracia. Lamentablemente ese individuo nunca mostró arrepentimiento por su vil acto y optó por escapar de la justicia terrenal. El asesinato de Andrea fue desencadenado por la incompetencia e insensibilidad de dos empleadas aún activas en la judicatura. No lo olvidemos”, declaró la familia Ruiz Costas en un comunicado.

“Nosotros, la familia de Andrea, seguiremos luchando por la justicia para ella y para todas las mujeres que valientemente buscan protección en este país; nosotros seguiremos exigiendo transparencia y rendición de cuentas en los procesos de justicia; específicamente en lo relativo a su caso.

Todavía nos queda camino por recorrer y que quede claro que esto no acaba aquí. Estaremos trabajando incansablemente para que la muerte de Andrea genere cambios urgentes en nuestro sistema para beneficio de todos y todas”, finalizó la familia.

Ocasio Santiago, el hombre acusado de asesinar a la Andrea Ruiz Costas fue hallado muerto en

la noche del domingo en la celda del Complejo Correccional de Bayamón, informó el Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico.

Según la Policía, Ocasio Santiago, quien se privó de la vida, fue encontrado con una tirilla amarrada al cuello y el otro lado de la misma estaba amarrada a una ventana. El doctor Arrocho del

Centro Médico Correccional certificó su muerte a eso de las 9:25 de la noche del domingo.

Ocasio Santiago había confesado haber dado muerte a Ruiz Costas a finales de abril. El hombre enfrentaba cargos por asesinato en primer grado, destrucción de evidencia y violación a la ley de armas.

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Alfredo Carlo: Irreverent, in your face and funky

By IRIS EDÉN SANTIAGO Special to The STAR

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lassical paintings, contemporary movements and invaluable masterpieces have always been joined by modern and refreshing techniques and skills that only elevate an industry that never ceases to amaze experts and collectors alike. Add playfulness, familiar elements, texture and flow, and a whole new generation of artists is born.

Puerto Rican Alfredo Carlo is one emerging artist who has caught both the fashion and art worlds by storm. His approach to art is genuine, different, irreverent and mischievous.

Born in the southern town of Peñuelas, this millennial began testing colors and silhouettes on the walls of his home at age 4. His parents, much to his surprise, encouraged him. And so his skills and creative juices were perfected in no time.

Having worked fashion sketches, fashion shows and eye-catching store windows with local top designers Eclíptica, David Antonio and Gustavo Arango, Carlo has applied his vision to fabrics, conversation earrings and multi-tiered editorial necklaces owned by mo-

dels, fashionistas, savvy ladies, and celebrities like former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera and singer Natalia Lugo.

But his true calling is painting, where his imagination goes wild with intriguing mosaics of popular pop items from childhood favorites like McDonalds fries, Gucci bags, coffee pots and bananas to faceted faces, staring eyes, thoughtful collages and social messages that condemn injustices he witnesses everywhere. This passionate 30-year-old confesses to doing his best work “under stress, depressed, sad and lonely.”

Because, when everybody thinks I’m the life of the party … I am really not. Deep inside I am just observing and absorbing.

This provocateur admires Antonio Martorell and Jean-Michel Basquiat. From Basquiat, he says: “I am fascinated by his eccentric views, his realism … colorful yet at the same time very dark. Almost like his ancestors had this rage, this powerful energy that sprouts from his soul.

That’s what I love about Art. It’s not just beautiful images but it’s meant to provoke you, move you and make you think.”

Carlo’s paintings already deck the walls of important commercial spaces and modern homes of art collectors in the know.

His work can be bought at Sttilo Boutique, La Dolce Vita in the Mall of San Juan and by contacting him: Caralfredo on Instagram.

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‘Arthur’ is ending after 25 years

During its more than two decades, the show won several awards including multiple Daytime Emmys for outstanding children’s animated program, as well as a Peabody.

By ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ

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hese wonderful kind of days in a neighborhood where aardvarks, rabbits and other animals go to school, learn about life and play, are ending.

“Arthur,” the beloved and educational children’s show, is coming to a close after 25 years, PBS confirmed last Wednesday.

The show’s final season will air in the winter of 2022.

The show, based on a series of children’s books titled “Arthur’s Adventures” by Marc Brown, wrapped up production almost two years ago, according to one of the show’s writers, Kathy Waugh. In an episode that aired this month of “Finding D.W.,” a podcast about the series, she said the team had disbanded. “‘Arthur’ is no longer in production,” she told Jason Sz-

wimer, the podcast’s host. “We had our wrap party two years ago.”

An executive producer on the show, Carol Greenwald, confirmed on Wednesday that the series would be ending. She said in a statement that episodes of the show would continue to be available on PBS Kids, but that no new ones would air after next year. “‘Arthur’ is the longest-running kids animated series in history and is known for teaching kindness, empathy and inclusion through many groundbreaking moments to generations of viewers,” Greenwald said.

The statement did not offer a reason for the show’s cancellation. Greenwald said that the producer GBH and PBS Kids were “continuing to work together on additional Arthur content, sharing the lessons of Arthur and his friends in new ways.”

On the podcast, Waugh said she did not know whether the

cancellation was driven by a ratings issue or PBS just felt that the show needed to be retired. She added that she felt PBS had made a mistake. “To me it just felt evergreen, like it was never going to end. But it did end,” she said.

During its more than two-decade run, “Arthur” won an enduring audience and a number of awards, including multiple Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program, as well as a Peabody Award.

The show first aired on PBS in 1996, and for a time ranked as the most popular television show for children ages 2 to 11.

In the series as in the books, Arthur (an aardvark in third grade), his friends (a variety of other anthropomorphized animals) and their school faculty and families have adventures, learning lessons about everything including friendship, schoolwork, public libraries and loss.

Ziggy Marley, the son of Bob Marley, performed the theme song — itself about empathy and believing in yourself and others.

Available to a wide audience on public television, “Arthur” was the rare children’s series that garnered fans among both children and their parents. The main character, Arthur, had an “Everyman” quality to him that made him so relatable, Waugh said on the podcast.

“The best kids television — and ‘Arthur’ is absolutely at the apex of that particular genre — expands a child’s life, reflects a child’s life and makes children of all shapes and sizes feel seen,” Waugh said.

She added that “Arthur,” unlike many children’s shows that it outlived, confronted not only the experiences of the playground and classroom, but also difficult realities like bullying, the fear of death and cancer.

The tone of the show reflected that, she said. Being incessantly cheerful or chirpy, she said, would have been “a disservice to children.”

Waugh said that the show validated children’s “bad feelings, their mad feelings, their hurt,” and sought to help children grow and shape their worlds.

News of the show’s cancellation set off mourning on social media, reflecting the show’s popularity across generations. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., tweeted, “Thank you Arthur for helping all of us learn to work and play and get along with each other.”

And scattered among the posts lamenting the cancellation were memes inspired by its always-relatable images: One showed Arthur clenching his fist in frustration, another showed his sister, D.W., holding and looking through a chain-link fence, sunglasses on but still expressing sadness.

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How to keep your pet safe and healthy in the heatwave

By SABRINA IMBLER

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earning how to cope in the heat can be a struggle, with the beaming rays of the sun, the inescapable humidity and the ever-rising temperatures tough to handle for many.

With the Met Office forecasting high temperatures across the UK this weekend, with some parts of the country seeing temperatures above average, just imagine how your pet may be feeling.

Domestic animals don’t have the luxury of being able to say when they’re feeling overheated or dehydrated, which is why you need to learn how to keep your pet as safe and healthy as possible during these extreme weather conditions.

Whether you’re a dog person or own a reptile, this is how to look after your pet properly as the heatwave runs its course.

Dogs Dogs with long fur will likely fare worse than their shorter-haired peers during the summer.

However, they are able to cool themselves down by panting and releasing heat through their paws, as animal charity Blue Cross explains.

Dogs do this because they’re unable to sweat through their skin in the same way as humans do.

If a dog does overheat, they could be at risk of suffering from a serious heatstroke, with the charity explaining that “signs of heatstroke in dogs include collapse, excessive panting and dribbling”.

“If you suspect your pet is suffering from the condition, move them to a cool place, preferably with a draught, wet their coat with cool - not freezing - water, and contact your vet immediately,” the charity advises.

Furthermore, leaving a dog in a car on a hot day can have devastating consequences, as the temperature within the car can soar to extreme levels at a rapid rate, which is why it’s advised never to leave a dog in a car in hot conditions.

To ensure that dogs are comfortable during walks on days with excessive heat, the RSPCA recommends only walking your dog in the morning or evening at the peak of summer, as doing so will help prevent them from burning their paws on the pavement or suffering from heatstroke.

You must also make sure that your dog always has access to water.

if possible.

Another method that you can employ to help keep the water cool is to put bags filled with ice at the bottom of the tank.

Birds While birds living in exotic locations around the world may be used to hotter climates, chances are that domesticated birds won’t have the same thresholds for higher temperatures.

According to Bird Supplies, birds may be very susceptible to sudden changes in their environment, which is why knowing how to keep them cool during a heatwave is important.

“Your average bird has a standard core temperature of around 105F or 40C, and are very susceptible to overheating,” the site states.

Some signs to look out for that may indicate that your bird is overheating include if its panting, holding its wings far away from its body or exhibiting anxious behaviour.

Many birds naturally enjoy spending time outdoors. However, if this is the case, If a dog does overheat, they could be at risk of suffering from a serious heatstroke, with the you should make sure that the outdoor space charity explaining that “signs of heatstroke in dogs include collapse, excessive panting and that your bird frequents is equipped with dribbling”. shaded areas.

On top of that, the site states that you should make sure to replace the bathing dish Cats age room temperature.

Different types of cats may be more This is important to keep in mind when of water at the bottom of your bird’s cage at prone to sunburn than others, as pet agency considering where their crate is placed, as least once a day, while also ensuring that it Very Important Pets outlines. putting it on a window sill where it’s exposed has a decent supply of clean water to drink.

Reptiles and amphibians “Pale-coloured cats are vulnerable to to the sun could put your hamster at risk of Reptiles and amphibians are ectothersunburn; particularly on their ears, noses overheating. and sparsely haired areas,” the agency states, Hamster blog site Hammysworld also mic or cold-blooded, which means that their adding that, “like in humans, sunburn can suggests placing the crate on a stone or tiled body temperature relies on external sources, sometimes lead to skin cancer.” floor during the day if possible in order to as detailed by Encyclopaedia Britannica.

With that in mind, if the temperature of While many cat owners may let their help the animals remain cool and comfortyour home is higher than normal, then your feline friends roam at will, the agency recom- able. pet snake or lizard could suffer in the hot You could even place a ceramic tile mends keeping your cat indoors during the conditions. hottest time of the day, from around 11am within the cage as a means of lowering the Pet store Just For Pets advises first temperature of the interior even more. until 3pm.

Another trick that the outlet recom- checking whether the temperature of your You can even invest in a suncream designed specifically for pets to provide them mends is to place a frozen bottle of water on home falls within your animal’s ideal range.

If the temperature exceeds its ideal with adequate protection from the sun’s rays. the side of the outside of the crate while also range, then you can cool them down by proHaving your cat’s fur trimmed could regularly refreshing your pet’s water supply. viding them with clean water and keeping a Fish also be a good course of action in order to You may think that your fish is safe in small fan close by. make them feel more comfortable in the heat.

Furthermore, you could utilise a simiFurthermore, if you think that your cat their tank of water as those outside battle the lar technique to the one advised for hamster may be feeling overheated, you can use a intense heat and humidity.

However, the temperature of the tank owners by placing a ceramic tile in its enclodamp towel to cool them down.

Just like with any other animal, cats can easily rise if the room temperature is sure that it can use to lower its body temperature (that you could cool first in the fridge). higher than normal. shouldn’t be left in cars during a heatwave.

Plus, if you place an iced bottle of waIf you have heaters in your fish tank, it Hamsters ter nearby, it could help reduce the temperaIf you normally keep your hamster in would be wise to turn them off, Tropical Fish ture of the air, thus providing your pet with a a glass or plastic crate, you should be aware Site recommends, while it may also be worth more bearable environment. that the interior may be hotter than the aver- reducing the normal temperature of the tank

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Bulgogi, any way you slice it

By ERIC KIM

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n a decades-old spiral-bound police community cookbook, Songza Park’s recipe for “BUL KOGI (Barbecued Beef)” calls for 2 pounds of sirloin steak that you have to slice “very thin on the bias” before scoring each piece with an X. In 1965, when Park immigrated to the United States from South Korea, she had no access to Korean grocery stores, where today entire cases are dedicated to presliced meat often labeled “bulgogi beef.”

“Back then, you couldn’t just buy bulgogi beef like you can now,” she said. “You got a chunk of meat and had the butcher slice it for you.” Or, if there wasn’t a butcher, you did it yourself.

For Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of presliced meat. An adaptable staple of Korean cuisine, bulgogi is most often made from thin slices of marinated and grilled beef (though sometimes pork and less commonly chicken). If you grew up in a Korean household, then the dish wasn’t just occasional barbecue; it was dinner on the regular, a quick pan-fry on the stovetop.

Just as there is no one way to make kimchi, there is no one way to make bulgogi. Versatility is a chief characteristic of the dish, its many forms through history serving as evidence of its long journey from modern-day North Korea to South Korea and all across the Korean diaspora.

During the Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C. to A.D. 668), the Maek people in the northern Korean Peninsula ate maekjeok, a dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang, a fermented soybean paste. Years later, maekjeok evolved into neobiani, a dish of broad, thin slices of beef tenderized and grilled over flames.

A feature of royal court cuisine during the Joseon dynasty (1392 to 1910), neobiani is considered a predecessor to today’s beloved bulgogi.

At Cho Dang Gol, a restaurant that’s been on the 35th Street of Manhattan for over two decades, bulgogi finds its way into lacy zucchini jeon, a spicy octopus stir-fry and ttukbaegi bulgogi, a dreamy caldron of tender beef swimming in its own powerful juices where, once again, those familiar thin slices make an appearance.

