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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Thursday that neither the judicial process that Ricardo Rosselló Nevares has faced in the Appeals Court nor the Department of Justice investigation into possible electoral and penal code violations on the part of Rosselló and his wife Beatriz will affect the former governor’s work as a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.

“They are all focused on the common goal, which is the equality that statehood guarantees,” Pierluisi said in response to questions from the press. “All those voices contribute. All six [congressional delegates] are different, they have their own skill sets and access.”

When asked if Rosselló’s access to members of Congress could be affected by questions about his credibility, Pierluisi replied that “he has ample access in any way, he is well known and knows the issue very well.”

“He can argue in favor of that equality very well, similar to the rest,” he added. “Once again, they complement each other.”

During a press conference near the Martín Peña Channel in San Juan, where Pierluisi held an onsite inspection of the water transmission relocation work for the Borínquen community, Pierluisi said that after Rosselló was sworn in on Wednesday at the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA), “the important thing is that he joins the other five delegates to do their job.”

As for the job, the governor referred to the six delegates elected on May 16 “advocating in Congress and in all available forums for equality for the American citizens of Puerto Rico.”

“PRFAA will support them in whatever they need back in Washington, D.C,” he said. “They will file their reports every 90 days, as the law [167-2020] requires, which I will receive; I want to see that they are working full-time as is required.”

“I welcome the [congressional] delegation, because what they are doing is responding to the people’s votes last November,” Pierluisi added.

Meanwhile, the governor said he did not want to get into what might happen if the island Court of Appeals or Supreme Court should disqualify Rosselló as a statehood lobbyist.

He also said he “did not want to speculate” on the Department of Justice investigation, after press reports stated that prosecutors Rufino Jiménez Cardona and Gretchen Camacho Rossy received two candidate-intention forms last Wednesday with dissimilar versions in which the former governor provided completely different addresses and domiciles.

Both documents, handed over by Popular Democratic

Party electoral commissioner Gerardo Cruz, were signed by Rosselló and handed in to the State Elections Commission to fulfill his certification.

“There is an ongoing investigation in the hands of the Department of Justice and there are also some judicial processes,” Pierluisi said. “Each one of those institutions will fulfill its responsibility and, at the appropriate time, one will react.”

‘Unfair to judge’ DNER chief’s work amid calls for him to quit On a separate matter, Pierluisi said Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Rafael Machargo Maldonado still has his trust in the face of calls on Wednesday from environmentalists, islanders and lawmakers for the DNER chief to resign.

“The DNER secretary has a very sensitive and complex job, and it is not fair to judge him for a particular situation,” he said. “There are countless situations that he is constantly facing and here we have to understand that we also have conflicting sectors and he has to find the right balance.”

He added that Machargo has been “very careful to respect the processes that are pending.”

“If there are investigative processes, then let them run their course and reach a happy ending, and then, he will have the last word,” the governor said as Machargo sat next to him.

The DNER secretary remained silent on the matter.

“These positions in the government are not easy and this is not a matter of someone coming here and making a decision that is disliked by a sector of the population and then a resignation follows,” Pierluisi continued. “That cannot be, because that is not how institutions work. Institutions cannot work like that.”

The governor said that if Machargo fails to perform his duties at the DNER, a resignation could be tendered, and “essential services [would] not [be] interrupted.”

“Up to now, this has been the case,” he said.

At press time, the Court of Appeals had ruled to override San Juan Superior Court Judge Rebecca de León’s determination to place on hold the SEC’s certification of Rosselló as a statehood lobbyist, stating that de León had no jurisdiction on the matter.

Moreover, the court denied the legal petition filed by Dignity Project electoral commissioner Nelson Rosario in which he requested that the SEC refrain from certifying a write-in candidate.

“The SEC should have issued a final election certification in which he [Rosselló Nevares] would have been certified as an elected write-in as a special delegate to the federal House of Representatives,” reads the 28-page ruling. “It is from that moment on that Rosselló Nevares is obligated to comply with the requirements.”

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Pension measures could delay debt adjustment plan confirmation

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ov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Thursday filed two bills to the Legislature as an alternative to Act 7-2021, the Dignified Retirement Act, which bans cuts to public sector pensions and which the Financial Oversight and Management Board wants to annul.

However, the process of making the new measures a reality could result in a delay of the confirmation of the commonwealth debt adjustment plan because Pierlusi asked the Legislature to evaluate the measures during the second regular legislative session, which starts in August.

The Title III bankruptcy court has hearings slated for next Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the adequacy of the disclosure statement, the document that explains the terms of the commonwealth debt adjustment plan to restructure some $35 billion in central government debt.

“I present these measures as a solution to the current impasse. The [oversight] board insists on its part in the cuts to pensions and in not providing a fair retirement, [and] the only thing it will lead to is a stalemate in the restructuring,” the governor said. “On the other hand, my appeal to the entire community of public servants in Puerto Rico is that these alternatives that I present today are much better than what the board proposes and are a realistic solution to the bankruptcy of the government.”

Pierluisi and the Legislature oppose cutting public pensions as part of the commonwealth restructuring. Under the debt adjustment plan, pensions that are higher than $1,500 will receive an 8% cut. The proposed cut is supported by the Official Committee of Retirees in the bankruptcy process, which the governor has said does not represent the views

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi of the majority of government retirees.

“My commitment from day one has been to avoid cuts to pensions, since government retirees have already suffered significant reductions in their benefits,” the governor said. “This is what I have made known to the board and I have consigned it to the Title III District Court. I will continue promoting viable alternatives like these to protect our pensioners.”

One of the bills, called the “Zero Cut to Pensions Law,” establishes as public policy of the government of Puerto Rico that pensions will not be reduced through the debt

adjustment plan proposed by the oversight board before the Title III Court.

It calls for the board to deal with the pension obligations within the budget process and the fiscal plan established

by Title II of the Puerto Rico Oversight and Management Board. The law calls for public pensions to have a priority over other disbursements of funds, except the debt.

“Basically we are telling the board that we respect the priority of payment that the restructured debt will have in the bankruptcy process, and that pensions would come above the other priorities, raising the priority of payment to pensions as a public policy,” Pierluisi said.

Likewise, the governor unveiled a second bill that would protect the pensions of those public employees who have been working in the government of Puerto Rico for more than 30 years, and who entered public service before the year 2000 with the expectation of a defined pension.

The proposed “Law to Guarantee the Right to a Fair Pension” reiterates the public policy of no more cuts to the pensions of public employees, and states that those employees who have entered the pension system under Act 447 of 1951 and Act No. 1 of 1990 have the right to a pension equivalent to 50% of their salary when they retire from public service. The measure establishes that these pensions would continue to be paid through the “pay as you go” mechanism established in Act 106-2017. Some 38,000 public servants would benefit from the measure.

“The estimated cost is just over $2 billion over the next 20 years, about $100 million annually,” Pierluisi said of the second measure. “This is a sustainable amount based on the collection projections expected by the government, so it can be paid.”

Acting Education chief backs call for UPR president’s resignation

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cting Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés said Thursday that he supported the decision of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) governing board to request the resignation of Jorge Haddock as president of the institution.

“The [governing] board had before its consideration certain matters related to the administration, accreditation and management of the university. And among those issues was the direction of the university,” Ramos Parés said in a radio interview with Normando Valentín on Notiuno 630.

Part of the controversy surrounding Haddock has to do with the loss of accreditation for the Neurosurgery residency program at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus (RCM). That program was later shut down for reorganization, Haddock said weeks ago. Meanwhile, the RCM Radiological Technology program was put on probation.

“It was a decision of the [governing board], but that’s

The UPR governing board “had before its consideration certain matters related to the administration, accreditation and management of the university,” acting Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés said Thursday. “And among those issues was the direction of the university.”

the way it is,” Ramos Parés said when asked if he voted in favor of asking Haddock to resign, at Wednesday’s meeting, which was held virtually with voting by email. “I believe that the number of issues that have been accumulating and the responses given to the governing board … forced that decision-making at this time.”

“The resignation [of Haddock] has not come,” he added.

“The [governing] board continues its meetings and obviously the resolution of the board will be enforced.”

Haddock, for his part, reacted in disbelief on Wednesday to the governing board’s request that he resign as president of the UPR. “I admit that the decision takes me by surprise, due to the results obtained and the fact that my contract is valid for five years,” Haddock said in a written statement.

“Responsibly and always thinking about the university first, I am concerned about the delay it will cause in the institutional transformation process and the possible loss of federal funds or the delay that it would cause in their distribution to students and campuses,” he said.

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Pierluisi, PRASA: Martín Peña potable water project is ‘in progress’

By PEDRO CORREA HENRY Twitter: @pete_r_correa Special to The Star

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$5.1 million project to relocate the potable water transmission line for the Borinquén community on the Martín Peña Channel is underway, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, along with Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive Director Doriel Pagán Crespo, announced Thursday during a brief onsite visit to the project in Santurce.

The infrastructure project, which is part of PRASA’s Capital Improvement Program, consists of deepening the potable water pipeline and increasing its diameter from 36 inches to 42 inches to facilitate access for dredging the channel, known locally as Caño Martín Peña.

The project also contemplates the installation of 400 feet of pipeline from San José Street in the Parada 27 community to Argentina Street in the Barrio Obrero Marina community on the channel.

Pierluisi noted that the project will benefit some 24,000 families and will help improve the community’s ecosystem.

“This project will help the communities in the channel area have better drinking water service,” he said. “The government

A $5.1 million project to relocate the potable water transmission line for the Borinquén community on the Martín Peña Channel in San Juan is underway. (Photo Courtesy of La Fortaleza) will continue working and putting all the necessary resources to meet the needs of the residents of these communities, since the dredging of the Caño and the revitalization of this area is a priority project of my administration.”

“We are also working hand in hand with the [U.S. Army] Corps of Engineers to ensure that the work, which is already in the design phase, is expedited,” added the

governor, who said that since his time as resident commissioner, he has given special attention to the needs of the communities and the dredging of the channel.

Pagán Crespo, meanwhile, said the authority began work in March on the installation of the 42-inch-in-diameter pipeline.

Likewise, she pointed out that this is an important project for the Pierluisi administration.

“At PRASA, we are committed to prioritizing the works that will benefit all subscribers, as well as optimizing our systems,” she said.

The investment in the project combines funds from the Caño Martín Peña Interconnection Project Corp. and PRASA. In recent years, with an investment of over $16 million, infrastructure work has been carried out that has considerably improved services to the residents of the Caño Martín Peña communities.

Also on Thursday, the Pierluisi administration signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to make a $7.8 loan available to the San Juan Bay Estuary for four clean water projects whose purpose is to improve the quality and health of the estuary’s ecosystem.

The agreement was signed by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, the Infrastructure Financing Authority and the Estuary Corp.

Pierluisi said the proposal was approved as a 0% interest loan, which may be forgiven, while all of the projects are set to begin immediately.

Three of the four projects will be ongoing through March 2023 and one through March 2025.

Ombudsman: Used tire collection plan is no ‘definitive solution’

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uerto Rico’s Citizen Ombudsman Edwin García complained to the Department of Natural Resources (DNER) on Thursday about the plan to collect used and discarded tires piling up everywhere across the island and indicated that collecting them “is not the definitive solution.”

“If there is no other alternative, then the use of the National Guard, seems to become the apparent solution to the collection of tires, even though that determination is only a band-aid measure to the problem and not the definitive solution to it,” he said.

Faced with the excessive accumulation of discarded tires around Puerto Rico, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia declared an environmental emergency in May, activating all the necessary mechanisms for the management and disposal of tires. He proposed that the tires can be used for asphalt and rubber-based end products, among other purposes.

“Given the problem with the excess of used tires, we are working on a comprehensive strategy that includes the filing of a bill to establish the minimum standards in the installation of tires, an administrative order of the Department of Natural

and Environmental Resources to work on the export of tires and this executive order to allow the use of tires as [part of] an asphalt mixture on highways,” the governor said at the time.

Pierluisi reiterated the need to standardize the processes for the disposal of waste tires, including the continuous supervision of the Fund for the Adequate Management of Discarded Tires, which is fed by the money collected via the disposal charge imposed on imported tires or those made in Puerto Rico. The fund is managed by the DNER. “We must make the most of the residual materials in tires for the common good and avoid storing them at all costs by using them properly in reconstruction projects, encouraging the green economy and complying with the pertinent environmental regulations,” he said.

Last week, the governor activated the National Guard to collect the tires but did not say where or how they would be disposed of.

Nonetheless, under the executive order, the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) is supposed to identify the public roads for which it is feasible to establish as a requirement the use of asphalt and/or rubberized cement in their resurfacing and or construction.

In addition, the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience was ordered to evaluate, in coordination with the DTOP in a maximum period of six months, the reconstruction projects to which they can incorporate the requirement for the use of asphalt and/or rubberized cement.

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Restoration of roadway green areas in San Juan gets underway

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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an Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Thursday the beginning of the plan for beautifying the capital city’s public roads under the new budget for fiscal year 2021-2022, which focuses partly on restoring San Juan’s green areas as well as its streams and parks.

The mayor said in a written statement that to achieve better results, the municipality will contract four companies to assist in the work.

“The companies contracted for these services will have a trial period of 90 days, in order to confirm that they fulfill the function of supporting the Municipality and strengthen the cleaning program that San Juan so requires,” Romero Lugo said. “The work that we have in front of us is monumental, but we have designed a work plan that will allow

us to meet the established projections.”

The mayor added that “we appreciate the cooperation of citizens during these cleaning periods, as well as the employees of the municipality who will undertake this task that is so important for the socioeconomic boost of our capital city and the improvement of our quality of life. A clean San Juan touches us all.”

The work on the green areas will take place from Monday to Friday and debris removal will take place seven days a week. The Municipality of San Juan, through its Operations and Beautification Department, will be in charge of the urban areas of Old San Juan, Santurce, Condado and Río Piedras, in addition to the collection of debris and special projects.

The four companies hired by the city council are: Perfect Integrated Services, Xpert, All Green and Cantera Embellece. Perfect Integrated Services

The Municipality of San Juan has kicked off its plan for beautifying the capital city’s public roadways, a project that will include parks, streams and other green areas.

Photo Courtesy of Municipality of San Juan) will work on the maintenance of 18 state and municipal avenues, while Xpert will cover 18 parks and streams. The All Green company will be in charge of 79 roads in the Cupey area, as well as 86 roads in Caimito. Meanwhile, Cantera

Embellece -- a non-profit organization made up of Cantera residents -- will serve nine communities and will be in charge of Cantera, Falú, G8, San José, La Perla, Tras Talleres, Hill Brothers Norte and Sur parcels as well as the Figueroa neighborhood.

Romero Lugo said $5.9 million was budgeted for the hiring of the companies for the current fiscal year.

As part of the investment in the cleanup plan, Romero Lugo also announced that the municipality acquired a Spider brand remotecontrolled lawn mower (at a cost of $40,000); a tractor with a side saw to be used to clean roads in rural San Juan (at a cost of $122,000); and five cranes or “spider” trucks to collect debris for about $627,000.

In addition, two directional arrows were purchased at a cost of $14,000 for the protection of employees on public roads.

High court: Policyholders can cash insurance checks and still get full compensation

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n an opinion issued by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court in a case filed by the firm Weisbrod Matteis & Copley (WMC), the court ruled that policyholders in Puerto Rico can collect checks offered by insurers without this meaning that the insured waives the right to claim the entirety of the damages suffered.

“The Supreme Court issued an opinion in Feliciano Aguayo v. MAPFRE, in which it categorically states that the cashing of a check offered by the insurer to the insured does not constitute the payment and total balance of the claim of the insured,” said Juan Saavedra Castro, managing partner of the WMC law firm in San Juan.

Prior to the high court ruling, insurers insisted on saying that when an insured cashed the check offered by his or her

insurance company, this constituted the payment and total balance of his or her claim, which prevented the insured from continuing with his or her claim for all the damages suffered.

After the aforementioned ruling, so that an insurer can ascertain that the collection of the check offered constitutes a payment and total balance of the claim under the doctrine of settlement (Accord and Satisfaction), the insurer is obliged to prove that its actions are honest in fact, and are carried out guaranteeing fair treatment to the insured.

WMC President August Matteis described the decision as a “game changer.”

“This is a great victory for the insured,” he said. “Insurance companies have been around for many years using this tactic, to scam policyholders out of hundreds of millions of dollars.”

As of the Supreme Court opinion, the insured in Puerto

Rico do not lose their right to claim the compensation that in justice they are owed for the mere fact of having cashed the check.

“Insurance companies have never experienced anything like this,” said attorney Luis Correa Márquez, a legal adviser at WMC. “All of a sudden, the law firm Weisbrod Matteis & Copley is limiting their comfort zone.”

Saavedra Castro congratulated his work team for having achieved another legal victory of great impact in Puerto Rico.

“I believe that this is an important opinion related to the Doctrine of Payment in Settlement,” he said. “There is no doubt that our team of lawyers, led by Carlos Del Valle (RIP), Claudia Rosa and Luis Correa Márquez, helped change the way the insurance industry in Puerto Rico handles the claims of its insured.”

FEMA obligates nearly $299 million for island roads

By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com

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o date, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated nearly $299 million to the island Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP by its Spanish acronym) to repair damage and optimize commonwealth roads and bridges, including nearly $92 million approved during 2021 to address infrastructure in nearly 30 municipalities, FEMA said in a written statement.

The obligations represent permanent work projects to address more than 250 damaged areas across the island’s roads and bridges.

“Together with the government of Puerto Rico, we are committed to helping repair, modernize and strengthen road safety on the island’s highway network,” said José G. Baquero, the FEMA federal disaster recovery coordinator. “Each project

that receives a funding obligation from our agency brings us closer to that goal.”

An element that deals with highway safety is the replacement and installation of thousands of road signs that were damaged

by Hurricane Maria. To that end, FEMA earmarked over $28.3 million for a project to replace signs on 238 highways in Puerto Rico, extending 496 miles from San Juan to Aguadilla.

DTOP reported that more than 300 signs and poles have been removed, while the installation of signs and plaques exceeds 3,000 units. The installation of signs in the Ponce and Guayama regions will begin soon, while the manufacturing of signs for the Humacao region continues.

The production of road signage represents a positive impact on the manufacturing sector, since some are made by contractors in Humacao, Guayama, Mayagüez and Ponce, FEMA said.

