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The Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA by its Spanish initials) is seeking requests for proposals (RFPs) to contract licensed engineering and inspection services for infrastructure projects.
The agency will work under the state and federal funding category of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Companies interested in submitting proposals must have adequate personnel, solid experience, and the ability to carry out the required work within the contract term.
As part of their responsibilities, the companies will be in charge of inspecting, supervising and controlling project performance, as well as providing support to the ASSMCA Engineering Department, as required by the regulations established by both the commonwealth and federal governments.
Proponents of requests for proposals must be registered in the General Services Administration’s Single Registry of Bidders and have a Unique Entity Identification number.
The services that ASSMCA seeks to contract are for works in the agency’s hospitals and treatment centers, which suffered severe damage that disrupted the continuity of the services provided in each of them after the passage of Hurricane Maria on Sept. 20, 2017 and the earthquake of Jan. 20, 2020 that struck the southern part of the island.
The buildings are eligible to receive special funds
granted by the federal government for reconstruction from damages. The RFP corresponds with the projects DR4339PR & DR4473PR.
To access the requirements under RFP NUM. 2024 02, interested parties can access the ASSMCA portal, www.assmca. pr.gov, Legal Regulations - Notices section, and download the document free of charge. As part of the proposal request, a non-compulsory virtual meeting will be held on Monday, March 4 at 2 p.m. Proposals will only be accepted through email, written to engineer René Vázquez Valentín: rene. vazquez@assmca.pr.gov. Proposals will be received until March 22 at 4 p.m.
The services that the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration seeks to contract are for renovation work in the agency’s hospitals and treatment centers, which suffered severe damage during the passage of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the earthquake that struck the southern part of the island in January 2020.
As part of the celebration of Women’s Week in Puerto Rico, the Certified Public Accountants Association of Puerto Rico (CCPA by its Spanish initials) will host a conference entitled “CPA Women: Promoting Multigenerational Leadership” on Wednesday, March 6 at its headquarters in Hato Rey, where women of all ages will be able to identify and develop skills for effective leadership.
“We invite women in our profession, students and all those who wish to develop their leadership potential to the fullest, to participate in this transformative event,” CCPA President Edmy Rivera said in a written statement. “We will explore the lasting impact that effective leadership can have across generations. Many times we associate leadership with being just a boss; however, being a leader goes beyond a position. It is about skills and tools that human beings can acquire to achieve their goals, improve their community and achieve life projects in general.”
The conference will feature testimonies from valuable
resources, including the participation of prominent writer and speaker Mónica Díaz, who will share her knowledge and practical strategies for achieving leadership for the benefit of individuals, society and the practice of accounting.
During the event, a group of former CCPA presidents will participate in a panel discussion called “Vision and Perseverance.” They will offer unique insight into how longterm goals and perseverance have guided them to make a significant mark on the field of accounting and their careers.
Meanwhile, a group of young women CPAs will address the challenges and opportunities they face in the world of accounting. In this panel there will be an exchange of experiences, challenges overcome and successes achieved, providing a fresh and dynamic perspective.
The conference will run from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. To register, visit the website www.colegiocpa.com. More information about the work and services offered by the CCPA can be found by accessing the organization’s accounts on the digital platforms Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram, under @colegiocpapr.
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Thursday denied that the proposal to make mass transit free of cost for six months is motivated by the upcoming primary elections.
“Well, first of all, I can’t paralyze the government’s management because we’re in an election year,” the governor said at a press conference. “In other words, the government has to continue its function, and every time I do something that is for the benefit of the people, if the response is going to be that I am doing it for electoral reasons, then the truth is that we are very bad. On the contrary, all the time we have to be celebrating the improvements in government services to our people, whenever they occur.”
“So, as I indicated, what we are doing here is the same thing that has been done in other jurisdictions,” Pierluisi added. “When improvements like this are carried out, which obviously … can affect the flow of traffic on the urban train, [then] what is done is that a promotional fare is … established.”
During the next six months, the mass transit system will undergo improvements including the installation of fiber optics in all train stations and global positioning systems in buses. There will also be inspections, quality controls, civil works,
and the incorporation of General Transit Feed Specification scheduling systems, which are standard in the public transportation industry.
In the first phase, new collection and access equipment for public transport will be installed. Estimated to last until summer, the phase includes ticket machines, access doors and validators for buses.
The payment machines will enable easy payments with credit cards, debit cards, chips, contactless payments, train cards and mobile apps. All the forms of payment will be accepted when the work is completed, after the validation of the systems and an orientation phase for passengers.
Free transit service begins Friday, March 1, for users of the Urban Train, Metropolitan Bus Authority buses, Metro Bus, Metro Urbano and Tu Conexión buses, for approximately six months. The governor said that when the free period ends, no cost increase is expected. The determination was reported to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in accordance with the regulations governing the systems.
By THE STAR STAFF
San Juan Judge Raúl Candelario López on Thursday upheld the determination of the State Elections Commission (SEC), which in mid-February disqualified activist and former gubernatorial candidate Eliezer Molina Pérez as an independent candidate for the island Senate.
The judicial ruling indicated that Molina Pérez had to comply with the requirements established by the Electoral Code to become a candidate, “including to undergo tests for the detection of
controlled substances.”
“We find it necessary to emphasize that from the documents presented by Molina Pérez and the SEC, it clearly and unequivocally shows that the petitioner did not have all of the detection tests for controlled substances and that he did not submit the documents required by the provisions of the Electoral Code,” adds the ruling.
Molina Pérez’s legal representation, headed by lawyer Juan Antonio Corretjer, relied on the fact that, on the one hand, Molina Pérez submitted all the documents required to be a candidate and
that he was authorized by the SEC, as of Jan. 3, to collect endorsements, a procedure he completed successfully.
Meanwhile, the SEC pointed out that Molina Pérez was allowed to collect endorsements on a conditional basis. In other words, he would be validated and certified as a candidate if he completed all of the documents and demonstrated with certifications that the required documents had been requested on or before the deadline of Feb. 2. In fact, his lawyers said he delivered all the documents before Jan. 31.
The Puerto Rico Senate in a loud voice vote on Thursday passed legislation that would increase the salaries of judges, but the bill faces uncertainty in the House of Representatives.
In several interviews, House Speaker Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez has insisted that he will address, after the June primaries, the legislation on salary increases for judges and other government officials.
Senate Bill 1400, penned by Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago, had been referred to the Senate Legal Committee by Dal-
mau Santiago himself.
The bill calls for increases of 24%, to $154,556, in the salaries of judges; 20% to bring the salaries of associate judges to $144,480; 24% to bring those of appellate judges to $130,579; 32% to bring the salaries of senior judges to $118,133; and 32% to bring those of municipal judges to $91,764.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board said some $12 million is in the custody of the government’s Office of Management and Budget for the salaries.
As reported by the STAR, House Treasury Committee Chairman Jesús Santa Rodríguez noted earlier this week that the budget for the
next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, amounts to $13 billion and did not include the salary hike for judges.
On Feb. 2, a judge determined that a budget resolution approved by the Legislature provided for the concession of the salary increase to judges. The resolution contained a portion of $11.2 million for the raises. The House had tried to withdraw the resolution after conditioning the judges’ salary hike on a similar hike to the legislators’ salaries.
The oversight board has said that despite what the court has ruled, the matter should be decided by the Legislature and the executive branch.
After giving birth to twins two weeks ago, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón took a brief pause in her maternity process this week to grant her first interview, to journalists Rafael Lenin López and Dennise Pérez on Magic 97.3 FM’s “Primer Round” program.
The resident commissioner said she gave birth at 35 weeks by cesarean section on Friday, Feb. 16, and was discharged nearly a week later.
The twins are in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since the girl was born underweight at three pounds, 12 ounces and is already weighing in at four pounds, three ounces, her mother said.
She was the first to be born, within two minutes ahead of her brother.
The girl, named Jenniffer after her mother, is no longer given
Valerie M. Jorge Vázquez
serum antibiotics and is stabilizing along with gaining weight.
González Colón, who is also seeking to become the New Progressive Party candidate for governor, visits the newborns in the hospital on a regular basis during the stipulated visiting hours, walking to reduce the pain of the cesarean section, and breastfeeding them, while the girl is also given milk by formula.
The mother of Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes (named for her mother and her two grandmothers) and José Yovin said she felt like “the happiest mom in the world.”
“My husband and I don’t miss a second,” she added.
“You fall in love because obviously from such a young age you see what the attitude is going to be,” González Colón said. “For example, the girl is the oldest by two minutes; you see how fast she is going, you notice how fast she is leading, so we start to make a lot of guesses between one and the other. Jenniffer Nydia Mercedes is the fastest to go, the one who starts to eat the fastest; you say the boy ate all the food in my
belly and the girl is the one who is eating all the food outside.”
As of now no date has been set for when the twins will leave the hospital. Doctors have stated that first the girl should reach a minimum weight of 4 pounds, 7 ounces.
Due to the ongoing crisis of gender-based violence and the many femicides that have shocked the island, Valerie M. Jorge Vázquez, doctoral student in research in clinical psychology at Albizu University, is urging citizens to participate in her research project, which is titled “How Do We Think and Feel?: Childhood, Couples and Protective Factors Against Violence.”
The study aims to uncover the relationship between the number of adverse childhood experiences as predisposing risk factors for intimate partner violence.
In addition, it seeks to know if social support and emotional intelligence function as protective factors in the relationship between the number of adverse experiences in childhood and the experience of intimate partner violence.
Adverse childhood experiences are potentially traumatic events that people between the ages of 0-17 have experienced and that can have an impact on adulthood.
Some of these adverse childhood experiences are: child abuse,
domestic violence, violent death of a loved one, being raised by a person with substance or alcohol use problems, and living below poverty levels.
“These childhood experiences can affect relationships in adult couples and can have an impact on physical and mental health,” Jorge Vázquez said.
Participants’ information will be anonymous, and they will have to complete questionnaires that will take about 30 minutes.
The requirements for participating in the study are the following: be 21 years old or older, know how to read and write in Spanish, be willing to identify your nationality, reside in Puerto Rico, have been or are in a relationship, and have access to the internet. The results of the study will be presented in various forums and will serve as a reference for the government in the search for solutions to gender-based violence.
The research is supervised by Dr. Aysha Concepción Lizardi, Dr. José Martínez González and Dr. Amílcar Matos Moreno, professors at Albizu University. To participate in the study, access the questionnaires through the following link on or before May 24, 2024:
https://universidadalbizu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8iyJxUxy 029TupEy
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has accepted Puerto Rico’s digital equity plan, according to a statement issued Thursday.
The Digital Equity Act, part of the Internet for All initiative and a piece of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda, provides $2.75 billion to establish three grant programs that promote digital equity and inclusion. The program aims to ensure that all people and communities have the skills,
technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of the digital economy.
Using $781,987 from the State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, Puerto Rico created a plan to address disparities in digital access, skills and affordability across the island. States and territories are continuing to submit their plans for the NTIA’s acceptance, and the NTIA will accept plans on a rolling basis. In the coming months, the NTIA will launch the $1.44 billion Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law contains a $65 billion investment to expand affordable and reliable high-speed inter-
net access in communities across the U.S. The NTIA recently launched a series of new high-speed internet grant programs funded by the law that will build high-speed internet infrastructure across the country, create more low-cost high-speed internet service options, and address the digital equity and inclusion needs in U.S. communities.
Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying tribal lands, according to the statement.
still have to agree on the other six spending measures, and then try to pass them individually over the next three weeks, or face yet another potential shutdown.
For months, Congress has been mired in seemingly intractable spending negotiations, as Republicans bent on steep cuts and conservative policy mandates refused to accept a deal with Democrats. The vote Thursday marked the fourth time since September that lawmakers had essentially punted on the fight and passed a stopgap spending bill keeping government funding flowing at current levels.
