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By THE STAR STAFF
he Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP by its acronym in Spanish) supported a House bill on Thursday that aims to notify drivers about the expiration of their digital license plates through text messages or emails. The initiative is designed to tackle the rising number of vehicle registration violations.
During a public hearing in the lower chamber led by the Transportation Committee and Rep. José “Cheito” Hernández Concepción, DTOP officials deposed that they currently lack the necessary budget to implement House Bill 491.
Authored by Hernández Concepción, the bill suggests that drivers should receive notifications 30 days and seven days before their vehicle registration expiration dates. He pointed out that digital stickers require “greater effort on the part of citizens to stay informed, as they don’t create the same visual awareness as physical stickers.”
“Many individuals affected, as indicated by the Puerto Rico Police at a meeting, are over 60 years old,” the legislator stated. “Therefore, it’s crucial for us to support this demographic.”
Data from the Police Bureau reveals that 31,109 tickets were issued for expired stickers in 2023, with that number jumping to 54,282 in 2024. As of April 29 this year, the police have already recorded 31,903 violations involving drivers with expired stickers.
“We’re not even six months into the year, and the number of violations has already surpassed the total for all of 2023,” Hernández Concepción noted. “I anticipate that by the end of this year, we will see totals exceeding 60,000 to 70,000 violations.”
The DTOP officials explained that the CESCO Digital app currently sends notifications regarding license plate renewals at 45, 30, 15, and 0 days before the renewal date, but users can only access these alerts by logging into the app.
Mary Fuster, the director of the Driver Services Center,
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supported the idea of introducing message bubbles or “push notifications” for license plate renewals to help users avoid the need to access the app directly.
When pressed by legislators, Fuster said that adding text messaging would require an investment of $90,000 during the first three months of the program’s rollout. The Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS) estimated that costs could climb to $80,500 if the system sends out 7 million text messages.
PRITS Deputy Director Rubén Quiñones endorsed the measure, suggesting that the first renewal notice be sent out 31 days prior to sticker expiration. He also underscored the importance of ensuring the notification system complies with cybersecurity standards to protect vehicle owners’ data.
“Electronic notifications through various channels reflect a modern practice that strengthens the relationship between citizens and the state by offering more accessible, efficient, and effective services,” Quiñones remarked.
During the hearing, DTOP announced that it is currently working with PRITS on a program to send user notifications via email, which is expected to be completed this summer.
Hernández Concepción said he would discuss the additional funding needed by DTOP with the House Finance Committee, which is presently reviewing the government’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
“Our goal is to issue a positive report and get this bill approved next week,” he emphasized.
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón sent an administration bill to the Legislative Assembly on Thursday with the goal of expanding the scope of the Revolving Fund and ensuring the continuity of reconstruction projects without having to wait for reimbursement of federal funds.
“With this measure, we are ensuring funding for the Revolving Fund so that money reaches our communities more quickly and we can continue rebuilding our island quickly
and efficiently,” González Colón said in a written statement. Bill A-062 seeks to allow critical infrastructure construction projects to begin with state funds, in addition to extending the Revolving Fund beyond June 30 of this year, to 2027.
The governor noted that the Revolving Fund was created by Joint Resolution 85 of 2020 to advance funds to agencies, municipalities, and public corporations awaiting reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). With the new legislation, she said, its scope would be expanded to allow it to be used directly for critical projects.
By THE STAR STAFF
Hundreds of workers marched on Thursday, May Day, protesting, among other things, the freeze on collective bargaining negotiations, problems with maintaining pension payments to retirees, decisions by the Financial Oversight and Management Board, and the actions of LUMA Energy, the private operator of Puerto Rico’s creaky electric power transmission and distribution system.
Amid the demonstration, which took place in front of the University of Puerto Rico’s flagship Río Piedras Campus, several labor leaders spoke out, each with their own demands. In the case of the Teachers’ Federation, through its president, Mercedes Martínez, the demand was against privatization.
“Teachers have been attacked by this [oversight] Board,” she said. “… The governor is a puppet of the board and spends
time in a podcast with her husband … and there has not been a single press conference about this.”
Meanwhile, the General Workers’ Union demanded good faith negotiations and the signing of collective bargaining agreements, which remain frozen due to government bankruptcy.
“We have to say ‘no more,’” a marcher said. “The board is responsible for the labor reform that has stripped benefits from workers.”
Another demand was related to retiree pensions. School Cafeteria Employees Association President Nelly Ayala advocated for that population and called for unity among unions amid the workers’ struggle. Pensioners are paid on a pay-asyou-go basis and most of their benefits have been repealed.
Union marchers were joined by politicians and other citizens in support of labor justice.
A union leader advocated for retirees and called for unity among unions amid the workers’ struggle. Pensioners are paid on a pay-as-you-go basis and most of their benefits have been repealed. (Félix
By THE STAR STAFF
At a time when climate change and ecosystem loss threaten biodiversity and endanger vital resources across the island, Ciudadanos del Karso (CDK) is inviting the public to attend “Karst in Action for the Earth,” an environmental fair to be held on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. at the former Roosevelt School in Arecibo.
The event will feature talks by experts on the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho), the island’s unique karst system, and climate change, along with hands-on art workshops for children and adults, local
The fair will feature talks by experts on the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (sapo concho), the island’s unique karst system, and climate change.
artisan and agricultural exhibits, and presentations from grassroots organizations.
Among the keynote speakers are Dr. Alberto Puente, a professor of biology at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, who will speak on the conservation of the sapo concho; Dr. Ariel Lugo, an ecologist and former director of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who will address rising sea levels and climate impacts; and Abel Vale, president and founder of Ciudadanos del Karso, who will
discuss the critical role of the karst region in Puerto Rico’s environmental health.
“This will be a space for learning and collective action, bringing together scientists, community leaders, artists, artisans, and farmers committed to environmental justice and ecological education,” Vale said.
Organizers will unveil plans for the construction of the Karst Institute of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Natural History Museum of Puerto Rico during the event, which will also include sustainable art workshops led by artists Rogelio Báez, Natalia Sánchez and Carlos De Gracia.
The fair commemorates over three decades of CDK’s ongoing commitment to protecting Puerto Rico’s natural systems, with special focus on the island’s fragile and essential karst region.
“With this order, we ensure a swift, uniform, and effective response to the circumstances facing the affected municipalities, while activating the necessary resources to address their most urgent needs,” Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said in a written statement.
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Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed Executive Order 2025-22 on Thursday to declare a state of emergency in the municipalities of Aguas Buenas, Corozal, Naranjito, and Orocovis, following the heavy rains recorded since April 19, which have caused landslides, cut off communities, and damaged infrastructure.
“With this order, we ensure a swift, uniform, and effective response to the circumstances facing the affected municipalities, while activating the necessary resources to address their most urgent needs,” González Colón said in a written statement.
The order designates Public Safety Safety Arthur Garffer
as state liaison officer, and the Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Bureau Commissioner Ángel Jiménez Colón as alternate liaison officer. It also authorizes the use of emergency funds and the activation of purchases under special mechanisms to address the damages caused.
The governor delegated to Garffer the authority to include other municipalities in the declaration, provided that coordination is carried out with the Office of the La Fortaleza Chief of Staff to ensure an effective response. The measure also requires a detailed report of all expenses incurred, to be submitted within 30 days to the tax authorities.
Under the order, agencies must promote access to available aid programs and comply with all transparency requirements in the use of allocated funds.
By THE STAR STAFF
The loss of federal funding caused the government of Puerto Rico’s accounts to decrease by $717 million in a one-month period ending March 31, a government document notes.
A filing by the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Fi-
A filing by the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority to the markets on the balance of bank accounts from Feb. 28 to March 31 showed the government’s account balances falling to $24.4 billion from $25.1 billion.
nancial Advisory Authority to the markets on the balance of bank accounts from Feb. 28 to March 31 showed the government’s account balances falling to $24.4 billion from $25.1 billion.
The drop was primarily driven by a $1 million decrease in pension-related accounts, a $44 million decrease in the central government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), a $154 million decrease in restricted accounts, a $164 million decrease in public corporations, and a $355 million decrease in the central government’s Non TSA accounts.
The losses include the bank accounts of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, which went from $1.4 billion to $1.2 billion, and the University of Puerto Rico, which went from $457 million to $433.8 million.
As previously reported by the STAR, the Financial Oversight and Management Board has recently been urging the government to develop a plan to curb the loss of federal funds, including the creation of a centralized office to keep tabs on the use of federal funding.
“Puerto Rico does not have a centralized financial management framework in place for reporting federal funds. This has led to various accounting, budgeting, and compliance challenges,” the oversight board said. “The lack of adequate tracking of federal fund usage across Puerto Rico may contribute to inefficiencies, such as potential duplication of benefits or disbursements that are difficult
to fully account for. Also, the lack of visibility into the use of federal funds prevents the Government from optimizing the deployment of its own resources, resulting in ineffective spending and federal fund utilization.”
Currently, federal funds, including one-time allocations to Puerto Rico, total $15.4 billion, representing 46.1% of the Certified Fiscal Year 2025 Commonwealth Budget.
In a letter dated April 28 to Orlando Rivera Berríos, executive director of the Office of Management and Budget, the oversight board said Puerto Rico’s reliance on non-recurring federal emergency and stimulus funds has significantly shaped its fiscal landscape in recent years. As those funds are phased out, it is imperative for the government to develop a comprehensive roadmap to transition Puerto Rico toward long-term fiscal responsibility, including financial sustainability, the board said.
Under current federal law, beginning in October 2027, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will become responsible for a significantly higher share of Medicaid expenses, leading to a projected reduction in federal Medicaid support starting in fiscal year (FY) 2028. As a result, unless federal law is changed, the commonwealth is projected to face a deficit of some $1.1 billion in FY 2029, the first full fiscal year to reflect the reduction, before any additional spending adjustments are made, the oversight board said.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has ordered LUMA Energy to submit a filing no later than May 8 detailing its proposed quick-start Demand Response (DR) programs for the coming summer months, when a high percentage of outages are expected.