In addition, over $3.5 million was allocated to repair several roads in the central part of the island. That obligation includes

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated close to $299 million to repair damage and optimize commonwealth roads and bridges in Puerto Rico. $1.8 million to rebuild three segments of PR-612 in Utuado, including a three-span bridge that suffered severe damage and serves as the main road for residents of the Don Alonso and Caonillas Abajo neighborhoods. It also includes $1.6 million to repair nine segments of PR-531 in Jayuya.

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Elsa brings torrential rain as it moves up East Coast

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ropical Storm Elsa delivered heavy rain and high winds as it moved up the East Coast of the United States on Thursday, a day after the storm made landfall in Florida.

As of 11 a.m. Eastern time, Elsa was about 80 miles southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina, and moving northeast at 20 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Up to 4 inches of rain was expected in parts of North Carolina, with isolated totals of up to 6 inches, and tornadoes were possible in the eastern Carolinas and southeastern Virginia, the center said.

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, was forecast to move across the Carolinas before passing near the eastern mid-Atlantic states by Thursday evening and into the Northeast on Friday.

Tropical storm warnings were in effect along parts of the East Coast as far north as Massachusetts.

There were reports early Thursday of tornado damage across South Carolina, as residents shared pictures of downed trees and debris scattered across roadways on social media.

Elsa made landfall Wednesday morning in Taylor County, Florida, southeast of Tallahassee. One person was killed after a tree fell and hit two cars as storms moved through north Florida on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. At least 10 people were reported injured at a submarine base in southern Georgia after a possible tornado touched down.

Elsa is the fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The first, Ana, formed May 23, making this year the seventh in a row that a named storm developed in the Atlantic before the official start of the season June 1.

Last month, Tropical Storm Claudette brought heavy rains, gusting winds and tornadoes to several states across the South, destroying dozens of

In Cedar Key, Fla., on Wednesday, when Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall along the state’s northern Gulf Coast. homes. It was blamed for the deaths of 14 people — 10 of them children — as it moved from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast. Claudette was closely followed by another tropical storm, Danny, which made landfall over South Carolina in late June before dissipating over Georgia.

The links between hurricanes and climate change are becoming more apparent. A warming planet can expect to experience stronger hurricanes over time, and a higher incidence of the most powerful storms — although the overall number of storms may drop, because factors like stronger wind shear might keep weaker storms

from forming.

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast that there would be 13-20 named storms this year, 6-10 of which would be hurricanes, and 3-5 major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher in the Atlantic.

Last year, there were 30 named storms, including six major hurricanes, causing meteorologists to exhaust the alphabet for the second time and move to using Greek letters.

It was the highest number of storms on record, surpassing the 28 storms in 2005, and included the second-highest number of hurricanes on record.

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With no hope for survivors, workers at condo rubble turn to recovery

A banner of support hangs from a window near the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo, in Surfside, Fla., on Wednesday July 7, 2021.

By RICK ROJAS, PATRICIA MAZZEI and RICHARD FAUSSET

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or two weeks, crews from around the world have scoured the rubble of the Champlain Towers South, an oceanfront condominium complex in Surfside, Florida, that inexplicably collapsed in the middle of the night. They have recovered dozens of bodies, moved tons of concrete and salvaged precious family heirlooms.

Those efforts continued Thursday. But the searchers are no longer looking for survivors.

After long insisting that they were maintaining a search-and-rescue effort even as it became increasingly hopeless, officials made the announcement Wednesday that they were now focused solely on recovery efforts.

They said there had been no signs of life in the wreckage since the hours immediately after much of the building tumbled down June 24.

“At this point,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County said, “we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search-and-rescue mission.”

By midmorning Thursday, the death toll had risen

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to 60, with 35 victims identified. Eighty people are still classified as potentially missing.

“We are working around the clock to recover victims and to bring closure to the families as fast as we can,” Levine Cava said at a news conference, adding that rescue teams also have been working to recover personal belongings.

Searchers paused their work at 1:20 a.m. Thursday for a moment of silence to mark two weeks since the building collapsed.

One relative of a victim said rescue officials had clung to hope that the demolition of the remainder of the building Sunday would lead to the discovery of survivors in a stairwell or perhaps in basement areas, in the voids between cars.

Instead, he said, “There was nothing. It was all rubble, and crushed. Nothing.”

Rescue teams had come from all over Florida, as well as Texas, Israel and Mexico, driven on by the anguish of onlooking family members who yelled out the names of their missing loved ones and stories of unlikely survivals from disasters past. The work was grueling and dangerous, with fires that burned in the rubble and the constant possibility of mounds of debris giving way.

“They did all that they could,” Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida told reporters Thursday morning. He said search crews would continue to dig through the rubble until the remains of “every single person” has been found and identified.

“We are all still praying for a miracle,” Mayor Charles W. Burkett of Surfside said. “We have not given up all hope.”

As workers continued this week to look for pockets in the debris where survivors might be found, the prospect of finding anyone alive grew increasingly unlikely.

“Just based on the facts, there’s zero chance of survival,” Assistant Chief Ray Jadallah of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told families in a private briefing.

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Spread of variant reveals a deadly split in America

By DAVID LEONHARDT

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he spread of the delta variant in relatively unvaccinated parts of the U.S. is getting worse.

Nationwide, the number of new COVID-19 cases is holding steady. But that steadiness hides two dueling realities, in two different Americas.

In many urban and suburban communities, COVID continues to plummet. The rate of new daily cases has fallen below 3 per 100,000 residents in large cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington. As a point of comparison, the national rate of new daily cases peaked last winter above 75 per 100,000 people.

But in less populated areas — which tend to be more politically conservative and skeptical of vaccines — the virus is now surging, largely from the contagious delta variant. The states with the worst outbreaks are Arkansas and Missouri (each with more than 16 new daily cases per 100,000 people) followed by Florida (10), Nevada (10), Wyoming (nine) and Utah (eight).

If these outbreaks were concentrated among younger people, it would be less worrisome, because COVID, including the delta variant, is overwhelmingly mild for children and young adults. Yet even many middle-aged and older adults are not vaccinated in parts of the U.S. They are catching the virus as a result, and some are dying.

The biggest tragedy is that this situation is avoidable.

Highly effective vaccines are available to virtually any American adult who wants one — a privilege that residents of many other countries do not have. Hundreds of U.S. clinics, including in rural communities, offer immediate, walk-in shots.

Still, only 54% of adults in rural areas have received at least one vaccine shot, according to the most recent Kaiser

NYT In less populated areas — which tend to be more politically conservative and skeptical of vaccines — the virus is now surging, largely from the contagious Delta variant.

Family Foundation poll, compared with 72% of urban residents.

Kaiser found that vaccination rates were also below average for Americans under 50; Black Americans; Republicans; and people without a college degree.

“It is the unvaccinated people who are dying,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi’s state health officer, said, according to the television station WLBT. “The unvaccinated people who are going to the hospital. The unvaccinated people who are getting diagnosed, for the most part.”

Tricia Jones, a 45-year-old mother of two in Grain Valley, a small city in western Missouri, did not get the vaccine because she was concerned about the side effects. Her mother, Deborah Carmichael, had felt sick after getting a shot, and Jones decided to wait.

This spring, Jones caught the virus. She was hospitalized May 13 and died June 9. Now, as Sherae Honeycutt of Fox4 in Kansas City writes: “Her family is praying people will see Tricia’s life as a call to action to get their vaccine — if not for themselves, for the ones they love. ‘Please take this seriously. You don’t want to see a family member you love go through this,’ Carmichael said. ‘You have a way better chance of coming out OK than if you don’t.’”

Marc Johnson, a University of Missouri immunologist, told The Missouri Independent that he expected the state’s outbreak to continue worsening for much of July. In some communities, the delta variant has only recently arrived, suggesting a coming surge.

Despite the rise in caseloads and deaths, many Republican politicians have declined to offer a full-throated call for vaccination. Instead, state legislators in Missouri have warned hospitals not to require employees to get vaccinated. And Gov. Mike Parson has sent mixed messages.

“You’re gonna have to take responsibility, to take the vaccine, if you so choose to,” Parson said last week. “But you know, I think it’s important to understand that there’s risk involved.”

A few Republican governors have taken a different approach.

“We’re in a race against this delta variant,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said Sunday. “The solution is the vaccinations.”

Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia was blunter: Anybody who is not vaccinated, he said, has entered “the death lottery.”

California’s capitol revives mask rule after outbreak infected four fully vaccinated people

By MICHAEL LEVENSON

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he California state Capitol in Sacramento has toughened its mask policy after finding nine recent cases of COVID-19 in the Assembly, including four cases in people who had been fully vaccinated, legislative officials said.

The Capitol’s mask mandate is being tightened at a time when the highly contagious delta variant, with its enhanced capacity to sidestep vaccines, accounts for nearly a third of cases in the state and for more than half of cases in the country, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Under the new policy, legislators and staff members, regardless of their vaccination status, must wear masks at all times in the Capitol, the Legislative Office Building and district offices.

The policy, which went into effect Tuesday, extends to legislators and staff members working in office suites. Under the previous policy, masks had only been required in public

areas like hallways and hearing rooms.

In addition, the Senate and the Assembly will begin twice-weekly COVID testing of employees who are not fully vaccinated, according to memos from administrators in both chambers.

Over the past 10 days, nine Assembly staff members have tested positive, though one of them later tested negative, Assembly officials said. Eight of the cases were confined to one Assembly office, officials said.

“We take this very seriously,” Speaker Anthony Rendon said in a statement. “It’s our job to serve the people and protect our staff, so that’s what we’re doing. The good news is the great majority of our staff is vaccinated.”

Erika Contreras, the secretary of the California state Senate, said in a statement: “The Senate does not have any current cases and has a host of protocols in place that we will continue to adhere to.”

Contreras pointed out that even fully vaccinated people

can be infected, although they are less likely to suffer the most serious symptoms.

Through the end of April, the CDC had received 10,262 reports of such breakthrough infections from 46 states and territories, a number that was very likely “a substantial undercount,” according to the agency’s own report. In May, however, the CDC stopped investigating breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated except in cases of hospitalization or death.

Research suggests that full inoculation with the vaccines in use in the United States provides good protection against delta — and remains highly effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

But several studies have shown that while the current vaccines used in the United States are effective against delta, they are slightly less so than against most other variants.

Researchers are concerned that fully vaccinated people may sometimes pick up asymptomatic infections and unknowingly spread the virus to others.

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Startups aim beyond Earth

By ERIN WOO

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hen Lisa Rich held a call with investors in March to raise money for Aurvandil Acquisition, a company that buys startups focused on space technology, her goal was to bring in several million dollars.

Rich, a member of Aurvandil’s board, almost reached her goal within an hour.

“That just doesn’t happen,” she said, laughing.

Richard Branson is scheduled to fly to space Sunday, on a ship built by his company Virgin Galactic. Jeff Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s chief executive Monday, is set to take a spaceflight about a week later, in a spacecraft built by his company Blue Origin. And Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has a deal with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to land Americans on the moon.

But moguls are far from the only people with their eyes to the skies.

Investors are putting more money than ever into space technology. Space startups raised more than $7 billion in 2020, double the amount from just two years earlier, according to the space analytics firm BryceTech. That trend is continuing this year, said Carissa Christensen, BryceTech’s chief executive.

The largest deals are going to companies that launch rockets into space, like SpaceX and Relativity Space, which announced $650 million in new money last month, a day after Bezos declared that he would fly to space.

But startups in every sector of the space industry — including launch and satellite communications, human life support, supply chains and energy — have investors’ attention. Astranis, a satellite internet company, closed a $280 million deal in April. Axiom Space, which aims to build the first commercial space station, raised $130 million in February.

“I’ve never seen a market like this, ever,” said Gabe Dominocielo, a co-founder of Umbra, a startup that develops satellites designed to take pictures regardless of weather or light conditions. “Since last year, the amount of phone calls I’ve received — as a startup, typically, the startup is typically making a phone call to an investor. Now it’s completely the reverse.”

The boom, many executives, analysts and investors say, is fueled partly by advancements that have made it affordable for private companies — not just nations — to develop space technology and launch products into space.

Astra, a startup founded in 2016, wants to make it even easier to go to space by offering smaller, more frequent launches — positioning itself as a

Cradles for holding the rockets during assembly at the Astra factory in Alameda, Calif., June 25, 2021. building block of the space industry similar to cloud computing’s role in enabling web startups. The company is competing in the small launch market with other and more established startups like Rocket Lab but hopes to stand out by aiming for even smaller and cheaper launches.

Astra has scheduled its first launch with a payload for this summer and has 50 launches under contract, including for Planet and NASA. “Astra is there filling in this gap in the market where you have hundreds of these companies, they all have new technologies they’re developing, and you don’t want to wait until next year when SpaceX can get you there,” said Chris Kemp, Astra’s chief executive. “Even if it’s free, even if SpaceX paid me money to wait a year, the value of being able to get to space next month is incredibly valuable to a startup that’s burning millions of dollars a month.”

SpaceX is also working on another milestone: rockets like Falcon 9, which has a reusable booster, and Starship, which is designed to be fully reusable.

In May, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its latest Starship prototype for the first time.

“The ability to reuse something and make it consistent and reliable is transformative in the space

industry,” said Rich, who is also a founder of Hemisphere Ventures, which has invested in space companies since 2014, and a founder and the chief operating officer of Xplore, a company designing orbital missions.

The latest wave of deals has also been driven in part by a spate of special purpose acquisition companies like Rich’s Aurvandil. The sole purpose of these publicly traded shell companies, known as SPACs, is to buy one or more private companies. They have been one of the financial world’s hottest trends over the past year.

From the startup’s perspective, merging with a SPAC is an efficient way to raise large sums at an earlier stage. It also changes the calculus for investors.

Some investors shied away from space startups in the past because the technology often takes much longer than software, like a social media service or an app, to develop and generate revenue.

“If you’re in a software company and you deploy an app and it doesn’t work, you just spin up a new app. That failure maybe cost a month or two months of time,” Dominocielo of Umbra said. “If you have a satellite, you’re spending just millions of dollars, and if that satellite fails, you’ve lost years.”

But SPACs allow companies to go public earlier than a traditional initial public offering, giving investors an opportunity to cash out much earlier. The value of the public company is often based in part on growth projections rather than actual revenue.

Ten companies in the space industry have announced plans for a SPAC merger, including seven in 2021. Planet and Astra are among the seven. On Wednesday, Planet announced a merger with dMY Technology Group IV that is expected to raise $434 million. The merger with Holicity will infuse Astra with about $489 million in cash, allowing it to expand fast enough to keep up with what Kemp calls “absolutely insatiable” demand.

“When you get to the point where you need half a billion dollars of capital to build a rocket factory, then you have to go public because you’re beyond the venture stage of financing,” he said. “That’s where the SPACs really play well.”

Astra began the merger process in December and went public on Nasdaq last week.

In total, $3.9 billion has been raised through the nine SPAC deals, and the companies have a combined enterprise value of $20 billion, according to Christensen of BryceTech.

Investors, founders and analysts expect the space industry to continue to expand rapidly. Morgan Stanley estimated that space will be a $1 trillion industry by 2040, up from $350 billion in 2020.

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Wall Street falls on growth worries, Chinese tech crackdown W all Street’s main indexes fell on Thursday as the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant cast doubts over an economic recovery, while a rout in Chinese tech stocks appeared to have spilled across markets.

Investors globally turned wary of risk. Equities fell and bond prices rallied on worries about Beijing’s crackdown on foreign-listed Chinese firms and a sustained global economic recovery. [MKTS/GLOB] Stocks that led much of Wall Street’s rally this year and those that stand to benefit the most from an economic rebound were under pressure, with cyclical players including financials and materials leading declines among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors.

The S&P 500 banks fell 1.0%, tracking a fall in the 10year Treasury yield to 1.25%. [US/] The FAANG group, whose value rests heavily on future earnings, dropped between 0.7% and 1.3%. It had sent the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to record highs in the previous session.

“Markets are having a bad morning, but this is normal and even healthy given the recent strong run,” said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial Network.

“This looks like a short-term reaction to recent concerns about the Delta variant more than anything else.”

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc, which has been at the center of a selloff after its app was taken down

by Beijing, fell 5.6%.

Other U.S.-listed Chinese stocks fell, tracking steep losses in China and Hong Kong, with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd falling 3.7% and internet search engine Baidu Inc down 3.9%.

The two Chinese tech-giants have declined nearly 8% and 10.4% respectively this week, underperforming the broader NYSE FANG+TM index, which has fallen only 2.9% so far in the same period.

In another sign that hurt sentiment for reopening trade, the International Olympic Committee banned spectators at the games set to be held in Tokyo amid a state of emergency that will run throughout the event.

Minutes of the central bank’s June meeting released on Wednesday showed the Fed officials felt a U.S. recovery had a long way to go and they may not be ready yet to move on tightening policy.

Indeed, the Labor Department’s report showed weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose to 373,000 for the week ended July 3. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 350,000 applications for the latest week.

The CBOE Volatility index, a gauge for investor anxiety, earlier jumped to its highest level in over two weeks.

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World’s reported COVID death toll passes 4 million

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

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he world’s known coronavirus death toll passed 4 million Thursday, a loss roughly equivalent to the population of Los Angeles, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

It took nine months for the virus to claim 1 million lives, and the pace has quickened since then. The second million were lost in 3 1/2 months, the third in three months, and the fourth in about 2 1/2 months. The number of daily reported deaths has declined recently.

Those are officially reported figures, which are widely believed to undercount pandemicrelated deaths.

“The numbers may not tell the complete story, and yet they’re still really staggering numbers globally,” said Jennifer B. Nuzzo, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Nuzzo said the number of excess deaths reported around the world suggested that “lowerincome countries have been much harder hit

than their official numbers would suggest.”

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, called 4 million dead a tragic milestone on Wednesday, and said the toll was continuing to mount largely because of dangerous versions of the virus and inequities in the distribution of vaccines.

“Compounded by fast-moving variants and shocking inequity in vaccination, far too many countries in every region of the world are seeing sharp spikes in cases and hospitalizations,” Tedros said at a news conference.

The official death toll numbers tell only part of the horrifying pandemic story. In many places, people have died without family to comfort them because of rules to prevent the spread of the virus. And many countries were completely overrun.