These variations on the original grilled preparation, which the restaurant also serves, hint at the many ways in which bulgogi has, over the years, become culinarily both a noun (referring to a specific dish) and an adjective (summarizing a flavor profile).

As an adjective, bulgogi describes the combined taste of soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sugar, among other ingredients, depending on how you cook it.

This expansive definition has made room for delicious innovations. Where bulgogi is a noun in bulgogi cheese steaks, it’s an adjective in bulgogi eggplant, which coats its main ingredient with a garlicky, soy-tinged sauce, sticky with sugar. Bulgogi means “fire meat” in Korean, but vegetarian alternatives allow the sweet and salty flavors of the heirloom dish to sing in any application, even meatless ones.

But is it bulgogi if there’s no meat? That depends on who you’re asking.

Food writer Justine Lee said: “It can be whatever it wants to be, as long as it imparts that familiar flavor. But certainly, I don’t think it has to be just those ingredients” (meaning that combination of soy sauce, garlic, ginger and sugar).

“My mom actively uses hot honey in her cooking now,” she added, “taking advantage of its heat, which you’d typically get from ginger.”

Bulgogi means something different to everyone, and that’s part of its lure. Lee found her Proustian bulgogi in a bowl of dolsot bibimbap, which she had as a tween in a shopping mall in Seoul. The crispy rice was topped with the deeply seasoned meat and mounded with molten mozzarella. “The cheese was almost an extension of the bulgogi,” she said.

The most popular menu item at the New York chef Hooni Kim’s restaurant, Danji, is a bulgogi

slider that uses brisket. Though the presentation is modern, the bulgogi in question is still thinly sliced marinated meat. For Kim, the thin slices are key. “A thick cut of meat is not bulgogi,” he said. “It could be Korean barbecue, and many other things that feel Korean. But bulgogi to me is beef that you don’t have to chew much.”

Most seem to agree that thin, tender slices are a must, but the specific cut of beef is negotiable.

Maangchi’s bulgogi recipe calls for “well-marbled boneless sirloin, tenderloin or skirt steak.” Seonkyoung Longest, the blogger behind the YouTube channel Asian at Home, uses “rib-eye, chuck or skirt steak” and even has a popular ground beef variation.

Hyosun Ro, the Washington, D.C.-based writer of the popular cooking blog Korean Bapsang, said, “Don’t worry about which part of the cow to use.”

Once, while preparing a care package to take to her children in New York, Ro turned a couple of frozen Costco flank steaks into bulgogi, thinly slicing the slabs and formulating a marinade to tenderize the tougher cut.

Other cuts require even less culinary deftness: Skirt steak, flank steak’s more marbled cousin, comes pretty thin already. Cut into segments and pounded with a meat mallet, it mimics the presliced beef that stocks the many H Marts across New York, New Jersey and beyond.

The San Juan Daily Star These skirt steak segments — not unlike the neobiani that the royals ate — work well on a charcoal grill, too. Their broadness and heft mean that you can flip the slices over flames without losing them to the fire.

Simon Kim, the owner of Cote Korean steakhouse in New York, says he can’t serve bulgogi at his restaurant because the paper-thin slices would fall through the grates of the metal mesh grill pans lining his tables. Anyway, for him, bulgogi is home food.

Growing up, Kim preferred the more expensive kalbi, grilled short ribs, which he got to eat only on special occasions like his birthday. Now, as an adult, he finds himself longing for bulgogi, which, in the grand scheme of grilled Korean meats, isn’t a fancy dish by any means. But it’s still special in its own right — tried, true and beloved. “Bulgogi is not the Ferrari,” he said. “It’s your grandfather’s Cadillac.”

Bulgogi Eggplant Total time: 40 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 1 pound Asian eggplant, especially Korean (2 to 3 large), cut in half crosswise, then lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) Neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola, for grilling 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder Freshly ground black pepper 1 scallion, thinly sliced on the bias, for garnish Preparation: 1. Place the eggplant in a colander set inside the sink. Sprinkle with the salt, toss to combine and let sit for 30 minutes to drain its excess moisture.

2. While the eggplant drains, prepare a charcoal grill for direct high-heat cooking, or heat a gas grill to high. In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, maple syrup, sugar and garlic powder until the sugar is dissolved.

3. Carefully grease the grill grate: Use tongs to grip a wadded paper towel dipped in oil and then rub the grates with the oiled towel. In the colander, toss the drained eggplant with 1 tablespoon oil. Place the eggplant on the hot, greased grate.

Grill until charred at the edges, 1 to 2 minutes per side. If using a gas grill, close the lid between flips.

(See Tip for stovetop method.)

4. Add the grilled eggplant to the bowl with

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the sauce and gently toss, making sure each slice is thinly coated. Arrange the slices with the sauce on a large platter. Crack over some black pepper and garnish with the scallion.

Tip: Alternatively, you can cook the eggplant on the stovetop in batches. Heat a large skillet or grill pan over medium-high. Add enough oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan, and heat until shimmering. Add the eggplant to the pan. Sear until charred and caramelized at the edges, 1 to 2 minutes per side.

Skirt Steak Bulgogi Total time: 30 minutes, plus marinating Yield: 6 to 8 servings Ingredients: 2 pounds skirt steak, cut into 4-inch-long pieces 1 medium Asian pear or Fuji apple (about 8 ounces), peeled, cored and chopped 1 cup chopped yellow onion, plus 1 large yellow onion, cut into 1/2-inch-thick rounds 10 large garlic cloves, peeled 1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 tablespoons sugar Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) and black pepper

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2 bunches scallions Neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola, for grilling Steamed white rice, for serving Preparation: 1. On a large cutting board, pound the steak until it is 1/8-inch thick using a meat mallet or heavy skillet. Transfer to a large bowl.

2. In a food processor or blender, blitz the pear, chopped onion, the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, maple syrup, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper until smooth. Pour the wet mixture over the steak, cover tightly and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.

3. When ready to cook, prepare a charcoal grill for direct high-heat cooking, or heat a gas grill to high. On a sheet pan, coat the sliced onions and the scallions with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper.

4. Carefully grease the grill grate: Use tongs to grip a wadded paper towel dipped in oil and then rub the grates with the oiled towel. Wipe off any marinade clinging to the steaks and place the steaks on the hot, greased grate, along with the onion rounds and scallions. Grill the steak until charred and caramelized at the edges, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Grill the onions and scallions until charred but still crisp, 1 to 2 minutes per side. If using a gas grill, close the lid between flips. Discard any remaining marinade. (See Tip for stovetop method.)

5. Arrange the steaks on a large platter, and top with the grilled onions and scallions. Serve family-style with steamed rice.

Tip: Alternatively, you can cook the steaks and onions on the stovetop in batches in a lightly oiled large skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat. Sear the steaks until charred and caramelized at the edges, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Cook the onions and scallions next, until charred but still crunchy, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Discard any remaining marinade.

And to Drink …

The sweet-and-spicy marinade for bulgogi would typically call for a dry, not-too-tannic red wine with lively acidity. That leaves many options.

If you are serving the traditional beef bulgogi, you could begin in Italy with Valpolicella or barbera.

Head to France for Beaujolais, an easygoing cabernet franc from the Loire Valley or maybe a Côtesdu-Rhône. In Spain, you could try a garnacha from the Sierra de Gredos, a bobal from Manchuela or a Ribeira Sacra. Perhaps a Bairrada or a Douro from Portugal? But remember, try to pick a bottle that’s low in tannins. These wines would work well with the eggplant version, but you could expand the possibilities a bit. A good, dry rosé from virtually anywhere would be delicious.

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A master class in how to wipe out

Margielyn Didal of the Philippines falls during the Women’s Street Final at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

D

uring the inaugural men’s and women’s street skateboarding finals at the Tokyo Olympics this past week, the best riders in the world fell. Repeatedly. They tumbled off steps and rails, hit the concrete, somersaulted, slid and loofahed any exposed skin. But after lying for a moment, most popped up, grabbed their boards and moved on to the next trick.

They gave a master class in how to wipe out well.

“Falling is commonplace if you are an athlete or physically active, even if you are young and fit,” said Jacob Sosnoff, a professor and associate dean of research at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, who studies human movement and falls. “In fact, if you exercise much at all, I would say falls are almost inevitable at some point.”

Or, as Ryan Sheckler, a 31-year-old world-champion skateboarder and eighttime X Games medalist, told me, “Skateboarding is all about falling. It’s key to everything. If you aren’t falling, you aren’t learning. You have to hit the ground to progress.”

But falling during skateboarding

or other sports and activities does not have to end in serious injuries and painful tears. Science and experience suggest that we can learn to fall more safely.

For suggestions about the right ways to tumble, I talked with scientists, coaches and competitors in sports that grapple with gravity, including skateboarding.

What follows are their suggestions for where to look, how to crumple, when to flex and why to congratulate yourself when you realize you are about to take the plunge.

Tuck and Roll.

“Falling is easy,” Sosnoff said. “Gravity does the work for you. It’s the landing that’s hard. You need to disperse the impacts when you strike the ground.”

In practice, this means you tuck and roll.

“A rolling movement helps to redistribute the energy that must be absorbed by the body over a larger contact area,” said Vivian Weerdesteyn, a professor of motor control and rehabilitation at Radboud University Medical Center and St. Maartens Clinic in the Netherlands and, at one time, a judo athlete with the Dutch junior national team.

The tuck and roll often is the first skill novice martial artists learn, Weerdesteyn

said, and it can be quite effective. In a 2012 study, she and her colleagues asked trained judo practitioners to fall sideways, while either tucking and rolling into the fall or simply dropping, letting their hip slam into the mat. The researchers measured the resulting impacts and found that the tuck and roll technique reduced impact forces on hips by nearly 30%.

So, next time you begin to fall to the side while standing, tuck in your chin to round your back and protect your head, move your arms opposite to the falling direction, squat at the knees, to lower your center of gravity, and curl, shrimplike, into the direction of the fall. Depending on the height and direction of your tumble, you should aim to land on the meaty part of your upper back, below the shoulder blade, or on “that fleshy spot between the hip and buttocks,” Weerdesteyn said. As you hit the ground, continue rolling in the direction of the fall, until you naturally come to a stop. “Don’t fight the momentum” of the fall, she said. Flow with it.

This maneuver may sound daunting but is not difficult for most healthy people to master or deploy in an eyeblink, Weerdesteyn said. In other experiments by her research group, young people picked up the technique after 30 minutes of supervised instruction. And once trained, people typically start to tuck and roll within 200 milliseconds during a controlled fall.

To practice your own tuck and roll, find a clear space in a room or hallway and stack padding, such as a mat or thick blankets. Then roll through some slowmotion falls. Begin from a low, squatting position, so you generate the least force when striking the ground, before moving on to standing falls. Drop sideways on both sides, then forwards and back. If you are concerned about speed, have a partner brake you by holding lightly onto your upper arm while you tuck. (Talk to your doctor first if you have a history of injuries or bone thinning. You also could consult an athletic trainer for an evaluation of your falling technique.)

Look Down. Stay Loose. Wear Pads.

Helmets, wrist guards, kneepads and a stash of bandages also help if, tempted

by the Olympics, you decide to sample a new sport. “Padding is pretty important” for novice skateboarders, Sheckler said.

Ditto in other gravity sports. “Pads are the way to have the fun continue,” said Ryan Nyquist, the head coach for the U.S. BMX freestyle team and a 16-time BMX medalist at the X Games. BMX freestyle, which involves launching yourself and a BMX bike from features in a bicycle terrain park, made its Olympic debut Saturday.

Orient yourself in space, too, if you are above the ground, said Nina Williams, a professional rock climber with The North Face team. (Sport climbing will be another new sport at the summer Games.)

“Don’t close your eyes,” she said, if, for instance, you are on a bouldering wall at your local climbing gym and suspect you are about to fall. “Look down,” she said, check for obstacles, such as other climbers or their gear, and gently let go. “Don’t jump off,” she said. “Exhale and let yourself fall.”

Land on your feet, she continued.

Then, of course, use your tuck and roll.

“Don’t brace yourself,” Williams said.

“Stay loose.”

“Think ‘feet, knees, hips, elbows, shoulders,” Nyquist said, and then roll like a rag doll from one to the next.

Try not to catch yourself with your hand and arm. But if, in some circumstances, you must, flex your wrists and elbows.

“If the choice is between hitting the ground with your head or an arm, use your arm,” Sosnoff said. Relax and bend that arm, though, to absorb the impacts and reduce the chances of incurring a wrist or hand sprain or fracture.

Overall, Nyquist said, be sensible.

Wear safety gear during any activity where you are likely to crash or tumble.

Practice safe landings. Remain loose and crumple as you hit the ground. But also, perhaps, exult just a little after any landing you walk away from.“Falling, failing and then getting up and trying again, that’s how you progress in anything,” Nyquist said. “I’m 42. So, I’m happy to still be trying new tricks, to still be able and willing to fall.”

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Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2020CV00308.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, hago saber a la parte demandada JOSÉ MIGUEL LEONOR

VERA, y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 21 de mayo de 2021, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $132,000.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es: URBANA: Solar número 2060 bloque A, Urbanización Levittown, barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, compuesto de 232 metros cuadrados con 53 centímetros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en 10 metros 11 centímetros con un paseo público; por el SUR, en 10 metros 11 centímetros con la Calle Atenas, según plano Calle Número 312; por el ESTE, en 23.00 metros con el solar número 2059 y por el OESTE, en 23.00 metros con el solar número 2061. Finca 4578 inscrita al folio 231 del tomo 57 de Toa Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Sana Investment Mortgage Bankers Inc., o a su orden, por la suma de $124,800.00 con intereses al 6⅞% anual y vencimiento 1 de diciembre de 2032.

