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DNER creates exotic animal capture unit
By THE STAR STAFF
Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez announced Thursday the creation of the Exotic Animal Capture and Management Unit in Puerto Rico to capture snakes and caimans proliferating across the island.
Quiles also introduced the first Native Species Rehabilitation Center, designed to rehabilitate indigenous animals on the island for their subsequent release into the wild.
“We are signing two administrative orders today to address pressing issues in our communities,” Quiles said in a written statement. “The first initiative is the creation of the Exotic Animal Capture and Management Unit, which will be part of the Ranger Corps. This unit will be equipped with all the necessary resources to handle reports concerning exotic animals like snakes … and caimans.”
The new unit will be based at the Species Confinement Center in the Cambalache Forest in Arecibo.
“The Species Confinement Center is nearing the completion of a comprehensive rehabilitation program and has the facilities needed to support the Unit’s efforts,” the DNER secretary said. “Currently, the Center is caring for approximately 276 snakes and 35 caimans. Each week, it receives around 20 new snakes and has the capacity to accommodate hundreds of these reptiles, along with other exotic species.”
The Exotic Animal Capture and Management Unit will be present in the seven regions overseen by the Ranger Corps,
including San Juan, Arecibo, Aguadilla, Mayagüez, Ponce, Guayama and Humacao.
Quiles urged citizens to contact the Ranger Corps by phone at 787-999-200 or through the agency’s official social media platforms at www.facebook.com/drnapr if they encounter an exotic species.
He also announced the establishment of the Native Species Rehabilitation Center, which also will be located in the Cambalache Forest. The center will function as a veterinary care facility to rehabilitate sick native species or those suffering from various conditions, such as fractures.
“This center is the first of its kind in the entire Caribbean Sea basin, and its primary purpose is to provide veterinary care to native species for their healthy reintegration into the ecosystem,” Quiles said. “It will be situated next to the current detention center in Cambalache and will be staffed with professionals ready to handle any situation.”
Taino Center obtains 20 acres in Mayagüez
By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul1@gmail.com
The United Confederation of Taino People has obtained 20 acres of land in the western coastal municipality of Mayagüez -- which means “Land of Clear Waters” in the Taino language -- for space to observe their ancient culture and to showcase those traditions to the public.
Part of the mission of the Taino Center is the reintroduction of native species like the casaba and to use the center as a platform to practice traditions that have been suppressed over the years, Taino leader Kasike Mukaro Borrero said.
The traditions include song and dance performed by Taino cultural groups and the observance of the Taino New Year during the spring equinox as well as the observance of the summer solstice, fall equinox and winter solstice, as well as traditional cooking practices using bread made out of yucca.
The confederation also plans to publish Taino dictionaries.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to bring back the language,” Borrero said.
The United Confederation of Taino People was founded in 1992 by Taino descendants of the first contact with Columbus to organize events to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in the New World in 1492.
The confederation worked with Indigenous groups from around the world to coordinate activities in observance of the date, which included Taino groups from the Dominican Republic, New York and Florida.
To this day the confederation is active in coordinating with Indigenous groups around the world to stage activities including protests against “oppression in any form,” Borrero said.
Recently Borrero participated along with other indigenous groups in the UN Oceans Conference, where they were able to articulate Tainos’ interests.
No one knows for sure how many Taino were in Puerto Rico at the time of contact with the Europeans, but the census from the early 1800s shows villages with several thousand people.
The census takers lost track in 1899 when “Indio” was eliminated from the categories in the census tables, Borrero said.
The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources’ new Exotic Animal Capture and Management Unit will be based at the Species Confinement Center in the Cambalache Forest in Arecibo.
Group rejects La Fortaleza push for ex-Atlantic University president to helm UPR
By THE STAR STAFF
Agroup identifying itself as “Universitarios por la Verdad” (University People for the Truth) spoke out on Thursday against government intervention in the election of a new University of Puerto Rico (UPR) president.
With the UPR’s governing board set to select a new president on Saturday, former campaign adviser to the governor and lobbyist Ángel Cintrón, along with La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech, are advocating for the candidacy of Zayira Jordán Conde. However, the group claims that she does not have enough support to win the position.
Domenech, who serves as the director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority and is also a member of the UPR governing board, joined the board’s Consultation Committee. From that position, he is lobbying for Jordán Conde alongside Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés.
“Given all this, in a historic event, the university’s five faculty and staff unions have united against the election of a candidate like Jordán Conde, who has failed to garner support within the university community during the con-
sultation process that has been ongoing for several months and in which thousands of employees and students have participated,” the organization stated.
“The unions’ opposition is very strong, and they have
directly warned the governor that if this alleged imposition is carried out, all of the university’s unions will take action against what they consider a violation of university autonomy and an outrage,” the organization added.
The groups criticized Jordán Conde, stating that she presented “a very deficient plan of only 13 insubstantial pages” and performed poorly in interviews and forums.
Some have questioned why she, as the former president of Atlantic University, a position she no longer holds, would aspire to lead UPR. Jordán Conde ran for resident commissioner for the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) in the 2020 elections, competing against now-Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, whom she harshly criticized during that campaign. Shortly after, both leaders announced a collaborative agreement, and in the 2024 gubernatorial campaign, Jordán Conde joined González Colón’s team.
The organization asserted that Jordán Conde would be a submissive president, obedient to interests and lobbyists outside the university. They also claimed that, because she does not have the necessary votes, there is a movement afoot to postpone the vote in order to extend the tenure of the current interim president.
Senate Finance Committee bill would make opportunity zones permanent
By THE STAR STAFF
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s version of the tax and spending bill that President Donald Trump is pushing for includes a new provision to make the opportunity zone program permanent.
Almost 90% of Puerto Rico was designated an opportunity zone several years ago. An opportunity zone is an economically deprived community where new investments, under certain circumstances, may be eligible for a preferential tax treatment.
Besides the opportunity zone provision, Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo’s (R-Idaho) version of the bill contains a slew of provisions such as business breaks for research and investment expenses, expanded Child Tax Credit, a new charitable break, the
New Markets Tax Credit program, and others that would become a fixture of the code in his plan.
According to a Politico report, Crapo digs more deeply into Medicaid, a proposal that is now alarming some of his colleagues. Crapo also wants to scale back a number of tax benefits in the House version of the plan, including provisions lawmakers want to use to boost voters’ refunds next year ahead of the midterm elections.
Crapo is proposing a smaller increase in the Child Tax Credit for example, and he’d put off a proposed hike in the standard deduction by a year, the report said.
“I’m trying not to create cliffs in the tax code,” Crapo told reporters Tuesday.
Economists generally believe permanent provisions are better for growth because it makes it easier for
5-year-old girl dies in Río Piedras from undetermined cause
By THE STAR STAFF
Agents from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau investigated the death of a 5-year-old girl on Thursday, reported at 3:03 a.m., in the Park Court community of Río Piedras. According to the police, the girl was taken to San Francisco Hospital by her mother after complaining of severe chest pain,
and arrived without vital signs, according to the preliminary report from authorities.
Personnel from the Homicide Division of the San Juan Criminal Investigation Corps, along with prosecutor Karina Lasalle Arroyo, took charge of the investigation.
The body was transferred to the Institute of Forensic Sciences to determine the cause of death.
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) speaks during the confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (Kenny Holston/ The New York Times)
businesses to plan. But lawmakers have long tried to reduce the cost of tax legislation, at least on paper, by making them temporary, knowing that the provisions will probably eventually be reupped.
There are 16 tax provisions in the House draft that are due to expire in coming years. Extending those would cost an additional $1.4 trillion, not including $687 billion in extra interest payments. That would be on top of the House plan’s official $2.4 trillion sticker price, according to Politico.
An official cost estimate of Crapo’s proposal is not yet available.
La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech (Facebook via Francisco Domenech)
PDP lawmakers demand documents on LUMA’s contract breaches
By THE STAR STAFF
Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Rep. Héctor
Ferrer Santiago, along with alternate spokesperson Domingo Torres García, formally requested on Thursday that the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) provide all official communications regarding LUMA Energy’s contractual breaches.
The request was made using the Transparency and Access to Public Information Law. LUMA Energy signed a 15-year agreement a few years ago to operate the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system but officials say it is failing in its duties to operate an efficient service.
“Puerto Rico and its electricity system are on the wrong path. Puerto Rican families are experiencing frustration and uncertainty about the
The Popular Democratic Party spokespersons in the island House of Representatives noted that Gov Jenniffer González Colón had promised to cancel the LUMA Energy contract, citing that the private operator is underperforming.
future,” Ferrer Santiago said. “The delegation we lead has offered solutions, but after six months, [Gov.] Jenniffer González has not taken action. This request is a legitimate effort to determine whether the governor has fulfilled her commitment to cancel the LUMA contract.”
The PDP spokespersons have given the P3A 15 days to respond to the request. The lawmakers noted that Gov Jenniffer González Colón had promised to cancel the LUMA Energy contract, citing that the private operator is underperforming.
“Enough with the arrogance and excuses,” Torres García added. “The governor said, ‘I am complying.’ If these documents exist, they must be made public immediately. If they do not, the situation becomes even more serious, as it suggests the government lacks the will to oversee a company that has failed. On previous occasions, the governor has stated that the cancellation
process has begun, only to be contradicted by the president of LUMA.”
“We have been consistent from day one: we voted against LUMA’s contract, demanded its cancellation, legislated against it, and proposed concrete and specific solutions,” Ferrer Santiago emphasized. “The governor promised to improve the energy sector and make federal funds available. Today, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans who placed their trust in her feel disappointed by her arrogant and disconnected attitude.”
Torres García asserted that “[w]hile LUMA fails, thousands of families suffer.”
“Education is disrupted, businesses suffer losses, the elderly are left vulnerable, and quality of life deteriorates,” he said. “We will continue to propose solutions and insist that the governor keep her word.”
Loíza Integrated Services Center serves entire northeastern region
By THE STAR STAFF
Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes reminded all citizens on Thursday that the central government’s Integrated Services Center (CSI), located in the Carlos Escobar López Municipal Services Center, continues to offer essential services to the citizens of Puerto Rico in one place.
“This initiative, inaugurated in December 2020, has been of great help, particularly for the municipalities in the northeast,” the mayor said.
