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Public housing agency to install microgrids in 336 communities
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration (AVP by its initials in Spanish) Energy Affairs Officer Francisco Rullán said Thursday that the agency is launching a project aimed at improving energy efficiency and resiliency across 336 communities in Puerto Rico.
The idea of the initiative, which is currently in a 12-month planning phase, is to increase efficiency, resilience and renewable-energy adoption in public housing, leading to four years of projects.
Rullán made his remarks during the Energy Week conference held at the La Concha Hotel, which gathered industry leaders.
The program will be financed with federal and state funds. The program will cost $142.5 million in total. About $50 million is to be provided by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), $83.2 million by the federal Energy Department and $9.3 million by the Public Housing Administration.
Some of the key initiatives include launching a request for proposals to establish guidelines for reducing energy consumption. The plan also entails the installation of 100 solar installations, including 50-kilowatt (KW) DC solar systems with 500 KW-hours of battery storage, 60 KW emergency diesel generators, and solar security and lighting in all structures.
The goal is to lay the groundwork for future microgrids that will support public housing communities and the electrical grid.
Some of the challenges in the planning process have been establishing program management procedures; hiring professionals for project oversight; navigating permit and regulatory requirements; interconnection with the grid (in a LUMA-expedited process); recruiting engineers and designers for 100 installation sites; managing federal bidding and procurement; and adapting to changes in federal policy, such as the aluminum tariffs ordered by President Trump.
The benefits of solar and storage facilities for public housing include energy conservation, efficiency, and renewables; the creation of jobs; a 30% decrease in solar and electrical improvement costs; 25% savings on installations and fewer inspection failures; and a 30-megawatt battery energy storage system, known as BESS, for peak hours.
Rullán said the AVP’s energy plan focuses on integrating solar power, storage and microgrids to improve resilience, reduce costs and create a more sustainable future for Puerto Rico’s public housing communities.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón delivered 27 property titles to families in the Brisas de la Sierra Project in Comerío on Thursday, ending a wait of up to 15 years for ownership of their homes.
In addition, the governor announced the elimination of the $15,000 mortgage lien on the homes, representing a $105 monthly relief for each family for the next 15 years.
Brisas de la Sierra, located in the Palomas neighborhood, is home to families from the Los 26, Villa Brava, and Cielito communities, who have been demanding legalization of their properties for years.
The event was attended by Comerío Mayor Irving Rivera González; Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez, executive director of the Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (ODSEC); and legislative and municipal leaders. Lillian Fontánez, a resident of Brisas de la Sierra, was recognized for her efforts in obtaining the titles.
The said the effort is part of a strategy to expedite the issuance of titles throughout the island, in coordination with ODSEC, the La Fortaleza Chief of Staff’s Office, and the Permit Management Office.
Francisco Rullán, energy affairs officer at the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration (LinkedIn)
Families in the Brisas de la Sierra Project in Comerío had been waiting for up to 15 years for ownership of their homes.
Orders to uncomplicate permitting welcomed by construction sector
By THE STAR STAFF
New executive and administrative orders aimed at simplifying and streamlining the permitting system were the main focus of a status report delivered by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón earlier this week at an event organized by the Puerto Rico Builders Association (ACPR by its initials in Spanish).
One example of the executive orders (OE) mentioned is OE-2025-003, which outlines an expedited procedure for submitting and processing permit applications for federally funded projects, emergency projects, and critical or strategic projects. Under this order, the concerned agencies must provide their feedback on a project within 20 days. If no response is received within that time frame, it will be assumed that the agencies have no recommendations, and the OGPe official must process the permit application and grant it without delay.
The measures announced by the governor were enthusiastically received by members of the construction industry in a packed hall on Wednesday. ACPR President Agustín Rojo Montilla expressed strong support for the governor’s vision.
“Although historically, the construction sector is not at its best, we are seeing that the administration has the right focus and vision for the steps that need to be taken to correct this,” he said. “We are very excited that the governor’s vision -- from her commitment during the election campaign to the information she shared today and the work being done -- is aligned.”
For both the governor and the construction sector,
simplifying the permitting process and eliminating vague regulations is crucial.
“We need agility and timely responses,” González Colón emphasized.
In recent years, the construction sector has generated nearly 8% of Puerto Rico’s gross domestic product (GDP) and is estimated to have created some 50,000 direct jobs. However, despite these positive figures, one of the biggest challenges currently facing the sector is the shortage of affordable housing, as noted by Rojo Montilla.
Additionally, fewer than 600 homes were built across all price ranges in Puerto Rico by 2024. In 2015, a Land Use Plan (LUP) was approved, designating 86% of the island’s land in categories that hinder development. The LUP is expected to be revised this year.
“The ACPR is ready to collaborate with the administration to find a fair balance between conservation, redevelopment, and development,” Rojo Montilla said.
Restrictive policies such as the town housing tax and a complicated permitting process have led to 55% of the island’s housing being informal or illegal, he noted. That not only makes those homes more vulnerable to natural disasters, but also reduces tax revenue since they do not contribute to the Municipal Revenue Collections Center.
“These homes are built in flood-prone areas that are sensitive to natural disasters, and their roofs often suffer damage when hurricanes inevitably strike,” Rojo Montilla said. “The solution lies in promoting formal construction that adheres to codes by making the permitting process easier.”
The three executive orders the governor has signed so far
The measures announced by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to help simplify and streamline the permitting system were enthusiastically received by members of the island construction industry.
to simplify, streamline, and consolidate permitting processes in Puerto Rico to accelerate construction and economic development are as follows:
Executive Order 2025-002: Permit Simplification Task Force.
Executive Order 2025-003: Expedited Process for the Processing and Evaluation of Permits for Federally Funded Projects, Emergency Projects, and Critical or Strategic Projects.
Executive Order 2025-004: Exempts permit and endorsement requirements for landslide projects financed with state funds.
Governor downsizes plans to build new schools
Francisco Morales High School in Naranjito underwent renovations last year. Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said “the reality is that the available funds do not cover” the construction of 40-plus new schools announced by former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia. Instead, she said, fewer new schools will be built and funds will be redirected to renovating existing schools. (Facebook via Governor Pierluisi)
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced this week that, due to the lack of additional federal funds to address inflation, the government is adjusting previously announced projects and redirecting funds.
“The best example I can provide is related to schools. Governor Pierluisi had announced the construction of over 40 new schools, but the reality is that the available funds do not cover that many,” the governor stated during a press conference on Wednesday. “I have instructed the Department of Education and the Public Buildings Authority to adjust our plans. Instead of the 42 new schools that are not feasible, we will focus on building 10 to 12 schools in areas with the greatest need. The remaining funds will be used to ensure that all of Puerto Rico’s schools are in good condition. What is the benefit of having a ‘state-of-the-art’ school in one town while the rest of the schools are in disrepair? It doesn’t make sense to build new vocational schools in areas where existing schools are not being utilized.”
However, new schools will still be built in the southern region of Puerto Rico to address the impact of recent earthquakes.
The announcement came following weeks in which President Trump has cut and fired thousands of federal workers,
including 1,300 in the U.S. Education Department on Tuesday.
In addition to the schools, the governor noted that evaluations are ongoing for some road projects, specifically PR-10, which was to be funded through federal Community Development and Housing Grants for Disaster Mitigation programs managed by the island Housing Department.
“The first step I took was to meet with the Department of Housing to reevaluate all ongoing projects,” González Colón said. “I want to avoid starting a project and then running out of funds halfway through, which has happened with many coliseums in Puerto Rico that remain unfinished due to a lack of funding. We conducted that evaluation.”
“We are reviewing all highway projects and those funded by housing grants, and we will reallocate some of these funds,” she added. “There is an additional requirement we must consider: most of these federal funds must be disbursed -- at least half of them -- by 2028, with others required by 2026 and 2027. I refuse to allow projects to remain in limbo due to a lack of federal permits, resulting in us having to return money at the end of the road. I prefer to redirect those funds to other projects that may not have received full financing. This process is already underway, and we will hold public discussions about each project so that the people of Puerto Rico can understand where the funds are being reallocated from and to.”
Blood Bank at Centro Médico marks 17-year commitment to public health
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Blood Bank at the Río Piedras Medical Center (Centro Médico) celebrated its 17th anniversary on Thursday, highlighting its commitment to public health and access to safe blood for patients at the medical center.
“This anniversary is a testament to the efforts of an entire team committed to saving lives,” said Dr. Regino Colón Alsina, executive director of the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration (ASEM by its acronym in Spanish), in a written statement. “We are deeply grateful to every donor, volunteer, and community leader who contributes to this mission.”
As part of the celebration, the Blood Bank recognized Emma Ruiz, a science teacher at the Ernestina Méndez Specialized School of Arts and Sports in San Sebastián, for her leadership in organizing blood donation events that positively
impact patients at the medical center and promote a culture of voluntary donation.
Trauma Hospital Director Dr. Pablo Rodríguez emphasized that 50% of trauma patients die within the first 24
Canóvanas mayor invites public to Valeroso 5K
By THE STAR STAFF
With the aim of continuing to promote sports tourism and local culture, the Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto Villanueva invited the community to participate in the third edition of the Valeroso 5K road race, which will be held next Saturday, April 5, at the emblematic Old Canóvanas Sugar Mill, starting at 6 a.m.
The event is completely free for attendees and promises to be a day full of energy, history, and fun for the whole family, the mayor said.