Constituida por la Escritura 524 otorgada en San Juan el 27 de noviembre de 2002 ante el notario Pedro A. López Villafañe, e inscrita al folio 70 del tomo móvil 528 de Toa Baja, finca 4578, inscripción 8ª, Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 7 de octubre de 2020, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma $93,060.99 de principal, más $4,816.23 de interés que continuarán acumulándose desde el día 1 de abril de 2019 hasta el saldo total al 6.875% anual, $526.49 escrow balance, $346.88 de cargos por demora, $1,697.20 de otros cargos, $13,200.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos

por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, Piso 5, Sala 503. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $132,000.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $88,000.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 28 DE SEPTIEMBRE A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $66,000.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 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 cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, 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 subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. 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. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 24 de junio de 2021.

Sra. Maribel Lanzar Velázquez, Alguacil, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De Bayamón.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

JULIO VICTOR NEGRÓN TORRES; SERAFIN NEGRÓN OTERO, DORIS ANTONIA TORRES RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2019CV01029.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS (“IN REM”). ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecu-

26 ción de Sentencia fechado el 23 de marzo de 2021, que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta 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, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada Julio Victor Negrón Torres; Serafin Negrón Otero, Doris Antonia Torres Rivera y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales Compuesta por Ambos. Dirección Física: 18 Haciendas Jiménez Dev., Río Grande, Puerto Rico 00745.

Finca 29,891, al tomo Karibe de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Carolina. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número dieciocho (18) del bloque C, Segunda Fase de la Urbanización Mansiones de Hacienda Jiménez, localizado en el Barrio Jiménez de la Municipalidad de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de mil seiscientos ochenta y nueve punto cero cincuenta y seis (1,689.056) metros cuadrados, de los cuales ochocientos trece punto setecientos noventa y cuatro (813.794) metros cuadrados se encuentra en superficie irregular (talud); en lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de veinticuatro punto novecientos diecinueve (24.919) metros lineales, con la Hacienda Jiménez (Fase I); por el SUR, en una distancia de treinta y tres punto ciento sesenta y tres (33.173) metros lineales, con la Calle Tulipán y solar número diecisiete (17); por el ESTE, en distancia de sesenta y tres punto seiscientos sesenta y nueve (63.669) metros lineales, con el solar número diecinueve (19); y por el OESTE, en distancia de sesenta y nueve punto doscientos setenta y ocho (69.278) metros lineales, con los solares número cuatro (4) y cinco (5).

Enclava una estructura de hormigón y bloques de hormigón tipo residencial diseñada para una sola familia.” Finca 29,891: Por su procedencia está afecta a: a. Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico. b. Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación y uso. c. Servidumbre de alcantarillado. Por sí está afecta a: a.

Hipoteca en garantía de un pa-

garé a favor de The Mortgage House Inc, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $164,000.00, con intereses al 5.50% anual, vencedero el día 1 de junio de 2034, constituida mediante la escritura número 296, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de junio de 2004, ante la notario Alodia Bauza de Huertas, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Rio Grande, finca número 29,891, inscripción 2da. b. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 26 de agosto de 2019, expedida en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el caso civil número FA2019CV01029, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Julio Víctor Negrón Torres; Serafín Negrón Otero; y Doris Antonia Torres Rivera del 26 de agosto de 2019, por la suma de $133,162.57, y otras, anotado el 27 de marzo de 2020 al tomo Karibe de Rio Grande, finca número 29,891, anotación B. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 29,891 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $164,000.00.

HIPOTECA: Escritura Número 296 sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada el día 4 de junio de 2004, ante el notario Alodia Bauzá de Huertas. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $109,333.33. TERCERA SUBASTA: 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $82,000.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 25 de enero de 2020, notificada el 31 de enero de 2020 y publicada el 7 de febrero de 2020, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $133,162.57, más intereses a razón de 5.5% anual, desde el 1 de enero de 2015, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más

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la suma de $1,596.35 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $16,400.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de mayo de 2021.

SHIRLEY SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, ALGUACIL REGIONAL #161. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #266, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO.

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1 Demandante Vs.

SUCESION GLORIA LOPEZ ALMODOVAR T/C/C GLORIA LOPEZ COMPUESTA POR ROSA IRIS BONILLA LOPEZ, ADA BONILLA LOPEZ, NILSA BONILLA LOPEZ, ELSIE BONILLA LOPEZ,

AUREA BONILLA LOPEZ, LAVINIA BONILLA LOPEZ, JAYSON BONILLA Y SUS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: ISCI201800556.

(307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Mayagüez, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el #17 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Guanajibo de los Barrios Bajura y Miradero del término municipal de Cabo Rojo, con una cabida superficial de 0.2152 cuerdas, equivalentes a 845.80 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela #16 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela #18 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con calle #1 de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con terrenos propiedad de la Sucesión Mateo Fajardo.

Finca número 8,646, inscrita al folio 126 del tomo 282 de Cabo Rojo, Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución se encuentra inscrita al folio 22 vuelto del tomo 1016 de Cabo Rojo, Registro de la Propiedad de San Germán, inscripción 3ª. Propiedad localizada en: 232 (17) CALLE ORQUÍDEA, COMUNIDAD CONDE AVILA, CABO ROJO, PR 00623. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto

de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $157,500.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 15 de marzo de 2080. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $157,500.00 según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $105,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $78,750.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Mayagüez, el 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $74,549.89 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $30,131.03 en intereses acumulados al 31 de diciembre de 2018 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.060% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $9,543.41 en seguro hipotecario; $335.00 en tasaciones; $240.00 en inspecciones de la propiedad; más la cantidad de 10% en la suma de $15,750.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde

este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 07 de julio de 2021. JOVINO PÉREZ SANTIAGO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. JOSÉ M. CRESPO NAZARIO, ALGUACIL PLACA #522.

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ESTRELLA HOMES, LLC. Demandante Vs.

EFRAIN FONTANEZ FONTANEZ, JOHANNA LOZADA RESTO T/C/C JOHANNA LOSADA RESTO T/C/C JOHAN LOZADA RESTO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado(s) Civil Núm.: LP2019CV00133.

(208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, MARÍA DEL PILAR RIVERA RIVERA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Humacao, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 21 de febrero de 2020, notificada el 24 de febrero de 2020, cuya notificación fuera publicada en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star el 28 de febrero de 2020, de la cual surge que las partes demandadas adeudan

a la demandante la suma principal de $96,479.31, intereses vencidos que al 22 de enero de 2020, ascienden a la suma de $3,264.20 y los que se continúen acumulando al tipo pactado hasta el pago total y completo de la obligación, la suma de $1,855.10, por concepto de cargos por demora más la suma de $10,000.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactados y a tenor con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se libró con fecha de 11 de junio de 2021, por la Secretaría de este Honorable Tribunal de Humacao, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, la siguiente propiedad inmueble, la cual se describe a continuación: “URBANA”: Solar marcado con el lote número “E” siete (E-7) según identificado en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Colinas de San Agustín, sito en el Barrio Boquerón del término Municipal de las Piedras, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de doscientos sesenta y siete punto ocho mil ciento veinticinco metros cuadrados (267.8125 mc), equivalentes a cero punto cero seiscientos setenta y cinco cuerdas (0.0675c).Colindancias y Distancias: por el NORTE, con el lote número “E” guión cinco (E-5), en una distancia de veintiuno punto cuatrocientos veinticinco metros (21.425m); por el SUR, con el lote número “E” guión nueve (E-9), en una distancia de veintiuno punto cuatrocientos veinticinco metros (21.425 m); por el ESTE, con el lote número “E” guión ocho (E-8), en una distancia de doce punto quinientos metros (12.500 m); y por el OESTE, con la calle dos (2), en una distancia de doce punto quinientos metros (12.500 m).

Sobre este solar enclava una estructura residencia, en cemento de una planta. Inscrita al tomo 274 de Las Piedras, Finca Número 14, 677, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao. Por su procedencia está afecta a: Servidumbre a Favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico; Servidumbre a Favor de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico; Servidumbre de Talud, Muro de Retención y Servidumbre Pluvial; Servidumbre a Favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Esta propiedad tiene el siguiente número de catastro en el Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM): 50-254-025-385-04-000.

La dirección física del inmueble anteriormente descrito es: URBANIZACIÓN COLINAS DE SAN AGUSTIN, CALLE 2 #7-E, LAS PIEDRAS, PR 00771. Sobre la antes descrita propiedad

se encuentra inscrito el siguiente gravamen posterior: “AVISO DE DEMANDA”: de fecha 1 de agosto de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Humacao, Sala Superior en el Caso Civil Número LP2019CV00133, Sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por ORIENTAL BANK, contra EFRAIN FONTANEZ FONTANEZ, JOHANNA LOZADA RESTO T/C/C JOHANNA LOSADA RESTO T/C/C JOHAN LOZADA RESTO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, reclamando el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $87,029.68, presentado el 16 de agosto de 2019 y anotado el día 5 de septiembre de 2019 al Tomo Karibe de Las Piedras, Finca número 14,677, Anotación “A”. Esta Anotación De Demanda Corresponde al Caso de epígrafe. El precio mínimo de licitación con relación a la antes descrita propiedad y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SUBASTA: SE CELEBRARÁ EL DÍA 14 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $100,000.00.

SEGUNDA SUBASTA: SE CELEBRARÁ EL DÍA 21 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $66,666.67. TERCERA SUBASTA: SE CELEBRARÁ EL DÍA 28 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $50,000.00. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Humacao, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en cheque certificado, dinero en efectivo o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, siendo éste el mejor postor.

En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de los licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Del producto obtenido en dicha venta, el Alguacil pagará en primer término los gastos del Alguacil, en segundo término las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hasta la suma convenida, en tercer término los intereses devengados hasta la fecha de la sentencia, en cuarto término las sumas establecidas en la Sentencia para el pago de recargos por demora, contribuciones, seguros y en quinto término la suma principal adeudada conforme con la sentencia dictada.

Disponiéndose que si quedara algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas mencionadas,

The San Juan Daily Star el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte demandada, previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal, pero si dicho producto resultara insuficiente para cubrir el pago de las antes indicadas sumas, entonces la parte demandada debe satisfacer a la parte demandante el remanente insoluto de la deuda. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Humacao durante horas laborables. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. 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. Y PARA LA CONCURRENCIA, de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Colecturía de Humacao, Alcaldía y Cuartel de la Policía del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta por espacio de dos semanas y en un periódico de circulación general del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 7 de julio de 2021. María Del Pilar Rivera Rivera, Wilnelia Rivera Delgado, Alguacil Auxiliar #249.

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

CONDADO 3 CFL, LLC Plaintiff Vs.

RAMON MONGE PASTRANA

Defendants Civil No.: 16-2121. (DRD). Re: COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, SS.

To: RAMON MONGE PASTRANA: CONDADO 3 CFL, LLC; AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL:

Judgment in favor of plaintiff of the amounts due as of April 16, 2018, which amount to $1,796,039.26; deferred principal in the amount of $74,242.05, interest in the amount of $323,137.95, which continue to accrue until full pay-

ment of debt, force placed insurance in the amount of $438.00, and attorneys’ fees and costs of $192,997.18. Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for United States currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder to be held on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Special Master, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following properties: PROPERTY 499: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Las Cuevas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.9468 cuerdas, iguales a 3,721.17 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con la Sociedad Rossy Fernandez y Compañia; por el SUR, con camino vecinal de Trujillo Alto; por el ESTE, con la carretera estatal que de Trujillo Alto conduce a Río Piedras; y, por el OESTE, con la Sociedad Rossy Fernández y Compañia. Contiene una casa semi alta de cemento y techada de zinc, una casa de dos plantas en hormigón y bloques y una casa de cemento y bloques.

Consta inscrita al folio “185” del tomo “13” de San Juan, finca número “499”. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de IV de San Juan. Physical address: PR-181 KM 4.2, Las Cuevas Ward, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976. The property is subject to the following liens: A) Mortgage note in favor of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, or to its order, dated June 11, 1998, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $225,000.00 with interests at the rate of 10% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 58 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Diana L. Ojeda, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 43rd inscription over property number 499. B) Mortgage note in favor of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, or to its order, dated June 29, 2000, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $180,000.00 with interests at the rate of 10.50% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 68 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Diana L. Ojeda, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 44th inscription over property number 499.

C) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, dated June 25, 2004, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $431,000.00 with

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 97 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 (agora) of Trujillo Alto, 45th inscription over property number 499. D) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, dated May 5, 2005, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $370,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 78 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 751 of Trujillo Alto, 46th inscription over property number 499. PROPERTY 31,688: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Carraizo del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 6,826.21 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 1.74 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela de terreno propiedad de Alfonso Díaz; por el SUR, con propiedad de Don Alfonso Días; por el ESTE, con el Rio Grande de Loíza y por el OESTE, con la Carretera Estatal #175. Inscrita al folio 93 del tomo 743 de Trujillo Alto, finca 31,688. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. Physical address: East of PR-175 KM 10.4, Carraizo Ward, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976. The property is subject to the following liens: a) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, datedMay 5, 2005, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $150,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 79 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, recorded at page 93 of volume 743 of Trujillo Alto, 4th inscription over property number 31,688. b) Mortgage note in favor of the Bearer, datedJune 25, 2004, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $80,000.00 with interests at the rate of 12% per annum, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 98 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Ernesto A. Melendez Perez, duly recorded in the Registry of Property pursuant to Law 216 of December 27, 2010 over property number 31,688. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of the preferential liens with the holders of the liens. It will be understood that each bidder accepts the title as sufficient and that the previous or preferential taxes to which they are

being executed, including but not limited to any property tax assessment (express, tacit, implicit or legal), or association fees of owners, to the extent specified in the applicable Condominium Law, will continue in force. It is understood that the successful bidder accepts them and assumes responsibility for them and that the price of the offer will not apply to their cancellation. The current properties will be acquired free and free of all minor encumbrances. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021, AT 10:25 FOR PROPERTY 499 AND AT 10:35 TO THE PROPERTY 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $64,000.00; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $570,000.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the properties is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2021, AT 10:25 FOR PROPERTY 499 AND AT 10:35 TO THE PROPERTY 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $42,666.67; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $380,000.00, 2/3 parts of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD AUCTION will be held on the SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021, AT 10:25 FOR PROPERTY 499 AND AT 10:35 TO THE PROPERTY 31,688; and the minimum of the offer of Property 499 that will be accepted is the sum of $32,000.00; and the minimum of the offer of Property 31,688 that will be accepted is the sum of $285,000.00, ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. Upon confirmation of the sales, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens.

