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PREB seeks explanations for delays in accelerated storage program
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) on Thursday ordered the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to explain within five days why it has not executed four energy storage projects already approved for a total 110 megawatts (MW) of battery capacity.
The projects are part of LUMA Energy’s accelerated storage addition program (ASAP).
On June 16, the PREB asked LUMA, the private operator of the island’s energy grid, to provide a detailed status report
on all Phase 1 projects. On June 23, LUMA filed a document titled Motion in Compliance with Resolution and Order of June 16, 2025 and Request for Confidential Treatment. Through its June 23 motion, LUMA provided a status update on the four agreements approved by the PREB.
The PREB became aware that the projects were approved by PREPA and the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico; however, execution has not yet started, as it is pending confirmation that PREPA can proceed with execution with a letter of authorization from the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority.
In its proposal filed with the PREB on April 26, 2024, LUMA highlighted that Phase 1 projects could begin immediately, as they did not require network upgrades or interconnection costs, with some independent power producers claiming they could be commercial in under 12 months, the PREB said.
“As such, the execution of the referenced agreements should have already taken place, as implementation was contemplated for April 2025,” the PREB said in a July 23 resolution. “This is extremely concerning, [since] if those projects had been executed, the current generation challenges could have been avoided entirely and prevented the persistent reliance on loadshedding events, particularly considering that the outages involve [megawatt] capacity that would have been covered by the projects identified for execution under the Phase 1 ASAP Program, which total 110MW of BESS [battery energy storage system].”
Senator, PRASA chief visit treatment plant, seek to stem water service breakdowns
By THE STAR STAFF
Carolina District Sen. Héctor Sánchez Álvarez visited the Sergio Cuevas water treatment plant in Trujillo Alto on Thursday with Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive President Luis González Delgado and PRASA regional director Luis González Traverso to identify the detailed work plan and a clear timeline to resolve and eliminate drinking water service disruptions affecting the communities of Isla Verde in Carolina and Piñones in Loíza.
“We recognize the efforts made by PRASA in the midst of the challenges faced by the distribution system, but it is urgent that this situation that directly affects hundreds of residents, many of them older adults, be addressed with priority,” the senator said.
Sánchez Álvarez stressed the importance of establishing effective communication with citizens, as well as providing certainty about the measures that are being taken to restore the service.
“These communities deserve clear information, timely care, and an essential service that guarantees their health and quality of life,” he said. “I trust that, with close collaboration, we can address this situation as soon as possible.”
The senator added that he will be following up on the situation in coordination with PRASA and community leaders.
Carolina District Sen. Héctor Sánchez Álvarez and top officials from the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority visited the Sergio Cuevas water treatment plant in Trujillo Alto on Thursday seeking a detailed work plan and a clear timeline to resolve and eliminate drinking water service disruptions.
La Fortaleza says it is in negotiations with NFE for LNG supply
By THE STAR STAFF
La Fortaleza said it is in negotiations with New Fortress Energy (NFE) for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract that expires today.
According to statements by Public Affairs Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo, negotiations continue, although they face objections from the Financial Oversight and Management Board, which has generated uncertainty about the future of the agreement.
All options are being studied to ensure a robust electrical system and prevent further blackouts in Puerto Rico, Torres Montalvo said.
The central government is also negotiating with at least four firms on 30-day emergency gas supply contracts after canceling negotiations with NFE because the firm refused to negotiate amendments to a $20 billion LNG supply contract.
Today is the expiration date for another contract with NFE, which supplies gas to 14 temporary units in Palo Seco and San Juan. As of press time, it was not known whether NFE would opt to grant an extension. NFE, which reportedly has hired Holihand
Lokey to slash its debt obligations, did not answer requests for comment.
“Based on our perception of a lack of interest from New Fortress, we are terminating this request for proposals process,” said Osvaldo Carlo Linares, president of Recoms Group, the third-party procurement office, this week as quoted by Bloomberg.
Regarding the $20 billion contract, the New York-based company, founded by billionaire Wes Edens, was negotiating with the government to renew a 15-year contract. However, the federally appointed oversight board opposed the deal, arguing that it would grant NFE a monopoly on LNG supplies and compel Puerto Rico to accept volumes it might not need.
Following the government’s decision, the company’s bonds maturing in 2029 fell by 6 cents on the dollar, and its shares dropped as much as 12%.
The oversight board confirmed this week that
Interim governor signs laws on seniors, hospitals, PRSO
By THE STAR STAFF
Interim Gov. Rosachely Rivera Santana signed three new laws on Thursday that legally define the elderly population, extend tax exemptions to hospitals, and create a new public corporation to manage the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
Law 75-2025 amends the Penal Code to define an elderly person as anyone 60 years of age or older, with the goal of clarifying the legal language and avoiding ambiguities in the application of criminal aggravating circumstances.
“The absence of a definition that clearly sets forth the age at which a person is considered an elderly person within our Code may cause ambiguity or lack of uniformity when assigning aggravating circumstances,” the text of the law states.
Law 76-2025 renews for 10 years the benefits of the Hospital Tax Exemption Law, which was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2024, and is part of the government’s efforts to strengthen the island’s healthcare system.
The benefits contemplated in the law include tax credits on payroll expenses, exemptions on excise taxes, patents, and
municipal contributions, and relief on taxes on petroleum derivatives used by hospitals. Administration Law 77-2025, meanwhile, creates the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Corp., consolidating functions of three previous entities to allow for the operational and administrative sustainability of the cultural institution.
it had received formal communication from Linares’ office indicating the withdrawal of the contract.
“Neither the [Public-Private Partnerships Authority] nor the government are willing to defend the terms of the contract submitted to the Board for review and approval,” the oversight board stated in a written message sent to Bloomberg. The board added that it will continue to work with all parties to find a solution that benefits the people of Puerto Rico. Due to the impasse, Linares confirmed that the government is in talks with four other companies to establish 30-day emergency contracts. Those agreements will likely require payment for the use of NFE’s LNG receiving infrastructure in San Juan. The names of the potential suppliers have not been disclosed. Naturgy, the Spanish company that supplies LNG at the Peñuelas import terminal, did not respond to a request for comment on whether it is among the potential temporary suppliers.
The new corporation seeks to guarantee the continuity of musical and performing arts activities amid the fiscal restrictions imposed by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, and reduce its dependence on annual budget allocations.
CC1 acquires Aguadilla plant, Suiza Dairy & Suiza Fruit brands
By THE STAR STAFF
Suiza Caribe LLC, part of the CC1 Companies group, acquired the Aguadilla production plant and the portfolio of the Suiza Dairy and Suiza Fruit brands on Thursday, known for their long-life dairy products and juices.
“With this acquisition, we reaffirm our
commitment to Puerto Rico, especially to its livestock farmers and the country’s main agricultural industry,” said Alberto de la Cruz, president and CEO of CC1 Companies, in a written statement.
The transaction includes the production plant, the refrigerators and refrigeration equipment distributed in the market, as well as the rights to brands such as Suiza Pre-
mium, Golden Supreme, and Suiza Dairy UHT milk. The agreement also includes the possibility of exporting these products to Caribbean markets.
According to data from the Office for the Regulation of the Dairy Industry, the UHT milk segment is the fastest-growing segment within the dairy sector in Puerto Rico, and the year is expected to close with
a production of 181 million quarts. CC1 Companies maintains operations in the beverage and distribution sectors, with brands such as Coca-Cola and products from Cervecera de Puerto Rico. With the expansion, the company strengthens its presence in the local market and reinforces its commitment to manufacturing on the island.
Public Affairs Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo
Interim Gov. Rosachely Rivera Santana
Education Dept. extends appointments for more than 3,000 assistants
By THE STAR STAFF
Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés announced Thursday the extension of appointments for 3,232 service assistants for the 2025-26 school year. The initiative is part of efforts to ensure a smooth and orderly transition at the beginning of the new academic year, he said.
“Stability in our schools is crucial so that every student receives the support they need from day one,” Ramos Parés stated. “This measure allows us to act swiftly and guarantee the continuity of essential services without interruption, especially for students who depend on these resources.”
The official noted that the decision exempts service assistants from the regular recruitment process, enabling their contracts to be extended immediately and effectively. The extension will
last for one year and represents a strategic effort to strengthen direct services to the student population.
The contract extension process has been executed in all Regional Education Offices (ORE), except for the Mayagüez region, which will notify its assistants next Tuesday.
The estimated distribution of the benefited staff by educational region is as follows: Arecibo 567, Bayamón 483, Caguas 435, Humacao 372, Mayagüez 427, Ponce 526, San Juan 422. Total: 3,232.
“This effort is the result of responsible planning and a commitment to the well-being of our students,” the education chief added. “I extend my gratitude to the regional staff, as well as to the Auxiliary Secretariat of Special Education and its Human Resources Unit, for executing this process in a coordinated and efficient manner.”
By THE STAR STAFF
After several months of sustained work on its infrastructure, the Minillas Bridge on highway PR-102 in San Germán reopened Thursday.
“We are pleased to announce the official opening of the Minillas Bridge, an infrastructure work that promises to significantly improve the mobility and safety of people who travel through it,” San Germán Mayor Virgilio Olivera Olivera said.
The bridge, which connects key communities in San Germán, represents an essential advance in the municipality’s road infrastructure, the mayor added.
The Minillas Bridge reopening will facilitate transit between various areas, thus reducing travel time and improving access to basic services such as schools, health centers and shops, Olivera noted. In addition, he said, the work strengthens the safety of those who circulate in the area, especially during times of heavy rain or emergencies.
Four horses electrocuted after power pole falls in Utuado
By THE STAR STAFF
An incident involving live power lines caused the death of four horses Thursday morning in the Sabana Grande neighborhood of Utuado, police reported.
