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By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has requested explanations from Genera PR about the lack of fuel conversion infrastructure in the temporary generating units installed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) after Hurricane Fiona.

The regulatory body has questioned Genera, the private operator of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power plants, about the lack of necessary infrastructure so the plants can operate using diesel or natural gas.

In a resolution and order, the PREB stated that “the temporary generating units installed by FEMA and USACE at the Palo Seco and San Juan Power Plants were designed to primarily operate on natural gas, with diesel as a backup, from the moment of their installation.”

Furthermore, in response to media reports regarding the availability of natural gas supplies, the PREB found that Genera lacks the infrastructure needed to switch from natural gas to diesel in the temporary units, despite ongoing claims to the contrary.

As a result, the PREB has given Genera 10 days to explain why the necessary infrastructure for switching fuels is unavailable, particularly in light of the natural gas shortage and Genera’s repeated assertions that the units are dual-fuel.

Additionally, the PREB has ordered both Genera and PREPA to submit monthly reports starting on Aug. 15. The reports must detail any incidents or limitations related to the inability to switch fuels, the impact of such limitations, technical documentation, and measures taken or planned to address those issues, as well as the results of any claims associated with the natural gas supply contract.

The reports should also include “all instances in which

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Palo Seco Power Plant in Toa Baja

diesel has been used instead of natural gas since the beginning of the contract, the causes of each incident, corrective actions taken, and evidence of claims made under the contract,” as stated in the resolution and order.

The PREB reiterated its responsibility to ensure regulatory compliance and the prudent use of public funds.

“One of the most important roles of the Energy Bureau, as the regulator of the electrical system, is to ensure compliance,” the PREB noted. “Therefore, it must take all necessary actions and make regulatory determinations to ensure that its regulated entities provide safe, reliable, and reasonably priced electric service.”

The temporary units installed at the Palo Seco and San Juan plants were authorized to operate until March 15, 2024. However, due to the ongoing need for energy backup, FEMA allocated over $335 million to extend their operation until December of this year.

The document also warns Genera and PREPA that failure to comply with the resolution and order will result in fines.

accused of killing marine biologist in Yauco is jailed

By THE STAR STAFF

man was jailed Thursday after Judge Adria Cruz Cruz of the Ponce Court of First Instance found cause for arrest on five criminal charges related to the slaying of marine biologist Roberto Viqueira Ríos, which occurred at his residence in Yauco.

The island Department of Justice reported that prosecutors Natalia Pizarro Pérez and Alberto Flores Bermúdez filed charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, discharging or pointing a firearm, and aggravated burglary, under the Puerto Rico Penal Code and the Weapons Law,

against Eduardo Meléndez Velázquez, 45, a resident of Yauco.

According to the investigation by police officer Ivelisse Maldonado Echevarría from the Homicide Division of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the defendant entered the residence of the biologist and his wife, fired a firearm, causing the death of Viqueira Ríos and endangering the life of the 43-year-old woman.

The judge imposed bail of $1.75 million. When Meléndez Velázquez failed to post the sum, he was immediately imprisoned.

The preliminary hearing in the case was scheduled for Monday, July 29.

Governor enacts law to make tax exemptions more flexible for nonprofits

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed Law 64-2025 on Thursday, which makes the process for granting state tax exemptions to nonprofit organizations previously recognized by the Internal Revenue Service more flexible and streamlined, thus harmonizing the local system with the federal system.

“Nonprofit organizations do extraordinary work addressing social, educational, cultural, and humanitarian needs, channeling resources to transform lives and communities,” González Colón said in a written statement. “With this new law, we are acting to support them and make their tax filing easier.” Act 64-2025, approved by way of House Bill 498, amends Section 1101.01 of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 2011. It authorizes the Treasury secretary to grant automatic state exemptions to federally recognized entities under Section 501(c)(3) if doing so serves the best public interest. The legislation also extends favorable tax treatment to asso-

ciations that manage residential or mixed-use properties. It also authorizes the Treasury Department to establish administrative procedures to expedite the processing of exemption applications.

Present during the signing were: Speaker of the House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Núñez, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Migdalia Padilla Alvelo and House Finance Committee Chairman Eddie Charbonier Chinea. Representatives from SER de Puerto Rico, the Flamboyán Foundation, United Way Puerto Rico, the Titín Foundation, the Food Bank, Puerto Rico Philanthropy, the Youth Development Institute, and other faith-based organizations also attended.

The legislation fulfills a programmatic commitment of the González Colón administration and responds to complaints from the third sector about the bureaucratic burden of obtaining state exemptions, even when they already had federal exemptions in place.

The governor also signed into law measures 65-2025 and

66-2025, aimed at improving the tax system for employers and extending tax incentives for residential property rentals, respectively.

Law 64-2025 makes the process for granting state tax exemptions to nonprofit organizations previously recognized by the Internal Revenue Service more flexible and streamlined.

Law banning gender affirming treatments for minors meets with strong opposition

By THE STAR STAFF

In a controversial move, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has signed legislation prohibiting gender-affirming treatments such as hormone therapy and surgeries for transgender individuals under the age of 21 in Puerto Rico.

The decision has been met with strong opposition from activists. The new law, enacted on Wednesday, imposes severe penalties on violators, including a 15-year prison sentence, a $50,000 fine, and the revocation of all medical licenses and permits for involved staff. The legislation cites the vulnerability of minors in making decisions with irreversible consequences, asserting that it is the state’s responsibility to ensure their overall well-being. Critics argue that the law unfairly targets transgender youth and undermines their right to access necessary healthcare. LGBTQ+ advocacy groups have promised to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation in court, asserting that it is both cruel and inhumane.

Public Affairs Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo, center, stated that minors under 21 who have already begun gender affirming treatments are allowed to continue those treatments in private hospitals.

Following the signing of Act 63-2025, Public Affairs Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo stated on Radio Isla that minors under 21 who have already begun gender-affirming treatments are allowed to continue those treatments in private hospitals.

“People who have already started this treatment can continue it

because the law is prospective,” he said. “That is, if you haven’t started another treatment, you cannot begin one now. However, if you were already undergoing this type of treatment, you can continue receiving it in a private institution that does not receive public funds.”

“We are emphasizing that our administration’s public policy is to protect minors from this type of treatment,” the official added. Carlos Díaz Vélez, president of the Puerto Rico Physicians and Surgeons Association, criticized the governor’s signing of Senate Bill 350, highlighting the negative implications the legislation may have for healthcare professionals and transgender youth.

“Many of these decisions can even endanger lives, as the medications are administered in a deceptive manner to patients whose bodies are already adapting,” he emphasized. “Changes are occurring in the body, and reversing them can lead to consequences and complications that may be worse than the original situation. This is a problem of interference without proper consultation with experts.”

Education Dept. launches free construction credential program at 3 tech institutes

By THE STAR STAFF

Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés announced on Thursday the launch of the Construction Credential Program at the San Juan, Manatí, and Guayama Technological Institutes, available free of charge to individuals over 18 years of age.

“We have already offered this course and it has been a success,” Ramos Parés stated in a written statement. “We have offered opportunities to people of all ages who want to undertake entrepreneurship and expand their knowledge.”

The course includes 100 hours of training between July and August and covers topics such as blueprint reading, use of hand and power tools, block assembly, plastering, mold making, and slab installation, among others.

No previous experience or education is required to participate. Interested applicants should complete an online application and contact the corresponding institutes for more information: San Juan (787-764-2483), Manatí (787-854-2250) and Guayama (787-864-0354).

The initiative is part of the Education Department’s efforts to offer practical educational alternatives in high-demand, short-duration programs.

Puerto Rico to hold World Paella Day Cup Qualifier this weekend

By THE STAR STAFF

This Saturday, 10 Puerto Rican chefs will compete in the 2025 World Paella Day Cup Qualifier, a competition that celebrates local culinary talent and showcases the island’s ability to excel on the international stage.

Among the participants is Christopher Eugene González Caro, a talented young chef with Down syndrome, who embodies the passion and diversity of Puerto Rico.

The qualifier will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vivo Beach Club in Isla Verde, and admission is free. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample exquisite paellas, enjoy live music, and support local chefs who aim to elevate Puerto Rico in the culinary world.

The event is supported by the Puerto Rico

Tourism Company and will determine who will represent the island in the grand finale on Sept. 20 in Valencia, Spain. There, the Puerto Rican chef will compete against culinary talents from 12 countries, including Ireland, France, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, the United Arab Emirates, China and Japan. The final will be held at La Marina de Valencia in an area known as La Pérgola, with the theme “Paella: A Universal Language,” highlighting the cultural significance and unifying nature of the iconic dish.

As a prelude to Saturday’s competition, the participants will take part in an exclusive master class on Friday led by world champion Puerto Rican chef Joe W. Padilla Castro and Colombian runner-up Miguel Ángel Moreno. Both will share their techniques, strategies and experiences from the international cu-

linary arena.

“The World Paella Day Cup opened the doors to the world for me,” Padilla said. “Today, I’m excited to see chefs like Christopher and many others demonstrate that passion and effort can break any barrier and put Puerto Rico in the international spotlight.”

The 10 chefs participating in the World Paella Day Puerto Rico 2025 Qualifiers are: Roger Sandoval Borges from Carne con Carne; Jorge Masó Martínez from El Gato de Lavapiés; Julio Meléndez Alméstica from Fogoneros; Joe W. Padilla del Valle from Burbujas Café; Luis René Berríos Rivera from Paella Creativa; José Santos, a private chef; Pedro Otero Carrasquillo from Vivo Beach Club; José Antonio Martín Grau from Grillers Puerto Rico; and Christopher E. González Caro from CHRISin Límites.

Nilda Pérez challenges César Vázquez for Dignity Project presidency

By THE STAR STAFF

Organizational consultant Nilda Pérez Martínez has announced her candidacy for the presidency of the Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) political party as part of its internal reorganization process.

Pérez Martínez is challenging the current president, César Vázquez. Her agenda is focused on oversight, party structure and the development of electoral leadership.

“Puerto Rico needs responsible lead-

ership with clear principles and the courage to confront corruption, bureaucracy, and institutional inefficiency,” Pérez Martínez stated this week.

The candidate detailed that her work plan will be centered around four key areas: proactive government oversight, internal party reorganization, recruitment of new leaders in preparation for the 2028 elections, and the implementation of an ethical and effective fundraising strategy to strengthen the party’s operations throughout the island.

With over 22 years of experience as

a consultant in institutional transformation, Pérez Martínez aims to renew the party’s leadership and transform Proyecto Dignidad into a solid alternative to the current crisis of confidence in the political system and government services.

The process for selecting the new leadership will culminate on Saturday, Aug. 9 during a regular meeting in Caguas, where party members will vote for the members of the party’s governing council.

Founded in 2019, the Dignity Project first ran in the 2020 elections under a Christian and anti-corruption platform.