The CSI is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Services offered include those related to the Autoexpreso service, such as fine collection,
guidance and complaints, card replacement, digital sticker registration, and the Autoexpreso seal. Driver services through the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP-CESCO), meanwhile, include identification, license renewals and duplicates, and Real ID services, along with duly sworn transfers and learner’s license exams.
“Everything related to driving records, driver information, license reciprocity, fines, and renewal notifications is also handled there,” Nazario noted.
“Regarding the Department of the Treasury, at the CSI we have certifications of filing of tax returns and outstanding debts, as well as
certifications of debt, filing and sale of stickers, stamps, and receipts,” the mayor added.
The CSI also processes payments for state and municipal traffic fines, as well as tax and corporate fines. Other frequently requested services include the Demographic Registry and the issuance of birth, marriage, and death certificates,” along with “everything related to Traditional Lottery payments … and Electronic Lottery payments,” which are handled on Tuesdays and Fridays,” Nazario said.
The payment of fines, administrative fees and municipal fees can also be processed at the CSI, and passport issuance activities are held at the site once every two months (the event for
issuing ID cards for minors is held once every two months).
By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul1@gmail.com
The rebranding of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), which in last November’s elections finished third in the vote for governor for the first time, is well underway, the “pava” party’s secretary general told the STAR.
The PDP “through our President Pablo José Hernández will give a message of hope, a message of a vision for the future, learning lessons from mistakes from the past that were
the cases of corruption that left members of the PDP indignant, as it did the rest of the Puerto Rican people,” PDP Secretary General Manuel Calderón Cerame said.
“We are raising our PDP finances, which are more than three times the foundation that other parties have raised,” he noted. “We are more firm in our finances.”
The PDP is showing leadership, Calderón Cerame added.
“The resident commissioner, Pablo José Hernández, and the PDP were the first party in
Washington to stand up for immigrants,” he said.
He denied that finishing third behind the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) in last year’s gubernatorial vote makes the runner-up independence movement now the main competition for the PDP.
“We finished second in the integral vote and stand as the only party that can defeat the NPP [the governing New Progressive Party],” Calderón Cerame said.
As for the PIP, the official sees it on its way down.
“There are many people who are disillusioned with the [PIP gubernatorial candidate] Juan Dalmau, especially the members of Citizen Victory Movement [the PIP’s running mates in last year’s election], and with our open-door policy I see a lot of those voters coming over to us,” Calderón Cerame said.
As for the PDP’s stance on the island’s much maligned electrical system, he said the “PDP has been clear that there is no room for politicking.”
“There has to be a transition first to liquified natural gas, then to renewables,” the official said. “With the war in Israel and Iran we don’t know where the price of oil is going. We don’t want to be at the mercy of the market, which Puerto Rico doesn’t control.”
Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes
Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender care shields similar laws in over 20 states
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Supreme Court earlier this week upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, rejecting arguments that it violated the Constitution and shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states.
The decision, which came amid the Trump administration’s fierce assaults on transgender rights, was a bitter setback for their proponents, who only five years ago celebrated a decision by the court to protect transgender people from workplace discrimination.
The vote was 6-3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, acknowledged the “fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field. The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound.”
But he said these questions should be resolved by “the people, their elected representatives and the democratic process.”
The Tennessee law, enacted in 2023, prohibits medical providers from prescribing puberty-delaying medication, offering hormone therapy or performing surgery to treat gender dysphoria, the psychological distress caused by incongruence between experienced gender and that assigned at birth. It was part of a sweeping national pushback to expanding rights for transgender people. Since then, debates about military service, athletics, bathrooms and pronouns have played a role in President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.
In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that Wednesday’s decision could have tragic consequences.
“If left untreated, gender dysphoria can lead to severe anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, selfharm and suicidality,” she wrote in an opinion joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
In a measure of the shifting politics around transgender issues, the Biden administration had argued against the Tennessee law. After Trump returned to office, he issued an executive order directing agencies to take steps to curtail surgeries, hormone therapy and other gender transition care for youths under 19. And in February, his administration formally reversed the government’s position in the case and urged the justices to uphold the law.
The doctor and three families who sued to challenge the Tennessee law said it discriminated based on both sex and transgender status in violation of the Constitution’s equal protection clause, which requires states to have a valid reason for treating similarly situated people differently. They noted that the law specified that the prohibited treatments were allowed when undertaken for reasons other than gender transition care.
Chase Strangio, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who had argued on behalf of the plaintiffs, said
the decision was a grave disappointment. “Today’s ruling is a devastating loss for transgender people, our families and everyone who cares about the Constitution,” he said in a statement.
Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee’s attorney general, said the decision was a welcome victory. “In today’s historic Supreme Court win, the common sense of Tennessee voters prevailed over judicial activism,” he said in a statement.
In adopting the law, Tennessee lawmakers said the treatments had not been adequately examined in long-term medical studies and posed dangers to minors who lacked the maturity to make informed judgments.
Systematic reviews commissioned by international health bodies have consistently found that the evidence of the benefits of the treatments is weak, as is the evidence on the potential harms. Long-term risks can include the loss of fertility and the possibility that adolescents may regret their decisions later in life.
But while the published medical evidence in support of transgender care is limited, many clinicians who provide it say it can be beneficial and even lifesaving.
Hostility to transgender rights played a central role in Trump’s last presidential campaign and in the early months of his administration. At his inauguration, he announced that “it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female.”
He followed up with executive orders withdrawing federal support for transition care and banning transgender troops from military service. Democrats have struggled to respond, as polls indicate broad discomfort on transgender issues, particularly when minors are involved.
Sometimes Democrats have appeared eager to change
the topic. Responding to Wednesday’s decision, Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said on social media that “Republicans’ cruel crusade against trans kids is all an attempt to divert attention from ripping health care away from millions of Americans.”
The six opinions in the decision, spanning 113 pages, were mostly devoted to whether the law should be subjected to searching judicial scrutiny to determine if it violated the Constitution. Most laws challenged on equal protection grounds must satisfy only a very relaxed standard, “rational basis scrutiny,” requiring only that legislatures have some basis for drawing distinctions. Under that standard, almost any justification for the law will do.
The Supreme Court has said that a more demanding standard, “heightened scrutiny,” is called for in assessing laws that discriminate based on sex. In such cases, states must show that the law serves an important government objective and that the discrimination is substantially related to achieving it. A key question in the case, therefore, was whether the Tennessee law in fact discriminated on the basis of sex.
Roberts wrote that the law drew distinctions based only on age and types of medical treatments.
Sotomayor responded that the law directly takes account of sex. She added that Wednesday’s ruling was at odds with a 2020 decision, Bostock v. Clayton County, in which a majority opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch concluded that a federal civil rights law protecting workers from sex discrimination applied to transgender employees.
The plaintiffs in the case involving the Tennessee law also argued that heightened scrutiny was warranted on a second basis — because the law discriminates based on transgender status. The Supreme Court has never before recognized transgender status as a class that requires more demanding scrutiny, and Roberts declined to address the issue of whether it should do so now, saying instead that the law does not discriminate on that basis.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the court should have considered whether transgender status warrants heightened scrutiny and ruled that it does not. By failing to do so, Barrett said the court had left a whole range of other laws that she indicated were plainly constitutional — including ones on bathrooms and sports — vulnerable to future litigation.
In returning the question of transition care for minors to the states, the majority echoed the court’s approach in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the 2022 decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion. In both settings, the court ruled, elected officials rather than judges should have the last word.
The upshot will be a patchwork of laws, with both abortion and transition care largely banned in states led by Republicans but mostly permitted in ones led by Democrats.
A protester outside the Supreme Court after the justices upheld a Tennessee law banning some types of medical care, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies, for transgender youth, in Washington, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/ The New York Times)
Social Security’s finances erode further and could spell benefit cuts
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
The Social Security program faces a financing shortfall that, if left unaddressed, would slash millions of retirees’ crucial monthly benefit payments in just eight years.
The deteriorating financial outlook for the retirement program, which supports roughly 61 million Americans, was released in its annual trustees report Wednesday. It is now expected to run out of money nine months earlier than previously projected, which means benefits could be reduced by 23% if Congress does not act to bolster the program.
That puts the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which pays retiree and survivor benefits, on schedule to be depleted in 2033, or when today’s 59-year-olds turn 67. At that time, the program will have enough revenue coming in to pay only 77% of total scheduled benefits.
People wait outside a Social Security Administration office before it opened for the day in Glendale, Ariz., April 8, 2025. Social Security benefits would be reduced by 23 percent in less than a decade if Congress does not take measures to bolster the program, its trustees said on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
The most recent setback was driven largely by a policy change, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, which took effect in January and increased benefits for about 2.8 million government and public sector workers. But there were other factors: Government actuaries now assume that the birthrate will remain lower for longer, while projecting that workers’ compensation would weaken over time as they capture a lower share of the nation’s economic output.
A separate trust fund, which finances Social Security disability benefits for an additional 8.2 million people, is on more stable ground. It will be able to pay all of its bills through 2099, the report said.
The trustees also reported a slightly weaker financial outlook for the trust fund that finances hospital care for Medicare beneficiaries. They expect that that trust fund will be unable to pay all its bills in 2033, three years sooner than it had estimated last year. That change was driven mostly by increased spending on hospital care in 2024, a shift the trustees believe will continue into the next few years.
In their report, the trustees urged lawmakers to address the shortfalls in a timely way so that any changes could be phased in gradually, giving workers and beneficiaries time to adjust.
“Implementing changes sooner rather than later would allow more generations to share in the needed revenue increases or reductions in scheduled benefits,” the trustees said in the report.
Some policy experts say it’s hard to fully project the program’s outlook because the latest report doesn’t reflect many of President Donald Trump’s policies, including his tariff and mass deportation plans, which are expected to worsen Social Security’s deficits.
“The most important story is not in the report,” said Kathleen Romig, director of Social Security and disability policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who noted that the report’s economic assumptions were locked in at the end of last year. “The world has changed dramatically since then.”
If the administration’s tariffs cause the economy to contract and lead to job losses, that would dampen trust fund revenues because fewer payroll taxes would be flowing to the fund. If tariffs caused price increases, that could lead to a higher cost of living adjustment for Social Security recipients and therefore a bump in benefits.