According to the official report, officers assigned to the
Utuado Precinct were alerted at 5:25 a.m. by a call to the 9-11 Emergency System about a fallen pole and power lines on highway PR-611, kilometer 4.6.
Upon arriving at the scene, Officer Mariel Ríos Heredia found the four horses dead, having received an electric shock caused by the live power lines that fell on the grounds of two residences in the area.
Personnel from the Utuado Fire Department, Emergency Management, and LUMA Energy worked at the scene to address the situation.
No injuries were reported. The police were continuing the investigation.
Man jailed for stealing plants from outside Bayamón shopping mall Minillas Bridge in San Germán reopens
By THE STAR STAFF
Aman was booked into prison after being charged with aggravated unlawful appropriation and aggravated damage for uprooting ornamental plants in the parking lot of the Cantón Mall in Bayamón.
According to preliminary information, the defendant was identified as Gerald Santiago Guzmán, 57, a resident of Bayamón. Police allege that the man used his bare hands to dig up several plants classified as agave and alternanthera, causing damage to the grounds, and stealing them.
The stolen property, including planting and maintenance costs, was valued at around $2,618.
Officer Isaías Rivera, under the supervision of Sgt. Jackeline Acevedo of the Bayamón Criminal Investigation Unit (CIC), consulted the case with Prosecutor Glorinés González, who ordered the filing of charges for the aforementioned crimes.
The defendant was captured on security cameras committing the crimes and subsequently arrested by Municipal Police Officer Ricardo López. The case was presented to Judge Catherine Brunelle, who determined cause for arrest and set bail at $16,000. When he failed to post bail, Santiago Guzmán was booked into the Bayamón Regional Jail.
The preliminary hearing was scheduled for Aug. 6 at the Bayamón Court.
Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés
Near the Minillas Bridge in San Germán
Columbia agrees to $200 million fine to settle fight with Trump
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine to settle allegations from the Trump administration that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students, part of a sweeping deal reached earlier this week to restore the university’s federal research funding, according to a statement from the university.
In exchange for the return of hundreds of millions in research grants, Columbia will also pledge to follow laws banning the consideration of race in admissions and hiring, and follow through on other commitments to reduce antisemitism and unrest on campus that it agreed to in March.
The deal, which settles more than a half-dozen open civil rights investigations into the university, will be overseen by an independent monitor agreed to by both sides who will report to the government on its progress every six months. Columbia will also pay $21 million to settle investigations brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
versity will pay a $200 million fine to settle allegations from the Trump administration that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students, part of a sweeping deal reached on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, to restore the university’s federal research funding, according to a statement from the university. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
“This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,” Claire Shipman, Columbia’s acting president, said in the release. “The settlement was carefully crafted to protect the values that define us and allow our essential research partnership with the federal government to get back on track.”
The deal is a significant milestone in the Trump administration’s quest to bring elite universities to heel. Columbia is the first university to reach a negotiated settlement over antisemitism claims. Harvard, which has sued the administration over funding cuts, is also negotiating for restoration of its federal money. The expectation is that the Columbia settlement will provide a template for future deals.
Linda McMahon, the federal education secretary, said in a statement that the deal was “a seismic shift in our nation’s fight to hold institutions that accept American taxpayer dollars accountable for antisemitic discrimination and harassment.”
“Columbia’s reforms are a road map for elite universities that wish to regain the confidence of the American public by renewing their commitment to truth-seeking, merit and civil debate,” she said.
The agreement will restore the vast majority of the more than $400 million in grants terminated or frozen by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services in March. Columbia can also compete on equal footing for new grants. The university will pay the $200 million in three installments over three years.
Columbia receives about $1.3 billion in federal research grants annually, and the university said it would have
all been at risk if it had remained on the White House’s blacklist.
The loss of funding for scientific research had become an urgent matter for Columbia, imperiling decades of work and bringing Columbia to the “tipping point” of preserving its research excellence, the university said.
But making a deal with the White House brings its own risks for Columbia, challenging the limits of the private university’s independence and lending legitimacy to the Trump administration’s strategy of weaponizing research funding to accomplish an unrelated aim of reining in campus unrest.
The federal government announced March 7 that it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia, an extraordinary step that made the university the first to be punished by the Trump administration with a freeze on research funding over accusations that it had failed to protect Jewish students from harassment. Other schools, including Harvard, Cornell and Northwestern, soon followed.
As weeks passed, it became evident that the damage to Columbia’s research enterprise went further than the original $400 million cut. The National Institutes of Health, the government’s key medical research funder, froze nearly all research funding flowing to Columbia, including reimbursement of research grants that were still active.
Grant Watch, a project run by research scientists who compiled information on the grants pulled by the Trump administration, estimated that about $1.2 billion in unspent funding from the NIH to Columbia had been terminated or frozen. Other federal agencies, including the National
Science Foundation, also pulled grants.
About a week after the administration pulled the $400 million, a Trump antisemitism task force sent Columbia a list of nine demands that the university had to satisfy to begin talks to get the money back. Columbia largely complied with the demands, many of which are reflected in Thursday’s agreement.
The deal, which will be in effect for three years, is between Columbia and several federal agencies, including the Justice and Education Departments. Like many legal settlements, it states that it is being entered into to avoid the burdens of litigation, not as an admission of wrongdoing.
It includes a statement affirming that Columbia will maintain its academic independence, stating that none of its provisions give the federal government “the authority to dictate faculty hiring, university hiring, admissions decisions or the content of academic speech.”
Some of the terms simply codify what was pledged by Columbia in March. Those commitments include the appointment of a senior vice provost to oversee the Middle Eastern studies department and other departments; the maintenance of restrictions on protests; and the appointment of three dozen public safety officers with arrest powers.
There are also new commitments to existing laws and executive orders that align with the Trump administration’s priorities.
Columbia will follow the law and not “maintain programs that promote unlawful efforts” on diversity, equity and inclusion. The university will abide by court rulings prohibiting the use of affirmative action in admissions, and it will provide the independent monitor with admissions data to affirm that it is complying.
Columbia, like all schools, already had to inform the Department of Homeland Security when international students were suspended or expelled. It will now also notify the department when they are arrested. The university will also follow laws on transparency regarding foreign funding.
Students on the campus of Columbia University in New York, March 31, 2025. Columbia Uni-
Gabbard releases new documents targeting Obama administration, as Justice Dept. forms task force
By JULIAN E. BARNES and GLENN THRUSH
The Justice Department announced earlier this week the formation of a task force to look into unsubstantiated allegations by President Donald Trump that President Barack Obama and his aides ordered an investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections to Russia to destroy Trump.
The announcement, which came in an ambiguous, barebones statement on the department’s website, was a continuation of Trump’s campaign of retribution. It also represented yet another Trump pivot away from the political morass of the Jeffrey Epstein files in targeting Obama, whose presidency set off a wave of reactionary anger that helped propel Trump from a punchline to political dominance.
The move came hours after Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ramped up her attacks on Obama, releasing a document that she said undermined the conclusion of his intelligence agencies that Russia favored the election of Trump in 2016.
Gabbard said that after Trump’s first election, Obama ordered an intelligence analysis that was subject to “unusual directives” from him. She criticized that assessment as using unclear or unknown sources.
Under questions from reporters, she said Obama administration officials had led to a “yearslong coup and treasonous conspiracy” against Trump.
Asked if she thought Obama was implicated in criminal behavior, Gabbard said she had referred documents to the FBI.
“The evidence that we have found and that we have released directly point to President Obama leading the manufacturing of this intelligence assessment,” she said. “There are multiple pieces of evidence and intelligence that confirm that fact.”
The documents Gabbard has produced, both Wednesday and last week, show that Obama administration officials wanted to complete a review before they left office and put pressure on the intelligence agencies to work quickly, but there is no evidence of criminal behavior.
The document released Wednesday was a report that the House Intelligence Committee originally drafted in 2017, when Republicans led the panel. The report took issue with the conclusion reached in December 2016 that President Vladimir Putin of Russia had favored Trump.
Only Republicans on the committee participated in the drafting of the 2017 report and revisions in 2020.
The new material provides some interesting insights into the development of the review of Russian activity by American spy agencies and the debate over their assessment. But none of the new information changes the fundamental view that Russia meddled in the election and that Putin hoped to damage Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee.
Gabbard has won praise from Trump for her investigation into the intelligence findings and spoke at length about how the 2016 assessment was part of a witch hunt against him. The president has been under sharp criticism for his handling of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and his attacks on the Obama administration appear to be part of a distract-and-deflect strategy.
The report was released with relatively few redactions,
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, speaks next to a screen reading “The Creation of the Russia Hoax” during a briefing for reporters at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Gabbard released a document on Wednesday that she said undermined the conclusion of intelligence agencies during the Obama administration that Russia favored the election of Donald J. Trump in 2016. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
prompting criticism from Democrats.
“The desperate and irresponsible release of the partisan House intelligence report puts at risk some of the most sensitive sources and methods our intelligence community uses to spy on Russia and keep Americans safe,” said Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Officials familiar with the matter said that another, more heavily redacted version took care to hide more information about U.S. sources and had been considered for release. Gabbard said on social media that Trump had declassified the report.
Kash Patel, now Trump’s FBI director, was a key author of the report released Wednesday, according to officials.
The House report found that most of the judgments made by the intelligence community in 2016 were sound. But it argued that the work was rushed, as a recent tradecraft analysis by the CIA also found. The assessment that Putin had favored Trump did not follow the “professional criteria” of the other findings, the House report said.
The findings were at odds with a bipartisan series of Senate reports from a committee that included Marco Rubio, then a Republican senator from Florida and now Trump’s secretary of state. The Senate Intelligence Committee affirmed the work of the CIA and the other intelligence agencies on the 2016 assessment.