Lawyers Assn. to mark 15th anniversary at convention in October

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Lawyers Association (AAPR by its initials in Spanish) is preparing to hold its annual convention, an event that marks a milestone of 15 years of continuous growth, academic excellence and strengthening of the legal practice. The convention will be held Oct. 23-26 at the prestigious Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino Resort.

AAPR President Ramón Rosario Cortés emphasized the magnitude of the upcoming

edition of the convention.

“This year we celebrate the 15th anniversary of our Association with a very special Annual Convention,” he said this week in a written statement. “It is an occasion to honor our growth, academic excellence and the unwavering camaraderie that distinguishes us as a guild.”

This year’s agenda promises to be one of the most comprehensive and memorable to date, Rosario Cortés noted. It will offer 17 hours of continuing legal education at no cost to members, including the six professional

ethics credits, in compliance with the AAPR’s new rules.

As a novelty, the AAPR will pay tribute to its first president, Judge Efraín Rivera Pérez, with a golf tournament in his memory. The special event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tournament registrations are $250 per player and can be made by emailing membership@prlawyersassociation.com.

The convention will feature the participation of distinguished legal professionals, including associate justices of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and experts in various areas.

Puerto Rico Lawyers Association President Ramón Rosario Cortés (Facebook via Ramón Rosario Cortés)

Chef Christopher Eugene González Caro

Nilda Pérez Martínez (X via @NildaPerez207)

Rum, fisheries and a sculpture garden: The quiet winners in Trump’s big bill

By CATIE EDMONDSON and ANDREW DUEHREN

When President Donald Trump signed his marquee domestic policy bill this month, the central tenets of his domestic agenda — slashing taxes and cutting deeply into social safety net programs — became law.

So did a behemoth number of other narrowly targeted, little-noticed measures — some that might have seemed random — that hitched a ride on the legislation, several tucked in at the last minute.

There are tax breaks for the rum industry in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Alaska whalers and metallurgical coal; $300 million to help pay for protecting Mar-a-Lago and Trump’s other homes; lease increases for two major Washington-area airports; $150 million to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States; and $10 billion for space exploration missions to the moon.

Republicans even crammed in the major elements of a stalled farm bill, with provisions that benefit big and wealthy farmers, especially those in the South.

Clocking in at nearly 900 pages, the size of the bill ballooned in part because of these unrelated measures, turning it into the type of legislation often derided on Capitol Hill as a “Christmas tree,” because it becomes adorned with ornaments, often parochial add-ons, meant to win over enough lawmakers to pass.

Some of the measures appeared aimed at helping individual senators, such as a new tax deduction for meals served on commercial fishing boats “located in the United States north of 50 degrees north latitude,” an apparent favor to Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who remained a holdout on the bill until the very end.

A provision allocating $85 million to move the space shuttle Discovery from a Smithsonian museum just outside Washington to a NASA-run museum in Houston appeared to be a shot in the arm for Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who is facing a tough primary challenge next year.

And though they were using special rules to steer around a Democratic filibuster and push it through Congress on a simple majority vote, Republicans also threw in major pieces of legislation that had been snarled by partisan infighting, including a slimmed-down version of the farm bill and money for the nation’s space programs.

Here are some of the unrelated goodies that made it into the bill.

The tax breaks

For people hoping to invest in the construction of a spaceport, there’s good news: Interest earned on bonds used to finance them will now be tax-free. That change, which aligns spaceport financing with that of regular airports, was one of several industry-specific tweaks that Republicans made in the law.

Oil and gas drillers, for example, won a break from the corporate alternative minimum tax, which curbs companies’ ability to pay little or no federal income tax. Oil companies will now be able to write off more drilling costs and pay less even under the minimum tax, which Democrats created in 2022. And investors in early startups will be able to cash in even

Irrigation equipment on a farm in Healy, Kansas, May 19, 2025. President Donald Trump’s marquee policy legislation is best known for slashing taxes and cutting social safety net programs — but the sweeping measure also included many little-noticed goodies and add-ons. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)

more of their stock without paying any taxes. What was once a $10 million tax exemption for startup founders and investors is now worth $15 million, with a tax discount available for investments in more companies and after a shorter period of time.

The governments of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will see more money coming in the door from a change in the way rum exported from the islands is taxed on the mainland. Excise taxes collected on that rum have long been refunded back to the islands; the new law permanently increases the size of the refunds. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana — where sugar cane, the basis for rum, is a major agricultural product — had championed the issue.

There are other tax cuts that, while not hidden, could ultimately amount to strange giveaways. Children born starting this year, and through 2028, will receive $1,000 in a new, tax-advantaged “Trump account.” Congress could ultimately renew the $1,000 payments before they expire, but if it doesn’t, a group of Americans who happened to be born during Trump’s second term will enjoy a unique, government-funded head start on their life savings.

Parochial giveaways

Murkowski may have come away with the biggest pot of benefits narrowly targeted to her state. Alaska-specific provisions include the tax deduction for fisheries’ business meals, a new tax exemption to fishermen from villages in western Alaska and a measure that would allow certain Alaskan whaling captains to deduct more of their expenses.

She also won a carve-out exempting Alaska from a new cost-sharing requirement that would force states for the first time to pick up the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if they report a certain error rate.

In the Senate, Republican leaders included a measure that would revive and significantly expand a law for compensating victims of government-caused nuclear contamination who developed cancer and other serious illnesses. That was a measure long championed by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who for weeks before the bill’s passage had said he was hesitant to support the

legislation because of the impact it would have on Medicaid. He ultimately voted for it despite deriding the Medicaid cuts as “bad”; he has already introduced legislation to reverse them. The expansion of the law meant that for the first time residents in Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alaska — sites where workers processed uranium for the nation’s nuclear program — who were exposed to nuclear contamination will be eligible for benefits.

Trump’s pet projects

Lawmakers allocated $150 million to the Interior Department to “help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States,” a yearlong string of festivities Trump kicked off this month at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump has suggested he will host a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House to mark the occasion.

The bill also includes $40 million for the creation of the “National Garden of American Heroes,” a sculpture garden Trump first ordered established in 2021, in response to the removal of Confederate statues after the George Floyd protests for racial justice. At the time, Trump called it a “reckless attempt to erase our heroes, values and entire way of life” through “the tragic toppling of monuments to our founding generation and the giants of our past.”

He specified that the garden should include a variety of statues depicting iconic Americans in history, politics, the arts and exploration, including Alfred Hitchcock, Milton Friedman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Shirley Temple, Helen Keller, Antonin Scalia and Elvis Presley.

The measure also includes more than $250 million for the restoration of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which Trump has effectively taken over since he was sworn in for his second term. He has described the center, which opened in 1971, as in “tremendous disrepair,” and has called for a major renovation.

Stalled bills getting a second lease on life

Republicans also stuffed in a number of measures that normally would be considered as stand-alone legislation but had become stalled for various reasons. By including them in a reconciliation bill — a designation that is supposed to be reserved for packages that reduce the federal deficit — they avoided any messy debate or the risk of a filibuster on major bills.

One such measure was the farm bill, which provides a safety net for both farmers and low-income Americans struggling to feed themselves and their families. Lawmakers in Congress have been deadlocked for months over reauthorizing the sprawling farm bill, stuck in a dispute over how to pay for it. So Republicans folded some of its major elements into their tax cut bill.

The bill also provided more money to help cover the cost of protecting Trump and his family. Lawmakers set aside $300 million to reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies for the “extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs” of protection of “nongovernmental” residences, a provision that appeared aimed at covering the security costs associated with Trump’s stays at his clubs in Florida, Virginia and New Jersey.

The bill also provided $1.2 billion for the Secret Service, money that lawmakers said they were moved to include after Trump survived two assassination attempts last year.

Senate approves Trump’s bid to cancel foreign aid and public broadcast funds

By CATIE EDMONDSON

The Senate early Thursday approved a White House request to claw back $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting, as Republicans bowed to President Donald Trump in an unusual surrender of congressional spending power.

The 51-48 vote came over the objections of two Republicans, who argued that their party was ceding Congress’ constitutional control over federal funding. The Republicans who opposed the measure were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

The bulk of the funds targeted — about $8 billion — was for foreign assistance programs. The remaining $1.1 billion was for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. The House is expected to give final approval to the package later this week, sending it to Trump for his signature.

The debate on the measure laid bare a simmering fight over Congress’ power of the purse. Since Trump began his second term, the White

House has moved aggressively and at times unilaterally, primarily through the Department of Government Efficiency, to expand the executive branch’s control over federal spending, a power the Constitution gives to the legislative branch.

Top White House officials, led by Russell Vought, the budget office director, have sought to rein in the size of the federal government, including by freezing funds appropriated by Congress. It is part of a wider campaign to claim far-reaching powers over federal spending for the president.

This time, the administration went through a formal process by submitting what is known as a rescissions bill. Those measures are rare and seldom succeed, given how tightly Congress has historically guarded its power over federal spending. The last such package to be enacted was in 1999, under President Bill Clinton.

NPR’s headquarters in Washington, March 26, 2025. The Senate on Thursday approved a White House request to claw back $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting, as Republicans bowed to President Donald Trump in an unusual surrender of congressional spending power.

(Eric Lee/The New York Times)

GOP leaders said the vote was a symbolic victory that underscored the Republican-held

Congress’ willingness to cut federal spending that it viewed as inappropriate and wasteful.

“I appreciate all the work the administration has done in identifying wasteful spending,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the majority leader, said in a speech before the vote. “Now it’s time for the Senate to do its part to cut some of that waste out of the budget. It’s a small but important step toward fiscal sanity that we all should be able to agree is long overdue.”

But the process left even some Republicans who ultimately voted for the bill uncomfortable. A number of senators said the administration had not provided details about what specific programs would be affected.

“If we find out that some of these programs that we’ve communicated should be out of bounds — that advisers to the president decide they are going to cut anyway,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who is retiring, said, “then there will be a reckoning for that.”

And even as GOP senators agreed to cancel funding at the White House’s request, 10 of them signed a rare public letter to Vought demanding that he reverse a decision to withhold roughly $7 billion in congressionally approved funding to their states meant to bolster educational programs including after-school and summer programs.

“The decision to withhold this funding is contrary to President Trump’s goal of returning K-12 education to the states,” the Republicans wrote.

To win the votes of Republican senators who initially objected, GOP leaders agreed to strip out a $400 million cut that Trump requested to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR. The White House signaled it

would not contest the change.

They also shielded some funding for specific programs, including aid to Jordan and Egypt; Food for Peace, a program that provides food assistance to other countries; and some global health programs.

Another holdout, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., who had previously indicated that he would oppose the request because of the cuts to public broadcasting, decided to support the package. He said he had been assured by top Trump administration officials that they would steer unspent funds “to continue grants to tribal radio stations without interruption” for next year.