Soto expressed her enthusiasm for this new edition of the event, which has gained popularity in recent years and already has more than 700 registered entrants and has opened 300 new spaces.
“This event has become a pillar of sports in our commu-
nity,” she said. “The Valeroso 5K not only promotes exercise and healthy living, but also allows participants to discover our rich cultural heritage through a visit to a historic icon of Canóvanas, the Central Azucarera.”
The iconic former sugar mill has been restored and transformed into a tourist attraction where various events are held throughout the year.
“This 5K route runs through one of the most picturesque areas of Canóvanas, offering a unique experience that combines sport, history and tourism,” Soto added.
The Valeroso 5K also contributes to the municipality’s economy, the mayor said, noting that events like this have a positive impact on local businesses, attracting visitors from other areas and promoting Canóvanas’ services and products.
The 3.1-mile route runs along PR-951, finishing at the sugar mill.
hours due to blood loss or clotting problems, which can be resolved with transfusions. He said the ASEM Trauma Center is among the 85% of institutions in the United States with a mass transfusion protocol.
Epidemiologist Miriam Ramos Colón, representing the island Health Department, urged citizens to donate blood.
“We are approaching hurricane season and are facing a high incidence of dengue fever, which can significantly increase the need for transfusions,” she said. “Donating blood is an act of solidarity that can make a difference.”
The Puerto Rico Blood Bank supplies blood to the University Hospital for Adults, Pediatric Hospital, Industrial Hospital, San Juan Municipal Hospital, Trauma Hospital, and ASEM Emergency Room. More information on how to donate can be obtained by calling (787) 777-3844, writing to infobancosangre@asem.pr.gov , or visiting the social media channel @bancosangrepr.
El Yunque store to close temporarily due to construction
By THE STAR STAFF
The La Cabaña La Coca store in El Yunque National Forest is closing temporarily due to construction in the area, said Raquel Skerrett Escalera, executive director of the non-profit organization Vitrina Solidaria.
The establishment, which sells products from entrepreneurs participating in the entrepreneurship and business programs of the Vitrina Solidaria El Yunque Emprende Accelerator, will resume operations in two months. The temporary closure is necessitated by the fact that the parking lot at La Coca waterfall was closed due to work related to the construction project at the entrance to the El Yunque
National Forest recreational corridor.
“It was necessary to temporarily close the store because there will be very few spaces available for parking in the recreational area of La Coca waterfall and traffic congestion is expected during construction,” Skerrett Escalera added.
“I urge visitors to the Forest to [shop for] our entrepreneurs’ products in our second store in the Yocahú tower.”
She noted that according to the U.S. Forest Service, the construction work will allow the addition of a sidewalk and a pedestrian crossing adapted to the Americans with Disabilities Act to improve the safety of pedestrians, and will also include the repaving of the parking lot, a new bus stop and an informational sign.
The La Cabaña La Coca store in El Yunque National Forest, which sells products from entrepreneurs participating in the entrepreneurship and business programs of the Vitrina Solidaria El Yunque Emprende Accelerator, will resume operations in two months.
Trauma Hospital Director Dr. Pablo Rodríguez
Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto Villanueva
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EPA declares ‘greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen’
By LISA FRIEDMAN and HIROKO TABUCHI
In a barrage of pronouncements earlier this week, the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the legal basis that allows it to regulate the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet.
But beyond that, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, reframed the purpose of the EPA In a 2-minute, 18-second video posted to X, Zeldin boasted about the changes and said his agency’s mission is to “lower the cost of buying a car, heating a home and running a business.”
“From the campaign trail to Day 1 and beyond, President Trump has delivered on his promise to unleash energy dominance and lower the cost of living,” Zeldin said. “We at EPA will do our part to power the great American comeback.”
Nowhere in the video did he refer to protecting the environment or public health, twin tenets that have guided the agency since its founding in 1970.
The EPA has “no obligation to promote agriculture or commerce; only the critical obligation to protect and enhance the environment,” the first administrator, William D. Ruckelshaus, said as he explained its mission to the country weeks after the EPA was created by President Richard Nixon. He said the agency would be focused on research, standards and enforcement in five areas: air pollution, water pollution, waste disposal, radiation and pesticides.
Zeldin said the EPA would unwind more than two dozen protections against air and water pollution. It would overturn limits on soot from smokestacks that have been linked to respiratory problems in humans and premature deaths as well as restrictions on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin. It would get rid of the “good neighbor rule” that requires states to address their own pollution when it’s carried by winds into neighboring states. And it would eliminate enforcement efforts that prioritize the protection of poor and minority communities.
In addition, when the agency creates environmental policy, it would no longer consider the costs to society from wildfires,
Lee Zeldin, then-President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025.
(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
droughts, storms and other disasters that might be made worse by pollution connected to that policy, Zeldin said.
In perhaps its most consequential act, the agency said it would work to erase the EPA’s legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by reconsidering decades of science that show global warming is endangering humanity. In his video, Zeldin derisively referred to that legal underpinning as “the holy grail of the climate change religion.”
Zeldin called Wednesday’s actions “the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history.” He added, “today the green new scam ends, as the EPA does its part to usher in a golden age of American success.”
The announcements do not carry the force of law. In almost every case, the EPA would have to undergo a lengthy process of public comment and develop environmental and economic justifications for the change.
President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, campaigned on a promise to “drill, baby, drill” and ease regulations on fossil fuel companies. Since returning to
the White House, he has degraded the government’s capacity to fight global warming by freezing funds for climate programs authorized by Congress, firing scientists working on weather and climate forecasts, and cutting federal support for the transition away from fossil fuels.
The United States is the world’s largest historic emitter of carbon dioxide, a planet-warming greenhouse gas that scientists agree is driving climate change and intensifying hurricanes, floods, wildfires and droughts, as well as species extinction. Last year was the hottest in recorded history, and the United States experienced 27 disasters that each cost at least $1 billion, compared with three in 1980, adjusted for inflation.
Democrats and environmental activists decried Zeldin’s moves and accused him of abandoning the EPA’s responsibility to protect human health and the environment.
“Today is the day Trump’s Big Oil megadonors paid for,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. He called the EPA moves a series of attacks on clean air, clean water and affordable energy. “Administrator Zeldin clearly lied when he told us that he would respect the science and listen to the experts,” Whitehouse said, referring to Zeldin’s confirmation hearing.
Gina McCarthy, who served as EPA administrator in the Obama administration, said it was “the most disastrous day in EPA history. Rolling these rules back is not just a disgrace, it’s a threat to all of us. The agency has fully abdicated its mission to protect Americans’ health and well-being.”
The Trump administration had been signaling for months that it would reverse many of the climate regulations enacted during the Biden administration. But the cascade of announcements, timed with an op-ed by Zeldin in The Wall Street Journal and the online video, was designed to attract attention before he is expected to address the oil and gas industry at an annual gathering in Houston.
By midafternoon, the agency had counted 31 pronouncements that were designed, Zeldin said, to “unleash American energy.”
The top lobbying groups for the automobile, oil, gas and chemical industries, among others, applauded Zeldin’s plans.
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Trump’s birthright citizenship order reaches the Supreme Court
By ABBIE VANSICKLE
Lawyers for President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a nationwide pause imposed on the president’s order ending birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants without legal status.
The move represents the first time the legal wrangling over the president’s order to end birthright citizenship has reached the Supreme Court. If the Trump administration succeeds, the policy could go into effect in some parts of the country.
Three federal courts, in Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington state, had issued directives temporarily pausing the order, which was signed by Trump on his first day in office and declared that the government would no longer consider the U.S.-born children of people in the country illegally as citizens.
The Trump administration’s emergency applications are aimed at pushing back on nationwide injunctions, judicial orders that can block a policy or action from being enforced throughout the entire country, rather than just on those parties involved in the litigation. The tool has been used by both Democratic and Republican administrations, and a debate over such injunctions has simmered for years.
In her applications to the court, Sarah M. Harris, the acting solicitor general, called the government’s request a “modest” one to limit the pause to “parties actually within the courts’ power.”
“Universal injunctions have reached epidemic proportions since the start of the current administration,” Harris wrote.
The three emergency applications list 22 states and the
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Lawyers for President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a nationwide pause imposed on the president’s order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
District of Columbia as parties to the lawsuits.
A series of Trump’s initial policy moves have been blocked nationally by judges who have imposed similar broad injunctions while suits challenging their legality are considered.
It is not clear whether the justices will agree to take up the case as an emergency matter. Even if they reject the Trump administration’s emergency requests, the court could decide to
take up the dispute and weigh in on the more central question of whether birthright citizenship is guaranteed in the Constitution once the lawsuits have made their way through the appeals courts.
Birthright citizenship has long been considered a foundational principle of the United States. The 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” are Americans. In the landmark 1898 case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court affirmed the guarantee of automatic citizenship for nearly all children born in the country. Since then, courts have upheld that expansive understanding of birthright citizenship.
But a small group of legal scholars, including John Eastman, a lawyer who is known for drafting the plan to block certification of the 2020 election, has pushed for a reinterpretation of the Wong Kim Ark case. Trump and his allies argue that the 14th Amendment should never have been interpreted to give citizenship to everyone born in the country. They point to a phrase in the 14th Amendment that limits birthright citizenship to those “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States.
So far, that argument has not fared well in the courts. A federal judge in Seattle called Trump’s executive order “blatantly unconstitutional.”