During an April 24 technical conference, LUMA stated that it is expecting more than 90 generation shortfall load shed events from May 1 to Oct. 31, lasting an average of 5.5 hours each. Factors such as a hurricane, a hotter than usual summer, heat wave, or generation unit failure could cause additional load shed events, noted the private operator of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system.
Given the emergency, LUMA stated it is exploring several quick-start or expanded DR programs, including rapid expansion of the Customer Battery Energy Sharing Program Expansion (CBES) program for this summer, the use of backup generation for load reduction, and the potential for cogeneration (combined heat and per) demand response, according to a motion dated April 30. It also said it may pay large businesses to reduce their grid demand, in a program it calls Backup Generation Demand Response.
The PREB said LUMA should include in the submission its proposal for the CBES and Emergency Load Reduction
Program and should address the topics brought up by stakeholders, the PREB, and its consultants during the technical conference. Additionally, LUMA should clearly state what actions it is requesting from the PREB.
LUMA presented its proposal to rapidly expand the CBES program for summer 2025 by auto-enrolling customers in the program. But the PREB said LUMA should provide in its
During an April 24 technical conference, LUMA stated that it is expecting more than 90 generation shortfall load shed events from May 1 to Oct. 31, lasting an average of 5.5 hours each.
filing an estimate of the total installed battery capacity and an estimate of the total firm capacity expected for summer 2025, including any associated “derating” assumptions LUMA used, such as percentage of battery customers eligible for participation, percentage of battery capacity they are enrolling in the program and expected participation rates in events.
In a recent technical hearing LUMA discussed its Backup Generation Demand Response program, which would pay large industrial and commercial customers to temporarily reduce their grid demand by shifting their load to backup generators in the case of an emergency grid event.
LUMA stated it is working to address air quality permitting barriers and is fine tuning other administrative procedures to launch by June 1. The PREB noted that the Regulation for Demand Response does not allow for the use of combustion fossil fuel generators except for in case of emergency. Therefore, the regulator said, LUMA should clearly explain in its filing its strategy for dispatching back-up generators in compliance with this regulation.
LUMA stated it is budgeting $8.2 million for the backup generation program. The PREB said LUMA in its proposal should provide further support for that budget (including LUMA’s expectation for the participant compensation structure), the timing of how it proposes to collect the funds given the uncertainty around the program’s feasibility, and greater detail around the timing of program launch.
By DAVID E. SANGER
President Donald Trump took office 101 days ago after a campaign in which voters bought his argument that he could skillfully manage the economy and that his policy prescriptions could both bolster growth and eradicate inflation.
So the news on Wednesday that the nation’s gross domestic product had contracted in the first three months of the year was a sharp political jolt as well as a blinking economic warning.
It came at the end of a quarter in which stock prices were down sharply, Wall Street’s worst performance at the start of a new presidential term since Gerald Ford tried to steer the country out of scandal and inflation 51 years ago. And it only added to the widespread uncertainty among businesses and consumers about what the rest of the year might hold as Trump pursues a trade war that is already choking off supply chains and threatening to push prices up and lead to shortages of critical components and products on shelves.
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It is too soon to predict where the American economy is headed for the rest of the year, and Trump remains insistent that he will produce a flurry of trade deals that will bring manufacturing back to the United States and usher in a new age of prosperity.
But the first-quarter figures brought the political risks for him into focus. For Trump, what is at stake is a question of fundamental competence on an issue that he has always used to define himself.
If the report proves to be a harbinger of an extended slowdown or recession, the situation could become the economic analog of President Joe Biden’s fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan four years ago this summer. Biden’s job approval ratings never recovered from that early debacle. Nothing he did later — not the millions of jobs created, not the big legislative victories, not the rapid response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — could restore the sense among voters that he could be trusted to carry out the job with the skill they assumed he brought to it.
Trump stood in the Rose Garden on April 2, what he called “liberation day,” and rolled out a broad and punitive set of tariffs on trading partners. He has promised that other countries will come begging for a deal to roll back those levies and other tariffs he has imposed.
A substantial number of Americans appear skeptical. In a New York Times/Siena College poll last week, 55% disapproved of Trump’s handling of the economy, with 43% approving. About half of voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of trade.
Some of Trump’s economic advisers now recognize that the timing and execution of his tariff announcements could prove to be colossal mistakes, even if they applaud the underlying strategy. That is why, every few days, they are announcing new exceptions, most recently to relieve the pain for American carmakers.
“On April 2, standing in arguably the most powerful place in the world, President Trump thought he was projecting American strength,” said Matthew P. Goodman, who runs the geoeconomics center at the Council on Foreign Relations and
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served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. “But he discovered that trade is complicated, that you need to be more surgical, and he has had to tack back from that ever since.”
Trump, a billionaire real estate investor, has acknowledged that his strategy will bring some temporary pain to Americans, but seemed to argue on Wednesday that it would hardly be noticed by ordinary Americans, at least at toy stores.
“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?” he said. “And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.”
Whatever the cost of a Barbie, Trump is facing a fundamental timing problem. It will take years for the huge investments he predicts will flow into the United States to unfold and bring about the industrial renaissance he has promised. Building the most cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication plant, for example, can easily take five years.
But the economic pain of the tariffs could start within months, with upward pressure on prices and shortages of both industrial and consumer products made abroad.
Much of Trump’s political problem lies in that disconnect. For many of the products Americans will be paying more for — especially Chinese-made products — there is no American alternative. And for many more, producing them in the United States may make no sense.
Trump may score some early wins. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that “we are very close on India.” He added that South Korea was “sending its A-team” to negotiate and that a deal was also possible soon with Japan. Trump said Wednesday that Canada’s
new prime minister, Mark Carney, had called him the day before and said, “‘Let’s make a deal.’”
Perhaps so, but Carney also had this to say Tuesday after winning the Canadian election: “Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for a country for decades, is over.”
Carney has vowed to reduce Canada’s dependence on its huge neighbor, no easy assignment since bilateral trade amounts to about a fifth of the country’s economy. China, the most powerful player in Trump’s trade wars, has been pursuing a similar strategy. And its leader, Xi Jinping, has every incentive to make the next few months as politically painful for Trump as possible. Xi has largely maintained radio silence since Trump announced an escalating set of tariffs on Chinese goods, settling at 145% after several angry moves and countermoves with Beijing. That rate is so high that it essentially freezes trade; already there are reports of freighters loaded with goods that are being turned around, so that importers do not have to pay those tariffs.
Trump’s bet is that Xi will blink first because the pain for the Chinese economy will be so great that he will have to strike an accommodation that will, over time, allow the United States to get back to something approaching normal. Xi is betting the opposite: that Trump has overreached, and can’t withstand bad GDP numbers, rising inflation or plummeting polls.
Only one of them is right.
By ANA LEY
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University, was freed from federal custody earlier this week, more than two weeks after immigration officials detained him and sought to rescind his green card as part of a widening crackdown against student protesters.
In releasing Mahdawi on bail, Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford of U.S. District Court in Vermont drew parallels between the current political climate and McCarthyism.
“This is not the first time that the nation has seen chilling action by the government intended to shut down debate,” Crawford said.
The release of Mahdawi, a permanent legal resident, is a defeat for the Trump administration, though it does not mean the end of the federal government’s action against him. His immigration case will continue, but he will be able to fight it from outside a detention facility.
Mahdawi struck a defiant tone after his release.
“I am saying it clear and loud, to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you,” he said.
The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has argued that protesters like Mahdawi have spread antisemitism, while demonstrators say criticism of Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip is not antisemitic.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, denounced Crawford’s decision in a post on social media.
“When you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the killing of Americans and harass Jews, that privilege should be revoked and you should not be in this country,” McLaughlin said, without offering any evidence to support her accusations.
Mahdawi, 34, had been in custody since April 14, when immigration officials detained him at an appointment in Vermont, where he is a resident, that he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen.
In granting the release of Mahdawi, Crawford cited his extensive ties to his community and said he did not pose a danger
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Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, addresses demonstrators at the campus in New York, Nov. 14, 2023. Mahdawi was freed from federal custody on April 30, 2025, after a federal judge ruled that he did not pose a danger to the public and that he was not a flight risk. (Bing Guan/The New York Times)
to the public. He noted that the court had received more than 90 submissions from community members, academic experts and professors who know Mahdawi, “many of them Jewish,” attesting to his character and consistently describing him as “peaceful.”
The judge also spoke of the “extraordinary circumstances” of Mahdawi’s detention and the present moment in history.
Michael Drescher, the acting U.S. attorney in Vermont, who argued on behalf of the Trump administration, said that immigration officials had solid legal reason to detain Mahdawi as they considered his deportation case.
Drescher noted that Mahdawi is not a U.S. citizen and has access to resources that would enable him to leave the country. “His detention is not illegal,” Drescher said.
Crawford’s Burlington courtroom was packed Wednesday with supporters of Mahdawi, who remained hushed as the judge issued his order. A few began clapping as Mahdawi was allowed to collect his belongings and leave immediately.
Dressed in a plaid suit and wearing gold wire-rimmed glasses, Mahdawi draped a kaffiyeh around his shoulders. As he walked out of the courthouse to a jubilant reception, he raised his hands in the peace sign.
“They arrested me. What’s the reason? Because I raised my voice, and I said no to war, yes to peace,” Mahdawi said. “Because I said, ‘Enough is enough. Killing more than 50,000 Palestinians is more than enough.’”
A green card holder for the past 10 years, Mahdawi was not accused of a crime. Rather, Rubio wrote in a memo justifying his arrest that his activism “could undermine the Middle East peace process by reinforcing antisemitic sentiment.”
Rubio has said that immigration authorities have the right to eject even legal residents from the country for protest activities that the government says harm America’s foreign policy interests.