Warner said Wednesday that the bipartisan effort by the Senate included a yearslong investigation that went through millions of documents and 200 witness interviews. It concluded, he said, that “Russia launched a large-scale influence campaign in the 2016 election to help then-candidate Trump.”
John H. Durham, a special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Bill Barr during Trump’s first term, also failed to find any evidence undermining the intelligence agencies’ conclusions.
But the House report said the judgment about Putin’s preference was based on a single source who was biased against the Russian government. The raw intelligence was fragmentary and lacked context, the report added.
The detailed discussion of the source has not been made public before, although the U.S. decision to extract and relocate him, first to Virginia, has become public. Russia officials made the source’s identity public and said he was an aide to a senior Russian official.
The 2017 report portrays the information as incomplete and subject to interpretation, pointing to a single piece of intelligence from the man that said Putin had decided to leak emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee because Clinton had better odds of the election, and Trump, “whose victory Putin was counting, most likely would not be able to pull off a convincing victory.”
But current and former American officials pushed back on the characterization of the source’s intelligence, saying he was well placed and had provided sound information to the United States on Putin’s intentions.
While Trump’s Republican supporters criticized the assessment during his first term, the president focused much of his ire on Robert Mueller, the former FBI director appointed to investigate any ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
The newly released House document also takes a close look at the role that a dossier prepared by a former British intelligence officer, Christopher Steele, played in the 2016 assessment.
Trump administration officials have maintained that the 2016 intelligence review was tainted by unverified information in the so-called Steele dossier. A classified annex to the report mentioned the dossier, but former officials said the CIA did not take it seriously and did not allow it to influence their assessment.
Few if any of the claims in Steele’s work about Trump have been verified in the ensuing years.
In interviews this week, former officials insisted the Steele dossier did not influence the findings of the 2016 assessment. But the House report took issue with that, noting that in one of the bullet points in the original, classified version, the assessment referred readers to the annex discussing the dossier. The House report said the two-page annex summarizing the dossier “misrepresented the significance and credibility” of Steele’s work.
Former Obama administration officials acknowledged in hindsight that including the unverified dossier in the annex was a mistake, given the justifiable criticisms Republicans had of Steele’s assertions. But the officials said the FBI felt it had no choice but to include it in the annex to avoid appearing as if they were hiding something from Trump.
CIA officials wanted to be sure the FBI signed on to the overall assessments, and they felt that the bureau would do that only if the annex was included, former officials said.
Gabbard has said she wants to end the weaponization of intelligence. She has condemned politicians for what she sees as the use of selective bits of intelligence against their opponents.
While she has portrayed the release of the documents as a corrective to the errors and missteps of the Obama administration, former officials and even some allies of Gabbard have said her effort to throw a lifeline to Trump is an example of the very politicization she has vowed to stamp out.
July 25 – A day to celebrate federalism
By GREGORIO IGARTÚA Special to The STAR
American citizens of Puerto Rico are confused about the legal and political status of Puerto Rico. This confusion is due to the ignorance of many politicians, the contradictory opinions of local and federal courts, and particularly by the insistence of some Popular Democratic Party leaders that Puerto Rico has a political relationship with the United States that does not fall within the United States constitutional system and which the federal government has stated does not exist (ELA).
The answer to our political dilemma can be traced and found by evaluating and comparing how the United States Congress has legally and politically disposed of Puerto Rico with the requirements it imposed on the former territories to qualify for statehood. In 1787, Congress adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established the requirements for statehood for the territories west of the Ohio River. These requirements included a defined geographic area, a minimum population, an organized government, a legislature, a court, and the appointment of a territorial delegate or resident commissioner to Congress. If one compares what Congress has done legally and politically with Puerto Rico since 1898 with the previous requirements, one can conclude that Puerto Rico has been gradually moved by Congress to a federalist relationship equal to that of the Northwest Territories.
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Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States as a territory in 1898 under the Treaty of Paris, which provided in part that the civil and political rights of the native inhabitants of the territories ceded to the United States would be determined by Congress (U.S. Const. Article IV).
Since then, the United States has gradually incorporated Puerto Rico with the consent of Puerto Rico’s American citizens as if it were a state. In 1900, Congress passed the Foraker Act, which organized Puerto Rico’s government into three branches: executive, judicial and legislative, as in the states. In 1917, the Jones Act granted American citizenship to Puerto Rico residents. Thirty years later, Congress authorized the first popular election of a governor in Puerto Rico. A 1951 act of Congress reaffirmed Puerto Rican birthright citizenship retroactive to 1941.
In 1952, the American citizens of Puerto Rico established a republican government, that is, a government with an executive, judicial, and legislative branch, in compliance with Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution, just like the states. The Constitution of Puerto Rico was adopted in 1952 to govern our internal affairs. The Constitution was freely approved by the American citizens of Puerto Rico and ratified by Congress through an act signed by the president of the United States. In the preamble to the Constitution, the American citizens of Puerto Rico swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, affirm their permanent and irreversible union with the United States, and freely and voluntarily submit to the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and to the application of federal laws. These rights are due to the efforts of political leaders such as Santiago Iglesias Pantín, Luis Muñoz Marín, Don Luis A. Ferré and Miguel A. García Méndez.
American citizens residing in Puerto Rico are under the jurisdiction of all three branches of the federal government. The national census operates in Puerto Rico as it does in the states.
The 2020 census showed a population of 3.3 million in Puerto Rico, which qualifies us to have seven electors in presidential elections, and two senators and five representatives in Congress. The citizens of Puerto Rico have demonstrated their loyalty to the nation by serving with dedication, distinction and honor in the U.S. Armed Forces in all armed conflicts since 1917. All income from sources outside Puerto Rico is subject to federal taxes. Puerto Rico contributes over $5 billion annually to the federal treasury from various revenue sources, an amount greater than that of some states.
All of the above constitutes evidence that the American citizens of Puerto Rico have exceeded the requirements of the Northwest Ordinance to such an extent that the U.S. Congress can certify Puerto Rico as an incorporated territory in transit to statehood (See R. Hernández Colón, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Territory or State. P.R. Bar Journal 207 (1959)). We have more than enough reasons to celebrate federalism in Puerto Rico on July 25th, the day we fulfilled all the requirements for statehood, and to claim all our rights
Puerto Rican flags and a U.S. flag hang outside a community in northern Puerto Rico, on Oct. 25, 2017. The American citizens of Puerto Rico “have more than enough reasons to celebrate federalism in Puerto Rico on July 25th, the day we fulfilled all the requirements for statehood, and to claim all our rights as American citizens to be able to vote in presidential and congressional elections,” contributing columnist Gregorio Igartúa writes. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times)
as American citizens to be able to vote in presidential and congressional elections, as is our democratic right by law and justice. LET US CELEBRATE JULY 25TH.
Gregorio Igartúa is an attorney and longtime advocate of statehood for Puerto Rico.
Consejos pediátricos para un regreso a clases saludable
Por: Dr. John Danet, pediatra Sala de Emergencias Pediátricas del Hospital Pavia Caguas
Se acerca el regreso a clases y, como parte de los preparativos, es importante vigilar y mantener la salud de los(as) niños(as). El Hospital Pavia Caguas, afiliado a Metro Pavia Health System, cuenta con una amplia gama de servicios de excelencia en cuidado pediátrico, diseñados para ayudar a su hijo(a) a comenzar el año escolar saludable y listo(a) para participar en todas sus actividades de interés.
Todos estamos en riesgo de contraer ciertas enfermedades, y una de las mejores formas de proteger su salud y la de su familia es mediante la vacunación. Para el regreso a clases, se recomienda que los(as) niños(as) y adolescentes estén al día con las vacunas recomendadas, incluyendo aquellas que protegen contra enfermedades como el sarampión, las paperas, la rubéola, la difteria, el tétanos, la tos ferina, la polio, la hepatitis B y la varicela. Por otro lado, es importante que los padres establezcan una rutina consistente para la hora de dormir de los(as) niños(as), ya que esto es fundamental para su salud y un buen rendimiento académico. Se debe mantener
un horario regular que les permita dormir entre nueve y once horas, según la edad. Otro consejo de relevancia es que el (la) niño(a) comience el día con un desayuno balanceado. Prepare almuerzos y meriendas nutritivas que incorporen una variedad de grupos de alimentos. Deben evitar las bebidas azucaradas y beber agua con regularidad, especialmente durante y después de la actividad física.
No escoger una mochila adecuada puede provocar problemas de salud como dolores de espalda, cuello y hombros, mala postura y, en casos severos, daños en los nervios y afecciones a largo plazo en la columna vertebral. Por ello, se recomienda seleccionar una mochila apropiada, no sobrecargarla y llevarla correctamente.
En el Hospital Pavia Caguas, contamos con una Sala de Emergencias Pediátricas altamente equipada, con especialistas disponibles las 24 horas, los 7 días de la semana, para atender cualquier situación de salud. Además, ofrecemos servicios especializados en urología, cardiología, gastroenterología y odontología, lo que garantiza una atención integral para los más pequeños. Como parte de nuestro compromiso con el bienestar infantil, le invitamos a participar de un evento familiar que se llevará a cabo el 5 de agosto de 2025, desde las 9:00 a.m. en nuestras instalaciones. Esta actividad tiene como objetivo apoyar a padres y estudiantes en su regreso a clases. Contaremos con servicios de vacunación para niños y jóvenes de 0 a 18 años, clínicas de salud gratuitas y orientación práctica sobre temas relevantes para el cuidado de su salud. Nuestro equipo estará disponible para responder preguntas y ofrecer información de calidad. Queremos que todos los niños y jóvenes comiencen el año escolar saludables y preparados. Le invitamos a visitar su pediatra, conocer nuestros servicios y participar de este evento educativo. Para más información, puede comunicarse al 787-653-3434.