In its ruling, a panel of appellate court judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which included one Trump appointee, along with one judge appointed by Jimmy Carter and one by George W. Bush, announced the court would hear arguments in the case in June.
Trump administration must rehire thousands of fired workers, judge rules
By ZACH MONTAGUE
Afederal judge Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of workers with probationary status who had been fired as part of President Donald Trump’s government-gutting initiative.
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Anne Bradbury, CEO of the American Exploration & Production Council, a lobbying group representing oil and gas companies, called the announcements “common sense.” John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the auto lobby, said the changes would keep the industry “globally competitive.”
Marty Durbin, a senior vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said, “American businesses were crippled with an unprecedented regulatory onslaught during the previous administration that contributed to higher costs felt by families around the country.” He said “the Chamber supports a more balanced regulatory approach that will protect the environment and support greater economic growth.”
Ruling from the bench, Judge William J. Alsup of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California went further than he had previously, finding that the Trump administration’s firing of probationary workers had essentially been done unlawfully and by fiat through the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources arm.
He directed the Treasury and the Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Interior departments to comply with his order and offer to reinstate any employees who were improperly terminated. His order stemmed from a lawsuit brought by employee unions who challenged the legality of the mass firings.
Alsup concluded that the government’s actions were a “gimmick” designed to expeditiously carry out mass firings.
He said it was clear that federal agencies had followed directives from the Office of Personnel Management to use a loophole allowing them to fire probationary workers en masse based on poor performance, regardless of their actual conduct on the job.
“It is a sad day when our government would fire some good employee and say it was based on performance when they know good and well that’s a lie,” he said.
“It was a sham in order to try to avoid statutory requirements,” he added.
Before handing down the ruling, Alsup was careful to clarify with lawyers representing the unions that “reduction in force” orders now being issued at several agencies were still legal and
could go forward.
He said his finding that the earlier wave, recommended by the Office of Personnel and Management, was an overreach of executive authority but that his order did not stand in the way of the government executing layoffs in accordance with the rules.
“If it’s done right, there can be a reduction in force within an agency, that has to be true,” Alsup said.
Alsup had originally planned to have Trump administration officials appear to testify about the process through which the layoffs were planned, but the government made clear Wednesday that Charles Ezell, the acting head of Office of Personnel Management, would not appear.
The judge’s decision Thursday, which also extends a restraining order last month blocking the Office of Personnel Management from orchestrating further mass firings, offered a temporary reprieve for federal workers unions that have resisted the Trump administration’s initiatives.
Danielle Leonard, a lawyer representing the unions, noted again during the hearing that the directives had had a devastating effect on agencies, by culling not only younger workers and recent graduates, but even career civil servants who had recently been promoted and were in a probationary period in their more senior positions.
“This action by OPM made Swiss cheese of the federal agencies at every level,” she said.
Southwest will begin charging for checked bags, ending a popular policy
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
Southwest Airlines said earlier this week that it would start charging for checked bags, ending another longtime policy that had set it apart from other airlines as it seeks to boost revenues and cut costs.
Customers with high loyalty status will be spared from the fee, but all others will have to pay for checked bags for flights booked starting May 28. The announcement reflected Southwest’s latest decision to drop a practice that had made it unique — and appealing — to customers.
The airline is also working to add premium seats with extra legroom and end its openseating policy and recently started offering redeye flights. When it announced those changes in September, Southwest said it would retain its beloved bag policy, which its own studies had found was a key differentiator for customers.
When Glen Hauenstein, the president of Delta Air Lines, was asked at an investor conference Tuesday about whether the shift would benefit other carriers, he said: “Clearly, there
are some customers who chose them for that, and now those customers are up for grabs.
We’ll see how that plays out.”
But Southwest’s policy of allowing two free checked bags was costly. The airline carries nearly twice as many bags as its peers, which can slow operations, its chief executive, Bob Jordan, said at the conference.
And despite the airline’s studies showing the popularity of the policy, newer data on sales through third-party websites — which Southwest significantly expanded over the past year — suggest that the free bags were not as powerful a differentiator as previously thought.
That data “did not show that we are getting the same benefit from our bundled offering with free bags, which has led us to update the assumptions,” Jordan said.
Southwest has also faced intense investor pressure to make changes as it has struggled in recent years to contain costs. While other major airlines benefited from rising customer interest in premium and international travel, Southwest lacked the high-end offerings and routes to ben-
efit from those trends.
In that, the hedge fund Elliott Management saw an opportunity. Last summer, it said it had amassed a 10% stake in Southwest and began pushing for changes, many of which the airline would announce months later. Elliott had also pushed for the ouster of Jordan, but
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday said it would start charging for checked bags, ending another longtime policy that had set it apart from other airlines as it seeks to boost revenues. (Desiree Rios/ The New York Times)
abandoned that effort after the airline agreed to shake up its board of directors.
Customers who hold the airline’s top loyalty status, A-List Preferred, or buy its most expensive fare, Business Select, will still get two free checked bags. Some others, including its A-List status holders, will get one free checked bag. Remaining customers will have to pay an amount that the airline has not yet disclosed.
Some customers on social media and industry observers criticized the move.
“I think we’ll remember today as the day that Southwest died,” Brett Snyder, a former industry insider who writes about aviation at the Cranky Flier website, said in a post Tuesday. “Its entire value proposition — everything that made it different — has disappeared faster than you can say, ‘Elliott Investment Management.’”
But some in the industry believe the effects will be more limited. At the investor conference Tuesday, Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, said the move was a “big deal” and could be good for Southwest.
“It’s the slaying of a sacred cow,” he said.
US household wealth eked out record high in fourth quarter on stock gains
U.S. household wealth eked out a fresh record high at the end of 2024, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday, thanks to a stock market rally that appears to have run out of steam in the past three weeks.
The net worth of households and non-profit groups rose about $200 billion to $169.4 trillion in the fourth quarter of last year, the U.S. central bank said in its quarterly U.S. financial accounts report, as a drop in the value of real estate trimmed gains from equities.
Stock market holdings, the biggest component of household net worth, rose about $300 billion to $56 trillion in value, while household real estate, the second-biggest component, fell about $400 billion to $48.1 trillion.
The S&P 1500 Composite index, which encompasses the vast majority of the U.S. stock market, gained 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024. It has lost nearly $4 trillion in value since President Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration and about $2.7 trillion since this year began.
The report offers a snapshot of the broad financial health of U.S. families, businesses and the public sector at the end of former President Joe Biden’s administration. During the final full quarter of 2025, household debt grew at a 3.1% annual pace, in line with previous quarters, while non-financial sector business debt rose just 1%, the slowest pace in a year.
Federal government debt, which Trump hopes to reduce in part by slashing government payrolls and spending, expanded at a pace of 8.4%, while state and local government debt shrank 1.4%.
Tens of thousands of JPMorgan Chase software engineers increased their efficiency, delivering products 10% to 20% faster by using a coding assistant tool developed by the bank, its global chief information officer Lori Beer said.
The gains present “a great opportunity” for the lender to assign its engineers to other projects, Beer told Reuters ahead of DevUp, an internal conference hosted by JPMorgan, bringing together its top engineers in India.
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The largest lender in the U.S. had a technology budget of $17 billion for 2024. Its tech workforce of 63,000 employees, with a third of them based in India, represents about 21% of its global headcount.
The efficiency gains from the coding assistant will also allow JPMorgan’s Indian centers to devote more time to high-value projects focusing on artificial intelligence and data, she said.
The bank already has about 450 potential cases for which it could use AI, and CEO Jamie Dimon expects those potential applications to surge to 1,000 by next year. The bank is focused on areas where it can use AI to make money for its businesses, Beer said.
“I wouldn’t say success is if we get 1,000 done,” she said. “Success is if we continue to articulate that it’s not just an incremental shift with AI, but we’re transforming and creating value,” she said.
JPMorgan’s president Daniel Pinto previously said implementing AI could add about $1 billion to $1.5 billion in value for the bank.
“If I don’t pass those bars of true outcomes, doesn’t matter how many use cases I enabled in production,” Beer said.
In terms of hiring, “we’ve sort of passed our high growth time,” Beer said.
“There’s so much productivity and opportunity as we think about a world with AI. We’ve grown rapidly…You’re going to see us continue to optimize the footprint we have,” she said.
Putin, in no hurry for ceasefire, seeks Ukrainian concessions
By ANTON TROIANOVSKI
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday did not rule out a U.S. and Ukrainian proposal for a monthlong ceasefire, but he set down numerous conditions that would most likely delay any truce — or could make one impossible to achieve.
Putin’s comments during a news conference highlighted the balance he was trying to strike, exuding confidence in Russia’s position on the battlefield while seeking to continue talks with the United States and avoid upsetting President Donald Trump. The U.S. president, having antagonized the country’s allies and realigned U.S. foreign policy in Russia’s favor, has emerged as a key geopolitical partner for Putin.
Speaking at the Kremlin with the visiting president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin suggested that Ukraine was much more in need of a pause in the fighting than Russia was. He appeared confident that he would be able to force Ukraine to make extensive concessions, potentially including a requirement that Ukrainian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region surrender.
“In these conditions, it seems to me that it would be very good for the Ukrainian side
if there were a ceasefire, even for 30 days,” Putin said. “And we’re in favor of it. But there are nuances.”
Putin then listed those “nuances,” starting with the Ukrainian forces still in Kursk. He said that Russia would not allow those troops to withdraw peacefully and that the Ukrainian leadership could instead order them “to simply surrender.”