For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 15, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, SPECIAL MASTER.

CORDERO RIVERA A/K/A CARMEN L. CORDERO RIVERA AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED BETWEEN THEM; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Defendants Civil No.: 15-01515. (JAG). Re: COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, SS.

To: JORGE LUIS VELEZ GUTIERREZ, HIS WIFE, CARMEN LYDIA CORDERO RIVERA A/K/A CARMEN L. CORDERO RIVERA AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED BETWEEN THEM; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD): AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL:

Judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $118,577.93 in principal, accrued interest in the amount of $11,049.61 as of March 31, 2016, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt at the rate of 5.875% per annum, accrued late charges and any other advance, fee or disbursements made by plaintiff, on behalf of defendants, in accordance with the mortgage deed, plus costs, and ten (10) percent attorney fees; Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for United States currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder to be held on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Special Master, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: URBANA: PROPIEDAD LEGAL NOTICE HORIZONTAL: Apartamento IN THE UNITED STATES DISresidencial de forma irregular TRICT COURT FOR THE DISlocalizado en la primera planta TRICT OF PUERTO RICO del edificio D del Condominio ACM CDGY VI LM Campo Real, localizado en la CFL, LLC carretera ocho mil ochocienPlaintiff Vs. tos sesenta (8860) del Barrio JORGE LUIS VELEZ Martin Gonzalez del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto GUTIERREZ, HIS WIFE, CARMEN LYDIA Rico, el cual se describe en la

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escritura matriz de dedicación al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal, con un número, Area y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Apartamento número 129; área del apartamento: ciento trece punto ciento treinta y cinco (113.135) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en seis metros con ochocientos nueve partes de otro (6.809 m) con patio posterior; por el SUR, en cinco metros con seiscientos sesenta y seis milésimas partes de otro (5.666 m) con Area coman; por el ESTE, en trece metros seiscientos cuarenta y tres milésimas partes de otro (13.643 m.1.) con la pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento 130; y por el OESTE, en 19.260 metros lineales, con la pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento 128. Tiene su puerta de entrada y salida por su lado Este, que da al área del pasillo que conduce a las escaleras que le brindan acceso al edificio y además dos puertas interiores los cuales le proveen acceso al área de balcón y al Area de patio. Consta de salacomedor, balcón, cocina, un Area de lavandería, por el área de la sale se acceso a un pasillo que le brinda acceso a las siguientes áreas: un closet, un baño completo de uso general, dos habitaciones dormitorios cada uno con un closet en su interior y una habitación dormitorio principal en la cual ubica en su interior y una habitación dormitorio principal en la cual ubica un área de un closet y un baño completo. Le corresponde a este apartamento dos espacios de estacionamiento identificados con los números 35 y 3. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación en los elementos del condominio de .009150%. Property number: 51,857, recorded at page 252 of volume 1208 of Carolina, Section II, Property Registry of Carolina, Puerto Rico. Physical address: Condominio Campo Real, Apartamento D-129, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico 00976.

The property is subject to the following liens: 1. Mortgage note in favor of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or to its order, dated June 12th, 2012, Due on Demand, for the principal amount of $50,000.00 without interests, guaranteed with a mortgage constituted by deed number 422 executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the same date before Notary Public Fabiola Ansotegui Blanc, recorded at page 56 of volume 1370 (ágora) of Carolina, 4th inscription over property number 51,587. 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 or preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal), or homeowner associations dues, to the extent specified under the applicable Condominium Law, shall continue in effect. It being understood 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 present property will be acquired free and clear of all junior liens. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021, AT 10:15 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $154,715.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2021, AT 10:15 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $103,143.34, 2/3 parts of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD AUCTION will be held on the SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021, AT 10:15 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $77,357.50, ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 15th, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, SPECIAL MASTER.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

HERMINIO RODRIGUEZ BENITEZ, IVONNE RODRIGUEZ CASTRO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: CG2018CV01759.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general.

CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 21 de octubre de 2019 que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada, Herminio Rodriguez Benitez, Ivonne Rodriguez Castro y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales Compuesta por Ambos. Dirección Física: Sector Los Meléndez, RD 172 Int Lot 2 Rio Abajo WD, Cidra, PR 00739. Finca 9,210, al folio 183 del tomo 232 de Cidra, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. RÚSTICA: Solar marcado con el número dos (2) en el Plano de Inscripción, radicado en el Barrio Río Abajo de Cidra, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de ochocientos treinta y cuatro punto cuarenta y un (834.41) metros cuadrados y en lindes: por el NORTE, con el solar número uno, en cuarenta y dos punto cincuenta y dos (42.52) metros; por el SUR, con el señor Ramón Berríos, en veintitrés punto sesenta y ocho (23.68) metros y en veintidós punto cero dos (22.02) metros; por el ESTE, con el remanente de la finca principal, en veinte (20.00) metros; y por el OESTE, en diecinueve (19.00) metros, con área dedicada a uso público y carretera municipal.

Finca 9,210: Por su procedencia está afecta a: Servidumbre de paso. Por sí está afecta a: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Popular Mortgage Inc., a su orden, por la suma principal de $106,800.00, con intereses al 7.750% anual, vencedero el día 1 de diciembre de 2039, constituida mediante la escritura número 329, otorgada en Cayey, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de noviembre de 2009, ante la notario Priscilla M. Santiago Acosta, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Cidra, finca número 9,210, inscripción 7ma., como Asiento Abreviado extendida las líneas el día 4 de abril de 2011, en virtud de la Ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. b. Aviso de Deman-

28 da de fecha 27 de agosto de 2018, expedido por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, en el Caso Civil número CD2018CV01759 sobre Cobro de Dinero, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs Herminio Rodríguez Benítez y esposa Ivonne Rodríguez Castro, reclamando el pago de la hipoteca por $106,800.00 con un balance de $98,298.38, anotado el 26 de septiembre de 2018 al tomo Karibe de Cidra, finca número 9,210, Anotación “B”. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 9,210 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: FECHA DE SUBASTA: PRIMERA SUBASTA: 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $106,800.00.

HIPOTECA: Escritura Número 329 sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada el día 25 de noviembre de 2009, ante la notario Priscilla M Santiago Acosta.

SEGUNDA SUBASTA: 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $71,200.00.

TERCERA SUBASTA: 27 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO: $53,400.00. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 9 de agosto de 2019, archivada en los autos el 23 de agosto de 2019 y publicada el 29 de agosto de 2019, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma principal de $98,298.38, más intereses a razón de 7.75%, desde el 1 de enero de 2017, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $420.86 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $10,680.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados.

Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anterior-

mente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de julio de 2021. Alberto Negrón Román, Alguacil Placa #435, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Caguas.

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

FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

NELLY PÉREZ ALGARÍN

Demandada CIVIL NUM. FCD2016-0667 (404). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA, Yo MANUEL VILLAFAÑE BLANCO, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, al público en general.

CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado el 23 de junio de 2021 que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha o fechas que más adelante se indican, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, Puerto Rico, Avenida 65

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Infantería, Carretera 3 Kilómetro 11.7 (Entrada de la Urbanización Mansiones de Carolina), Carolina, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada Nelly Pérez Algarín. Dirección Física: Urb. Valle Arriba Heights, DK 8 Calle 201B, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Finca 16,523, inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 431 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Carolina. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ocho de la manzana DK radicado en la Urbanización Valle Arriba Heights, tercera extensión, localizado en el Barrio Sabana Abajo de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área de seiscientos treinta y ocho metros cuadrados con cincuenta y cuatro centímetros, por el NORTE, con el solar número siete, distancia de veintidós metros y setenta centímetros, por el SUR, con el solar número nueve, distancia de treinta y cuatro metros y cincuenta y cinco centímetros ESTE, con la calle 201-B en una distancia de 17.73 metros y por el OESTE, con carretera Loíza, distancia de cuarenta metros y treintiun centímetros.

Enclava una casa diseñada para fines residenciales. Finca 16,523. Por su procedencia está afecta a: a) Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. b) Servidumbre a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico. c) Servidumbre a favor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Company. d) Servidumbre a favor del Municipio de Carolina. e) Servidumbre a favor de la finca número 11,120 propiedad de Sabana Corporation. f) Condiciones Restrictivas de edificación y uso. Por sí está afecta a: a) Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Firstbank de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $200,000.00, con intereses al 6 1/2% anual, vencedero el día 1 de julio de 2038, constituida mediante la escritura número 232, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de junio de 2008, ante el notario Frederick James Baraga Huyke, e inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 992 de Carolina, finca número 16,523, inscripción 11ma. Sujeto a clausula en la cual se requiere el consentimiento del acreedor para enajenar. b) Modificación se amplía por la suma de $13,391.16 para un nuevo principal de $213,391.16 con intereses al 4% con plazos mensuales de $891.84 durante los primeros 24 meses y al 6 ½% con plazos mensuales de $1,236.79 hasta su total pago que será el día 1 de diciembre de 2050, cons-

tituida mediante la escritura número 786, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 21 de diciembre de 2010, ante la notario Alexandra M. Serracante Cadilla, e inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 992 de Carolina, finca número 16,523 inscripción 12ma. c) Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 11ma., ya modificada en la inscripción 12ma, en cuanto al principal, se cancela parcialmente en $6,635.92, reducido a $206,755.24 con intereses al 4.50% anual del día 1 de abril de 2015 al día 1 de marzo de 2016, al 5% anual del día 1 de abril de 2016 al 1 de marzo de 2017 al 5.50% anual, del día 1 de abril de 2017 al 1 de diciembre de 2050, vencedero el día 1 de diciembre de 2050, constituida mediante la escritura número 68, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 20 de marzo de 2015, ante la notario Laura Cristina Rivera Sorrentini, e inscrita al folio 217 del tomo 1058 de Carolina, finca número 16,523 inscripción 13ra. d) Demanda del día 24 de junio de 2016, expedida en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, en el Caso Civil número FCD20160667, seguido por Firstbank Puerto Rico versus Nelly Pérez Algarín, por la suma de $212,639.77 y otras, anotado el día 10 de noviembre de 2016 al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 16,523, Anotación A. El precio mínimo de este remate con relación a la Finca 16,523 antes descrita y la fecha de cada subasta serán la siguiente: Primera Subasta: 7 de septiembre de 2021 a las 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $206,755.24, Hipoteca: Escritura Número 232, sobre Hipoteca, otorgada el 30 de junio de 2008, ante el Notario Frederick James Baraga Huyke. Segunda Subasta: 14 de septiembre de 2021 a las 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $137,836.83. Tercera Subasta: 21 de septiembre de 2021 a las 11:00AM, Precio Mínimo: $103,377.62. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 12 de agosto de 2019 y archivada en los autos el 19 de febrero de 2020, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto del préstamo garantizado por la hipoteca

antes mencionada y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: Al 1 de enero de 2016, las siguientes cantidades: la suma de $212,639.77 de principal.

Además, desde dicha fecha la demandada, mantiene en atrasos la cantidad de $6,069.08, que incluye principal, intereses, cargos por demora y otros cargos, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, y una suma equivalente al 10% de la suma principal del pagaré, por conceptos de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados hipotecariamente asegurados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y, para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley en un periódico de circulación general de la isla de Puerto Rico y en tres sitios públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada, expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de julio de 2021.

MANUEL VILLAFA˜˜NE BLANCO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

Julio A. Wright Smith t/c/c Julio Arias Wright Smith, Carmen M. Fernández Rodríguez t/c/c Carmen Fernández

t/c/c Carmen Fernández de Wright t/c/c Maria del Carmen Fernández Rodríguez t/c/c María Fernández Rodríguez y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: GB2019CV00611.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA 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 SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 13 de septiembre de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Golden Gate t/c/c Urb. San Patricio, J-193, Calle Turquesa, Guaynabo, PR 00969 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el No. 193 del Bloque ‘J’ del plano de inscripción de la URBANIZACIÓN SAN PATRICIO, conocido también como Golden Gate Extensión, radicado en el Barrio Pueblo Viejo del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de 144.9828 (según Certificación Registral 144.9888) metros cuadrados y colinda por el Norte, en 6.718 metros, con el solar No. J-196; por el Sur, en 6.705 metros, con la Calle No. 7; por el Este, en 22.057 metros, con pared medianera que separa esta propiedad del solar y propiedad No. J-194; y por el Oeste, en 21.284 metros, con pared medianera que separa esta propiedad del solar y propiedad No. J-192. Enclava en este solar una casa residencial para una sola familia. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 110 del Tomo 344 de Guaynabo, finca número 17,611, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $100,000.00.