Before the vote, the head of a network of Native radio and television stations privately appealed to Rounds to oppose the package, saying the deal he had made was unworkable.

“There is currently no clear path for redirecting these funds to tribal broadcasters without significant legislative and administrative changes,” wrote Loris Taylor, the president of Native Public Media.

The vote incensed Democrats, who argued that Republicans were ceding Congress’ constitutional powers in the name of cutting a minuscule amount of spending, just weeks after passing their marquee tax bill that would add $4 trillion to federal deficits.

They warned that it could have dire consequences for future bipartisan negotiations to fund the government. Lawmakers are currently working to negotiate spending levels before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

“We have never, never before seen bipartisan investments slashed through a partisan rescissions package,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee. “Do not start now. Not when we are working, at this very moment, in a bipartisan way to pass our spending bills. Bipartisanship doesn’t end with any one line being crossed; it erodes. It breaks down bit by bit, until one day there is nothing left.”

The vote codified a number of executive actions the administration advanced earlier this year to gut foreign aid programs, many first undertaken by DOGE.

The effects to public media are yet to come.

NPR and PBS would survive — only a small percentage of their funding comes from the federal government. But the cuts would force many local stations to sharply reduce their programming and operations as early as this fall. Many public broadcasters receive more than 50% of their budgets from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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It was supposed to be ‘Crypto Week’ in Congress. Then it unraveled.

By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY, ROBERT JIMISON and MICHAEL GOLD

It was supposed to be “crypto week” on Capitol Hill.

Republicans in the House of Representatives had scheduled back-to-back votes this week on three bills supported by the cryptocurrency industry, a suite of legislation with the potential to cement crypto’s status as a cornerstone of mainstream commerce. There were crypto ads in major newspapers, crypto billboards at local bus stops across Washington and even crypto-themed chocolate bars in Capitol vending machines.

Then the industry’s plans started to unravel.

A coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny on the House floor and voted to kill a procedural motion, demanding that lawmakers engineer a way to combine certain aspects of the legislation. A process meant to be a formality had thrust the House into chaos.

Now the crypto industry’s ambitious legislative agenda is in limbo. House Republicans had scheduled a final vote on the Genius Act, a key crypto bill that had already been passed by the Senate and appeared to be on a glide path to President Donald Trump’s desk. It is no longer clear whether that legislation, which would create rules for a type of digital currency known as a stablecoin, will go to the House floor for a vote this week. An even more expansive bill, titled the Clarity Act and laying out an entirely new regulatory framework for crypto, also faces potential delays.

Both had been slated for votes alongside a third bill backed by the industry that would stop the U.S. government from issuing its own digital currency.

“It was a tactical mistake to put all these bills together,” said Zack Shapiro, the head of policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. “That was more about optics than about good policy and politics.”

The industry may ultimately get what it wants in Congress. Negotiations in the House were still underway Wednesday afternoon, and the crypto world has some of the most powerful figures in Washington on its side. Trump is a vocal supporter (“HAPPY CRYPTO WEEK,” he declared Tuesday), and his family is heavily invested in a rapidly expanding array of crypto ventures. Super political action committees financed by the industry spent $130 million last year to influence congressional

races across the country, giving top executives influence on Capitol Hill.

But the dysfunction this week showed the difficulty of securing legislation in a polarized Washington, even for a lobbying machine with the vast resources of the crypto industry.

At the heart of the debate was a push by some House Republicans to combine aspects of the separate crypto bills into a single piece of legislation.

In addition to the Genius Act and the Clarity Act, Republicans were scheduled to vote on the bill stopping the Federal Reserve from issuing its own cryptocurrency. Crypto investors have long objected to the creation of a “central bank digital currency,” arguing that it would raise privacy issues. But the threat is purely hypothetical. Nothing along those lines has ever been seriously proposed by a U.S. official.

Still, a group of Republicans that included Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced Tuesday that it would not support the stablecoin legislation without language banning central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.

“House Leadership did not allow any amendments banning a CBDC,” Taylor Greene wrote on social media Tuesday. “This should NOT be tolerated.”

Even an intervention from Trump did not resolve the impasse. Late Tuesday, he posted on Truth Social that he had met with the dissenting Republicans in the Oval Office, and that after a “short discussion” they had agreed to support the Genius Act.

But as of Wednesday afternoon, Republicans were still huddled in the House, trying to find a solution that would allow the bills to advance. Though the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus said it had a deal to add language on CBDCs to the Clarity Act, the proposal drew backlash from other lawmakers who worried that any new provisions might imperil the bill’s chances in the Senate.

The crypto industry has pushed for legislation for years, seeking credibility in Washington. Its efforts picked up steam under Trump, after a series of expensive legal battles with federal regulators.

Under the Biden administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission argued that nearly all cryptocurrencies qualified as securities, like stocks and bonds traded on Wall Street, and ought to be regulated aggressively. In 2023, the agency sued three of the largest crypto exchanges — Coinbase, Binance and Kraken — launching a legal offensive that threatened the industry’s survival.

Coinbase and other firms responded by

financing a network of super PACs to remake the political map by backing pro-crypto candidates in congressional races across the country.

At the same time, the crypto industry wooed Trump, a onetime bitcoin skeptic, donating to his election effort and pledging to mobilize the industry behind him. Coinbase executives met with the Trump campaign as early as February 2024 to argue that crypto investors could become a significant voting bloc.

Crypto week in the House was supposed to be the industry’s crowning moment.

The Genius Act was closest to fruition. The bill would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of crypto designed to maintain a constant price of $1, and appeared poised to encourage more companies in traditional finance to start experimenting with digital currencies. Last month, the Senate voted 68-30 to pass the bill, drawing support from some Democrats. Trump has vowed to sign it.

The Clarity Act is more expansive, laying out rules for a vast universe of crypto investments. In effect, the legislation would rewrite the rules to prevent the SEC from reviving its crackdown under a future president, according to industry analysts.

“If we’re going to be a next-generation digital economy, we have to have the ground rules set right,” said Faryar Shirzad, the chief policy officer at Coinbase. “Clarity is critical to making that happen.”

The industry has poured money into the legislative effort. To celebrate crypto week, Coinbase bought ads in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and affixed digital screens to trucks circulating Washington, proclaiming support for crypto. The company also placed more than 5,000 of what it called “Clarity Act informative chocolate bars” in vending machines around the Capitol.

No one anticipated a Republican rebellion.

“This shouldn’t be that hard,” Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase, wrote on the social platform X on Wednesday. “These are the moments when we see who is worthy of the labels pro-crypto and pro-innovation … and who is not. Lots are watching and taking notes.”

The crypto industry is poised to continue fighting. On Tuesday, the industry’s network of super PACs announced that it held more than $141 million in cash as the crypto world prepared an “aggressive, targeted strategy” for the 2026 midterms.

President Donald Trump, center, speaks during a “crypto summit” with leaders of most of the top crypto companies in the U.S. in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, March 7, 2025. The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny. (Haiyun Jiang/ The New York Times)

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Lofty US stock market valuations bank on earnings strength

WithWall Street’s surge to record highs, the U.S. stock market looks nearly as expensive as ever, and investors are debating whether the lofty valuations are a bearish signal or justified by the technology-heavy market’s profit outlook.

Few investors would argue the broad stock market is cheap. Since late last month, the benchmark S&P 500 has traded above 22 times its expected earnings over the next year, according to LSEG Datastream. That’s a price-to-earnings level the index has ascended to only about 7% of the time over the past 40 years.

Determining appropriate market valuations could help investors understand how expensive stocks could get or how deeply they might fall, especially if there are renewed recession concerns.

Whether current valuations are an imminent sell signal remains to be seen. Investors say the U.S. stock market can trade at elevated levels for an extended period of time.

Some investors believe a number of structural changes could justify higher stock valuations, including greater repre- sentation in indexes from tech companies that generate mas- sive profits.

“By pretty much every historical metric (the market’s valuation) is rich,” said Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer at Truist Advisory Services. “The question investors are grappling with is, is it warranted?”

The S&P 500 has soared 25% since April, as investors grew less fearful that President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs would cause a recession. The index has gained 6% so far in 2025, and over 60% in the past three years.

As of Tuesday, the S&P 500’s forward P/E ratio was 22.2, according to LSEG Datastream. That level is over 40% above the index’s 40-year average of 15.8 and about 20% above its 10-year average of 18.6.

A metric comparing price to expected sales shows the S&P 500 trading over 60% above its average of the past 20 years, according to Datastream.

“On the broadest basis, the market has clearly got a valuation headwind relative to where it has been in history,” said Patrick Ryan, chief investment strategist at Madison Investments.

Investors debate the relevance of historical comparisons. The bigger presence in indexes of technology and tech-related companies, which tend to carry higher valuations, drives up the P/E ratio, while the profit strength of the largest companies also means the index could deserve higher valuations, investors said.

The S&P 500’s operating profit margin stood at 12% at the end of 2024, up from 9% in 2014, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

Other potential justifications for higher valuations include regular buying of equities from 401(k) and other retirement plans, and lower fees for index funds easing access to stocks.

While studies show elevated valuations suggest dimin- ished returns over the longer term, they are not always the

best “timing tools” for determining the market’s near-term di- rection, said Ed Clissold, chief U.S. strategist at Ned Davis Research.

Still, Clissold said, “a lot of good news is priced into stocks at these levels.”

In the April swoon, the S&P 500’s P/E ratio sank to 17.9; in 2022’s bear-market drop, driven by spiking interest rates, the P/E fell as low as 15.3.

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make stocks particularly susceptible to disappointments. One worry: Washington could fail to strike deals with trading partners ahead of August 1, when higher U.S. levies on numerous countries are set to start.

Another shock could be the early departure of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump has persistently pressured to leave.

Corporate results also pose a test. Second-quarter reports are kicking off with S&P 500 earnings expected to have increased 6.5% from the year-earlier period, according to LSEG IBES.

Wall Street increasingly is focused on next year’s profit potential, with S&P 500 earnings expected to rise 14% in 2026.

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Prominent human rights group flees El Salvador

By ANNIE CORREAL

Prominent Salvadoran human rights group

Cristosal has closed its offices in El Salvador and its two dozen employees have departed for neighboring countries, amid threats and harassment by police, according to the group’s director, Noah Bullock, who announced the move Thursday.

Cristosal has compiled evidence of torture and other abuses committed under El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, particularly under a state of emergency first imposed in 2022 to crack down on gangs, and it has investigated alleged corruption in Bukele’s government.

“Cristosal’s closure in El Salvador marks a dangerous turning point,” said Juanita Goebertus, the Americas director for Human Rights Watch. “It sends a chilling message to survivors of abuse, civil society and the press about the cost of standing up to power and denouncing corruption and human rights violations.”