It was also the latest instance in which Johnson, who had vowed never to pass another temporary spending bill, was forced to turn to Democrats to win approval of crucial legislation, steering around the opposition of right-wing Republicans who have refused to allow such measures to get a vote.
week was expected to emerge over the weekend. Among the conservative victories House Republicans highlighted Thursday in a closed-door meeting was a measure that would block a move by the Department of Education that could have expanded Pell Grant eligibility for more than 250,000 students. House Republicans estimated the new FAFSA guidance would have increased the cost of the program by $3 billion annually.
They also secured a measure to bar the Department of Veterans Affairs from flagging veterans deemed mentally incompetent to the FBI’s gun background check database without a court order.
As negotiations slogged on, Johnson had become increasingly candid behind closed doors about the limits of his leverage at the negotiating table.
By CATIE EDMONDSONThe House on Thursday passed its latest short-term stopgap spending patch to head off a partial government shutdown at the end of the week, moving over the objections of right-wing Republicans to give Congress more time to resolve funding disputes that have persisted for months.
The measure, initially floated by Speaker Mike Johnson, would extend funding for half of the government for one week, through March 8, and the rest for three weeks, until March 22. The Senate was expected to pass it as early as Thursday evening, clearing it for
President Joe Biden and averting a lapse in federal funding for several agencies that otherwise would begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
It passed by a vote of 320-99, with Democrats providing the bulk of the votes and Republicans roughly split.
Congressional leaders cleared the way for the legislation Wednesday when they said they had come to an agreement on six of the 12 annual spending bills, and planned to finalize the details, debate the package and clear it to be signed into law by March 8. If they fail to do so, they will face another partial shutdown next week.
And even if they do, lawmakers will
Johnson said Thursday before the vote that with his razor-thin majority, and with Democratic control of the Senate and White House, House Republicans were “trying to turn the aircraft carrier back to real budgeting and spending reform.” He noted that lawmakers had tried to negotiate the spending bills individually, rather than wrapping them into a single, sprawling package for an upor-down vote — although the legislation envisioned for a vote next week would tie six funding measures into a single bill.
“We broke the omnibus fever. That’s how Washington has been run for years,” Johnson said. “This was an important thing to break it up into smaller pieces.”
Echoing comments he had made privately to his conference, Johnson said he was “excited” and “anxious” to “turn the page” on this year’s negotiations to fund the government, and to instead start negotiations to fund the government for the next fiscal year, which begins in October.
The text of the package of six spending bills congressional leaders agreed on this
Republicans have been divided over what to push for in spending talks. Ultraconservative lawmakers who rarely support spending legislation have been the loudest voices in favor of cuts and hard-line policy provisions, but more mainstream and politically endangered Republicans have refused to back them. And hard-right lawmakers have routinely blocked consideration of spending legislation, requiring Democratic votes to move the bills out of the House.
“This is the House Republicans coming to terms with reality,” Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., said of his colleagues.
“He is making the inevitable decision that was clear in September,” McHenry said of the speaker. “It was clear in November, December — it’s been clear for months that this is the outcome.”
Hard-line conservatives who have lobbied for steep spending cuts and a bevy of conservative policy dictates — and revolted after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed a stopgap spending bill using a bipartisan coalition — evinced resigned disappointment Thursday.
“Just more of the same,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, an influential conservative, said of the deal. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to actually change the border.”
He added: “It’s just the swamp doing what the swamp does.”
The Supreme Court that former President Donald Trump helped to shape tossed him a legal lifeline Wednesday night, making a choice that substantially aided his efforts to delay his federal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
By deciding to take up Trump’s claim that presidents enjoy almost total immunity from prosecution for any official action while in office — a legal theory rejected by two lower courts and one that few experts think has any basis in the Constitution — the justices bought the former president at least several months before a trial on the election interference charges can start.
It is not out of the question that Trump could still face a jury in the case, in U.S. District Court in Washington, before Election Day. At this point, the legal calendar suggests that if the justices issue a ruling by the end of the Supreme Court’s term in June and find that Trump is not immune from prosecution, the trial could still start by late September or October.
But with each delay, the odds increase that voters will not get a chance to hear the evidence that Trump sought to subvert the last election before they decide whether to back him in the current one.
If Trump is successful in delaying the trial until after Election Day and he wins, he could use the powers of his office to seek to dismiss the election interference indictment altogether. Moreover, Justice Department policy precludes prosecuting a sitting president, meaning that, once sworn in, he could likely have any federal trial he is facing postponed until after he left office.
On its surface, the Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday night was a purely logistical decision. The justices decided to keep preparations for the trial on hold while they review a lower court’s rejection of the immunity defense. They set a hearing on the issue for the end of April.
As a practical matter, however, the court’s decision slow-walked the process of resolving the immunity debate, validating what had seemed like a last-ditch move by Trump’s legal team to find a way to keep pushing back a trial date until the campaign was over.
A spokesperson for Jack Smith, the special counsel who is handling the election case in Washington, declined to comment on
former president’s assertion that he cannot be prosecuted for his actions in office, the justices increased the chances that he will not face trial by Election Day. (Kent Nishimura/The New York Times)
the court’s decision. Within Trump’s camp, the court’s ruling was seen as a major victory but not a decisive one.
A year ago, when Trump was charged criminally for the first time, in New York, and then, over the course of the next five months, was indicted three more times — in Florida, Washington and Georgia — it seemed as if he would spend much of 2024 in front of a jury. Now, however, if events break his way, he could go to trial only once before the election in November.
In that case, a state judge in Manhattan set a start date of March 25 for the former president’s trial on charges of arranging hush-money payments to a porn star in an effort to avert a scandal on the eve of the 2016 election.
And on Friday, a federal judge in Florida is set to hold a hearing to reset the clock on Trump’s other federal trial — the one in which he stands accused of mishandling dozens of classified documents after he left office. That trial was scheduled to start in May, but now may or may not take place before Election Day.
The Georgia case is also mired in pretrial clashes that have cast doubt on when, or even whether, it will proceed.
The election interference case in Washington was supposed to have been the first of Trump’s four criminal proceedings to go in front of a jury. Months ago, the judge overseeing it, Tanya Chutkan, picked a trial
date of March 4.
But then Trump filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that he enjoyed complete immunity from the charges because they arose from acts he took as president. While the claim had no precedent and went against basic legal and constitutional principles, it had a powerful attraction to Trump’s lawyers: Once it was lodged, Chutkan was required to put the underlying case on hold until the question of immunity was resolved.
Earlier this month, a federal appeals court in Washington weighed in on the question, rejecting the immunity defense in a unanimous and scathing ruling that found that Trump was subject to federal criminal law like any other American.
He then asked the Supreme Court to keep the trial proceedings on hold while the justices decided whether they wanted to weigh in on the issue, perhaps hoping less that the justices would agree with him on the merits of his claims than that they might take up the question and take their time in reaching a decision.
And that is precisely what the court did Wednesday.
The question of when the trial will ultimately happen has been complicated by Chutkan’s insistence that Trump not lose any time to prepare for the proceeding while the pause in the case remains in effect. She has suggested in court papers that, in the spirit of fairness, the former president should have
an extra day to prepare for every one lost to the stay.
Chutkan froze the election case Dec. 13. That means, if she sticks to her decision, she owes Trump an additional 82 days of preparation time — equivalent to the period between Dec. 13 and the originally scheduled trial date of March 4. If the Supreme Court renders a ruling on the immunity decision in June and preparations for the trial start up again immediately, the extra 82 days could push a trial date into September.
At that point, the general election campaign would be in full swing — and there would be no guarantee that the trial could be completed by Election Day.
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President Joe Biden arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for his yearly physical examination on Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, 2024. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
By KATIE ROGERS and LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.President Joe Biden on Wednesday was declared “fit for duty” by his longtime doctor, who said that the president had undergone an “extremely detailed” neurological exam that did not turn up evidence of stroke, neurological disorders or Parkinson’s disease.
In a summary of Biden’s third presidential physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Dr. Kevin O’Connor did not say whether the examination contained common tests for assessing cognitive decline or detecting signs of dementia that are often recommended
for older adults.
O’Connor said that a team of doctors, including a neurologist, two orthopedists and a physical therapist, examined the president, whom O’Connor described as an “active 81-year-old white male.” Earlier in the day, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, declined to give specifics about the tests Biden had undergone but said that the president “doesn’t need” a cognitive exam.
Biden, the oldest president in the country’s history, is facing widespread concerns over his age as he campaigns for a second term. Earlier this month, he was described in a special counsel report as a “well-meaning, elderly man
with a poor memory” — a characterization the president vehemently opposed.
On Wednesday, Biden answered questions about the results of his exam with a joke.
“They think I look too young,” he told reporters during a roundtable with law enforcement officials at the White House. “There is nothing different than last year,” he said, adding that “everything’s great.”
The summary released by O’Connor reflected a lengthy and detailed examination. But the president, his advisers and a team of 20 physicians ultimately declined to provide detailed information about Biden’s cognitive abilities. Doctors use their discretion in providing assessment tests, and not all doctors perform them. Physicians often use conversations with patients as a screening device.
“For the physician who interacts with a patient on a regular basis, it is perfectly valid for the physician to say, ‘I can assess the mental status on a daily basis,’” Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, director of the Center for Cognitive Neurology at NYU Langone Health, said in a telephone interview. “But not if they see each other once a year.”
O’Connor is a retired U.S. Army colonel who began serving as a doctor at the White House in 2006, when President George W. Bush was in office. He was Biden’s physician when Biden was serving as vice president, and the president brought him back to the White House in 2021.
In his summary, O’Connor said that the examination of Biden had raised “no new concerns,” but he offered updates on several medical conditions he had noted in past reports. Last year, Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest during his physical; on Wednesday, O’Connor noted that no further treatment of that lesion was required.
Biden has obstructive sleep apnea, a common sleeping disorder in which a person’s airways become blocked. O’Connor noted that the patient had been “remarkably committed to sticking with therapy” and sleeps nearly every night with a machine that helps his airways clear.
Biden has also become noticeably slower in his movements in recent months, walking stiffly as he makes his way to the podium at appearances and taking the short stairs directly into the belly of Air Force One, rather than the taller stairs to the plane’s upper door. O’Connor noted “moderate to severe spondylosis,” or degeneration of the spinal disks, which he attributed to age-related “wear and tear” on the president’s spine. The doctor also noted that Biden has peripheral neuropathy, a condition defined by
nerve damage, pain and stiffening in the feet.
Last year, O’Connor said the stiffness in Biden’s gait was the result of “significant spinal arthritis, mild post-fracture foot arthritis and a mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of the feet,” for which the president undergoes physical therapy to maintain flexibility.
Biden’s gait is somewhat halting, a characteristic that multiple people close to the White House say is partly because of his refusal to wear an orthopedic boot after sustaining a hairline fracture in his foot before taking office.
This year, Connor said, a spinal examination showed a “mildly decreased range of motion.” Biden noted discomfort in his left hip, which O’Connor attributed to “mild arthritic changes.” The president’s hip pain is “most certainly also contributing to his stiffened gait,” and O’Connor said that Biden is undergoing physical therapy and that he performs an intensive stretching program four to five times a week.
Biden weighs 178 pounds with a body mass index of 24.1, according to the White House letter — the same as last year. His blood pressure was listed as 132/78 with a pulse of 64. O’Connor noted several areas of lentigo, or liver spots, and that Biden had “mildly decreased” hot and cold sensations in his feet. Biden takes apixaban, an anticoagulant medication that reduces the risk of blood clotting but can cause people to bleed and bruise easily.
The president had a total cholesterol level of 122. His high-density lipoprotein level was 45, and his low-density lipoprotein level was 68.
Polling shows that a majority of Americans have concerns about Biden’s age and ability to run for a second term. And Biden has made unforced errors at events, including recalling interactions with foreign leaders who would have been dead at the time those interactions took place.