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 20 de septiembre de 2021, a las 10:00 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 $66,666.67. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 27 de septiembre de 2021, a las 10:00 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 $50,000.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 527, otorgada el día 17 de noviembre de 2000, ante el Notario José Ernesto Rivera Reyes y consta inscrita en el Folio Móvil del Tomo 1,170 de Guaynabo, finca número 17,611, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo, inscripción tercera. 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 $72,614.66 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 8.375% anual desde el día 1 de octubre de 2017. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $10,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $10,000.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $10,000.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble 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 estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el

precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. 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 por la presente se notifica, 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. A: EMBARGO: Demanda sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca caso civil D2CD2008-2098, Allied Financial Inc. v. Estancias de Altomonte Development Corporation, Julio Wright Smith, para responder por la suma de $250,0000.00. Anotación A. 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 mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de junio de 2021. FDO. FRANCÉS TORRES CONTRERAS, ALGUACIL 325.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

The San Juan Daily Star

José Rossy t/c/c José Rossy Lampón t/c/c José Ramón Rossy Lampón, Abigail Hernández Robles y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: BY2019CV04771.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA 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 BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 16 de septiembre de 2021, a las 9:00 de la mañana en la sala 503 del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en 8 East Ocean Drive Street (4A), Bay View Dev, Cataño PR 00962 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar sito en el Barrio Palmas de la Municipalidad de Cataño, Puerto Rico, que lleva el No. 4 de la Manzana ‘A’ de la Urbanización Bay View Development, propiedad de la Borinquen Home Corporation, con área superficial de 329.73 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en distancia de 13.53 metros, con la Calle denominada ‘East Ocean Drive’ o ‘Street No. 1’ de la Urbanización Bay View Development, propiedad de la Borinquen Home Corporation; por el Sur, en distancia de 13.53 metros, con la Carretera Insular que de Cataño conduce a Palo Seco; por el Este, en distancia de 24.15 metros, con el solar No. 3 de la Manzana ‘A’ de la Urbanización Bay View Development, propiedad de la Borinquen Home Corporation; y por el Oeste, en distancia de 24.59 metros, con el solar No. 5 de la Manzana ‘A’ de la Urbanización Bay View Development, propiedad de la Borinquen Home Corporation. Este solar da frente a las Calles antes mencionadas. Edificación: Enclava una casa de bloques de cemento y columnas y vigas de hormigón armado y techo del mismo material, con pisos de mosaicos del país; dicha

casa consiste de tres cuartos dormitorios, sala comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño, balcón y garage. TRACTO REGISTRAL: Se segrega de la finca No. 856, inscrita al folio 194 del tomo 13 de Cataño. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 295 del Tomo 162 de Cataño, finca número 890, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $101,150.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en la Sala 503 que suscribe el día 23 de septiembre de 2021, a las 9:00 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 $67,433.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en la Sala 503 que suscribe el día 30 de septiembre de 2021, a las 9:00 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 $50,575.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 536, otorgada el día 25 de octubre de 2006, ante el Notario Néstor Machado Cortés y consta inscrita en el Folio 224 del Tomo 184 de Cataño, finca número 890, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, inscripción décima. 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 $83,669.08 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.375% anual desde el día 1 de septiembre de 2017. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $10,115.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $10,115.00para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $10,115.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la Regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble 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 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 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. 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 mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 1 de julio de 2021. FDO. JOSE F MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, PLACA #131. ***

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21 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUZ ENID FERNÁNDEZ DEL VALLE, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV03012.

Sala: 604. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

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Queda emplazada y notificada de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en su contra. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC); al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Mariceli Pérez González, 1225 Ave. Ponce de León VIG Tower, Ste. 706, San Juan, PR 00907; Teléfono: (787) 977-1932, Facsímil (787) 722-1932; correo electrónico: mperez@garciachamorro.com.

Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, a hoy

(701). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA IN REM. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 15 de marzo de 2021, notificada y archivada en autos el 16 de marzo de 2021; y de un Mandamiento de Ejecución emitido el día 23 de julio de 2021, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, procederá a vender en subasta, y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, y/o giro postal, dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Solar marcado con el #55 de la Urbanización Estancias Del Bosque, radicada en el barrio Cerro Gordo del término municipal de Bayamón, con una cabida superficial de 1,552.81 metros cuadrados. En lindes: Por el NORTE, en cuatro distancias no alineadas de 30.37 metros, 6.33 metros, 13.58 metros y 12.38 metros, respectivamente, con Juan Fernández; por el SUR, en 3 arcos que suman un largo de 36.03 metros con la calle #1 de la urbanización; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 44.49 metros con el solar #54 de la urbanización y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 29.21 metros con el solar #56

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de la urbanización. ENCLAVA: Una estructura de hormigón y bloques de concreto para uso residencial. Contiene un área de talud, de aproximadamente 1,008.71 metros cuadrados.

Finca número 77817, inscrita al folio 160 del tomo 1882 de Bayamón Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Dirección física: Estancias del Bosque 55 Estancias St. Bayamón PR 00956. El siguiente pagaré consta inscrito en la propiedad antes mencionada y es el que se pretende ejecutar: HIPOTECA: Por $262,073.00, con intereses al 4-1/2% anual, en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, que vence el 1ro de diciembre de 2044.

Según escritura #260, otorgada en San Juan, el 5 de noviembre de 2014, ante Nay del Carmen Rodríguez González, inscrita al folio 40 del tomo 1935 de Bayamón Sur, inscripción 3ra.

La referida hipoteca grava el bien inmueble antes descrito.

La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por las siguientes sumas: $249,973.59 por concepto de principal, más recargos por atraso, más intereses al 4.5% anual los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta su completo pago, más $26,207.30 como cantidad estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala de Bayamón, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá Libre de Cargas y Gravámenes posteriores. Los tipos mínimos a utilizarse para la subasta son los siguientes: El inmueble antes descrito ha sido tasado en la suma de DOSCIENTOS SESENTA Y DOS MIL SETENTA Y TRES DÓLARES ($262,073.00) para que dicha suma sirva de tipo mínimo en la primera subasta a celebrarse. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en

la primera subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 7 DE OCTUBRE DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CIENTO SETENTA Y CUATRO MIL SETECIENTOS QUINCE DÓLARES CON TREINTA Y TRES CENTAVOS ($174,715.33) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 18 DE OCTUBRE DEL AÑO 2021 A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de CIENTO TREINTA Y UN MIL TREINTA Y SEIS DÓLARES CON CINCUENTA CENTAVOS ($131,036.50) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 29 de julio de 2021, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. EDGARDO ELIAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

PARTE DEMANDANTE VS.

WILFREDO CRUZ COLÓN, XIOMARA DENIS PÉREZ TORRES T/C/C XIOMARA DENNISSE PÉREZ TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM. AR2019CV01149 (404). 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. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 6 de septiembre de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 14 de mayo de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 14

de mayo de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 14 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 de la mañana en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Arecibo, Sala Superior, 553 Avenida José A. Cedeño, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número noventa y nueve (99) de la manzana siete (7) en el plano de inscripción de Proyecto UM-2-20 denominado Víctor Rojas II radicada en el Barrio Hato Bajo del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 258.55 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número cien (100), en 21.57 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número noventa y ocho (98), en 21.19 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle Número Siete (7), en 12.22 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número ciento cinco (105), en 11.98 metros. Enclava una casa para fines residenciales.

Edificación: Enclava casa dedicada a vivienda de concreto y bloques, techos de zinc. Contiene tres (3) cuartos de dormitorio, sala, comedor, cocina, un (1) baño y balcón. Con un valor de $10,000.00, según consta de la Escritura Número 164, otorgada en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, el 18 de agosto de 1981, ante el Notario Esteban Susani Lens. Inscrita al folio 195 vuelto del tomo 640 de Arecibo, finca número 29149, inscripción segunda. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 195 del tomo 640 de Arecibo, Finca Número 29149, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 1 vuelto del tomo 1013 de Arecibo, Finca Número 29149, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección I. Inscripción octava. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: URB. VÍCTOR ROJAS II, 136 (99) CALLE 7, ARECIBO, PR 00612-3025.

Primera Subasta: 14 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 am, Tipo Mínimo: $89,514.00. Segunda Subasta: 21 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 am, Tipo Mínimo: $59,676.00. Tercera Subasta: 28 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 am, Tipo Mínimo: $44,757.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $89,514.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 21 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 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, $59,676.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda su-

30 basta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 28 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:00 de la mañana en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $44,757.00. 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 $74,910.64 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,951.40 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 el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Bitácora: Presentado al Asiento 2019089177-AR01, el 22 de agosto de 2019, Demanda de fecha 24 de junio de 2019, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, en el Caso Civil Número AR2019CV01149, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Wifredo Cruz Colón y Xiomara Denis Pérez Torres también conocida como Xiomara Dennisse Pérez Torres, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $74,910.64 y otras cantidades, o la venta en pública subasta de la propiedad. Pendiente de anotación. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se le 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, conti-

nuarán 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. 2102015. 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 Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de junio de 2021.

William Lugo Guzmán 720, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V.

CITIBANK, N.A.; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV04125.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez.

Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 24 de julio de 2003, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Citibank, N.A., o a su orden, por la suma de $352,800.00 de principal, con intereses al 3 1/4% anual, con vencedero el 1 de julio de 2003, ante la Notario Mireya Ocasio García. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 130, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 24 de julio de 2003, ante la Notario Mireya Ocasio García, inscrito al folio 117 del tomo 678 de Río Piedras Sur, finca 19324, inscripción 4, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca número 19324 inscrita al folio 21 del tomo 614 de Río Piedras

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Sur, Registro de la propiedad de San Juan, Sección IV. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas.

Citibank, N.A. es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. El último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito fue Oriental Bank. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750, Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241 E-mail: jmontalvo@delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 14 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LINDA LEVY RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, FOR THE CSMC 2016-PR1 TRUST, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2016-PR1 Demandante Vs.

EFRAIN TROCHE PADILLA, ANA ESTHER ORTIZ RECIO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: IS2021CV00071.

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

A: ANA ESTHER ORTIZ RECIO, EFRAIN TROCHE PADILLA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se alega que usted(es) le adeuda(n) a la demandante lo siguiente: La suma de $38,278.32 de principal más los intereses sobre dichas sumas devengados desde el día 1 de febrero de 2018, más aquellos a devengarse hasta el pago total de la deuda a razón 6.98900% anual, más las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total pago de las mismas, más la suma estipulada de $6,200.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado incurridos por concepto de un préstamo hipotecario.

Se advierte que debe presentar al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) DIAS de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Favor de enviar alegación responsiva a: Tromberg, Morris & Poulin, LLC Lcda. Edmy Cortijo Villock R.U.A. 18,126 1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100 Boca Ratón, FL 33432 Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com De no recibir su contestación a

la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este edicto, la parte demandante podrá solicitar que se le anote la rebeldía, y que se dicte sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se enviará al Demandado copia del Emplazamiento y la Demanda dentro del término de diez (10) días de esta publicación a su última dirección conocida.

EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello de este Tribunal, en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de julio del 2021. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA VALENTÍN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC. Demandante Vs.

IVELISSE DIAZ AGOSTO; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: LP2021CV00082.

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

A: IVELISSE DIAZ - AGOSTO.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se alega que usted(es) le adeuda(n) a la demandante lo siguiente: La suma de $211,746.64 de principal mas los intereses sobre dichas sumas devengados desde el día 1 de noviembre de 2019, más aquellos a devengarse hasta el pago total de la deuda a razón 6.75000% anual, mas las primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del total pago de las mismas, más la suma estipulada de $13,995.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado incurridos por concepto de un préstamo hipotecario.

Se advierte que debe presentar al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) DIAS de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Favor de enviar alegación responsiva a: Tromberg, Morris & Poulin, LLC Lcda. Edmy Cortijo Villock R.U.A. 18,126 1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33432 Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com De no recibir su contestación a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este edicto, la parte demandante podrá solicitar que se le anote la rebeldía, y que se dicte sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se enviará al Demandado copia del Emplazamiento y la Demanda dentro del término de diez (10) días de esta publicación a su última dirección conocida. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA, y el sello de este Tribunal, en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de julio de 2021.

DOMINGA GÓMEZ FUSTER, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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DALMARIE LUYANO TORRENS Demandantes V.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA POR CONDUCTO DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES, HOY USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PUERTO RICO; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA

Demandados Civil Núm.: LU2021CV00098.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM-

PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO como posibles tenedores y cualesquier persona desconocida con posible interés en la obligación cuya cancelación por decreto judicial se solicita.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de (1) pagaré hipotecario: pagaré a favor Estados Unidos de América, actuando por conducto de La Administración de Hogares de Agricultores, por la suma principal de $26,500.00 dólares con intereses al 8% anual, vencedero en 33 años, constituido mediante la escritura número 59, otorgada en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de marzo de 1977, ante el notario Julio de Santiago Díaz, e inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 122 de Luquillo, finca número 6,797, inscripción 1era; sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Luquillo Mar, sita en los barrios Sabana y Mata de Plátanos de Luquillo, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número Veintiséis guión “DD” (26-DD) con cabida de CUATROCIENTOS TREINTA Y CINCO PUNTO CERO CERO METROS CUADRADOS (435.00 M.C.).

En lindes por el NORTE, en Treinta punto Cero Cero metros (30.00m.) con el solar “DD” Veintisiete (DD-27); por el SUR, en Treinta punto Cero Cero metros (30.00m.) con el solar “DD” guión Veinticinco (DD-25); por el ESTE, en Catorce punto Cincuenta metros (14.50m.) con la Calle “E” y por el OESTE, en Catorce punto Cincuenta metros (14.50m.) con los solares “DD” guión Treinta (DD-30) y “DD” guion Treinta y Uno (DD31). Enclava una casa de concreto. Finca Número 6,797, inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 122 de Luquillo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y 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. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante a la Lcda.

Alyssa Rivera Rivera, a la dirección P.O. Box 19815, San Juan, P.R. 00910. Teléfono 787-4007269, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle, ni oírle.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de julio de 2021. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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CONDADO 3 CFL, LLC Plaintiff Vs.

JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ ROSADO

Defendants Civil No.: 18-1803 (PAD). Re: FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, SS.