A spokesperson for the Salvadoran government did not respond to a request for comment.

In May, Ruth López, Cristosal’s anti-corruption director and a well-known lawyer, was arrested, and she remains imprisoned. Soon after, another Salvadoran lawyer, Enrique Anaya, who had denounced her arrest and publicly called Bukele a dictator, was himself detained. (Bukele embraced that title in a June speech.)

At a news conference Thursday, Bullock called López’s arrest a “breaking point” but said that other Cristosal employees had also been

President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 14, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

monitored and visited by police at night in what he called a new “wave of repression.”

The escalation comes as Bukele enjoys a strengthened relationship with the United States after a deal to detain migrants deported by the Trump administration. During the Biden administration, U.S. officials called out human rights issues in El Salvador under Bukele, but the Trump administration has remained silent in response to recent arrests, even as European leaders have spoken out.

Bullock said Cristosal had been threatened and surveilled for years — including with Pegasus spyware installed on phones — but the organization’s leadership now felt it would not have any legal recourse if its employees were detained.

“In the total absence of any institutions where we could defend ourselves — without minimal rule of law and due process — we felt we couldn’t continue to expose the organization and its staff,” Bullock said. “We also feel like we aren’t any good to anybody in prison.”

Under El Salvador’s state of emergency, which remains in effect, normal due process has been suspended and more than 80,000 people have been imprisoned, a majority in mass arrests.

While international groups raised alarms over eroding civil liberties and abuses under Bukele, Cristosal has been known for putting names and faces to the numbers, working closely with victims and families to bring to light arbitrary arrests and prison deaths. The organization also zeroed in on corruption cases.

López was at the forefront of investigations into potential acts of corruption by the Bukele government. One inquiry concerned the use of public funds to pay for the Pegasus software used to spy on journalists and rights groups; another looked into the misuse of pandemic funds.

López was accused of illicit enrichment after her arrest in late May. She denied the charges and called for a public trial — shouting “I am a political prisoner” — outside a hearing before being sent to prison in June, riveting the public to her case.

Arrests such as these have been allowed to happen, Bullock said, because of the state of emergency. Though originally intended to target violent street gangs such as MS-13 and Barrio

18, the state of emergency, he said, “now is being used as a political weapon against political voices.”

This past spring saw an uptick in the number and type of people targeted by the Salvadoran government for arrest.

In addition to rights groups and lawyers, journalists from investigative outlet El Faro fled the country after learning of warrants for their arrests, they said.

At Thursday’s news conference, a lawyer for Cristosal, Abraham Ábrego, said the government was also targeting union leaders, environmental activists and “anyone who criticizes” Bukele.

The government also introduced a “foreign agents” law to tax foreign contributions to nongovernmental organizations at 30%. The European Union condemned the move, saying it restricted civil society groups’ access to funding, and Goebertus said the “sweeping” law was “designed to silence dissent.”

Cristosal was formed by Salvadoran episcopal ministers in Vermont a quarter-century ago. For more than a decade, it has done the bulk of its work in El Salvador, although it has maintained active offices in Guatemala and Honduras. The approximately 20 employees from El Salvador, including Bullock, now plan to work from those offices.

“I think we became a primary target of the repression because in attacking Cristosal, and persecuting Cristosal, you send a message to everybody,” Bullock said.

‘Horrific fire’ kills at least 61 at Iraq shopping mall

By ERIKA SOLOMON and FALIH HASSAN

Afire ripped through a shopping mall in eastern Iraq and killed at least 61 people, including children, according to local officials, who blamed the scale of the tragedy on shoddy construction and a lack of preparedness.

Iraq’s Interior Ministry said the “horrific fire” began Wednesday night and swept through a recently opened, fivestory shopping center in the city of Kut. Most of the 61 victims appeared to have suffocated in heavy smoke, the ministry said in a statement, adding that 14 bodies were so badly charred that they had yet to be identified.

The ministry said it had opened an investigation into the deadly episode in Kut, which is southeast of Baghdad in Wasit province.

According to Habib al-Badri, the head of the province’s security committee, an electrical malfunction sparked the fire. But he said poor building practices and an unprepared rescue

service had worsened the casualty toll.

“There was a lack of emergency exits and emergency ladders and extinguishers. And unfortunately the province was not prepared for such an incident,” he said in an interview. “We hope what happened will be a lesson for the future.”

Muntadher Haidar lost his wife and 2-year-old son in the fire. He told a local television channel that he had spoken with his wife when she was trapped inside the mall with their child as flames engulfed the shopping center.

“She said, ‘Forgive me, your son died in my arms, and the fire has reached me, goodbye,’” he told the interviewer, sobbing. “ I couldn’t reach them, I was outside — and I couldn’t.”

“Then the line was cut?” the interviewer asked him. Haidar nodded, saying: “And then the line was cut.”

Some political leaders in Iraq moved quickly to cite the fire as another devastating consequence of pervasive corruption in the country. Many regional analysts argue that corruption is a legacy of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, when money was

widely dispersed for construction projects and contracts with poor oversight. And many Iraqis complain that graft has only worsened in the years since. Poorly constructed or unfinished building projects — often attributed to corruption — are common.

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Iraq’s prime minister, said in a statement Thursday that the tragedy in Kut was “a form of murder and corruption that is not limited to the embezzlement of funds alone,” but that it “also relates to the laxity and disregard for the technical and administrative procedures required for safety protocols.”

As Iran deports a million Afghans, ‘where do we even go?’

By ELIAN PELTIER, FARNAZ FASSIHI and YAQOOB AKBARY

At the sand-swept border between Iran and Afghanistan, nearly 20,000 are crossing every day — shocked and fearful Afghans who have been expelled from Iran with few belongings in a wave of targeted crackdowns and xenophobia.

More than 1.4 million Afghans have fled or been deported from Iran since January during a government clampdown on refugees in the country without authorization, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency. More than half a million have been forced into Afghanistan just since the war between Israel and Iran last month, returned to a homeland already grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis and draconian restrictions on women and girls, in one of the worst displacement crises of the past decade.

They are being dumped at an overcrowded border facility in western Afghanistan, where many expressed anger and confusion to New York Times journalists over how they could go on with few prospects in a country where some have never lived, or barely know anymore.

“I worked in Iran for 42 years, so hard that my knees are broken, and for what?” Mohammad Akhundzada, a construction worker, said at a processing center for returnees in Islam Qala, a border town in northwestern Afghanistan, near Herat.

The mass expulsions threaten to push Afghanistan further toward the brink of economic collapse with the sudden cutoff of vital remittance money to Afghan families from relatives in Iran.

The sudden influx of returnees also piles on Afghanistan’s already grim unemployment, housing and health care crises. More than half of Afghanistan’s estimated population of 41 million already relies on humanitarian assistance.

Driven out by abuse and suspicion

Iran hosts the world’s largest refugee population, and about 95% — estimated to be around 4 million — are Afghans, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Iran says the real number is closer to 6 million, after decades of war and upheaval in Afghanistan.

Iran limits where Afghans can live and work — only in 10 of

the country’s 31 provinces — and they are usually allowed only arduous, low-skill work.

Iran’s government has said it can no longer absorb Afghan refugees given its own economic crisis and shortage of natural resources, including water and gas.

In March, the government said Afghans in the country without authorization would be deported and set a July 6 deadline for voluntary departures. But after last month’s 12day conflict with Israel, the crackdown intensified.

Security forces have raided work places and neighborhoods, stopped cars at checkpoints set up throughout big cities, and detained scores of Afghans before sending them to overcrowded deportation centers in sweltering heat.

Officials and state media, without providing evidence, have claimed that Afghans were recruited by Israel and the United States to stage terrorist attacks, seize military sites and build drones.

Kadijah Rahimi, 26, a cattle herder, echoing many Afghans at the border crossing, said that when she was arrested in Iran last month, the security agent told her, “We know you’re working for Israel.”

Abolfazl Hajizadegan, a sociologist in Tehran, the Iranian capital, said Iran’s government was using Afghans as scapegoats to deflect blame for intelligence failures that enabled Israel to infiltrate widely within Iran.

“Mixing Afghan deportations with the Iran-Israel conflict underscores the regime’s reluctance to acknowledge its security and intelligence shortcomings,” Hajizadegan said in an interview.

Surge in hate crimes

The spying accusations have fueled racist attacks on Afghans in Iran in recent weeks, according to interviews with more two dozen Afghans living in Iran or those who have recently returned to Afghanistan, reports by aid and rights groups, and videos on social media and news media.

Afghans have been beaten or attacked with knives; faced harassment from landlords and employers who are also withholding their deposits or wages; and have been turned away from banks, bakeries, pharmacies, schools and hospitals.

Ebrahim Qaderi was riding his bicycle to work to a cardboard factory in Tehran one morning last month when two men stopped him. They shouted “Dirty Afghan” and demanded his smartphone. When Qaderi refused, they kicked him in the leg and slashed his hand with a knife, he recounted at a relocation center in Herat. His mother, Gull Dasta Fazili, said doctors at four hospitals turned him away because he was Afghan, and that they left Iran because of the attack.

Struggling to meet the need

Jawad Mosavi and nine of his family members stepped off the bus from Iran last week, scrambling under the sweltering heat of Islam Qala to gather his thoughts and the family’s dozen suitcases, rugs and rucksacks.

“Where do we even go?” he called out.

His son Ali Akbar, 13, led the way to the building where they could get their certificates of return. His half-open backpack carried his most precious belongings — a deflated

A health clinic at a reception center for Afghan refugees returning from Iran, in the border town of Islam Qala, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2025. At least 1.4 million Afghans have fled or been deported from Iran since January during a clampdown on undocumented refugees, returning to a homeland already grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis and draconian restrictions on women and girls. (Jim Huylebroek/ The New York Times)

soccer ball, a speaker and some headphones to listen to his favorite Iranian hits, in Persian. “The only kind of music I understand,” he said.

Like the Mosavi family, between 20,000 and 25,000 people were left to navigate a maze of luggage, tents and fellow returnees every day last week, trying to find their way through crowded buildings and warehouses run by Afghan authorities and U.N. agencies.

Mothers changed their babies’ diapers on filthy blankets amid relentless gusts of wind. Fathers queued for hours to get their fingerprints taken and collect some emergency cash under temperatures hovering over 95 degrees. Outnumbered humanitarian workers treated dehydrated returnees at a field clinic while others hastily distributed food rations or dropped off large cubes of ice in water containers.

Afghanistan was already grappling cuts in foreign aid from the United States and other donors before Iran began expelling Afghans en masse. Even before then, nearly a million Afghans had been ejected or pressed to leave from Pakistan. Organizations have been able to fund only a fifth of humanitarian needs in the country this year, and more than 400 health care centers have been shut down in recent months.