Mahdawi’s lawyers had requested a temporary restraining order to prevent federal officials from transferring him to a more conservative jurisdiction. That tactic was used in the detention and attempted deportation of at least four other college demonstrators, including Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident
and Columbia graduate who has been in a Louisiana detention facility since last month.
Another federal judge in Vermont, William K. Sessions III, swiftly granted that request, ordering that Mahdawi, who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, not be removed from the United States or transferred out of Vermont until he ordered otherwise.
Crawford then extended the decision to keep Mahdawi in the state until Wednesday’s ruling.
Shortly after Mahdawi’s release, his lawyers said that he would be allowed to finish his academic program at Columbia.
“Today’s victory cannot be overstated. It is a victory for Mohsen, who gets to walk free today out of this court,” said one of the lawyers, Shezza Abboushi Dallal. “And it is also a victory for everyone else in this country invested in the very ability to dissent, who want to be able to speak out for the causes that they feel a moral imperative to lend their voices to and want to do that without fear that they will be abducted by masked men.”
The Trump administration had sought to deport Mahdawi using the same legal provision that it used to detain Khalil in Manhattan before transferring him to Louisiana.
The government has contended that his presence is a threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States. Federal officials have argued that pro-Palestinian demonstrators have enabled the spread of antisemitism, but they have not provided evidence of that.
Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said the administration regards studying in the United States as “a great privilege, not a right,” and that any noncitizen who harms national security or commits a crime “should be promptly deported.”
In April, an immigration judge in Louisiana found that federal officials could deport Khalil, and the Department of Homeland Security later denied him permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital.
In recent weeks, Mahdawi had been in hiding, worried about being arrested by immigration police after Khalil was detained at campus housing at Columbia. He asked the university for help but did not receive it. An extreme pro-Israel group, Betar, had warned on social media that he was next to be detained.
But he was determined to appear for an interview he had been told was related to his naturalization, even though he feared it was a trap. He alerted Vermont’s senators and representative in case things went wrong, and before the appointment, he studied the Constitution, preparing for a naturalization test.
Instead, immigration officers, some with their faces covered, placed Mahdawi in handcuffs and arrested him, according to a statement released by Vermont’s congressional delegation, Sen. Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint, both Democrats, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent.
On Wednesday, the lawmakers expressed relief that Mahdawi had been freed from detention and said that his constitutional right to due process had prevailed. They said that he had done nothing wrong and had been unfairly targeted by the federal government.
“The Trump administration’s actions in this case — and in so many other cases of wrongfully detained, deported, and disappeared people — are shameful and immoral,” they said in a statement.
By RIVER AKIRA DAVIS, SELAM GEBREKIDAN and GRACE MOON
Jeju Air Flight 2216 did not have to end in such a catastrophe. Early Dec. 29, a clear Sunday morning, the Boeing 737-800 made an emergency landing on its belly at South Korea’s Muan International Airport. The aircraft skidded past the end of the runway, smashed into a concrete structure and burst into flames. Of the 181 passengers and crew members aboard, 179 were killed.
Runway excursions — when an aircraft overruns or veers off the runway during landing or takeoff — have for years been among the most common type of aviation accident. But in the vast majority of cases, the planes come safely to a stop, saved in part by zones around runways that are supposed to contain only structures that are frangible, meaning designed to break easily upon impact.
The New York Times analyzed information on more than 500 runway excursions and found that 41 resulted in deaths. In 2010, 158 people died when a flight in India overran the runway and fell into a gorge. But no other runway excursion has come close to the death toll at Muan airport, according to the data, which was compiled by the nonprofit Flight Safety Foundation.
Accidents in which planes hit breakable structures at the end of runways have tended not to be deadly.
The story behind why a steel-reinforced concrete structure stood so close to a runway illustrates a long-standing vulnerability in global air transport. A United Nations aviation safety agency issues recommendations to keep the area near airport runways clear of obstacles. But it is up to national regulators and private companies that manage airports to interpret, implement and oversee compliance of those standards.
Inquiries by the Times to airport regulators in more than two dozen countries revealed inconsistencies in how they interpret the standards issued by the U.N. agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Since the Jeju Air crash, international aviation groups have urged airport operators to examine the areas surrounding runways, and a number of countries have conducted inspections.
In South Korea, authorities found safety violations at seven of the country’s 14 airports, with structures that could damage planes that overshoot or veer off a runway.
Safety analysts say such accidents don’t have to result in disaster.
“Runway overruns do happen, and happen often,” said Hassan Shahidi, the president of the Flight Safety Foundation, based in Alexandria, Virginia. “That’s why the safety of the area around the runway is so crucial, and why the presence of concrete barriers in these areas must be carefully investigated.”
On Wednesday, the South Korean government said it would replace concrete and other hard structures housing navigation equipment with “easy-to-break lightweight steel,” completing the work at Muan airport by the end of August and at other airports by the end of the year.
More than four months after the crash, authorities con-
tinue to investigate what caused the Jeju Air flight’s emergency landing. Preliminary findings suggest that a bird strike as the plane approached the airport caused the pilots to lose control. It remains unclear why the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, or why its wing flaps didn’t appear to engage — limiting the pilots’ ability to slow the plane down.
But experts interviewed by the Times widely agreed that the concrete structure near the end of the runway played a catastrophic role in the accident’s deadly outcome.
The International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, recommends that airports have “runway end safety areas.” In those zones, all structures, such as the one at issue in the South Korean crash, should be designed to break easily upon impact.
At Muan, a relatively small airport in the southwest part of the country, the structure was a mount for an antenna array that provides radio guidance to aircraft coming in for a landing. These arrays, known as localizers, are commonly installed near airport runways.
In 2020, renovation work on Muan’s localizer mount was authorized by the Korea Airports Corporation, a state-owned entity that oversees the country’s airports, and was completed in early 2024. The work included adding a thick concrete slab running along the mount, atop an earthen berm. The berm covered concrete pillars supporting the antenna.
Air safety regulators outside South Korea said the localizer might have been placed atop the berm to ensure a strong signal. The concrete base may have been designed to protect the localizer from harsh weather, such as snow or typhoons. But several of them said they were shocked that local authorities would have approved the construction of such a structure.
In January, the former president of the airports corporation, who was in office during the renovations at Muan International Airport, died in what the local police called an apparent suicide.
Local experts said in interviews that the country’s regulations, based on ICAO standards on runway safety areas, were
The remains of the concrete structure that Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed into at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Dec. 30, 2024. After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help minimize fatalities are inconsistently followed. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
highly ambiguous.
In South Korea, a law known as the Airport Facilities Act provides the framework for airport safety standards. It was drawn in part from recommendations by the ICAO but lacks specificity on issues like how to build barriers near runways that break upon impact, said Hyoseok Chang, an assistant professor at Hanseo University’s department of air transportation and logistics.
“It is difficult to find specific details on the required strength levels or exact structural specifications” for localizer mounts, Chang said. “There is no regulation in Korea explicitly stating that concrete cannot be used,” he added.
In the immediate aftermath of the Jeju Air crash, South Korean officials stated that the antenna mount at Muan airport, about 866 feet from the runway’s end, complied with safety regulations. But in the days that followed, they acknowledged that they needed to review the barrier’s placement and design.
The Korea Airports Corporation announced in early April that it had officially commenced improvement work at the seven airports where navigation aids were not installed according to safety standards, with plans to give the improvements at Muan first priority.
Disastrous runway overrun accidents like the one at Muan airport have, in the past, spurred regulatory changes.
In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration strengthened safety standards for areas surrounding runways after an American Airlines plane landing in Arkansas in 1999 ran into a stanchion just off the runway that tore through the plane, killing 11 people.
For most large airports in the United States, the FAA recommends that any structures within 1,000 feet of the runway’s end be frangible. The United Nations’ ICAO recommends a minimum safety area of either 295 or 787 feet based on factors including the length of the runway.
Since the Jeju Air disaster, some countries have investigated the safety of localizer structures at airports. Japanese officials confirmed that localizer structures near runways were sufficiently frangible. In Taiwan, the airport regulator said it would soon implement similar checks across its airports.
Other groups are waiting to see the results from an ongoing investigation into the Jeju Air crash.
Regulators including the Civil Aviation Authority in Britain said they would closely examine the crash investigation for any lessons they should follow at their airports. The ICAO said in a statement that while carrying out its standards was solely up to sovereign authorities, the results of investigations like the one in South Korea informed ongoing reviews of its technical standards.
In South Korea, government officials have said they would spend about $178 million over the next three years fixing issues including the problematic localizer structures at the country’s airports. The authorities said Wednesday that all airports would now be required to meet the ICAO standards for a safety area extending at least 787 feet. Airports with limited space must install materials called Engineered Material Arresting Systems, which can slow or stop planes that careen off the runway, they said.
The 2-year note yield on Thursday was about 3.57%, down about 5 basis points on the day and about threequarters of a percentage point below the daily effective federal funds rate of 4.33%. The Fed’s policy rate is set in a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, where it has been since December after it cut rates by a percentage point late last year.
Fed officials have been in a wait-and-see posture since as they assess the effects of President Donald Trump’s new policies, particularly on how the sweeping tariffs on imported goods he has imposed will affect inflation, demand and the job market.
The spread between the Fed’s rate and 2-year yields, a bond market proxy for expectations for where monetary policy is headed, has widened persistently over the last two months. That has come as fixed-income investors in both Treasuries and interest-rate futures have pivoted to bets the Fed will cut rates by a full percentage point this year - double the most recent median estimate among Fed policymakers themselves - as the economy weakens in the face of Trump’s tariffs onslaught.
Indeed, the Commerce Department on Wednesday reported that the economy contracted unexpectedly in the first three months of the year because of a historic rush of imports to beat the tariffs, and many private economists now see a heightened risk of outright recession later this year.
Bessent, who as Treasury secretary typically meets weekly with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said there had been a notable drop in yields on 10-year Treasury notes, and that is where he and the Trump administration are devoting more of their attention because that more directly influences borrowing costs for households and businesses.