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Hulk Hogan, shirt-shredding superstar of pro wrestling, dies at 71
By VICTOR MATHER
Hulk Hogan, whose flamboyance and star power helped transform professional wrestling from a low-budget regional attraction into a multibillion dollar industry, died Thursday in Clearwater, Florida. He was 71.
Police and fire department personnel in Clearwater were called to Hogan’s home on Clearwater Beach, where Hogan was treated for cardiac arrest, the police said in a “news alert” post on Facebook. He was taken to nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, they said.
Hogan was the face of pro wrestling for decades, with his blond hair and horseshoe mustache, colorful bandannas and massive biceps, which he referred to as “24-inch pythons.”
Even after his wrestling days were over, he remained in the spotlight, most recently when he spoke last year at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, tearing off his shirt to reveal a Trump/Vance shirt underneath. He was earlier involved in a high-profile lawsuit in 2012, bankrolled by billionaire Peter Thiel, against Gawker, the irreverent media company, after Gawker posted a video of Hogan having sex with a friend’s wife. He won the case on invasion of privacy grounds, reaping millions in damages.
Hogan’s routine before a wrestling match was guaranteed to send fans into a frenzy. He would cup his hand to his ear to encourage the roaring crowd and tear off his shirt, which was pre-ripped to ease the process. Fans loved him as much for his charm and physique as for his old-fashioned grappling ability.
Hogan was born Terry Gene Bollea, on Aug. 11, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia. His father, Peter Bollea, was a construction foreman; his mother, Ruth (Moody) Bollea, was a dance teacher. He attended the University of South Florida but dropped out, choosing the wrestling mat over the classroom.
He started wrestling in 1977. Like many in the sport, he was a big man, weighing 300 pounds in his prime. He was also exceptionally tall, 6-foot-8, helping to further a trend toward very big men in wrestling.
He adopted the name “Hulk” because of comparisons to the muscular comic book character on the CBS television pro -
Hulk Hogan addresses the final night of the Republican National Convention, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
gram “The Incredible Hulk.” In 1979, he made it to the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) and took on the alliterative last name Hogan.
Those were the days when wrestling’s good guys, or “faces,” were clean-cut all-American types, and a savvy fan could guess that a wrestler was going to turn bad by noticing his hair grow a little longer. In that environment, the longhaired, edgier Hogan clearly fit the bad guy, or “heel,” mode. He developed a rivalry with champion Bob Backlund, a traditional Midwestern milk-drinking good guy.
Hogan catapulted to greater fame after appearing in the movie “Rocky III” in 1982. He played a wrestler, Thunderlips, who takes on Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) in a charity wrestlerversus-boxer match. The preening, egotistic Thunderlips batters an unprepared Rocky, throwing him out of the ring and into the crowd. Despite his brief screen time, Hogan created a character that stuck in viewers’ minds, no mean feat in a film that also starred the bombastic Mr. T.
After a brief time away, Hogan returned to the WWF in 1983. His popularity had grown so great that it seemed clear he was destined to be a good guy, despite his less-than-buttondown appearance. His rebranding helped pave the way for bro -
adening the face category to include all types of wrestlers. Hogan held the WWF’s title belt many times over the years, including a four-year stretch in the mid-1980s, an epic period of dominance in an ever-changing sport.
He regularly filled arenas around the country, and big events at which he was the headliner, like WrestleMania, could easily fill stadiums.
The thousands in the stands eagerly awaited a Hogan victory, which often involved “Hulking up”: A seemingly defeated Hogan would turn things around by absorbing the blows of his opponent, each one somehow making him stronger. Hogan’s finishing move was often the leg drop, in which he would bounce off the rope, leap in the air and land, leg first, on a prone opponent. Few foes lasted long after that move.
Wrestling stardom is never just about in-ring performance, and Hogan excelled in another key area: on-camera interviews. He would appear to be in a passionate frenzy, but remained controlled beneath the surface, delivering the story line of the day. A trademark was calling the audience “brother” in a gravelly voice.
Hogan had hit peak stardom, and crossed over into starring in movies. He played a wrestler in “No Holds Barred” (1989) and an ex-wrestler-turned-caregiver in “Mr. Nanny” (1993). He also starred as a mercenary in the television series “Thunder in Paradise.”
Once his film and television career began to fade, Hogan moved to World Championship Wrestling in 1994 and developed a whole new set of rivalries, including one with Ric Flair, the dominant wrestler for years in that organization. Wrestling mostly as a heel, Hogan formed a group of wrestlers called the New World Order and called himself “Hollywood” Hogan. He returned to the newly renamed WWE in 2002, and later left and returned several more times, wrestling for other companies in between.
In 2005, he appeared in the reality series “Hogan Knows Best,” along with his wife at the time, Linda (Claridge) Hogan, and his children, Brooke (Hogan) Oleksy, a singer, and Nick Hogan, a race car driver. They survive him, along with his third wife, Sky Daily, and two grandchildren.
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Trade relief, business lift and market high
Hopes for a U.S.-Europe trade deal and signs of rebounding world business confidence are driving world stocks to new highs this morning, with Tesla one of the few losers after another earnings day flub.
Early in the day, all eyes will be on the European Central Bank as it announces its latest policy decision. Reports of a BrusselsWashington trade deal that will halve threatened U.S. tariffs to 15% is likely to embolden the ECB to stand pat on rates even as the euro strengthens back toward $1.18 for the first time in three weeks.
* U.S. trade deal reports drove European stocks up almost 1% to 6-week highs, with quarterly results from Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas lifting both those stocks even as chipmaker STMicro STMPA.PA slumped 10.5% on its earnings.
* Wall Street earnings updates reflected diverging fortunes within the Magnificent Seven. Tesla’s stock fell by another 7% ahead of today’s bell on its dour outlook, while Alphabet shares pushed higher on its cloud boost and higher AI spend. Intel and Dow are among the firms reporting later. U.S. July business confidence readings are due out later following Europe’s equivalent, which showed an above-forecast private sector expansion this month.
* China’s yuan was one of the big movers early on Thursday, surging to its strongest level this year as China’s central bank guided the currency higher and worldwide trade hopes fed expectations of a detente between Washington and Beijing. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said China trade talks were in a ‘good place’ just as Chinese leaders met with European Union counterparts in Beijing.
Today’s column takes a look at U.S. financial conditions, which – despite what White House pressure might suggest – are actually the loosest they’ve been since 2021 by some measures.
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* U.S. President Donald Trump, a robust critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, will visit the central bank on Thursday, the White House said, a surprise move that escalates tension between the administration and the Fed.
* Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that U.S. government cuts in support for electric vehicle makers could lead to a “few rough quarters” for the company before a wave of revenue from self-driving software and services begins late next year.
* Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials on Thursday to “properly handle differences and frictions”
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as he criticised Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.
* Exxon Mobil and Chevron’s recent major acquisitions raise a provocative question: does the U.S. still need two energy titans, or might it be more efficient for the two to join forces? Read the latest from ROI energy columnist Ron Bousso.
* Surging investment into Hong Kong by mainland Chinese investors is increasing market liquidity and depth. Short-term headwinds could slow this capital flood, but Emmer Capital Partners Ltd. CEO Manishi Raychaudhuri writes that market innovation and the push for diversification are likely to propel this trend over time.
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Far from Russia’s aggression, Spaniards are reluctant to spend big on security
By LARA JAKES and JOSÉ BAUTISTA
María del Carmen Abascal was already frustrated over the lack of affordable housing in Spain, where rising rent could force her out of the apartment in Madrid she has lived in for 69 years.
Then she heard about the government’s plans to increase military spending this year by more than $12 billion. And if NATO had its way, it would be a lot more.
“They should put that money into social spending, in housing, in everything that people in Spain need,” Abascal said, her lips pursed indignantly during a recent interview in one of the last working-class neighborhoods in central Madrid, where housing prices are skyrocketing.
Perhaps nowhere in Europe has the tug-of-war between spending more for domestic priorities or for defense so vexed a government than in Spain.
Torn between a looming Russian threat to Europe and housing, health care and education needs, Spain has tried to split the difference. It was the only country in the alliance that openly refused to agree last month to spend up to 5% of its gross domestic product over the next decade on defense, as President Donald Trump demands.
The drastic spending increase, which the rest of NATO’s 32 member countries committed to, would ease Europe’s dependence on the United States for security. But for Spain, it would mean nearly doubling its annual defense budget to an estimated $73.8 billion, draining funding for social programs.
Already, Abascal said her monthly pension cannot cover her rent, which more than quadrupled when an international investment bank bought her apartment building years ago. Most of her longtime neighbors moved out, unable to afford homes now largely marketed to wealthy expats or tourists.
“We will have to leave our houses if we have to go with the defense spending up to 5%,” said Abascal, 86. “We all will be lost.”
Spain has long been leery of building up its military, still haunted by the decades-long military dictatorship of Francisco Franco that ended with his death in
María del Carmen Abascal, who says the Spanish government should focus more on social spending than on the military, in Madrid, July 9, 2025. Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures and Its embrace of a social safety net is a key reason. (Gianfranco Tripodo/The New York Times)
1975. It has the lowest military spending of any NATO nation, according to the most recent data available.
And the war in Ukraine feels like a continent away. It holds little everyday concern on the streets of Madrid, though Spain deployed troops to help protect NATO’s eastern flank after Russia’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
But Trump’s demands, coupled with widespread European concerns about Russia, prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to seek a balance.
Under his plan, Spain will increase spending on defense to 2.1% of its national income, “no more, no less,” Sánchez said before meeting other NATO leaders last month. Trump responded by threatening to punish Spain through U.S. trade deals, although he gave no details.