The dead overwhelmed cremation grounds in India in May, where at least 400,000 confirmed deaths have been reported and the actual number is likely higher. That was also the case in funeral homes in the United States, which sur-

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Latin America ravaged The virus has hammered Latin America since the start of the pandemic, and some of those nations have been grappling with their deadliest outbreaks to date.

As of Tuesday, seven of the 10 countries with the highest death rates relative to their populations over the past week were in South America, according to data from Johns Hopkins, and the virus has been a destabilizing force in many countries in the region.

Government health data in Colombia show that more than 500 people died from the virus each day in June. The country has also gone through weeks of explosive protests over poverty made worse by the pandemic that were sometimes met with a violent police response.

A wave of cases in Peru cost many people their livelihoods, and thousands of impoverished people occupied empty stretches of land south of Lima. In Paraguay, which as of Tuesday had the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita of any country during the previous week, social networks often resemble obituary pages.

Brazil, which recently passed 500,000 official deaths, had the highest number of new cases and deaths of any country in the past week. A recent study found that COVID-19 had led to a significant decrease in life expectancy in Brazil.

Vaccines make a difference Several vaccines have proved effective against the coronavirus, including the highly contagious Delta variant, and death rates have

dropped sharply in many parts of the world where large numbers of people have been vaccinated, like the United States and much of Europe.

But the virus is still running rampant in regions with lower rates of vaccination, like parts of Asia, Africa and South America. Some places with relatively high vaccination rates, like England, are also seeing spikes in cases, though fewer of those cases have been leading to hospitalizations and deaths.

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who works on coronavirus response for the WHO, said that there were “more than two dozen countries that have epidemic curves that are almost vertical.”

“The virus is showing us right now that it’s thriving,” she said.

Wealthy countries and international organizations have pledged billions of dollars to COVAX, a global vaccine-sharing initiative, and nations like the United States have promised to supply hundreds of millions of doses. But those numbers pale in comparison with the 11 billion vaccine doses that experts estimate will be needed to rein in the virus around the world.

To date, just under 3.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, according to vaccination data from local governments compiled by the Our World in Data project at the University of Oxford. Nearly all have been of vaccines that require more than one dose to be fully effective.

Country-to-country differences in progress are stark, with some already inoculating most of their adult citizens while others have yet to report administering a single dose.

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In the Haitian diaspora: Shock, sadness and a fear of what comes next

By DAN BILEFSKY

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any Haitians in the diaspora feared the worst on Wednesday, following the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, an act of violence viewed by many as a potent symbol of the impoverished Caribbean nation’s descent into mayhem in recent months.

Rodney Saint-Éloi, a celebrated Haitian-Canadian poet and publisher in Montreal, said the assassination of Moïse was a blow to democracy in Haiti. “It turns all Haitians into assassins because he was, like it or not, the president of all Haitians,” he said. “It is the failure of a society and of an elite who helped get us to this point.”

Moïse, killed in an attack early Wednesday on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, had presided over a country buffeted by instability, endemic corruption and gang violence, and his refusal to cede power had angered Haitians the world over. Many in the diaspora had put off trips home for the past year, as kidnappings and other acts of violence became more commonplace.

Frantz André, a leading Haitian human rights advocate in Montreal, organized a protest in March in which dozens of Haitians demonstrated against what they called Moïse’s political repression. He said that Moïse was a deeply polarizing figure and that he and other Haitians abroad on Wednesday were feeling “mixed emotions.”

“I don’t think it would be wise to scream victory at his assassination because we don’t know what will come after and the situation could be even more precarious,” André said. “Educated people saw him as a threat to democracy and others have been protesting against him because they have nothing to eat.”

But André added that a sizable minority had also supported Moïse and saw him as a catalyst for change because he had been promoting the idea of giving Haitians outside the country the right to vote, and was pushing to change the Haitian Constitution.

On Wednesday, in New York, Montreal and Miami, Haitians of all political stripes expressed frustration with the state of the country, where a majority of the population earns less than $2.41 a day and which was ranked 170 out of 180 for perceived corruption in 2020 — tied with North Korea — by Transparency International, the anti-corruption watchdog.

Conspiracy theories were swirling as to who had killed Moïse, a man with many enemies. André said one theory circulating in the Haitian community was that the killers, who were heard speaking Spanish, could have been hired assassins from the Dominican Republic.

Because of its chronic instability, Haiti has a large diaspora, with some of the largest communities based in the United States, Canada, France and the Dominican Republic.

There are about 1.2 million Haitians or people of Haitian origin in the United States, according to 2018 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. But the figure is thought to be higher because of a sizable number of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

On Wednesday, not all were upset by the news of the assassination. In New York, home of a vibrant Haitian expatriate community, Dahoud André, a Haitian radio host from Brooklyn, said he was overjoyed.

“There will be celebrations on the streets of New York,” he said, stressing that Moïse had won the 2016 elections with just under 600,000 votes in a country of 11 million people.

“We believe it is a good thing for the Haitian people that Jovenel Moïse is dead,” he said. “He was a criminal, who never had any legitimacy and under his leadership, there have been massacres, and corruption, and the arming and financing of street gangs. The only people mourning will be those who were helping him to steal.”

Anthonine Pierre, a community organizer in Brooklyn who works for a group developing Black social justice leadership, said the assassination was her generation’s moment to grapple with upheaval in Haiti. “I think that every Haitian person alive has lived through a lot of instability in the Haitian government and this is just a different moment,” she said. “This is our generation’s moment.”

In South Florida, so many Haitians have flocked to the region over the past decades a neighborhood in Miami is known as “Little Haiti.” In recent years, a thriving middle class has emerged and is gaining political influence.

Leonie Hermantin, a Haitian community leader in Miami, said Moïse took on many projects in the northwest of Haiti, where he is from, and enjoyed support there, particularly from the working class. He also received some support in South Florida, she said.

“To some he was a corrupt leader, but to others he was a reformer. He was a man who was trying to change the power dynamics, particularly when it came to money and who had control over electricity contracts,” Hermantin said.

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He went from banana exporter to president: ‘I am not a dictator’

By FRANCES ROBLES

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t was a battle from the start for Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse.

Even before he took office, Moïse had to fight off accusations that, as a virtually unknown banana exporter, he was nothing but a hand-picked puppet of the previous president, Michel Martelly.

“Jovenel is his own man,” Moïse told The New York Times in 2016, shortly after having won the election, trying to rebut the accusations. He promised to show results within six months in office.

After more than four years in office, he was killed in his home early Wednesday at the age of 53. He left a wife and three children.

In his last year in office, as protests against him grew and he declined to step down, he had to defend himself in other ways: “I am not a dictator,” he told The Times earlier this year.

Moïse was the former president of the chamber of commerce in Port-de-Paix, the country’s northwest region, when he ran for president. When he emerged as a leading candidate in 2015, few people had ever heard of him. They called him “the Banana Man.” He won a majority of votes in a crowded field where few people had bothered to cast ballots.

In interviews, Moïse often recounted how he had grown up on a large sugar plantation in a rural area of the country and could relate to the vast majority of Haitians who

Jovenel Moïse in 2016. live off the land.

He attended school in the capital, Portau-Prince, and said he learned how to succeed by watching his father’s profitable farming business.

But his time on that plantation made him think.

“Since I was a child, I was always wondering why people were living in such conditions while enormous lands were empty,” he said. “I believe agriculture is the key to change for this country.”

He ran a large produce cooperative that employed 3,000 farmers.

But during his time in office, Moïse was widely accused of behaving like a strongman who tried to consolidate power.

In 2019, an inspector general’s report examining PetroCaribe funds generated from Venezuela’s oil donations accused him of embezzlement. Two of Moïse’s companies had billed to build the same road, the report said, which critics believed was a scheme to generate money to pay for his campaign.

People wondered: What was a banana company doing building roads?

He was also accused of having used powerful violent gangs to suppress political opposition.

“The involvement of various Moïse administration officials and police officers in planning and executing attacks point to a state policy to attack civilians,” a study this year by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School said.

In a dispute over when his term should end, he declined to step down and ruled by decree as the terms of nearly every elected official in the country expired and no elections were held.

He tried to push through a new constitution that would have given his office more power and the ability to secure more terms in office. Those plans were derailed by the pandemic and rising insecurity in the country.

History will remember Moïse as a stubborn and brave person who knew what he wanted, and was willing to fight for it, said Pierre Reginald Boulos, an opposition figure

and wealthy business leader who helped Moïse get elected, but ultimately broke with him and became his nemesis.

“When he has something in his mind, he becomes blind about it,” Boulos said.

“From what I knew of him before we broke up, this was a guy who really wanted to see change in Haiti. I think his desire to see a new Haiti was real. And he had energy like nobody else. This was a president who worked 14, 16, 18, 20 hours a day.”

It was normal for Moïse to hit the road before dawn for a seven-hour drive to the capital, attend a two-hour meeting and turn back the same day, Boulos said.

As for who may have killed him, “Everybody’s name has been floated,” Boulos said, “including my own.”

James Morrell, director of the Haiti Democracy Project, a group formed by former U.S. ambassadors that monitors elections in Haiti, disagreed with those who believed Moïse had illegally stayed in power. He accused the United States and the international community of “pulling the rug out” from under him by withdrawing United Nations troops that had offered protection.

“The opposition was gunning for him almost from the start,” Morrell said.

“I think that he was fairly ineffective,” he added. “He became more and more abusive.”

Even his critics agree that Moïse used his power in office to try to end monopolies that offered lucrative contracts to the powerful elite. And that made him enemies.

“To some he was a corrupt leader, but to others he was a reformer,” said Leonie Hermantin, a Haitian community activist in Miami. “He was a man who was trying to change the power dynamics, particularly when it came to money and who had control over electricity contracts. The oligarchy was paid billions of dollars to provide electricity to a country that was still in the dark.”

Simon Desras, a former opposition senator in Haiti, said Moïse seemed to know that his battle against the wealthy and powerful interests in the country would get him killed.

“I remember in his speech, he said he just targeted the rich people by putting an end to their contracts,” Desras said in a telephone interview as he drove through Haiti’s deserted streets. “He said that could be the reason for his death, because they are used to assassinating people and pushing people into exile.”

“It’s like he made a prophecy.”

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Summer travel is back. Earth can’t handle it.

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o cruise or not to cruise? To safari or stay put? To fly — perchance to hang glide or kite surf into some un-Instagrammed country. So goes the great moral dilemma now lurking in the travel and tourism industry, perhaps the beating heart of global consumerist extravagance. Now that our year-plus fast is close to over, shall we commence gorging once more?

In 2019, according to an industry trade group, the world spent about $9 trillion — nearly a tenth of global gross domestic product — on tourism. It was the 10th consecutive year of growth in travel and expansion looked endless.

Heedless success was the industry’s main problem. If you traveled anywhere during the summer or two before the COVID-19 pandemic, you weren’t alone; across the world, officials wrestled with the civic and environmental costs of overtourism.

Each summer, armadas of cruise ships would spew stinking streams of people and pollution into the world’s beloved port cities. At Disneyland, wait times for the hottest rides stretched to two hours — which was at least better than on Mount Everest, where overcrowding on some of the mountain’s most dangerous spots created deadly queues and effectively turned the summit into the world’s highest garbage dump. A New York Times art critic called on the Louvre to take down the Mona Lisa, who had grown so thickly thronged with Instagramming bucket-listers that she was now, he wrote, “a black hole of anti-art who has

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Exploration is an ancient and sometimes even noble human endeavor, and as the virus abates, those of us fortunate enough to be able to entertain such possibilities are yearning to make up for lost vacationing. The global economy may depend on the rapid rebirth of tourism. Travel was, of course, one of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic. Tens of millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in economic activity are riding on its return to normality.

But that would be a mistake. Tourism should not return to anything like its old, profligate normal. The pandemic has presented the world with an opportunity to reset how we tour this planet, and we should reach for it.

Some places are doing so. In Amsterdam — a city of fewer than a million residents that was mobbed by more than 21 million visitors in 2019 — leaders are considering new regulations for the city’s famous red-light district and cannabis shops, which locals say attract too many rowdy crowds. Calanques National Park, in southern France, has started a demarketing campaign to dissuade online influencers from talking up the place. But I fear that many countries will find it difficult to keep tourism at bay. Already, in the name of quick economic rehabilitation, politicians and companies are pushing for a hasty return to the ways of the past, and then some. Some European countries have reopened to tourists from the United States, and airlines are clamoring for the Biden administration to reciprocate by opening America back up to the world.

Let us not be so hasty. In planning for the future of travel, all of us — travelers, people in the travel industry and the governments that regulate the business — would be wise to follow the careful traveler’s most reliable maxim: Go slow.

We should exercise caution not just because the virus remains very much still out there; it’s also because, in the years before the virus, tourism grew unsustainably and to excess, driven less by sincere wanderlust than preening digital self-regard.

Technology hadn’t just made travel very cheap but had also cheapened it. Glorious Instagram sunsets blinded us to the enormous planetary costs of travel. The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimated that tourism accounted for about 5% of the world’s human-produced carbon emissions in 2016.

Another study found that from 2009-13, tourism was responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions and that the industry is growing fast enough to outstrip its meager efforts to decarbonize.

It is in the travel industry’s own long-term interest to curb these costs; a world suffering from serial climate disasters is not a very pleasant place to tour. Yet for years the tourist sector has been largely allowed a free pass for its environmental devastation.

I have written already about how the pandemic should prompt a rethinking of air travel. This is most true in the business world. Sure, there’s something magical about meeting face to face, but in an age of pretty good videoconferencing, there isn’t magic enough to justify the extreme environmental costs of rou-

tine flight. But flying is so carbon intensive — your share of the emissions from a single round-trip trans-Atlantic flight is almost enough to wipe out the gains you might get from living car-free for a year — that it’s worth considering limiting leisure plane trips, too. Some people can afford to travel to Europe every year, maybe even several times a year. I’m not one for flight shaming, but that level of indulgence ought to earn some measure of social opprobrium.

Cruises present an even better target for radical reform, if not outright prohibition. The early days of the pandemic highlighted the cruise industry’s vulnerability to contagion, but getting disease under control should be just the first step for this most polluting of conveyances. According to one study, a midsize cruise ship can emit as much particulate as 1 million cars. One cruise company alone, Carnival, was responsible for 10 times as much sulfur oxide as that emitted by the roughly 260 million passenger cars on European roads in 2017, a 2019 analysis found.

This week I called Rick Steves, the travel writer and tour operator, to ask about the future of travel on a warming planet.

For most of his life, he visited Europe at least once a year. Last summer was the first time in decades that he didn’t go, and he’s staying home again this year.

Steves told me that time at home has given him a new perspective on travel — both its liberating psychic possibilities and its heavy costs.

“I’ve gained an appreciation for the fragility of the environment and the importance of people and nations to not be afraid of each other but work together,” he told me. Like the battle against climate change, fighting the pandemic required coordination among politicians, scientists, regulators and businesses around the world. That kind of coordination is fostered by the trust and empathy gained by global travel, Steves said.

The rub is that travel itself is worsening the crisis — and because the industry’s impact has been so loosely policed by the world’s governments, it has little incentive to make difficult changes to its operations.

To mitigate the environmental cost of his European travel business, Steves has turned to carbon offsets. For each of the 30,000 or so passengers the company takes to Europe in an ordinary year, the company contributes $30 for environmental initiatives meant to curb the costs of climate change. Many airlines now offer passengers the chance to pay for emissions offsets.

But because all these programs are voluntary, their impact seems limited. And at the moment, there is little political incentive to impose new regulations on struggling travel companies.

In May, the Senate unanimously passed a bill allowing cruise ships to return to Alaska. The House quickly passed it, too, and when it got to his desk, President Joe Biden signed it.

The law, he tweeted, would “support Alaskans by allowing large cruise ships to return to the state this summer.”

The law made no mention of the environment. Neither did the president.

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Jenniffer González promueve su agenda de trabajo en segundo día de reuniones en República Dominicana POR CYBERNEWS

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ANTO DOMINGO, República Dominicana – La comisionada residente, Jenniffer González Colón, informó el jueves que continúa su segundo día de reuniones en la capital dominicana donde se reunió en el Congreso con el presidente de la Cámara de Disputados, Alfredo Pacheco, y el presidente del Senado Eduardo Estrella, y los ministros de Aduana, Turismo y Comercio, así como con el sector de negocios.

La comisionada dijo en comunicación escrita que felicitó al presidente de la Cámara de Diputados, Alfredo Pacheco, “por los esfuerzos del gobierno dominicano contra la trata humana. Gra-

cias a esto, los Estados Unidos sacó a la República Dominicana de la “lista de advertencia”, donde había sido puesto el año pasado. En la esfera federal, González Colón trabaja legislación bipartita para trabajar este asunto a nivel de los Estados Unidos”.

Expuso que compartió acon Adeliz Olivares, diputada de los Dominicanos en el Exterior quien vive en Puerto Rico y con quien dialogó sobre las necesidades de la comunidad dominicana en la isla.

Con el presidente del Senado, Eduardo Estrella, dialogó sobre su solicitud de que el gobierno de Estados Unidos permita la visa H-2B a los ciudadanos dominicanos para que puedan trabajar

en Puerto Rico y ayudar a levantar la economía de la isla ante la necesidad de mano de obra.

En temas de comercio internacional dialogaron sobre el desarrollo del puerto de Manzanillo, que es el punto más cercano a Estados Unidos, principal socio comercial de la República Dominicana.

En la reunión estuvo el senador Pedro Manuel Catrain presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos de Exteriores.

En la reunión con el ministro de Aduanas, Eduardo Sanz, González Colón dialogó sobre oportunidades de desarrollo económico en los próximos años para dominicana y Puerto Rico, así como la transferencia de pasajeros por el ferry.

La comisionada se reunió con miembros del Consejo Nacional de la Empresa Privada, inc. (CONEP), organización que aglutina la mayor parte de las empresas privadas en la República Dominicana; así como con otros comerciantes, el Gobernador del Banco Central, Héctor Valdez; los ministros de Comercio, Víctor ‘Ito’ Bisonó; y Turismo, David Collado.

El 48.3 por ciento de las importaciones a Puerto Rico desde la República Dominicana se distribuye en tres sectores industriales: 1. manufactura miscelánea; 2. alimentos (caña de azúcar, salsas de tomate, habichuelas, cereales, margarina, etc.; y 3. productos de plásticos y de goma.