That rate, influential to high-profile borrowing costs such as residential mortgages, has dropped by about half a percentage point since the Friday before Trump’s inauguration in January, although bond markets have been particularly volatile over the last month due to the president’s erratic implementation of tariffs.
The rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages was about 6.81% on average last week after climbing abruptly by about 20 basis points in mid-April on the heels of the bond
market ructions.
Estimated earnings growth for S&P 500 companies for the first quarter of the year has jumped in the latest week, while the forecast for second-quarter earnings fell further, according to LSEG Thursday.
Thanks in part to upbeat results from big tech-related names including Microsoft, yearover-year S&P 500 earnings growth for the first quarter of 2025 is now seen at 12.9%, up from 8.9% a week ago.
The latest forecast is based on results from 325 of the S&P 500 companies and estimates for the rest.
However, uncertainty surrounding the impacts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the resulting global trade tensions have dominated earnings calls this results season, and many companies across the globe have pulled or lowered their guidance.
The forcecast for second-quarter S&P 500 earnings growth has been falling sharply, and analysts now see growth of 6.9% for the quarter, down from 10.2% estimated on April 1, according to LSEG.
An attack shows it is also a cradle of
A local navigates the debris of a house demolished by Indian authorities over its owners’ purported connections to the recent terrorist attack, in Murran village, Pulwama district, Kashmir on April 29, 2025. A terrorist massacre has magnified the alienation long felt by Kashmiris living under tight watch with limited democratic rights, even as Indian authorities tout the region’s success as a picturesque tourist destination. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
By ANUPREETA DAS and SHOWKAT NANDA
Kashmir is many things. It is a disputed borderland that India and Pakistan have fought over for more than threequarters of a century, making it one of the world’s most strife-torn and militarized zones. It is a Bollywood cinematographer’s alpine dream, its fabled beauty and trauma providing grist for tales of love, longing and war.
Since 2019, when the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tightened its grip on the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, promising security and economic development, it has become a tourist hot spot drawing millions of visitors a year. In the government’s narrative of progress, Kashmir is a shining success.
The region’s people have their own story to tell. It is one of festering alienation — magnified by last week’s horrific terrorist attack in Kashmir — after years of living under the watchful eyes of security forces while being deprived of many democratic rights.
Indian troops have launched an aggressive, widespread hunt for the killers that feels like collective punishment to many in the Muslim-majority region. Authorities have detained thousands of Kashmiris for
questioning and demolished the homes of at least 10 people accused in the attack.
“We are treated as suspects,” said Sheikh Aamir, a lawyer in northern Kashmir. “Whenever something happens, they punish us all.”
India has said the terrorist attack, which killed 26 innocent people near the town of Pahalgam, has “cross-border linkages,” implying the involvement of its neighbor Pakistan. Officials in Pakistan, who deny any role in the attack, said Wednesday that they had detected signs that India was preparing to take retaliatory military action.
India has not commented on its military planning, but Modi has condemned the attackers and promised to “raze” terrorist safe havens. Airstrikes by India along the border, or even an incursion into Pakistani territory, is possible, analysts said.
These developments have spread fear among Kashmiris, many of whom had already felt isolated from the rest of India as right-wing Hindus have vilified them and painted them as aggressors.
Since the terrorist attack — in which all but one of those killed were Hindu tourists — Hindu nationalists, including officials in Modi’s party, have used the assault to expand their demonization of Muslims. That has included attacking or harassing Kashmiri students studying in other parts of the
country. Many said they had huddled in their rooms in panic.
“The attack on Kashmir has quickly become a mass Islamophobia,” said Rohan Gunaratna, an expert on international terrorism.
Before the massacre, Kashmir had been in a period of relative calm since the Indian government brought the region under its direct control, removing the semiautonomy guaranteed to Kashmir in the Indian Constitution and moving in thousands of troops.
But as the Indian government claimed it had brought normalcy to the region, some Kashmiris expressed anger at what they called false propaganda.
Normalcy in Kashmir has always been “superficial and deceptive,” said Sumantra Bose, a political scientist and author who has studied Kashmir. He described life in the region as a “real-life hybrid of Orwellian and Kafkaesque.”
Primarily driven by local grievances, an insurgency in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir began in the 1980s, with Pakistan eventually supporting and harboring some groups, experts say. Attacks by militant groups often targeted Hindus, forcing an exodus of the minority community from Kashmir.
The idea pushed by insurgent outfits that Kashmir should be an independent state or join with Pakistan has faded as Kashmiris have largely given up the idea of separatism.
Militancy has been “replaced by a deep alienation of the Kashmiri polity,” said Siddiq Wahid, a professor of humanities and social sciences at Shiv Nadar University, near Delhi.
The disaffection, coupled with brutish armed forces who show little mercy for innocent Kashmiris in their search for violent ones, could make it easier for new militant groups to emerge, analysts said. It could also impel disgruntled Kashmiris to look away from militant activities, the analysts said.
“Villagers just have to turn their heads away and not report at all,” said Gunaratna. “So they close their eyes.”
An outcry that followed Indian troops’ killing of the young leader of a banned Islamist outfit in 2016 of-
fered clues that there could be “passive support” for militancy, Gunaratna said.
But the Indian government became complacent because “they bought into their own hubris,” he said. Less than three weeks before the attack near Pahalgam, Amit Shah, India’s minister for home affairs, said the Modi government had “crippled” the “entire terror ecosystem nurtured by elements against our country” in Kashmir.
The attack was a monumental security lapse for a government that had heavily promoted Kashmir as a dream destination for tourists, thinking that “militants would not attack tourists because they are so integral to the local economy,” Gunaratna said.
About 10 million people live on the Indian side of Kashmir, roughly 90% of whom are Muslim, according to India’s 2011 census. It is the country’s only Muslim-majority region.
India and Pakistan lay claim to all of Kashmir, but each controls only part of it. They have fought multiple wars over the land.
Kashmir has become a popular tourist destination for Indians because of its famous lakes and boat rides, and also because it has been such a core part of India’s political identity for so long.
But in outsiders’ portrayals and photographs of Kashmir, the local people have been pushed nearly out of the frame, said Ashiq Husain, a resident of Pahalgam. “People have been used as mere backdrops,” he added.
After last week’s terrorist attack, the real Kashmiris came into view, said Aamir. With security forces absent, they were the first to come to the aid of the injured, and people across the Kashmir Valley have expressed solidarity with the victims and their families.
“There’s mourning in every home,” he said, “and yet we are still seen as enemies.”
By KIM BARKER
The minerals deal signed by the United States and Ukraine on Wednesday could bring untold money into a joint investment fund between the two countries that would help rebuild Ukraine whenever the war with Russia ends.
But Ukraine’s untapped resources that are the subject of the deal will take years to extract and yield profits. And those could fail to deliver the kind of wealth that President Donald Trump has long said they would.
It is not yet clear how the nine-page deal, the text of which Ukraine’s government made public Thursday, will work in practice. Many specifics need to be worked out, but the deal will set up an investment fund, jointly managed by Kyiv and Washington. Although the Trump administration had wanted Ukraine to use its mineral wealth to repay past U.S. military assistance, the final text removes the idea of treating that aid as debt.
The deal also seemed to specifically keep the door open for Ukraine to eventually join the European Union, a move that neither the United States nor Russia has opposed.
There was no mention of a security guarantee — which Ukraine had long sought to prevent Russia from regrouping after any ceasefire. But the deal does mean that the United States could send more military aid to Ukraine if a peace deal is not reached.
The much-anticipated signing of the agreement has almost certainly accomplished one thing that seemed almost impossible two months ago: It has tied Trump to Ukraine’s future.
“This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in announcing the agreement Wednesday.
Analysts agreed Thursday that the deal could guarantee Trump’s interest in Ukraine now that he is publicly invested.
The fund would be established by both governments and managed by a limited-liability company formed in Delaware and run by three Ukrainians and three Americans, Skorokhod said. Profits would go to rebuild Ukraine after the war for the first 10 years; after that, it’s not clear what would happen with the profits.
The final terms will be detailed in future agreements.
The signing of the deal on Trump’s 100th day in office was the latest twist in his evershifting approach to the war, which Russia started with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Trump has falsely blamed Ukraine for instigating the war and seemed to find more of a kinship with President Vladimir Putin of Russia than with anyone in Kyiv. He has repeatedly questioned why the United States became Ukraine’s biggest ally under former President Joe Biden. And he has made no secret of his irritation with Zelenskyy’s requests for more military assistance.
“He’s a businessman — he always does the math,” said Volodymyr Fesenko, a leading political analyst in Kyiv. “His business mindset shapes his approach to politics. So his motivation in the agreement could help maintain U.S. interest in Ukraine. How this will work out in practice, only time will tell.”
Ukraine’s parliament still has to ratify the agreement, which will probably happen in the next 10 days, officials said Thursday.
In the end, it appears that Ukraine managed to get some of what it wanted, but not everything. The notable omission was the absence of a security guarantee.
“The agreement has changed significantly,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social-media post Thursday evening. He added: “Now it is a truly equal agreement that creates an opportunity for investments in Ukraine.”
The investment fund will be financed with revenues from new projects in critical minerals, oil and gas — and not from projects that are already operating. In theory, it would be a 5050 partnership in which Ukraine and the United States each puts the same amount into the fund and runs it equally.
Anna Skorokhod, a Ukrainian parliament member from an opposition political party, said she was briefed about the deal at a government meeting Thursday. Skorokhod said she was told the Americans would put money into the fund — and the equivalent dollar amount of what any future military aid to Ukraine would cost.
The Ukrainians will put money into the fund from mining licenses issued for investors and royalties from the mineral resources developed under the deal. Half of that money will go into the Ukrainian budget; half will go into the joint investment fund. Senior Ukrainian officials confirmed that understanding. Skorokhod said she was hesitant to support the deal because it lacked specifics. “It looks good, but we don’t know if it’s true or it’s a fairy tale for us to vote,” she said.