To: JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ ROSADO; CHAMPION MORTGAGE CORPORATION, O A SU ORDEN; AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO O A SU ORDEN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA : AND TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL:

Judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $84,558.36 in principal, $4,887.36 in interest as of March 2, 2021, which continues to accrue until full payment of the debt, $120.33 in late charges, $211.39 in escrow deficiency, $904.12 for force placed insurance, property preservation charges in the amount of $23.11, plus cost, fees and $8,240.00 in attorney’s fees; Pursuant to the judgment, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for United States currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to

The San Juan Daily Star the highest bidder to be held on the sidewalk in front of the main gate entrance of the United States District Court, Federal Building, 350 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or any other place designated by said Special Master, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: RUSTIC: Lot marked with number B-6 on the lot plan of the rural community of Mata de Plátano of the Luquillo municipal term, with a superficial area of 353.45 square meters. Bordering by the NORTH, with lot number B-7 of the community; by the SOUTH, with lot number B-7 of the community; by the EAST, with a street of the community; and by the WEST, with lot number E-30 of the community. Recorded on page 149, volume 199 of Luquillo, Plot number 10,879, Fajardo Registry. Physical address: 2 St. B-6, Est. Atlántico, Luquillo, Puerto Rico 00773. The property is subject to the following Senior liens: MORTGAGE: As guarantee of a promissory note in favor of Champion Mortgage Corporation, or at its command, for the sum of $64,100.00, interest at 12% per cent annual and to expire on December 1st, 2030, according to deed # 309, granted in San Juan, on November 24th, 2000, before the Notary Public Heberto J. de Vizcarrondo Armstrong, inscribed on folio 150 “vuelto” from volume 199 of Luquillo, farm #10, 879, inscription 5th. The property is subject to the following Junior liens: Mortgage: By itself affects a mortgage in favor of the Housing Finance Authority of Puerto Rico, for the principal sum of $10,000.00, with annual interest of 5.50%, due on April 1, 2040. The property is appraised at an amount equivalent to the principal of the note guaranteed by this mortgage. Affidavit number 2645. By virtue of deed number 183, executed in San Juan, on March 26, 2010, before notary José Luis Amiama Laguardia. Recorded at page 154 of 276 of Luquillo, according to the 9th recording. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: FEDERAL TAX: Notification 420340220 for the amount of $20,602.27 versus José López, Social security XXX-XX-4054 recorded in Karibe, property number 10,879. 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 or preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal), or homeowner associations dues, to the extent specified under the applicable Condominium Law,

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shall continue in effect. It being understood 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 present property will be acquired free and clear of all junior liens. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2021 AT 10:40 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $87,954.00. In the event said first public auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2021 AT 10:40 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $58,648.67, 2/3 parts of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD AUCTION will be held on the SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2021 AT 10:40 A.M., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $43,977.00, ½ of the minimum bid for the 1st public sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 23rd, 2021. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, Special Master.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

CRISTOBAL PADILLA NAVEDO; SUCESIÓN DE ANGELA NAVEDO REYES COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS CRISTOBAL PADILLA NAVEDO, CECILIA PADILLA NAVEDO, EMILIA PADILLA NAVEDO Y CARMEN AMADO NAVEDO; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2019CV00008.

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

EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: CRISTOBAL PADILLA NAVEDO; SUCESIÓN DE ANGELA NAVEDO REYES COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS CRISTOBAL PADILLA NAVEDO, CECILIA PADILLA NAVEDO, EMILIA PADILLA NAVEDO Y CARMEN AMADO NAVEDO; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (“CRIM”)

Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, 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 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Vega Baja, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja 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 2021, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número Diecinueve (19) del Bloque “Q” de la URBANIZACIÓN RESIDENCIAL GUARICO del Municipio de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de TRESCIENTOS SEIS PUNTO CERO CERO (306.00) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, en VEINTICUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) METROS, con terrenos de la Caribe China, Inc.; por el SUR, en VEINTICUATRO PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) METROS, con el lote número

Dieciocho (18) del Bloque “Q”; por el ESTE, en DOCE PUNTO SETENTA Y CINCO (12.75) METROS, con la Calle “F” de la Urbanización; y por el OESTE, en DOCE PUNTO SETENTA Y CINCO (12.75) METROS, con terreno de Caribe China, Inc. Enclava una casa de hormigón armado y bloques de concreto de una sola planta diseñada para fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 74 del tomo 434 de Vega Baja, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta, finca 22,951, inscripción novena. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Extensión Guárico, Q19, F St., Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $91,602.27 de principal, intereses al 7.5% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $10,400.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $104,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $69,333.34 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $52,000.00. 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 Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 23 de junio de 2021. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

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to Rico, el 29 de julio de 2021.

SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ERIKA I. CRUZ PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE RINCÓN (ANTES COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE AÑASCO) Demandante V.

BRENDA CONCEPCIÓN MONTAZ (SOCIO NÚM. 108622)

Demandado(a) Civil: AÑ2020CV00153. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUTENCIA POR EDICTO. NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA A: BRENDA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSCONCEPCIÓN MONTAZ TANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL DE - 2708 ROCK ISLAND AGUADA

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LUNA ACQUISITION, LLC. APT. 230, IRVING, TEXAS Demandante Vs. 75060-2249.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le MADELINE notifican la sentencia por edicto) MATIAS ROSADO EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-

Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: RN2021CV00010.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MADELINE MATIAS ROSADO, FRANCISCO VILLA GARCIA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de junio de 2021, 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 29 de julio de 2021. En Aguada, Puer-

cribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de julio de 2021, 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 28 de julio de 2021. En Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 28 de julio de 2021. GUILLERMINA TORRES PAGÁN, SECRETARIA INTERINA. EVELYN PADILLA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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BANCO POPULAR DE

PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs.

MYRNA GONZÁLEZ CARTAGENA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV06031.

(604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MYRNA GONZÁLEZ CARTAGENA.

LA SECRETARIA que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de julio de 2021, 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 29 de julio de 2021.

En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSA MAGALY CANDELARIO CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante V.

CARMEN M. RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN RAMOS, T/C/C CARMEN M. RAMOS, T/C/C CARMEN RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS RAMOS; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandado(a) Civil: BY2020CV01897. 505.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA

POR EDICTO.

A: CARMEN M. RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN RAMOS, TIC/C CARMEN M. RAMOS, T/C/C CARMEN RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, T/C/C CARMEN MILAGROS RAMOS.

(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 22 de julio de 2021, 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 23 de julio de 2021. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 23 de julio de 2021. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MILITZA MERCADO RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ALPHA DEMOLITIONS, INC. Parte Demandante Vs.

ALTO GROUP, LLC, ET AL

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CCD2013-0557.

Sala: 401. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE PRENDA E HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 25 de mayo de 2017, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 7 de abril de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 9 de abril de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 14 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021

32 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Arecibo, Sala Superior, 553 Avenida José A. Cedeño, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Parcela radicada en el Barrio Bajuras, antes, hoy se conoce como Barrio Tierras Nuevas, del término municipal de Manatí, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 273,156.20 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 69.4985 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con Damaso Valdés, José Figueroa y Tomas Molini; por el SUR, con Ramon García; por el ESTE, con Arístides Caso, Sucesión Espino y Sucesión Valle; y por el OESTE, con la Carretera de Tierras Nuevas. Este es el remanente de la finca luego de varias segregaciones, según consta de la Escritura Número 51, otorgada en Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 29 de junio de 1989, ante la Notario Iris Marrero García, inscrita al folio 63 del tomo 603 de Manatí, finca número 2966, inscripción duodécima (12ma).

La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 24 del tomo 70 de Manatí, Finca número 2966, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Las escrituras de hipoteca constan inscritas al folio 63 del tomo 603 de Manatí, Finca número 2966, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Inscripción decimoquinta y décimo sexta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: PARCELA BARRIO BAJURAS (TIERRAS NUEVAS), MANATÍ, PUERTO RICO 00674. Subastas F e chas: Primera: 14 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana.

Tipo mínimo: $1,480,280.00.

Segunda: 21 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana. Tipo mínimo: $986,853.33.

Tercera: 28 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana. Tipo mínimo: $740,140.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $1,480,280.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 21 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:15 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, $986,853.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 28 DE OCTUBRE DE 2021 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $740,140.00. 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 $1,164,156.57 de principal, más los intereses que se acumulen desde el 19 de abril de 2016 hasta el pago total de la deuda, a razón de $166.28 diario. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se le 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. 2102015. 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 Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de junio de 2021.

WILLIAM LUGO GUZMÁN, ALGUACIL #720, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO.

The San Juan Daily Star

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

CHICO Y VICTOR RIVERA FIGUEROA

Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2021CV00345.

Sala Núm.: 403. Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: CARMEN CHICO. 143 Country Club Blvd, Apt 396 Worcester MA 01605.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Demanda ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la misma dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante este Tribunal y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte Demandante a la siguiente dirección: LCDO. LUIS SEVILLANO SÁNCHEZ PO BOX 141118, ARECIBO, PR 00614-1118 TEL.878-5132/FAX: 880-3073 sevillano@prtc.net Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha Demanda dentro del término antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y sello del Tribunal, hoy 04 de junio de 2021. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YANITZA IGLESIAS MALDONADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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

RAFAEL ÁNGEL CHICO DÍAZ Demandante Vs.

CARMEN CHICO, GERMAN ANTONIO CHICO DIAZ, VICTOR LUIS CHICO DIAZ, JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ CHICO, JORGE RODRIGUEZ CHICO Y VICTOR RIVERA FIGUEROA

Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2021CV00345.

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Sala Núm.: 403. Sobre: LIQUIDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- DACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. SALA DE ARECIBO ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRAFAEL ÁNGEL RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE CHICO DÍAZ LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL Demandante Vs. PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, CARMEN CHICO, SS.

LEGAL NOTICE

GERMAN ANTONIO A: VICTOR RIVERA CHICO DIAZ, VICTOR FIGUEROA. 1007 LUIS CHICO DIAZ, JOSE DELWOOD DRIVE, LUIS RODRIGUEZ CHICO, LONGVIEW TEXAS 75605.

JORGE RODRIGUEZ POR LA PRESENTE se le em-

dictado Sentencia o Sentencia Parcial 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 DIEZ DÍAS siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representado usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia o Sentencia Parcial, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de TREINTA 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 30 de julio de 2021. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, a 30 de julio de 2021. CARMEN TIRÚ GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL LEGAL NOTICE INTERINA. ADELAIDA LUGO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO PACHECO, SECRETARIA AUDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- XILIAR I. NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA LEGAL NOTICE TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUYAUCO WILMINGTON SAVINGS NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SUPERIOR DE CAFUND SOCIETY, FSB AS SALA GUAS plaza y se le notifica que una Demanda ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la misma dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante este Tribunal y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte Demandante a la siguiente dirección: LCDO. LUIS SEVILLANO SÁNCHEZ PO BOX 141118, ARECIBO, PR 00614-1118 TEL.878-5132/FAX: 880-3073 sevillano@prtc.net Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha Demanda dentro del término antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y sello del Tribunal, hoy 04 de junio de 2021. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YANITZA IGLESIAS MALDONADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST Demandante Vs

LA SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA GENOVEVA QUIÑONES JUSTINIANO COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandada Civil Núm.: GY2018CV00098.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

LEONAL ANTHONY GARCÍA GARCÍA T/C/C LEONAL GARCÍA GARCÍA

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2019CV01890.

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. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 30 de octubre de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 15 de enero de 2020 y el MandamienA: JOHN DOE Y to de Ejecución del 21 de enero JANE DOE COMO de 2020 en el caso de epígraPOSIBLES HEREDEROS fe, procederé a vender el día DESCONOCIDOS 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA CON INTERÉS EN en mi oficina, localizada en el LA SUCESIÓN; ISAÍ IRIZARRY QUIÑONES P/C Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Judicial de Caguas, LCDA. EDMY CORTIJO Centro Sala Superior, en la Carretera VILLOCK, 1515 SOUTH Número Uno (#1), Intersección FEDERAL HIGHWAY con la Número 189, Entrada SUITE 100, BOCA RATÓN, Norte, Urb. Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor FL 33432.

El Secretario(a) que suscribe en pago de contado y en mole notifica a usted que el 23 de neda de los Estados Unidos de julio de 2021, este Tribunal ha América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada

sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Solar Número Uno (1). Parcela de terreno, localizada en el Barrio Celada del término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 758.4230 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 31.50 metros, con la Comunidad conocida como Parcelas Nuevas de la Administración de Vivienda Rural; por el SUR, con el Solar Número Dos (2) a ser segregado de la finca principal; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 22.477 metros con Pedro José Díaz; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 21.710 metros, con parcela dedicada a uso público que muestra el Plano de inscripción. Edificación: Casa de concreto y bloque de cemento que mide 46’ de frente construida de Este a Oeste en la siguiente forma, en una distancia de 21’ de frente por 26’ de fondo.

Está localizada la marquesina para dos (2) automóviles, un medio baño, lavandería y área de usos múltiples y contigua a superficie está el área de casa propiamente que mide 25.6” de frente por 43’ de fondo que consta de balcón, tres (3) cuartos dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina y baño. Con un valor de $60,000.00. según consta de la Escritura Número Cinco (5), otorgada el 18 de enero de 2001, ante el Notario Carlos M. Palmer Ramos.

Inscrita a folio 137 del tomo 394 de Gurabo, Finca Número 14697, Inscripción tercera. La propiedad y la escritura de hipoteca constan inscritas al folio 137 del tomo 394 de Gurabo, Finca Número 14697, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección II. Inscripción octava.

DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: MONTE MORIAH, 1 CALLE 1, BARRIO CELADA, GURABO, PR 00778. SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $157,102.00.

SEGUNDA: 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $104,734.66. TERCERA: 16 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $78,551.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $157,102.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021, 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, $104,734.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA día 16 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021, 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, $78,551.00. 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 suma de $132,357.27 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.5% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $247.98 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $15,710.20 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Leonal Anthony García García también conocido como Leonal García García (soltero), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso civil número CG2019CV01890, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $132,357.27 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 28 de mayo de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Gurabo. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo deseaba. 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. 2102015. 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de junio de 2021.

ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

GILBERTO JOSÉ SANTIAGO CHÉVERE, MARIE ISABEL GUIVAS BENÍTEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2019CV01133.

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. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 15 de octubre de 2019, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 4 de marzo de 2020 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 5 de marzo de 2020 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Superior, en la Carretera Número Uno (#1), Intersección con la Número 189, Entrada Norte, Urb. Bairoa, Caguas, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa de Castro, situada en el Barrio Tomás de Castro del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de dicha Urbanización con el número, área y colindancia que se relacionan a continuación: Número del Solar: Diecinueve (19) del bloque MM. Área del Solar: 213.36 metros cuadra-

The San Juan Daily Star dos. En lindes por el NORTE, en 24.00 metros, con el Solar Número Dieciocho (18) del bloque MM; por el SUR, en 24.00 metros, con el Solar Número Veinte (20) del bloque MM; por el ESTE, en 8.91 metros, con la Calle Número Ochocientos (800); y por el OESTE, en 8.87 metros, con área dedicada a edificios multipisos. Sobre este solar enclava una casa de concreto reforzado destinada a vivienda para una familia.