Ukraine stunned Russia in August with a cross-border incursion into Kursk, seizing several hundred square miles of territory. It was the first extensive fighting on Russian territory during the war, which Putin started with a fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
But Russia now appears close to pushing Ukraine out of Kursk, a development that would reduce Kyiv’s leverage in any peace talks.
Putin also suggested he might demand that Ukraine halt its mobilization of new troops and Ukraine’s Western allies stop arms deliveries, and said it was not clear how the ceasefire would be monitored along a front line of some 700 miles.
“These are all questions demanding very careful study,” Putin said.
Putin was set to meet with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, later Thursday.
The Russian leader added that he might “have a call with President Trump and talk it over with him.”
Trump, speaking with NATO’s secretarygeneral, Mark Rutte, in the Oval Office on Thursday, said there were “very serious discussions” with Putin and others as they tried to finalize a 30-day ceasefire deal.
“We’d like to see a ceasefire from Russia,” Trump told reporters. When asked if he would speak with the Russian president, he said he would “love to meet” and talk with him.
As he has in the past, Putin said that any deal to end the fighting would need to address the “original causes” of the war — suggesting that he would push for major Western concessions, such as a reduction of NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe, though it wasn’t clear if he would make them a stipulation for a monthlong ceasefire.
But Putin also appeared to take pains to show he was ready for substantive negotiations with Trump, beginning his remarks on a ceasefire by thanking the U.S. president for paying “so much attention to a settlement in Ukraine.”
Putin, notably, did not repeat the onerous ceasefire conditions that he laid out in a speech last summer and that Russian officials
Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, speaks to reporters outside the White House on March 6, 2025. Witkoff has been involved in talks with Russia about a ceasefire in Ukraine. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times)
have been repeating ever since. He said at the time that Ukraine needed to withdraw in full from the four regions that Russia has claimed as its own but does not fully control.
Still, Dara Massicot, a Russian military specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, called Putin’s new demands “very dangerous for Ukraine.” In effect, she argued, Putin was pushing for a scenario in which the West would not be able to help Ukraine rebuild its armed forces while Russian factories pumped out new weaponry.
“What Putin said today implies that the West cannot support Ukraine while Russia regenerates,” she said.
ICE returns all migrants from Guantánamo to stateside facilities
By CAROL ROSENBERG and CHARLIE SAVAGE
The Trump administration has abruptly cleared out a second group of migrants it brought to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, returning to the United States 40 men it had flown there in the past few weeks, according to officials familiar with the matter.
The government has not announced that it relocated the men to one or more Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana nor was the reason for the move clear. But the officials familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue, said it happened Tuesday.
The move comes days before a U.S. District Court judge in Washington is set to hear a major challenge to aspects of the policy.
It is the second time the administration has brought people to Guantánamo Bay only to remove them after a few weeks, a costly and time-consuming exercise.
In late February, the administration abruptly emptied two detention sites the government had used to hold 177 Venezuelans flown in from the United States, including a military prison building formerly used to hold terrorism detainees.
But in moving those detainees Feb. 20, the administration
repatriated the migrants to the custody of their home government. This time, the officials said, the men were taken to an international airport in Alexandria, Louisiana.
The Homeland Security Department’s press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The airport in central Louisiana, which services military and charter flights, has emerged as a hub of immigration detention activity. ICE has sent nearly 100 migrants there from Guantánamo, starting with 48 on March 2. One of them was sent to a processing center in Pine Prairie, about an hour south of the airport.
A prominent pro-Palestinian activist whom the Trump administration had arrested in New York was taken to another ICE facility in Louisiana, about an hour’s drive north of that airport. The administration is trying to deport the activist, Mahmoud Khalil, because he helped lead anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. His case has drawn attention because he is a permanent legal resident and because the attempt to deport him has raised free-speech issues.
As part of a broader effort to carry out mass deportations, President Donald Trump ordered the Defense and Homeland Security departments to prepare to send migrants to Guantánamo a week after taking office. As of Friday, according to a court filing this week, 290 migrants from 27 countries have
since cycled through the base.
The administration has cast the prison as a good holding facility for detainees deemed to be dangerous, like Venezuelans portrayed as being part of Tren de Aragua, a gang the administration has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
The government has not presented evidence that the Venezuelans who spent time in Camp 6 before being repatriated last month were members of that gang. Most of those whose identities are known do not have criminal records in the United States.
Regardless, the administration has yet to offer a detailed explanation for temporarily sending migrants to Guantánamo, including those who are not accused of being members of a dangerous gang.
As of Friday, the court filing said, 17 migrants were being held in a medium-security facility, a dormitory-style building on the other side of the base from the wartime prison, while 23 were in Camp 6.
Another court filing this week, a declaration by the Army officer in charge, Lt. Col. Robert Green, offered some details of how detainees have been treated at Camp 6. It said ICE staff members watch as U.S. troops conduct strip searches on migrants newly brought there as “high-threat illegal aliens.” After that, he said, migrants are patted down when moved from cells.
A chance for justice in a notorious drug war
By SUI-LEE WEE
The arrest warrant was delivered to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in Manila at 3 a.m. Monday. The person named on it: his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, the firebrand whose war on drugs left thousands of people dead.
But acting on the warrant from the International Criminal Court was not straightforward, since the Philippines is not a member of the court. So at 6:30 a.m., Marcos’ government received another warrant for Duterte, this time from Interpol, which was acting on the court’s behalf and of which the Philippines is a member.
Marcos recalled his next step in an address to the nation Tuesday. “OK, we’ll put all our plans into place, and let’s proceed as we had discussed,” he relayed having told the head of his justice department.
Just over 24 hours later, Duterte — who long seemed above the law — was arrested in Manila. By the end of Tuesday, he had been put on a plane bound for The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity.
It was a swift coda to a long chapter of impunity in the Philippines. Only a handful of people have been convicted in connection with the killings in Duterte’s drug war, in which as many as 30,000 are estimated to have died. Now, the man who publicly took credit for the carnage was being sent to a court of law to face justice, in part because of a shift in political winds.
Marcos, the son of dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, rose to power after forming an alliance with Sara Duterte, a daughter of Duterte’s. Running on a platform of national unity, they won the presidency and vice presidency in 2022. But their marriage of convenience started unraveling quickly, driven by mistrust.
Sara Duterte, who is leading in the polls to succeed the younger Marcos, has railed against him, saying that she wanted to cut his head off and threatening to dig up his father’s
President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines meet on the sidelines of a summit in Manila on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
body and throw it into the ocean. Her own father called the younger Marcos a “drug addict” and a “weak leader.”
Marcos mostly brushed off the comments and said little in public. But his allies impeached Duterte last month, imperiling her political career.
Then came the arrest of her father, which she and her allies denounced as political oppression, although Marcos said he had simply been following international convention in complying with the Interpol warrant.
“This was justice, regardless of how we got here,” said Maria Ressa, the Nobel Prize-winning journalist who has long been a target of Rodrigo Duterte because her news website, Rappler, has investigated the drug war.
“Now, is there politics involved? There is always politics involved,” she added. “But it’s a reminder to the rest of the world that accountability comes for you sooner or later and that impunity doesn’t last forever.”
It was still hard for some Filipinos to believe that such a moment had arrived.
Florecita Perez and Joemarie Claverio’s son, Jenel Claverio, 27, was killed by masked men in Navotas in December 2019. This week, Perez said in an interview, she pumped her fist in the air when she heard about Duterte’s arrest, but waited until nighttime to tell her partner, because she thought the news would make him cry.
As they were about to sleep, she hugged him from behind. “I said, ‘Hon, Duterte has been arrested.’
He turned to me and said, ‘Oh? Won’t he be able to get away?’”
Duterte landed in the Netherlands on Wednesday evening, and he was to be taken to The Hague, where both the ICC and its deten-
tion facilities are based. A court official said that Duterte would not be expected to appear in court Wednesday, but he would likely be arraigned before a three-judge panel in the next few days.
The ICC typically has lengthy pretrial proceedings, and a planned trial is not expected to start for months.
Sara Duterte was also on her way to The Hague, to help organize her father’s legal team. Another daughter of the former leader’s, Veronica Duterte, posted screen grabs of video calls with their father while he was on the plane. In one Instagram post, she wrote: “A flight lasting more than eight hours but left with just a sandwich to eat???”
But thousands of people rejoiced when the chartered flight carrying Duterte took off from an air base in Manila. To some, it was reminiscent of when Marcos’ father was ousted nearly four decades ago and fled to the United States.
“It’s not quite what it must have been like for my parents on Feb. 25 with those headlines in the newspaper, saying: ‘It’s all over, Marcos leaves,’ but it felt pretty close,” said Sol Iglesias, an assistant professor of political science at the University of the Philippines. (Critics accuse the younger Marcos of trying to whitewash history by not properly recognizing the significance of that day in 1986.)
Iglesias said it was clear that the current president had given clearance for the broad campaign to curtail the Dutertes’ power in recent months.
“None of these would have been possible without his assent,” she said.
Despite having once pledged not to cooperate with the ICC, Marcos told reporters in November that he would not block the court and that it had obligations with Interpol.
Rodrigo Duterte left office with one of the highest approval ratings in Philippine history, and Sara Duterte is still leading polls for the presidency in 2028, but the arrest now leaves her in an highly vulnerable position. And in recent months, the Dutertes have not been able to galvanize large crowds for their protests.