DDEC lidera esfuerzos para orientar y asistir a empresas sobre temas de energía ante la transformación del sistema energético de Puerto Rico POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN — El Programa de Política Pública Energética del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), celebró la primera Mesa Redonda Energética entre el gobierno, LUMA e industrias del sector privado para facilitar las conversaciones y discutir soluciones para la confiabilidad energética, resiliencia y la continuidad de los negocios de cara al nuevo panorama energético en la Isla, informó este jueves Manuel Cidre Miranda, Secretario del DDEC. “Nuestro compromiso es mejorar la facilidad para hacer negocios en Puerto Rico y aumentar nuestra competitividad, y para eso, un sistema energético confiable es fundamental.

El resultado de este primer encuentro ha sido la identificación de áreas de oportunidad y consenso en soluciones,

que redundarán en el beneficio del desarrollo económico en la isla, no solo para las grandes industrias, sino también para el pequeño y mediano comerciante”, señaló Cidre Miranda en una comunicación escrita.

Por su parte, Francisco Berríos Portela, director del Programa de Política Pública Energética del DDEC indicó que “hemos establecido una comunicación efectiva con el personal de LUMA para atender los temas que nos corresponden de manera eficiente y estamos ampliando la asistencia que provee el DDEC al sector empresarial siendo facilitadores para que las empresas obtengan un mejor servicio de energía”.

“En LUMA, nuestra misión es transformar el sistema de transmisión y distribución de energía eléctrica, un cambio que tendrá un efecto directo y positivo en el desarrollo económico de

Puerto Rico. Las industrias representadas en la Mesa Redonda de Energía de hoy son algunos de nuestros clientes más grandes y empleadores líderes en Puerto Rico. Agradecemos al secretario Cidre por abrir un espacio de diálogo, además de facilitar nuestro compromiso de brindar una experiencia excepcional a todos nuestros clientes. Anticipamos nuestra continua colaboración con el Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y nuestros clientes hacia el futuro energético que Puerto Rico merece”, dijo Wayne Stensby, presidente y CEO de LUMA. Durante la mesa redonda participaron representantes de sectores industriales tales como dispositivos médicos, farmacéuticas, tecnología, banca y asociaciones, entre otros, que además de verbalizar sus necesidades, ofrecieron soluciones para que las industrias puedan tener acceso direc-

to con representantes de LUMA para poder así canalizar sus peticiones o situaciones particulares, ya sea en los procesos de endosos, solicitudes de cogeneración o en casos de interrupciones.

Como parte de la discusión se atendieron preocupaciones y casos puntuales identificados por los representantes de los diferentes sectores industriales obteniendo el compromiso por parte de LUMA para atender los mismos de manera diligente. Los asuntos y compromisos discutidos incluyen mantener una comunicación efectiva, atender con carácter de prioridad los casos pendientes de endosos para permisos de OGPe, gestionar junto con el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales la solicitud de waiver para el uso de los generadores de emergencia y coordinar futuras actividades para discutir el progreso en los trabajos.

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The Cannes Film Festival is back, lavish and maskless (despite the rules)

By KYLE BUCHANAN

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aggie Gyllenhaal’s eyes widened. It had been 15 months since the actress was last in a movie theater, a pandemic-era streak she broke Tuesday night at the splashy Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Annette,” a new musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.

“It was great, but it was also kind of a shock,” Gyllenhaal told me afterward at the festival’s opening-night dinner. As a member of the jury that awards the prestigious Palme d’Or, Gyllenhaal has a full slate of premieres to attend over the next two weeks. Still, after the pandemic kept the movie industry’s in-person revelry to a minimum, getting reacclimated to all that glitz and glamour may take some time.

“The premiere was like a trial by fire, especially the red-carpet stuff,” Gyllenhaal said. “I haven’t done anything like that in so long. I forgot how intense it is!”

If Cannes has retained its ability to overwhelm, that’s a significant win for this most maximal of film festivals, which returned to the Croisette this week after a two-year break. The last edition, held in 2019, launched Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” and awarded the Palme d’Or to Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” so expectations were sky-high for the follow-up event. The pandemic scuttled most of those plans.

Though many film festivals went virtual over the past year, Cannes opted to cancel: Without all the marathonlength red carpets, near-endless standing ovations and bustling beach parties, what would be the point? Instead, many of the films that were originally intended for the 2020 edition, like Wes Anderson’s starry “The French Dispatch,” were delayed for a proper debut on the Croisette this year.

So is it the same old Cannes? Well, yes and no. The opening-night ceremony was as lavish as ever, attracting boldfaced names like jury president Spike Lee (clad in a Pepto Bismol pink suit from Louis Vuitton); Jodie Foster, who received an honorary Palme d’Or during the evening; and actresses Jessica Chastain and Helen Mirren. To watch all the celebrities swan down the red carpet in their tuxedos and couture, you would think Cannes picked up right where it left off.

But at the top of the steps of the Palais des Festivals, where the ceremony was held, the Cannes director, Thierry Frémaux, eschewed his usual habit of greeting the talent with a kiss on the cheek, a small but telling concession to the continuing pandemic. Though France has begun easing restrictions as the country ramps up its vaccination rate, concerns about the Delta variant have still made many festivalgoers uneasy.

The pandemic protocol here is wildly inconsistent: Vaccinated visitors from the European Union can move about freely, but American citizens must be tested for the coronavirus every 48 hours, regardless of vaccination sta-

At the Cannes premiere of “Annette,” the cast and crew included, from left, Angèle, Ron Mael, Adam Driver, the director Leos Carax, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg and Russell Mael. tus. To attend a news conference, you have to show a negative test result, though getting into the movies themselves is far easier: The theaters simply ask audiences to mask up while inside, regardless of vaccination status.

Enforcing that rule is another matter entirely. Before the start of “Annette” — an esoteric musical with songs from the band Sparks — three-fourths of the moviegoers around me had removed their masks, and the ushers simply shrugged. (There’s a reason the French gave us the phrase “laissez-faire.”) After the movie ended, as the standing ovation went into its fifth minute, Driver and his director, Leos Carax, both lit up cigarettes inside the theater.

Attendees were then taken to crowded shuttle buses and transported to the opening-night dinner at Palm Beach, which got underway after midnight. Instead of the bustling dance parties that usually end each evening in Cannes, the festival has encouraged a switch to dinners, which are ostensibly more spread apart, civilized and COVID-19-safe.

But in practice, all that up-close hobnobbing is still the same, even if it doesn’t happen on a dance floor. As I entered, Mirren was leaning over a banquette to greet Gyllenhaal; later, Mirren and her husband, Taylor Hackford, plopped down next to Andie MacDowell. At a table nearby, Foster chatted in fluent French with a slew of well-wishers, while Bong embraced his “Parasite” lead Song Kang Ho, who is also serving on this year’s Cannes jury.

Director Pedro Almodóvar spent most of the night in deep conversation with Chastain, though he and I spoke long enough for Almodóvar to praise Driver’s committed performance in “Annette” — “He always takes such risks!”

— and to promise that his next film, the Penélope Cruz drama “Parallel Mothers,” would be out stateside in December. “You will see it soon,” he said — though not at Cannes, where his last movie, “Pain and Glory,” premiered.

On my way back to the hotel, I stopped by the “Annette” after-party. Though Driver had beat a hasty retreat after the film’s premiere (he caught a flight back to Cleveland to shoot Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise”), the room was full of drunken revelers anyway.

As they shouted over the music and clinked Champagne glasses, I realized that while Gyllenhaal was still adjusting to the full-on crush of Cannes, plenty of people here needed no such grace period. After a year and a half of Zoom and sweatpants, these film professionals were all too eager to get back to the business of pleasure.

At 2:30 in the morning, as the party spilled out into the street, they gave each other the kisses on the cheek that Fremaux had forgone. Some even cast about for their next move, eager to keep the good times going. “Where can we get food this late?” one American film executive asked his friend. He added brightly: “I would kill for chicken nuggets!”

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Robert Downey Sr., filmmaker and provocateur, is dead at 85

The filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. in an undated photo. He once said that the budget for his first film, “Babo 73,” was $3,000.

By NEIL GENZLINGER

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obert Downey Sr., who made provocative movies like “Putney Swope” that avoided mainstream success but were often critical favorites and were always attention getting, died Wednesday at his home in New York. He was 85.

The cause was Parkinson’s disease, his wife, Rosemary Rogers, said.

“Putney Swope,” a 1969 comedy about a Black man who is accidentally elected chairman of a Madison Avenue advertising agency, was perhaps Downey’s

best-known film.

“To be as precise as is possible about such a movie,” Vincent Canby wrote in a rave review in The New York Times, “it is funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvelous, unintelligible and relevant.”

The film, though probably a financial success by Downey’s standards, made only about $2.7 million. (By comparison, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” that same year made more than $100 million.)

Yet its reputation was such that in 2016 the Library of Congress selected it for the National Film Registry, an exclusive group of movies deemed to have cultural or historical significance.

Also much admired in some circles was “Greaser’s Palace” (1972), in which a Christlike figure in a zoot suit arrives in the Wild West by parachute. Younger filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson (who gave Downey a small part in his 1997 hit, “Boogie Nights”) cited it as an influence.

None other than Joseph Papp, theater impresario, in a letter to The Times after Canby’s unenthusiastic review, wrote that “Robert Downey has fearlessly descended into the netherworld and come up with a laughing nightmare.” (Papp’s assessment may not have been entirely objective; at the time he was producing one of Downey’s

few mainstream efforts, a television version of the David Rabe play “Sticks and Bones,” which had been a hit at Papp’s Public Theater in 1971.)

Between “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace” there was “Pound” (1970), a political satire in which actors portrayed stray dogs. Among those actors, playing a puppy, was Robert Downey Jr., future star of the “Iron Man” movies and many others, and Downey’s son. He was 5 and making his film debut.

That movie, the senior Downey told The Times Union of Albany, New York, in 2000, was something of a surprise to the studio.

“When I turned it into United Artists,” he said, “after the screening one of the studio heads said to me, ‘I thought this was gonna be animated.’ They thought they were getting some cute little animated film.”

Robert John Elias Jr. was born June 24, 1936, in Manhattan and grew up in Rockville Centre, on Long Island. His father was in restaurant management, and his mother, Betty (McLoughlin) Elias, was a model. Later, when enlisting in the Army as a teenager, he adopted the last name of his stepfather, Jim Downey, who worked in advertising.

Much of his time in the Army was spent in the stockade, he said later; he wrote a novel while doing his time, but it wasn’t published. He pitched semipro baseball for a year, then wrote some plays.

Among the people he met on the offoff-Broadway scene was William Waering, who owned a camera and suggested they try making movies. The result, which he began shooting when John F. Kennedy was still president and which was released in 1964, was “Babo 73,” in which Taylor Mead, an actor who would go on to appear in many Andy Warhol films, played the president of the United States. It was classic underground filmmaking.

“We just basically went down to the White House and started shooting, with no press passes, permits, anything like that,” Downey said in an interview included in the book “Film Voices: Interviews From Post Script” (2004). “Kennedy was in Europe, so nobody was too tight with the security, so we were outside the White House mainly, ran around; we actually threw Taylor in

with some real generals.”

The budget, he said, was $3,000.

Downey’s “Chafed Elbows,” about a day in the life of a misfit, was released in 1966 and was a breakthrough of sorts, earning him grudging respect even from Bosley Crowther, The Times’ staid film critic.

“One of these days,” he wrote, “Robert Downey, who wrote, directed and produced the underground movie ‘Chafed Elbows,’ which opened at the downtown Gate Theater last night, is going to clean himself up a good bit, wash the dirty words out of his mouth and do something worth mature attention in the way of kooky, satiric comedy. He has the audacity for it. He also has the wit.”

The film enjoyed extended runs at the Gate and the Bleecker Street Cinema.

“No More Excuses” followed in 1968, then “Putney Swope,” “Pound” and “Greaser’s Palace.” But by the early 1970s Downey had developed a cocaine habit.

“Ten years of cocaine around the clock,” he told The Associated Press in 1997. His marriage to Elsie Ford, who had been in several of his movies, faltered; they eventually divorced. He credited his second wife, Laura Ernst, with helping to pull him out of addiction. She died in 1994 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Downey drew on that experience for his last feature, “Hugo Pool” (1997).

In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by a daughter, Allyson Downey; a brother, Jim; a sister, Nancy Connor; and six grandchildren.

Downey’s movies have earned new appreciation in recent decades. In 2008 Anthology Film Archives in the East Village restored and preserved “Chafed Elbows,” “Babo 73” and “No More Excuses” with the support of the Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation.

At the time, Martin Scorsese, a member of the foundation’s board, called them “an essential part of that moment when a truly independent American cinema was born.”

“They’re alive in ways that few movies can claim to be,” Scorsese told The Times, “because it’s the excitement of possibility and discovery that brought them to life.”

Downey deflected such praise.

“They’re uneven,” he said of the films.

“But I was uneven.”

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Friday, July 9, 2021 manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

HIPOTECA: Constituida por José Hernández Acosta (soltero), en garantía de un pagaré a favor de SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO, o a su orden, por la suma de $277,500.00, sus intereses al 5.060% anual y vencedero el 7 de marzo de 2079, según escritura número 209, otorgada en San Juan, el 2 de diciembre de 2010, ante el notario Alfonso J. Gómez Roubert. Inscrita al folio 110 del tomo 1896 de Bayamón.

Inscripción sexta. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Anotado contra José Hernández, seguro social XXX-XX-1895, por la suma de $44,009.17, según notificación número 210835016, presentada el 28 de abril de 2016, al asiento 2016-004780-FEd del Libro de Embargos Federales Karibe. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de

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acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique.

Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de MAYO de 2021. FDO. JOSE F. MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, PLACA #131.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 208803 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR.

Federal National Mortgage Association t/c/c Fannie Mae Demandante v.

José Ramos Fantauzzi t/c/c José Manuel Ramos Fantauzzi, Elizabeth Ramos Matos t/c/c Elizabeth Santa t/c/c Elizabeth Santa Matos t/c/c Elizabeth Santana Matos y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales compuesta por ambos

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: TA2019CV01425.

SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el DÍA 23 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en la sala 503 del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR, todo dere-

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19 cho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en 10 Alondra St. Green Valley Toa Alta, PR 00953 t/c/c #10 Block E, Alondra St., Green Valley Dev., Toa Alta, PR 00953 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 10 del bloque E en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización Green Valley radicado en el Barrio Galateo del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 900.82 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, con la Calle Número 3 de la urbanización, en distancia de 20.00 metros; por el Sur, con la Autoridad de Tierras, en distancia de 20.00 metros; por el Este, con el lote número 11-E, en una distancia de 45.05 metros; y por el Oeste, con el lote número 9-E de la urbanización, en una distancia de 45.05 metros. Este solar se encuentra afectado en su colindancia Norte por una servidumbre de teléfono de 1.52 metros y una servidumbre eléctrica.

Sobre el terreno enclava una casa construída en hormigón armado y bloques de concreto para una sola familia, consta tres cuartos dormitorios, dos baños, sala, cocina, comedor y doble marquesina. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 41 del Tomo 452 de Toa Alta, finca número 23,186, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $171,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en la sala 503 del Centro Judicial de Bayamón que suscribe el DÍA 30 DE AGOSTO DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $114,000.00.

Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en la sala 503 del Centro Judicial de Bayamón el DÍA 7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $85,500.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 639, otorgada el día 28 de noviembre de 2005, ante el Notario Waleska C.

Colón Villanueva y consta inscrita en el Folio 123 del Tomo 467 de Toa Alta, finca número 23,186, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera, inscripción quinta.

Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $136,874.39 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.375% anual desde el día 1 de diciembre de 2017. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Se pagarán también los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.000% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha vencimiento, la suma de $17,100.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $17,100.00para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $17,100.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la Regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate.

La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que

puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de MAYO de 2021. FDO. JOSEMARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, PLACA #131.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE.

ESTRELLA HOME LLC. Demandante v.

PABLO GALARZA COLÓN, MARITZA GARCÍA LUGO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: GM2018CV00014.

Sobre: Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de PONCE, hago saber a la parte demandada, PABLO GALARZA COLÓN, MARITZA GARCÍA LUGO, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, además, LA CORPORACION DEL FONDO DEL SEGURO DEL ESTADO y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 2 de septiembre de 2020, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en

efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal la propiedad de la siguiente dirección: [Urb. Villa Serena, C16 Calle Tiber, Santa Isabel PR 00757-2547] y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Serena, localizada en el Bario Felicia Dos en el término municipal de Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización y que se encuentra en el Registro de Planos, con número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Número del solar 16 del Bloque C. Área del solar 337.00 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número C-5; por el SUR, con la Calle número 4; por el ESTE, con el solar número C-15 y por el OESTE, con el solar C-17. En este solar se ha construido una casa de vivienda para una familia, de bloque y hormigón reforzado. Finca 6670 inscrita al folio 222 del tomo 178 de Santa Isabel, Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de pagaré a favor de Oriental Bank and Trust, o a su orden, por la suma de $164,900.00 con intereses al 6.50% anual y vencimiento 1ro de noviembre de 2033, Constituida por la Escritura 517 otorgada en Ponce el 31 de octubre de 2003, ante el notario Carlos A. Surillo Pumarada e inscrita al folio 222 del tomo 178 de Santa Isabel, Finca 6670, inscripción 5ª. (ii) EMBARGO a favor de la Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, expedido mediante certificación Administrativa otorgada en Guayama el 10 de noviembre de 2008, por la suma de $11,339.19 por concepto de compensación obrera. El embargo es anotado el 10 de noviembre de 2008, e inscrito en virtud de la Ley para Agilizar el Registro de la Propiedad de 2010, extendido el asiento el 30 de noviembre de 2008, e inscrita al folio 222 vuelto del tomo 178 de Santa Isabel, finca 6670, anotación A. (iii) EMBARGO a favor de la Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, expedido mediante Certificación Administrativa el 25 de abril de 2012, por la suma de $10,694.80 por concepto de compensación obrera. EL embargo es anotado en 24 de mayo de 2012, inscrita al folio 222 vuelto del tomo 178 de Santa Isabel, finca 6670, anotación B. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma

20 satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 27 de septiembre de 2019, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $125,675.68 de principal, más $5,066.08 a intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose al 6.5% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, $97.65 a cargos por demora, $2,287.14 más $16,490.00 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 29 de julio de 2021, a las 10:45 de la mañana, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de PONCE, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $164,900.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 5 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:45 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $109,933.33. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:45 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $82,450.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere 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 cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad

a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En PONCE, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de junio de 2021.