As the presidential election heats up, the president has tried in recent days to assuage concerns over his age by reframing the focus on his likely Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, who is four years younger and who makes a number of exaggerated or outright false claims at his public appearances.
“You got to take a look at the other guy,” Biden said during an appearance this week on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”
“He’s about as old as I am, but he can’t remember his wife’s name,” he added, referring to a video in which Trump, 77, appeared to forget the name of his wife, Melania.
Biden, O’Connor noted Wednesday, has been “happily married for 46 years” and works out at least five days a week.
The second-largest wildfire on record in Texas raged across 850,000 acres earlier this week, as firefighters from around the state tried to contain it. The blaze has consumed houses, burned vast ranch lands, killed livestock and forced evacuations across the sparsely populated Texas Panhandle.
The blaze, known as the Smokehouse Creek fire, ignited Monday and by Wednesday had spread across vast swaths of ranch lands, fueled by strong winds and dry conditions. It still had not been contained and was growing, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
Satellite data from the National Interagency Fire Center suggested that the fire had already become the largest ever seen in the state.
The fire spread around the town of Canadian, a cattle-country community of around 2,200 people northeast of Amarillo, near the Oklahoma state line. Residents who had not already evacuated were forced to shelter in place overnight.
About 35 people, mostly residents who tried to leave but found the roads closed by the fire, took shelter in a “safe room” at the emergency operations center, said Lisa Johnson, the Hemphill County judge, who also spent the night there. Other residents huddled in a local church, the pastor there said. Some simply stayed at home and hoped for the best.
“There is a lot of stuff that’s just gone,” said Cory Cameron, 56, who said he and his wife had been at home trying to gather up their three cats when the roads into and out of Canadian were closed Tuesday. By Wednesday, the roads had reopened, and the ground was blackened on both sides of Highway 60 for about 10 miles approaching town.
A portion of the fire got close to Cameron’s backyard during the night, he said, but then it died away. “We got lucky,” he said.
Officials said there had been no deaths or severe injuries attributed to the fire so far.
The blaze tore across ranches, overtaking cattle and forcing ranchers to try to save their own properties.
“I was out here fighting the fire two days straight,” said Jeff Chisum, whose family owns a 30,000-acre cattle ranch in Roberts County. Nearly all of the land had burned, he said, but family members were able to protect the buildings using pickup trucks with firefighters
in the back. “One guy driving, one or two guys in the back, just run down the line and try to turn it away,” Chisum said of how they poured water on the flames.
Some of his roughly 600 head of cattle managed to avoid the fire; others did not. “We lost some, and there are some that we’re having to shoot that are still alive but are burnt up,” he said. “We’re in love with the animals and the country, and whenever something like this comes through and destroys it all, it’s hard to swallow.”
A spokesperson for the Forest Service said about 200 firefighters were at work across the Panhandle fighting several wildfires, with most of them focused on the Smokehouse Creek blaze. High winds prevented the use of planes to try to stop the fires from spreading.
The full extent of the damage was not yet clear Wednesday. While some houses on the outskirts of Canadian appeared to have burned, the center of town appeared largely to have been spared.
Only portions of the tan brick walls of Sheriff Brent Clapp’s house on Locust Street remained standing Wednesday amid a pile of charred debris and white ash. He said his wife had already evacuated, and he had been out working when the fire came.
“I was heading south down Highway 83 and the fire crossed the highway behind me, and I had a gut feeling,” said Clapp of Hemphill County. “I just knew.”
On Wednesday, as he was looking through the smoldering ruins, he found his spirits lifted when he discovered that a cement fountain in the shape of an angel, a gift from his father, had survived.
“In this community, everyone pulls together,” he said, recalling how a local resident had showed up earlier in the day, given him a hug and asked if he needed any food. “Everybody will be OK.”
While the immediate danger in Canadian had passed, the Smokehouse Creek fire raged on across the rural landscape Wednesday. “It looks alarming, how quickly it is spreading,” said Erin O’Connor, a spokesperson for the Forest Service. The largest wildfire ever recorded in Texas was the East Amarillo Complex fire in 2006, which scorched about 1 million acres.
The fire this week was fueled by dry, dead grasses in a drainage area, the “perfect environment to support the growth that we have seen,” O’Connor said.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas issued a disaster declaration Tuesday for 60 counties,
activating state resources to help local firefighters. He urged residents to limit activities that could create sparks.
The fires raged and erratically shifted Tuesday as cold air with a rapid change in wind direction pushed through the region. The fire danger was expected to ease Thursday, with lighter winds forecast across the Texas Panhandle.
“Conditions are going to moderate a little bit,” O’Connor said, which would give firefighters a chance to suppress the blazes before Friday, when the humidity is expected to drop again and strong winds are forecast to return.
In addition to the Smokehouse Creek fire, the Forest Service was tracking other active fires, including around the town of Fritch, north of Amarillo.
“This is definitely a disaster,” said Jerry Langwell, the emergency management coordinator for Hutchinson County, speaking inside a temporary shelter for residents in Fritch late Tuesday. “The damage is bad. I would say, 50% of the structures between here and Borger are damaged in some way,” he added, referring to another town about 12 miles away.
A spokesperson for Langwell said Wednesday in a video on Facebook that residents could reenter the town, but she warned them to be ready for a grim scene.
“I don’t think a lot of the folks that live in the Fritch area are probably going to be prepared for what they’re going to see as they pull into town,” said the spokesperson, Deidra Thomas. “It’s kind of like you see with a tornado. It will hit one house and completely miss the next one.”
Meteorologists in Amarillo advised people to stay home and keep their pets indoors because of the poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke.
Over the state line in western Oklahoma, local officials told some residents of Ellis and Roger Mills counties to leave.
Near Amarillo, a wildfire was burning north of the Pantex plant that disassembles nuclear weapons, officials said. The plant suspended operations Tuesday and ordered nonessential personnel to evacuate. It reopened Wednesday.
There was no fire on the plant’s site or near its boundaries, but nuclear safety officials were responding anyway, said Laef Pendergraft, a nuclear safety engineer for the National Nuclear Security Administration production office at Pantex. The plant has an on-site fire department, he said at a news conference.
Unseasonably high temperatures and high winds were spurring wildfires elsewhere in the Great Plains as well, including in Nebraska and Kansas.
Since Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud last year, he has hired a new lawyer known for courtroom showmanship. A group of sympathetic law professors has pushed for a reappraisal of his actions. And his parents have turned for help to former employees of FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
From a federal detention center in Brooklyn, Bankman-Fried, 31, has continued to fight his case behind the scenes, as he argues for a lenient sentence and prepares to appeal his conviction. Earlier this week, his lawyers were scheduled to file a legal memo in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, making the case that he doesn’t deserve to go to prison for the rest of his life.
The filing is a crucial step before Bankman-Fried’s sentencing March 28, when the federal judge overseeing his case, Lewis A. Kaplan, will decide how long to imprison the onetime billionaire on charges that carry a maximum sentence of 110 years. But it’s only one prong of a long-shot strategy orchestrated by Bankman-Fried’s family and friends to reverse his conviction and engineer a public reappraisal of his leadership at FTX.
Since last year’s trial, Bankman-Fried has hired Marc Mukasey, who once represented former President Donald Trump, to oversee his sentencing, as well as a separate lawyer at the law firm Shapiro Arato Bach to handle the appeal. His parents, Stanford University law professors Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, have also been involved in the defense, helping line up people to write letters for their
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Natalie Tien, a former assistant to Bankman-Fried at FTX, said she wrote a letter for his sentencing memo after exchanging emails with Bankman and Fried.
“I don’t have grudges over him, and I do feel bad for his parents,” Tien said.
A spokesperson for Bankman-Fried declined to comment. Representatives for Bankman and Fried did not respond to requests for comment.
Federal prosecutors are set to outline their own sentencing recommendation in a filing due March 15. Even if Kaplan decides not to impose the maximum sentence, Bankman-Fried could still face decades behind bars.
The judge “could still give a very serious sentence given how young Mr. Bankman-Fried is; say, a 30- or 35year sentence,” said Miriam Baer, vice dean at Brooklyn Law School.
A spokesperson for Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, declined to comment.
Before FTX collapsed in November 2022, BankmanFried was one of the most prominent figures in the renegade crypto industry, a widely celebrated billionaire whose face was splashed across billboards and magazine covers.
In October 2023, a federal jury convicted him of stealing $8 billion from FTX’s customers to finance political contributions, investments in other companies and lavish real estate purchases.
Bankman-Fried has maintained his innocence and pledged to appeal. This month, he replaced his trial lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, with Mukasey, who has a reputation for forceful courtroom presentations.
Last year, Mukasey scored a victory in his defense of Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truck manufacturer Nikola, who was convicted in 2022 of defrauding investors. A federal judge sentenced Milton in December to four years in prison, far less than the 11 years that prosecutors had requested.
Working in parallel to Mukasey is an appellate lawyer and former prosecutor, Alexandra Shapiro, a partner at Shapiro Arato Bach. She is expected to file Bankman-Fried’s appeal after the sentencing.
Bankman and Fried have also played a role behind the scenes. Last month, Tien said, she received a text from one of Bankman-Fried’s supporters, asking whether she would help with the memo. Then she got a follow-up email from the FTX founder’s parents explaining the sentencing process and urging her to write “from the heart” about their son.
They were “kind of like testing the waters,” Tien said in an interview. “I pretty much just said ‘yes’ right away.”
Law professors who know Bankman-Fried’s parents have also pressed his case.
Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, parents of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, arrive at federal court for their son’s trial in Manhattan, Oct., 11, 2023. Since the disgraced cryptocurrency mogul was convicted of fraud last year, his supporters have been maneuvering to secure a lenient sentence and change the public narrative about his case. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
In January, two close family friends, Yale Law professor Ian Ayres and Stanford Law professor John Donohue, wrote an essay for the website Project Syndicate, arguing that “all along” FTX had enough assets to make its customers whole.
“Whatever else might be said about Bankman-Fried, he was a brilliant businessman,” Ayres and Donohue wrote.
Another law professor, Jonathan Lipson at Temple University, said in an interview that he was working with David Skeel of the University of Pennsylvania law school on an academic paper criticizing Sullivan & Cromwell, the law firm overseeing FTX’s bankruptcy.
In September, Lipson co-wrote a brief in the bankruptcy case arguing for the appointment of an independent examiner to review Sullivan & Cromwell’s actions, including its close collaboration with federal prosecutors. He said that he spoke with Bankman-Fried and his mother last year after another Stanford law professor reached out about the case and offered to put them in contact.
In their article, Lipson and Skeel argue that Sullivan & Cromwell “may have distorted the criminal justice process” by giving prosecutors wide-ranging access to FTX’s resources and data, according to an unpublished draft shared with The New York Times.
A Sullivan & Cromwell spokesperson declined to comment. In court filings, prosecutors have described the information sharing as “routine practices by companies cooperating in an investigation.”
Bankman-Fried faces long odds. Criminal convictions are rarely overturned on appeal.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed higher on Thursday, buoyed by tech stocks linked to AI, while inflation data and comments from Federal Reserve officials helped shape expectations for the timing of the central bank’s interest rate cuts.
Heavweight chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab advanced as the biggest boost to the benchmark S&P index and Nasdaq while smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab surged. Those and other technology companies have been the centerpiece of a Wall Street rally in recent months, fueled by optimism over growth prospects related to artificial intelligence.
Dell Technologies (DELL.N), opens new tab, which sells AI-optimized servers made with Nvidia’s high-end processors, rose ahead of its report after the bell.
Traders added to bets, opens new tab the Fed will cut rates in June, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool, after a Commerce Department report showed U.S. prices picked up in January in line with expectations amid strong gains in the costs of services, while annual inflation was the smallest in three years.
“Without kind of a hawkish surprise here, which it wasn’t, it was soft or at least in line, then there’s no real reason for the market to expect the Fed to get more hawkish than they already outlined,” said Ross Mayfield, investment strategy analyst at Baird in Louisville, Kentucky.