In approving Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest, Marcos is gambling that he can eliminate the Dutertes as a political force without any major backlash. The issue is now likely to be front and center during the midterm elections, seen as a proxy battle between the Marcoses and the Dutertes, in May.
Two Duterte allies — his former aide, Christopher “Bong” Go; and a former police chief, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the architect of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war — are seeking reelection to the Senate. Later this year, Philippine senators will decide whether to convict Sara Duterte over her impeachment. A ruling against her would all but put her out of the running for the top job.
So far, public sentiment seems to be behind Marcos. A March 2024 survey of more than 1,700 Filipinos showed that nearly three in five approved of the ICC investigation.
On Wednesday night, in the city of Cotobato, a stronghold of Rodrigo Duterte, residents held banners and lit-up cellphones in protest of his arrest. A few hundred people turned up, but the demonstration soon petered out.
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL
Trump’s foreign policy may be crude, but it’s realist
By FARAH STOCKMAN
The destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Threats to make Canada the 51st state. The humiliation of Ukraine. What is going on with U.S. foreign policy? Some see it as driven by President Donald Trump’s personal greed or fondness for dictators. Both might ring true, but neither tells the whole story. What matters most to Trump is not the wealth or ideology of a country but how powerful it is. He believes in dominating the weak and giving deference to the strong. It’s a strategy as old as time. It’s called realism.
Don’t get me wrong. So much of what Trump does abroad, like what he does at home, is ham-handed, shortsighted and cruel. But I also detect in his administration a recognition that the liberal international world order was possible only because of U.S. military might and that Americans don’t want to pay the bill anymore. That’s realism — a crude, unstrategic, “Neanderthal realism,” as political scientist Stephen Walt once called it — but a form of realism nonetheless.
Realists see the world as a brutal, anarchic place. For them, security comes not from spreading the ideology of democracy and creating international laws that we then must enforce but also from being the strongest bully on the block — and avoiding battles with other bullies. Trump wants to avoid a war with Russia. That means hardening our hearts to Ukraine’s plight.
The origin story of realism dates back to the Peloponnesian War, when Athens, a superpower of that era, laid siege to the island of Melos and announced that if its people didn’t pledge their loyalty, the men would be slaughtered, the women and children enslaved and the island colonized.
The Melians protested that Athens had no right to do that. Athens didn’t care. Noble ideas are only as durable as the army enforcing them. The Athenians uttered the still famous line in Thucydides’ history: “The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”
If I’m honest, I probably would have bent my knee and lived to fight another day in secret resistance. But the leaders of Melos were braver than me. They chose to fight. The result? The men were slaughtered, the women and children were enslaved, and the island was colonized. Were they heroes or fools? If you think of them as heroes, you are a liberal internationalist, who believes that peace and security depend on just governments that abide by enlightened rules. If you think they were fools, you’re a realist.
Last week at the White House, Trump played the part of an Athenian. When he told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, “You don’t have the cards right now,” he was speaking of the country’s strategic position, not of noble ideas or shared values. One reason this administration is so disorienting is that U.S. foreign policy has been guided for decades by the opposite of realism. The key fights in Washington, especially in recent decades, were between neocons who wanted to spread democracy through war and liberals who wanted to spread democracy through soft power like USAID contracts to bolster civil society.
For years, realist thinkers have been banished to academia or ignored. Hans Morgenthau, a major 20th-century political scientist who was one of the most famous realists of his generation, advised the Johnson administration not to expand the Vietnam War and was dismissed in 1965. George Kennan argued against NATO expansion in these pages in 1997, predicting that it would inflame Russian militarism and undermine Russian democracy. No one listened. Brent Scowcroft told President George W. Bush that invading Iraq would be a grave mistake. He was treated as an outsider after that.
But in recent years, realism has been rising in Washington. Realist policy shops like the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Defense Priorities and the Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy at the Rand Corp. have appeared. The “realist” label is being thrown around to describe people across the new administration, such as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. One of the most important realist thinkers of this era, Elbridge Colby, is Trump’s nominee for undersecretary of defense for policy.
“We’re entering into a new age of American realism,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., declared recently on Fox News.
What’s brought about this turn? In part, it is insecurity, the motivation of all bullies. Back when the United States was the world’s unrivaled superpower, Americans could afford to use their military might to promote democracy, essentially ignoring China’s interest in Taiwan and Russia’s interest in Ukraine. Today Russia and China have hypersonic missiles that the U.S. military does not yet know how to counter effectively. China already has the ability to knock out American satellites in space, destroying the GPS systems upon which the U.S. military and economy depend, and Russia is believed to be testing such weapons.
Americans are not ready for a war with China. In fact, much of the industrial capacity needed to fight such a war is now in China, thanks to the naivete of liberal internationalists who decided to make China the world’s factory. Even so, the United States and its allies are stronger than Team Russia and China if they stand together. But a lot of Americans no longer want to fight with our allies for noble ideas overseas, especially after disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The question now is which flavor of realism Trump will embrace. Offensive realists like John Mearsheimer see war with China as a very real and deadly serious possibility and everything else as a distraction. Defensive realists argue that great powers should avoid doing things that trigger weaker states to build up their own strength. That’s where Trump parts ways with many realists. No true realist would threaten to annex Canada, the Gaza Strip and Greenland, Walt said.
While Trump embraces some elements of realism — giving in to the strong and sacrificing the weak — his tariff wars and threats against peaceful neighbors could end up being as costly as the military adventurism of the previous liberal order. Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus at the City College of New York, told me that people who expect the Trump administration “to
follow the playbook of realism” by showing restraint “are going to get very disappointed.”
To Trump, America is a great power that Russia wouldn’t dare attack, and Ukraine is a pawn that can be sacrificed. But here’s the thing about great powers: They all decline eventually. Neanderthal realism doesn’t save them. After Athens sacked Melos, word of its brutality spread. Its allies turned against it. Athens lost the war. Noble ideas, it turns out, do matter.
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Capestrano reafirma su compromiso con la educación médica continua en Salud Mental
Comunidad médica de Caguas recibe adiestramiento sobre cómo identificar y manejar las condiciones psiquiátricas más comunes en los pacientes
Caguas, Puerto Rico – Como parte de su compromiso con la educación médica continua y la integración de la salud mental en la práctica clínica, el Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano llevó a cabo el primero de tres talleres programados para los próximos meses los cuales estarán dirigidos a médicos de todas las especialidades, logrando la participación de más de 30 profesionales de la salud en este primer taller celebrado en las facilidades de la Clínica de Hospitalización Parcial Capestrano en Caguas. El evento, titulado “Identificación y Manejo de las Condiciones Psiquiátricas Más Comunes en la Práctica Médica”, fue impartido por el reconocido psiquiatra Dr. Edgardo Prieto, facultativo y director médico del Centro de Servicios Capestrano en Caguas.
“Durante la sesión, los asistentes recibieron herramientas claves para identificar y manejar trastornos psiquiátricos en pacientes de todas las edades, los cuales se presentan en los consultorios de los médicos en pacientes con inquietudes en su salud mental. Este tipo de taller permite mejorar el acceso temprano al tratamiento para pacientes que presentan ansiedad, insomnio y depresión mayor. Este evento, fue libre de costo y el mismo marca el inicio de una serie de iniciativas diseñadas para fortalecer la colaboración entre médicos de diversas especialidades y los profesionales en salud mental, promoviendo un abordaje integral y oportuno para el bienestar de los pacientes. En el Sistema San Juan Capestrano reafirmamos nuestro compromiso con la educación médica continua y con estar cada vez más cerca de la comunidad médica de todas las especialidades. Es fundamental que los profesionales de la salud puedan identificar a tiempo a los pacientes con necesidades como
El psiquiatra Dr. Edgardo Prieto ofreciendo el taller titulado “Identificación y Manejo de las Condiciones Psiquiátricas Más Comunes en la Práctica Médica”.
la inestabilidad emocional, de manera que le podamos brindar opciones de tratamiento adecuadas en esos momentos de crisis”, señaló la principal oficial ejecutiva del Sistema Hospital San Juan Capestrano, la licenciada Marta Rivera Plaza.
“Estos talleres se dan para que la comunidad médica que no es psiquiatra pueda manejar casos de pacientes emocionalmente afectados. El enfoque de estos adiestramientos con valor de crédito en educación continua para que la comunidad médica en general pueda identificar y comenzar un tratamiento en los pacientes con ansiedad, insomnio y depresión mayor, de manera que el médico que no es psiquiatra tenga la herramienta necesaria para ayudar al paciente hasta tanto este pueda ser evaluado por un profesional de la salud mental, como lo son los doctores en psiquiatría. Aquí lo importante es poder identificar los síntomas y tener conocimiento sobre las alternativas de tratamiento que se ofrecen para aliviar de forma inmediata al paciente. En la isla apenas tenemos cerca de 200 psiquiatras activos, por lo que entendemos que hay que adiestrar al resto de la población médica para que ayuden a los niños, adolescentes, adultos y envejecientes que presentan los síntomas mencionados”, terminó diciendo el psiquiatra Dr. Edgardo Prieto, facultativo y director médico en el centro de servicios de Capestrano en Caguas.
Five free movies to stream now
By BRANDON YU
Maybe Big Tech hasn’t delivered on its disruptive promise for movies after all: We’ve cut our cable cords for price and convenience only to pay just as much (if not more) to jump through hoops and across platforms, with diminishing returns in quality.