Spain’s pledge amounts to about $38.9 billion in 2025, and is only slightly more than what NATO allies had each agreed to invest annually more than a decade ago.
Still, it is about $12.2 billion more than what Spain spent on defense last year — an increase that has frustrated members of Sánchez’s leftist coalition government,
who want more money for public services.
“Our presence in the government is to develop a social agenda,” said Sira Rego, a left-wing politician and Spain’s minister for youth and children. “It would be a contradiction if we have to choose between that and increasing defense spending, following Trump decisions.”
Rego serves in Sánchez’s Cabinet but not in his Socialist Workers’ Party, and she opposed the increase in defense spending. Raising it to 5%, she said, is unthinkable “if we want to save our welfare state.”
“That means that hospitals will be closed, schools will be closed, key support programs will disappear,” Rego said. “It means that the future of a generation, or several generations, will be at risk, because we produce more weapons.”
Sánchez cannot afford to lose much support within his fragile governing coalition. Already, his political legitimacy is challenged by a corruption scandal involving aides, which Spain’s conservative opposition is eager to exploit.
Through his office, Sánchez declined to be interviewed.
Trump is broadly disliked in Spain, a recent survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations found. That makes it easier for Sánchez to buck the U.S. president.
However, NATO unity has a role in Spain’s security.
For generations, Spain and Morocco have clashed over the territorial rights of two small coastal cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla. Morocco has long demanded custody and called Spain’s claim to the cities a vestige of colonialism. Spain has refused, saying they were part of it for centuries.
The European Union recognizes Spain’s sovereignty over the cities and sees them as part of EU territory. Though the dispute shows no sign of boiling over, officials said NATO could be compelled to protect Ceuta and Melilla, if ever necessary, because the military alliance has pledged to defend “every inch” of its members’ territories.
Some Spanish officials worry Trump would side with Morocco in any quarrel between the countries because it was part of a deal he struck during his first term to normalize relations between Arab-majority nations and Israel.
“With Ceuta and Melilla, if anything happens to them, there will be an open forum to discuss what to do for their defense — in military terms, in political terms,” said Sen. Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu, a retired general and conservative politician who leads Spain’s delegation to NATO’s parliamentary assembly. “That’s what NATO is about.”
As Spain debates security spending, its defense industry has grown.
Industry revenues totaled about $8.6 billion in 2023, the latest data available, a nearly 9% increase from the year before, according to the Spanish Association of Defense, Security, Aeronautics and Space Technology Companies. Combat vehicles, military transport jets, radar, and anti-tank systems are among the Spanish products most in demand.
More than 22,000 people work for Spanish defense producers, and the additional $12.2 billion in military spending Sánchez proposed is expected to create more jobs. About one-third of the increase will fund technology, including cybersecurity and satellites.
Palestinians in Gaza are dying of starvation
By RAWAN SHEIKH AHMAD, ISABEL KERSHNER and ABU BAKR BASHIR
Atef Abu Khater, 17, who was healthy before the Gaza Strip was gripped by war, lies in intensive care in a hospital in the north of the Palestinian enclave, suffering from severe malnutrition.
“He is not responding to the treatment,” said his father, A’eed Abu Khater, 48, who has been sheltering in a tent in Gaza City with his wife and five children. “I feel helpless,” he added in a phone call, his voice strained with grief. “We lost our income in the war. Food is unaffordable. There is nothing.”
Gaza’s hospitals have struggled since early in the war to cope with the influx of Palestinians injured and maimed by Israeli airstrikes and, more recently, by shootings meant to disperse desperate crowds as they surge toward food convoys or head to aid distribution sites.
Now, according to doctors in the territory, an increasing number of their patients are suffering — and dying — from starvation.
“There is no one in Gaza now outside the scope of famine, not even myself,” said Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, who leads the pediatric ward at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. “I am speaking to you as a health official, but I, too, am searching for flour to feed my family.”
The World Food Program, an arm of the United Nations, said this week that the hunger crisis in Gaza had reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.”
Al-Farra said the number of children dying of malnutrition had risen sharply in recent days. He described harrowing scenes of people too exhausted to walk. Many of the children he sees have no preexisting medical conditions, he said, giving the example of Siwar Barbaq, who was born healthy and
now, at 11 months old, should weigh about 20 pounds but is under 9 pounds.
After 21 months of devastating conflict set off by the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the lack of available food and water is taking a heavy toll on Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick.
The Gaza Ministry of Health has reported more than 40 hunger-related deaths this month, including 16 children, and 111 since the beginning of the war, 81 of them children. The data could not be independently verified.
Throughout the war, U.N. agencies and independent aid groups have accused Israel of allowing far too little food into Gaza, warning of impending famine for its more than 2 million people. For much of that time, Israel has said that enough food was reaching Gaza, blaming diversions by Hamas and mismanagement by aid groups for problems.
Yahia al-Najjar was 4 months old when he died of severe malnutrition Tuesday at the American Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, his aunt, Safa al-Najjar, 38, said in an interview.
serious health issues, but his condition soon deteriorated, she said.
The family has been sheltering under a tent made of a blanket held up by four poles. Yahia’s mother, subsisting on one meal of lentils or rice per day, could not produce enough milk to nurse him, though she had no problems nursing her previous three children. The family could not afford baby formula.
At the hospital, the doctors tried to help, but he was already in critical condition and had lost weight. He died shortly after, she said.
After Israel ended a two-month ceasefire in mid-March and resumed its military campaign in Gaza, it imposed a total blockade on the entry of goods for about 80 days to try to pressure Hamas into surrendering, exacerbating the already severe deprivation.
Now, aid enters in two ways. One is a new, much-criticized system run by private American contractors under the auspices of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private Israeli-backed group, which has a few set distribution sites in southern Gaza and one in the center of the strip. The other consists of convoys of aid brought in by independent international organizations.
ness. Most of the Israeli shootings, according to the United Nations, have occurred around the Israel-backed distribution sites.
The hunger crisis is the result of human failings, with each of the involved parties blaming someone else for the suffering.
Israel accuses Hamas of engineering a narrative of starvation by looting aid trucks and disrupting the distribution of aid. It also accuses the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations of failing to collect hundreds of truckloads of aid that have piled up on the Gaza side of the border crossings.
Aid groups blame Israel for laying siege to Gaza, restricting supplies and failing to provide safe routes for their convoys inside Gaza. The only solution, they have long said, is an extensive increase in food deliveries.
Israel countered the images of starving children this week with images of pallets of supplies lying uncollected on the Gaza side of a border crossing and footage of what the military described as Hamas terrorists enjoying platters of food and fresh fruit in the group’s underground tunnels. The military declined to say when the video was recorded.
The leaders of Israel and Hamas are engaged in sluggish negotiations, through mediators, for another temporary ceasefire that could bring relief and have Hamas release hostages it is holding in the tunnels in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
Doctors warn that malnutrition in early childhood can have long-term effects, disrupting growth, cognitive ability and emotional development.
Mohammad Saqr, head of the nursing department at Nasser Medical Complex, said that on Monday afternoon alone, the hospital received 25 women and 10 children requesting intravenous glucose solution.
While the treatment may briefly relieve symptoms, Saqr warned, “they feel the hunger again soon after.” He added, “Some arrive shivering from hunger.”
The hospital’s limited supply of IV solution cannot meet the growing demand, he said, adding: “The team is exhausted from hunger. Yesterday, some staff members ate just 10 spoons of plain white rice.”
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City had recorded three deaths from malnutrition in the previous 36 hours, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the hospital director, said in an interview Tuesday. One was a 5-month-old baby. Palestinians
Yahia was born without
Both systems have been plagued by worsening chaos and violence after months of siege, war, mass displacement and lawless-
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Governors rebuke managers of largest US electric grid
By IVAN PENN
Angry with the rising cost of electricity, a bipartisan group of governors earlier this week demanded a bigger oversight role in the nation’s largest power grid, saying its managers had failed to rein in costs that have hurt consumers.
A representative for 10 governors said at a meeting of PJM, the nonprofit organization that manages the electric system for 67 million people from Chicago to Virginia Beach, Viginia, that the grid operator had lost confidence across the 13 states it serves.
The representative, Glenn Davis, who is director of the Virginia Department of Energy, said the governors were seeking a role in appointing two members to PJM’s board to help improve operations.
“Today, across the region, there are widespread and legitimate concerns about PJM’s current trajectory,” Davis said during a meeting at PJM’s headquarters in Audubon, New Jersey, near Philadelphia. “This is not the matter of a single decision or solitary event, but a consistent pattern of halting, inconsistent and at times contradictory decision-making that has undermined confidence in PJM’s stewardship.”
In response, some PJM supporters and members at the meeting Wednesday said allowing governors to recommend board members could jeopardize the organization’s independence.
“The direction that it sounds like we’re going here is the states want to have an outsized impact on the board,” said Paul Sotkiewicz, a former chief economist at PJM who is now the president and a founder at E-Cubed Policy Associates, a consultant to the grid manager. “I think we’re getting dangerously close to violating independence. PJM is a convenient whipping boy.”
In a letter to PJM last week, nine governors criticized the lack of control over rising electricity costs. PJM’s grid serves all or part of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and the District of Columbia.
“As our regional grid confronts intertwined reliability and affordability crises, PJM itself faces an unprecedented crisis of confidence from market participants,
consumers and the states,” the governors wrote in the letter. “In the past, other regions looked to join PJM due to its many strengths; today, across the region, discussions of leaving PJM are becoming increasingly common.”
A 10th governor, Mike DeWine, ROhio, sent a separate letter to PJM making similar points.