David Maldonado, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE PONCE.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Finance of America Reverse, LLC. Plaintiff v.

The Estates of Juan Rafael Figueroa Mendez a/k/a Juan R. Figueroa Mendez and Carmen Delia Cosme Negron a/k/a Carmen Delia Cosme composed of John Doe and Jane Doe; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America

Defendants CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-cv1438. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF

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SALE.

TO: The Estates of Juan Rafael Figueroa Mendez a/k/a Juan R. Figueroa Mendez and Carmen Delia Cosme Negron a/k/a Carmen Delia Cosme composed of John Doe and Jane Doe; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recuadaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America, GENERAL PUBLIC

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $109,538.50, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full.

The defendant, the Estates of Juan Rafael Figueroa Mendez a/k/a Juan R. Figueroa Mendez and Carmen Delia Cosme Negron a/k/a Carmen Delia Cosme composed of John Doe and Jane Doe was also ordered to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($19,800.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation.

The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property URBANA: Solar marcado con el número siete (7) en el Plano de Inscripción de la finca principal, radicada en el Barrio Cañaboncito del término Municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de ochocientos veintiocho punto cero cero (828.00) metros cuadrados.

En lides por el NORTE, en cincuenta punto cero cero (50.00) metros, con el Solar número ocho (8) del Plano de Inscripción; por el SUR, en veintidós punto cero cero (22.00) metros, con el Solar número seis (6) y en treinta y uno punto cincuen-

ta y cinco (31.55) metros, con el Solar número cinco (5) del Plano de Inscripción; por el ESTE, en dieciséis punto cero cero (16.00) metros, con camino dedicado a uso público; y por el OESTE, en dieciséis punto cero cero (16.00) metros, con terrenos Carretera Estatal Desvio Caguas a Cayey. Enclava una casa.” Property Number 20,065 filed at page 154 of volume 614 of Caguas, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Caguas. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property of Puerto Rico, Section I of Caguas at page 172, volume 1,768 of Caguas. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $198,000.00, due on July 4, 2087 pursuant to deed number 78, issued in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on March 25, 2013, before notary Fernando Rabell Echegaray, and recorded, at page 172 of volume 1,768 of Caguas, property number 20,065, 14th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the _6th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $198,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 13th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $132,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 20th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $99,000.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and

adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied.

WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 14th of June of 2021. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Finance of America Reverse, LLC. Plaintiff v.

The Estate of María Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a María L. Colón Rivera a/k/a María Colón Rivera a/k/a María Luisa Colón a/k/a María L. Colón a/k/a María Colón a/k/a Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a Luisa Colón composed of Roberto Ramos; John Doe and Jane Doe; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recuadaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America

Defendants CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-cv01985. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: The Estate of María Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a María L. Colón Rivera a/k/a María Colón Rivera a/k/a María Luisa Colón a/k/a María L. Colón a/k/a María Colón a/k/a Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a Luisa Colón composed of Roberto Ramos; John Doe and Jane Doe; Departamento de Hacienda; Centro de Recuadaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America, GENERAL PUBLIC

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $254,753.73, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendant, the Estate of María Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a María L. Colón Rivera a/k/a María Colón Rivera a/k/a María Luisa Colón a/k/a María L. Colón a/k/a María Colón a/k/a Luisa Colón Rivera a/k/a Luisa Colón composed of Roberto Ramos; John Doe and Jane Doe was also ordered to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC., all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($19,950.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property: RÚSTICA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Del Carmen, situada en el Barrio Sud del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización, con el número tres (3) del bloque “D”, cabida de trescientos ochenta punto ochenta y cinco (380.85 m.c.) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veintisiete punto cuatrocientos sesenta y nueve (27.469 m.) metros, con el solar número dos (2); por el SUR, con la calle número cinco (5), en veinte punto noventa (20.90 m.) metros, y en cinco punto cero siete (5.07 m.) metros; por el ESTE, con el Solar número cuatro (4), en catorce punto cincuenta y cuatro (14.54 m.) metros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número uno (1), en once punto sesenta y dos (11.62 m.) metros. Enclava una casa.” Property Number 7,772 filed at page 161 of volume 194 of Cidra, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section II of Caguas. The mortgage is recorded in the Registry of Property

of Puerto Rico, Section II of Caguas at page 141, volume 384 of Cidra. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $199,500.00, due on December 6, 2073 pursuant to deed number 25, issued in Cayey, Puerto Rico, on March 15, 2013, before notary Roberto Soto Tapia, and recorded, at page 141 of volume 384 of Cidra, property number 7,772, 10th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the _6th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $199,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 13th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $133,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 20th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $99,750.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such

confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 14th day of June of 2021. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Finance of America Reverse, LLC Plaintiff v.

The Estate of Evelyn Casillas Tolentino a/k/a Evelyn Casillas composed of John Doe and Jane Doe; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America

Defendants CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-cv1091. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: The Estate of Evelyn Casillas Tolentino a/k/a Evelyn Casillas composed of John Doe and Jane Doe; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America GENERAL PUBLIC

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $100,665.34, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full.

The defendants, the Estate of Evelyn Casillas Tolentino a/k/a Evelyn Casillas composed of John Doe and Jane Doe are ORDERED to pay Finance of America Reverse, LLC., all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% (19,050.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150, Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at

The San Juan Daily Star public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property.

URBANA: Solar marcado con el número veintiocho (28) en el Plano de Solares de la Urbanización Nuestra Señora del Pilar, radicado en el Barrio Canóvanas, del término municipal de Loíza, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 305.50 metros cuadrados, y colinda por el NORTE, en veintitrés punto cincuenta metros (23.50 m), con el solar número veintinueve (29) del mencionado Plano; por el SUR, en veintitrés punto cincuenta metros (23.50 m), con el solar número veintisietes (27) del mencionado Plano; por el ESTE, en trece metros (13 m), con terrenos propiedad de los Hermanos López Ramírez; y por el OESTE, en trece metros (13 m), con la Calle “A” del mencionado Plano. Enclava casa.” Property Number 26 (previously 1,828) recorded at page 126 of volume 1 of Canovanas, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section III of Carolina. The mortgage is recorded at Karibe Volumen, Property Number 26 (previously 1,828) of Canovanas, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section III of Carolina, inscription 8th. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: Mortgage Deed in favor of Scotiabank of Puerto Rico, or its order, for the principal amount of $67,000.00, with interest at 5.5% annual, due in April 1, 2041, constituted with deed 78, signed in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on March 4, 2011, before notary Rafael Maldonado Nicolai, and recorded on page 148 of book 408 of Canóvanas, property number 26, seventh inscription. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $190,500.00, with interest at 5.06% annual, due in October 2, 2096, constituted with deed 120, signed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 19, 2012, before notary David García Medina, and recorded on Karibe book of Canóvanas, property number 26, 9th inscription. Other Liens: Notice of Complaint dated January 19, 2016, issued by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, on the civil case 3:16-CV-01091FAB, Finance of America Reverse, LLC, against Evelyn Casillas Tolentino, John Doe, Jane

Doe, Departamento de Hacienda, Centro de Recaudación de Impuestos Municipales (CRIM) and United Sates of America, for the sum of $78,993.91, plus other amounts, recorded on March 15, 2017, to the Karibe book of Canóvanas, property number 26, Anotation “A”. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the 6th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $190,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 13th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $127,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 20th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $95,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San

Friday, July 9, 2021 Juan, Puerto Rico, this June 7, 2021. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Finance of America Reverse Structured Securities Acquisition Trust 2017-HB1, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually, but solely as trustee.

Plaintiff v.

Carmen Iris Alicea Suarez a/k/a Carmen I Alicea a/k/a Carmen I Alicea Saurez a/k/a Carmen Alicea Suarez; United States of America

Defendants CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-cv2773-PAD. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: Carmen Iris Alicea Suarez a/k/a Carmen I Alicea a/k/a Carmen I. Alicea Suarez a/k/a Carmen Alicea Suarez; United States of America GENERAL PUBLIC:

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $140,077.35, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full.

The defendants, Carmen Iris Alicea Suarez a/k/a Carmen I Alicea a/k/a Carmen I. Alicea Suarez a/k/a Carmen Alicea Suarez; United States of America also owes and is ORDERED to pay Finance of America Reverse Structured Securities Acquisition Trust 2017-HB1, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually, but solely as trustee, all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% (20,250.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 400 or 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right

of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el numero veintitrés radicada en el Plano de Parcelación de la Comunidad Rural El Cañon del Barrio Guerrero del término municipal de Isabela, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 365.13 metros cuadrados.

En lindes por el Norte, con la Parcela número 24 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con Camino Vecinal; por el ESTE, con la Parcela número 28 de la Comunidad y al OESTE, con la Calle de la Comunidad. Contiene una casa para fines residenciales.”

The property is identified with the number 14,567 and is recorded at page number 145 of volume number 281 of Isabela, in the Registry of Property, First Section of Aguadilla. The mortgage is recorded at page 128 volume 496 of Isabela, Property number 14,567, 8 inscription, Registry of Property, First Section of Aguadilla. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $202,500.00, due on April 3, 2079 pursuant to deed number 82, issued in Isabela, Puerto Rico, on May 31, 2012, before notary Samuel Soto Alonso, and recorded, at page 128 of volume 496 of Isabela, property number 14,567, 9h inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the _6th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $202,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 13th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $135,000.00, which is two-

thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 20th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $101,250.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this June 3, 2021. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com 787-672-8269.

LEGAL NOTICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.

Live Well Financial, Inc. Plaintiff v.

The Estate of Altagracia Romanacce Porratadoria a/k/a Altagracia Romanacce de Rodriguez composed of Maribel Rodriguez Romanacce, José Gabriel Rodriguez Romanacce, Graciela Margarita Rodriguez Romanacce and Carlos Sergio Rodriguez Romanacce, Jane Doe and John Doe; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America

Defendants CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:16-cv3004-ADC. COLLECTION OF MONIES AND FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.

TO: The Estate of Altagracia Romanacce Porratadoria a/k/a Altagracia Romanacce

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de Rodriguez composed of Maribel Rodriguez Romanacce, José Gabriel Rodriguez Romanacce, Graciela Margarita Rodriguez Romanacce and Carlos Sergio Rodriguez Romanacce, Jane Doe and John Doe; Centro de Recaudaciones de Ingresos Municipales; United States of America GENERAL PUBLIC

WHEREAS: Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal sum of $91,149.92, plus the annual interest rate convened of 5.060% per annum until the debt is paid in full. The defendants, the Estate of Altagracia Romanacce Porratadoria a/k/a Altagracia Romanacce de Rodriguez composed of Maribel Rodriguez Romanacce, José Gabriel Rodriguez Romanacce, Graciela Margarita Rodriguez Romanacce and Carlos Sergio Rodriguez Romanacce, Jane Doe and John Doe to pay Live Well Financial, Inc., all advances made under the mortgage note including but not limited to insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% (18,750.00) of the original principal amount to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 400 or 150 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Room 400 or 150 – Federal Office Building, 150 Carlos Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property.

“URBANA: Parcela de terreno localizada en la Urbanización San Demetrio del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico e identificada en el Plano de Inscripción final de la Urbanización San Demetrio, con el número cuarenta (40) del Bloque “X” con un área superficial de trescientos cincuenta punto cero cero metros cuadrados (350.00 m/c). Colinda por el NORTE, en veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00m), con el solar número cuarenta y uno (41); por el SUR, en veinticinco pun-

to cero cero metros (25.00m), con el solar número treinta y nueve (39); por el ESTE, en catorce punto cero cero (14.00), con la Calle “C”; y por el OESTE, en catorce punto cero cero metros (14.00m), con el solar número catorce (14). Enclava una casa de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales.” Property Number 6,007 recorded at page 136 of volume 125 of Vega Baja, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section IV of Bayamón. The mortgage is recorded at Karibe Volumen, Registry of the Property of Puerto Rico, Section IV of Bayamón, inscription 9th. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: None. Junior Liens: Reverse mortgage securing a note in favor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or its order, in the original principal amount of $187,500.00, due on January 31, 2087 pursuant to deed number 160, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 23, 2014, before notary María I. García Mantilla, and recorded, at Karibe volume, property number 6007, 10th inscription. Other Liens: None.

Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the _6th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $187,500.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the 13th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $125,000.00, which is twothirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale.

If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the 20th day of August of 2021, at: 11:00 am. and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $93,750.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. The Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and

adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 24th day of May of 2021. Pedro A. Vélez-Baerga, Special Master. specialmasterpr@gmail.com 787-672-8269. ***

LEGAL NOTICE

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de SAN SEBASTIAN.

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC Demandante vs

ORIENTAL BANK & TRUST, AHORA ORIENTAL BANK; OSVALDO PAGAN SCHARON, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES PENA HERNANDEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIEN ES GANANCIALES COM PU ESTA POR AM BOS; JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados CIVIL NUM.: SS2021CV00044.

SOBRE: SUSTITUCION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

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22 siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a las términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del termino de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación par edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerara hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en las autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de junio de 2021.

En San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, el 30 de junio de 2021. SARAHI REVES PEREZ, Secretario (a).

Luz E Cordero Cordero, Sec Auxiliar I.

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Lcdo. Juan C. Salichs Pou, to Rico, el 30 de junio de 2021.

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ORIENTAL BANK Demandante v.

JUAN RAMÓN HERNÁNDEZ ORTIZ

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandado CIVIL NÚM: SJ2021CV03016. SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROSOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO LINA. Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANBANCO COOPERATIVO TÍAS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR DE PUERTO RICO, EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS POR CONDUCTO DE DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENORIENTAL BANK COMO TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIAGENTE DE SERVICIO DOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASODemandante v.

CIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

SUCESIONES DE ELADIO A: JUAN RAMÓN SOTO ROLDÁN Y LILLIAN HERNÁNDEZ ORTIZ NAZARIO BEAUCHAMP Demandante v.

2 Cond. Santa Maria, T/C/C LILLIAM BANCO POPULAR DE Apt. 1906, Calle Modesta, NAZARIO BEAUCHAMP, PUERTO RICO COMO Carolina, Puerto Rico COMPUESTAS POR SUS UN POSIBLE SUCESOR 00924 HIJOS: HILDA SOTO DE DORAL FINANCIAL DE: ORIENTAL BANK NAZARIO, EVANGELINE CORPORATION H/N/C POR LA PRESENTE se le emSOTO NAZARIO, H.F MORTGAGE para que presente al triCARLOS DAVID SOTO BANKERS (ACREEDOR plaza bunal su alegación responsiva HIPOTECARIO ORIGINAL) dentro de los 30 días siguientes NAZARIO Y REYNALDO SOTO NAZARIO; Y OTROS a la publicación de este edicto.

Demandado(a) FULANO Y MENGANO Usted deberá presentar su aleCivil Núm. CA2021CV00711. gación responsiva a través del DE TAL, COMO SALA 403. Sobre: CANCELA- Sistema Unificado de Manejo y POSIBLES HEREDEROS CION O RESTITUCION DE Administración de Casos (SUDESCONOCIDOS PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. NOSUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.

SS.

MAC), al cual puede acceder TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA utilizando la siguiente direcPOR EDICTO. ción electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se A: JOHN DOE Y represente por derecho propio, RICHARD ROE (Nombre de las partes a las que se le en cuyo caso deberá presentar notifican la sentencia por edicto) su alegación responsiva en la EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- secretaría del tribunal. Si usted cribe le notifica a usted que deja de presentar su alegación el 18 de junio de 2021, este responsiva dentro del referido Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, término, el tribunal podrá dicSentencia Parcial o Resolución tar sentencia en rebeldía en su en este caso, que ha sido debi- contra y conceder el remedio damente registrada y archivada solicitado en la demanda, o en autos donde podrá usted en- cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en terarse detalladamente de los el ejercicio de su sana discretérminos de la misma. Esta no- ción, lo entiende procedente. tificación se publicará una sola Este caso trata sobre Cobro vez en un periódico de circula- de Dinero y Ejecución de Gación general en la Isla de Puer- rantías en que la parte demanto Rico, dentro de los 10 días dante solicita que se condene a siguientes a su notificación. Y, la parte demandada a pagar: la siendo o representando usted suma principal de $46,488.13, una parte en el procedimiento más intereses a razón de 6.75 sujeta a los términos de la Sen- %, desde el 1 de diciembre de tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re- 2020, que se acumulan diariasolución, de la cual puede es- mente hasta su total y comtablecerse recurso de revisión pleto pago, más la suma de o apelación dentro del término $987.86 por cargos por mora, de 30 días contados a partir más la suma de $5,840.00 por de la publicación por edicto de concepto de costas, gastos y esta notificación, dirijo a usted honorarios de abogado hipoesta notificación que se consi- tecariamente asegurados. Se derará hecha en la fecha de la le apercibe que si dejare de publicación de este edicto. Co- hacerlo, se dictará contra usted pia de esta notificación ha sido sentencia en rebeldía, concearchivada en los autos de este diéndose el remedio solicitado caso, con fecha de 30 de junio en la demanda, sin más citarle

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Demandado CIVIL NÚM: CA2021CV01485.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: CARLOS DAVID SOTO NAZARIO COMO MIEMBRO DE LAS SUCESIONES DE ELADIO SOTO ROLDÁN Y LILLIAN NAZARIO BEAUCHAMP T/C/C LILLIAM NAZARIO BEAUCHAMP 833 W Redbud Dr., Hurst, Texas 79063 DE: BANCO COOPERATIVO DE PUERTO RICO POR CONDUCTO DE ORIENTAL BANK, COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado

de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Garantías en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $87,661.31, más intereses a razón de 6.25 %, desde el 1 de enero de 2021, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $237.68 por cargos por mora, más la suma de $12,480.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados.

Se le apercibe que si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Se ordena a los herederos a que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación, ACEPTEN O REPUDIEN la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de los causantes Eladio Soto Roldán y Lillian Nazario Beauchamp t/c/c Lilliam Nazario Beauchamp. Se les apercibe que de no expresarse dentro del término de (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada.