The nadir of the relationship between Ukraine and the United States came on Feb. 28, when Zelenskyy and Trump were initially expected to sign a profit-sharing minerals deal in the Oval Office. The meeting was a disaster: Trump and Vice President JD Vance publicly castigated Zelenskyy, who was abruptly asked to leave the White House. In the fallout, the Trump administration temporarily suspended military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Still, for Ukraine, the minerals deal offered an opportunity for some leverage, even as critics described it as extortion.
The Ukrainian government initially highlighted the country’s mineral holdings to the Trump administration, hoping to draw some investment and help solidify the relationship between the two countries.
Ukrainian officials say the country holds deposits of more than 20 critical minerals; one consulting firm valued them at several trillion dollars. But the minerals may not be easy to extract, and the Soviet-era maps identifying the locations of the critical deposits have never been modernized nor necessarily thoroughly vetted.
Ukrainian officials had desperately wanted the deal to include some kind of security guarantee from the United States. Without one, they feared, Russia could violate any ceasefire — which Moscow has done before.
Trump, though, has said that having a joint investment fund with the United States would be a security guarantee in its own right — that if U.S. companies and the U.S. government were invested in Ukraine’s future, that alone will deter Russia.
In many ways, despite all the back-and-forth, the deal signed Wednesday with little fanfare resembled the one that fell apart in February.
And it made it clear who would not stand to gain.
The agreement says the United States and Ukraine want to ensure that countries “that have acted adversely to Ukraine in the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine” once peace is reached — in other words, Russia.
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The United States has long been willing to befriend unsavory foreign governments, sometimes with good reason. In a dangerous world, democracies cannot afford to alienate every nondemocracy. But any alliance with an autocratic regime requires at least a careful weighing of trade-offs. How valuable is the relationship to American interests? And how odious is the regime’s behavior?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has personified this dilemma for much of his 22 years in power. Turkey, at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, is an important American partner, with the secondlargest military in NATO. Yet Turkey has been sliding toward autocracy over the past decade. Erdogan has changed its constitution to expand his power, brought the courts under his control, manipulated elections, purged professors, shut down media organizations and arrested journalists and protesters.
Last month, Erdogan took the assault on democracy to a new level. As dissatisfaction with his government grew, it detained his likely opponent in the next presidential election, Ekrem Imamoglu, the popular mayor of Istanbul, along with almost 100 of Imamoglu’s associates, on dubious charges. The arrests put Turkey on the path that Russia has traveled over the past two decades, in which a democratically elected leader uses the powers of his
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office to turn it into an autocracy. “This is more than the slow erosion of democracy,” Imamoglu wrote from Silivri Prison in these pages. “It is the deliberate dismantling of our republic’s institutional foundations.”
The response from the rest of the world has been weak. A short time after Imamoglu’s arrest, President Donald Trump said of Erdogan, “I happen to like him, and he likes me.” Many European leaders stayed quiet. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said only that the arrest was “deeply concerning.” There are no easy answers, given Turkey’s strategic importance and Erdogan’s grip on power. But the world’s democracies are getting the balance wrong. They can do more to support Turkey’s people and pressure Erdogan.
A crucial point is that Turkish voters seem to have tired of Erdogan. If elections were held today, Imamoglu would probably win, according to polls and political analysts. A self-described social democrat, Imamoglu, 54, is a member of the Republican People’s Party, which Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded in 1919 as a resistance group and which later became the first governing party of the modern Turkish republic. The party is committed to a secular government for Turkey.
For all their differences — Imamoglu is a secular progressive, while Erdogan, 71, is a religious conservative — Imamoglu has the potential to be a version of what Erdogan once seemed to be: a pragmatic and popular Turkish leader who could provide stability at home while helping restrain conflicts of the Middle East. In his early years in power, Erdogan gathered a broad political coalition, brought the army officer corps under civilian control, grew the economy, fostered a moderate Islamism, tried to resolve a long conflict with the Kurdish minority and normalized relations with Greece, a neighbor and longtime rival. His approach prompted President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama to cultivate relationships with him.
Over time, though, Erdogan became more extreme, more corrupt and more focused on consolidating power. He took power in 2003 as prime minister and, after being elected president in 2014, moved to change the constitution to transfer power to that office. Since then, he has often prioritized his authority over everything else. “The healthy paranoia and self-confidence of a successful politician metastasized into egomania and vindictiveness,” Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations has written. “He destroyed every institutional check and balance — such as they were — in the Turkish political system.” The arrest of Imamoglu is a sign that Erdogan aspires to be Turkey’s president indefinitely.
His next step toward that goal may be an attempt to avoid the term limits that would prevent him from running for reelection in 2028, when the next election is scheduled. He could do so by calling for earlier elections or changing the constitution again.
It is notable that Erdogan ordered his rival’s arrest only two months after Trump returned to the White House.
The United States has long been willing to befriend unsavory foreign governments, sometimes with good reason. In a dangerous world, democracies cannot afford to alienate every nondemocracy. (Illustration by Rebecca Chew/The New York Times)
Trump has shown disdain for democracy, both through his attempts to consolidate power at home and through his repeated praise for autocrats such as Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Trumpist view of the world is a version of might makes right, which emboldens like-minded leaders to use their own might to crush domestic opposition.
But Trump’s influence on Erdogan contains a silver lining: It is a sign that Erdogan can be affected by the attitudes of foreign governments. As with any country, Turkey needs to care about its relationships with the rest of the world. And other democracies, including the European nations, Canada, Japan and India, have reason to be unhappy with Erdogan’s recent moves. Even Trump has cause for concern. Turkey’s drift toward Islamist extremism suggests that it could become another country that supports terrorism and threatens Israel. The most obvious potential for instability is in Syria, Turkey’s southern neighbor, which is trying to emerge from Bashar Assad’s dictatorship. In Europe, political leaders who are anxious about Putin’s ambitions and the rise of authoritarianism in Hungary should be worried that Turkey will become another sign that democracy is in retreat. Europe does have levers to influence Erdogan: Germany is Turkey’s largest trading partner, and several other Western European nations are not far behind.
By speaking up, these countries can make Erdogan’s life less comfortable. They can make clear that Turkey is risking cooperation on a wide range of issues that matter to it, such as trade, migration and military supplies. The rest of the world may not be able to prevent Turkey’s slide toward authoritarianism and extremism. But it should certainly try.
After Imamoglu’s arrest, hundreds of thousands of Turks filled streets with the largest protests in years. Doing so required courage. Authorities responded by arresting hundreds of protesters, many of whom are facing sham trials. Their bravery deserves more than global silence.
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SAN SEBASTIÁN – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aidyn
González Colón visitó el jueves el municipio de San Sebastián para continuar los esfuerzos de desarrollo económico y de infraestructura, y sostuvo una reunión con el alcalde Eladio “Layito” Cardona Quiles para atender directamente los reclamos de los ciudadanos.
“Estoy en la calle junto a los jefes de agencias para llevar soluciones a los asuntos que nos presentan los alcaldes a favor del pueblo. Estas reuniones son seguimiento de muchas llamadas previas que he tenido con los ejecutivos municipales. Hoy estamos aquí resolviendo y atendiendo sus pedidos”, expresó González Colón.
La secretaria de la Vivienda, Ciary Pérez, detalló que
la agencia trabaja con los reclamos de 30 familias de la Comunidad Chinto Rodón, quienes buscan obtener la titularidad de sus viviendas. “Tenemos esos trabajos bastante adelantados para darle continuidad a los reclamos de estas familias”, indicó Pérez.
“Este tipo de problemática se ha arrastrado por décadas en Puerto Rico. Nuestra administración la ha asumido como prioridad y ya hemos entregado sobre 500 títulos de propiedad”, destacó la gobernadora.
El alcalde Cardona Quiles agradeció la visita de la gobernadora y resaltó la importancia del trabajo conjunto. “Ya la gobernadora puso las cosas a correr. Lo que queremos es desarrollo económico para la creación de empleos, que los permisos fluyan, que se aprueben y que el proceso se mueva rápido”, expresó.
Durante la visita también se discutieron proyectos de reparación de carreteras, mejoras a las escuelas, la remodelación del cuartel del municipio y se abordó el tema de los permisos. En la reunión participaron el secretario de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Edwin González; el director ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Edificios Públicos, Félix Lassalle; la comisionada asociada de la Policía, Diana Crispín; y el secretario auxiliar de la Oficina de Gerencia de Permisos, Norberto Almodóvar.
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– El municipio de Camuy distribuyó sobre $60 mil en incentivos económicos y equipo entre policías municipales, amas de llaves y trabajadores del área de Obras Públicas. Además, aquellos empleados que cumplieron o cumplen años entre los meses de marzo y mayo, recibieron $100.00.
“La entrega de esta compensación especial es un reconocimiento al trabajo de nuestros empleados quienes son el motor que mueve la operación municipal y garantizan un mejor servicio a los camuyanos. En el caso de las amas de llaves, un recurso humano muy importante para la administración ya que ofrecen un servicio esencial a las personas de las tercera edad, recibieron uniformes luego de una inversión de sobre $16 mil. Otros empleados recibieron una bonificación o el pago de horas extras”, destacó el alcalde, Gabriel Hernández Rodríguez.
“Nuestros policías son ejemplo de compromiso con la ciudadanía y merecen que le hagamos justicia salarial”, añadió el ejecutivo municipal. Asimismo, se distribuyó un estímulo económico que totalizó $11 mil entre empleados que cumplieron años en los pasados tres meses y sobre $6 mil en una compensación a empleados de Obras Públicas que apoyaron los trabajos en la más reciente campaña de limpieza realizada en el municipio de Villalba.