In June, The New York Times reported that Democratic and Republican governors were increasingly angry and frustrated with PJM. Many of them have said the nonprofit is not doing enough to check the rising cost of electricity, including by not moving quickly enough to add cheaper sources of energy to its grid.
State officials have been communicating with one another about their concerns, including what they say is the nontransparent way in which PJM makes important decisions about the grid. The officials also say the nonprofit, which is run by industry representatives and overseen by a federal regulatory agency, is not sufficiently accountable to state lawmakers or residents.
In response to the governors’ criticisms, PJM’s board said it shared the desire for appointing the most qualified candidates to its board.
“While perspectives may differ, PJM
remains focused on its core mission: delivering reliable, affordable power to 67 million people and navigating complex stakeholder priorities with transparency and integrity,” the organization said in a statement Wednesday.
PJM has a 10-seat board of managers, all of whom have spent most of their careers in the energy industry or in other senior corporate jobs. It also has more than 1,000 voting members, most of which are utilities, power plant companies, transmission-line owners and energy traders.
Most of those voting members have a direct financial stake in the organization’s decisions. Members typically vote on policies and issues. Some of the member votes are public, but others, including at smaller committee meetings that make preliminary decisions, are not.
PJM is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but energy experts say that agency does not have the ability to closely monitor regional grid operators.
The price of electricity has steadily risen over the last several years after decades of gradual increases. The cost of electricity for residents of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia has increased between 23 and 40% over the last five years, federal data
shows.
Before jointly confronting PJM, some governors had begun challenging the organization individually.
In December, Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., sued PJM after its annual auction in which power plant owners submit the price they are offering to supply energy when demand surges, which often happens in summer. The prices set in the auction would have resulted in big rate increases for electricity users. As in many such auctions, the winning bid sets the final price for all generators, meaning even plant owners willing to accept less money are paid the higher prices.
Shapiro and PJM reached a settlement that caps the price set by the auction. The governor said the deal would save Pennsylvanians $21 billion over two years.
A new auction Tuesday resulted in a 22% increase in the wholesale capacity price across the entire PJM market. Rate increases will be higher in some states and lower in others.
A new auction Tuesday resulted in a 22% increase in the wholesale capacity price across the entire PJM market. PJM estimated that the auction price would increase retail bills by 1.5% to 5% in most of its service area.
That means residents and businesses in the PJM service area are likely to see their bills increase, according to one utility executive, Calvin Butler. He is the president and chief executive of Chicago-based Exelon and chair of the Edison Electric Institute, a utility industry trade organization.
Butler said the higher prices resulted from several compounding challenges, including rising demand for electricity, aging grid infrastructure and a limited supply of power.
The sun sets behind power lines in Gaithersburg, Md., Oct. 23, 2020. Rising electricity costs have fueled much of the fury for a bipartisan group of governors in the service area managed by PJM, a nonprofit that oversees the power grid for 13 states and the District of Columbia. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times)
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The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 25th Anniversary Grand Gala
By JUDY GORDONCONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS
The Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR) recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary with an unforgettable gala, themed “In Full Color,” inspired by 25 works of art from the museum’s permanent collection at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Resort & Casino. The fabulously dressed ladies wore fashionable gowns with pops of color, while the men mixed and mingled in their elegant attire. Guests were enthralled by the beautiful gala hall brought to life by Emilio Olabarrieta and Julio Cintrón from Event Atelier. They also enjoyed a delectable buffet designed to tempt all the senses by Jorge Bartolomei, Executive Chef at the hotel, and then danced the night away.
The funds received will be applied to continue promoting Puerto Rican art and strengthening the museum’s educational, cultural, and community programs.
Andrés Guillermard, Cary Pierluisi, and Carolina and Federico Stubbe
Larissa Vázquez, Bernardo Medina and Jeannette Avilés Rafael José Rivera and Julia Yarelis Santiago
Yalixa Rivera and Riccardo Causin
Patricia de la Torre, Jorge Roig and Laura Font
Javier Cardona, Wanda Ruiz, Eileen Méndez and Juan Ayala
María C. Gaztambide, executive director, MAPR; Verónica Viso; Tony Larrea; Jenniffer González Colón, governor of Puerto Rico; and Dr. José Yovin Vargas
Myrna Pérez, development and membership director, MAPR; Judy Gordon Conde: Jenniffer González Colón, governor of Puerto Rico; and Dr. José Yovin Vargas
Janine Guzmán, Oneida Pérez, and Zulma and René de la Cruz
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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 re-
presentando. 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 SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. PEDRO MERCED LÓPEZ POR SI Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SUCESION DE MARÍA VIRGEN COLÓN
CASTRO T/C/C MARÍA
VIRGINIA COLÓN
CASTRO COMPUESTA POR RONNY MERCED COLON, JOEL MERCED COLON Y FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados Cvil Núm.: HU2024CV01140. 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: PEDRO MERCED LÓPEZ POR SI Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SUCESION DE MARÍA VIRGEN COLÓN
CASTRO T/C/C MARÍA
VIRGINIA COLÓN
CASTRO COMPUESTA POR RONNY MERCED
COLON, JOEL MERCED COLON Y FULANO Y SUTANO DE TALCOMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES (CRIM); AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO: 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 Humacao, 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: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número H-9 del Proyecto VBC-81 denominado Extensión La Patagonia, radicado en el Barrio Tejas del término municipal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 298.02 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle H, en 8.27 metros; por el SUR, con terrenos de la Sucesión Roig, en 19.28 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar H-8, en 20.25 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar H-10 en 26.60 metros. Consta inscrita al folio 255 del tomo 234 de Humacao, finca #8,502, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urb. Los Pinos, H-9 H St., Ext. La Patagonia, Humacao, P.R. 00791. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: A. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $10,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero el día 7 de octubre de 2008, constituida mediante la escritura número 250, otorgada
en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 13 de noviembre de 2002, ante el notario Manuel Ángel Betancourt Avilés, e inscrita al folio 47 del tomo 559 de Humacao, finca número 8,502, inscripción 5ta. Sujeta a Condiciones restrictivas de Subsidio, en caso de que el deudor hipotecario decida vender, permutar, donar o de cualquier forma transfiera la propiedad dentro del periodo de 6 años de la fecha de otorgamiento de la hipoteca, rembolsará al Banco y Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico todo o parte del subsidio. La parte deudora acuerda que no hipotecará la propiedad sin el previo consentimiento por escrito de la Agencia. Estas condiciones estarán vigentes durante el término de la hipoteca. B. Embargo a favor del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, contra Pedro Merced López y María V. Colón Castro, seguro social xxx-xx-8834 y xxx-xx-4996, por la suma de $2,691.38, por concepto de Contribuciones sobre Ingresos, Embargo número HUM-14-0035, según Certificación del 25 de septiembre de 2013, presentado el día 30 de septiembre de 2013 y anotado el día 17 de octubre de 2013, al folio 12, Orden 42, Libro 2 de Embargos del Estado Libre Asociado Ley 12. Se les notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $42,800.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #238, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 7 de noviembre de 2002, ante el notario Manuel Ángel Betancourt Avilés, e inscrita al folio 79 del tomo 556 de Humacao, finca número 8,502, inscripción 4ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 12 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $42,800.00. Si la primera subasta del in-
mueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $28,533.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $21,400.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $24,269.64 la cual se desglosa a continuación: la suma principal de $22,908.31, más intereses a razón del 7.00% anual, desde el 1 de enero de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más un balance diferido de principal de $1,361.33, el cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma de $4,280.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en
posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 16 de junio de 2025. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL PLACA #249.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante Vs. YARELIS SANCHEZ SANTIAGO, ABIMELECH PEREZ MIRANDA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV03977. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS. SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en #31 (B-31) BARRIO RINCON SECTOR CANDELA CIDRA, PR 00739 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela marcada con el número treinta y uno (31) en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Rincón, del Barrio Rincón, del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos cincuenta (350.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela
número treinta y dos (32) de la Comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela número treinta (30) de la Comunidad; por el ESTE, en la Calle número dos (2) de la Comunidad; y por el OESTE, con las parcelas número cuarenta y cuatro (44) y número cuarenta y tres (43) de la Comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 75 del Tomo 315 de Cidra, finca número 12,294, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $33,384.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $22,256.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 21 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $16,692.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 72 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de diciembre de 2017, ante la Notario Público Rosa E. Permuy Calderon, la cual consta inscrita al Tomo Karibe Cidra, finca número 12,294, inscripción 10ma en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $29,700.58 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro febrero de 2024, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $3,338.40. Además la parte demandada se comprometió a
mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de julio de 2025. NELSON PADILLA GARCÍA, ALGUACIL #878, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAROLINA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO COOPERATIV A DE AHORRO Y CREDITO CRISTOBAL RODRÍGUEZ
HIDALGO
PARTE DEMANDANTE V. ERIC IVÁN GONZÁLEZ
GIERBOLINI POR SÍ Y EN REPRSENTACIÓN DE LAS SUCESIONES
ANATILDE GIERBOLINI SADAÑA Y LUIS ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ
SANTIAGO
Parte Demandada Caso Civil: CO2024CV00024. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA. A: ERIC IVÁN GONZÁLEZ
GIERBOLINI POR SÍ Y EN REPRSENTACIÓN DE LAS SUCESIONES
ANATILDE GIERBOLINI SADAÑA Y LUIS ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ SANTIAGO.