Lcda. Juan C. Salichs Pou, Número del Tribunal Supremo 11,115 PO Box 195553, San Juan, PR, 00919-5553, Teléfono: (787) 449-6000, Facsímile: (787) 474-3892, Correo Electrónico: jsalichs@splawpr.com EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 29 de junio de 2021. Lcda. Marilyn Aponte Rodriguez, Sec Regional. Denisse Torres, Sec Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de MAYAGUEZ.

ORIENTAL BANK Demandante v.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO como custodio de los archivos de Doral Bank, JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE

(SALA 206). Sobre: CANCELACION PAGARE HIPOTECARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagare hipotecario

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de julio de 2021, 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 2 de julio de 2021. En Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, el 2 de julio de 2021. Lcda. Norma G Santana Irizarry, Secretario(a). f/Wanda Bracero Cintron, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR.

INGRID CAROLINA SILFA BAEZ DEMANDANTE VS.

SAMUEL ORACIO VAZQUEZ RODRIGUEZ

DEMANDADO CASO NUM. SJ2021RF00320.

SALA: 706. SOBRE: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. SS.

A: Samuel Vazquez Rodriguez 1809 Brickell Ave Stanley Axelrod UTD Towers, Apto 605 Miami, FL 33129

en su contra una Demanda mediante la cual se solicita se declare roto y disuelto el vinculo matrimonial habido entre usted y la Sra. Ingrid Carolina Silfa Baez. Por el presente Edicto, se les emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de un termino de treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto y presente el original a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casas (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretarla del tribunal. Copia de la Contestación a Demanda, dentro del mismo termino, deberá ser notificada a la Lcda. Ana Marin Castro, a la siguiente dirección: P.O. Box 366026, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6026 nu.mere de teléfono: 787-4628498, abogada de la parte demandante. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara Sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la demanda, sin mas citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, a 2 de julio de 2021. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretaria. Jackeline Laureano Garcia, Sec Serv a Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR 807.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs.

BERENS MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC., FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) COMO SINDICO DE RG MORTGAGE CORPORATION ORIENTAL BANK T/C/C ORIENTAL BANK & TRUST COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE RG PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO, JUAN PAGAN TRINIDAD, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE

Demandados CIVIL NUM: SJ2021CV02954.

Por el presente Edicto se le SOBRE: CANCELACION DE Demandado(a) notifica que se ha presentado PAGARE EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZACivil Núm. MZ2020CV00516

MIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

sentar 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: //uniA: BERENS MORTGAGE red.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salBANKERS, INC., a su vo que se presente por derecho en cuyo caso deberá última dirección conocida propio, radicar el original de su contesen: URB ALTAMESA, tación ante el Tribunal corres1694 CALLE SANTA pondiente y notifique con copia al abogado de la parte demanGUADALUPE (SOLAR 3 MANZANA BA), dante Lcda. Belma Alonso GarSAN JUAN PR 00921-3719 cia, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo, PR 00970JUAN PAGAN TRINIDAD 3922, Teléfono y Fax: (787) a su última dirección 789-1826, correo electrónico: conocida en: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail. com. SE LE APERCIBE que, de URB. ALTAMESA, no hacer sus alegaciones res1694 CALLE SANTA a la demanda dentro GUADALUPE (SOLAR ponsivas del término aquí dispuesto, se 3 MANZANA BA), SAN les anotará la rebeldía y se dicJUAN PR 00921-3719. tará Sentencia, concediéndose FULANO Y MENGANO el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oIrle.

DE TAL, POSIBLES EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA TENEDORES y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy 2 DESCONOCIDOS DEL de julio de 2021. GRISELDA PAGARE RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, SESE NOTIFICA a usted que la CRETARIA REGIONAL. Laura parte demandante presentó en C Reynoso Esquilin, Secretaria. la Secretaria de este Tribunal LEGAL NOTICE una Demanda contra usted sobre cancelación de pagaré Estado Libre Asociado de Puerextraviado por la vía judicial. El to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL 7 de abril de 1972, Juan Pagan DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de PriTrinidad, soltero, constituyo mera Instancia Sala Superior hipoteca en San Juan, Puerto de CAROLINA. Rico, conforme a la Escritura AMERICAS LEADING núm 61, autorizada por el noFINANCE, LLC tario José Garrido Monge, en Demandante vs garantía de un pagaré suscrito JOSE A LUCIANO bajo el testimonio núm. 4469 ROSARIO, SU ESPOSA por la suma de $20,000.00, a favor de Berens Mortgage FULANA DE TAL Y LA Bankers, Inc., o a su orden, deSLG COMPUESTA POR vengando intereses al 7% anual AMBOS y vencedero el 1ro de mayo de Demandados 2002, sobre la siguiente propieCIVIL NUM.: CA2020CV00777. dad: URBANA: Solar radicado SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO en la Urbanización Altamesa, POR LA VIA ORDINARIA Y situada en el barrio Gobernador EJECUCION DE GRAVAMEN Piñero antes Monacillos de Rio MOBILIARIO. NOTIFICACION Piedras, que se describe en el DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. piano con el #3 de la manzana A: JOSE A. LUCIANO BA, con un solar de 336.00 meROSARIO, SU ESPOSA tros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE, con la calle 5 Oeste, FULANA DE TAL Y LA distancia de 14.00 metros; por SOCIEDAD LEGAL el SUR, con el solar #35, disDE GANANCIALES tancia de 14.00 metros; por el COMPUESTA POR ESTE, con el solar #4, distancia AMBOS. de 24.00 metros y por el OES(Nombre de las partes a las que se le TE, con el solar #2, distancia notifican la sentencia por edicto) de 24.00 metros. Enclava una EL SECRETARIO(A ) que suscasa. La propiedad consta inscribe le notifica a usted que el crita al folio 134 del tomo 316 2 de julio de 2021 este Tribunal de Monacillos, Finca 12157. ha dictado Sentencia, SentenRegistro de la Propiedad de cia Parcial o Resolución en este San Juan, Sección III. La escricaso, que ha sido debidamente tura de hipoteca consta inscrita registrada y archivada en autos al folio 184 del tomo 679 de donde podrá usted enterarse Monacillos, Finca 12157. Redetalladamente de las términos gistro de la Propiedad de San de la misma. Esta notificación Juan, Sección III. Inscripción se publicara una sola vez en un octava. POR LA PRESENTE periódico de circulación general se les emplaza y requieren que en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro presenten al Tribunal su alegade las 10 días siguientes a su ción responsiva dentro de los notificación. Y, siendo o repretreinta (30) días de haber sido sentando usted una parte en el publicado este emplazamienprocedimiento sujeta a las térto excluyéndose el dIa de la minos de la Sentencia, Sentenpublicación. Usted deberá pre-

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cia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del termino de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación par edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerara hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en las autos de este caso, con fecha 2 de julio de 2021. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 2 de julio de 2021. LCDA MARILYN APONTE RODRIGUEZ, Secretaria.

F/DAMARIS TORRES RUIZ, Sec Auxiliar.

tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Ledo. David Cardona Dingui, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 622-7000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante, dentro de los LEGAL NOTICE treinta (30) días siguientes a ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO la publicación de este Edicto, DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- apercibiéndole que de no haNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA cerlo así dentro del término inSALA SUPERIOR DE SAN dicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar JUAN. su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio EDUARDO JORGE solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni SANCHEZ MENA; oírle(s) . EXPEDIDO bajo mi TANIA RAQUEL BAEZ firma y con el Sello del TribuVILLANUEVA nal. DADA hoy 29 de junio de Demandante vs.

2021 en San Juan, Puerto Rico.

BANCO POPULAR DE GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COPUERTO RICO, JOHN LLADO, Secretaria. Elizabeth DOE Y RICHARD ROE Agosto Nuñez, Sec Sala.

COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES

DESCONOCIDOS Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2021CV03049.

SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS.

LEGAL NOTICE M&T 481232 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR.

Best Deal Corp.

Demandante v.

La sucesión de Dora Luz A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD Pérez Soto t/c/c Dora L. Pérez Soto compuesta ROE, demandados por Eduardo Antonio desconocidos cuya dirección se desconoce Santiago Pérez y Ernesto Se les notifica por este medio Efraín Santiago Pérez; que en el caso del epígrafe se Estados Unidos de solicita la CANCELACION de América un pagaré extraviado a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de Cincuenta y Cinco Mil Dólares ($55,000.00) con intereses al once punto cincuenta (11.50%) por ciento anual constituida mediante escritura número Sesenta y Ocho (68) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día quince (15) de septiembre de dos mil seis (2006) ante el Notario Juan Antonio Ortiz Martinez, inscrita al folio 50 del tomo 676 de Río Piedras Sur, inscripción Sexta, finca 19753. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(e s) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general.

Pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis-

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: BY2020CV03920.

SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor quién pagará de contado y en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, giro postal o por cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia el día 26 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en la sala 503 del edificio del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala

Superior, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en Urb. Levittown, 3417L calle Camarón, Toa Baja, PR 00949-3133 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar numero 3417 en el bloque L en la Urbanización Levittown, Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, con un área de 311.98 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en 23.00 metros, con el solar numero 3416; por el Sur, en 23.00 metros, con el solar numero 3418; por el Este, en 13.63 metros, con la calle Camarón (calle numero 420 segun plano); y por el Oeste, en 13.50 metros, con Boulevard de Levittown (calle numero 220 segun plano). Enclava una casa.

La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el folio 70 del tomo 82 de Toa Baja, finca número 5,784, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $155,000.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una segunda subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe, en la sala 503 del edificio del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior, el día 2 de septiembre de 2021, a las 2:30 de la tarde. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $103,333.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una tercera subasta en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe, en la sala 503 del edificio del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superio, el día 13 de septiembre de 2021, a las 2:30 de la tarde. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $77,500.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 662, otorgada el día 10 de junio de 2009, ante el Notario Raúl Rivera Burgos y consta inscrita en el folio 55 del tomo 652 de Toa Baja, finca número 5,784, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Segunda, inscripción quinta. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $114,167.00 por concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado de 3.571%

anual desde el día 15 de febrero de 2016. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación.

Se pagarán también los cargos por servicio y las primas de seguro que continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo de la obligación, la suma de $15,500.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, la suma de $15,500.00 para cubrir los intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y la suma de $15,500.00 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca, más intereses según provisto por la regla 44.3 de las de Procedimiento Civil. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Sala Superior durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad.

Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. HIPOTECA: Constituida por Dora Luz Pérez Soto (soltera), en garantía de un pagaré a favor del SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO, o a su orden, por la suma de $232,500.00, sus intereses al 3.571% anual y vence-

dero el 28 de septiembre de 2074, según escritura número 663, otorgada en San Juan, el 10 de junio de 2009, ante el notario Raúl Rivera Burgos. Inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 652 de Toa Baja. Inscripción sexta.

CARTA DE PAGO: Por Edison Pares Atíles casado con Ivette Santiago y Luis Antonio Pares Atíles casado con Socorro Bracero, por pago de precio aplazado por parte de Dora Luz Pérez Soto de $66,277.97, según escritura número 9, otorgada en San Juan, el 17 de marzo de 2010, ante la notario Saideth Cristóbal Martínez. Inscrita como asiento abreviado al folio 79 del tomo 750 de Toa Baja.

Inscripción séptima. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Best Deal Corporation vs. Sucesión de Dora Luz Pérez Soto también conocida como Dora L. Pérez Soto, compuesta por Eduardo Antonio Santiago Pérez y Ernesto Efraín Santiago Pérez y Estados Unidos de América, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, en el caso civil número BY 2020CV03920, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $114,167.00 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 8 de diciembre de 2020. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Toa Baja. Anotación A. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Anotado contra Eduardo Santiago, seguro social XXX-XX-0458, por la suma de $13,209.81, según notificación número 398022819, anotada el 15 de enero de 2020, al asiento 2020000051-FED del Libro de Embargos Federales Karibe, Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la alcaldía, el Tribunal y la colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día14 de junio de 2021. SRA. MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, PLACA 735, ALGUACIL.

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Demandante V.

ELIEZER TORRES RODRÍGUEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: BY2019CV00150.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, hago saber a la parte demandada ELIEZER TORRES RODRÍGUEZ y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 2 de junio de 2021, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $60,000.00 y al mejor postor la propiedad que se describe a continuación: [237, 5 ST, VILLAS DEL RIO MUCARABONES, TOA ALTA, PR 00953].

RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número doscientos treinta y siete (237) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Villa del Río del Barrio Mucarabones del término municipal de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, con un área de cero punto mil setecientos diez (0.1710) cuerdas, equivalentes a seiscientos setenta y dos punto veintidós (672.22) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela doscientos treinta y seis (236) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela doscientos treinta y ocho (238) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la calle número cinco (5) de la comunidad, (según plano); y por el OESTE, con las parcelas doscientos veinte (220) y doscientos veintiuno (221). Enclava una casa. Consta inscrita la finca 8,194 al folio 196 del tomo 148 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) Hipoteca constituida por Felix Correa Rosado y su esposa Marcelina Freytes Nieves en garantía de un pagare, aff#.

38,085, a favor de Banco Popular de P.R., o a su orden, por $30,000.00 al 11.45%, vencedero a la presentación, según Esc. #102 en Bayamón a 11 de mayo de 1998 ante Onofre Santiago Quiles, inscrita al folio móvil tomo 27 de Toa Alta finca #8, 194 inscripción 7ma. (ii) Hipoteca constituida par Eliezer Torres Rodriguez, soltero, en garantía de un pagare, a favor de Oriental Bank & Trust, o a su orden, par $60,000.00, al 7%, vencedero el 1 de noviembre de 2034, según Esc. #707, en Caguas, el 5 de noviembre de 2004, ante Rafael Antonio Velez Perez, inscrita al folio

35 del tomo 522 de Toa Alta, finca #8194, inscripción 12ma. (iii) Condiciones Restrictivas a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico (Programa Protegiendo Tu Hogar), por 5 años, según Esc. #369, en San Juan, el 19 de agosto de 2011, ante Hector Luis Torres Davila, inscrita al folio 35 del tomo 522 de Toa Alta, finca #8194, inscripción 13ra. (iv) Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 12ma., par $60,000.00 a $57,705.89 y vence el 1 de mayo de 2053, según Esc. #178, en San Juan, el 30 de abril de 2013, ante Juan A. Martinez Romero, inscrita al folio 35 del tomo 522 de Toa Alta, finca #8194, inscripción 14ta. (v) Subordinadas las Condiciones Restrictivas antes expresadas en beneficio de la hipoteca par $60,000.00 y su modificación, según Esc. #409, en San Juan, el 6 de octubre de 2014, ante Juan A. Martinez Romero, inscrita al folio 163 del tomo 553 de Toa Alta, finca #8194, inscripción 5ta. (vi) Al asiento 2019-015568-BY03, el 14 de febrero de 2019, se presentó escritura 441, en San Juan, el 29 de enero de 2019, ante Juan A. Martínez Romero, por la cual se cancela la hipoteca por $30,000.00. Se aneja copia del pagaré cancelado.

La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (ii). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 17 de abril de 2019, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $54,916.88 de principal, más interés que continuarán acumulándose desde el día 1 de julio de 2018 hasta el saldo total al 7% anual, $1,793.95 de intereses acumulados, $88.22 de escrow balance, $430.35 de cargos por atraso, $729.82 de otros cargos, $5,770.50 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora.

La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 26 de agosto de 2021 a las 10:15 de la mañana, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $60,000.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 2:15 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras

(2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $40,000.00. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 2:15 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $30,000.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere 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 cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la

24 venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 11 de junio de 2021.

JOSÉ CAMPUSANO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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DEMANDANTE V.

DELIA SAN PEDRO SAN PEDRO T/C/C DELIA SAN PEDRO DE GONZALEZ

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NÚM. BY2020CV03538.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: DELIA SAN PEDRO SAN PEDRO T/C/C DELIA SAN PEDRO DE GONZALEZ; FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICO, O A SU ORDEN; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO: Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante.

Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sen-

tencia expedido el día 28 de abril de 2021, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que se describe a continuación: Dirección física: Bloque A Lote 15, Urb. Lomas Verdes, Bayamón, P.R. 00957: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Lomas Verdes, situada en el Barrio Minillas de Bayamón que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Numero del solar Quince: (15) de la manzana “A”, área del solar: cuatrocientos cincuenta y seis metros cuadrados con setenta y cinco centésimas de metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle principal de Lomas, Verdes, distancia de dieciocho metros veintisiete centímetros; por el SUR con solar número dieciséis, distancia de dieciocho metros con veintisiete centímetros; por el ESTE, con la calle número dos, distancia de veinticinco metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número catorce, distancia de veinticinco metros, expresándose en uno de los documentos que contiene una casa de dos plantas de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto.

Inscrita al folio 37 del tomo 94 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 8,959; Registro de la Propiedad Sección Primera de Bayamón.

La propiedad antes descrita afecta a los siguientes gravámenes Preferentes: A) FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICO, HIPOTECA: Constituida por los esposos Elias Gonzalez Mathews y Delia San Pedro San Pedro, en garantía de un pagare a favor de First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $47,000.00, intereses al 8% anual y a vencer el 1 de octubre del 1982, según consta de la escritura #700, otorgada en San Juan, el 25 de septiembre de 1967, ante la Notario Ernestina Sepúlveda, inscrito al folio 41 del tomo 94 de Bayamón Sur, finca #8,959, inscripción 6ta. B) BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO: A cuyo favor aparece inscrito un arrendamiento de la primera planta de la edificación a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico por el termino de 10 altos con un canon de $14,400.00 anuales, seg6n consta de la escritura #14, otorgada en San Juan, el 26 de enero de 1972, ante el Notario Vicente Zayas Puig, inscrito al folio 42 vuelto del tomo 94 de Bayamón Sur, finca #8,959, inscripción 8va.. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 12 de febrero de 2021, en el

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presente caso civil, a saber, la suma de $251,777.53, la cual se desglosa de la siguiente forma: $205,645.93 de principal, intereses ascendentes a $18,394.53 al 31 de agosto de 2020, los cuales continúan aumentando a razón de $41.75 al día (“per diem”) hasta el pago total de la obligación; $1,191.38 por cargos por demora; $1,395.02 por concepto de seguro sobre la propiedad; $6,005.82 por concepto de cuenta de reserva negativa (“Negative Escrow”); la suma de $5,383.73 por concepto de contribuciones sobre la propiedad (“CRIM”); $13,761.12 de balance diferido (“Deferred Balance”), más costas y gastos y honorarios de abogado ascendentes al 10% del principal del pagaré según pactados, o sea, la cantidad de $25,000.00. Los intereses se continúan acumulando, hasta el saldo total de la deuda, para cubrir el principal adeudado, disponiéndose que si quedare algún remanente luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaría del Tribunal para ser entregado a los demandados previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 25 DE AGOSTO DE 2021 A LA 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Piso 5, Sala 503, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $250,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 1RO DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LA 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Piso 5, Sala 503, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $166,666.67, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 9 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LA 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Piso 5, Sala 503, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA

será de $125,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de junio de 2021. MARIBEL LANZAR VELAZQUEZ, Alguacil, División de Subastas, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón.