“Estas acciones representan el respeto y el valor que tenemos por el trabajo que realizan los empleados en nuestro municipio. Nuestra meta es que Camuy esté más limpio, más seguro y organizado, y que los camuyanos estén bien atendidos. Además, de que los servidores públicos sientan que sus esfuerzos para que esto ocurra son compensados”, concluyó Hernández Rodríguez.
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En el área de seguridad, los policías municipales recibieron el pago por las horas extras trabajadas y el exceso acumulado de días por enfermedad lo que sumó poco más de $27 mil.
Thunderbolts were first introduced on the page in 1997. The group has been re-suited up here to be testy, quarrelsome and finally likable antiheroes, redeemable rogues with hard-luck stories and blood-slicked hands.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
For “Thunderbolts*,” Marvel has thrown so much stuff into its new branding event — an enigmatic asterisk, a guinea pig, a comic villain, a depressed superhero, nepo babies, veterans of David Simon’s “The Wire” — that some of it was bound to stick. The results are fitfully amusing, sometimes touching and resolutely formulaic. The story zigs and zags between firing guns and dropping bodies, and its tone zips all over the place. What holds it more or less together is a cast that includes Florence Pugh getting her Tom Cruise on, David Harbour playing a boisterous Russian clown and Sebastian Stan winking at Donald Trump. Stan, whose last splashy turn was as the young Trump in the biopic “The Apprentice,” is back as Bucky Barnes, who you may know as the Winter Soldier. This movie’s resident cool dude, Bucky is a soulful warrior with a prosthetic metal arm who looks good on a motorcycle and is mostly here to provide franchise continuity. Now in Congress, Bucky is working with Wendell Pierce’s Congressman Gary, to bring down the head of the CIA, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Drefyus, another Marvel returnee). She’s been overseeing a secret program out of a mountain lair worthy of a Bond villain, so, yep, she’s bad news. If you’re not a comic-book devotee and have never heard of the Thunderbolts before
they were exhumed for screen service, you aren’t alone. First introduced on the page in 1997, the group has been re-suited up here to be testy, quarrelsome and finally likable antiheroes, redeemable rogues with hard-luck stories and blood-slicked hands. (The body count is high; the gore sanitized.) The most reliably entertaining are the dryly sardonic Yelena Belova (Pugh) and the excitable, histrionic Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (a showily outsized Harbour). The sister and father of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, they are Soviettrained toughs so powerful they upstaged that superhero in her titular 2021 flick.
There’s always a lot going on in Marvel movies, and the filmmakers here — the screenwriters are Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo, the director is Jack Schreier — pile on twisty plot turns, blowouts, intimate chats and yet more characters. Chris Bauer, a familiar face from “The Wire,” plays a security type, Holt, while Lewis Pullman plays a mysterious newbie, Bob, an addition who isn’t interesting enough for all the screen time he’s given. (His father is actor Bill Pullman.) Other returning faces include Wyatt Russell (his folks are Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell), who has some notably bleak moments as John Walker. Like Hannah John-Kamen’s Ava Starr/Ghost and the rest, he mostly plays backup for Pugh.
This is Pugh’s movie from the start, and that’s a good thing. She’s a vibrantly alive pre -
sence, which is useful given that death is so pervasive in Marvel movieland, where heroes, villains and a seemingly infinite number of nameless civilians die — though some irrepressibly, near-miraculously rise again — amid the high jinks and wisecracks. Here, death enters early with Yelena having what seems like a tobe-or-not crisis atop a skyscraper. Speaking in weary, Russian-accented English, her face slightly pinched and the corners of her lips turned down, Yelena is in rough shape. “There’s something wrong with me, an emptiness,” she says as she steps off the ledge and plunges into the void, adding: “Or maybe I’m just bored.”
Pugh’s deadpan delivery is disarming, as is the revelation that she did the stunt herself, which involved stepping off the top of the second-tallest building in the world before her character deploys a parachute. There’s no way to tell it’s Pugh from the way the filmmakers handle the scene because, after Yelena steps off, there’s a cut to a long shot of a tiny figure falling next to the tower. I assumed the whole thing was done with CGI and a stunt double. When Tom Cruise scrambled atop the world’s tallest building in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” (2011), you knew it was him from the attentive way the scene was staged and shot, which created a visceral sense of peril and further burnished his stardom. If actors risk their lives in a movie as Pugh did, viewers should know it; I only do because of a behindthe-scenes video.
The other action sequences are hit or miss, and tend to run on too long with the usual mix of objects — bodies, bullets, rolling vehicles, chunks of concrete — frenetically ping-ponging inside the frame. Schreier does far better when he closes in on the actors, who are generally nice and loose with one another, and on occasion even find room to settle into an agreeable, persuasive groove. That suits the group’s point and purpose, which is to join heroic forces. Its truer mission, though, is to help fill the void left by the mass death of the superheroes in “Avengers: Infinity War” and by Robert Downey Jr. (who played Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), who have hung up their avenging uniforms.
If the Thunderbolts never cohere as a unit, it’s in part because they’re neither as iconic as the Avengers nor as charmingly offbeat as the Guardians of the Galaxy at their best. The larger problem is that the movie doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be, so it tries to be too many clashing things. By the end,
the Thunderbolts might not look as baffled as they do in some of the movie’s posters, but a question mark — do they have the box-office muscle and appeal? — hangs over them along with that cutesy asterisk. The only sure thing is that Pugh deepens the material, investing Yelena with real feeling and a lightly detached ironic sensibility that’s reminiscent of Downey’s Stark. Pugh is the best thing to happen to Marvel in a while. I just hope that she doesn’t stay in its world too long; she already knows how to soar.
‘Thunderbolts*’
Rated PG-13 for comic-book movie violence. Running time: 2 hours 6 minutes. In theaters.
Celebrando en este año 2025 mis más de 30 años de servicio en las bienes raíces. Agradezco y comparto este logro con mis amigos, clientes, colaboradores, y con mi familia, que siempre me han apoyado y confiado en mí... ¡Bendiciones! VENTA DE PROPIEDADES
GUAYNABO-INCOME PROPERTY
URB TORRIMAR Tres viviendas: Principal 4H, 3B, Marquesina para 4 autos, con dos apartamentos Independientes 1H, 1B, S, C, C, c/u. Cerca de Colegios, Supermercados y avenidas principales. De $690K Rebajado $585K
CAGUAS- HACIENDA SAN JOSE
“LAS NUBES” ¡Vive con estilo resort!
Localizacion privilegiada, cerca de colegios, malls y autopistas. Area recreativa con piscina, canchas de tennis, baloncesto,
pickeball y volleyball. Propiedad cuenta con 4H/4.5 baños. Triple marquesina, terrraza, cocina equipada, doble seguridad y muchos extras en 1,000 mts. llanos. Llame para cita. $989,000. NAGUABO-URB. HACIENDA GRANDE
Casa con solar de 1,081 mts. Con 3H / 2.5 B, Terraza, Cocina equipada, Tormenteras, Placas solares y otros muchos extras. $290,000. VENTA SOLAR ENTRE JUNCOS Y SAN LORENZO-VALENCIANO ABAJO- Solar con 1.86 cuerdas llanas con acceso a agua y luz. $95,000 O.M.O.
Tengo cliente Cualificado y con dinero en mano para comprar en área de Juncos
TENGO CLIENTES CUALIFICADOS POR LA BANCA PARA COMPRA Y EXTRAORDINARIOS CLIENTES PARA ALQUILER Y PARA COMPRAS CASH
By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS
Recently, LEAD Collaborative, a non-profit organization whose mission is to transform education in Puerto Rico, held an exclusive brunch at the renowned restaurant Wilo Eatery & Bar to launch the new Adopt a School Principal initiative. This program was developed to offer ongoing strategic support to newly appointed principals by providing access to tools and mentorship to improve education in their communities. At the event, attendees engaged with Lorraine Lago, executive director of LEAD Collaborative, to learn more about this unprecedented initiative while enjoying bites from a curated menu developed by Chef Wilo Benet. The menu included truffle grilled cheese and mini avocado toast, among other delights. Guests also had the opportunity to enjoy light shopping from amazing sponsors such as Macy’s Puerto Rico, Marella Boutique, Grace González Jewelry and more at this brunch spectacular.
crita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Condiciones Restrictivas. Por sí: SERVIDUMBRE: Mediante certificación expedida en San Juan el 29 de noviembre de 1995 bajo affidávit #2888 ante el notario Israel Crespo Nieves, constituyen servidumbre predial a perpetuidad para el paso, instalación, operación y reparación de líneas y artefactos del sistema eléctrico a favor de AUTORIDAD DE ENERGIA ELÉCTRICA DE PUERTO RICO, valorada en $1.00. Inscrita al folio 17 del tomo 779 de TRUJILLO ALTO finca # 8993 inscripción 5ª. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de DORAL BANK, o a su orden, por la suma de $2,035,300.00 (respondiendo esta finca por $957,300.00), con interés al 15%, y vencedero a la PRESENTACIÓN, según consta escritura #62, otorgada en San Juan día 5 de agosto de 2004, ante el notario Manuel Correa Calzada, y la escritura #4 de acta de subsanación, otorgada el 18 de enero de 2008, ante el mismo notario, inscrita al folio 17vto del tomo 779 de Trujillo Alto finca #8993 inscripción 8ª. HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor de DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, o a su orden, por la suma de $445,400.00 (respondiendo esta finca por $208,400.00), con interés al 15%, y vencedero a la PRESENTACIÓN , según consta escritura #63, otorgada en San Juan el día 5 de agosto de 2004, ante el notario Manuel Correa Calzada, y escritura #4 del 18 de enero de 2004, ante el mismo notario, inscrita al folio 18 del tomo 779 de Trujillo Alto, finca #8993 inscripción 9ª.