Uncertain futures, especially for girls

Afghan officials have pledged to build 35 townships across the country to cope with the influx of returnees, many of whom have been deported without being allowed to collect belongings or cash from the bank.

In Islam Qala, many Afghans said they were coming back to a country they hardly recognized since the Taliban took control and imposed strict rule in 2021.

Zahir Mosavi, the patriarch of the family, said he dreaded having to halt education for his four daughters because the Taliban have banned girls’ education above sixth grade.

“I want to keep them busy, I want them to learn something,” he said.

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Hawaii! Or, ‘What happened to Bad Bunny’ … Hey!

By GREGORIO IGARTÚA Special to The STAR

The already well-known artist “Bad Bunny” (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) composed a song titled “Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii.”

Like his other songs, this one has also enjoyed acceptance among the public who likes his music. But, when you analyze its content you can discover how unfounded and contradictory it is, with the incorrect facts on which it is based. The truth is that they must be evaluated in order to rationally determine their lack of certainty and veracity. Hey!

The analysis is important if one considers that several pro-independence leaders have proclaimed to the people not to let «what happened to Hawaii happen to Puerto Rico.” Hey! Let’s see then what, according to the song, happened to Hawaii and what happened to Puerto Rico, and let’s consider history. Hey! The song refers incorrectly to the reason for the emigration of Puerto Ricans to Hawaii and the reasons for it at the beginning of the 20th century. At that historical time several thousand Puerto Ricans moved to Hawaii looking for a better life. This move coincided with the change of sovereignty in Puerto

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Rico and with that of Hawaii, both acquired by the United States. Hawaii became a state of our nation by the free will of its people (1959), and with the consent of its people, it was gradually assimilated to be like a state before becoming one.

And what does Don Benito Bad Bunny refer to in his song?: that the jíbaro who has left Puerto Rico looking for a better life in Hawaii, New York, or Orlando, left crying and left not voluntarily but because they kicked him out of Puerto Rico, hey!; it is not known until when he left, hey! that in Puerto Rico they are taking away the rivers, the beaches and the neighborhoods from the Puerto Ricans, hey!; let them hold on to their flag, and don’t ever forget it. Hey!

That all those who have left dream of returning. Hey! Don’t do to Puerto Rico what happened to Hawaii. Hey! One may wonder, then, where the crowds that filled the beaches on July 4 in Puerto Rico came from. Who in Puerto Rico does not have family members who voluntarily moved to the states and did not return?

Don Benito Bad Bunny, the Bad Rabbit in Spanish, is an independentista. But as Don Luis Muñoz Marín said, with a “revolution of spirit inside.” Without going into the details of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) violations regarding the content of some of his songs, the approaches to his Hawaii song demonstrate how incredible the reason for no reason is sold as being completely incorrect. Hey! In both cases, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, the citizens voluntarily preferred to be American citizens, and one became a state and in the other, the majority wants to be a state. The American citizens of Puerto Rico have voluntarily become almost a state, something he criticizes. Hey! There are 5 million Puerto Rican Americans residing in the states. In Hawaii there is a population of 30,000 inhabitants of Puerto Rican descent who do not want to return, even with the ticket paid for by Benito, who can pay for it and doesn’t. In fact, they have preserved their culture for more than a century. Hey!

So, if we refer to invasion, those who have invaded the most are the Puerto Ricans by moving to the States and giving concerts for the nation. In Puerto Rico the doors are not closed to those who want to return. We all want the flag of Puerto Rico and the United States, because we accept the federalist system as that of the states with the nation.Hey! Let Benito know, we are Americans, not pro-Americans (LMM).

Furthermore, the citizens of Hawaii have better salaries and a per capita income double that of those of Puerto Rico, because in the case of the latter

there are citizens like Benito el Conejo Malo who continue to insist on delaying equality in democracy and maintaining the unequal economic treatment that has us bankrupt. Meanwhile, Benito continues to earn thousands of dollars from the American citizens of Puerto Rico and from tourists from the states that visit us (or they invade us … capitalism to the maximum). Hey! Benito with his great successes arrogantly tries to be a politician, but with his contradictions he is just another one -- Calle 13, Alexandria Ocasio, Nydia Velázquez, Luis Gutiérrez and Rubén Berríos, etc. -- who want independence for Puerto Rico but statehood for themselves with their residence in the states. Hey!

It is not what happened to Hawaii, nor is it what happened to Puerto Rico, it is what happens to Benito Bad Bunny or Benito El Conejo Malo. Hey! Why don’t they come back? Hey!

Gregorio Igartúa is an attorney and a longtime advocate of statehood for Puerto Rico.

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Junta de ASES nombra al licenciado Carlos Santiago Rosario como nuevo director

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SAN JUAN – La Junta de Directores de la Administración de Seguros de Salud de Puerto Rico (ASES) aprobó el jueves, de forma unánime, el nombramiento del licenciado Carlos Santiago Rosario como nuevo director ejecutivo de la entidad.

“Conozco el bagaje del licenciado Santiago. Goza de una gran reputación en el campo de la salud y, más importante aún, tiene la capacidad para liderar

en momentos decisivos”, expresó el secretario de Salud y presidente de la Junta de ASES, Víctor Ramos Otero, en declaraciones escritas.

Santiago Rosario asumirá funciones el 22 de julio. Es abogado y administrador de salud con más de 20 años de experiencia, y ha trabajado en instituciones como Metro Pavía Health System, Auxilio Mutuo, Sanitas USA y Triple-S. Posee un grado en derecho de salud (LL.M.) de Loyola University Chicago, y una maestría en Administración de Servicios de Salud del

ejecutivo

Recinto de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

La gobernadora había recomendado su nombramiento el 8 de julio para dirigir ASES, entidad responsable del Plan Vital que atiende a 1.3 millones de personas en Puerto Rico.

El nombramiento también marcó el cierre del periodo interino de Lymarie Colón, a quien el secretario de Salud agradeció por su gestión durante los últimos siete meses al frente de la agencia.

Policía alerta sobre correos electrónicos falsos que suplantan a la Uniformada

SAN JUAN – El Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico alertó el jueves sobre una nueva modalidad de fraude mediante correos electrónicos en los que delincuentes se hacen pasar por agentes de la Uniformada para intimidar a ciudadanos con falsas acusaciones e investigaciones criminales.

“Los criminales están enviando documentos con logos del Gobierno de Puerto Rico y del Negociado de la Policía, para lucir lo más legítimos posibles y provocar que el ciudadano devuelva los mensajes o haga una llamada, amenazándolos con arrestarlos y/o registrarlos como delincuentes sexuales, utilizando luego la información para timarlos y robar su información”, explicó el coronel Manuel De Jesús Treskow, comisionado auxiliar en Investigaciones Criminales, en declaraciones escritas.

La Policía informó que estos correos electrónicos incluyen títulos como “Respuesta Urgente” o “CONVICCIÓN”, y alegan que la persona está

bajo investigación por posesión de pornografía infantil, dándoles un plazo de 48 a 72 horas para responder bajo amenaza de arresto o procesamiento judicial. Todo esto es falso.

“El Negociado de la Policía ni ninguna de sus divisiones nunca envía emails para advertir detenciones o informar de procesos judiciales por delitos de ningún tipo. Si usted recibe algún mensaje de este tipo, ignórelo. Si tiene alguna duda, comuníquese a la Línea Confidencial de la Policía al 787-343-2020, pero nunca responda estos correos electrónicos”, advirtió De Jesús Treskow.

Las autoridades advirtieron que responder a estos correos puede exponer a las personas a robo de datos personales, instalación de virus, fraude bancario y extorsión. Por eso, reiteraron la importancia de no abrir ni responder los mensajes.

El Negociado exhortó a cualquier persona que haya recibido uno de estos correos o que haya sido víctima de fraude, a comunicarse con la Línea Confidencial al 787-343-2020, o a través de la red social X en @PRPDNoticias o en Facebook: www.facebook.com/prpdgov.

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2025 Emmy nominations: ‘Severance’ and ‘The Penguin’ lead the pack

By JOHN KOBLIN

The dystopian workplace drama “Severance” picked up 27 Emmy nominations Tuesday, the most of any series.

“Severance,” which streams on Apple TV+, is the early favorite in a best drama race that could be unusually competitive this year. Also landing nominations was the surprise HBO Max hit, “The Pitt,” and another HBO favorite, “The White Lotus.” “Andor,” the Star Wars series that critics fawned over, also earned a nomination, as did “The Diplomat,” “The Last of Us,” “Slow Horses” and “Paradise.”

Noah Wyle, a former star of “ER” whose career is in full comeback mode after his performance in “The Pitt,” was nominated for best actor in a drama — it’s his first nomination in 26 years. He’ll face off against Adam Scott (“Severance”), Sterling K. Brown (“Paradise”), Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”) and Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”).

Several actors were snubbed, including Diego Luna (“Andor”), Eddie Redmayne (“The Day of the Jackal”) and Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) who won best actor in a drama just three years ago.

Kathy Bates scored a nomination for best actress in a drama for her role in “Matlock,” the rebooted CBS series. Bates, 77, is the oldest actress to ever score a nomination in the category. She will face off against Sharon Horgan (“Bad Sisters”), Britt Lower (“Severance”), Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”) and Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”).

“The Studio,” the Seth Rogen-starring comedy, had a strong showing with 23 nominations, tying the record for most nominations for a comedy in a single year. It will be up against last year’s winner, “Hacks,” as well as “The Bear,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Shrinking” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”

It wasn’t long ago that “The Bear” was a darling of the Emmys. But after a backlash emerged about a year ago — some industry players were aghast that a tense workplace series could be nominated in the comedy categories — the show seems to have lost quite a few Emmy votes along the way. “The Bear” scored 13 nominations, 10 fewer than last year.

Netflix’s out-of-nowhere hit, “Adolescence,” was nominated for best limited series, and forecasters believe it is

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Best Drama

“Andor” (Disney+)

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)

“The Last of Us” (HBO Max)

“Paradise” (Hulu)

“The Pitt” (HBO Max)

“Severance” (Apple TV+)

“Slow Horses” (Apple TV+)

“The White Lotus” (HBO Max)

“Severance”

the favorite in the category. But it will face competition from “The Penguin,” which had 24 nominations, the second most of any series. “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” “Dying for Sex” and “Black Mirror” were also nominated.

The Television Academy unveiled most of the nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards at the academy’s Los Angeles headquarters in an event hosted by Harvey Guillén (“What We Do in the Shadows”) and Brenda Song (“Running Point”). TV series eligible for Emmy consideration had to premiere between June 2024 and May 2025. The prime-time Emmys ceremony will be held Sept. 14.

HBO Max, fueled by “The Penguin,” “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us,” “Hacks” and “The Pitt,” had a huge day, scoring 142 Emmy nominations in all.