Social Security and Medicare have long faced a financing shortfall, partly because of demographic changes. Dwindling birthrates mean fewer workers are paying taxes into the programs, all while thousands of baby boomers are retiring daily and collecting their benefits for longer periods.
In addition, a larger share of the country’s wage base is not subject to payroll taxes, Social Security’s lifeblood, compared with years past. The taxes are applied only up to $176,100 in income, and rising income inequality means a greater share of Americans’ earnings exceeds that cap and is not taxed.
Trump has vowed to protect Social Security benefits, but he hasn’t introduced any proposals to shore up its financing. He empowered Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, to embed at the agency, where it enacted aggressive federal job cuts and policy changes at a time when beneficiary claims were at a record high and staffing was already thin. The changes threw the agency into chaos, left retirees nervous and confused, and overshadowed its true challenges.
To put the magnitude of the financing shortfall in perspective, the trustees noted that revenue would need to rise by an amount that would raise the payroll tax by 3.65 percentage points. That would keep the combined retirement and disability trust funds solvent for the next 75 years, and bring the total tax to 16.05%.
In many cases, workers split the payroll tax burden with their employers; each currently pays 6.2% on earnings up to $176,100, for a total of 12.4%. By law, Social Security (unlike parts of Medicare) cannot use money from the federal budget’s general revenues to pay benefits.
Reducing all beneficiaries’ payments by 22.4% would also close the financing gap, but proposals to shore up the program often combine different approaches to varying degrees. “There are many variations on these options, including those that vary the timing, magnitude, and other specifics of the changes under consideration,” the trustees said in the report. Republican-led proposals have historically suggested cutting benefits by raising the retirement age, among other changes. Democrat-led proposals typically support raising taxes.
Government actuaries have estimated that fixing Medicare’s trust fund over the long term would also require significant changes. To make sure Medicare had enough money to pay all its bills over the long term, Medicare would need to either reduce its overall spending on hospital care by 9% or lawmakers would have to raise the payroll tax that funds it to 3.32% from 2.9%, according to the report.
Neither option is under discussion by Congress, and Trump has vowed not to touch the program. A major bill working its way through Congress would cut Medicaid and other social safety net programs, but make almost no adjustments to Medicare.
It’s official: Streaming is now the king of TV
By JOHN KOBLIN
The streaming future is now the streaming present.
Americans watched more television via streaming services than they did through cable and broadcast networks in the month of May, Nielsen said in a report earlier this week. It is the first time that has happened over a full month.
Nielsen began comparing streaming viewership with traditional network and cable television in 2021. At that time, even with streaming on a rapid ascent, the gap between the two was huge: Nearly two-thirds of all TV time was spent watching cable and broadcast, and just 26% was with streaming.
That lead has now collapsed. Here’s how streaming overtook traditional TV.
Boomers clinched it.
It’s no surprise that younger viewers were the first to jump to streaming. But another group has since made the leap as well: viewers over the age of 65.
Older viewers watch a lot of television, more than any other cohort — onethird of all viewing comes from this group. And they have been moving to streaming in droves in the last few years — particularly to platforms that are free and require no subscription. For instance, since 2023, viewers over 65 are the fastest-growing age group for watching YouTube off a television set.
Their YouTube watch time last month grew 106% from May 2023, Nielsen said. And the amount they’re watching on You-
Tube is equal to the viewing totals of children under 11 — another age group that watches a ton of TV and YouTube in particular.
Older viewers have taken to free streaming services like Tubi, Roku and Pluto with gusto. In May, the three services accounted for 5.7% of television time for people of all ages, more than Disney+ and Hulu combined. The free platforms “have ads, but, for that demo, it’s not particularly jarring because they’re used to watching ads,” said Brian Fuhrer, a senior vice president of product strategy at Nielsen.
Older viewers are a major reason that “Gunsmoke” — the fabled Western that premiered in 1955 and went off the air in 1975 — has been making regular appearances in Nielsen’s most-watched streaming series lists over the past few months.
Cable companies stopped original
programming.
Cable TV viewing has fallen much more than network television over the last four years — 39% overall, Nielsen said. What has surprised industry analysts is just how much media companies themselves have helped accelerate the decline.
Cable networks like USA, TBS and MTV were rich with original programming just a few years ago, but they air few scripted shows now. That is because media executives have rapidly reordered their budgets, steering investment toward their streaming services.
As a result, many of the channels are effectively zombie networks that do little more than play marathons of “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Office” or “Jaws.” In turn, viewers started to give up, as did advertisers. Now, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery executives are genuinely throwing in the towel on cable altogether — both are spinning off the vast majority
In May, more Americans watched television on streaming than on cable and network television combined, Nielsen said. It is the first time that has happened over a full month.
of their cable holdings into separate companies.
At the same time, subscriptions to niche streaming services — like Hallmark+, BritBox and Crunchyroll — have grown sharply over the past couple of years, filling a role that used to belong to specialty cable networks.
The bulwarks of broadcast have fallen.
Compared with cable, broadcast television has been surprisingly resilient: a 20% drop over the past four years, or about half as much as cable’s.
“It’s like high tides and low tides,” Fuhrer said of network television. “The big events on broadcast are as big as they’ve ever been. But the lows are lower.”
But even those big events — long the bulwarks of broadcast — are no longer exclusive to broadcast. NBC heavily promoted the network’s Olympics coverage on the company’s streaming service, Peacock, for example. And viewership of the Super Bowl set a new ratings record this year, which surprised many industry insiders because the game was a blowout. But there was a major reason: For the first time, Fox, the company with broadcast rights to the game, also streamed the game live on Tubi. More than 13 million people watched the game on Tubi.
The Oscars streamed on Hulu for the first time in March. And come September, two more key pillars of broadcast will fall. “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will run new episodes on Hulu and Peacock this fall, in addition to airing in syndication. That move could be a precursor to a blockbuster deal in three years when those game shows could move solely to streaming.
Citi sees oil prices of $75-$78/bbl if war disrupts 1.1 mln
An escalation of the Iran-Israeli hostilities could keep Brent oil prices trading about 15% to 20% above preconflict levels if the war disrupts 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian oil exports, analysts at Citibank said on Thursday.
“This implies Brent prices should be in the $75 to $78/ bbl range,” Citi said in a note. Prices had been hovering around $65 per barrel in May.
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Brent crude futures were up $1.48, or 1.9%, to $78.18 a barrel by 1230 ET on Thursday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for July was up $1.72, or 2.3%, at $76.86.
Separately, JP Morgan said in a note that in the most extreme case of a broader regional conflagration that includes the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, it estimates that oil prices could surge to $120-$130 per barrel.
The Iran-Israel conflict has raised fears of potential supply disruptions in the Middle East, a key oil-producing region, pushing crude prices higher as traders react to the growing geopolitical risk.
Iran is OPEC’s third-largest producer, extracting about 3.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
According to Citi, a disruption of about 3 million bpd over a multi-month period could push prices to $90 bbl.
Any closure of the Strait of Hormuz could cause a sharp price spike, but Citi believes it would be brief as efforts would focus on a quick reopening.
Iranian oil export disruptions may have a smaller impact on oil prices than expected due to falling exports and reduced Chinese purchases as prices are higher now, it said.
“Production elsewhere globally may have risen sufficiently to offset the disruption impact, particularly if the production disruption was expected,” Citi noted.
Increased supply from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could also mitigate the impact of potential Iranian oil export disruptions, it added.
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On Wednesday, Goldman Sachs noted that it estimates a geopolitical risk premium of around $10 per barrel following the rise in Brent prices to $76-77 per barrel, while Barclays said
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that if Iranian exports are reduced by half, crude prices could rise to $85 per barrel and that prices could move past $100 in the “worst-case” scenario of a wider conflagration.
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Iranian missile hits Israeli hospital as Trump appears to put off US action
By ADAM RASGON, NATAN ODENHEIMER, TYLER PAGER and MICHAEL LEVENSON
An Iranian missile struck a large hospital in southern Israel on Thursday, causing widespread damage and injuring several patients, as President Donald Trump said he would decide “within the next two weeks” whether to join Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran to stop its nuclear program, according to the White House.
“Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” Trump said in a statement read aloud by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, in a news conference.
The apparent pivot from Trump bought the American president time and space for further diplomacy to confront the war that has been raging since Friday, when Israel launched waves of strikes on Iran, including the capital, Tehran. Iran soon retaliated with missile and drone attacks on major Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv.
Trump’s comments also came as European officials planned to host a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in Geneva in an effort to de-escalate the conflict. Israeli and U.S. officials were not expected to take part, leaving the Europeans under no illusions that the gathering would have an immediate effect on the war.
Israel’s strikes on Iran continued for a sixth straight day, and Iran fired missiles in response. Map locating reported strikes in both nations since last Friday.
A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said the talks would focus on “the nuclear issue and the latest developments in the region.”
Leavitt said Thursday that any deal with Iran would have to ban the country from enriching uranium and developing a nuclear weapon, something Trump has repeated often.
She also said that Steve Witkoff, the president’s special envoy to the Middle East, had maintained correspondence with Iranian officials, even though the government in Tehran had cut off formal talks with the United States over its nuclear program after Israel began its assault last week.
Since then, Trump has sent mixed signals about whether he wanted to take a diplomatic route or use U.S. military force to try to destroy Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear site, Fordo.
“If there’s a chance for diplomacy, the president is always going to grab it,” Leavitt said. “But he’s not afraid to use strength as well.”
As the diplomatic scramble was set to begin, a barrage of Iranian missiles hit several locations in Israel on Thursday, including the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.
“There was a massive boom and blast wave,” said Dr. Vadim Bankovich, head of the orthopedics department, whose office faces the floor of the old surgical building, which took a direct hit.
Large slabs of concrete were all that remained from what was once the top floor of the hospital building. Rubble and shattered glass blanketed the surrounding area, even hundreds of feet away. Melted plastic and burned wiring filled the air with a foul smell.
The surgical building that was struck had been evacuated in recent days, hospital officials said. Photos and videos shared by the Israeli fire and rescue service showed fires, broken glass and ceiling panels scattered on the floor.
It was the first Israeli hospital to be hit directly since Israel began attacking Iran on Friday.