ANOTACION DE EMBARGO: Es objeto de esta anotación, EL EMBARGO seguido por Bautista Cayman Asset Company; DEMANDADO: Lago Esmeralda Developers, Inc. por la cantidad adeudada $20,792,340.07, por concepto de principal más intereses, según DEMANDA del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina en el Caso Civil número F CD20091944 del día19 de diciembre de 2024, Inscrito al tomo Karibe de Trujillo Alto finca # 8993
ANOTACIÓN A. De fecha 19 de diciembre de 2024. El 21 de enero de 2025, se presentó en el Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Cuarta de San Juan, la Orden y Mandamiento de Anotación de Embargo expedidos por el Honorable Tribunal para que el Honorable Registrador de la Propiedad anote en sus libros el embargo sobre la propiedad descrita anteriormente. Dicho embargo fue presentado al Asiento 2025-005975-SJ04 de Karibe, el 21 de enero de 2025, finca #8,993 de Trujillo Alto y quedó inscrito en Karibe. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer al demandante, BAUTISTA CAYMAN ASSET COM-
PANY hasta donde alcance, los importes adeudados, los cuales se detallaron anteriormente, hasta el pago total de las deudas, más costas, desembolsos y honorarios de abogado. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso, acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a las mismas. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha propiedad. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan durante las horas laborables. POR LA PRESENTE, se le notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en las fecha, hora y sitio anteriormente señalado, y se les invita a que concurra a dicha subasta, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate, el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrarán las subastas señaladas. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 3 de abril de 2025. IRMA D. CARMONA CLAUDIO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ APEX BANK
Demandante V. SUCN. DE JESÚS SÁNCHEZ CORDERO COMP. POR MARÍA DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, POR SÍ; JOHN Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MT2024CV00444. (Salón: 102 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FRANCISCO J. FERNÁNDEZ CHIQUÉS - FFC@FFCLAW.COM. A: MARÍA DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS SÁNCHEZ
CORDERO, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; TODOS MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS SÁNCHEZ CORDERO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de abril 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 25 de abril de 2025. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN JULIA ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2022-GS1
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR LUIS CINTRÓN MIRÓ T/C/C LUIS CINTRON MIRO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02302. (Civil: 401). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
ROBERTO CARLOS LÁTIMER VALENTÍN - LATIMERRC@
LBRGLAW.COM.
A: LAS SUCESIONES DE HECTOR LUIS CINTRON MIRO Y DE NORMA ALBINO SERRANO COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS: (1) NORMA MARESSA CINTRON ALBINO; (2) HECTOR LUIS CINTRO ALBINO; (3) ANNETTE MABEL CINTRON ALBINO; SUCESION DE ANA PATRICIA CINTRON ALBINO COMPUESTA POR SUS HEREDEROS: (A) RODOLFO ARMANDO TRENCHE CINTRON; (B) ASHLY ROSARIO CINTRON; (C) PATTY ZARET ROSARIO CINTRON; (D) LOU ANN MABEL ROSARIO CINTRON; (E) FABIOLA RODRIGUEZ CINTRON; (F) PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ CINTRON; FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS TRES (3) SUCESIONES; CRIM.
(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 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 28 de marzo de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS FINES DE CUMPLIR CON ORDEN DEL TRIBUNAL DEL 25 DE ABRIL DE 2025 Y NOTIFICAR NUEVAMENTE NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO SEGÚN COMO SE SOLICITA. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 28 de abril de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO.
POPULAR AUTO LLC
Demandante v. ALEXANDER SERRANO COLÓN; JAVIER ARROYO MEDINA, parte con interés
Demandados
CIVIL NUM.: AR2024CV02312. SOBRE: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO por edicto. Estados Unidos de América, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos, El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. SS.
A: ALEXANDER SERRANO COLÓN
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 Arecibo, 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 su última dirección conocida: Urb. Zeno Gandía, 256 Calle Israel Vargas, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 21 de marzo de 2025. Vivian Y Fresse Gonzalez, Secretario. Alexandra Alvarez Natal, Sub-Secretario.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE JUA-
NA DÍAZ BALDINA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ Y OTROS
Demandante V. HÉCTOR TORRES MATEO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV00025. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: PROCEDIMIENTO ESPECIAL EXPEDITO DE EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO Y USUCAPIÓN (LEY NÚM. 118-2022). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. CAROLINA J. GARRIGA CESANI - CGARRIGA@ TITLESECURITYGROUP.COM. A: HECTOR TORRES MATEO, IVETTE RIVERA, JOHN DOE, JANE DOEP/C LCDA. CAROLINA J. GARRIGA CESANI. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de abril 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 29 de abril de 2025. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 29 de abril de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. CONSUELO ELAINE RIVERA PADILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
Disclaimer of Non-Registrable Elements: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 75 of September 23, 1992, as amended, commonly known as the Trade Name Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Rule 21 of the Regulations for the Procedures of the Trade Name Registry of the Department of State of the Government of Puerto Rico, Regulation No. 9584 of August 30, 2024, the following trade name has been submitted to the Puerto Rico Department of State for filing and registration:
Trade Name: WAVRIDEPR
Filing Number: 260226-99-0
Owner: Raul E. Pascual Urrutia
Address: Calle Los Pinos #429, Apt. 1101, Condominio Floral Plaza, San Juan, PR 00917
Business Activity: At WAVRIDEPR, we are committed to delivering a premium, safe, and comfortable transportation experience for individuals with mobility challenges in Puerto Rico. Our luxury wheelchair-accessible vehicles transform accessible travel, providing reliability, dignity, and first-class service. We aim to promote independence and inclusivity by ensuring that every ride is seamless, stress-free, and customized to meet our clients’ unique needs.
NOTICE: Any opposition to this registration must be filed with the Puerto Rico Department of State within thirty (30) days following the publication of this notice.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sala de San Juan Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Demandante Vs. FIRST EQUITY MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC. T/C/C FEMBI MORTGAGE; PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC.; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Demandado Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV02999. (903). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE. Quedan ustedes notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra ustedes como co-demandados, en la que se solicita la cancelación vía judicial de un Pagaré Hipotecario extraviado ante el Notario Público Omar Edgardo Figueroa Arriaga, bajo affidávit número 2,135, a favor de First Equity Mortgage Bankers, Inc., o a su orden, por la suma de $163,975.00, con intereses al 3.00% anual y vencedero el 1ro de noviembre de 2050, suscrito el día 2 de octubre de 2020, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 663, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Omar Edgardo Figueroa Arriaga, inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Río Piedras Sur, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Cuarta (IV) de San Juan, Finca Número 6,773, inscripción 6ta. El mencionado pagaré hipotecario grava una propiedad inmueble, que se describe como sigue: “URBANA: Solar marcado con el número cinco del Blo-
que S del plano de inscripción de la Urbanización El Señorial situada en el Barrio Cupey de Río Piedras, Municipalidad de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos noventa metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros con el solar número quince; por el SUR, en trece metros con la calle Pio Baroja; por el ESTE, en treinta metros con el solar número cuatro; y por el OESTE, en treinta metros con el solar número seis. Enclava en este solar una casa de concreto para fines residenciales.” Consta inscrita al Folio Ciento Cuarenta y Uno (141) del Tomo Doscientos Cuatro (204) de Río Piedras Sur, Finca Número Seis Mil Setecientos Setenta y Tres (6,773), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Cuarta (IV) de San Juan. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lic. Antonio A. Hernández Almodóvar, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, Puerto Rico 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 en el Tribunal de San Juan, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, 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, 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. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 29 de abril de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO
POPULAR AUTO LLC Demandante V. CARLOS JAVIER PÉREZ FIGUEROA Y SANDRA PÉREZ FIGUEROA Demandados Civil Núm.: AÑ2025CV00047. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EM-
DIRECCIÓN CONOCIDA:
URB. COLINAS DE SAN AGUSTÍN, H-1 CALLE
SAN FRANCISCO, LAS PIEDRAS PR 00771; DIRECCIÓN POSTAL:
HC-4 BOX 4240-1, LAS PIEDRAS PR 00771 Y PO BOX 407, LAS PIEDRAS PR 00771.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de abril 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 25 de abril de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante V. SUCS. MARGARITA AYALA VÁZQUEZ Y SANTIAGO SALGADO MATOS TCC SANTIAGO SALGADO NARVAEZ, COMP POR FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MT2024CV01050. (Salón: 102 SALA SUPERIOR).
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.
A: SUCESIÓN DE MARGARITA AYALA VÁZQUEZ Y SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO SALGADO MATOS T/C/C SANTIAGO SALGADO NARVÁEZ, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR FULANO DE TAL Y SOTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS - URB ESTANCIAS DE IMBERRY (T/C/C URB ESTANCIAS DE IMBERRY), CALLE RIMAC #J-23, BARCELONETA, PR 00617; URBINA ESTANCIAS DE IMBERRY (T/C/C URB ESTANCIAS DE IMBERRY), BUZÓN 169, BARCELONETA, PR 00617.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 25 de abril de 2025. En Manatí, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN JULIA ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. YOLAIDA TORRES PEREZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01018. (Salón: 602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO.
NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: YOLAIDA TORRES PÉREZ - DIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: COMUNIDAD SAN ANTONIO 1479 CALLE LUIS MUÑOZ MARÍN, AGUADILLA PR 00603; 1479 CALLE MUÑOZ
RIVERA, SAN ANTONIO PR 00690-1116. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
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Demandante V. ANA H.