That is the most of any network and represents the highest tally HBO Max has ever recorded, besting its previous best performance from 2022. It is a big rebound from last year, when HBO fell to third place among all networks in total nominations for the first time in decades.

HBO overwhelmed some categories, including best supporting actress in a drama, where it landed five of the seven nominees. That included four stars from “The White Lotus” — Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood — and Katherine LaNasa from “The Pitt.” They will compete against Patricia Arquette (“Severance”) and Julianne Nicholson (“Paradise”).

Netflix finished in second place with 120 nominations, and Apple TV+ was in third with 81, its highest total.

The strong showing from “Severance” and “The Studio” is a shot in the arm for Apple TV+. The streaming service remains little-watched, ranking below Paramount+, Peacock, HBO Max and free streamers like Pluto and Tubi for viewing time in the United States, according to Nielsen.

But its creative team has assembled a lineup in recent years that has proved popular with Emmy voters. “Ted Lasso” won the best comedy Emmy twice already, and other series like “Slow Horses,” “The Morning Show” and “Lessons in Chemistry” have earned top program nominations before.

Colin Farrell, who underwent a transformative makeover for his role in “The Penguin,” earned a nomination for best actor in a limited series or TV movie. He will compete against Cooper Koch (“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”), Jake Gyllenhaal (“Presumed Innocent”), Stephen Graham (“Adolescence”) and Brian Tyree Henry (“Dope Thief”).

Michelle Williams was nominated for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her role in FX’s “Dying for Sex.” She will compete against Cristin Milioti (“The Penguin”), Cate Blanchett (“Disclaimer”), Meghann Fahy (“Sirens”) and Rashida Jones (“Black Mirror”).

Shows hosted by Jon Stewart (“The Daily Show”), Stephen Colbert (“The Late Show”) and Jimmy Kimmel (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”) will compete for best talk series. Only three series were nominated this year, leaving “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney” out in the cold.

Late-night TV talk series are struggling these days, with ratings, advertising revenue and even the number of shows dropping fast. In 2019, there were as many as six nominees for best talk show, but that’s back when there were many more series up for eligibility.

For best competition reality series, “The Traitors,” the Alan Cumming-hosted reality show on Peacock, was nominated once again. The show, which won last year, will face off against “RuPaul’s Drag Race” as well as “Survivor,” “Top Chef” and “The Amazing Race.”

Nearly 100 Emmys, many of them in technical categories, will be given out at a pair of ceremonies in early September. The biggest awards — including best drama, comedy and limited series, and all of the major acting categories — will be unveiled during the live prime-time ceremony on CBS on Sept. 14. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze.

Best Comedy

“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

“The Bear” (Hulu)

“Hacks” (HBO Max)

“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)

“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

“Shrinking” (Apple TV+)

“The Studio” (Apple TV+)

“What We Do in the Shadows”

(FX)

Best Limited Series

“Adolescence” (Netflix)

“Black Mirror” (Netflix)

“Dying for Sex” (FX)

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik

Menendez Story” (Netflix)

“The Penguin” (HBO Max)

Best Actor, Drama

Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”

Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”

Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”

Adam Scott, “Severance”

Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”

Best Actress, Drama

Kathy Bates, “Matlock”

Sharon Horgan, “Bad Sisters”

Britt Lower, “Severance”

Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”

Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”

Best Actor, Comedy

Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”

Seth Rogen, “The Studio”

Jason Segel, “Shrinking”

Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”

Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best Actress, Comedy

Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This” Uzo Aduba, “The Residence”

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”

Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”

Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie

Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”

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Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”

Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”

Brian Tyree Henry, “Dope Thief”

Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie

Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer” Meghann Fahy, “Sirens”

Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin” Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”

Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”

Supporting Actor, Drama

Zach Cherry, “Severance”

Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”

Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”

James Marsden, “Paradise”

Sam Rockwell, “The White Lotus”

John Turturro, “Severance”

Tramell Tillman, “Severance” Supporting Actress, Drama

Patricia Arquette, “Severance”

Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”

Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”

Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”

Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”

Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus”

Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Ike Barinholtz, “The Studio” Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”

Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”

Jeff Hiller, “Somebody Somewhere”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

Michael Urie, “Shrinking”

Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”

Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”

Kathryn Hahn, “The Studio”

Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”

Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”

Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”

Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

Bill Camp, “Presumed Innocent”

Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”

Rob Delaney, “Dying for Sex”

Peter Sarsgaard, “Presumed Innocent”

Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”

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Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”

Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent”

Deirdre O’Connell, “The Penguin”

Chloë Sevigny, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”

Christine Tremarco, “Adolescence”

Comedy Guest Actor

Jon Bernthal, “The Bear”

Bryan Cranston, “The Studio”

Dave Franco, “The Studio”

Ron Howard, “The Studio”

Martin Scorsese, “The Studio”

Anthony Mackie, “The Studio”

Comedy Guest Actress

Olivia Colman, “The Bear”

Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear”

Cynthia Erivo, “Poker Face”

Robby Hoffman, “Hacks”

Zoe Kravitz, “The Studio”

Julianne Nicholson, “Hacks”

Drama Guest Actor

Giancarlo Esposito, “The Boys”

Scott Glenn, “The White Lotus”

Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt”

Joe Pantoliano, “The Last of Us”

Forest Whitaker, “Andor”

Jeffrey Wright, “The Last of Us”

Drama Guest Actress

Jane Alexander, “Severance”

Gwendoline Christie, “Severance”

Kaitlyn Dever, “The Last of Us”

Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Catherine O’Hara, “The Last of Us”

Variety Scripted Series

“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)

“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Host for a Reality/Competition Program

RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”

Alan Cumming, “The Traitors”

Kristen Kish, “Top Chef”

Jeff Probst, “Survivor”

The Sharks, “Shark Tank”

TV Movie

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie

“Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (Peacock)

“The Gorge” (Apple TV+)

“Mountainhead” (HBO)

“Nonnas” (Netflix)

“Rebel Ridge” (Netflix)

Animated Program

“Arcane: League of Legends” (Netflix)

“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)

“Common Side Effects” (Adult Swim)

“Love, Death + Robots” (Netflix)

“The Simpsons” (Fox)

Variety Special

“Ali Wong: Single Lady” (Netflix)

“Adam Sandler: Love You” (Netflix)

“Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years” (Hulu)

“Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor” (Netflix)

“Sarah Silverman: PostMortem” (Netflix)

“Your Friend, Nate Bargatze” (Netflix)

Documentary or Nonfiction Special

“Deaf President Now!” (Apple TV+)

“Martha” (Netflix)

“Pee-Wee as Himself” (HBO)

“Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)” (Hulu)

“Will & Harper” (Netflix)

Documentary or Nonfiction Series

“Chef’s Table” (Netflix)

“100 Foot Wave” (HBO)

“Simone Biles: Rising” (Netflix)

“SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night” (Peacock)

“Social Studies” (FX on Hulu)

Reality or Competition Program

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)

“Survivor” (CBS)

“Top Chef” (Bravo)

“The Traitors” (Peacock)

Variety Talk Series

“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

Directing for a Drama Series

Janus Metz, “Andor” (“Who Are You?”)

Amanda Marsalis, “The Pitt” (6:00 P.M.)

John Wells, “The Pitt” (“7:00 A.M.”)

Jessica Lee Gagné, “Severance” (“Chikhai Bardo”)

Ben Stiller, “Severance” (“Cold Harbor”)

Adam Randall, “Slow Horses” (“Hello Goodbye”)

Mike White, “The White Lotus” (“Amor Fati”)

Directing for a Comedy Series

Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear” (“Napkins”)

Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (“A Slippery Slope”)

James Burrows, “Mid-Century Modern” (“Here’s to You, Mrs. Schneiderman”)

Nathan Fielder, “The Rehearsal”

(“Pilot’s Code”)

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, “The Studio” (“The Oner”)

Directing for a Limited Series/TV Movie

Philip Barantini, “Adolescence”

Shannon Murphy, “Dying for Sex” (“It’s Not That Serious”)

Helen Shaver, “The Penguin” (“Cent’anni”)

Jennifer Getzinger, “The Penguin” (“A Great or Little Thing”)

Nicole Kassell, “Sirens” (“Exile”)

Leslie Linka Glatter, “Zero Day”

Writing for a Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (“Back to School”)

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Down and Jen Statsky, “Hacks” (“A Slippery Slope”)

Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola, “The Rehearsal” (“Pilot’s Code”)

Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen and Bridget Everett, “Somebody Somewhere” (“AGG”)

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez, “The Studio” (“The Promotion”)

Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis and Paul Simms, “What We Do in the Shadows” (“The Finale”)

Writing for a Drama Series

Dan Gilroy, “Andor”

Joe Sachs, “The Pitt” (“2:00 P.M.”)

R. Scott Gemmill, “The Pitt” (“7:00 A.M.)

Dan Erikson, “Severance” (“Cold Harbor”)

Will Smith, “Slow Horses” (“Hello Goodbye”)

Mike White, “The White Lotus” (“Full-Moon Party”)

Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama Special

Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”

Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali, “Black Mirror” (“Common People”)

Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether, “Dying for Sex” (“Good Value Diet Soda”)

Lauren LeFranc, “The Penguin” (“A Great or Little Thing”)

Joshua Zetumer, “Say Nothing”

(“The People in the Dirt”)

Writing for a Variety Special

Jon Macks, Chris Convy, Lauren Greenberg, Skylar Higley, Ian Karmel and Sean O’Conner, “Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy

Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor”

Charlie Brooker, Ben Caudell, Erika Ehler, Charlie George, Eli Goldstone, Jason Hazeley, Lucia Keskin, Diane Morgan, Joel Morris and Michael Odewale, “Cunk on Life”

Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: PostMortem”

Nate Bargatze, “Your Friend, Nate Bargatze”

James Anderson, Dan Bulla, Megan Callahan-Shah, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Mike DiCenzo, James Downey, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fowlie, Alison Gates, Sudi Green, Jack Handey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Dennis McNicholson, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Jack Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, August White, “SNL50: The Anniversary Special”

Writing for a Variety Series

Dan Amira, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver Means, David Angelo, Nicole Conlan, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Jennifer Flanz, Jason Gilbert, Dina Hashem, Scott Hercman, David Kibuuka ,Matt Koff, Matt O’Brien, Joseph Opio, Randall Otis, Zhubin Parang, Kat Radley, Lanee’ Sanders, Scott Sherman, Jon Stewart, Ashton Womack and Sophie Zucker, “The Daily Show”

Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali, Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Sofía Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips and Chrissy Shackelford, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”

Kent Sublette, Streeter Seidell, Alison Gates, Dan Bulla, Will Stephen, Auguste White, Celeste Yim, Bryan Tucker, Steven Castillo, Michael Che, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fowlie, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Allie Levitan, Ben Marshall, Lorne Michaels, Jake Nordwind, Ceara O’Sullivan, Moss Perricone, Carl Tart, Asha Ward, Pete Schultz, Rosebud Baker, Megan Callahan-Shah, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten and KC Shornima, “Saturday Night Live” The San