“It doesn’t matter what you think they should do. It’s what they say they’re going to do and once again, the market has been wrestled back into line to where the Fed said they’d be.”
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Each of the three major indexes registered a gain for February, their fourth straight monthly advance.
Atlanta Fed President and voting member Raphael Bostic stressed taking data-dependent approach to monetary policy, saying it was going to be a bumpy path to the Fed’s 2% inflation target, and repeated his view that he sees the central bank cutting rates “in the summer months.”
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said the improvements made last year in the supply of goods and the labor market paved the way for inflation declines this year, indicating he remains supportive of rate cuts later this year.
Reports on consumer and producer prices earlier in February, which pointed to stubborn inflation, had led investors to dial back expectations of rate cuts to June. At the beginning of this year, traders viewed March as the likely starting point for the Fed’s easing cycle.
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Israeli forces opened fire Thursday as a crowd gathered near a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed aid in Gaza City, part of a chaotic scene in which scores of people were killed and injured, according to Gaza health officials and an Israeli military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The details of what happened were unclear, with officials from both sides offering starkly different accounts of the event. The Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement that more than 100 people were killed and more than 700 injured in a “massacre.” The Israeli official acknowledged that troops had opened fire, but said most of the people had been killed or injured in a stampede several hundred yards away.
Palestinians in Gazan, especially in the north of the territory, have become increasingly desperate for food. The United Nations and other relief groups are struggling to deliver supplies amid Israel’s nearly five-month-old military offensive, as law and order breaks down and Israel imposes restrictions on deliveries.
The official Palestinian Authority news agency, Wafa, reported that “Israeli tanks had opened fire with machine guns at thousands” waiting for aid to arrive.
Around 100 people with gunshot wounds were brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City, according to its director,
Husam Abu Safiya, and injured people were being brought to other hospitals in the north. Abu Safiya said the hospital had also received 12 bodies of people killed by gunfire.
According to an Israeli military official, some 30 trucks ferrying humanitarian aid traveled from the Kerem Shalom crossing between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip along the coastal road into northern Gaza.
As they neared Gaza City at around 4 a.m., thousands of people surrounded the trucks in an attempt to take supplies, leading to a stampede in which dozens were injured and killed, in some cases run over by aid trucks seeking to extricate themselves, said the official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.
The official said that several hundred meters farther south — at the tail end of the convoy — dozens of civilians who had rushed trucks in the area then approached Israeli troops and a tank securing the road. Israeli soldiers fired warning shots in the air before firing at “those who posed a threat and did not move away,” the official said.
He did not elaborate on whether any people were killed or injured in the shooting and declined to provide a precise timeline.
Neither the Palestinian account nor the Israeli account could be confirmed. At least one witness at the scene, Yehia
Al Masri, a doctor, said he saw dozens of people with gunshot wounds, as well as bodies in the street of people who appeared to have died in a stampede or to have been hit by aid trucks.
It was unclear who was overseeing the convoy Thursday. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the main U.N. aid group that serves Palestinians, said on Thursday that neither his agency, UNRWA, nor any other U.N. bodies “were involved in this distribution.”
Palestinian leaders, Arab officials and international aid groups issued condemnations after the shooting and chaos at the convoy, and a Hamas official warned that the killings could derail talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire.
President Joe Biden said Thursday that while he was still learning details of what happened, he also thought the deaths could jeopardize the diplomatic talks. Asked whether the shooting would complicate negotiations, he said, “I know it will.”
Gaza has been under an almost complete siege since the war began on Oct. 7 with an attack on Israel led by Hamas, the armed Palestinian group that had long controlled Gaza. Aid supplies became absolutely critical for Gaza’s more than 2 million residents as Israel began a bombardment and then invaded the territory.
The U.N. recently warned that at least a quarter of Gaza’s population is “one step away from famine,” and the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday that at least six children had died in the territory from dehydration and malnutrition.
The ministry said that the death toll from the site of the convoy Thursday was expected to rise as wounded Palestinians arrived at Shifa Hospital, where medical staff were “unable to deal with the volume and type of injuries” amid a lack of medical supplies and staff.
The World Food Program said last week that it had paused food deliveries to isolated northern Gaza because of the challenges of safely delivering aid there. Lazzarini said Sunday that UNRWA was last able to deliver aid to northern Gaza over a month ago.
Lawlessness is rampant in many parts of northern and southern Gaza, residents and aid officials say, with no authority emerging to take charge of public order after Israel’s ouster of Hamas forces in those areas. Israeli leaders have said they do not want to administer civilian life in Gaza, although they intend to retain security control there indefinitely.
In recent weeks, large crowds of desperate Palestinians in Gaza have repeatedly rushed aid convoys, stripping them of their contents, occasionally while armed. Some of the groups appear to lie in wait to ambush convoys after coordinating on social media, Jamie McGoldrick, a top U.N. relief official in Jerusalem, told reporters last week.
The Israeli military has said it is working to ensure that humanitarian convoys can reach the many Palestinians who depend on them. Some police in Gaza are now refusing to protect convoys because they fear they will be targeted by Israeli soldiers, Western officials say.
In late January, a strike hit a crowd of people waiting for aid trucks in Gaza City, killing multiple people and injuring scores of others, Gaza health authorities said.
Israeli soldiers on patrol during a tour for journalists escorted by the Israeli military in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Israeli forces opened fire Thursday as a crowd gathered near a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed aid in Gaza City, part of a chaotic scene in which scores of people were killed and injured, according to at least two sources. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)Gathered this month around a campfire on the edge of a forest in central Israel, the soldiers planned their next mission: saving their deeply divided country from itself.
Like many of the thousands of Israeli reservists called to fight in the Gaza Strip, the soldiers left for war amid a sudden surge of national unity after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel.
But as the military has withdrawn soldiers from Gaza in recent weeks and the troops have returned home, they have found their country less like it was after Oct. 7 and more like it was before: torn by divisive politics and culture clashes.
Now, as these bitter divisions reemerge, disillusioned reservists are at the vanguard of movements demanding a political reset, seeking unity and repudiating what many view as extreme polarization.
“I first came out in December and was shocked to see that nothing had changed,” said David Sherez, a special forces commander and startup entrepreneur, on leaving his base near Gaza.
Sherez, one of the soldiers who gathered around the campfire in the woods, is a founding member of Tikun 2024, a new nonpartisan organization led by reservists intent on preserving the spirit of cooperation brought on by the war.
“You put on the news and look at social media, and it’s as if Oct. 7 didn’t happen,” Sherez said. “Everyone needs to do some soul-searching.”
Members of the small but rapidly growing movement cited contentious government moves that have divided the country, including a proposed overhaul of the judiciary, talk of resettling Gaza, criticism of the families of hostages who have called for a cease-fire and a proposed budget that benefits the far-right and ultra-Orthodox fringes at the expense of the national economy.
Israel’s military, in which service is mandatory for most citizens, has always been the country’s great equalizer and uniter, at least for those who are drafted; most Arab and ultra-Orthodox citizens do not serve. The members of Tikun 2024 say they want civilian Israel to reflect the comradeship of its military, where units and tank crews are made up of right-wingers and left-wingers, religious and secular Jews, Bedouins and Druze, settlers from the occupied West Bank
Far-right Israelis demonstrate in front of the Israeli parliament in opposition to a possible cease-fire agreement with Hamas, in Jerusalem, Feb. 8, 2024. Inspired by the unity they experienced in the military, thousands of reservists returning from the front line in the Gaza Strip are organizing for political change. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
and high-tech entrepreneurs from Tel Aviv.
The reservists who make up the leadership of Tikun 2024 are a politically diverse group. (Tikun is the Hebrew word for correction or repair.) Rather than simply calling for immediate elections, which many Israelis would interpret as an attempt to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they have instead called on the country’s main political parties to form an emergency unity government with Netanyahu, for now, and agree on a date for elections by the end of the year.
Only a unity government, they say, can tackle the most challenging issues facing Israel’s future, including the fate of the occupied territories, where the Palestinians and much of the world envisage the establishment of a future Palestinian state.
The group, established only a month ago and fueled by crowdfunding, has quickly gained traction. Lawmakers from across the political spectrum and representatives of competing sectors of Israeli society have met with the reservists — sometimes in the woods and around the campfire.
On one night, Tikun 2024 leaders met with Shikma Bressler, the face of the prewar protests that opposed a hotly disputed government plan for a judicial overhaul.
The next night, in the same spot, they met with Simcha Rothman, a hard-line lawmaker who was a driving force behind the
judicial plan, which was put on hold at the start of the war.
Israel has a tradition of reservists returning home from war to lead influential movements for change. One reserve captain, Moti Ashkenazi, began a lone protest a few months after the 1973 war. His movement grew, eventually pressing Golda Meir, the prime minister at the time, to resign in April 1974. Leveraging their status as patriots willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, reservists also played crucial roles in protest movements after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s and after the second Lebanon war in 2006.
Already, thousands of Tikun 2024 supporters are connected via WhatsApp groups, and a recent conference organized in only four days drew about 250 people to Jerusalem from across the country.
Tikun 2024, the soldiers say, is not intended to become a political party. Nevertheless, some of its leaders have not ruled out running for office.
“We are calling for new blood,” said Yitzhaki Glick, 38, a special forces commander and lawyer who grew up in a settlement, was educated at prominent religious-Zionist institutions and used to work developing new settlements. “We believe the people in the system today aren’t up to it.”
Glick, who now lives in Mazkeret
Batya, in central Israel, said the first time he met Israelis from different backgrounds was during his obligatory military service. The strife surrounding the judicial overhaul led him to believe that history was repeating itself, he said, and he feared that as in antiquity, internal divisions would cause the country to break up.
Part of the group’s momentum is driven by a growing desire for national unity and fatigue over politics as usual. The trend is reflected in opinion polls showing a leap in support for a centrist party led by Benny Gantz, a former military chief, at the expense of Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud.
“We have to fight the division,” said Shoham Nave, 26, a reserve soldier and student who was called up Oct. 8. “This is a war of no choice — at the front and at home.”
After nearly five months of war, more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to health officials in Gaza, stirring international outrage. More than 260 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Israel began its ground invasion in late October, according to the Israeli authorities, in addition to more than 300 soldiers who were among the 1,200 people killed in the Hamas-led crossborder attacks Oct. 7.
In the tumultuous months before Oct. 7, reserve soldiers played a key role in the anti-government protests under the umbrella of Brothers and Sisters in Arms, a grassroots organization. Thousands of its members threatened to stop showing up for reserve duty, arguing that the judicial plan endangered the democracy they had signed up to defend.
Many Israelis saw that refusal as the unforgivable crossing of a red line that made Israel look weak in the eyes of its enemies.
Yet the moment Israel came under attack, Brothers and Sisters in Arms called on all reserve soldiers to report for duty and mobilized an enormous civilian volunteer effort to support Israelis affected by the war.
Now, after months at the center of the political storm, that group is also calling for new elections and national unity.
“We all learned a lesson,” said Eyal Naveh, 48, a leader of the organization. “We don’t want to go back to the polarizing discourse of trampling on one another.” He said his group was also talking to Israelis across the social and political spectrum, including the ultra-Orthodox community.
“In the end,” he said, “we all say it’s time to act in consensus.”
Migration toward the United States through the dangerous jungle passage known as the Darién Gap has been halted, at least temporarily, following the arrest of two boat captains working for companies that play an essential role in ferrying migrants to the jungle.
Boat companies suspended migrant crossings from two northern Colombia towns, Necoclí and Turbo, to the entrance of the Darién forest, according to the mayor of Necoclí, leaving roughly 3,000 migrants stranded in those communities.
The Colombian law enforcement action in the region is sure to be watched closely by U.S. officials: The Biden administration has been pressuring Colombia for months to try harder to stop people from using the Darién as a path to the United States.