El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala de Coamo, hago saber a la parte demandada, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 16 de mayo de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la siguiente propiedad:
[JARDINES DE SAN BLAS B-10 COAMO, PUERTO RICO 00796): FINCA: Número 12894, inscrita al folio 13 del tomo 228 de Coamo, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número B-10 del piano de inscripción del Proyecto UBC-34 (VBC-34) denominado Jardines de San Blas, radicado en el Barrio San Ildefonso de Coamo del término municipal de Coamo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 463.99 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte con el solar B-9 en una distancia de 25.22 metros; por el Sur con Maria Luisa Santiago en una distancia de 26.16 metros; por el Este con proyecto de Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, denominado Manuel J. Rivera (PRHA-5) en una distancia de 14.38 metros; y por el Oeste con terrenos del ELA de Puerto Rico, área de parques y recreo publico y calle “B” en una distancia de 6.89 metros y 15.64 metros, respectivamente. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 12 de mayo de 2025, por virtud de la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma principal de $136,893.22 de principal, más $41,024.11 de intereses al tipo convenido de 7% anual acumulados a hoy y los que se acumulen hasta el completo pago; $2,245.50 de cargos por demora acumulados hasta la fecha de aceleración; y $13,500 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre
de toda carga o gravamen posteriores que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA subasta, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevara a efecto el día 7 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Coamo, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $135,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $101,250.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 21 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $67,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Cuando se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Todas las subastas deberán ser acordadas y celebradas según lo ordenado por el Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se en-
tenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el remanente las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. Se les advierte a todos las interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, durante las horas laborables, todo esto en virtud del artículo 102 de la Ley Número 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 mejor conocida como la Ley del Registro de la Propiedad lnmobiliaria de Puerto Rico. La parte demandante en este caso esta representada par el Lcdo. Marcos Raúl Cortés Reyes, RUA 18745, tel787-508-6969, mcortesreyes@ gmail.com. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Coamo, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de julio de 2025. FIRMA ILEGIBLE, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SUPERIOR DE COAMO.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO 1. NILSA VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO; 2. GLADYS VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO; 3. MARÍA VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO;4. LETICIA VÁZQUEZ VELÁZQUEZ, IVETTE VÁZQUEZ
VELÁZQUEZ Y MARISOL VÁZQUEZ VELÁZQUEZ, HEREDERAS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN DELIA VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO; 5. VIRGEN VIOLETA VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO; 6. ORLANDO VELÁZQUEZ COLÓN; JOSEPH VELÁZQUEZ COLÓN; ALEJANDRO G. VELÁZQUEZ PÉREZ Y ORLANDO VELÁZQUEZ
PÉREZ HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JACINTO VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO; 7. MARÍA TERESA VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO; 8. SATURNINO VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO. Demandantes V. 1. ANA MARÍA
VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO; SUCESIÓN DE ANA
MARÍA VELÁZQUEZ; 2. ARCADIO VELÁZQUEZ
SANTIAGO; SUCESIÓN DE ARCADIO
VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO; 3. CATALINA SANTIAGO
RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE CATALINA SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ; 4. EUSTAQUIA SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ; SUCESIÓN DE EUSTAQUIA SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ; 5. PEDRO JOSÉ VELÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO; 6. FULANO DE TAL, SU ESPOSA FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; 7. PERSONAS NATURALES O JURÍDICAS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO DENOMINADAS A, B Y C; 8. PARTES IINTERESADAS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: HU2024CV01748. Sobre: USUCAPIÓN. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR.
A: Antolina Algarín, Sabina Velázquez, Agustín Velázquez, Jesús Diaz, Joaquín Diaz, Úrsula Rodríguez, Antonio De Santiago, Agapito Medina, Isabelino Medina, Sucesión Juan De Jesús, Basilio Lozada, Sebastián Velázquez, Sucesión Pilar De Santiago, Justa Velázquez, Mariano Soto, Gabriela Velázquez, sus herederos, causahabientes o cesionarios, con paraderos y/o direcciones desconocidas, a Johanna Velázquez Rodríguez con dirección física Carr 914 KM 1.1 Sector
Asturianas Humacao, PR 00791, y, asimismo, a todo el que tenga algún interés o derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito en la Demanda de Dominio-Usucapión del caso de epígrafe, a las personas ignoradas, a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, a los anteriores dueños, o sus herederos y, en general, a toda persona que desee oponerse.
POR LA PRESENTE: se les notifica que los Peticionarios de epígrafe han presentado una Demanda para que se declare probado a favor de ellos, el dominio por usucapión que tienen sobre la siguiente propiedad: Número 628 inscrita al Folio 176 de Tomo 13 Demarcación de Las Piedras, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao con siguiente descripción registral: “Rústica: BARRIO MONTONES de Las Piedras. Lote: Cabida: 47 Cuerdas. Linderos: Norte,
con Antolina Algarín. Sur, con Sabina Velázquez. Este, con Agustín Velázquez y Joaquín Díaz. Oeste, con Úrsula Rodríguez, Antonio de Santiago y Agapito Medina. TRACTO: Se inmatricula por Expediente de Dominio.” Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que todas las personas arriba mencionadas y todas aquellas desconocidas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción o deseen oponerse, puedan así hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Por tanto, firmo expido la presente en Humacao, Puerto Rico, a 30 de junio de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SUBSECRETARIA.
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Demandante Vs. JASON GABRIEL RAMOS LÓPEZ, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00232. (201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: JASON GABRIEL RAMOS LÓPEZ, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se les notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, Sala Superior, y enviando copia
a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr. com. Se les apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 15 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. YASHMIR PABÓN ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF WATERFALL VICTORIA IIINB GRANTOR TRUST
Demandante V. SUCN CARMEN
PORTUGUES GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
BERNARDA PORTUGUES
GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
PORTUGUEZ GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
BERNARDA RODRIGUEZ
GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
B. PORTUGUES GARCIA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV03605. (Salón: 508 CIVIL). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION CARMEN PORTUGUES
GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
BERNARDA ORTUGUES
GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN PORTUGUEZ GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
BERNARDA PORTUGUEZ
GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN
B. PORTUGUES GARCIA T/C/C CARMEN B. PORTUGUES.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de 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 circula-
ción 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 18 de julio de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARTHA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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A: VIVIAM M. CASTRO SOLIS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 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 22 de julio de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto
ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO
Demandados
Civil Num.: KCD2014-0094. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: LOS ALMENDROS PLAZA, 605-II, RÍO PIEDRAS, PR 00924 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Residential apartment number six hundred five (605) is rectangular in shape and located in Condominio Los Almendros Plaza, which is located in Sabana Llana Ward of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a total superficial area of eight hundred thirty nine square feet with twenty three hundredths of a square foot (839.23). Measuring thirty three lineal feet and five and a half inches in width at its northern wall; thirty three lineal feet and five and a half inches in width at its Southern wall; twenty five lineal feet and one inch in length at its Western wall; and twenty five lineal feet and one inch in length at its Eastern wall. It is bounded on the NORTH and EAST, by the exterior walls of the building; on the SOUTH, by the corridor; and on the WEST, by apartment number six hundred six (606). The main entrance faces the corridor. This unit consists of a living-dining room, three bedrooms with a closet each, one bathroom, a hallway with a linen closet and a kitchen. The bathroom includes a bathtub, wash basin and toilet, and the kitchen a two part cabinet with space for a refrigerator, space for stove and a breakfast counter. Le corresponde a este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales el cero, punto, cuatro, dos, siete, seis, dos, uno por ciento (0.427621%) y a su vez le co-
rresponde idéntico por ciento en los gastos de operación y mantenimiento del condominio. Le corresponde en forma exclusiva, permanente e inseparable los estacionamientos números ciento sesenta y tres (163) y ciento sesenta y cuatro (164), debidamente demarcados y números de conformidad con el plano de área de estacionamiento. Enclava una casa de concreto para uso residencial. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 108 del Tomo 590 de Sabana Llana, bajo la finca número 24,127, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $49,500.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 27 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA,. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $33,000.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA,. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $24,750.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura de hipoteca 9 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de julio de 1997, ante el Notario Antonio Moreda Toledo, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, inscripción quinta (5ta), bajo la finca 24,127, en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $36,043.98 de principal, 7.50% de intereses desde el 1ro de agosto de 2023, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $99.14 de gastos por mora, $15.00 de otros gastos, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que
todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. La parte compradora no podrá vender el apartamento de esta escritura durante el término o período de cinco (5) años siguientes al otorgamiento de la presente, salvo el previo cumplimiento con las limitaciones impuestas por el “Home Program” del “National Affordable Housing Acto f 1990”. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan a continuación. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Municipio de San Juan, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $9,000.00, sin intereses, vencedero en 5 años, constituida mediante la escritura número 454, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 12 de julio de 1997, ante la notario Diana M. Ruiz Hernández, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número 24,127, inscripción 6ta. Sujeta a Condiciones por el término de 5 años. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta,
tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de julio de 2025. PEDRO HIEYE
GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.
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Demandante V. SUCESION DE ANGEL LUIS ALVELO CARTAGENA COMPUESTA POR VIRGINIA SANCHEZ SIERRA POR SÍ Y COMO
VIUDA, ANGEL LUIS ALVELO RIVERA, VIRGEN MILAGROS ALVELO RIVERA Y “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANGEL LUIS ALVELO CARTAGENA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CG2024CV00606. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 2 de junio de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cinco del Bloque “H” del Plano de Inscripción del Proyecto CRUV guión uno guión veintisiete denominado Jardines de Cayey, radicado en el Barrio Montellano de Cayey, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de doscientos ochenta metros cuadrados: en lindes: por el NORTE, con terrenos de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, distancia de catorce metros; por el SUR, con
la Calle número doce distancia de catorce metros; por el ESTE, con el Solar número cuatro distancia de veinte metros; y por el OESTE, con terrenos de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, distancia de veinte metros. Finca Número 9,615, inscrita al folio 81 del tomo 293 de Cayey, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada en este caso, el 4 de abril de 2025, notificada el 9 de abril de 2025, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $74,107.85 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 5.625% desde el 1ro de agosto de 2023; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $12,825.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 20 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $128,250.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 27 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $85,500.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 4 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $64,125.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la
Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de junio de 2025. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.