But there’s always good work being made. This new column, then, is not about free stuff, but about discovery. It’s a curation of good and great films on free, ad-supported platforms like Tubi, Plex and Pluto TV that often fall through the cracks of our numbingly plentiful, overly contentified entertainment complexes.
This inaugural column’s picks take us from a small farm to a cramped Japanese apartment, from a restaurant kitchen to an urgent historical record of memory. These are movies that you can watch, contend with and ponder for free.
‘Gunda’ (2020)
An undersung trend in recent movies is the artful animal picture, from “EO” (about a donkey) to “First Cow” (a cow) to “Cow” (you get it). “Gunda” is perhaps the simplest and quietest of them all, but somehow contains a stirring, stealthily profound inquiry into human and animal nature.
Russian documentarian Victor Kossakovsky trains a plainly meditative eye on the titular mother pig and her litter of newborns, watching the piglets quiver in their sleep, or climb over one another for milk. It’s a patient film, lyrical in its slowness, but also undemanding: You might find yourself drifting off as if napping in a pasture, then come back to the sight of a thirsty pig peeking out a barn door, biting at the rain.
And yet, hovering over these idyllic tableaus is a question chased by an almost spiritual urgency — what will happen
to these pigs? Or perhaps more acutely: What will we do to them? The purity of the film builds to a suffocating conclusion that seems to contain the whole world and our human capacity to act within it.
(Stream it on Tubi.)
‘Shoplifters’ (2018)
In the aisles of a supermarket, a frumpy dad and his young son exchange glances, twiddle their fingers and are off with the loot: just chocolates and a couple of packets of ramen. It’s an opening that might suggest a cheeky film about a band of ragtag hustlers. But what “Shoplifters” ultimately becomes is a heart-wrenching parable wrapped inside a soap opera and enlivened by Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda’s lovely sensitivity.
Father and son aren’t exactly that: They’re part of a chosen family who, we slowly gather, aren’t connected by blood but by a crafty will to survive in a mundanely harsh world. As the pair walks home, they find a young girl abandoned, and soon she’s brought into their fold.
The story of the family (a knockout ensemble, headlined by Sakura Ando’s gutting performance as the mother) is one of such delicate humanism and tenderness, your heart is left almost physically aching by the end. Life is hard, but a croquette dipped in ramen never tasted so good, a trip to the beach never felt so joyful, a mother’s hug never felt so safe.
(Stream it on Pluto TV.)
‘Farha’ (2021)
Since the war started in 2023, thousands of the children of the Gaza Strip — where children account for nearly half the population — have been killed. To watch “Farha” is to see the past ripple into the present. In the Palestine of 1948, young Farha’s greatest wish is to go to school. But when violence invades her small village, her only hope is to survive. When she asks
her friend Farida what she wants to be when she grows up, the shock of a bomb interrupts their conversation. They flinch and run, their tree swings left swaying.
Based on a real Palestinian’s experience, Jordanian director Darin J. Sallam’s harrowing film witnesses this childhood innocence abruptly cut short. It is spare and claustrophobic, taking place primarily inside a storage cellar, where Farha’s father has shut her amid the sudden chaos, with the promise he’ll return. Through the slivers of the cellar door, we get a faint glimpse of what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba — Arabic for “catastrophe” — when 700,000 people fled or were forced out by Zionist paramilitaries and eventually by the newly formed Israel Defense Forces. But mostly we witness the breathtaking violence of the period as reflected on the face of Farha, the child, who, by the film’s end, has become something quite different. (Stream it on Tubi.)
‘Boiling Point’ (2021)
This British film is like “The Bear” (and debuted months before it), but with a little more vérité grit and a little less hard-earned hope. “Boiling Point” is shot entirely in one take, twisting through the corners of a high-end restaurant and the gradually simmering crises of its head chef, Andy (Stephen Graham), during one busy night in the kitchen. It’s hell in there, but what’s left of Andy’s life outside is also an escalating nightmare.
The movie is a technical feat in its single-shot tableau of turmoil. Graham is the fulcrum here, but his performance is not built upon Gordon Ramsay-esque explosions; rather his perpetual clenchedjaw stoicism hides a mournful mess underneath. (Stream it on Tubi.)
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ (2017)
Raoul Peck’s documentary on James Baldwin was vitally urgent when it was released eight years ago, and it remains so now. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and structured loosely after an unfinished book by Baldwin, the film is not so much a biographical portrait of one man as it is a fragmented picture of a brutally racist nation, revealed through the writer’s bracing words.
It is a relatively impressionistic work, shuttling between various pieces of archival footage and skipping across Baldwin’s reflections; you will be unsatisfied if ex-
pecting to get a legible view of his inner life. Yet every moment Baldwin appears on-screen is a lightning bolt, and you’re instead left with a disquieting confrontation — of the Black realities he laid so painfully and rousingly bare, and how starkly present it all is today.
“What can we do?” Baldwin wonders. “Well, I am tired.” (Stream it on Plex.)
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TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA LNSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO LUIS ENRIQUE LOPEZ ALVARADO Peticionario EX PARTE
Civil: NG2024CV00133. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS A QUIENES
PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA, SUC MELQUIADES GONZÁLEZ
A LOS TENGAN EN LA FINCA DESCRITA MÁS ADELANTE CUALQUIER
DERECHO REAL, A LOS ORGANISMOS PÚBLICOS AFECTADOS,
Y EN GENERAL, A TODO AQUEL QUE DESEE OPONERSE A LA PETICIÓN.
POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que se ha radicado una petición sobre expediente de Dominio ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico sala Superior de Humacao bajo el numero del epígrafe que puede afectar sus derechos. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es:
Lcdo. Edmundo Ayala Oquendo P.O. Box 1105 Fajardo, 00738 teléfono 787-603-4277 edmundoayala@gmail.com
A través de la petición el peticionario de epígrafe solicita a este Tribunal que declare a su favor la Petición sobre Expediente de Dominio sobre el predio de terreno objecto de la misma para ser reconocido coma adquirido y ocupado por el peticionario. Esta notificación se hace a tenor con lo provisto por el Artículo 185 de la ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 (30 LPRA 6221). La descripción de la finca objecto de la presente Petición sobre Expediente de Dominio. RÚSTICA Parcela de terreno sita en el Barrio Rio Blanco del Municipio de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de 92181.7731 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 23.4536 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, con terrenos de la Sucn. Melquiades González de Jesús, por el SUR con terrenos de Enrique Pagan Luyando y Don Juan Hernández, por el ESTE, con Área Verde del Rio Blanco de Naguabo, por el OESTE, con y terrenos de Don Enrique Pagan Luyando Y Sucn. Melquiades Gonzales
de Jesús Enrique Pagan Luyando. La descrita propiedad no esta inscrita en el registro de la propiedad su número de catastro es 000-000-00-00-000 y un tiene un valor aproximado de $30,000.00 dólares Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique este edicto en un periódico de circulación general para que aquellos que deseen oponerse así lo hagan ante el Tribunal notificando al abogado del peticionario referido en este Edicto. Los interesados contarán con el término improrrogable de 20 veinte días a partir de la (3) tercera publicación de este edicto para comparecer ante el tribunal para alegar lo que en derecho proceda. Se le advierte que de no comparecer al Tribunal para expresarse, el Tribunal podrá dar curso a los remedios solicitados por el Peticionario. En Humacao, Puerto Rico hoy 9 de octubre de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC
Plaintiff V. THE ESTATE OF HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ TORRES A/K/A HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ COMPOSED OF JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Defendants Civil Action No.: 17-cv-2067-A. NOTICE OF SALE. To: THE ESTATE OF HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ TORRES A/K/A HIPÓLITO GONZÁLEZ COMPOSED OF JANE DOE AND JOHN DOE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ASUME, ANY OTHER PARTY WITH INTEREST OVER THE PROPERTY MENTIONED BELOW, AND, GENERAL PUBLIC. WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal, plus interest per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant also owes and ordered to pay Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC, all advan-
ces made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% of the original principal amount of $69,750.00 to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash, money orders, or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico, (18.3698885, -66.1125446) to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Bajuras de Isabela, Puerto Rico, identificada en el Plano de Segregación como solar número 5, con una cabida superficial de 1,000 metros cuadrados, en lindes al NORTE, en 12.991 metros y 3.894 metros, con G.R. y Asociados, Inc.; al SUR, en 8.19 metros, con calle de uso público; al ESTE, en 57.276 metros, con solar número 6 vendida a Carlos Valverde; y al OESTE, en 56.858 metros, con el solar número 4 vendido a Eduvico Méndez. Property Number Number 23,497, recorded at page 55 of volume 431 of Isabela. Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section of Aguadilla. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, at the Karibe System for Isabela. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $697,500.00, due on September 11, 2097, pursuant to deed number 51, issued in Manati, Puerto Rico, on March 22, 2013, before notary José M. Biaggi Junquera, and recorded, at Karibe System of Isabela, ninth inscription. Other Liens: None. 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 pro-
perty 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. THEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE shall be held on the 28TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025, AT 9:30 AM. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $697,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on the 4TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025, AT 9:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $465,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION will be held on the 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025, AT 9:30 AM, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $348,750.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency, money orders or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master 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 will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 21st day of February, 2025. Joel Ronda, Special Master, rondajoel@ me.com, 787-565-0515.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. CALIXTO AVILES SANCHEZ
Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV05592. 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 San Juan, San Juan, 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 5 de febrero 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 radicado en el sitio denominado Seboruco, Barrio de Santurce Norte, el cual forma parte de la Barriada Shanghai y está marcado con el número trescientos treinta y ocho en el plano de inscripción levantado por el Departamento de Obras Públicas del Gobierno de la Capital, aprobado por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico y archivado en este Registro con el número sesenta y siete. Dicho solar tiene una cabida superficial de cincuenta y dos metros con doscientos treinta y nueve diez milésimas de otro con las siguientes colindancias: por el NORTE, en una distancia de ocho metros con nueve mil quinientos cuarenta y cuatro diez milésimas de otro, con el solar número trescientos treinta y siete del plano de inscripción; por el SUR, en una distancia de ocho metros con siete mil ochenta y cuatro diez milésimas de otro, con el solar número ciento ochenta y ocho del plano de inscripción; por el ESTE, en una distancia de cinco metros con ocho mil doscientos setenta y dos diez milésimas de otro, con la Calle Río Grande; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de cinco metros con nueve mil setecientos veintiuna diez milésimas de otro, con el solar número trescientos treinta y seis del plano de inscripción. Finca Número 16,885, inscrita al folio 97 del tomo 451 de San Juan Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de San Juan. La pro-
piedad ubica según pagaré 252 Río Grande St. Shangai Sector San Juan, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 9 de diciembre de 2024 y notificada en este caso, el 9 de diciembre de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $9,299.19 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 9.95% desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2023; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $1,800.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $18,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 31 DE MARZO DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $12,000.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 7 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $9,000.00, 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 San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 19 de abril de 2025. ALGUACIL IRMA CARMONA CLAUDIO, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, as trustee of FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1
DEMANDANTE VS. Luis Manuel Martínez Pantoja t/c/c Manuel Martínez Pantojas t/c/c Luis Manuel Martinez Pantojas t/c/c Luis M. Martínez Pantoja; y a los Estados Unidos de
América DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.:DCD2016-0187. SALA: 504. SOBRE: Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.