The boat route is the main way into the Darién Gap, a strip of land linking South and North America that was once rarely traversed but has emerged in recent years as one of the hemisphere’s most important and busiest migration routes.
Nearly 1 million people have crossed the Darién since 2021, according to authorities at the end of the route in Panama, helping to fuel an immigration crisis in the United States.
The Colombian navy last week seized two boats belonging to the two companies, Katamaranes and Caribe, carrying a total of 151 migrants from Necoclí toward the jungle, according to the Colombian prosecutor’s office.
Officials determined that the migrants were being transported illegally, arrested the two boat captains and took control of both boats.
The arrests mark an important shift in strategy by Colombian authorities, who for months have allowed boat operators to openly transport migrants from Necoclí across the Gulf of Urabá to the towns of Acandí and Capurganá, where people enter the jungle.
In an interview Wednesday, the mayor of Necoclí, Guillermo Cardona, said the boat companies, which operate large fleets and have several captains, had halted operations in recent days “as a form of protest” against the arrests.
Boat operators have become key players in a multimilliondollar migration business that has been allowed to flourish in
Migrants at the beach in Necoclí, Colombia, getting ready to cross to Panama through the Darien Gap, on Sept. 20, 2022. Migration toward the United States through the dangerous jungle passage known as the Darién Gap has been halted, at least temporarily, following the arrest of two boat captains working for companies that play an essential role in ferrying migrants to the jungle. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)
northern Colombia.
In September, The New York Times reported that this business was being run by local politicians and economic leaders, including the manager of Katamaranes, who at the time was a mayoral candidate in Necoclí. (The manager did not win, and was not among those arrested.)
U.S. officials have been privately asking Colombian officials since at least October to investigate the boat operators.
In a recent interview, a top Colombian prosecutor, Hugo Tovar, said his office was working “hand in hand” with the United States on the issue of human trafficking through Colombia and the Darién. Two U.S. agencies, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, were providing training and sharing information to aid with investigations, he added.
Necoclí is a beach town with limited resources and infrastructure, and in recent years it has been overwhelmed by the migrants.
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It’s unclear how long the boat companies will halt operations. In recent months, migrants have arrived at a rate of hundreds a day, and if the protest continues, the number of people stranded in tents on the town’s beaches is likely to swell quickly, straining water and sanitation services past their breaking points.
This could put pressure on the Colombian government to ease up on any future arrests of boat operators, since the government has limited capacity to provide aid to large numbers of people who could become stuck at its northern border.
Still, Tovar said, his office remained committed to investigating human trafficking, calling it “an issue that concerns the entire hemisphere.”
Cardona, the mayor, said he was calling on the national government for assistance with the hundreds of migrants who now have nowhere to go. “This is an SOS,” he said.
Immigration through the Darién has emerged as an enormous challenge for the Biden administration, particularly before the 2024 presidential race.
President Joe Biden and his all-but-certain Republican rival, Donald Trump, are both scheduled to make appearances Thursday in different parts of Texas near the southern border.
In 2021, just over 130,000 people made their way through the Darién jungle on the way to the United States. In 2022, nearly 250,000 did. Last year, more than 500,0000 people crossed the Darién, helping drive a record number of arrivals at the U.S. border.
Biden has tried to deter this flow by expanding legal paths to migration and by stepping up deportation efforts at the border.
But these measures have had only limited effect.
As of Feb. 28, Panama authorities said that more than 72,000 people had trekked through the Darién this year — a 35% increase over the number of people who crossed in the first two months of last year.
The largest number of migrants came from Venezuela, where activists’ hopes that the authoritarian government would allow a democratic election this year have withered in recent months. The second-most came from Ecuador, where a dire security situation has worsened this year. The next three major countries of origin are Haiti, Colombia and China.
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On Monday, at a hip Arab coffee shop in Dearborn, Michigan, Nihad Awad, a co-founder and the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, told me that as a Palestinian American Muslim who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, he feels “betrayed bitterly” over the administration’s position on the war in the Gaza Strip.
So he was in the Detroit area this week to support the campaign to get voters to choose “uncommitted” in Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary Tuesday. But as our conversation progressed, it became clear to me that his objective is not simply to send Biden a message about the war and make him shift his policy, as is the aim of many I spoke with in Michigan in the past few days. Awad wants more.
He doesn’t only want Biden to be politically corrected; he wants him politically crushed.
Of the president, Awad says, “I don’t think he can continue to lead our country.” When I asked if there is anything Biden can do to change his mind, Awad said, “He can retire.”
Earlier, I had put the same question to Dawud Walid, the executive director of CAIR’s Michigan chapter, who said that for most Muslims, anything short of Biden “resurrecting 29,000 dead Palestinians like Jesus” would mean that they will never vote for him again.
Of course, working to defeat Biden also means aiding the return of Donald Trump, but Awad and Walid seem to have made their peace with that.
Awad said he doesn’t like Trump and doesn’t welcome a second Trump term, but he’s prepared to accept that outcome for the sake of punishing Biden. “I’m going to live under Trump, because I survived under Trump, because he’s my enemy,” he says. “I cannot live under someone who pretends to be my friend.”
He believes that proving a point about the power of the Muslim vote is worth it. “Is it going to be painful? Four more years under Trump?” he asks. “I say yes, and we are bracing for it,” adding, “At least what I have accomplished is, I told every politician, ‘Don’t take us out of the equation, because you will miss.’”
Walid said that in a lesser-of-two-evils debate, Trump was, in some ways, the lesser. As he put it, “As bad as Mr. Trump’s rhetoric was, and him putting a travel ban on five Muslim countries, he wasn’t overseeing and actively arming a genocide.” It’s a view that echoes the sentiment expressed in the headline of an October opinion essay for Al-Jazeera by Haidar Eid, an associate professor at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza: “In dehumanizing the Palestinians, Biden had surpassed Trump.”
But what about the many Americans who might be horrified at the suggestion that they might just have to live through another Trump administration? No important chan-
ge is going to be painless, Awad said, before invoking the name of Aaron Bushnell, the active-duty senior airman who died after setting himself on fire Sunday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington while yelling, “Free Palestine!”
His repeated mentions of Bushnell underscored for me the intensity of Awad’s argument — how for him the issue goes beyond the realm of the merely political.
I met back up with Awad on Monday evening at the Masjid Mu’ath Bin Jabal, a mosque in Detroit, where he addressed a large gathering in Arabic (I listened via a translator provided by the mosque), and argued that because Muslims voted for Biden in 2020, they’re complicit in the part the president has played in Gaza, and that it was, therefore, their obligation to vote uncommitted as a form of repentance.
Awad was joined by Khalid Turaani, one of the organizers of the Abandon Biden movement. After the meeting, Turaani told me that he doesn’t want the Biden administration to bargain with Muslim voters over the prospect of a cease-fire in Gaza — he thinks Biden must do that anyway. He said, “I and my community need to punish Joe Biden by making him a one-term president.” Awad said that Biden’s long career in national politics should end “with the shame and the disgrace of the genocide in Gaza.”
Muslims represent only around 1% of the overall electorate, but Awad believes there are enough Muslim voters in Michigan and Georgia, two swing states, to make it nearly impossible for Biden to win reelection without their support.
So how many uncommitted votes did organizers need in order to consider their campaign in Michigan a success?
On Tuesday morning, Abbas Alawieh — a former staffer both for Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, DMich., and a spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, a group that helped lead the uncommitted campaign — told me, “We feel like our movement has already succeeded because we know that we’ve generated a moment.”
But Awad put a number on his metric for success: 30,000 to 50,000 votes. That goal was shattered Tuesday as more than 100,000 people voted uncommitted in the Democratic primary.
I’m not someone who dabbles in election predictions, so I’m not going to declare that the Israel-Hamas war will end Biden’s presidency the way that the Vietnam War effectively ended Lyndon B. Johnson’s. But as my New York Times colleague Michelle Goldberg wrote last week, even if Biden can’t completely satisfy those most horrified by his approach in Gaza, “if he doesn’t do more to try, he’s in danger of losing Michigan in November.”
Any notion that the voters now seething over America’s role in Gaza will simply “come home” and vote for Biden in the general election needs serious adjustment.
For some voters, this isn’t just a policy dispute. It’s a moral mission, and the mark of victory is a Biden defeat. The question now is, how large is that constituency?
CATAÑO – El alcalde de Cataño, Julio Alicea Vasallo, junto a funcionarios de la destilería Bacardí, y el director ejecutivo de la Oficina Central de Recuperación, Reconstrucción y Resiliencia (COR3, por sus siglas en inglés), Manuel Laboy Rivera, anunciaron el jueves, el inicio de los trabajos de mejoras y reconstrucción del Parque Recreativo La Esperanza a un costo de casi 3.5 millones de dólares.
A la vez que dejaron saber que el municipio catañés y Bacardí estarán en conversaciones para trabajar en maximizar el uso de dichas instalaciones enclavadas en un área privilegiada de ese litoral.
“Luego de casi una década de abandono y de los destrozos que dejó el huracán María en el año 2017 este parque tan emblemático hoy comienza una ruta de mejoras y reconstrucción. Cuando asumí la poltrona municipal una de mis primeras encomiendas fue verificar el estatus de los planes de reconstrucción de esta espectacular zona. Con un equipo de trabajo experi-
mentado y comprometido logramos que en abril del 2022 se obligara la obra por parte de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés. El equipo municipal se dio a la tarea de desarrollar los pliegos para anunciar una Requisición de Propuestas para el desarrollo del proyecto. Tuvimos que subastar el proyecto dos veces pero finalmente logramos la participación y poder adjudicar a un contra-
Choque de invictos en Cataño y Aibonito: fin de semana de 64 juegosPOR CYBERNEWS
SAN JUAN – La recién comenzada temporada 2024 de la Liga de Béisbol Superior Doble A se reanudará este viernes, con acción en 22 estadios desde las 8:00 de la noche. En total son 64 los juegos en agenda para el segundo fin de semana de tanda grande.La jornada del viernes será encabezada por choques de invictos en los estadios Perucho Cepeda de Cataño y Hermanos Marrero de Aibonito.
En Cataño, los Lancheros recibirán a los Mets de Guaynabo. Ambos equipos juegan para 2-0. Por los locales abrirá el zurdo Edgar Morales y por los Mets hará lo propio el derecho Edgar Cotto.
Mientras, en Aibonito, los subcampeones Toritos de
Cayey visitarán a los Polluelos. El equipo cayeyano es el único con 3-0 y confiará en su estelar lanzador zurdo José Carlos Burgos. Por los Polluelos (2-0) subirá a la loma el derecho Joe Alsina.
Por su parte, los archirrivales del Norte se enfrentarán por primera vez esta temporada en el Estadio Ramón Cabañas de Utuado, donde los Montañeses (0-1) se medirán con los campeones defensores Arenosos de Camuy (2-0). El zurdo Luis Ramos lanzará por Utuado y el derecho Fernando Cabrera por Camuy.
En un reencuentro de viejos rivales, los Peces Voladores de Salinas (2-0) se medirán con los Leones de Patillas (0-2) en el Estadio José ‘Cheo’ Cruz de Arroyo como parte de los juegos interseccionales. Los Peces Voladores abrirán con Yadiel Rolón y los Leones con Roque Ramos.
tista bonafide. Hoy damos comienzo al proyecto que restablecerá el área recreativa de La Esperanza para el uso y disfrute de residentes y visitantes”, dijo Alicea Vasallo en declaraciones escritas.
Según se informó, el costo específico del proyecto es de 3,403,273.40 dólares y creará 100 empleos directos. Los trabajos incluyen reparación y reemplazo de: la cafetería, del edificio de administración, casetas de guardia de seguridad, gazebos, áreas de juegos de niños, efectiva iluminación en cumplimiento con estándares ambientales, mejoras a los baños, infraestructura eléctrica, caminos y veredas para disfrutar de la naturaleza, áreas de piscinas y medias canchas, entre otras mejoras.