The strike on the hospital complex demonstrated that Iran could still inflict serious damage in Israel, despite the Israeli military’s strikes on Iran’s missile launchers as well as Israel’s advanced air-defense systems, which have intercepted most incoming Iranian fire.
The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said without providing evidence that the strike had “eliminated” an Israeli military command center and “the blast wave caused superficial damage to a small section of the nearby, and largely evacuated,” hospital. The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment about the claim.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed to avenge the strike, saying on social media, “We will make the tyrants from Tehran pay the full price.”
Netanyahu has asked the United States to help destroy the underground nuclear site at Fordo, a prospect that has added to fears that the war could spiral into a wider conflagration in he region. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to inflict “irreparable damage” if the U.S. military intervened on behalf of Israel.
On Thursday, the Israeli military said it had launched another round of strikes on nuclear targets in Iran, including an inactive nuclear reactor at Arak, to prevent the production of material for nuclear weapons, and a “nuclear weapons development site” in the Natanz region.
Iranian state media confirmed that Israeli warplanes had struck nuclear facilities at Arak but said that there had been no serious damage. The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said that a “heavy water research reactor, under construction, was hit” at Arak, but that it was “not operational and contained no nuclear material, so no radiological effects” were recorded.
The strike on the Soroka Medical Center was part of a larger barrage of Iranian missiles that also caused damage in other parts of Israel, including to tall buildings in Ramat Gan and apartment structures in Holon, both cities near Tel Aviv. More than 30 people sustained minor injuries in Ramat Gan, according to Zaki Heller, a spokesperson for Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service. In Holon, Heller said, 18 people were wounded, including three seriously.
The Iranian capital, home to 10 million people, has been turned upside down after nearly a week of Israeli attacks. A near-total internet blackout took effect in Iran on Wednesday evening, rendering communication with the outside world almost impossible. Experts and citizens say that the government was most likely throttling internet access to prevent people from sharing information about where Israel had struck and for fear of Israeli cyberattacks.
Residents have described hearing the constant thud of air-defense systems and the boom of explosions, and seeing normally bustling streets completely empty.
“The atmosphere in Tehran is terrifying,” said Nima, 44, a former bookseller who asked that his last name not be used out of a fear for his safety.
At least 224 people have been killed in Iran, according to Iran’s Health Ministry. Several senior military commanders in Iran have also been killed by Israeli strikes since the war started, according to Israel.
Shlomi Codish, director-general of the Soroka Medical Center, said patients and medical workers at the hospital had been in protected spaces when the missile struck. The hospital said it had treated several people for minor injuries from the strike.
Gideon Saar, the Israeli foreign minister, speaking in front of the hospital, denounced the attack. “This is exactly the place where the Iranian regime targeted — a civilian hospital,” he said. “This is clearly a war crime.”
International law forbids strikes on medical facilities except in rare cases. Amid the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been widely condemned for raiding and damaging hospitals that it says are used by militants.
In a parking lot at the hospital that was carpeted with rubble and shattered glass, Avichay Amrami, 38, a hospital attendant, recalled how “people were running in different directions after the strike — there was chaos.”
Concerned that the hospital building might collapse, he and his co-workers immediately began evacuating patients to safer areas.
“Luckily, the floor that was hit was empty,” he said.
Haiti is using drones to fight gangs. Here’s why that’s likely to be illegal.
By FRANCES ROBLES
Anew video released by Haitian police a few days ago suggests that a notorious gang leader, Vitel’homme Innocent, who has a $2 million bounty on his head, was under attack and running for cover. Other footage authorities released last month showed explosions coming from the sky.
The unspoken message was clear: The Haitian government, armed with drones, is committed to taking the streets back from violent criminals. Drones fitted with explosives are Haiti’s latest desperate effort to curb rampant violence that has forced 1.3 million people from their homes.
After more than three months of drone strikes in Haiti’s capital, most of which is under gang control, attacks appear to have lessened. But no gang territory has been retaken, and though one top gang leader was reported to have been wounded recently, not a single high-value target has been killed or captured. Now, in a surprising rebuke, the Canadian police, which has provided drones to Haiti, are calling the government’s strikes illegal.
Drone strikes have reportedly killed more than 300 gang members in Port-au-Prince, the capital, according to a leading human rights group. Gangs have retaliated against the attacks by killing at least four civilians.
Why are drones being used?
The Haitian government has been fighting a losing battle against Viv Ansanm, a coalition of gangs that formed last year and attacked government institutions like police stations and jails. The gangs, which raise money through extortion, kidnappings and tolls at illegal roadblocks, now control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince.
An international force financed mostly by the U.S. government and largely staffed by Kenyan police officers has not made much progress against the criminal groups.
In March, the Haitian government announced that it had formed a task force to launch drone strikes to target gang leaders.
Many Haitians say the new tactics are a welcome offensive they hope will help restore normalcy to their lives and are the only measure that has kept the capital from falling completely into gang hands. But the strikes are operating in a murky legal area, with no transparency about who is killed or how targets are chosen.
Why would targeting criminal groups be illegal?
Experts in international human rights law say the Haitian government should not be using lethal force unless someone’s life is imminently in danger.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, Canada’s national police force — which donated drones and provided surveillance drone training to the Haitian National Police — said the task force the government had created had “no legal authorities.”
“The drone attacks it has conducted are in violation of Haiti’s domestic criminal law and international human rights law,” Marie-Eve Breton, a Canadian police spokesperson, said
in an email to The New York Times.
“The RCMP does not condone the use of drones to carry munitions or offensive tools.”
To receive the Canadian drones, Haiti’s government had to commit to not using them to kill people, Breton said.
Legal experts share the Canadian criticism.
The legality of lethal drone strikes comes down to whether a nation is engaged in an officially declared “armed conflict.”
While thousands of Haitians have been killed, buildings have been set ablaze and hospitals and ambulances have been attacked, the violence is not considered an armed conflict, legal experts said.
(There is no central authority that decides whether there is an armed conflict, but the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva is generally considered the expert entity to make such a determination.)
That determination matters.
In armed conflicts, international humanitarian law applies: Fighting parties can engage in offensive operations such as targeted strikes, while ensuring that collateral damage is minimized.
If there’s no armed conflict, then international human rights law, which says that lethal force should not be used unless there is an imminent threat to a person’s life, applies.
Under international humanitarian law, an armed conflict is considered to be taking place if two criteria are met. First, there has to be a certain level of intensity, which takes into account the humanitarian repercussions, the weaponry used, the government’s response and the frequency of the fighting.
That’s a bar Haiti probably meets, especially given the disastrous humanitarian consequences people have suffered over the past year, experts said.
The second criterion is trickier. The armed groups have
to be organized, with a clear chain of command and a top commander delivering orders and enforcing them.
Jimmy Chérizier, who is known as Barbecue, has emerged as leader of the Haitian gang coalition, but it is unclear the extent to which he commands all the groups. The U.S. government recently designated the coalition a terrorist organization.
Marisela Silva Chau, who leads the Haiti delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross, stressed that the committee was constantly reviewing its legal assessments. “The ICRC, currently present in Haiti, follows closely the evolution of the armed violence dynamics,” she said. “Haiti is not the exception.”
What does Haiti’s government say about the drone strikes?
The Haitian government declined requests to comment on the drone strikes. The prime minister’s office said it would not discuss matters of national security.
A top Haitian government official familiar with the drone strikes said secrecy about the operations was imperative to avoid tipping off gang leaders. That’s also why the Haitian government has largely relied on private military contractors to conduct the strikes: The involvement of fewer Haitian police officers in the operations means fewer leaks of information, said the official, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive security issue.
A company owned by Erik Prince, a Trump donor and founder of Blackwater, a company known for a massacre of civilians in Iraq nearly two decades ago, has been operating Haiti’s drones.
“It is a blurry framework, lacking any accountability and legal backing,” said Romain Le Cour, a Haiti security analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. “This is why there has been such opacity around the matter.” The strikes may be “against the law, but at the same time we are living in a country where we are out of control, because today in Haiti we don’t have a rule of law,” said Pierre Esperance, executive director of the National Human Rights Defense Network in Haiti.
Do drone strikes work?
Military experts said drone operations were particularly useful for surveillance. They can help police gain a better understanding of gang leaders’ movements and help direct ground operations.
Experts agreed that a tactic that relied on lethal drone strikes was likely to fail. Killing gang leaders often only leads to more popping up to take their place, experts said. And killing gang leaders without a ground offensive will not lead to the retaking of territory or criminal convictions.
“You have to have a strategy,” said Thomas X. Hammes, a research fellow at the National Defense University in Washington. “Taking drones and killing people is not a strategy.”
In March, after the government launched its first known drone strike, targeting the gang leader known as Barbecue, he posted a video. “I have friends and brothers all over the world,” he said in the video. “I have money. Drones are sold everywhere. I can also obtain them.”
People at Lycée Marie Jeanne, a school in the Lavaud neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that was turned into a camp for people escaping violence, Sept. 23, 2024. Drones fitted with explosives are Haiti’s latest desperate effort to curb rampant violence that has forced 1.3 million people from their homes. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/ The New York Times)
America must not rush into a war against Iran
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Anuclear-armed Iran would make the world less safe. It would destabilize the already volatile Middle East. It could imperil Israel’s existence. It would encourage other nations to acquire their own nuclear weapons, with far-reaching geopolitical consequences.
Now, however, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has acted to destroy Iran’s capacity to build nuclear weapons without first shoring up allies’ support. The United States faces being dragged into another war in the Middle East, with American lives at stake. And while the world tries to figure out what President Donald Trump will do in the coming days, that is the wrong question. If Trump wants the United States to join the Israeli war against Iran, the next step is clear: Congress must first authorize the use of military force.
Our laws are explicit on this point. An unprovoked American attack on Iran — one that could involve massive bombs known as bunker busters — would not be a police action or special military operation. It would be a war. To declare it is not the decision of Netanyahu or Trump. Under the Constitution, Congress alone has that power.
When lawmakers passed the War Powers Resolution in 1973, they limited the president’s authority to conduct military operations, carving out an exception to respond to
a foreign attack. This is not such a circumstance. Iran has not attacked the United States. There is ample time for Congress, the elected representatives of the American people, to debate this decision and render its judgment.
Several members of Congress seem to appreciate that responsibility. On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., filed a House resolution, along with Democratic colleagues, that would require Congress to sign off ahead of any offensive U.S. attack against Iran. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., introduced a similar measure Monday.