SALA DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE MASSACHUSSETS MUTUAL LIFE INS.CO. Demandante V.

HILDA LETICIA SANTIAGO RIVERA, T/C/C HILDA SANTIAGO RIVERA

Demandada Civil Núm.: DCD2016-0629.

(506). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; y personas con algún interés, que cumpliré con un Mandamiento librado por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe, el 28 de abril de 2021, para satisfacer la Sentencia emitida el 11 de julio de 2016. Dicha Sentencia fue archivada en autos y notificada el 13 de julio de 2016.

En dicha Sentencia se condena a la parte demandada a satisfacer la suma de $85,887.59 por concepto de principal; $410.04 por concepto de intereses acumulados; $102.67 por concepto de cargos por demora; los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, $149.94 por concepto de ‘’Escrow Advances’’ y la suma de $10,413.90 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente (Sentencia). Conforme a lo anterior, venderé en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto al bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: solar radicado en el Barrio Mucarabones del Municipio de Toa Alta, marcado en el Plano de Inscripción con el número #1 del Bloque “3 E” de la Urbanización Terrazas del Toa, con una cabida de 296.83 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número #32, a una distancia de 19.50 metros; por el SUR, con el lote número #2, en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle número #32, a una distancia de 15.02 metros LEGAL NOTICE y por el OESTE, con los lotes ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO números 16 y 17, a una distanDE PUERTO RICO TRIBUcia de 13.02 metros. Afecto a NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA servidumbre de un ancho de 5

pies a lo largo de su colindancia Este a favor del Puerto Rico Telephone Company. Enclava una estructura tipo individual dedicada a vivienda construida de hormigón. Inscrito al folio 203 del tomo 521 de Toa Alta, finca número #26,047 Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Bayamón. La finca antes relacionada se encuentra afectada a un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, el cual se describe de la siguiente manera: Hipoteca: Afecta por si a hipoteca en garantía de pagare a favor de Secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda de los Estados Unidos de América, por la suma principal de $4,502.00, sin intereses, vencedero el 1ro de marzo de 2032, testimonio número 663 tasada en una cantidad equivalente al original del pagare, constituida mediante la Escritura Pública número 53 otorgada en San Juan a 24 de marzo de 2011 ante el Notario Público Ileana M. Quintero Aguilo, inscrito en sistema Karibe, según inscripción 4ta. Anotación de Demanda: Afecta por si a Anotación de Demanda a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $85,887.59, según se acredita de Demanda en el caso civil número de caso DCD2016-0629 sobre cobro dinero-ejecución hipoteca ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, demandante vs.

Hilda Leticia Santiago Rivera demandado a 14 de marzo de 2016, anotado en sistema Karibe, según anotación A. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el quinto piso, Sala 503 del Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es por la cantidad de $85,887.59.

Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el quinto piso, Sala 503 del Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $57,258.39, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el quinto piso, Sala 503 del Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $42,943.79, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para

la PRIMERA subasta. En la Sentencia, el Tribunal ordenó a la parte demandada a pagar a Banco Popular la suma de $85,887.59 por concepto de principal; $410.04 por concepto de intereses acumulados; $102.67 por concepto de cargos por demora; los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, $149.94 por concepto de ‘’Escrow Advances’’ y la suma de $10,413.90 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente (Sentencia).

Se le advierte a los postores o licitadores que la adjudicación del bien inmueble a subastarse se hará al mejor postor o licitador victorioso, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación, en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate.

Con el producto que se obtenga de la subasta se le pagará a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia hasta donde alcance, y se pondrá al adjudicatario o licitador victorioso en posesión de la propiedad subastada, libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de celebrada la subasta conforme al Artículo 112 de la ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015. Para cumplir con lo anterior, el Alguacil queda facultado, de ser necesario, para romper candados y cerraduras que impidan el acceso a la propiedad subastada. Todos los interesados quedan notificados de que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la

venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, así como en la Colecturía más cercana al lugar de residencia de la parte demandada, cuando ésta fuera conocida, y se le notificara además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Y para conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes.

Librado en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 22 de junio de 2021.

JOSÉ F. MARRERO ROBLES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #131, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

HARRY CREAL INDIO; DAYANARA NIEVES SANTIAGO

Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00340.

Sala: 307. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 4 de junio de 2021, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número setentitres de la Urbanización Segunda Extensión Santa Isidra, radicada en el Barrio Sardinera de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de trescientos dieciocho metros con veinticinco centímetros cuadrados, colindando por el NORTE y por el SUR, en veintitrés metros con setenta y cinco centímetros, por cada lado respectivamente, con los Solares números setentidos y setenticuatro de la Urbanización; por el OESTE y por el ESTE, en trece metros cuarenta centímetros, por cada lado respectivamente, con el Solar número setentidós y la Calle número 4 de la Urbanización.

Enclava una casa de concreto.

Finca número 4,594 inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 141 de Fa-

The San Juan Daily Star jardo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La propiedad ubica en: 73-4st Segunda Ext. Santa IS Fajardo, PR 00738. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, el día 23 de abril de 2021 y notificada el 26 de abril de 2021, y publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 30 de abril de 2021, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $94,660.36 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 4.50%, anual desde el 1ro de julio de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $9,760.20 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente.

La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 3:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina de Alguaciles del Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es por la cantidad de $97,602.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 3:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina de Alguaciles del Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $65,068.00, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2021 A LAS 3:30 DE LA TARDE, en la oficina de Alguaciles del Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $48,801.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima

conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado pueden concurrir a la subasta si les convienen o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Fajardo,

Friday, July 9, 2021 Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de junio de 2021. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #737, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO.

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ción de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 6 de julio de 2021.

En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico , el 6 de julio de 2021. WANDA SEGUI REYES, Sec Regional. f/LINDA MEDINA MEDINA, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

Estado Libre Asociado de PuerLEGAL NOTICE to Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Pri- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO mera Instancia Sala Superior DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUde FAJARDO. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA BANCO POPULAR DE SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONITO.

PUERTO RICO Demandante v.

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. FA2019CV00892.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JULIAN SUAREZ MONTAÑEZ y su esposa MARIA VIRGEN PADILLA SANTIAGO y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos

Sucesión de MYRNA RIVERA MEDINA ET ALS

Demandante vs.

Demandados A: MISAEL RIVERA CIVIL NUM. AI2019CV00545.

PAGÁN, EDWIN RIVERA SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO MEDINA, como parte (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria) “IN REM”. EDICde la SUCESIÓN de MYRNA RIVERA MEDINA TO DE SUBASTA. Al: Público en General t/c/c MYRNA MEDINA A: JULIAN SUAREZ SANTIAGO a sus última MONTAÑEZ, MARIA direcciones conocida: 173 VIRGEN PADILLA Calle San Isidro, Fajardo PR 00738-4523, MARIBEL SANTIAGO y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes RIVERA t/c/c MARIBEL Gananciales compuesta RIVERA MEDINA como por ambos parte de la SUCESIÓN Yo, CARLOS E. RODRIGUEZ de MYRNA RIVERA Alguacil de este MEDINA t/c/c MYRNA MELENDEZ Tribunal, a la parte demandada MEDINA SANTIAGO y a los acreedores y personas a su última dirección con interés sobre la propiedad conocida: 2525 Siesta que más adelante se describe, Court, Apt 3, Tampa, FL y al público en general, HAGO 33614, MENGANO DE SABER: Que el día 6 de agosto de 2021 a las 10:00 de la maTAL, posible heredero ñana en mi oficina, sita en el desconocido de MYRNA Tribunal de Primera Instancia, RIVERA MEDINA Sala Superior de Aibonito, Ait/c/c MYRNA MEDINA bonito, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad SANTIAGO.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de julio de 2021, 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 publica-

inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Aibonito durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 13 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 20 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:00 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: RUS-

TICA: Solar número Seis (6) de la Calle número Uno (1) de la URBANIZACIÓN COLINAS DEL PARAÍSO, radicado en el Barrio Llanos del término municipal de Aibonito, Puerto Rico, compuesto de CUATROCIENTOS TREINTA Y DOS PUNTO DIECINUEVE CINCUENTA Y DOS (432.1952) METROS CUADRADOS y en lindes por el NORTE, a veintiocho punto ciento ocho (28.108) metros, con el solar número Cinco (5) del plano; por el SUR, a veintisiete punto ciento cuarenta y dos (27.142) metros, con el solar número Siete (7) del plano; por el ESTE, a once punto doscientos sesenta y ocho (11.268) metros y cuatro punto seiscientos quince (4.615) metros, con propiedad de Miguel A. Guzmán; y por el OESTE, a quince punto seiscientos setenta (15.670) metros, con la Calle número Uno (1). En este solar se encuentra enclavada una estructura de hormigón para propósitos residenciales.

La estructura contiene un garaje para vehículo de motor, tres cuartos y dos baños. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 30 del tomo 282 de Aibonito, Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas, finca número 15,806, inscripción segunda. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Colinas del Paraíso, Solar 6, Calle 1, Aibonito, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $115,518.96 de principal, intereses al 4.00% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2019, hasta su completo pago, $98.92 por cargos por demora incurridos hasta el 4 de octubre de 2019, fecha en que se aceleró la deuda, quedando sin efecto las cláusulas contractuales sobre el repago en plazos mensuales vencederos en fecha determinada, más las costas reglamentarias, más $5,000.00, por concepto de honorarios de abogados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será la suma de $129,500.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $86,333.33 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $64,750.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndo-

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se que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Aibonito, Puerto Rico, a 11 de junio de 2021. CARLOS E. RODRIGUEZ MELENDEZ, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE AIBONITO.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

MARINETTE GONZALEZ MORALES

Demandada CIVIL NÚM:GB2019CV00860.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria), EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: MARINETTE GONZALEZ MORALES

Yo, YAMIXA E. RAMOS CEBALLOS, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 9 de agosto de 2021 a las 10:20 de la mañana, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Guaynabo durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 16 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:20 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 23 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:20 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA:

PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento No. 207, construido en bloques y hormigón, de dos niveles y terraza en la azotea, localizado en el Edificio No. 2, cuarto y quinto pisos del CONDOMINIO PRADOS DEL MONTE, radicado en el Barrio Frailes del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Consta de un área superficial de 848.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 78.81 metros cuadrados en el cuarto piso, de 860.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 79.93 metros en el quinto piso y de 378.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 35.13 metros cuadrados en la terraza localizada en la azotea para un total de 2,086.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 193.87 metros cuadrados.

El nivel inferior (“lower level”), localizado en el cuarto piso, colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de 30’8” lineales, con elemento exterior común y pared medianera que lo separa de los apartamentos Nos. 110, 109 y 208; por el Sur, en una distancia de 30’8” lineales, con elemento exterior común y pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento No. 210; por el Este, en una distancia de 35’6” lineales, con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento No. 208 y pasillo; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de 35’6”, con elemento exterior común. Este nivel inferior (“lower level”), localizado en el cuarto piso, consta de salacomedor, (“living and dining”), cocina (“kitchen”), medio baño (“half bathroom”), balcón (“balcony”) y escalera que conduce al quinto piso. El nivel superior (“upper level”), localizado en el quinto piso, colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de 26’2” lineales, con elemento exterior común y pared medianera que lo separa de los apartamentos Nos. 109 y 110; por el Sur, en una distancia de 26’2” lineales, con elemento exterior común y pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento No. 210; por el Este, en una distancia de 35’6” lineales, con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento No. 208; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de 35’6” lineales, con elemento exterior común. Este nivel superior (“upper level”), localizado en el quinto piso, consta de un dormitorio principal (“master bedroom”) con “walk-in-closet” y baño, dos dormitorios con sus closets y un baño en el área del pasillo, “linen closet” y “laundry room” también en el área del pasillo y escalera que conduce a la terreza en la azotea. La terraza techada localizada en la azotea colinda por el Norte, en una distancia de 19’10’ lineales, con área de uso condicionado; por el Sur, en una distancia de 19’10” lineales, con pared medianera

que lo separa del apartamento No. 210; por el Este, en una distancia de 23’9” lineales, con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento No. 208; y por el Oeste, en una distancia de 23’9”, con área de uso condicionado. Esta terraza techada consta de un área techada y un cuarto de baño. Se le asigna el uso condicionado de la azotea adyacente a la terraza techada. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Este y comunica directamente al área de la sala-comedor (“living and dining”) del apartamento. Se le asignan dos estacionamientos sencillos compactos identificados con los Nos. 43 y 44.

Este apartamento tiene una participación de 0.892% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 101 vto. del tomo 1276 de Guaynabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo, finca número 44214, inscripción 2ª. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Prados del Monte, Apartamento 207, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. La subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $207,659.94 de principal, intereses al 5.875% anual, desde el día 1ro. de diciembre de 2017, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $26,650.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $266,500.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $177,666.67 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $133,250.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que todo licitador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio

26 del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a 14 de junio de 2021. ALG. AUX. YAMIXA E. RAMOS CEBALLOS, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante vs.

DANIEL SANTIAGO NEGRON, VIVIAN SALGADO RIVERA

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: KCD2015-2733 (905). SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO (Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria). EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: Público en General A: DANIEL SANTIAGO NEGRON, VIVIAN SALGADO RIVERA

Yo, EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 10 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera

Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una segunda subasta para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 17 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 24 de agosto de 2021, a las 10:30 de la mañana en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Sabana Llana de Río Piedras, del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número Veinticuatro guión U (24-U) de la URBANIZACIÓN VENUS GARDENS, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS CINCUENTA Y UNO PUNTO CERO CERO (351.00) METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle número Veinte (20), en una longitud de TRECE PUNTO CERO CERO (13.00) METROS; por el SUR, con paseo o “Mall” de la Urbanización, en una longitud de TRECE PUNTO CERO CERO (13.00) METROS; por el ESTE, con el solar número Veintitrés (23) del propio bloque, en una longitud de VEINTISIETE PUNTO CERO CERO (27.00) METROS; y por el OESTE, con el solar número Veinticinco (25) del propio bloque, en una longitud de VEINTISIETE PUNTO CERO CERO (27.00) METROS. Enclava una casa residencial de concreto y bloques. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 77 del tomo 1006 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta, finca número 16,793, inscripción séptima. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 7ma., bajo los siguientes extremos: Se cancela parcialmente por la suma de $2,465.19 y la nueva suma principal será de $146,027.71 los intereses serán al 4.50% anual, el pago mensual de principal e interés por la suma de $739.90 comenzando el 1ro. de mayo de 2014, vencedero el día 1ro. de abril de 2044, según la escritura número 92, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de enero de 2014, ante el Notario Público Roberto L. Valera Ríos, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta, finca 16,793, inscripción 8va. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Venus Gardens, 678 Cáncer, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para

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satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $143,269.02 de principal; los intereses computados al 4.50% anual desde el 1ro. de junio de 2015, hasta su completo pago; la cantidad de $14,849.30 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados ; más los recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $146,027.81 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $97,351.88 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $73,013.91. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7 de julio de 2021. EDWIN E. LOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR. ALGUACIL DIVISIÓN DE EJECUCION DE SENTENCIAS TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA

INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

Fax:(787)523-2664 rdiaz@bdslawpr.com Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO 2 de julio de 2021. Lisildo MartiDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- nez Agosto, Sec General InteriNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA na. Carmen L Soto Planas, Sec Auxiliar.

SALA DE CAGUAS.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, INC., Demandante, v.

MARIA C. RIVERA COREA, AGENCIA DE FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, JOHN DOE Demandadas

CIVIL NUM.: CG2021CV01450.

SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO POR LA VIA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.

A: JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO DEL PAGARE como tenedor desconocido de Pagare por la cantidad de $41,000.00 , con intereses al 7% anual. Vencimiento el 1 de marzo de 2025.

Así resulta de la escritura numero 42 otorgada en San Juan el 2 de junio de 1995, ante la notario Rita Lynne Rodriguez de La Rocha , inscrita a la finca 42 , 126, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Primera Sección de Caguas.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del termino de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto . Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Cases (SUMAC) , al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica : https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente per derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino, 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 . Los abogados de la parte demandante son.

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE DEMANDANTE: Lcdo. Reggie Diaz Hernandez RUA Num .: 16,393 BERMUDEZ DIAZ & SANCHEZ LLP Edificio Ochoa Suite 200 500 Calle De La T anca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901 Tel.: (787) 523-2670

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

PARTE DEMANDANTE VS.

SUCESIÓN de LYDIA HERNÁNDEZ ROMÁN compuesta por FULANO y MENGANO DE TAL, posibles herederos desconocidos; WILFREDO HERNÁNDEZ VÁZQUEZ

PARTE DEMANDADA CIVIL NÚM. VB2018CV00266.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 19 de febrero de 2021, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 19 de abril de 2021 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 27 de abril de 2021 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 22 de septiembre de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, Sala Superior, Carretera Número Dos (2) Kilómetro 38.3 (al lado del Centro Gubernamental) Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado frente a la Calle Santiago Iglesias del Municipio de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 85.06 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 5.42 metros, con el solar ocupado por José Figueroa Barreto; por el SUR, en 5.50 metros, con la Calle Santiago Iglesias; por el ESTE, en 15.30 metros, con solar ocupado por Gloria Santos García; y por el OESTE, en 15.87 metros, con solar ocupado por Luis Martínez Malpica. Enclava casa de madera de una sola planta techada de zinc que mide 15’ de frente por 27 ½” de fondo. La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 230 del tomo 24

de Vega Baja, Finca Número 1084, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita como asiento abreviado al folio 244 vuelto del tomo 95 de Vega Baja, Finca Número 1084, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección IV. Inscripción duodécima.