El municipio de Cataño luego de una limpieza inicial del parque siguiendo las indicaciones aplicables, y para evitar más deterioro, mantuvo el área acondicionada ya que las corrientes marinas llenan de escombros la playa. Pero la reconstrucción estará llevándose a cabo por la compañía IGC y la inspección estará a cargo de la compañía Ingenium.
Aviso: Anuncian trabajos de instalación de pórtico en la Autopista Rafael Martínez Nadal, PR-20 de Guaynabo hacia San Juan
POR CYBERNEWSSAN JUAN – La Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT) anuncia el cierre temporal de un segmento de la Autopista Rafael Martínez Nadal (PR-20), entre los kilómetros 7.2 y 6.2, en dirección de Guaynabo hacia San Juan, para realizar los trabajos de instalación de un pórtico para el sistema de Peaje abierto,
en el kilómetro 7.0.
Dichas labores de construcción serán realizadas el sábado, 2 de marzo desde las 9:00 de la noche hasta las 5:00 de la mañana del domingo, 3 de marzo.
Como ruta alterna, los conductores que viajen en dirección hacia San Juan, por la PR-20, podrán desviarse en el Km. 7.1 (Salida 6) y continuar en dirección a San Juan, donde accederán a la avenida David Ur-
bina hasta la intersección con la PR-169, donde realizarán un giro en U en la rotonda y continuarán por la Avenida David Urbina hasta tomar la marginal de la PR-20, para finalmente, reincorporarse a la PR-20, en el kilómetro 6.2, en dirección a San Juan.
El tránsito que discurre por la Autopista PR-20, en dirección de San Juan hacia Guaynabo, no se verá afectado por los trabajos.
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By JASON BAILEY
Aunique horror omnibus, an existentialist supernatural story, and atypical star turns are among our recommendations from the subscription streaming services this month, along with some essential background viewing for one of this year’s Oscar nominees.
‘Mister Organ’ (2023)
New Zealand journalist David Farrier has carved out an unusual niche for himself, crafting documentaries about fringe figures that at first seem to be jokey oddities, but later reveal disturbing dimensions and shadowy backstories. His previous feature, “Tickled,” took him into the bizarre world of Competitive Endurance Tickling, and the mysterious figure bankrolling it; this time, an investigation into predatory parking practices puts him in the sights of a con artist named Michael Organ. And that’s when things really get strange. As with “Tickled,” Farrier’s latest begins like a human interest story and turns into something closer to a thriller, as the peculiarities of this unstable personality reveal themselves, often unnervingly. Farrier is a solid anchor for this strange journey, proving unflappable (and capable of finding the gallows humor) in even the most extreme of circumstances. (Stream it on Netflix.)
‘Destroyer’ (2018)
Nicole Kidman — de-glammed and borderline unrecognizable — stars as the corrupt, alcoholic Los Angeles Police detective Erin Bell, whose investigation of a stray dead body leads her down a rabbit hole of
reexamining her own troubled past. Director Karyn Kusama and screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who previously collaborated on the tense and terrifying thriller “The Invitation,” expertly tell two stories at once: of Bell’s undoing in her 20s as an undercover FBI agent, and of her current, perhaps irredeemable iteration. It’s a tough balancing act to pull off, but Kusama gets the job done, keeping our interest in each timeline piqued without one overwhelming the other. And this is among Kidman’s finest and most chameleonic work, expertly dramatizing both a woman in disarray and the circumstances that got her there. (Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.)
‘XX’ (2017)
Kusama is also one of the four directors of this horror anthology film, which distinguishes itself from that durable structure by confining its content to films about women, entirely lensed by female directors. Kusama’a segment, “Her Only Living Son,” is an atmospheric cross between “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “The Omen,” and it’s one of the strongest, but all the entries have their virtues, from the darkly comic, Melanie Lynskey-fronted “The Birthday Party” by Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) to Roxanne Benjamin’s “Friday the 13th”-inspired “Don’t Fall” to the eye-openingly bleak “The Box,” directed by Jovanka Vuckovic. (Stream it on Hulu.)
‘A Ghost Story’ (2017)
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question like the 5-year-old in all of us: It looks like a bedsheet over a person, with eyeholes cut out. His follow-up question is more penetrating: what does being a ghost feel like? He answers that with quiet elegance in this muted, elliptical drama, which begins with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, stars of his “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” as a bohemian couple whose happy home is wrecked by tragedy. “A Ghost Story” follows the home, and the ghost that cannot leave it, through the years and subsequent owners. It could have been twee and insufferable; instead, it’s overwhelmingly affecting. (Stream it on Max.)
‘Dying of the Light’ (2014)
This spy-thriller starring Nicolas Cage comes from acclaimed filmmaker Paul Schrader — sort of. Schrader, the screenwriter of “Taxi Driver” and writer-director of “First Reformed,” was caught in an ugly public battle with his producers and distributors over the release version of this movie, which differs substantially from Schrader’s idiosyncratic cut. The suits clearly attempted to make the picture look and sound like a typical Cage direct-to-video actioner, but the results are anything but. “Dying,” as with Brian De Palma’s similarly contentious “Domino,” retains enough of Schrader’s style and thematic preoccupations to merit distinction. Cage stars as a former CIA field agent, jockeying a desk and grappling with the early stages of dementia, who goes rogue to settle the score with a terrorist (Alexander Karim) who tortured and disfigured him two decades earlier. Cage clearly relishes the acting challenge, exhibiting emotional and physical bravado and vulnerability in equal measure. (Stream it on Max.)
‘Only God Forgives’ (2013)
Ryan Gosling was recently nominated for his third Oscar, for his good-humored
turn in “Barbie”; his minimalist work in this grisly, pitch-black crime drama is a pointed reminder of his considerable versatility. Reuniting with his “Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn, Gosling stars as Julian, a Bangkok kickboxing instructor whose drug kingpin mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) directs him to avenge the murder of his older brother (Tom Burke). Gosling’s “Drive” character, already an exercise in Zen cool, is an outright chatterbox compared to Julian, and the actor’s willingness to simmer quietly through most of the picture’s running time is a testament to his overwhelming charisma. The star turn here, really, is by Scott Thomas, whose swaggering, foul-mouthed, cheerfully amoral international criminal is both terrifying and uproarious. Refn’s extreme violence and narrative austerity are, to put it mildly, not for all tastes, but the results are undeniably memorable. (Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.)
‘Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin’ (2003)
Viewers taken by Netflix’s recent biopic “Rustin” (and its Oscar-nominated lead performance by Colman Domingo) would be wise to press play on this excellent documentary profile of the civil rights activist from directors Bennett Singer and Nancy D. Kates. An openly gay Black man who mostly worked behind the scenes (out of concern that any scandal surrounding his sexuality would hurt the movement’s credibility in that less-tolerant era), Rustin was something of a Zelig figure, one of the pioneers of nonviolent civil rights protest, a confidant and adviser of Martin Luther King Jr. and the key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The latter is the primary focus of “Rustin”; the film by Singer and Kates tells his entire story, informatively and entertainingly, via archival footage and interviews with those who knew him. (Stream it on Netflix.)
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By YEWANDE KOMOLAFEToasted sesame, fresh scallion, salty cheese and tingly black pepper all infuse these light and savory golden waffles with flavor that a simpler waffle can usually only dream of. When served topped with eggs — fried or poached — these become a wonderful breakfast, perfect brunch or filling snack. They are best served warm, but you can enjoy them at room temperature, too. The batter can be prepared ahead and stored refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 24 hours. Remove from the refrigerator and cook as directed in Step 3. The cooked waffles can be tightly wrapped and stored in the freezer for up to 2 weeks. To serve, toast a frozen waffle in a toaster, toaster oven or an oven set to 375 degrees.
Yield: 4 to 6 waffles
Total time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups/231 grams all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon black or white sesame seeds
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt (such as Morton)
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup/100 grams grated Parmesan, pecorino or white Cheddar
3/4 cup thinly sliced scallions (about 4) or 1/2 cup chopped chives
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups/300 milliliters whole-milk buttermilk
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/4 cup/60 grams unsalted butter, melted, plus more for waffle iron
Poached or fried eggs, for serving (optional)
Preparation:
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, sesame seeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt and black pepper, then stir in the grated cheese and scallions. Form a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Separate the egg yolks from the whites and put the whites in a medium bowl. Drop the yolks in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the buttermilk and toasted sesame oil and stir together gently to form a batter. Do not overmix.
2. Beat the whites to medium peaks using a whisk or a hand held mixer. Add the whipped whites to the batter and, using a rubber spatula, fold them in by gently scooping up some batter from the bottom and folding it over the whites on the top. Rotate the bowl and repeat until just incorporated. Fold in 1/4 cup melted butter.
3. Heat a waffle iron and, using a pastry brush or paper towel, lightly coat with butter. Cook waffles (using a heaped 2/3 cup batter per waffle) until golden and crisp. Butter the iron between batches as needed.
4. Serve waffles immediately as they are ready, or keep them warm in a 200-degree oven until ready to serve. Top with a poached or fried egg, if desired.
Americans ages 65 and older should receive an additional dose of the latest COVID vaccine this spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
The spring shot would be a second dose of the most recent iteration of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Novavax vaccines introduced in the fall. People who are immunocompromised are already eligible for additional doses of the vaccine.
At a meeting of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices earlier on Wednesday, federal researchers presented preliminary data showing that the latest vaccines have an effectiveness of about 40% to 50% against symptomatic infection or hospitalization, although estimates against currently circulating variants were based on small numbers.
In October and November, adults who received a fall dose accounted for 4% of COVID-related hospitalizations. Those who got a booster in the fall of 2022, but not the updated vaccine this fall, accounted for 25%.
Still, a second dose this spring would not be cost-effective for adults 18 to 64 years old, who are at lower risk of se-
Gwendolyn Metz receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster in San Jose, Calif., in San Jose, Calif., on May. 19, 2022. Americans ages 65 and older should receive an additional dose of the latest COVID-19 vaccine this spring, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
vere illness and hospitalization than older adults, according to modeling presented at the meeting.
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Older adults and those with weakened immune systems because of illnesses or medications would benefit the most from a spring dose, the advisers concluded.
“I was impressed with data supporting the need for an additional dose of vaccine for those 65 years and older,” Dr. Camille Kotton, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of the scientific advisory panel, said in an interview.
“Given the risk of severe, even lifethreatening, disease, I would encourage those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised to take the opportunity for another dose,” she added.
Adults ages 65 and older accounted for two-thirds of all hospitalizations related to COVID between October 2023 and January 2024, and those ages 75 and older accounted for nearly half. Adults in this age group were also the most likely to have opted for the fall shot.
More than 43% of Americans aged 75 and older got the fall shot, compared with fewer than 10% of adults ages 18 to 29. Vaccination rates were lowest among
Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and among those who lived in rural areas. Fewer than 13% of pregnant women opted for the vaccine.
Nearly half of those who did not plan to get the vaccine said they were concerned about unknown serious side effects, according to data from the National Immunization Survey in January.
Other reasons for the low uptake may be the lack of vaccine availability in the first few weeks following the CDC’s recommendation, and confusion over insurance coverage for the shots.
The agency’s advisers met in September to discuss whether to recommend the shots, and for whom, but that allowed little time for vaccine manufacturing and distribution before the fall peak of infections, said Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, an infectious disease physician and CDC researcher.
Panagiotakopoulos presented a revised plan for a decision on next fall’s COVID shot, with the CDC advisers meeting in June to make recommendations regarding who should get the vaccine. A meeting of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration, which must precede the CDC guidance, is already scheduled for May 16.
At the meeting on Wednesday, CDC advisers wrestled with whether to suggest that older adults “may” opt to get a spring COVID vaccine in consultation with their health care providers, or to recommend more emphatically that they “should” do so.
Some panelists said the softer recommendation would be more palatable to Americans, and less likely to contribute to vaccine fatigue. Others argued that stronger language would make it clearer to those at high risk from the virus that a vaccine would afford them protection through the spring.