This approach has a long history. Only one day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, both houses of Congress declared war. Even with the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson persuaded lawmakers to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964. More recently, Congress authorized the use of force in Iraq in both 1991 and 2002. It also did so in 2001, before the war in Afghanistan. Members of Congress from both parties have often rightly stood up for their power in this area. In 2013, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas told ABC News that President Barack Obama did not have the authority to order a military strike on Syria without congressional approval. “It would be contrary to the Constitution,” Cruz said.
In recent decades, presidents have frequently cited 2001 and 2002 laws approving military force — known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF — to justify U.S. missions against terrorist groups, including in Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Yet they have stretched executive power by doing so. And a war against Iran, which is a sovereign nation rather than a terrorist group, is not justified by decades-old laws written for a different kind of conflict.
The separate question of whether the United States should join the conflict is not one that we are addressing here. We know the arguments in favor of doing so — namely, that Iran’s government is a malevolent force in the world and that it has made substantial progress toward acquiring a nuclear weapon. Last week the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is part of the United Nations, declared that Iran was violating its nonproliferation obligations and apparently hiding evidence of its efforts.
But there are strong arguments against an
attack, too. Only a decade ago, Iran’s leaders agreed to a deal with the Obama administration that included inspections and other policies to keep its nuclear ambitions in check. Given how much weaker Iran is today than it was then, thanks partly to Israel’s humbling of Iranian proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah, the Trump administration might well be able to achieve a stricter deal today. Let’s be plain: Bombing Iran would be a war of choice for the United States at this point. Trump, long a skeptic of foreign entanglements, seems to grasp as much. He spent months advocating diplomacy with Iran and questioning the wisdom of an Israeli attack, let alone an American one. “I want to have an agreement with Iran,” Trump said last week. If Israel started a war, he added, “that would blow it.” Only in the past few days has Trump waffled. He has the right to change his mind, of course. But he should then make the case to the nation for committing American blood and treasure. To refuse to put the issue to a vote in Congress is to concede that the American public does not support yet another foreign war with ill-defined aim and no plan for what happens next. The recent history of regime-change wars is hardly encouraging, especially in the Middle East. Decisions about when and whether to go to war are often difficult and always important. For these reasons, the Constitution does not vest them in any one person, not even the commander in chief. The American people and their elected representatives must have their say. Let this vital debate begin.
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The U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 9, 2024. (Daniel Terna/The New York Times)
José “Pocholo” Rivera es el Jugador Más Valioso del béisbol Doble A
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COMERÍO – El antesalista de los Pescadores del Plata de Comerío, José “Pocholo” Rivera, fue seleccionado el jueves Jugador Más Valioso de la temporada 2025 del Béisbol Superior Doble A, en una votación realizada por periodistas y comentaristas deportivos.
“Todo el trabajo que hice este año, los ajustes que realicé en el plato… creo que eso fue lo que dio fruto, y ha sido lo más gratificante que pude haber logrado”, expresó Rivera en declaraciones escritas.
El jugador de 25 años lideró la liga con 32 carreras empujadas y
ocho cuadrangulares, además de terminar segundo en carreras anotadas con 25 y alcanzar promedio de bateo de .373, siendo clave para el récord de 17-3 alcanzado por su equipo. Rivera, quien dedicó el premio a su hijo Mauro Ignacio, se convierte en el segundo jugador de Comerío premiado este año, junto al lanzador Luis Leroy Cruz, marcando la primera vez desde el 2008 que ambos galardones recaen en jugadores de un mismo equipo.
El atleta jugó tres años en las ligas menores con la organización de los Mets de Nueva York antes de unirse al béisbol local, y cumple ahora su tercera temporada en la liga Doble A.
Naranjito anuncia Festival del Fricasé este domingo
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– El municipio de Naranjito celebrará el domingo, desde las 12:00 del mediodía en la Plaza Pública, el Festival del Fricasé, con comida criolla, música en vivo y entretenimiento para toda la familia, tras ser pospuesto previamente debido a condiciones climáticas.
“Nuestro pueblo está listo para recibir a miles de visitantes con la hospitalidad que nos caracteriza. El Festival del Fricasé es una celebración de lo nuestro: la cocina criolla, la música, el emprendimiento local y la alegría que nos define”, expresó el alcalde Orlando
Ortiz Chevres en declaraciones escritas.
La actividad destacará el Fricasé de Pollo más Grande de Puerto Rico, preparado por empleados municipales del programa CADAL y servido gratuitamente. Además, restaurantes locales presentarán creativos platos de fricasé con cabro, cerdo, conejo, pavo, pollo y ternera.
El evento incluirá actuaciones artísticas como Alambre Dulce, Pleneros de Severo, Arnaldo Vallellanes y concluirá con El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. También habrá juegos tradicionales, artesanías, productos locales y transportación gratuita desde áreas cercanas al centro del pueblo.
Ordenan remover tanques de gas y vehículos abandonados en Villa Palmeras
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SAN JUAN – El Negociado de Transporte y otros Servicios Públicos, junto con autoridades del municipio de San Juan, intervinieron el jueves en un solar en la comunidad de Villa Palmeras tras recibir una confidencia ciudadana sobre almacenamiento ilegal de tanques deteriorados de gas, gomas y vehículos abandonados.
“La seguridad de nuestras comunidades es una prioridad. Operativos como este demuestran la efectividad de la colaboración interagencial para abordar situaciones que representan un riesgo potencial para la ciudadanía”, expresó Jaime Lafuente, presidente del negociado, en declaraciones escritas.
Durante el operativo también encontraron un camión presuntamente usado para distribuir gas,
sin tablilla y cargado con cilindros en mal estado, estacionado frente al solar en la vía pública.
Las autoridades no emitieron multas debido a que los tanques hallados estaban vacíos, pero el dueño del solar recibió hasta este viernes para eliminar del lugar los materiales peligrosos, evitando así riesgos mayores para los residentes del área.
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For Pride, stream these queer horror movies
By ERIK PIEPENBERG
In horror movies, to be queer is to be different, “which cinema has continually rewritten as a form of danger,” Peter Marra writes in his new book, “Queer Slashers.”
Dangerous, queer, different: Sounds like my kind of horror movie. Here are some of my favorites.
‘Dracula’s Daughter’ (1936)
“She Gives You That WEIRD FEELING!”: That’s how one poster advertised Lambert Hillyer’s lesbian-coded vampire thriller, a follow-up to “Dracula,” a hit for Universal Pictures in 1931. Hillyer’s movie centers on Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden), a Dracula progeny who kidnaps a young woman in Transylvania. Holden’s performance is predatory but feminine, menacing but soft-eyed — a powerful example of how lesbian subtext in early Hollywood paved the way for future Sapphic vampires.
Rent or buy it on major platforms.
‘The Seventh Victim’ (1943)
Actress Kim Hunter made her film debut as an innocent boarding school student who looks for her missing sister in a Greenwich Village underworld teeming with queerness and Satanists. As directed by Mark Robson, the film is relentlessly tense and macabre, and shot through with lesbian desire; the characters of a headmistress and her assistant “exude Lesbos,” as critic Lucy Sante has written. Try not to get spooked by the shot of a room that’s empty save for a chair and a noose.
Rent or buy it on major platforms.
‘Compulsion’ (1959)
There are two terrific and audaciously homoerotic options when it comes to movies about Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the Chicago students who kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924. Alfred Hitchcock tackled the case in “Rope” (1943), and Tom Kalin put a New Queer Cinema spin on it in “Swoon” (1992).
But queerness hits differently in Richard Fleischer’s pulsing thriller, starring Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman as the monstrous leading couple and Orson Welles as their lawyer. It starts early when Artie (Dillman) says to Judd (Stockwell): “You told me that you wanted me to command you to do things.” Tenderly, Judd replies: “I do.” That sexual power play brazenly sets up the rest of this subversively
queer knockout.
Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.
‘A Taste of Flesh’ (1967)
Director Doris Wishman was a renegade: a woman who made lurid exploitation films at a time when American underground cinema was a man’s playground. One of Wishman’s most Sapphic films is this gritty black-and-white sexploitation shocker about assassins who weasel their way into an apartment shared by two lesbians in order to kill a foreign dignitary.
Little of the film makes sense, but who needs that when it oozes the kind of sleaze that would seal your boots to the grindhouse floor. Wishman shot her punk film without live sound and synced it afterward, further disorienting its maverick horrors. A sexy butch-femme dream sequence adds a jolt of playfulness.
Stream it on Cultpix.
‘Vampyros Lesbos’ (1971)
Director Jesús Franco mixes soft-core salaciousness with art house eleganza in his psychosexual exploitation film about an American woman (Ewa Stromberg) who gets seduced by the vampiric Countess Nadine (Soledad Miranda), a seductive nightclub owner whom Ewa thinks she recognizes. The film is a fever dream of blood and lust that is, let’s face it, lesbian horror for the straight gaze. But in 1971, just two years after the Stonewall Inn uprising, for representation-starved lesbians it wasn’t the worst thing to see a film depicting their desires and sexual tastes as real.
Stream it on Plex.
‘Fear No Evil’ (1981)
What queer person hasn’t dreamed of having supernatural powers to exact revenge on their tormentors? That’s the reason to watch Frank LaLoggia’s scrappy and darkly camp film about Andrew (Stefan Arngrim), an effeminate high school senior who discovers that actually being the Antichrist has its perks, and its emotional costs. The film is notable for a dodge ball scene that goes disgustingly awry, a long gay kiss — an unheard-of smooch in 1981 — between Andrew and a bully, and for Arngrim’s goth-twink fabulous costumes, including the silkiest cape.
Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.
‘Sleepaway Camp’ (1983)
Robert Hiltzik’s slasher is about a psychopath who murders their way across a summer camp for teens — standard “Friday the 13th” stuff. What’s unusual is that two of the kids were raised by a gay couple who are shown together in bed, in a rare display of gay intimacy during the golden age of the slasher film. (And all those men in midriffs? Gay, gay, gay.) The film is controversial for how the killer is revealed during a moment of transgender panic that’s still jarring to watch.
Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.