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Parte Demandante Vs. NELSON MELENDEZ SANCHEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SA2024CV00368. 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: NELSON MELENDEZ SANCHEZ - BO PALMAS
283, SALINAS PR 007514005; HC 2 BOX 6968, SALINAS PR 00751-9621.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SALINAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de junio de 2025. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KAREN J. ROCHE FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. ANGEL G. HERNANDEZ CLEMENTE Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV06352. 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: ANGEL G. HERNANDEZ CLEMENTE - URB LOMAS VERDES 2M38 CALLE HORTENSIA, BAYAMON PR 009563419; 30 CARMELITA 120A CALLE CRISTO, VEGA BAJA PR 00693. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Ma-
nejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// wwwpoderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 05 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YOLANDA CRUZ VARGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN FÉLIX GUZMÁN MERCED Peticionaria EX-PARTE Civil #: BY2024CV032113. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. COD. 171-030046-10-001. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA SUCESIÓN PRESUNTA Y DESCONOCIDA DE MODESTO GUZMÁN Y FLORENTINA GUZMÁN COMPUESTA A SABER: AMELIA, LUISA, JUAN, LEONCIA, DAVID, FAUSTO, SALVADOR, VALENTINA Y LAS PERSONAS IDENTIFICADAS COMO A, B Y C, 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 las TREINTA (30) días contados a partir de la publicación e 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. Ustedes deberán 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 par derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si ustedes dejan 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. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-720-9553. El predio objeto de la Petición se describe a continuación: 787-720-9553. “RUSTICA: Parcela de terreno de forma irregular identificada coma “Solar 2” en el plano de Mensura, radicada en el barrio Guaraguao del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de SEISCIENTOS NUEVE METROS LINEALES CON NOVECIENTAS OCHENTA Y UNA MILÉSIMAS DE OTRO (609.981 m/c), equivalentes a MIL QUINIENTAS CINCUENTA Y DOS DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE CUERDA (0.1552 cda). En lindes por el NORTE: en quince metros con noventa y cinco centésimas de otro (15.95 ml) con Milagros Guzmán Merced; por el SUR: en seis (6) alineaciones que suman diecinueve metros lineales con dos centésimas de otro (19.02 ml) con carretera municipal; por el ESTE: en treinta y cinco metros lineales con veintidós centésimas de otro (35.22 ml) con Sucesión de Ignacio Silva y por el OESTE: en dos (2) alineaciones que suman veintidós metros lineales con sesenta y nueve centésimas de otro (22.69 ml) con Milagros Guzmán Merced y en trece metros con cincuenta y seis centésimas de otro (13.56 ml) con Samuel Guzmán Moreno. Enclava estructura terrera en hormigón”. Este edicto deberá ser publicado una sola vez, 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 treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 24 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Parte Demandante Vs. EDGARDO RIVERA VEGA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV06615.
Sala: 500-A. 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: EDGARDO RIVERA VEGA - URB IRLANDA HTS FV1 CALLE MIZAR, BAYAMON PR 00956-5553. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com
y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. CRISTINA DIAZ NIEVES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV05835. Sala: 500-A. 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: CRISTINA DIAZ NIEVES - URB QTA DEL RIO A12 PLAZA OCHO, BAYAMON, PR 009613003.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. NOEL OCASIO RIVERA Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TB2024CV00542. 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: NOEL OCASIO RIVERA - COND PRIMAVERA APT 2232, BAYAMON PR 00961; HC 1 BOX 6221, TOA BAJA PR 00949; 102 GRANT ST, LYNN MA 01902.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MELISSA RIVERA ROMERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE LAS PIEDRAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. SONIA I. NIEVES SUAREZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: NG2025CV00034. 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: SONIA I. NIEVES SUAREZ - BO DUQUE HC 1 BOX 4081-1, NAGUABO PR 00718.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en LAS PIEDRAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de junio de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. ORLANDO A. CORA MEDERO Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV05825. 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: ORLANDO A. CORA MEDERO - URB JARD DE CAPARRA AC19 CALLE 6, BAYAMON PR 009597738; 1512 WYOMING AVE, SAINT CLOUD FL 34769.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este
Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MELISSA RIVERA ROMERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA BAJA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. VICTOR M. ALLENDE REYES Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TB2025CV00182. 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: VICTOR M. ALLENDE REYES - URB CAMINO DEL MAR CJ-15 VIA GAVIOTA, TOA BAJA PR 00949; PO BOX 51085, TOA BAJA PR 00950; 2043 PASEO AZALEA, TOA BAJA PR 00949. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio,
en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Gabriel Ramos Colón cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de junio de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Glorymar Saldaña Quiñones, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Parte Demandante Vs. AWILDA I.
GONZALEZ CRUZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: DO2024CV00221. 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: AWILDA I.
GONZALEZ CRUZURB LOS PRADOS SUR 138 CALLE ZIRCONIA, DORADO PR 00646-9653; 18603 DEAN ST, DETROIT MI 48234.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema
SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MELISSA RIVERA ROMERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. ERIC GARCIA MARTINEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2025CV00454. 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: ERIC GARCIA MARTINEZ - 3 RES DR PALOU APT 28, HUMACAO PR 007913816; RES DR PALOU EDIF 7 APT 53, HUMACAO PR 00791-3816. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de junio de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Leading BSN semifinal series 2-1, Ponce seeks a win at home
By THE STAR STAFF
The Leones (Lions) of Ponce took a 2-1 lead in the National Superior Basketball (BSN by its initials in Spanish) Conference B finals on Wednesday night, defeating the Indios (Indians) of Mayagüez 74-68 at Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez Sports and Recreation Center in Mayagüez.
On Friday night at 8 p.m. at Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium, the Lions will look to do what neither team has accomplished as yet in the best-of-7 series -- register a win at home.
Ponce used strong defense and the offensive punch of Jezreel de Jesús, Brady Manek and Matt Mooney to notch the Game 3 win.
Mayagüez entered the final 10 minutes with a 49-46 lead, but de Jesús started things off in the 4th quarter by completing a 3-point play to tie the score at 49 with 9:25 left.
The Indians, as they had done previously, thwarted a run by the Lions and took another four-point lead, 53-49, on a basket by George Hamilton with 7:23 left. The Lions, however, broke
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through with an 8-0 run punctuated by three-pointers from Manek and Mooney, which gave Ponce a 59-55 lead with 4:13 left.
Sam Waardenburg from long range and Josué Erazo from the paint gave the Indians their last lead of the night, 64-63, with 2:08 left. A dunk by Mooney and a layup by Erazo left the score tied at 66 with 1:54 left.
The Lions finally seized control on a hook shot from Christian Negrón and a field goal from de Jesús, making it 71-66 with 30 seconds left.
De Jesús finished with 22 points, Manek, in his return, added 14 points with 15 rebounds, and Mooney scored 12 for Ponce. In a losing effort, Nick Perkins stood out with 24 points, while Hamilton and Waardenburg added 10 each for Mayagüez.
In the other BSN semifinal series (A), the Vaqueros (Cowboys) of Bayamón were looking to build on their 2-1 lead against the Crabbers (Cangrejeros) of Santurce on Thursday night at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Hato Rey.
Jezreel de Jesús led the way for Ponce with 22 points.
Julymar Otero leads the Army women’s volleyball team again, winning silver at national championship
By THE STAR STAFF
Sgt. Julymar Otero, of the 92nd Military Police Brigade of the Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG), was selected for the second consecutive year as captain of the U.S. Army women’s volleyball team, winning a silver medal at the national championship held in Kentucky. “I am incredibly honored to be chosen as captain for the second year,” Otero said in a written statement. “This
Cataño
silver medal represents the daily dedication, teamwork, and passion to uphold the name of Puerto Rico and our Guard. I am bringing it back to our island.”
Otero also recently participated in the Puerto Rico Women’s Superior Volleyball League, where she played for the Changas of Naranjito, consolidating her commitment to athletic excellence in both the military and civilian spheres.
“Sergeant Otero exemplifies the spirit of excellence
that defines our Guard,” PRNG Adjt. Gen. Carlos J. Rivera Román said. “Her leadership and performance on the field reflect the same values that guide us in every mission: discipline, commitment, and pride in serving.”
The PRNG reiterated its support for its members who participate in sports such as volleyball, basketball, cycling, boxing, and track and field, recognizing that such opportunities strengthen both the physical preparation and the overall development of soldiers.
to host island’s largest youth baseball tournament to date
By THE STAR STAFF
Cataño Mayor Julio Alicea Vasallo announced earlier this week that the municipality will be the main venue for the 2025 NCS Caribbean World Series, a youth baseball tournament with more than 100 participating teams between the ages of seven and 18.
“Today, Cataño is present in sports,” the mayor said in a written statement. “It is an honor for our municipality to host an event of this magnitude that not only promotes the athletic development of our youth, but also generates a significant economic impact throughout the region.”
The event, organized by National Championship Sports (NCS), will be held from this Friday through next Tuesday in more than 20 parks in Cataño, Bayamón, Toa Baja and Do -
rado. Teams from Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Florida, Boston, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands will participate.
NCS Vice President of International Events Luis Tovar emphasized that the event represents a unique experience for Caribbean baseball.
“It is the largest baseball event ever held here, with children from different parts of the world,” he said.
The tournament began with a welcoming ceremony on Thursday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Dorado for individually registered players. On Friday, the Cataño boardwalk is to host the official opening ceremony with a pin exchange, team parade, and skills competitions.
The games will be held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at various sports venues, and the qualifying rounds and finals will be played on Tuesday, followed by the awards ceremony at Pedro “Perucho” Cepeda Stadium.
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