The advisers ultimately voted to recommend that Americans ages 65 and older “should” receive a spring shot. Dr. Mandy Cohen, the CDC director, accepted the recommendation later in the day.
“I hope that clarity of the need for a second dose may encourage vaccination and protection in both those who have not yet had a first vaccine and those who would benefit by a second vaccine,” Kotton said.
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Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 19 DE MARZO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 47 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Villa Caliz del Barrio Cañaboncito del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.1875 diezmilésimas de cuerda, equivalente a 736.96 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la Calle Número 2 de la comunidad; x con la Calle Número 3 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número 48 de la comunidad; por el OESTE, con la Calle número 2 de la comunidad.” Finca número 27695, inscrita al folio 36 del tomo 836 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 44 del tomo 1677 de Caguas, Finca 27695, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I, inscripción 11ª. Propiedad localizada en: COMUNIDAD
VILLA CALIZ, #47 CALLE 1, CAGUAS, PR 00725. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $124,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 19 de enero de 2085. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubie-
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re, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $124,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 26 DE MARZO DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $83,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $62,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, el 2 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $69,459.30 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $40,129.52 en intereses acumulados al 30 de julio de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.060% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $11,573.31 en seguro hipotecario; $2,765.76 de seguro; $500.00 de tasaciones; $180.00 de inspecciones; $990.00 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $12,450.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás
constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 19 de enero de 2024. EDGARDO
ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE VIEQUES.
PR RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT REO, LLC,
Demandante v. B&E EMPRESAS ISLA NENA, INC.; B&E CAR RENTAL, INC.; CORAL MARINA, INC.; VÍCTOR MANUEL
RODRÍGUEZ PADILLA; SU ESPOSA LUZ ENEIDA DELERME AYALA; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR ELLOS
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM.: VQ2021CV00104 (001). SOBRE: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO IN REM. AVISO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. YO, Nelimar M. Peterson Vélez, la Alguacil que suscribe, por la presente anuncia y hace constar, que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 16 de septiembre de 2022, por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, quien pagará el importe de la venta en dinero efectivo o en cheque certificado o de gerente, a la orden del Alguacil suscribiente, en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, el día 6 de marzo de 2024, a la(s) 1:00 de la tarde, en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Vieques todo título, derecho o interés que corresponda a la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Pre-
dio de terreno localizado en el barrio Florida del término municipal de Vieques, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 1,336.3438 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 1.34 cuerdas. En lindes: por el NORTE, con el remanente de la finca principal de la cual se segrega; por el SUR, con la carretera Estatal número 200, antes número 993; por el ESTE, con un camino asfaltado, carretera Estatal número 201; y por el OESTE, con el solar número dos, propiedad de Marcial Pérez y con terrenos de la finca Martineau, propiedad de la Autoridad de Tierras. Finca número 1,994, inscrita al folio 125 del tomo 50 de Vieques, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. Dirección Física: Esquina PR-200 con PR-201, Barrio Florida, Vieques, PR. La propiedad descrita anteriormente está afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: Afecta por su procedencia: Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales Por sí: HIPOTECA: En garantía de un pagaré a favor del Banco de Desarrollo Económico para Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $458,000.00, con interés al 6%, y vencedero 5 de marzo de 2039, según consta de la escritura #32, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de febrero de 2009, ante la Notario Público Raquel Santos Ramos, inscrita al folio 126 del tomo 50 de Vieques, finca #1994, inscripción 2.1 asiento extendido. Según pactado en la Escritura Número 32 de Hipoteca en Garantía de Pagaré, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de febrero de 2009, ante la Notario Público Raquel Santos Ramos, que es objeto de este procedimiento, servirá de tipo mínimo para la primera subasta de la propiedad descrita la suma de $458,000.00. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta, en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 13 de marzo de 2024, a la(s) 1:00 de la tarde. El tipo mínimo para la segunda subasta será dos terceras partes (2/3) del tipo mínimo de la primera subasta, o sea, $305,333.33. De no adjudicarse la propiedad en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta en las mismas oficinas de este Alguacil, el día 20 de marzo de 2024, a la(s) 1:00 de la tarde.
El tipo mínimo para la tercera subasta será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se pactara para la primera subasta, o sea, $229,000.00. Esta subasta se hará para satisfacer a la parte demandante, hasta donde alcance, el importe adeudado a PR RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT REO, LLC, que al
19 de julio de 2022 asciende y se desglosa como sigue: (A) bajo el Contrato de Préstamo, según enmendado y el Pagaré Operacional I, una suma no menor de $311,495.17, la cual se desglosa en: (i) $194,984.97 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $116,510.20 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, cantidad que se continúa acumulando hasta su total y completo pago a razón de $32.05 diarios; (B) bajo el Contrato de Préstamo, según enmendado y el Pagaré Operacional II, una suma no menor de $266,341.13, la cual se desglosa en: (i) $161,389.13 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $104,951.74 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, cantidad que se continúa acumulando hasta su total y completo pago a razón de $26.53 diarios y; (C) bajo el Contrato de Préstamo, según enmendado y el Pagaré Operacional III, una suma no menor de $62,216.41, la cual se desglosa en: (i) $44,174.04 por concepto de principal; más (ii) $18,042.37 por concepto de intereses acumulados y no pagados, cantidad que se continúa acumulando hasta su total y completo pago a razón de $4.84 diarios. Además, la Parte Demandada adeuda la suma de $45,800.00 por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado pactados expresamente por las partes, según se desprende del Pagaré Hipotecario y la Hipoteca. La venta en pública subasta de la propiedad descrita anteriormente se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte dicha propiedad. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si lo hubiera, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución, continuará subsistente, entendiéndose además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables. El Alguacil 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. POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica a los titulares de créditos y/o cargas registrales posteriores, si alguno, que se celebrará la SUBASTA en la fecha, hora y sitio anteriormente señalados, y se les invita a que concurran a dicha subasta, si les conviniere, o se les invita a satisfacer, antes del remate,
el importe del crédito, sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del Acreedor ejecutante, siempre y cuando reúnan los requisitos y cualificaciones de Ley para que se pueda efectuar tal subrogación. Y PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN en el tablón de edictos de este Tribunal y en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde se celebrará la subasta señalada. Además, en un periódico de circulación general en dos (2) ocasiones y mediante correo certificado a la última dirección conocida de la parte demandada. EXPEDIDO el presente EDICTO DE SUBASTA en Vieques, Puerto Rico, a 16 de enero de 2024. Nelimar M. Peterson Vélez, Alguacil, Tribunal De Primera Instancia Sala De Vieques.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
DEMANDANTE V. ANGEL LUIS FEBUS
RIVERA; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
DEMANDADOS
Civil Núm. BY2019CV05418.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA.
AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, EDGARDO ELIAS VARGAS SANTANA, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 27 de noviembre de 2023 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $118,999.49 de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 21 de noviembre de 2019, notificada y archivada en autos el 26 de noviembre de 2019, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil de este Tribunal todo derecho, título e interés que hayan tenido tengan o puedan tener los deudores demandados en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el Municipio de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número ochenta y
ocho (88) del Bloque “B” según aparece en el Plano de Lotificación de Extensión Forest Hills, radicado en el barrio Cerro Gordo de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que comprende un área de trescientos treinta punto sesenta y tres (330.63) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NOROESTE, con los solares número dieciocho (18) y diecisiete (17), en una distancia de trece punto cero siete (13.07) metros; por el SURESTE, con la calle Atenas en una distancia de trece punto treinta y ocho (13.38) metros. Por el NORESTE, con el solar número ochenta y seis (86) en una distancia de veinticinco (25.00) metros; SUROESTE, con el solar noventa (90) en una distancia de veinticinco (25.00) metros. Contiene una casa de concreto reforzado destinada a residencia. Inscrita al Sistema Karibe de Bayamón Sur, con fecha 6 de marzo de 2017; inscripción 9na; finca 17,468 del Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Bayamón I. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, en el caso de epígrafe, que se desglosan de la siguiente forma: $118,999.49 de principal más intereses sobre dicha cuantía al tipo convenido de 4.25% anual desde el primero de marzo de 2019 hasta su total y completo pago, más recargos acumulados, más cualesquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, recargos por demora, así como de cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca hasta el pago total de las mismas, y la suma de $12,352.20 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $123,522.00 para la propiedad antes descrita. De declarase la subasta desierta y tener que celebrarse una segunda subasta el tipo mínimo serán dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio mínimo antes mencionado: $82,348.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $61,761.00. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el 11 de marzo de 2024, a las 9:30 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una segunda subasta el 18 de marzo de 2024, a las 9:30 de la mañana. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una tercera subasta el 25 de marzo de 2024, a las 9:30 de la mañana. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi ofi-
cina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón. Del Estudio de Título realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes: Se designa esta finca como “Hogar Seguro” en virtud de la Ley #195 del 13 de septiembre de 2011, según Esc. #2 en Mayagüez el 10 de junio de 2015 ante Amelia Del Carmen Pérez Bosques, inscrita al tomo Karibe finca #34109 de Cabo Rojo inscirpción 4ta. Por su procedencia: Servidumbres a favor de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico, servidumbre de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico y de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica y condiciones restrictivas. Se advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, 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 y 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 y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida.
La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en la Secretaría del Tribunal. 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 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 la Sala de
Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 13 de febrero de 2024. EDGARDO ELIAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN GERMAN.
JOSE JUAN AL V AREZ
MASSINI la esposa de éste ROSA MARIA
AGRAIT MUÑIZ y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos
Parte Demandante vs. J.S. ELECTRICAL INC.
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NUM. l3CI201700534.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE SUBASTA.
A: J.S. ELECTRICAL INC.
CRIM - INTERNAL REVENDE SERVICE ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO
El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que a continuación se describe: RUSTICA: Parcela de terreno identificada en el plano con la letra “C” radicada en el Barrio Machucha( del término municipal de Sabana Grande, con una cabida superficial de 25.00 cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, con parcela P.R.R.A; por el Sur, con Marcos Vega, por el Este, con parcela letra B del plano; y por el Oeste, con Sucesión Ulpiano Nazario y José Juan Alvarez. Es de naturaleza agrícola, dedicada a pastos, malezas y bosque. Inscrita al folio número (38) del tomo número (207) de Sabana Grande, finca número (11,347) y codificado con el número de catastro: 58-360-000-006-11000. La deuda según la Sentencia asciende a $28,500.00 de principal; $35,530.00 de intereses a 29 de febrero de 2024 y $3,000.00 de honorarios de abogado pactados. LA
PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 19 de marzo de 2024, a la 1:30 de la tarde en las oficinas del Alguacil General del Centro de Mayagüez, la cantidad mínima a aceptarse en la primera subasta será de $35,000.00. Si en la primera subasta no se produjese la venta del inmueble antes descrito LA SEGUNDA SUBASTA se efectuará el día 26 de marzo de 2024, a la 1:30 de la tarde
y la cantidad mínima aceptada será de $23,334.50. Si en esta segunda subasta no se produjese adjudicación, entonces LA TERCERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 2 de abril de 2024 a la 1:30 de la tarde y el tipo mínimo de subasta a aceptarse será de $17,500.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante la finca objeto de este procedimiento, dentro de los diez (10) días subsiguientes a dicha tercera subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez por semana por espacio de dos semanas en un diario de circulación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Es la abogada de la parte demandante la Leda. Myrta Estrella Nieves Bias, P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, tel. 787-833-5466. Dada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de febrero de 2024. Alf. Ivelisse Figueroa Vargas, ALGUACIL, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Mayagüez.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGUEZ.
JORGE FRANCISCO
ASAD CESANI; la esposa de éste LOURDES PEREZ
MAIZ y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales
Parte Demandante Vs. SUCESION LOURDES
CATALA ROLDOS
Compuesta por FELIX
CAT ALA ROLDOS; ANA
CATALA ROLDOS; JANE
DOE Y RICHARD ROE
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NUM: I1CI2014-00953.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA.