Al: Público en General A: LUIS MANUEL MARTÍNEZ PANTOJA
T/C/C MANUEL
MARTÍNEZ PANTOJAS
T/C/C LUIS MANUEL
MARTINEZ PANTOJAS
T/C/C LUIS M. MARTÍNEZ PANTOJA; Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Yo, EDGARDO ELIAS VASGAS SANTANA, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 2 de abril de 2025, a las 10:30 de la mañana en el cuarto piso oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 13 de octubre de 2016. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 9 de abril de 2025, a las 10:30 de la mañana; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de abril de 2025, a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 20 de julio de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RURAL: Parcela Marcada con el número Ciento Setenta y Uno-A (171-A) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural La Ponderosa
ca subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 1RO DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS. SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en RD 198 KM 18.8 INT. BARRIO CEIBA SUR JUNCOS, PR 00777 y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela radicado en el Barrio Ceiba Sur, en el término municipal de Juncos, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.1309 cuerdas equivalentes a 514.5956 metros cuadrados. En lindes: NORTE y OESTE, con Ernesto Hernandez; SUR, con camino público y por el ESTE, con el solar segregado. La porción descrita es el remanente de esta finca luego de descontadas la segregación de un solar de 485.4044 metros cuadrados, según inscripción 3ra., según la escritura número 88, otorgada en Juncos, el día 1 de octubre de 1982, ante el notario Jaime Collazo, e inscrita al folio 166 del tomo 151 de Juncos, finca número 5,806, inscripción 3ra. Edificación: Casa de concreto que mide 24 pies de ancho por 26 pies de fondo y que contiene dos cuartos dormitorios, sala, cocina, cuarto de baño y medio balcón en su frente, con un valor de $15,000.00, según consta de la escritura número 40, otorgada en Juncos el 6 de mayo de 1985 ante el notario Jaime Collazo, inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 151 de Juncos, finca 5,806, inscripción 4ta. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 166 del Tomo 151 de Juncos, finca número 5,806, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $85,424.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 8 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $56,949.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 15 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $42,712.00.
La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 78 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de abril de 2010, ante el Notario Público Luis E. Andújar Moreno, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 185 del Tomo 400 de Juncos, finca número 5,806, inscripción 11ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido desde el 26 de diciembre de 2024 ascendente a la suma de $65,501.60 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de noviembre de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $8,542.40. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas
y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de marzo de 2025. Edgardo aldebol miranda, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE EDNA LUZ RODRÍGUEZ COTTO
COMPUESTA POR LUIS L. LEDESMA RODRÍGUEZ, EDNA L. MONGE RODRÍGUEZ, EDNA M. MONGE RODRÍGUEZ Y LUZ CELESTE MONGE RODRIGUEZ; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL como posibles herederos desconocidos; LUZ CELESTE MONGE RODRÍGUEZ; DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, POR CONDUCTO DEL FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION como sucesor por el cierre de DORAL BANK; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL como posibles tenedores desconocidos de Pagaré Hipotecario Extraviado Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV10677. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL DE HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI-
BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL, como posibles herederos desconocidos de la Sucesión de Edna Luz Rodríguez Cotto, como posibles tenedores de nombres desconocidos de un pagaré con fecha de 3 de octubre de 1998 a favor de Sana Investment Mortgage Bankers Inc., o a su orden, por la suma de $40,000.00, con intereses al 9 ½% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2013, afidávit número 10,388, el cual fue garantizado por una hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 1,055, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 3 de octubre de 1998, ante el notario público Angel L. Rolán Prado, e inscrita al tomo móvil 1435 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca número 11,794, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de San Juan, inscripción 10ª. En el procedimiento de epígrafe, la demandante Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc., alega que el mencionado pagaré se encuentra extraviado, que la deuda evidenciada por el mismo ha sido extinguida, y, por tanto, solicita la cancelación de la hipoteca antes relacionada. DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. De: SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Se ordena a los herederos a que en virtud de las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, declaren, en el término de treinta (30) días desde la notificación, si aceptan o repudian la herencia de la causante Edna Luz Rodríguez Cotto. Se le apercibe que, si ustedes no han manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla en cumplimiento de esta Orden dentro del plazo antes anunciado, se dará por aceptada.
Lcdo. Juan C. Salichs Pou, Número del Tribunal Supremo 11115 PO Box 195553, San Juan, PR, 00919-5553, Teléfono: (787) 449-6000, Facsímile: (787) 474-3892, Correo Electrónico: jsalichs@splawpr.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 5 de marzo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE EDNA LUZ RODRÍGUEZ COTTO COMPUESTA POR LUIS L. LEDESMA RODRÍGUEZ, EDNA L. MONGE RODRÍGUEZ, EDNA M. MONGE RODRÍGUEZ Y LUZ CELESTE MONGE RODRIGUEZ; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; LUZ CELESTE MONGE RODRÍGUEZ; DORAL MORTGAGE LLC, POR CONDUCTO DEL FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMO SUCESOR POR EL CIERRE DE DORAL BANK; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV10677. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL DE HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO DE TAL Y
SUTANO DE TAL, como posibles tenedores de nombres desconocidos de un pagaré con fecha de 3 de octubre de 1998 a favor de Sana Investment Mortgage Bankers Inc., o a su orden, por la suma de $40,000.00, con intereses al 9 ½% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2013, afidávit número 10,388, el cual fue garantizado por una hipoteca constituida mediante la escritura número 1,055, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 3 de octubre de 1998, ante el notario público Angel L. Rolán Prado, e inscrita al tomo móvil 1435 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca número 11,794, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de San Juan, inscripción 10ª. En el procedimiento de epígrafe, la demandante Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc., alega que el mencionado pagaré se encuentra extraviado, que la deuda evidenciada por el mismo ha sido extinguida, y, por tanto, solicita la cancelación de la hipoteca antes relacionada. DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. De: SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se ordena a los herederos a que en virtud de las disposiciones del Artículo 1578 del Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, declaren, en el término de treinta (30) días desde la notificación, si aceptan o repudian la herencia de la causante
Edna Luz Rodríguez Cotto. Se le apercibe que, si ustedes no han manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla en cumplimiento de esta Orden dentro del plazo antes anunciado, se dará por aceptada.
Lcdo. Juan C. Salichs Pou, Número del Tribunal Supremo 11115 PO Box 195553, San Juan, PR, 00919-5553, Teléfono: (787) 449-6000, Facsímile: (787) 474-3892, Correo Electrónico: jsalichs@splawpr.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 5 de marzo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. FLOR CARABALLO TORRES; SUCESION DE FABIANA TORRES SANCHEZ COMPUESTA POR (I) FLOR CARABALLO TORRES; (II) WILFREDO CARABALLO TORRES; (III) JULIA CARABALLO TORRES; SUCESION DE NEFTALI RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ COMPUESTA POR (I) ZULEIKA RODRIGUEZ SOTO; (II) BRIAN RODRIGUEZ DIAZ; (III) MARIAN RODRIGUEZ TORRES; Y (IV) LA SUCESIÓN DE NEFTALI RODRIGUEZ DIAZ COMPUESTA POR (I) NEFTALI RODRIGUEZ; Y (II) GENESIS RODRIGUEZ; FULANO Y SUTANO COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LAS TRES SUCESIONES; CRIM
Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV11292. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS TRES (3) SUCESIONES (SUCESIÓN DE NEFTALI RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ, SUCESIÓN DE FABIANA TORRES SANCHEZ Y SUCESIÓN DE NEFTALI
RODRIGUEZ DIAZ).