La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 24 del tomo 1130 de Caguas, Finca Número 38866, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca y su modificación constan inscritas al folio 124 del tomo 1751 de Caguas, Finca Número 38866, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. Inscripción cuarta y quinta, respectivamente. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: ALTURAS DEL TURABO (VILLAS DE CASTRO), MM19 CALLE 800, CAGUAS, PR 00725-4719. SUBASTAS: PRIMERA: 1 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $99,216.00. SEGUNDA: 8 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $66,144.00. TERCERA: 16 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. TIPO MÍNIMO: $49,608.00.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $99,216.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 8 de noviembre de 2021, a las 9:00 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, $66,144.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta día 16 de noviembre de 2021, a las 9:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $49,608.00. 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. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Gilberto José Santiago Chévere y su esposa, María Isabel Guivas Benítez, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el Caso Civil Número CG2019CV01133, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecu-

ción de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $89,443.73 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 3 de abril de 2019. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Caguas. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $89,443.73 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 3.625% anual desde el 1 de agosto de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $551.56 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,944.37 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato de préstamo. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes. 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. 2102015. 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 22 de junio de 2021.

ALBERTO NEGRÓN ROMÁN, ALGUACIL PLACA #435, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA da planta tiene acceso indeCENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYA- pendiente y consta de 2 cuarMÓN SALA SUPERIOR. tos dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, 1 baño y terraza, según Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation inscripción 4ª. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrit/c/c Freddie Mac ta en el Folio 230 del Tomo 182 Demandante v. de Dorado, finca número 9027, Juan R. Burgos Ortiz, en el Registro de la Propiedad Carmen Maldonado de Bayamón, Sección Cuarta.

Figueroa y la sociedad El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes legal de bienes gananciales compuesta relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es por ambos decir la suma de $170,000.00.

Demandados Si no hubiere remate ni adjuCIVIL NÚM: BY2020CV00856. dicación en la primera subasta SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIdel inmueble mencionado, se POTECA POR LA VÍA ORDIcelebrará una segunda subasta NARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASen las oficinas del Alguacil sala TA. El Alguacil que suscribe 503 que suscribe el día 4 de por la presente CERTIFICA, octubre de 2021, a las 3:15 de ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: la tarde. En la segunda subasta Que en cumplimiento de un que se celebre servirá de tipo Mandamiento de Ejecución de mínimo las dos terceras partes Sentencia que le ha sido dirigi(2/3) del precio pactado en la do al Alguacil que suscribe por primera subasta, o sea la suma la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE de $113,333.33. Si tampoco PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENhubiere remate ni adjudicación TRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN en la segunda subasta se ceSALA SUPERIOR, en el caso lebrará una tercera subasta en de epígrafe procederá a venlas oficinas del Alguacil sala der en pública subasta al mejor 503 que suscribe el día 12 de postor quién pagará de contado octubre de 2021, a las 3:15 de y en moneda de curso legal de la tarde. Para la tercera subasta los Estados Unidos de Amériservirá de tipo mínimo la mitad ca, giro postal o por cheque de (1/2) del precio pactado para gerente a nombre del Alguacil el caso de ejecución, o sea, la del Tribunal de Primera Instansuma de $85,000.00. La hipocia el día 27 de septiembre de teca a ejecutarse en el caso 2021, a las 11:15 de la mañana de epígrafe fue constituida meen su oficina sita en el local que diante la escritura número 405, ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUotorgada el día 30 de noviemNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANbre de 2007, ante el Notario CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE Jorge Garcia Soto y consta insBAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR crita en el Folio 136 del Tomo SALA 503, todo derecho, títu243 de Dorado, finca número lo e interés que tenga la parte 9027, en el Registro de la Prodemandada de epígrafe en el piedad de Bayamón, Sección inmueble de su propiedad que Cuarta, inscripción décima. Diubica en Urb. Golden Hills, 2 cha subasta se llevará a cabo Calle Luna, Dorado, PR 00646 para con su producto satisfacer y que se describe a continuaal Demandante total o parcialción: RÚSTICA: Parcela de mente según sea el caso el terreno, radicada en el Barrio importe de la Sentencia que ha Espinosa del término municipal obtenido ascendente a la suma de Dorado, Puerto Rico, marde $139,758.20 por concepto cada con el solar número dos de principal, más intereses al (2) en el plano de inscripcion tipo pactado de 6.000% anual levantado para Juan Gerena desde el día 1 de agosto de Molina, con una cabida super2018. Dichos intereses contificial de 605.248 metros cuanúan acumulándose hasta el drados, equivalentes a 0.0154 pago total de la obligación. Se cuerdas; y en lindes, por el pagarán también los cargos NORTE, con Berrios Developpor demora equivalentes a ment Corporation; por el SUR, 5.000% de la suma de aquellos con franja de terreno dedicado pagos con atrasos en exceso a uso público; por el ESTE, con de 15 días calendarios de la el solar número tres del mismo fecha vencimiento, la suma de proyecto; por el OESTE, con $17,000.00 para costas, gasel solar número uno del mismo tos y honorarios de abogado, proyecto. Sobre esta finca se la suma de $17,000.00 para ha edificado una estructura de cubrir los intereses en adición una planta con propósitos resia los garantizados por ley y la denciales durante el año 1990 suma de $17,000.00 para cubrir y sobre esta construyeron una cualquier otro adelanto que se segunda planta en el año 1994 haga en virtud de la escritura que a continuación se describe: de hipoteca, más intereses seEstructura de dos plantas en LEGAL NOTICE gún provisto por la regla 44.3 hormigón armado y bloques M&T de las de Procedimiento Civil. de uso residencial. La primera 54439 Que los autos y todos los doplanta consta de 3 dormitorios, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO cumentos correspondientes al 2 baños, sala, comedor, cocina DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUProcedimiento incoado estarán y marquesina doble. La segun-

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble 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 de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. 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 por la presente se notifica, 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. EMBARGO ESTATAL: Anotado sobre esta finca, como perteneciente a Ruben Moyeno Cintrón y Carmen Maldonado Figueroa, por concepto de contribuciones sobre ingresos, por la suma de $77,442.10, según Certificación de fecha 9 de octubre de 2018, expedido por Colector de Rentas Internas. Anotada el 11 de octubre de 2018 al asiento 2018-008339-EST del Libro de Embargos Estatales Karibe.

AVISO DE DEMANDA: Presentada el 24 de febrero de 2020, al asiento 2020-017665-BY04, Demanda de fecha 14 de febrero de 2020, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, en el caso civil número BY2020CV00856, seguido por Firstbank Puerto Rico vs. Juan R. Burgos Ortiz y Carmen Maldonado Figueroa, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca IN REM, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $139,758.20, y

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otras cantidades, o la venta en pública subasta de la propiedad. Pendiente de anotación.

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 mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de julio de 2021. fdo.)

JOSÉ F. MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, PLACA #131.

Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle más.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL , en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretario(a) del Tribuna l/ Por: MARIA A. RAMOS VIERA, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOT ICE

Demandadas CIVIL NÚM.: HU2021CV00770.

SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS,

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

REINALDO CORTES HUERTAS Demandante vs.

ESTHER TAVERAS RAMON

Demandado CIVIL NÚM. SJ2021RF00967.

SALÓN: 701. SOBRE: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE) EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: ESTHER TAVERAS RAMON CALLE DOVER 1413, CAPARRA TERRACE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00920.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Demanda ha sido presentada en su contra, la cual obra en el expediente del Honorable Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan en el caso de epígrafe, y se le requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante por conducto de sus abogados: VAZQUEZ & ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICES LCDA. ROSAL VAZQUEZ LOPEZ RUA 17843 379 Calle Cesar González Hato Rey, San Juan, PR 00918 Tel (787) 766-0949 / Fax (787) 771-2425 Email : vazguezyasocíadospr@gmaii.com

nal 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 BERMUDEZ DIAZ & SÁNCHEZ LLP Edificio Ochoa Suite 200 500 Calle De La Tanca LEGAL NOTICE San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 TeL: (787) 523-2670 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Fax: (787) 523-2664 DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUrdíaz@bdslawpr.com NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Expido este edicto bajo mi SALA DE HUMACAO, firma y el sello de este TribuBANCO POPULAR DE nal, hoy 23 de JULIO de 2021.

PUERTO RICO, INC., Dominga Gomez Fuster, Sec Regional. Michelle Guevara de Demandante, V. Leon, Sec Auxiliar.

PEDRO DÁVILA

CARRIÓN, ZULMA ROMÁN ROSARIO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, JOHN DOE,

A: JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARÉ como tenedor desconocido de Pagaré por la cantidad de $148,000.00 a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, en el cual se garantizaba la hipoteca constituida por la escritura 489 otorgada en San Juan el 27 de octubre de 1997, ante el notario Jose David Medina Rivera, inscrita a la finca 21,193, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Primera Sección de Humacao.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestarla 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 Tribu-

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

ARMINA JIMENEZ LOPEZ Vs

ORIENTAL BANK, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

Civil Núm.: SJ2021V03350.

(603). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE

EL SECRETARIO (A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de julio de 2021, 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 esta. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los diez (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 29 de julio de 2021. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOHANNA RODRÍGUEZ BENÍTEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Camacho-Quinn: 100 hurdles win, PR’s first gold in track, a source of ‘hope’

By VICTOR MATHER

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asmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the women’s 100-meter hurdles Monday morning, beating Kendra Harrison of the United States, the worldrecord holder.

Camacho-Quinn, a University of Kentucky graduate, was the favorite coming in on the strength of a perfect season and an Olympic record of 12.26 seconds in the semifinal. But Harrison had the experience and had gotten the best of her in their meetings over the years.

Camacho-Quinn broke fast, then

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico, right, charged toward gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles on Monday at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

powered away after halfway to win comfortably in 12.37 seconds. Harrison was second in 12.52, three-hundredths of a second ahead of Megan Tapper of Jamaica.

It was only the second Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico, following Monica Puig’s win in women’s tennis at the 2016 Games. It was Puerto Rico’s first gold in track and its second medal in the sport, after a bronze in the men’s 400 hurdles for Javier Culson in 2012.

“I am pretty sure everybody is excited” in Puerto Rico, Camacho-Quinn said. “For such a small country, it gives

little people hope. I am just glad I am the person to do that.”

Camacho-Quinn had hit a hurdle and failed to qualify from the semifinals of the event in 2016. Her brother, Robert Quinn, is an outside linebacker for the Chicago Bears.

Harrison had been a medal favorite in 2016 but failed to qualify at the Olympic trials that July, before setting the world record at 12.20 later that month.

“I missed out in 2016, so to come here and get a medal for my country, I couldn’t be happier,” she said Monday.

Muhammad set the standard for hurdling. Now she looks to defend her gold.

By BEDEL SAGET, EMILY RHYNE, NOAH THROOP, AARON BYRD and ANDREW SONDERN

W

hen she began the Olympic trials in June, Dalilah Muhammad held the world record in the 400-meter hurdles — a grueling track-and-field race of 10 hurdles.

But she lost it to Sydney McLaughlin at the U.S. trials in Eugene, Oregon, when she finished in second place.

The Tokyo Games represent Muhammad’s chance to defend her 2016 Olympic gold medal in a highly anticipated event packed with talent. On Monday, she won her semifinal heat in 53.30. McLaughlin won a separate heat in 53.03 as the U.S. teammates clocked the top two semifinals times going into today’s final (10:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

The only other sub-54-second time in Monday’s semifinals was a 53.91 clocked by Femke Bol of the Netherlands. Rounding out the field in the final are a third U.S. teammate, Anna Cockrell, two hurdlers from the Ukraine, and one each from Jamaica and Panama.

“I always thought the sky is the limit.

And as a child, I truly felt that way. Anything to me was achievable,” Muhammad said. “Even when I was eighth in my first race, I thought, ‘One day I’m going to be first.’”

Muhammad, 31, grew up in Jamaica,

New York. She was “running before she was walking,” her mother, Nadirah Muhammad, said.

Dalilah Muhammad joined a local running club at a young age, and in her early races she developed an analytical approach to the sport, breaking down competitors’ performances to improve her own.

This year, Muhammad has faced a number of setbacks, including hamstring injuries and contracting the coronavirus.

Now she is working to regain her old form. We went to the Athletic Performance Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, to see how she was preparing.

Out of the blocks: Precise form At the starting blocks, Muhammad focuses on raising her body up into the ideal set position.

“There’s a perfect angle you want to get to have a perfect start,” Muhammad said.

Precision is essential from her first strides out of the blocks. Those first dozen strides build speed, dictate her step pattern and determine her approach to the hurdles.

“You can build great speed and acceleration to the first hurdle and be out of position,” said Lawrence (Boogie) Johnson, her coach. “That can kill everything.”

Over the hurdles: Maintaining mechanics Muhammad maintains her speed by

keeping her body movements consistent between sprinting and hurdling.

“What we try to do is not let hurdle mechanics deviate too far from sprint mechanics,” Johnson said.

Muhammad, who brings a sprintfirst approach to the sport, is known for pushing the pace early in a race, typically leading by two strides when she reaches the second hurdle.

“I think she set the standard for what it looks like,” Johnson said. “And I think moving forward, we’ll see more athletes kind of adapt to the way that we set up this race and how we program her race strategy.”

Choreographed until the finish: Overcoming fatigue Her 15-stride pattern allows her to lead with her dominant leg over the first seven hurdles.

Across the race’s 10 hurdles, Muhammad spends only 0.32 of a second in the air, about 20% less than her competitors.

Around the eighth hurdle, fatigue slows her down, and she adds an extra step to lead with her nondominant leg.

Even though her stamina falters, her form does not.

For the ninth or 10th hurdle, she adds another step to return to her dominant leg in preparation for the final sprint.