DIRECCIÓN FĺSICA: 22 CALLE SANTIAGO IGLESIAS, VEGA BAJA, PR 00693-4355. Primera Subasta: 22 de septiembre de 2021 a las 10:15 am, Tipo Mínimo: $60,800.00. Segunda Subasta: 29 de septiembre de 2021 a las 10:15 am, Tipo Mínimo: $40,533.33. Tercera Subasta: 6 de octubre de 2021 a las 10:15 am, Tipo Mínimo: $30,400.00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $60,800.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 29 de septiembre de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $40,533.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 6 de octubre de 2021, a las 10:15 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $30,400.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente.

Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $27,546.84 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 9.95% anual desde el 1 de abril de 2017 hasta su completo pago, más $1,389.43 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,080.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior que afecta la propiedad en cuestión: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Sucesión de Lydia Hernández Román compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal, Wilfredo Hernández Vázquez, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Vega Beja, en el Caso Civil Número VB2018CV00266, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $27,546.84 y otras cantidades,

según Demanda de fecha 18 de julio de 2018. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Vega Baja. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, hoy 28 de mayo de 2021.

ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA.

LEGAL NOTICE Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de CAGUAS.

SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Demandante v.

PREFERRED MORTGAGE CORPORATION; RAUL LOPEZ RAMOS, LETICIA CARRION VAZQUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandado(a) Civil Núm. CG2021CV00484.

Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR

EDICTO.

A: A la parte codemandada: RAÚL LÓPEZ RAMOS, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR LA SRA. LETICIA CARRIÓN VÁZQUEZ, a su última dirección conocida: FÍSICA: (a) P-19 C, URB. LOS FLAMBOYANES, GURABO, PR 00778 y POSTAL: (b) 109 CALLE EMAJAGUILLA, URB. LOS FLAMBOYANES, GURABO, PR 00778-2765 A la parte co-demandada: LETICIA CARRIÓN VAZQUEZ, POR SIY EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR EL SR. RAÚL LÓPEZ RAMOS, a su última dirección conocida: FISICA: (a) P-19-C, URB. LOS FLAMBOYANES, GURABO, PR 00778 y POSTAL: (b) 109 CALLE EMAJAGUILLA, URB. LOS FLAMBOYANES, GURABO, PR 00778-2765; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, demandados desconocidos cuya dirección se desconoce.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 25 de junio de 2021, 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 2 de julio de 2021. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico , el 2 de julio de 2021. LISILDA MARTINEZ AGOSTO, Sec Regional. f/YAMAIRA M RIOS CARRASCOÍ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar.

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The key ingredient for a team on the rise

By TYLER KEPNER

T

he strangest and loneliest season in major league history ended in October on a decision by Willy Adames, not to swing. Adames, then with the Tampa Bay Rays, had struggled all month. In Game 6 of the World Series, with two out in the ninth inning, he took a called third strike against Julio Urías of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Season over.

“I couldn’t swing,” Adames, now with the Milwaukee Brewers, said with a laugh Tuesday. “I was swinging before that, and I couldn’t hit the ball anyway, so might as well just take it. He was super nasty.”

By watching Urías’ 97 mph fastball clip the inside corner, Adames ensured a place in highlight history. But only 11,437 fans were there to see it in person in Arlington, Texas, because of the coronavirus pandemic crowd limits.

Now, with stands packed again, Adames can feel what he was missing.

“The other day when we were playing the Cubs, there were 30,000-some people in the stands,” he said. “I felt like I was in the playoffs on a Monday night during the regular season. Imagine being in the World Series with the stadium packed.”

If the Brewers keep surging, Adames may not have to imagine — and he is a big reason for the team’s climb up the standings. Since acquiring Adames on May 21, the Brewers have gone a major-league-best 31-13 after splitting a doubleheader with the New York Mets on Wednesday at Citi Field.

Entering Wednesday’s games, Adames, who was acquired with reliever Trevor Richards for relievers J.P. Feyereisen and Drew Rasmussen, had led the Brewers in batting (.298), on-base plus slugging (.930), hits (45) and total bases (83) since the trade, which shifted Luis Urías — who had developed throwing problems at shortstop — to third.

Essentially, Adames transformed the season for the Brewers, who were under .500 when they got him.

“It’s hard to quantify, but he’s been enormous,” manager Craig Counsell said.

“He’s been an incredible player. The MVP is now for the best statistical guy, but the impact he’s had on our team has been huge.”

The Brewers’ rise has coincided with a slide by the Chicago Cubs, who won for the

Willy Adames was hitting just .197 for the Tampa Bay Rays when he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in late May. He has been Milwaukee’s best hitter ever since.

first time in 12 games on Wednesday, 8-3 over the Philadelphia Phillies. With the Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals slumping and the Pittsburgh Pirates rebuilding, the Cincinnati Reds could be the only viable threat in the NL Central to the Brewers, who led by 6 1/2 games entering Wednesday.

It is a lesson in the benefits of acting swiftly. The Brewers got a 10-week jump on the trade market with the Adames deal, which helped them pull off another move Tuesday, when they traded Richards and a minor leaguer to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman Rowdy Tellez.

“By nature, we’re a pretty transactional group, and we are trying to find incremental improvements throughout the roster whenever we can,” general manager David Stearns said. “We do try to find a balance, but in general we’re not a sit-back-and-wait type of operation.”

Tellez, who struck out in a pinch-hit ap-

pearance Wednesday, is the 52nd Brewers player this season, one shy of the franchise record set by the expansion Seattle Pilots in 1969 and matched in 2018. The Brewers had pursued Adames in the offseason, Stearns said, which gave them common ground with Tampa Bay and made it easier to deal.

“I’ve learned to never be surprised when you’re playing for David Stearns,” starter Corbin Burnes said. “He’s always got some stuff up his sleeve. Ever since I was called up in ’18, it’s been the same kind of way. If he gets his eye on a guy that he likes, he sticks with it.”

That goes for players within the organization, too, Burnes said. In 2018, when the Brewers reached the NL championship series, Burnes and fellow pitchers Freddy Peralta and Brandon Woodruff got their first extended looks in the majors. Burnes and Peralta fell flat the next season, but both are thriving now.

With Woodruff, Burnes and closer Josh Hader, the Brewers have three All-Star pitchers for the first time in their history.

Peralta could have easily joined them: He is 7-3 with a 2.23 earned run average and 12.5 strikeouts per nine innings. By developing three potential aces (Peralta was in the Rookie League when Seattle traded him to Milwaukee for Adam Lind), the Brewers could match up well in a potential postseason series.

“Anybody, whoever you want,” Adames said. “Since I got here, it’s been crazy for me to watch them do their job.

Those three are something special. And when you’ve got the other guys doing great too, it’s amazing. I’m just happy to be part of it.”

Adames was hitting only .197 with the Rays, who were eager to promote infield prospects Taylor Walls and Wander Franco.

Adames was startled by the timing of the trade, he said, but glad to play home games away from Tropicana Field, where he had hit just .189 in the past three seasons.

“I was good on the road; I just couldn’t hit at the Trop,” Adames said. “After they changed the lights in ’19, it was tough for me to see the ball there. Everybody thought it was mental, but it wasn’t. I was just guessing all the time there because I couldn’t pick up the ball when I was hitting.”

Adames has also refined his swing with help from a private coach recommended by the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts; he stays inside the ball better now, he said, and can drive it up the middle and the opposite way instead of pulling lazy grounders. His revival has helped the Brewers score more runs than the average NL team, despite coming into Wednesday with an NL-low .220 average.

The lack of punch is worrisome, and the Reds could make a move up in the standings with seven games in a row scheduled against the Brewers — four in Milwaukee this weekend and three in Cincinnati after the All-Star break. But with a big lead for now, teammates have told Adames how much fun he could have before actual hometown fans this October.

“They’ve been talking about how it’s crazy in the postseason,” Adames said.

“From that experience against the Cubs, I feel like it would be something amazing.”

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July 9-11, 2021

Lightning keep the Stanley Cup after beating Canadiens

By BEN SHPIGEL

I

n one of hockey’s most cherished rites, the Stanley Cup usually spends the offseason gallivanting with players around villages in Canada and hamlets throughout Scandinavia and burgs across the United States. But with the coronavirus pandemic raging last fall, the silver chalice lingered for a good, long while near Tampa, Florida, where the Lightning relished their time with it so much that they went ahead and won it once more.

Tampa Bay closed a chaotic NHL season dominated by a viral scourge, with truncated schedules and reconfigured divisions and traveling practice squads, by defeating the Montreal Canadiens four games to one in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final to win its third title.

Nine-and-a-half months after enduring a 65-day stay in Canadian playoff bubbles to hoist the Cup, the Lightning edged Montreal, 1-0, in front of a capacity home crowd at Amalie Arena on Wednesday night to complete their second consecutive romp through an NHL postseason. In doing so, they followed up the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers by adding yet another title to a region suddenly spoiled by championships, and also joined the Pittsburgh Penguins, in 2016-17, as the only teams since the dawn of the salary cap era in the 2005-6 season to repeat as champions.

“It was just like we were doing it for the first time again,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “It was amazing to have fans in the building. And so it’s like we’ve won two completely different Stanley Cups. That’s what makes it extremely special for us.”

In winning their past eight playoff series, the Lightning have never lost consecutive games. In this series, they did not trail until late in the first period of Game 4 against the upstart Canadiens, who finished 18th among 31 teams during the regular season — and with a negative goal differential — but energized Montreal with a glorious charge to their first finals appearance in nearly three decades.

Bidding to become Canada’s first champion since 1993, the Canadiens outlasted Toronto, Winnipeg and Vegas. But they could not counter the comprehensive excellence of the Lightning, who outclassed Montreal at every position, especially goalie.

Even as Carey Price rescued the Canadiens in Game 4 on Monday and stopped 29 of 30 shots Wednesday, he could not match Andrei Vasilevskiy, who reinforced his

Victor Hedman, left, with the Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay won its third championship in franchise history.

standing as the league’s best goalie. He had a .943 save percentage against Montreal, allowing eight goals on 140 shots, and ended this series with a shutout — as he did last round against the New York Islanders, and in the second round against the Carolina Hurricanes, and in the first round against the Florida Panthers.

“I still can’t believe it,” said Vasilevskiy, who was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy, given to the MVP of the playoffs. “The whole team deserves it, for sure. To have five shutouts in one playoffs, it’s all about the team.”

The Lightning represent the modern ideal of an NHL team, loaded with scorers, elite defensemen and a brilliant goalie, and they rampaged through the playoffs after regaining star winger Nikita Kucherov, who missed the 56-game season while recovering from hip surgery. All he did was amass 32 points in 23 games to join Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux as the only players with at least 30 points in consecutive postseasons.

“I don’t know anybody else that could miss the entire regular season, come back and do what he did,” Lightning forward Blake Coleman said.

Still, Tampa Bay’s most imposing asset might be its depth. Anthony Cirelli and Barclay Goodrow blocked shot after shot, Erik Cernak and Jan Rutta backchecked with vigor, and David Savard and the rookie

Ross Colton — the only two players in the lineup who hadn’t won a Cup — combined for Wednesday’s lone goal: Savard, a lateseason acquisition, received the puck from Ryan McDonagh and beamed a nifty pass into the crease toward Colton, who outmuscled Montreal defenseman Joel Edmundson for position and redirected the puck past Price with 6 minutes, 33 seconds remaining in the second period. The Lightning’s defensive commitment — epitomized by Goodrow’s block of Shea Weber’s slap shot — made certain they didn’t need to score again.

“I was crying basically on the bench with a minute, 40 left,” said forward Patrick Maroon, who has raised the Cup for three straight seasons. “I couldn’t even throw my stuff off.”

The last Canadian team to win the Cup was Montreal, in 1993, the same year that Tampa Bay, heralding the NHL’s Sun Belt expansion, completed its inaugural season.

The Lightning won their first title in 2004, then meandered in the NHL wilderness for the next decade, winning only two playoff series until embarking on this dynastic stretch.

No team has won more games since the 2014-15 season — in either the regular season or the playoffs — than Tampa Bay, which has reached at least the league’s semifinal round five of the past seven years.

The Lightning’s flair for developing young players has replenished their talent base, and their masterly manipulation of the salary cap has preserved much of the core that lost in the finals to Chicago in 2015, a core that has transformed and evolved, in style and spirit and personnel.

A team that had embraced what Cooper called a “kind of greatest show on ice” attitude, that tried to score as many goals as it could while depending on its goalie to rescue it, needed to get “grittier” after in 2019 absorbing one of the more confounding postseason meltdowns in major professional sports history: After dashing to 62 victories in 82 games, tying a league record, the Lightning were swept in four games by Columbus in the first round.

“We went from the new kids on the block that, oh my gosh, in 2015, these guys are so much fun to watch, to all of a sudden it gets tilted and now we’re the team that can’t get it done to now you’re throwing the word dynasty around,” Cooper said. “That’s a huge wave of emotions in a seven-year, six-year span, to go through. But this core went through it together.”

In response to being humbled by the Blue Jackets, the Lightning eliminated some of the risk in their game, stressing defensive responsibilities. They added rugged but skilled bottom-six forwards like Goodrow and Coleman, who supplied the defining moment of this series, in Game 2, with a diving goal in the closing seconds of the second period. Those players meshed with stalwarts like Alex Killorn, Steven Stamkos, Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson, who is among the many players unlikely to return next season, a victim of circumstance.

The Lightning circumvented the league’s salary-cap system by adding Kucherov for the playoffs, but they won’t be able to retain everyone — especially not with the Seattle Kraken expansion draft looming — a situation that Cooper said had conferred upon this run a certain “last day of school” feeling.

Stamkos, the team’s captain, said it was impossible to overstate how much of a motivating force the team’s pending breakup was as they chased another championship.

“It’s not very often you get this chance to play with a talented team like we did, and we just believed,” said Stamkos, who missed most of the 2020 playoffs with an injury. “It’s so hard to win the Stanley Cup and then you do it two years in a row. I mean, we deserve to go down in history.”

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Sudoku How to Play: Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules: Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9 Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Answers on page 30

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HOROSCOPE Aries

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Not sure what to do with yourself, Aries? This could be down to luscious Venus linking to Uranus. You may need something different and exciting to occupy yourself with, as your usual schedule might leave you feeling indifferent. Want to revolutionize aspects of your life? Browsing the Internet or chatting to a friend can alert you to information or an opportunity.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

A desire to get closer to someone could mean you ignore any red flags or gut feelings to the contrary.

With Venus angling towards flighty Uranus though, you might regret being so hasty. Much as connecting may be good for a while, in the end this can be just a temporary arrangement and could disappoint. Bide your time, as someone better might soon be on the way.

Taurus

(April 21-May 21)

Scorpio

Gemini

(May 22-June 21)

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Your taste in clothes, home furnishings or anything else could be wild today, as a lively Venus/Uranus tie can find you veering away from the norm into a range of new artforms and exciting patterns and designs. You may like the look of something, but how will you feel a few days down the line, Taurus? You might want to get a second opinion before you purchase it.

This is one of those days when you might speak without thinking about the consequences, and then regret it later. You can fire off words and sentences fairly fast, and under an impulsive Venus/Uranus link, they may be out there before you realize it. If you slow down and take a deep breath in the middle of an edgy conversation, you’ll know what to say and what to avoid.

Cancer

(June 22-July 23)

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

A chance conversation could be electric, due to a lively influence which might see you getting along very well. Even if it’s only a short chat, you may find the chemistry sizzling. Your natural ability to forge powerful connections can be a factor here, and this might lead to you linking up more in the future. Ready for something different? This person could be the catalyst, Scorpio.

Your instincts may be warning you not to take a shortcut to achieving important goals, tempting though it might be. If you want to make the best impression, then do the best job you can, Archer. This isn’t to say that you need to sweat over every tiny detail. But sticking to your principles and to what others expect of you, can see your work acknowledged and enable you to shine.

Concerning finances, you might have to invest in something that isn’t fun or exciting, but necessary.

Equally, Venus’s angle with restless Uranus could see you being a tad easy going with your cash, and perhaps making a spontaneous decision to purchase a club or gym membership because it seems like a good idea at the time. Be sure you won’t regret it later.

Currently, you may be in the mood to make some choices that reflect a growing desire for a better life.

The key to making headway can be to pinpoint those habits that might not contribute much to your wellbeing and happiness, and to decide to let them go.

With Mars in Leo encouraging a proactive stance in this regard, you could get off to a roaring start, but persistence is the key.

Leo

Aquarius

(July 24-Aug 23)

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

With the Moon in Cancer and a spiritual zone, you could be feeling sensitive and vulnerable, even though you might appear quite bold and brash on the surface. A lunar tie to Jupiter may inspire you to connect with a close friend, and put your mind at rest by having a chat. Your creative energies are in focus, and the passion you have for a new project may be obvious to all.

It may be time to broaden your horizons, and consider trying something that might have seemed out of your depth. Don’t bite off more than you can chew, Aquarius. Easy does it, especially if you need to learn new skills, or are tracing your way through uncharted waters. Be bold, and you will soon gain confidence. Sense deep down that this is your path?

Embrace it with passion.

Virgo

Pisces

(Aug 24-Sep 23)

Ready to find closure on a long-running issue? The past days may have kept you busy in this regard, but to seal it you might need to hold a conversation concerning a delicate matter. The Moon’s positive angle with Jupiter in Pisces, makes this possible. If you go ahead now, you’ll be understanding of and sensitive to their needs, and yet quite capable of creating firm boundaries.

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Feeling undecided about the way ahead? Mars in Leo can give you a tremendous boost, Pisces. If you have an urge to get things in order, to pick a goal and get moving on it, or to exercise more and stick with your routines, the red planet could help. Mind, with a dreamy focus in your sign, you might lag behind at times. But as long as you keep trying, you’ll certainly win in the end.

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CARTOONS

Herman

Speed Bump

Frank & Ernest

BC

Scary Gary

Wizard of Id

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