LEGAL NOTICE

EDICTO AVISO A ACREEDORES DE DON RICHARD MACHADO GONZÁLEZ

SOBRE FORMACIÓN DE INVENTARIO EN SEDE NOTARIAL

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: ACREEDORES DEL CAUSANTE RICHARD MACHADO GONZÁLEZ

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica que se ha iniciado la preparación del inventario en sede notarial del caudal relicto del causante RICHARD MACHADO GONZÁLEZ. Se les requiere para que toda reclamación con los correspondientes comprobantes bajo juramento sea presentada y dirigida al peticionario por conducto de su abogado a la siguiente dirección y dentro del plazo de treinta (30) días contados desde la publicación del presente edicto:

VICENTE LAW, LLC

P.O. Box 11609

San Juan, PR 00910-1609

Teléfono (787) 751-8000

Facsímil (787) 756-5250

HAROLD D. VICENTE

E-Mail: hvicente@vclawpr.com

IVELISSE M. ORTIZ MOREAU

E-Mail: iortiz@vclawpr.com

Se le advierte que, de no responder a este Aviso, los procedimientos para la formación y liquidación del caudal del causante continuarán sin más citarle ni oirle.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO CARMEN MARIA

FERNANDEZ MEDINA; KRYSTAL QUERUBE HERNANDEZ

FERNANDEZ Y FELIX

CESAR ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ

FERNANDEZ

Peticionarios

Caso Núm.: PO2025CV01594. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. NÚMERO DE PARCELA: 364-000-001-73-000. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: John Doe Y Richard Roe, posibles interesados que incluye a colindantes desconocidos, anteriores dueños desconocidos, Bienvenido Acosta Camacho, Norma Iris Rojas Matos y posibles

de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ

herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la propiedad que se describe a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Parcela que radica en la carretera PR-132 Sector Camino Ojo del Agua Barrio Tallaboa Alta del Municipio de Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida Superficial de TRECE MIL OCHOCIENTOS

SESENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO CUATRO MIL SETECIENTOS

TREINTA Y UNO (13,869.4731)

METROS CUADRADOS EQUIVALENTE A TRES PUNTO CINCO MIL DOSCIENTOS

OCHENTA Y OCHO (3.5288)

CUERDAS. Colinda por el NORTE con terreno de Sotero Ruiz Alicea; por el SUR con Terreno de Wilfrido Vega; por el OESTE con terreno de Wilfrido Vega y por el ESTE con terreno de Vicenta Quiñones Lugo. Enclava en dicho terreno una casa de cemento techada en zinc, para propósito residencial. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Los interesados incluyen a colindantes desconocidos, anteriores dueños desconocidos y posibles herederos de dueños anteriores desconocidos de la Propiedad antes descrita. Por la presente quedan notificados que Carmen María Fernández Medina; Krystal Querube

Hernández Fernández y Félix

Cesar Alexander Hernández Fernández, han radicado en este Tribunal una Petición de Expediente de Dominio sobre la propiedad antes descrita, alegando que Doña Carmen María Fernández Medina y su difunto esposo Félix Edwin Hernández Guzmán quien adquirió por Compra de Mario Rivera Quiñones siendo dueños y ha poseído tanto por sus anteriores dueños como por ellos como dueños de dicha propiedad por más de 30 años y por ello solicitan Orden para que el Registrador de la Propiedad de Ponce II que inscriba dicha finca a nombre de los Peticionarios Carmen María Fernández Medina; Krystal Querube Hernández Fernández y Félix

Cesar Alexander Hernández Fernández. Se apercibe que si transcurrido Veinte (20) días desde la publicación de este Edicto, no ha habido reparos u oposición contra la demanda interpuesta, este Tribunal dictará Sentencia de acuerdo a lo solicitado en la misma. Copia de la contestación deberá ser notificada al Licenciado Rubén Román Toro a su dirección en: Apartado Postal número 1831, Yauco, Puerto Rico 00698. En cumplimiento de una orden dictada por este Tribunal expido el presente bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Yauco, Puerto Rico, a 26 de junio

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QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA

REGIONAL, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE, PUERTO RICO. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE AGUADILLA SIXTO RÍOS MATOS, RAMONITA MEJÍAS ROSE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Peticionarios EX-PARTE Civil Núm.: AG2025CV00977. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SCN MARTIN

VALENTIN, SCN JUANA GONZALEZ Y LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición 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 en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y

conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Solar ubicado en el Barrio Cruces del término municipal de Aguada Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de MIL DOSCIENTOS SEIS PUNTO MIL DOSCIENTOS TRES (1,206.1203) METROS CUADRADOS, equivalentes a CERO PUNTO TRES MIL CERO SESENTA Y NUEVE (0.3069) CUERDAS. En lindes al Norte, con camino vecinal; al Sur, con Sucesión de Rito Ríos, al Este, con camino municipal asfaltado y al Oeste, con Sucesión de Florencio Valentín. Enclava una estructura de un nivel dedicada a vivienda, la cual consta de cuatro (4) cuartos dormitorios, sala, cocina, balcón, un baño y marquesina. Catastro: 096-000-00871-004. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. Héctor J. Cardona Muñiz, 100 Emilio González Suite 1, Isabela, P.R. 00662; cel: 787-410-9185. Se le informa además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Aguadilla, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. (Mediante videoconferencia). Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a 23 de junio de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AWILDA CABÁN SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO MIGUEL ANGEL

CABRERA TORRES POR SI Y EN

REPRESENTACION DE SUS HERMANOS MARIA ALONDRA CABRERA

QUIARA; MIGUEL

ARMANDO CABRERA

QUIARA; ANAID MARITZA CABRERA QUIARA; MARIA MAGDALENA

CABRERA TORRES Peticionarios EX PARTE

Caso Civil Número: NG2023CV00147. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. E.U A., PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.U., E.L.A. DE P.R., SS.

A: EFRAIN RODRIGUEZ GARCIA; DINORAH

DEL PILAR CAMACHO RODRIGUEZ; MERCEDES CABRERA; JOSE ALVIRA ACOSTA; MARIO D. NIEVES.

Por la presente se le notifica que comparezcan, si creyeren conveniente, ante este Honorable Tribunal. Ello debe hacerlo dentro de un término no mayor de 20 días desde la última publicación de un edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para inscribir su dominio sobre el siguiente inmueble. Por la presente se notifica que se ha presentado ente este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la parte Promovente el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: Rústica: Predio localizado en el Barrio Duque del Término Municipal de Naguabo con número de catastro 230-000007-10-998, compuesto de VEINTE Y CINCO MIL DOSCIENTOS VEINTE Y OCHO METROS CUADRADOS CON DOSCIENTOS SETENTA MILESIMAS DE OTRO METRO CUADRADO (25,228.270 M.C.), en lindes por el NORTE en once alineaciones que en total suman ochenta y siete metros con ciento cuarenta y cinco milésimas de otro metro (87.145 mts.) con terrenos de la Sucesión Miguel A. Cabrera; por el SUR en nueve alineaciones que en total suman ciento veinte y dos metros con trescientos sesenta y siete milésimas de otro metro (122.367 mts.) con terrenos de Roberto Rodriguez López, Camino Publico y Mercedes Cabrera; por el ESTE en 11 alineaciones que en total suman doscientos treinta y seis metros con ciento noventa y una milésimas de otro metro (236.191 mts.) con terrenos de Mario D. Nieves, Efraín Rodriguez García y Dinorah Del Pilar Camacho Rodriguez; y por el OESTE en siete alineaciones que en total suman

doscientos veinte y cinco metros con seiscientos cincuenta y dos milésimas de otro metro (225.652 mts.) con terrenos de José L. Alvira Acosta. Está atravesada por un Camino Vecinal. No está Inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. El número de codificación o “catastro” según aparece en el CRIM es el 230000-007-10-998 el cual es de la finca principal. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. 1. Que la parte peticionaria adquirió la mencionada propiedad objeto de la presente solicitud de dominio Conforme a la Resolución del 14 de agosto de 2012 sobre Declaratoria de Herederos, el peticionario en representación de sus hermanos como heredero del caudal dejado por el difunto Miguel Ángel Cabrera Figueroa, es la parte peticionaria en esta Petición representando. 2. El abogado de la parte Promovente el Licenciado Julio César Osuna Guzmán, cuya dirección es: Calle 15 N#3 Urb. Sta. Juana, Caguas Puerto Rico 00725 y cuyo teléfono lo es (787) 744-7302 y su correo electrónico josunalaw@gmail.com. Y se le notifica a ustedes que este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite a ustedes, para que hagan oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndoles que de no hacer oposición dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fueran ustedes notificados de esta citación, la Parte Promovente podrá solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente y su correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Caguas, el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. POR ORDEN DEL HONORABLE LORIMAR BARRETO VINCENTY, Juez de este Tribunal, expido la presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de junio del 2025. Bajo mi firma y sello oficial. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIO. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE FAJARDO MCLP ASSET COMCPANY, INC. Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE MARIA DOLORES CARRILLO DE LEON T/C/C

MARIA DOLORES CARRILLO T/C/C

MARIA D. CARRILLO DE LEÓN, COMPUESTA POR ROGELIO LUIS ROBLES CARRILLO;

MARIA MILAGROS FARGAS CARRILLO; LUIS FELIPE FARGAS CARRILLO; SUCESIÓN DE JOSE DOLORES ORTIZ SANTANA COMPUESTA POR: SARA ORTIZ Y FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: FA2021CV00564. Salón Núm.: 307. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE MARIA DOLORES CARRILLO DE LEON T/C/C MARIA DOLORES CARRILLO T/C/C MARIA D. CARRILLO DE LEÓN, COMPUESTA POR ROGELIO LUIS ROBLES CARRILLO; MARIA MILAGROS FARGAS CARRILLO; LUIS FELIPE FARGAS CARRILLO; SUCESIÓN DE JOSE DOLORES ORTIZ SANTANA COMPUESTA POR: SARA ORTIZ Y FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO: DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e 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 número 141-B, en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Espanta Sueño del Barrio Florencio del término municipal de Fajardo, con una cabida superficial de 842.06 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela número 142 de la Comunidad; por el SUR, con Calle de la Comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela número 141-A de la Comunidad; y por el OESTE, con parcela número 141-C de la Comunidad. Consta inscrita al folio 275 del tomo 307 de Fajardo, finca número #13,263, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Bo. Florencio, 141-B Comm. Rural Espanta Sueño, Fajardo, P.R. 00736. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, contra José D. Ortíz Santana Seguro Social xxx-xx-9246 y María D. Carrillo De León seguro social xxx-xx-0918, en la suma de $2,550.76, por concepto de Contribuciones Sobre Ingresos, según Certificación de fecha 24 de abril de 2013, presentado el día 24 de abril de 201 y anotado al folio 152 del Libro del ELA número 1, (Ley 12). No podemos precisar que una de las personas embargadas y el titular de esta finca sean la misma persona. Se le notifica al acreedor posterior anteriormente identificado para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación con la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $57,679.99, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #280, otorgada en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de junio de 2003, ante el notario Arlene Echevarría Rodríguez, e inscrita al folio 10 del tomo 476 de Fajardo, finca número 13,263, inscripción 6ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 5 DE AGOS-

derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 15 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. YASHMIR PABÓN ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. WALQUIDIA GISELLE GUMBS

Demandada Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00572. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: WALQUIDIA GISELLE GUMBS - GINDER ISLAND DR. APT 8C, ST. MARTIN 97150, SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH).

POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a Walquidia Giselle Gumbs, que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. POR LO TANTO, se le emplaza por edicto y se le requiere que notifique a MARINI PIETRANTONI MUÑIZ LLC., Lcdo. Luis C. Marini Biaggi (lmarini@mpmlawpr. com), la Lcda. Ashley Anne Clemente Serrano (aclemente@mpmlawpr.com) y la Lcda. Getzemarie Lugo Rodríguez (glugo@mpmlawpr.com), 250 Ponce de León Ave., Suite 900 San Juan, PR 00918, Tel. 787705-2171, copia de su contestación a la Demanda dentro de los (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia,

Sala de Vega Baja. SE LE ADVIERTE que, de no proceder conforme con lo antes indicado, se le anotará la rebeldía y podrá dictarse Sentencia en su contra, concediendo a la parte demandante los remedios solicitados en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 15 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. YASHMIR PABÓN ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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MR. HOME LLC

Demandante V. BANCO Y AGENCIA DE FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: PO2024CV03616. (Salón: 605 CIVIL SUPERIOR).

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ

EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

RICARDO J. CACHO RODRÍGUEZCACHOR@MICROJURIS.COM.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de julio de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 11 de julio de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. BRENDA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL

TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE TOA ALTA SALA DE TOA ALTA. MIGDALIA DEL CARMEN HERNÁNDEZ BORGES

Demandantes vs. CITIBANK NA, MR. COOPER Y JOHN DOE

Demandados

CIVIL NUM.: SJ2025CV04058. SALA 905. SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: JOHN DOE DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS

Por la presente se le emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, la Demanda del caso de epígrafe, solicitando la cancelación de un Pagaré suscrito a favor de Citibank NA, o a su orden, por la suma de $68,500.00, con intereses al 6.3/4%, vencedero el I de febrero de 2024, según consta en la Escritura Número 8 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 14 de enero de 1994, ante el Notario Carlos M. Franco, inscrita al Folio Móvil del Tomo 165, en el Registro de la Propiedad, Sección V de San Juan. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramaludiciaLpr salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se les apercibe y advierte que de no contestar la demanda y notificar copia de la contestación de ésta a la parte demandante por conducto de su abogada:

LCDA. ANA M. CAMPOS GAVITORUA 7710

EDIF. MANUEL ZENO GANDIA, 353 AVE. DOMENECH, SUITE 302 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 TEL.: (787)751-5733

EMAIL: anamcampos@yahoo.com

A los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 24 de junio de 2025. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, SECRETARIA. Brenda L. Báez Acabá, SECRETARIA(O) A SALA.

LEGAL NOTICE

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. CARMEN SANTANA RODRIGUEZ

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: TB2024CV00501. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: CARMEN SANTANA RODRIGUEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de julio de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 09 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. VIVÍAN J.

SANABRIA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. ANTONIA COLON ALAMO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00959. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: ANTONIA COLON ALAMO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de julio de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante v. HECTOR M. HENRIQUEZ RIVERA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AÑ2024CV00136 (SALÓN 0201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO A: HECTOR M. HENRIQUEZ RIVERA

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 DE JULIO DE 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los

10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de JULIO de 2025. En AÑASCO, Puerto Rico, el 10 de JULIO de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, Secretario(a). f/LUZ N. CHICO ACEVEDO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. MR COOPER Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV01396. (Salón: 703). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN - JMONTALVO@ DELGADOFERNANDEZ.COM. A: MR COOPER, 800 STATE HIGHWAY 121 BYPASS, LEWISVILLE, TX 75067; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de julio de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M.

PINTADO NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. KATHIRIA J. OSORIO HENRIQUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: FA2025CV00160. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑALEGAL@JRSLAWPR.COM. A: KATHIRIA J. OSORIO HENRIQUEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, URB MONTE BRISAS 1, L 17 CALLE H, FAJARDO PR 00738-3313. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de julio de 2025. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 09 de julio de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ALEJANDRO ANTONIO ORIZONDO ALVAREZMENA

Demandante V. AMARIS URBINA

ECHEVARRIA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2020CV01973. (Salón: 802). Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

AMARIS URBINA ECHEVARRÍAURBINALAW@GMAIL.COM.

MARICELLE HERNÁNDEZ GUERREROMARICELLEHERNANDEZ@YAHOO. COM.

ROY R. SÁNCHEZ-VAHAMONDE DIEPPA - RRENELAW@GMAIL.COM. VÍCTOR M. RIVERA TORRESVICTOR.RIVERA@RCRTRBLAW. COM.

ZEDIDED ORTIZ MARTÍNEZZEDIDEDORTIZ@GMAIL.COM.

ERIC RESTO LEÓN - URB. BORINQUEN VALLEY II, CALLE HAMACA #399, CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO, 00725. ERIC RESTO LEÓN - URB. BORINQUEN VALLEY, 399 CALLE HAMACA CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO, 00725.

ROY R. SANCHEZ-VAHAMONDE DIEPPA - AVE HOSTOS 387, HATO REY, PUERTO RICO, 00918. A: FERNANDO JAVIER ORIZONDO ALVAREZMENA - P O BOX 368108, SAN JUAN, PR 00936; CARMEN DORIS PAGAN SEDA - P O BOX 190998, SAN JUAN, PR 009190998.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de julio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 07 de julio de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 07 de julio de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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The players to watch at the British Open

By MICHAEL ARKUSH

The final major of 2025, this week’s British Open at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland, is suddenly here. It seems like yesterday when Rory McIlroy ended his long drought in majors by winning the Masters in a playoff over Justin Rose, becoming the sixth man to attain the career Grand Slam.

McIlroy, despite his uneven performances in the PGA Championship and U.S. Open, is among the favorites this week in his native country, as will Xander Schauffele, the defending champion, and Scottie Scheffler, the top-ranked golfer in the world.

Here are five other players to watch. Lee Westwood

It’s good to see Westwood in the field for another major championship. His most recent appearance was the 2022 British Open at St. Andrews, where he tied for 34th.

Westwood, 52, who jumped to LIV Golf in 2022, was for many years on the short list of the best players in the game without a major victory. He came close on numerous occasions, recording nine top-three finishes. But in his last nine majors, he hasn’t cracked the top 10. He got into this year’s British Open by qualifying this month at Dundonald Links in Scotland. He shot rounds of 70 and 67 — the lowest total of anyone in the field — to secure one of the five available spots.

“I’m just looking forward to enjoying the week at Portrush,” Westwood told the media recently. “Seeing a few old friends and enjoying that golf course. For me, it’s in the top three links courses in the British Isles.”

In 2019, when the British Open was last staged at Royal Portrush, Westwood tied for fourth.

Keegan Bradley

With the Ryder Cup two months away, a big question remains: Will Bradley, the U.S. captain, play in the event as well?

It depends on how he performs over the remainder of the season, starting Thursday at Royal Portrush. Bradley, 39, the winner of a recent tournament in Connecticut, hasn’t played well in the British Open, and that’s putting it mildly. In 11 appearances since his debut in 2012, he has yet to record a top 10 finish, his best showing was a tie for 15th in 2013. Worse yet, he has missed the cut the last five times, including last year when he shot rounds of 74 and 75.

Still, he’s ranked No. 7 in the world and occupies the ninth spot in the current Ryder Cup standings. The top six automatically qualify, with the captain picking the rest of the squad.

The way he’s been playing this year — he has four top 10s in addition to his one victory — he’d be justified picking himself.

A good showing at Portrush would make the case even stronger.

Justin Rose

Rose, 44, of England, is running out of time to add a second major title to the one he captured at the 2013 U.S. Open.

He’s had his chances in recent years. In addition to this year’s playoff loss to McIlroy at the Masters, he tied for second in the 2024 British Open, two shots behind Schauffele. Overall, he has posted finishes of five seconds and two thirds in majors since turning professional in 1998.

The British Open was where he made his first big impression. In the 1998 Open, Rose, an amateur at the time, tied for fourth, making a shot from about 50 yards on the final hole. He became a pro the next day.

Brooks Koepka during the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., May 20, 2023. Though his play in the majors the last two years has been mediocre, Koepka is among the players to watch at the 2025 British Open, the final major of the year. (Desiree Ríos/The New York Times)

His near misses in the Masters have been particularly frustrating. He’s held a share of the lead after 12 rounds, the fourth most of all time, but has not been able to walk away with the green jacket.

Rose, ranked No. 21, tied for 20th in the 2019 Open.

Adam Scott

Scott, who turned 45 this week, is also running out of opportunities to pick up a second major. His first major, similar to Rose, came in 2013 when he defeated Angel Cabrera in a playoff at the Masters.

To succeed, Scott will have to rebound from what has to rank as one of his toughest setbacks.

Heading into the final round of last month’s U.S. Open, Scott trailed the leader, Sam Burns, by only one stroke. He was still in the hunt on the back nine, but made bogeys on 14 and 15 and a double bogey on 16. Scott shot a 9-over 79 to finish in a tie for 12th.

A victory at Royal Portrush would also atone for his memorable collapse in the 2012 British Open. Scott, leading by four strokes with four holes to go, bogeyed each of them to lose by a stroke to Ernie Els.

“I had it in my hands with four to go,” Scott said afterward. “I’m very disappointed.”

Brooks Koepka

On the one hand, Koepka’s play in the majors the last two years has been mediocre.

In seven majors, he hasn’t recorded a single top 10 finish. This year he missed the cut in the Masters and the PGA Championship. He was able, however, to tie for 12th in the U.S. Open.

On the other, he has a reputation of performing his best in these events. Before 2024, he won five majors, including the 2023 PGA. In other words, he is due.

Koepka, 35, made other kinds of headlines recently. At last month’s LIV Golf event in Dallas, he smashed a tee marker after hitting a poor drive on the ninth hole. He ended up with a bogey on the hole and withdrew from the tournament because of illness.

It appears that Koepka, a member of the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023, will not make the squad for this year’s matches at Bethpage Black in New York.

Unless perhaps he pulls off a victory at Royal Portrush. It could happen.

The San Juan Daily Star