‘Nightbreed’ (1990)
Clive Barker’s ode-to-oddballs follow-up to “Hellraiser” is about Aaron (Craig Sheffer), a young man whose therapist (the David Cronenberg) gaslights him into thinking he is a serial killer. Aaron is eventually drawn to a cemetery where he discovers the tribe of monstrous but misunderstood outcasts
who have haunted his dreams. In adapting his novel “Cabal,” Barker underlines queerness in ghoulish but affirming ways — it’s essentially a coming-out story — that will resonate with any young person who had the courage to escape their unaccepting hometown for a big queer Somewhere Better.
Stream it on Shudder.
‘High Tension’ (2005)
Alexandre Aja’s blood-soaked drama is one of the most unsettling queer films of the New French Extremity, a movement that grossed out horror fans around the turn of the 21st century. It follows two friends, Marie (Cécile de France) and Alex (Maïwenn), as they travel to the French countryside for a getaway, only to have Alex’s family brutally murdered in a home invasion. It’s no spoiler to say that some perfectly timed and demented twists about repressed desire drive home the point that unrequited queerness is a monster not to be messed with.
Stream it on Tubi.
‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’ (2023)
This recent folk horror drama from queer Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera is a deeply creepy queer meditation on motherhood as affliction. Natalia Solián stars as Valeria, a woman who starts seeing a spectral demon haunting the house where she and her husband are preparing for the arrival of their newborn. Not even solace from a former girlfriend can soothe Valeria’s fears. This is the most queeraffirming film on this list, with a message about family and motherhood that offers hope amid the horror.
Stream it on Shudder.
“Dracula’s Daughter” (1936)
“A Taste of Flesh” (1967)
“High Tension” (2005)
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Defendants Civil No.: 16-1651 (JAG). COLLECTION OF MONIES, FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE AND PLEDGE. NOTICE OF SALE.
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On August 9, 2016, this Honorable Court issued Default Judgment against Defendants, Carlos Mesa Truck Supplies Ponce, Inc. (“CMTS”), Sireno Carlos Mesa-Pando (“MesaPando”), his wife Norma Iris Andino-Matos a/k/a Norma Andino-Matos (“Andino-Matos”), the Conjugal Legal Partnership Mesa-Andino (“CLP Mesa-Andino”) and Sucesores de Carlos Mesa, LLC, (“Sucesores”) (collectively the “Defendants”) in favor of Bautista, now Ponce Hostos LLC. (PH). To date, Defendants have not satisfied the Judgment. As of January 31, 2016 they owed PH the following amounts: (a) under the Promissory Note I: (i) the principal amount of $176,644.44, (ii) interests in the amount of $75,942.39, which continue to accrue by the fluctuating rate on a daily basis in the amount of $40.48 per diem, (iii) $4,528.98 in late charges, and (iv) $20,000.00 in contractually agreed-upon attorney’s fees and legal costs; (b) under the Promissory Note II: (i) the principal amount of $190,023.38 (ii) interests in the amount of $56,293.11, which continue to accrue by the fluctuating rate on a daily basis in the amount of $38.27 per diem, (iii) $1,178.00 in late charges, and (iv) $20,000.00 in contractually agreed-upon attorney’s fees and legal costs; (c) Under Promissory Note III: (i) the principal amount of $300,000.00 (ii) interests in the amount of $77,000.00, which continue to accrue by the fluctuating rate on a daily basis in the amount of $41.67 per diem, (iii) $7,473.95 in other fees and late charges, and (iv) $30,000.00 in contractually agreed-upon attorney’s fees and legal costs. Pursuant to said judgment and the Order of Execution of Judgment, the
undersigned appointed Special Master was ordered to sell, at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check, without appraisement or right to redemption, to the highest bidder, at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, or at any other place designated by said Clerk, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property:
RURAL: Tract of land located in the Playa Ward of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in front of kilometer 133, hectometer 3 of the Central Road, located in De Hostos Avenue, between the city and the beach in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a surface area of 5038.8775 square meters, and which property is bounded by: EAST, with the Road which comes from the city and leads to the Ponce Beach, known by De Hostos Avenue, Ponce Beach Section, measuring by that side from a point in the extreme Southeast of the main property it is part of and towards North until reaching a point marked with number 12 in the Plans prepared by Civil Engineer Juan A. Vals, license number 1682, in front of Hostos Avenue, 36.50 meters; from that point and bounded with lands of Emilio Álvarez, West direction, measures 45.799 meters, until reaching a point marked with number 11 in said Plans, from that point and always with the same boundary, North direction, until reaching a point marked number 10, measures 13.218 meters, from that point until reaching a point marked with number 9, North direction, measures 23.742 meters, with the same boundary from that point, Northeast direction and with the same boundary measures 37.371 meters, until reaching point number 8, from that point and in West direction, bounded with a road that separates the lands of Juan Viso, straight line until reaching point number 7, measures 42.16 meters, from that point, South direction, straight line measures 67.65 meters, bounded with the main property from which it segregates; and from there at a 104 degree angle, 30 inches, bounded with the main property from which it segregate, straight line and in East direction, measures 91.75 metros, until reaching the starting point at a 90 degree angle in the Hostos Avenue. Contains two structures. Property number 16, 765, recorded at page 187 of volume 2, 027 of Ponce. Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Ponce. Physical Address: 170 Ave. Hostos, Ponce, Puerto Rico. For reference purposes, the property is described
in its original Spanish language as follows: RÚSTICA: Pedazo de terreno radicado en el Barrio Playa del término municipal de Ponce frente al Kilómetro 133, hectómetro 3 de la Carretera Central, sitio Avenida Hostos, entre la Ciudad y la Playa de Ponce, con un área superficial de CINCO MIL OCHENTA Y TRES METROS CUADRADOS CON OCHO MIL SETECIENTOS SETENTA Y CINCO MILÉSIMAS DE OTRO, y la cual finca colinda: al Este con la carretera que de la Ciudad conduce a la Playa de Ponce, conocida por la Avenida Hostos, Sección la Playa de Ponce, midiendo por ese lado desde un punto, situado en el extremo Sureste, con la finca principal de que forma parte y en dirección Norte hasta llegar a un punto marcado con el número doce en el plano preparado por el Ingeniero Civil Juan A. Vals, Licencia Número mil seiscientos ochenta y dos, frente a la Avenida Hostos, treinta y seis metros cincuenta centímetros; desde ese punto y en colindancia con terrenos de Emilio Álvarez, dirección Oeste, se mide cuarenta y cinco metros, setecientos noventa y nueve centímetros hasta llegar a un punto marcado con el número once en dicho plano; desde ese punto, y siempre con el mismo colindante, dirección Norte hasta llegar al punto número diez, se miden trece metros doscientos diez y ocho centímetros; desde ese punto hasta llegar a un punto marcado con el número nueve, dirección Norte, se miden veintitrés metros, setecientos cuarenta y dos centímetros, con el mismo colindante desde ese punto Noroeste y con la misma colindancia se miden treinta y siete metros, trescientos setenta y un centímetros hasta llegar al punto número ocho desde ese punto y en dirección Oeste, colindando con camino vecinal que separa los terrenos de Juan Viso, línea recta hasta el punto número siete, se miden cuarenta y dos metros dieciséis centímetros; desde ese punto, dirección Sur, línea recta, se miden sesenta y siete metros sesenta y cinco centímetros en colindancia con la finca principal de que se segrega; y desde ese punto en un ángulo de ciento cuatro grados, treinta pulgadas, colindando con la finca principal de que se segrega, línea recta y en dirección Este se miden noventa y un metros setenta y cinco centímetros, hasta llegar al punto de partida en un ángulo de novena grados, en la Avenida Hostos #224. Contiene dos edificaciones. Consta inscrita como la finca número dieciséis mil setecientos sesenta y cinco (16,765) al folio ciento ochenta y dos (182) del tomo dos mil veintisiete (2,027) de la Sección
Primera de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico. Dirección Física: 170 Ave. Hostos, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The property is subject to the following liens: BY ITS ORIGIN: Free of Liens. BY ITSELF:
MORTGAGE: As security for a promissory note payable to the Holder, or to its order, for the sum of $600,000.00, with interest at 12%, due upon presentation, as per deed #9, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 23, 1988, before Notary Public Eugenio Otero Selva, registered on page 233 of volume 1566 of Ponce Norte, entry 10. MORTGAGE: As security for a promissory note payable to the Holder, or to its order, for the sum of $345,000.00, with interest at 10%, due upon presentation, as per deed #242, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 31, 1990, before Notary Public Miguel A. Silvestrini Alemany, registered on page 233vto of volume 1566 of Ponce Norte, entry 11. MORTGAGE: As security for a promissory note payable to Navistar Investment Corporation, or to its order, for the sum of $995,498.47, with 12% interest, due, as per deed #28, executed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 19, 1992, before Notary Public Víctor Raúl Rodríguez Martínez, registered on page 234vto of volume 1566 of Ponce Norte, entry 12. ANNOTATION OF ATTACHMENT: The subject of this annotation is in favor of Carlos Mesa Truck Supplies Ponce, Inc., for the sum of $39,038.44 owed to the State Insurance Fund Corporation for workers’ compensation. Attachment #H, registered on page 187 of volume 2027 of Ponce Norte, registration H. ANNOTATION OF ATTACHMENT: The subject of this annotation is in favor of Carlos Mesa Truck Supplies Ponce, Inc., for the sum of $23,751.09 owed to the State Insurance Fund Corporation for workers’ compensation. Attachment #I, registered on page 161 of volume 2027 of Ponce Norte, registration I. ANNOTATION OF ATTACHMENT: The subject of this mortgage is in favor of Doral Bank, for the sum of $300,000.00 of registration #L, Plaintiff: Doral Bank vs. Carlos Mesa Truck Supplies Ponce, Inc.; Sireno Carlos Mesa Pando and his wife Norma Andino Matos and the legal conjugal partnership formed by them, according to the claim of the Court of First Instance, Ponce Division, Civil number JCD2013-0307, on March 14, 2013, registered on page 193 of volume 2079 of Ponce Norte, registration L. CLAIM ANNOTATION: The subject of this annotation is the Mortgage in favor of the Holder, for the sums of $600,000.00 and $345,000.00, which arise
from registrations #10 and #11. Plaintiff: Bautista Cayman Asset Company; Defendant: Carlos Mesa Truck Supplies Ponce, Inc.; Sireno Carlos Mesa Pando; his wife Norma Iiris Andino Matos aka Norma Andino Matos; their legal conjugal partnership; and successors of Carlos Mesa, LLC, Amount Owed $366,667.82, for principal plus interest, according to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in Civil number 3:16-01651, on April 5, 2016, registered in the Karibe volume of Ponce Norte, Annotation M, dated February 4, 2022. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied, or legal), shall continue in effect. It being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The lien executed is over the property, and for the purposes of the first judicial sale the minimum bid amount is as follows: a. The amount of $600,000.00, as set forth in the mortgage deed, shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the first public sale. Should the first public sale fail to produce an award or adjudication, two-thirds of the aforementioned amount or $400,000.00 shall serve as the minimum bidding amount for the second public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the second public sale, the minimum bidding amount for the third public sale shall be $300,000.00. Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property may be executed and delivered after the judicial sale. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. THEREFORE, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will, on the 17TH DAY OF JULY, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the