CORDERO CORDERO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AU2024CV00060. (Salón: 602). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: ANA H. CORDERO CORDERODIRECCIONES
CONOCIDAS: RESIDENCIAL JOSE
APONTE CALLE VIOLETA EDIF 2, AGUADILLA PR 00603; 28 RES AGUSTIN STAHL 137, AGUADILLA PR 00603; HC 3 BOX 33312, AGUADA PR 00602-9768.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ,
SECRETARIA. ZUHEILY GONZÁLEZ AVILÉS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. ESTEFANY M. TORRES COLON
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: OR2024CV00122. (Salón: 001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: ESTEFANY M. TORRES COLON - HC 02 BOX 8762, OROCOVIS PR 00720.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2025. En Orocovis, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. YAIRA RODRÍGUEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. JOHNNY CRUZ GONZALEZ
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: JD2024CV00419. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: JOHNNY CRUZ GONZALEZ - 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 23 de abril 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 24 de abril de 2025. En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, el 24 de abril de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. CONSUELO ELAINE RIVERA PADILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. MARIANNA I. GORRIN SANTIAGO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV07063. (Salón: 803 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: MARIANNA I. GORRIN SANTIAGO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 24 de abril de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SE EXPIDE FORMALARIO PARA LA PUBLICACION DE EDICTO. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 24 de abril de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. GREISHKA CARTAGENA RÍOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. FLOR M. AYALA VEGA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00970. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: FLOR M. AYALA VEGA - URB. MONTE BRISAS 1 F 15 CALLE ROUND, FAJARDO PUERTO RICO 00738-3335.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 24 de abril de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 24 de abril de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. SANDRA L. PADILLA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. STEVEN
MELENDEZ RIVERA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2024CV03758. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA -
NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: STEVEN MELENDEZ RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de abril 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 24 de abril de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 24 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IVETTE M. MARRERO BRACERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC Demandante V. JAN DAVID ANDERSON Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00009. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: JAN DAVID ANDERSON, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARTHA CASTELLANO JASPER; POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 425 WYMORE RD, APT. 107, ALTAMORE SPRINGS, FL 32714-6007.
(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 abril 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 25 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2025.
ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. LA SUCN ANTONIO ARCHILLA BATISTA
COMP POR: RAY ARCHILLA SALIVA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2023CV00225. (Civil: 401). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
DUNCAN R. MALDONADO EJARQUE - EJECUCIONES@CMPRLAW.COM.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL, LOS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ANTONIO ARCHILLA BATISTA Y GLADYS SALIVA FELICIANO POR SÍ Y COMO HEREDERA DE ANTONIO ARCHILLA
BATISTA. JOHN DOE
Y JANE DOE LOS POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE GLADYS
SALIVA FELICIANO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21
de abril 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 24 de abril de 2025. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 24 de abril de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, Secretaria. F/ ROSA M VIERA VELAZQUEZ, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.
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Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: AB2025CV00010. (Salón: 804). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSE R. VELEZ MARREROJRVELEZ@CENTRONOTARIALPR. COM. THAIS MARIE HERNÁNDEZ ROMÁN THAISHERNANDEZLAW@GMAIL. COM. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL - DEMANDADOS DESCONOCIDOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2025.
IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ,
SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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SUCESION MARCELINO
OTERO GONZALEZ
COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION FRANCISCA DE JESUS RIVERA T/C/C FRANCISCA J. AGUILAR
COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01022.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION MARCELINO OTERO GONZALEZ; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION FRANCISCA DE JESUS RIVERA T/C/C FRANCISCA J. AGUILAR. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.
pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria 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.
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Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 15 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Demandante V. AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE LA CORPORACION DE RENOVACION URBANA Y VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO (CRUV); JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2025CV00987. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE; RICHARD DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: a. pagaré a favor de LA CORPORACIÓN DE RENOVACIÓN URBANA Y VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, o a su orden, por la suma de $27,500.00 bajo testimonio número 2,164 con intereses a razón del quince y medio por ciento anual, pagadero en plazos mensuales de $358.88 comenzando el 1 de abril de 1981 y vencedero el día 1 de marzo de 2011 según surge de la inscripción 4 prac-
ticada con fecha 6 de marzo de 1981 al folio 177 vuelto del Tomo 1377 de la demarcación Ponce Norte y en virtud de la escritura número 7 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico el día 26 de febrero de 1981 ante el notario Winston Laboy Milán. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux #1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 7583276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// wwwpoderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 15 de abril de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. AIDA L. MORALES QUIÑONES
Demandada
Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV01643. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: AIDA L. MORALES QUIÑONES. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de
dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que 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, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Correo electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de su última dirección conocida: Urb. Villa Granada, 964 Calle Alcazar, San Juan, PR 00923-7571; Bo. Obrero Starion, PO Box 7571, San Juan, PR 009167571. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de abril de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN SEBASTIÁN ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE JORGE WILLIAM CRUZ IRIZARRY, COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON POSIBLE
INTERÉS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SS2025CV00056. (0002). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE JORGE WILLIAM CRUZ IRIZARRY. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma principal de $95,044.83, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.00% anual, desde el día 1ro de julio de 2024, hasta su completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más la cantidad de $13,480.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, así como cualquier otra suma estipulada en el contrato de préstamo, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: RÚSTICA: Solar marcado como parcela número Uno guión A (1-A), según plano de segregación preparado por el Agrimensor Ramón A. Colón Latorre, sita en el BARRIO CALABAZAS de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de CINCO MIL CIENTO SETENTA Y CINCO PUNTO OCHO SIETE SIETE CERO (5,175.8770) METROS CUADRADOS, igual a UNO PUNTO TRES UNO SEIS NUEVE (1.3169) CUERDAS. En lindes al NORTE, remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega y carretera municipal; al SUR, remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega y carretera municipal; al ESTE, remanente de la finca principal y otra finca perteneciente a Gustavo Avilés; y al OESTE, remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega y carretera municipal. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 5 vuelto de! tomo 606 de San Sebastián, finca número 8,307, inscripción tercera. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando
la siguiente dirección: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023).
Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. La información del (de la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante es la siguiente: Lcdo. Baldomero A. Collazo Torres Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550 San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999
Fax (787) 705-7387
E-mail: bcollazo@lawpr.com
Se le advierte, además, a los herederos que conforme el caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria v. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689, 696 (2005) y a tenor con las disposiciones de! Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico (31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11021), deberá aceptar o repudiar la herencia del causante Jorge William Cruz Irizarry, dentro del término de treinta (30) días. De no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte demandante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que esta situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto que firmo y sello en San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de abril de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. LAURA LUGO CRESPO, SUBSECRETARIA.
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By FABIAN ARDAYA
In July, when he first believed his journey back to the mound was near its end, Dustin May thought he had found it.
May, a Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander, had been fiddling with his breaking ball for years, a tornado of a pitch that spun more than just about any in the sport and whose movement profile was so vast that no one knew what to call it. It was officially labeled a curveball. His coaches called it a slider. More than anything, you could call it effective.
This was the pitch May hoped would give him a foothold, even with a twice-repaired elbow. Now it was back and potentially better than ever after he had found a new mental cue when he delivered it.
Then came the night that changed his life forever and put his career on ice again. May tore his esophagus on July 10 when a piece of lettuce lodged in his throat during dinner. He required emergency surgery and was hospitalized for 11 days. May recovered from that scare and has returned to a big league mound after 22 months away. Each start he has made has been building a resume after years cut short by injury.
More than just a feel-good story, May has said, he just wants to pitch. He is important for the Dodgers, not only in the short term as they wait for reinforcements but also for when the games get more important than on cold nights in April. He is not the same pitcher he was before. He might be even better.
The key comes with that breaking ball. Statcast calls it a sweeper now. Whatever you call it, May had it April 14, when he overwhelmed a paltry Colorado Rockies lineup over six innings. He toyed with them, using the pitch early in counts to steal strikes, then burying some in the dirt. He would break into left-handed hitters’ hands to keep them off the inner half of the plate, as he did to strike out Ryan McMahon to end the first inning. Then he would snap one off that broke and caught the outside corner, as he did to Zac Veen in the third.
When a two-strike backdoor breaking ball missed the plate by an inch to Michael Toglia in the fourth inning, May bounced on his toes from the mound. Then he fired anoth-
sion of a breaking ball, and he has the kind of mirrored movement profile that can bend opposing lineups to his will.
“Being able to strike the breaking ball and then use the sinker off of it was huge, and being able to command both of them was big tonight,” May said after the Rockies game.
In that outing against Colorado, May kept the Rockies without a hit until the fourth inning. He allowed only one run, a sharp Kyle Farmer grounder that hugged the third-base line and scored a runner from first base. He completed six innings and could have gone further, needing a tidy 76 pitches to complete his night’s work. He did not attempt to overpower his opposition with a diet of fastballs, as a younger version of himself would have. The Rockies wilted anyway.
“There’s been a lot of maturity,” Roberts said. “I think that he understands that more is not always more as far as effort or trying to bully hitters. He knows how to pitch and make pitches.”
“I think this time around, he really understands,” shortstop Mookie Betts said. “It seems like he has a better understanding of what it takes, how to stay healthy, what kind of pitcher he is.”
The win over the Rockies was May’s first major league win in 709 days. It did not come with a commemorative baseball, nor did May want one.
er one that broke toward the left-handed batter’s hip. Toglia waved right over it.
“He’s always kind of been an east-west guy, but now to work the front-back, he’s just more of a dynamic pitcher now,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
May threw 28 sweepers on the night. Nearly half of them resulted in either a called strike or a swing-and-miss. He finished the night with seven strikeouts. Five came on the breaking ball.
It is a devastating weapon. May’s fastball has not quite ticked back up to the triple-digit velocity it was before he underwent Tommy John surgery, then a Tommy John revision and a flexor tendon repair that cost him most of three seasons. But it still has wicked tailing movement. Pair it with this ver-
“It’s huge just to be able to go out and pitch,” May said. “Even if it wasn’t good, it would be huge for me because I haven’t been able to do it for so long, and it almost got taken away. Being able to contribute and be kind of decent is huge.”
He has been more than just kind of decent so far.
“He’s gotten a lot better,” Roberts said.
Which is not to say dominant, perhaps befitting a work in progress. As of his most recent start on Monday -- a nodecision against the Miami Marlins in which he went 5.1 innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs while striking out three and walking three before the Dodgers eked out a 7-6 win on Tommy Edman’s walk-off, two-run single in the 10th inning -- May is 1-1 over five starts (27.1 innings pitched), with a 3.95 ERA, 22 strikeouts and an above-average WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched) of 1.24.
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