After the 10th and final hurdle, 40 meters remain between her and the

finish line. With fatigue gripping every racer, good form can easily break down.

The race often comes down to the athlete who slows down the least and sprints through the finish line.

In Tokyo, Muhammad faces pressure to retain her gold medal and possibly recapture the world record. But the event, she said, is about more than this.

“We talk so much about being at the pinnacle of your career. For me, it doesn’t feel like the top,” Muhammad said. “For me, it just feels like it’s part of the journey, and the journey is not over yet.”

U.S. hurdler Dalilah Muhammad

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How a Cuban emigre became a Polish volleyball god

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

T

here are roughly 11,000 athletes at the Olympics in Tokyo, each with a story. Here is one of them, about the world’s greatest volleyball player.

He is an adopted son of Poland, born 28 years ago in Cuba. If that sounds curious, here is a hint about the explanation: The protests over the lack of food and other basic human needs that took place across Cuba last month also have a lot to do with the story of Wilfredo León, the latest and one of the greatest Cuban sporting exports, one more star athlete his nation has lost to the riches of modern sports.

“In Cuba, they tell you when you are growing up that all the great champions of the past have suffered through these conditions, that the suffering will help you become the best,” León said from his Warsaw home as he prepared to travel to Tokyo.

“It is not true. To give your best you need good facilities, a nice place where you can rest, good food, doctors. That is the only way you can have a long sporting life.”

León, the star outside hitter for his professional team in Italy and more recently for Poland, has long been considered one of the top volleyball players in the world.

But this is the first time he is competing for his adopted homeland at an Olympics, because of the protracted processes he had to endure: first, to get permission to leave Cuba and then to become eligible to represent Poland at the Games.

His presence on its national team has made Poland a gold medal contender, and it went 4-1 in preliminary-round play in no small part because of León.

Poland plays France in a quarterfinal match today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

At 6-foot-8, León elevates so high and so quickly that it can look as if his knees are level with the bottom of the net. He also has the rare ability to use his jump-serve as an offensive weapon: In his first Olympic matches, León’s serve kept knocking to the floor opponents who tried to defend it.

He is always lurking, then suddenly flying from the back or side of the court to finish off a point. He is impossible to ignore, but overplaying can be perilous, because he is also the ultimate decoy. During a tight third set against Japan last week, with the score tied at 24 and Poland looking to close out the match, three Japanese players drifted over to prepare to defend León, only to

At 6 feet 8 inches, Wilfredo León’s ability to elevate quickly makes him a formidable foe. watch the ball go to his teammate, Bartosz Kurek, who spiked the ball into the open court. A point later, the match was over.

León said that when he began playing with Cuba’s junior national team, there were 10 players around his age who were nearly as good as he was. After two years, eight of them had quit. Other Cuban stars, who could have made up a seriously impressive Cuban national team, are now scattered across the globe, including Yoandy Leal, who plays for Brazil, and Osmany Juantorena and Ángel Dennis, who represent Italy.

Similar to other Cuban stars, León said he had multiple citizenship offers after he left the island nation in 2014, with some including a significant amount of money. He chose Poland mainly because he had a Polish girlfriend, Malgorzata León, who is now his wife and the mother of his two children, and because Poland loves volleyball.

“I was not interested in using my private life as a business plan,” he said. “You must choose a country because you love a country.”

Volleyball, though, was his first love, ever since his parents signed him up for a recreational program to keep him off the streets of Santiago de Cuba. By 11, León was playing in tournaments abroad for the junior national team.

He was also living for long stretches on the top floor of a dormitory where rain poured through the ceiling and he had to lug two buckets of water from a nearby well up four flights of stairs to bathe or do his laundry.

By 14, León had sprouted to 6-foot-4 and was asked to begin training with the senior team. Conditions were somewhat better after that, he said, but not much.

He had already competed in Mexico City, where he saw restaurants and stores teeming with food and clothing, and knew a better life might be within his reach.

In 2011, a teammate who owed a favor to a Polish journalist asked León to give her an interview. That interview, which was conducted online, led to a few more online talks with the same reporter, and then a meeting at the World League tournament in Gdansk, in northern Poland.

“After four days spent together, we knew there was a special bond between us,” said Malgorzata León, who was the reporter.

Wilfredo and Malgorzata tried to keep in touch over the internet, but Cuba’s spotty Wi-Fi network made that difficult. They met up at a few more international tournaments in 2012 but struggled to maintain contact.

The breaking point for León came af-

ter the World League tournament that year, where he saw Malgorzata and helped his team to a bronze medal on a severely sprained ankle. When he was back in Cuba, he was forced into 45 days of military training, marching and crawling through the mud of the forest with little food.

In 2013, he told Cuban officials he would no longer play for the national team and asked for permission to move abroad. It took a year, until early 2014, for the government to give him his passport so that he could travel to Poland. He played no volleyball for nearly 18 months, then signed on with clubs in Russia and Qatar during the next three years before joining Sir Safety Perugia, one of the top teams in Italy, in 2018.

It wasn’t until 2019 that he became eligible to play for Poland’s national team and to represent a country of roughly 38 million people whose populace is overwhelmingly white. León is one of a few thousand Black residents.

León said his adopted home has embraced him. Now he wants nothing more than to bring it a gold medal, building his legacy in the game he loves.

“It is a sport where you have to have an open mind and help your teammates so you can fly with the others,” he said. “It is a simple game, but only if everyone works to move like one.”

Poland has not won an Olympic gold medal, or even reached the gold medal match, since 1976, but its people have long loved the game. It is likely the second most-popular sport in Poland, behind soccer. León, who chose Poland as his home nation in part because of that culture, has elevated the sport to another level.

Kevin Barnett, a two-time Olympian and volleyball commentator for NBC Sports, said his former teammate, Vital Heynen, who now coaches Poland’s national team, told him that he no longer had to battle basketball for the country’s best big athletes. “They’re all choosing volleyball,” Barnett said.

Despite losing its opening match, Heynen said the team was rounding into form.

“Eight perfect matches is too much for anyone,” Heynen said after Poland’s victory over Japan in pool play. “What is most important is to see things are getting better. We are starting to have that Olympic fire.”

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A track built for speed is already producing records

By TARIQ PANJA

T

he clock stationed just past the finish line flashed 10.60 seconds and the letters “NEW OR,” meaning “new Olympic record,” when Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won the women’s 100 meters on Saturday night.

Thompson-Herah had not only retained the 100-meter Olympic title she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, but she had done so by shattering Florence Griffith Joyner’s record set in 1988. (Thompson-Herah’s official time in the record books is 10.61.)

One day later, Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy produced an even more stunning time — 9.80 seconds — to win the men’s 100, becoming the surprise winner of the race to supplant Usain Bolt as the world’s fastest man.

Jacobs was little known before storming to the fastest time in an Olympic final by a man not named Bolt.

Both runners beamed after their races. But so did an anonymous figure dressed in a shirt and slacks in a seat overlooking the track: Andrea Vallauri, international manager for Mondo, the Olympic track supplier.

He is responsible for supplying the world’s fastest runners with the world’s fastest track. And his surface already has world records under threat.

Since Friday — the first day of the track and field competition — records and personal bests have tumbled.

Heat after heat, the scoreboard has flashed notations indicating that personal bests or national records have been eclipsed.

Six women ran under 11 seconds in the women’s 100 final, including Shericka Jackson, whose 10.76 was the fastest third-place finish at an Olympics. On Sunday, Jacobs, an unheralded sprinter who had specialized in the long jump until 2018, set a European record in the men’s 100 final.

“It’s new for Tokyo,” Vallauri said of the track’s lightning-fast surface.

“We had a special ambition to come up with something different.”

While Olympic Stadium, designed

by Kengo Kuma, has won praise for the way the giant bowl laced with

The springy surface at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo has been compared to a trampoline.

“You can feel the bounce,” one runner said. wooden eaves has allowed it to blend into its surroundings, none of that really matters to the athletes performing inside it. What is far more important to many of them is the surface they are required to sprint, hop, skip and jump on.

For Vallauri, the early signs from the track competition have been an Olympic triumph of a different sort.

Mondo, which has now designed 12 Olympic tracks, spent almost three years coming up with the surface in use in Tokyo: road testing different versions, sourcing materials, experimenting with different kinds of rubber.

Along the way, Mondo asked athletes for their preference, the equivalent of a taste test of a new recipe for a familiar soft drink.

The answers the company received, Vallauri said, were unanimous.

“The feedback from the athletes was the same,” he said. “This one.”

Armed with that feedback, designers at the Mondo factory in Alba, Italy, near Turin, experimented with different types of rubber before incorporating three-dimensional granules in their final design. The surface that resulted, according to Vallauri, allows shock absorption and energy return “like a trampoline.”

Those who have run on it have said the same.

“You can feel the bounce,” said Sydney McLaughlin, a favorite in the women’s 400-meter hurdles. “Some tracks just absorb your bounce and your motion; this one regenerates it and gives it back to you.”

Thompson-Herah suggested that had she not begun her celebration a few yards before the finish line, she

might have threatened Griffith Joyner’s world record of 10.49. “I could have gone faster if I wasn’t pointing and celebrating early,” she said.

Her performance mirrored others across the first two days of competition: Times have exceeded expectations.

In a sport with recurring issues of doping, standout performances can fall under suspicion. But Vallauri and athletes say the “bouncy” track, as several described it, is playing a big role (along with high-performance shoes and even the hot summer air).

Vallauri said he expected the $1.5 million track to offer a benefit of as much as 2% to competitors. When records are broken by hundredths of a second, that could be the difference.

Marie-Josée Ta Lou of Ivory Coast was in a state of disbelief after learning how fast she had run in the first round of the 100-meter heats on Friday. “I really didn’t expect to run as fast as I just did,” she said. She went on to finish fourth in the final.

After easing through her heat on Saturday, McLaughlin, 21, suggested the Tokyo track was a threat to the history books.

“A world record is possible,” she said of the hurdles. “It is a really great group of girls, so I wouldn’t put it past anybody to go out and do it.”

Developments in track technology, like the advancements in shoe design, have raised questions about how much assistance athletes should be allowed, and whether it was fair that records set in different conditions are now at risk.

To mitigate some of those advantages, track and field’s governing body, World Athletics, has stipulated limits for tracks akin to those in place for shoes, including limits on the range of shock absorption, energy return and thickness.

To Vallauri, though, the mission is a simple one: provide a surface on which Olympic athletes can thrive, whatever their discipline, whatever their status. He likened the track to the tires in the elite Formula 1 racing series.

“If the tire is the same for all the cars, then it’s fair,” he said.

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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 38

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GAMES

HOROSCOPE Aries

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Rather than be held back by your limitations, be curious about them, Aries. With the healing power of Chiron on the field, it’s time to question the hold they have over you and what you might do about it.

Firstly, try not to give them too much attention, and instead focus on what you can do, on your creativity and your pioneering spirit. Plus, a chat with a friend could be helpful.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

The current star map is encouraging you not to be too hard on yourself, Libra. You may be blaming yourself for things that are going wrong, when it’s nobody’s fault in particular. Over this week, it’s time to get things off your chest and share this issue with someone you trust. Their perspective can help you find a sense of balance, and find ways to help you to change things.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Need help to reorganize your workload? A dream or powerful insight could gift you with answers that if acted on, might make life easier. If it seems that there is nothing you can do, then think again. There are endless possibilities open to you, you just need to see them and act on them. Your time is valuable Taurus, so focus on activities that feed your best goals and dreams.

It can seem you have an insurmountable problem on your hands, but it might be the opportunity of a lifetime. If something isn’t working, then you may have to think out of the box or get advice from someone who has overcome this issue. There is a way around it, and when you find out, you could wonder why you put up with this. This is likely the breakthrough you need.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

In public, you may be very charismatic and appealing, and this can help you move forward with your plans. At home though, you might have reservations which could prevent you from doing as much as you’d like to take steps forward. Someone’s remarks may be enough to inspire you to shift gears, and could act as a catalyst enabling you to move through any fears to success.

Is there anything you can’t do, Archer? There may be one thing you have some resistance to, and you can be very aware of it over coming days. Perhaps it’s your focus on the word ‘€œcan’t’€ that makes it seem impossible. If you go for baby-steps, then it could get things moving. Just start with the easiest part of your difficult task, and soon enough, excellent progress will be made.

You’ve got what it takes to enhance your income, although you might not feel this way over coming days. If there are financial constraints on you, these could seem burdensome. Yet if you’re willing to try a new route, a fresh solution may resolve this matter very swiftly. It can involve a major learning curve and be uncomfortable, but it could bring relief fast, Cancer.

Have a brilliant idea? A desire to be careful with your cash could stop you in your tracks, and leave you feeling that it’s out of reach. Start with what you can afford, as even a small beginning might lead to great things, Capricorn. You’re generally known for your patience and perseverance, and a little of both may see you doing well over coming months and enjoying success.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Not everyone will like everything you do Leo, and you could feel this very keenly over coming days.

Don’t take it personally though, as it’s a fact of life.

If you have something major to accomplish, it might mean ruffling a few feathers in order to do what you have to do. Once others catch on and see what a success you’re making of this, they may think very differently about it.

While other people may be spurring you on, you could have doubts about how capable you are of achieving something. Even so, the current line-up suggests you might have no choice but to go ahead anyway. Focusing on the outcome you want can make it easier to get there. It will enable ideas to bubble up that might not have, if you’re too aware of what could go wrong.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

With energy levels continuing to rise and jovial Jupiter spurring you on, things are looking up. You may have difficulties if you’re sticking to a routine that’s keeping you stuck in a rut. Are you craving something different but feel uncertain how to make it happen? Things won’t change overnight, but gradual steps in the direction of your dreams can soon take you there, Virgo.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

It may seem that certain issues are too difficult for you to resolve yourself, in which case, don’t try.

It’s better to reach out to someone, despite any uncomfortable feelings, as this will get things moving.

If you’ve felt stuck for a long time, this state could continue until you do something. And progress hinges around this, Pisces. Don’t keep putting this off.

Make a point to start now.

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Wizard of Id

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