Court’s Judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 24TH DAY OF JULY, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on the 31ST DAY OF JULY, 2025, AT 10:30 A.M., in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 - Federal Building, 350 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 21st day of May, 2025. AGUEDO DE LA TORRE, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE UTUADO ÁNGEL LUIS ROMÁN MORENO Y MARISOL ROMÁN VILLANUEVA
Parte Peticionaria Vs. EX PARTE
Caso Núm.: LR2025CV00083. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. NOTIFICACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: (1) PERSONAS IGNORADAS O DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD Y TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. (2) MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION RAMON RAMOS LOPEZ. Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de
la Propiedad a favor de la Parte Peticionaria el dominio que alega sobre la finca que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno que enclava una estructura sobre columnas de uso residencial en hormigón y bloques, localizado en el Barrio Piletas, Sector Cheo Román del término municipal de Lares, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de MIL OCHOCIENTOS OCHENTA Y SEIS PUNTO MIL DOSCIENTOS SETENTA Y CINCO DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE METROS CUADRADOS (1,886.8275 M.C.), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CUATRO MIL OCHOCIENTOS UN DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE CUERDA (0.4801 cda.). En lindes por el NORTE: con terreno ocupado por la SRA. CRISTINA MORENO ROMÁN; por el SUR; con terreno por la SRA. YARITZA ROMÁN MORENO; por el ESTE: camino municipal asfaltado, seguido por terrenos de la SUCN. RAMON RAMOS LOPEZ y por el OESTE: antes PLÁCIDA ROMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, ahora con terrenos de la SRA. ELIGIA GONZÁLEZ ROMÁN. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Libre de cargas. Número de catastro: 130-000-003-88. La dirección física de esta propiedad es: La dirección física de esta propiedad es: Carr. 453 km. 5.4 Int. Barrio Piletas Sector Román Lares, Puerto Rico 00669. La parte promovente está representada por la Lcda. Cynthia V. Rosario González, RUA 17416, Urb. Villamar, Calle Domingo Rubio #34, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612. Tel. (787) 878-9633; Correo electrónico: cvionnette@yahoo.com. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la Parte Peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de Ia Propiedad el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en Ia secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación
dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oIrle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial, hoy 28 de mayo de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIA I. RIVERA FONSECA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
Demandante Vs. CARMEN TERESA ROBLES CRUZ T/C/C CARMEN T. ROBLES CRUZ T/C/C CARMEN ROBLES CRUZ T/C/C CARMEN TERESA ROBLES T/C/C CARMEN T. ROBLES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandados Ciivl Núm.: SJ2024CV02971. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 30 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: APARTAMENTO RESIDEN-
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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 13 de junio de 2025. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2025.
VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN JULIA ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. FELIX NIEVES MEDINA Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2024CV01120. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. RAQUEL DESEDA BELAVALRDESEDA@DELGADOFERNANDEZ. COM.
A: SUCESION DE MIGUEL ANGEL NIEVES MEDINA, COMPUESTA POR POSIBLES MIEMBROS, MIGUEL A. NIVES JR., XAVIER NIEVES, EDGAR NIEVES, FULANA DE TAL Y JAN DOE - I-22 CALLE 5 URB MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO PR 00738 Y/O 101 CALLE 5, BO QUEBRADA VUELTAS, FAJARDO PR 00738 Y/O 98 CALLE 4 BO PINAS, TOA ALTA PR 00953 Y/O C-11 CALLE 1 BO JERUSALEN, FAJARDO PR 00738, Y/O PO BOX 1128 GRAYSON, GEORGIA 30017; MIGUEL ANGEL CASTILLO MARTIN POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE FELICITA CASTILLO
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BOX 1128 GRAYSON, GEORGIA 30017 Y/O I-22
CALLE 5, URB MONTE BRISAS, FAJARDO PR 00738.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 05 de junio 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 12 de junio de 2025. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 12 de junio de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO Demandante V. THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2025CV00446. (Salón: 601 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
PAMELA CRISTAL SANTIAGO OLIVIERI - PCSO.LAW@GMAIL. COM.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de junio 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 13 de junio de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. JOAN ROSARIO ALBINO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO CRÉDITO CRISTOBAL RODRÍGUEZ
HIDALGO
Demandante V. MIRIAM ZORAIDA REYES RAMOS Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CO2024CV00022. (Salón: 1). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
MARCOS RÁUL CORTÉS REYESMCORTESREYES@GMAIL.COM. A: MARILYN TORRES REYES: HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de junio 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 13 de junio de 2025. En Coamo, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. CECILIA ARZOLA VEGA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE CARMEN IRIS RODRIGUEZ TORRES Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2024CV02767. (Salón: 602 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM. A: SUCESION DE CARMEN IRIS RODRIGUEZ TORRES, JAVIER SOTO RODRIGUEZ, FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, PARA SER NOTIFICADO POR EDICTO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de junio 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 13 de junio de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. LOYDA TORRES IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. PAOLO DORTA SOTO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HA2024CV00137. (Salón: 100 CIVIL - CRIMINAL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: PAOLO DORTA SOTO - BO NARANJITO SECT PUNTA BRAVA CARR 130 KM 4.8, HATILLO PR 00659; HC 4 BOX 45801, HATILLO PR 00659-8427. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de junio 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 13 de junio de 2025. En Hatillo, Puerto Rico, el 13 de junio de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. ROSIMAR LÓPEZ ROBLES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
LIME HOMES, LTD.
Demandante V. DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION AHORA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2025CV00534. (Civil: 401). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVAMCOLON@WWCLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de junio de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de junio de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 10 de junio de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE UTUADO SALA SUPERIOR DE ADJUNTAS
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. HECTOR C. ROMAN RODRIGUEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AD2024CV00226. (Salón: 1). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: HECTOR C. ROMAN RODRIGUEZ - URB VEGA LINDA 28 CALLE TOMAS TORRES, JAYUYA PR 00664-1111.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de mayo 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 12 de junio de 2025. En Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, el 12 de junio de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. WANDA I. RIVERA PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE LAURA ESTELA MUÑOZ PONCE T/C/C LAURA E. MUÑOZ PONCE T/C/C LAURA ESTELA MUÑOZ T/C/C LAURA MUÑOZ PONCE T/C/C LAURA MUÑOZ COMPUESTA POR; ZULMA MALDONADO MUÑOZ (FALLECIDA); JOHN DOE; RICHARD DOE; MARY DOE Y JANE DOE COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN SUCESIÓN DE ZULMA MALDONADO MUÑOZ T/C/C ZULMA MALDONADO COMPUESTA POR BALDO BITTMAN DIAZ T/C/C BALDO VICENTE BITTMAN EN LA CUOTA VIDUAL USUFRUCTUARIA; MENGANITO (A) DE TAL Y SUTANITO (A) DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS
MUNICIPALES; SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y
DESARROLLO URBANO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV10418. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan, al público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 7 de mayo de 2025, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente y/o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Condominio El Monte South: Apartment number B three hundred nine (B-309). Rectangular Shaped studio type apartment with a total surface area of five hundred sixty one square feet, equivalent to fifty two point twelve square meters. Its general measurements are thirty five feet long by sixteen feet one inch wide, excluding balcony area. This is a single level apartment located on the third floor of the high rise building. The main entrance to this apartment is located on its east side and lead to a common corridor. Its boundaries are: by the NORTH, with a common wall that separates it from the common corridor; by the SOUTH, with a common wall that separates it from the exterior of the building; by the EAST, with a common wall that separates it from apartment B three hundred eight (B-308); and by the WEST, with a common wall that separates it from a common driveway. This apartment contains a kitchen-dinning area with closet, a bathroom, dressing area, a living bedroom area and a balcony. Le corresponde en los elementos comunes generales del edificio una participación equivalentes a 0.001418 y el estacionamiento número 248. Consta inscrito al folio 30 del tomo 1,144 de Río Piedras Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de San Juan. Dirección física: Apt.309 B, Secc. 180, Cond. ElMonte Sur, San Juan, PR 00918. La finca 32,508 está gravada con la siguiente hipoteca cuya ejecución se solicita en la subasta objeto de este edicto: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Popular
DIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 22 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. IRIS MARÍA CUEVAS
RULLAN, T/C/C IRIS CUEVAS RULLAN; SU ESPOSO ABELARDO COLLAZO GONZÁLEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: DCD2016-1803. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, 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 6 de marzo 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 número #10 del Bloque “J” de la Urbanización Parque San Miguel, con un área de 325.83 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en una alineación de 25.00 metros, con el solar número #9; por el SUR, en una alineación con un largo de 25.00 metros, con el solar número #11; por el ESTE, en una alineación con un largo de 13.00 metros lineales, con las facilidades vecinales y por el OESTE, en 13.00 metros, con la Calle número #7. Inscrito al folio 86 del tomo 1,545 de Bayamón, finca número #67,810 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Bayamón. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipo-
tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante: Sentencia de fecha 6 de diciembre de 2012, seguido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número CD2009-3304, por concepto de Cobro de Dinero, por Asociación de Residentes Parques de San Miguel versus Iris M. Cuevas Rullán, por la suma de $7,529.30 y anotado el 25 de marzo de 2013, al folio 102 del Libro de Sentencia número #4. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 30 de mayo de 2017 y notificada en este caso, el 9 de junio de 2017, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $131,220.32 por concepto de principal; $653.00 por concepto de intereses acumulados; $801.45 por concepto de cargos por demora; los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, $817.06 por concepto de ‘’Escrow Advances’’ y la suma de $13,135.30 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 9 DE JULIO DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $92,100.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 16 DE JULIO 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 $61,400.00, 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 23 DE JULIO DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre-
cio mínimo para la TERCERA
SUBASTA será de $46,050.00, 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 Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de mayo de 2025.
EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS
SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION (FDIC), COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL BANK Y DORAL MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; BANCO POPULAR COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE DORAL BANK Y DORAL MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES
DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV02517. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOHN DOE; RICHARD DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ
EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: Pagaré a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de Cuarenta y Nueve Mil Ochocientos Dólares ($49,800.00) (en adelante el Pagaré), con intereses al Siete y un cuarto por ciento (7 ¼ %) anual, vencedero el día primero (1) de marzo de dos mil dieciocho (2018), constituida mediante la escritura número Setenta y Ocho (78), otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día cuatro (4) de marzo de dos mil tres (2003), ante el notario Wendell W. Colón Muñoz, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Toa Alta, finca número 11,081, inscripción 6ta., como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las líneas el día 13 de enero de 2017, según la ley número 216 del día 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el día 12 de marzo de 2003 al Asiento 246 del Diario 420). POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux #1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 758-3276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de
la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// wwwpoderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 21 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. MILTON BURGOS BULA Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV00516. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: MILTON BURGOS BULA. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca en su contra. Se les notifica que deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte demandante: LCDA. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVA, AL PO BOX 7970,
PONCE, P.R. 00732-7970; TELÉFONO: 787-843-41668. Se les apercibe y notifica que si no contestan la demanda radicada en sus contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, a 13 de mayo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUZ ENID FERNÁNDEZ DEL VALLE, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE ADJUNTAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Parte Demandante Vs. JOSE A. RIVERA GONZALEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JA2024CV00070. 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: JOSE A. RIVERA GONZALEZ - BO MAMEYES SECT VISTA ALEGRE CARR 141 KM 13.1, JAYUYA PR 00664; HC 1 BOX 5076, JAYUYA PR 00664-8670.
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 di-
rección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en ADJUNTAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de mayo de 2025. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. MADELINE ORTIZ PLAZA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE JUNCOS EN CAGUAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. NEFTALI BAEZ GONZALEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: JU2022CV00276. 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: NEFTALI BAEZ
GONZALEZ - BO MAMEY CARR 933 KM 1.7, JUNCOS PR 00777; HC 22 BOX 8632 JUNCOS 00777-9651.
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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en JUNCOS EN CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CIALES
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN A. PADILLA SANTIAGO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CI2024CV00394. 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: JUAN A. PADILLA SANTIAGO - BO PESAS TORTUGUERO CARR 149 KM 18.8, CIALES PR 00638.
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, 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@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en CIALES, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de mayo de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. BRUNILDA HERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. ALEXANDRA MENDOZA ALTAMIRANO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00808. 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: ALEXANDRA MENDOZA ALTAMIRANO - URB GUARICO U15 CALLE G, 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 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 VEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de mayo 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 BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. SHEILA M. FONTANEZ RIVERA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CZ2024CV00195. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA-
DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SHEILA M. FONTANEZ RIVERA - BO CUCHILLAS
CARR 618 KM 0.5, COROZAL PR 00783; HC 3 BOX 16418 COROZAL PR 00783-9275.
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 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO
BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SAMARY RODRÍGUEZ ESTRADA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA MUNICIPAL I SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ASOCIACIÓN DE RESIDENTES DE ESTANCIAS DE RIO HONDO ILL, (A.R.D.E.R), INC.
Parte Demandante V. LCDO. LUIS VEGA COLLAZO, JANE DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS; MARIA MERCEDES BERMUDEZ ROLON
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2025CV00802. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARIA MERCEDES BERMÚDEZ ROLÓN. Por la presente se le notifica
que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal Demanda contra usted(es), solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Demanda de COBRO DE DINERO, por concepto de cuotas de mantenimientos vencidas y no pagadas por la suma de $8,656.60 al 19 de diciembre de 2024. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDO. MELVYN E. FONTÁN LOZADA Colegiado Núm. 15768, RUA: 14519 PO Box 124, Bayamón, PR 00960-0124 Tel. 787-340-6604 Fax 787-261-9168 e-mail: melfonloza@live.com, melvynfontan@gmail.com
Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de haber sido diligenciado este Emplazamiento, Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deje de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 23 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. LUREIMY ALICEA
GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE COMERIO ORIENTAL BANK
Demandantes V. JORGE J. RODRÍGUEZ BERRIOS, FULANA DE TAL, AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: CR2025CV00013. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: JORGE J. RODRÍGUEZ BERRIOS, FULANA DE TAL, POR SÍ Y EN
REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANA DE TAL; FULANA DE TAL, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON JORGE J. RODRÍGUEZ BERRÍOS - FISICA: CARR. 772 KM 5 2 SECT. EL LLANO BARRANQUITAS P.R. 00794; POSTAL: HC 2 BOX 6998 BARRANQUITAS, P.R. 00794.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la ley Núm. 57-2023).
Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Comerío, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de mayo de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MARÍA
I. CRUZ RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF WATERFALL VICTORIA IIINB GRANTOR TRUST
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN ELOISA
JOSEFINA ASENCIO
MORALES T/C/C ELOISA J. ASENCIO T/C/C ELOISA
ASENCIO MORALES
COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
PArte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV03638. Sala: 604. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN ELOISA
JOSEFINA ASENCIO
MORALES T/C/C ELOISA J. ASENCIO T/C/C ELOISA
ASENCIO MORALES.
Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA en sus contras. Se les notifica para que comparezcan 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 apercibe y notifica que si no contestan la demanda radicada en su contra, radicando el original de la misma y enviando copia de su contestación a la parte demandante: Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
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Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la Demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Se ORDENA a JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS, a que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días
contados a partir de la fecha de la notificación, ACEPTEN o REPUDIEN la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la referida causante. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, a hoy 21 de mayo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUZ ENID FERNÁNDEZ DEL VALLE, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE TOA ALTA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO
LOMAS VERDES
Parte Demandante V. NÉSTOR E. BÁEZ RODRÍGUEZ; FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2025CV00069. Sala: 201B. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: NÉSTOR E. BÁEZ RODRÍGUEZ, FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE AMBOS.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: AGS LEGAL GROUP, LLC Abogados de la parte demandante
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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva, con copia a la representación legal de la parte demandante, dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día su publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/,
salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Extendido bajo mi firma y Sello del Tribunal, en Toa Alta , Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria Regional Interina. Neri A. Sanfeliz Ramos, Secretaria Auxiliar Tribunal I.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Parte Demandante Vs. JOHANNA VAZQUEZ QUINONES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CZ2024CV00211. 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: JOHANNA VAZQUEZ QUINONES - BO. PALOS BLANCOS CARR 803 KM 4.7, COROZAL PR 00783; - HC 6 BOX 12395, COROZAL PR 00783.
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 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SAMARY RODRÍGUEZ ESTRADA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
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Parte Demandante Vs. RAFAEL ALVARADO JIMENEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CZ2024CV00192. 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: RAFAEL ALVARADO JIMENEZ - HC 91 BOX 10322, VEGA ALTA PR 00692; CIENAGETA SECTOR EL PALMAR CARR 647 K1 H1, VEGA ALTA PR 00692. 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 BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Melissa Rivera Romero, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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Molina returns as Team PR manager for 2026 World Baseball Classic
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Baseball Federation confirmed this week the appointment of former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina as manager of the national team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, marking his second stint at the helm of Team Puerto Rico.
“Yadier’s appointment is not a coincidence or sentimentality. It is a reaffirmation,” Federation President José Daniel Quiles Rosas said at a press conference.
Molina managed the national team for the first time in the 2023 edition of the tournament. He had previously made his managerial debut in 2017 with the U-23 national team, which won a bronze medal at the Panama Pre-World Cup and then qualified for the 2018 World Cup.
Present during the official announcement were figures such as Carlos Beltrán, the national team’s gen-
Yadier Molina managed the Puerto Rico national team for the first time in the 2023 edition of World Baseball Classic, after captaining the team to runner-up finishes in the 2013 and 2017 tournaments.
Amateur boxing card to be held in Cataño on Saturday
By THE STAR STAFF
Cataño Mayor Julio Alicea Vasallo announced this week the second edition of the amateur boxing event “Futuros Campeones,” which will take place on Saturday at Pedro Rodríguez Gaya Boxing Coliseum.
“The holding of the second edition of ‘Futuros Campeones’ is the result of a collaborative effort that demonstrates the power of unity when there is a shared vision of keeping young people active in sports and off the streets,” Alicea Vasallo said in a written statement.
The event, which will be held at 2
p.m., is organized by Emanuel Martell, Javier Lugo and Ángel Guevara, and is supported by the Metropolitan Amateur Boxing Region and the Puerto Rico Boxing Federation.
Walter Martínez, president of the Metropolitan Amateur Boxing Region, emphasized that the card will feature quality fights and will serve as a fundamental stepping stone for the participants’ development.
Puerto Rico Boxing Federation President José Laureano added that the event will be full of excitement, discipline, and respect for boxing, and that the public will be able to appreciate the talent of young
eral manager; Joey Solá, operations manager; and former players Iván Rodríguez and Javier Vázquez, among other representatives of Puerto Rican baseball.
Molina expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to represent Puerto Rico again.
“I’m very happy with everything that’s been happening in my life lately,” he said. “I want to thank the Baseball Federation … for the opportunity to be here and represent the island where I was born.”
As a manager, Molina has also led teams in professional leagues in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where he led the Criollos de Caguas to a winter league championship within his first year in charge.
During his 19-year major league playing career with the Cardinals, Molina was a 10-time Gold Glove Award winner, a two-time World Series champion, and captained Puerto Rico’s national team to runner-up finishes in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and 2017.
boxers with professional aspirations.
The weigh-in will take place on Friday at noon at the Edwin Rivera Sierra main
stage in Cataño. The event is sponsored by EMF Producer, Sport Legend P.R. and the Young Kings Foundation.
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