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Roberto C. Latimer Valentín, al PO BOX 9022512, San Juan, P.R. 00902-2512; Teléfono: (787) 724-0230. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses de julio de 2024, hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma principal de $77,709.78, la cual se desglosa a continuación: una suma principal de $61,081.98, más intereses a razón del 7.00% anual, desde el 1 de junio de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida (piggyback) por la suma principal de $16,627.80, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, así como todos aquellos créditos y urnas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo una suma equivalente al 10% de la suma principal ($7,972.37), por concepto dé costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número uno (1) del bloque A guión dos (1A-2), en el Plano de lnscripción de la
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma 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 se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior, Sala de San Juan, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda a sus últimas direcciones conocidas: 1155 Magdalena P3 Apt. 9, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907; y P.O. Box 16483, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 10 de marzo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LOYDA M. COUVERTIER REYES, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE COAMO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. MILAGROS VARGAS APONTE
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CO2024CV00269. (Salón: 002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: MILAGROS VARGAS
APONTE - SALIDA A BARRANQUITAS
CARR 165 KM 2.8 INT, OROCOVIS PR 00720; HC 02 BOX 5092 COAMO PR 00769. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de febrero 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 05 de marzo de 2025. En Coamo, Puerto Rico, el 05 de marzo de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA.
BERNICE E. SANTIAGO DÍAZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. STEPHANIE AQUINO RIVERA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SS2023CV00940. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: STEPHANIE AQUINO RIVERA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de febrero 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 05 de marzo de 2025. En San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, el 05 de marzo de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. LAURA LUGO CRESPO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
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Demandante V. SILMARY MATOS DIAZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2024CV02570. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: SILMARY MATOS DIAZ. (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 marzo 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 05 de marzo de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 05 de marzo de 2025. KANELLY ZA-
YAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. JOSE G.
BURGOS RODRIGUEZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VI2024CV00114. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR).
Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: JORGE G. BURGOS RODRIGUEZ - P/C LCDO. OSVALDO L. RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de marzo 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 06 de marzo de 2025. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 06 de marzo de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ
QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA.
CONSUELO ELAINE RIVERA PADILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE CIALES ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS
FUND, LLC
Demandante V. JESUS M. ORTIZ RIVERA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: MV2024CV00155. (Salón: 101 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: JESUS M. ORTIZ RIVERA. (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 marzo 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 06 de marzo de 2025. En Ciales, Puerto Rico, el 06 de marzo de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. JANETTE GONZÁLEZ VARGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. GIOVANNY
VICENTE MERINO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV02302. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAN MIGUEL OTERO MARTÍNEZJAN.OTERO@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: GIOVANNY
VICENTE MERINO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-
cribe le notifica a usted que el 05 de marzo 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 06 de marzo de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 06 de marzo de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante v. EXPARTE
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV02166 (SALÓN 606). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. JULIO CÉSAR OSUNA GUZMÁN
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Can a billionaire buy St. John’s a basketball championship?
By COREY KILGANNON
As a teenager in Queens, Mike Repole worshipped the great St. John’s University basketball teams of the 1980s, whose stars often came from the gyms and playgrounds of New York City.
The team’s tough, defensive brand of championship ball helped Repole, the son of an immigrant waiter and a seamstress, identify with the school. As a student there, he honed the grit that would help him amass a sports-drink fortune.
But as his star was rising, St. John’s basketball declined, with decades of disappointing seasons. Now, Repole’s money, which Forbes magazine estimates at $1.8 billion, has helped make St. John’s the nation’s sixth-ranked team, with top players acquired from around the nation.
It finished the regular season 27-4 and will be the top seed in this week’s Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, where it opened with a 78-57 win over No. 9 seed Butler on Thursday. Fans have high hopes for a deep NCAA Tournament run after that.
Repole, 56, says the team is reclaiming its greatness.
“It’s been missing for 25 years, and now to have it all back is pretty magical,” Repole said during a recent game at Madison Square Garden, where he arrives by private jet from his Florida home and sits courtside near head coach Rick Pitino.
With the St. John’s team’s success, Repole has emerged as one of the most striking examples of how money is reshaping college basketball.
His backing, which came after a falling-out with the school, was part of the reason that Pitino, a tarnished Hall of Fame coach, took over the team last season. The billionaire’s money has let Pitino acquire top transfers under new rules that allow college athletes — formerly constrained by the NCAA’s insistence on amateurism — to profit from their names, images and likenesses, known as NIL.
“The wild West,” Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., called it during a congressional hearing last week.
Colleges that once courted and recruited high school players whom they kept for four years now browse an online marketplace known as a transfer portal that functions like professional free agency. Serendipity is scarcer, and alumni donors have become nearly as important as coaches.
St. John’s, thanks largely to Repole, now compensates its players like powerhouse programs. For his part, Repole jokes that St. John’s will be changing its name to St. Mike’s. Last season, the school reached the Big East semifinals for the first time since 2000. This season, its home games are
packed, whether at Carnesecca Arena on campus or at the Garden, where Repole recently cheered on the Red Storm as they beat the two-time defending national champion, the University of Connecticut.
The sold-out game was broadcast on national television. Spike Lee sat courtside. In the stands, fan after fan came up and thanked Repole, whose face floated over the student section in the form of a poster. The benefactor also materialized on an overhead screen along with an announcement of his matching fund drive for acquiring players, in which big donors can win dinner with Repole and Pitino.
At least half the St. John’s basketball NIL budget is funded by Repole, who a year ago vowed to spend “whatever it takes.”
Between $3.5 million and $4 million has gone to pay players this year, according to Pitino. That would put it in the top 20 highest NIL payrolls in the country, said Jason Belzer, a lawyer who often represents colleges in such deals.
The Supreme Court has sided with student-athletes seeking compensation beyond scholarships at big-time college programs that profit off them.
But the ensuing regulations are so unclear and untested that “guidelines on endorsements, payments and contracts make high-profile college sports and their star athletes resemble the show ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’” said John Thelin, an author and University of Kentucky professor emeritus who specializes in college sports.
Money now largely determines the success of a basketball program, and without further regulations, Thelin said, “the rich are truly going to get richer” by monopolizing top players.
The S in St. John’s, he quipped, might as well be a dollar sign.
Repole carries himself like someone who knows both ends of the economic spectrum. He is a trash-talking Everyman who favors workout gear and travels with a team of assistants. He has donated millions to nonbasketball causes at St. John’s and his companies’ products are advertised at games.
The energy of the 1980s teams of Chris Mullin and coach Lou Carnesecca originally attracted Repole to St. John’s. But the team has qualified for the NCAA tournament only four times since 2000, without a single win.
As his team foundered, Repole got richer, by founding and selling Vitaminwater and BodyArmor SuperDrink. Last year his sneaker and apparel company, Nobull, merged with TB12, the health and nutrition company co-founded by Tom Brady.
In an interview, Pitino called Repole a “Damon Runyontype character” and a talented businessman.
Repole admired Pitino even as a teen, when the coach turned around a losing program at Providence College and took it to the Final Four in 1987. As a young entrepreneur, Repole said, he read Pitino’s self-help book “Success Is a Choice” and began applying its teachings to business.
The two met some 20 years ago when Pitino was coaching at Louisville. Repole began trying to get Pitino to St. John’s, a largely commuter school with about 15,700 undergraduates.
That did not seem likely. Pitino, 72, spent many years coaching at Kentucky and Louisville, winning a national championship at each.
But his 2013 championship with Louisville was vacated after an investigation found that an assistant coach had furnished players and recruits with escorts and strippers. Person-
Mike Repole (seated), the sports-drink entrepreneur, who long harbored a dream of coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, during a game at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb. 23, 2025. Repole, who loved the homegrown team of his youth, has helped assemble a juggernaut enabled by compensation rules that one critic says created “the wild West.” (Shuran Huang/ The New York Times)
al improprieties emerged during a 2009 criminal case against a woman who was found guilty of trying to extort Pitino after a sexual encounter.
Louisville ousted Pitino in 2017 after a widespread federal investigation into college basketball corruption that disclosed illicit payments to a Louisville recruit.
Pitino left big-time coaching and led a team in Greece before being hired in 2020 by Iona College, a small school just north of New York City. St. John’s came calling in 2023 after Pitino had led Iona to two NCAA tournament appearances in his three seasons.
Repole was at first an ancillary figure. St. John’s officials had soured on him. In a 2019 radio interview, he called the school’s culture toxic and derided its top officials as “incompetent, clueless leaders” and weak “puppets.”
Despite the rancor, Pitino said he told reluctant St. John’s officials that luring top transfers would require Repole’s money. Pitino said he told the officials that if they failed to reconcile with Repole, “I think you guys would be missing out on a tremendous asset.”
Once hired, Pitino began shopping for transfers. He tapped Repole when funds ran low, and last year had the fourthranked recruiting class in the country, according to 247Sports, a college sports analysis site.
Pitino acquired the top transfer in Kadary Richmond, who left Seton Hall after helping lead the Pirates to the National Invitation Tournament championship. When Richmond faced his old school in January, Seton Hall fans booed him and mocked him with signs bearing dollar bills.
After the game, Pitino defended Richmond as a “free agent” who would have stayed at Seton Hall if only it had the revenue to match the St. John’s offer.
And Repole is back in good graces on campus. He told students there recently that despite his wealth, “I’ll always be Mike from Queens,” a guy who finally found a way to help his old college team regain greatness.
“It’s actually a dream,” he said, “40 years later.”
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