AVISO DE SUBASTA.
A: SUCESION LOURDES
CATALA ROLDOS
Compuesta por Felix
Catala Roldos y Ana
Catala Roldos CRIMINTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE ESTADOS
UNIDOS DE AMERICA
SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO
El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal,
venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que a continuación se describe: RÚSTICA: ---Apartamiento que ubica en el Condominio La Manola, sito en la Calle Méndez Vigo Número Ciento Trece (113) Este de la ciudad de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. El número de catastro del solar en el cual enclava el condominio lo es el 233-049239-03-901. El apartamiento número Ciento Tres (103) tiene una cabida superficial de SETECIENTOS TREINTA Y TRES PIES CUADRADOS CON OCHO CÉNTIMOS DE OTRO PIE CUADRADO (733.00 P.C.); equivalente a Ochenta y Un Metro Cuadrados con Cuarenta y Cinco Céntimos (81.45). Esta unidad está sujeta a las disposiciones de la escritura de conversión al régimen de propiedad horizontal del Condominio La Manola y del reglamento del condominio. El Apartamiento colinda por el Norte en veintiún pies lineales con seis pulgadas (21.6 pl.) con la lavandería y siete pies lineales con nueve pulgadas (7.9) con el estacionamiento; por el SUR en diez pies lineales (1 O.O pi.) con el patio interior y catorce pies lineales con cinco pulgadas (14.5) el Apartamiento Ciento Dos (102) del Condominio; por el ESTE en diecisiete pies con ocho pulgadas (17.8) con el Apartamiento Ciento Cuatro (104) del Condominio y en diez pies lineales (10.00) con el patio interior y por el OESTE en diecinueve pies lineales con ocho pulgadas (19.8) con el Dr. Carlos Justiniano y tres pies lineales (3.0) con un túnel de viento y tres pies lineales (3.0) con otro túnel de viento y tres pies lineales (3.0) con otro túnel de viento. ---En el apartamento ubican las siguientes facilidades de la unidad: dos cuartos dormitorio; un baño completo, una sala y un área comedorcocina. Este apartamiento tiene una participación de cinco punto treinta y cinco por ciento (5.35%) en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. El apartamiento Ciento Tres (103) tiene asignado el perpetuo derecho de uso perpetuo sobre el estacionamiento Ocho (8). El apartamiento podrá dárselo uso residencial o uso para oficina profesional. Adquirió la Deudora Hipotecaria el antes descrito inmueble según surge de la escritura número ciento cuatro (104) de fecha dieciocho (18) de junio del año dos mil cuatro (2004) ante el Notario Luis Roberto Santos. Presentada a los asientos 123 y 124 Diario 722 de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico finca 250. La deuda asciende a $8,500.00 de principal; $ 6 576.00 de intereses a 29 de febrero de 2024 y $ 850.00 dólares de honora-
rios de abogado pactados. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 19 de marzo de 2024, a las 2:00 de la tarde en las oficinas del Alguacil General del Centro de Mayagüez, la cantidad mínima a aceptarse en la primera subasta será de $8,500.00 dólares; más intereses; gastos y $ 850.00 de costas y honorarios de abogado. Si en la primera subasta no se produjese la venta del inmueble antes descrito LA SEGUNDA SUBASTA se efectuará el día 26 de marzo de 2024, a las 2:00 de la tarde y la cantidad mínima aceptada será de $5,666.95 dólares. Si en esta segunda subasta no se produjese adjudicación, entonces LA TERCERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 2 de abril de 2024 a las 2:00 de la tarde y el tipo mínimo de subasta a aceptarse será de $4,250.00 dólares. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante la finca objeto de este procedimiento, dentro de los diez (l0) días subsiguientes a dicha tercera subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez por semana por espacio de dos semanas en un diario de circulación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Es la abogada de la parte demandante la Leda. Myrta E. Nieves Bias P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, tel. 787833-5466. Dada en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de febrero 2024. Alg. Ivelisse Figuero Vargas, Placa 924, ALGUACIL, Tribunal de Primera Instancia Centro Judicial de Mayagüez.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
MARIA TERESA
REY CANCIO
Demandante V. ORIENTAL BANK Y OTROS
Demandado(a) JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIEL JMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM
Caso Núm. : SJ2023CV11708 (Salón 903 CIVIL) Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO
A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO
Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO
COMO POSIBLES
TENEDORES Y
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de febrero de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 22 de febrero de 2024. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria. F/ Mildred J. Franco Reventos, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
ISLAND PORTFOLIO
SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante v. CARMEN M. HERNANDEZ BRANA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV07053 (SALÓN 803 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW.
COM A: CARMEN M. HERNANDEZ BRANA (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde
podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 23 de FEBRERO de 2024. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 23 de FEBRERO de 2024. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretario(a). f/KAROLYN RIVERA NAVARRO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante v. JUAN A. RESTO VICENTE
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV07734 (SALÓN 1003 EXPROPIACIONES). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM
A: JUAN A
RESTO VICENTE
1 RES BARTOLOME LAS
CASAS APT 407, SAN JUAN PR 00915
RES LAS CASASA EDIF
34 APTO 407, SAN JUAN PR 00915
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 16 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, 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 Resolu-
ción, 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 21 de FEBRERO de 2024. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 21 de FEBRERO de 2024. GRISELDA RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, Secretario(a). f/ CARMEN N MOLINA GARCIA, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante v. PEDRO A
LESPIER LABOY Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2023CV01954 (SALÓN 504 CRIMINAL Y TRÁNSITO). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA NATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW.
COM A: PEDRO A
LESPIER LABOY
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, 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 21 de FEBRERO de 2024. En PONCE, Puerto Rico, el 21 de FEBRERO de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRU QUIÑONES, Secretario(a). f/KEILENE RODRIGUEZ MELENDEZ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del
Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
NILSA IVETTE LUGO MORALES Y OTROS
Demandante V. JOHN DOE Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
JOSE O MERCADO GELY JMERCADO@COMASREVUELTA.
COM
JOHN DOE
DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA, ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO, 99999 RICHARDDOE
DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA, ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO, 99999
Caso Núm. : YU2022CV00474
Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE RICHARD DOE
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, 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 26 de febrero de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de febrero de 2024. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. F/Nelida Ocasio Ortega, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CARO-
LINA PABLO R. SALAZAR MARTÍNEZ
Demandante Vs BRENDA L. MORALES SOLÍS
Demandada
CIVIL NUM.: CA2024RF00123
SALA: 302 SOBRE: DIVORCIO
RUPTURA IRREPARABLE.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-
TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: BRENDA L. MORALES SOLÍS •
Dirección desconocida
Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su contestación dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este edicto, excluyendo el día de publicación. Usted deberá presentar su contestación a través del sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder en la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal, con copia a la parte demandante. Si usted deja de presentar su contestación dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
Lcda. Geovanna I. Gómez Berríos
Abogada del demandante
TSPR RUA: 14747
PO Box 11671, San Juan, P.R. 00910 (787) 565-2153
geovannagomez@yahoo.com
EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 27 de febrero de 2024. Lcda. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria Regional. Laura Correa Rivera, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ VÁZQUEZ, ROSA RODRÍGUEZ VÁZQUEZ, CONCEPCIÓN RODRÍGUEZ VÁZQUEZ
PETICIONARIOS EX-PARTE
CIVIL NUM: MZ2024CV00017. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. NOTIFICACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS El ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S.: A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA
PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE
DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA
POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para poder rectificar la cabida de la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. La finca que petenece a los peticionarios actualmente se describe como sigue: URBANA: Casa de mampostería y madera, sita en el Barrio de la Marina Meridional de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, con frente a la Calle Méndez Vigo, que mide nueve varas y media de frente a dicha calle o sea, siete metros, noventa y cinco centímetros y doce metros, cincuenta y cuatro centímetros de fondo, incluso el solar y una casa de madera y tejas de barro que se halla detrás de la anterior, ésta terrera y aquella de altos y bajos, colindando la finca que se describe por el NORTE y SALIENTE, con las calles Méndez Vigo y San Juan, respectivamente; por el SUD, con don Joaquín Barrero, hoy su sucesión; y porel PONIENTE, con propiedad de la viuda de doña Elisa Lucas Bas, hoy de don Francisco Droyun. Tiene una medida superficial de NOVENTA Y NUEVE METROS SESENTA Y NUEVE CENTÍMETROS Y TREINTA MILÍMETROS CUADRADOS. El inmueble antes descrito está inscrito al folio ciento seis (106) vuelto del tomo doscientos dieciocho (218) de Mayagüez, finca número mil ciento setenta (1,170) del Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Mayagüez, e inscripción número veintiuno (21). Alegan los Peticionarios que ordenaron una mensura de la finca descrita habiendo resultado con una cabida mayor. Alegan, además los peticionarios que de acuerdo a mensura
practicada y datos que surgen del portal del catastro digital, la descripción del inmueble al presente es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar que contiene edificación de mampostería y madera, sita en el Barrio de la Marina Meridional de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, colindando al Norte con la acera que le separa de la Calle Méndez Vigo, en una alineación que mide nueve punto seiscientos cincuenta y siete metros lineales (9.657 m.); al SUR, colinda en una alineación de ocho punto trescientos cincuenta y dos metros lineales (8.352 m.), con terrenos pertenecientes a la sucesión de Josefa Vázquez Martínez, compuesta por los hermanos Rodríguez Vázquez; al ESTE, en una alineación de veinticinco punto trescientos sesenta metros lineales (25.360 m.), con acera que la separa de la Calle San Juan; y al OESTE, en una alineación de veinticinco punto doscientos sesenta metros lineales (25.260 m.), con terrenos pertenecientes a Sucesión Josefa Vázquez Martínez, compuesta por los hermanos Rodríguez Vázquez. Tiene una medida superficial de DOSCIENTOS VEINTISIETE PUNTO OCHO MIL CIENTO VEINTE (227.8120) METROS
CUADRADOS equivalentes a CERO PUNTO QUINIENTOS
OCHENTA CUERDAS (0.0580 cuerdas) . El número de codificación del CRIM para la finca descrita es: 233-036-190-070001 y su ubicación física es: Calle Méndez Vigo, Esquina con Calle San Juan, Barrio Marina Meridional de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 20 de FEBRERO de 2024. LCDA NORMA G SANTANA IRIZARRY, Secretaria Regional. Aracelis W Camacho Acevedo, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN EDITH ESTHER RIVERA VEGA
Demandantes Vs. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, como síndico de DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION h/n/c HF MORTGAGE BANKERS; John Doe y Richard Doe Demandados
CIVIL NUM. SJ2024CV00845 SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Se emplaza y notifica que se ha presentado una demanda en este caso en la cual en síntesis la parte demandante alega que se suscribió un pagaré hipotecario a favor de Doral Financial Corporation h/n/c HF Mortgage Bankers, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $81,000.00, con intereses al 7 3/4% por ciento anual, vencedero el día 1ro de diciembre de 2018, a favor de DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION h/n/c HF MORTGAGE BANKERS. El mencionado Pagaré Hipotecario fue garantizado con una hipoteca que otorgamos en esa misma fecha mediante la escritura número 1294, otorgada ante la notario Diana M. Ruiz Hernández, el día 30 de noviembre de 1998 e inscrita al folio 33 del tomo 991 de Sabana Llana, inscripción 10ª. La obligación garantizada por dicha hipoteca fue pagada en su totalidad y está vencida, quedando solamente por cancelar el pagaré que la garantizaba. El demandante manifestó que nunca recibió el pagaré original para su cancelación y desconoce su paradero, por lo que concluyó que el pagaré estaba extraviado. Pueden examinar la demanda en su totalidad en los autos de este Tribunal El abogado de la parte demandante es:
LCDO. JOSE ORLANDO
MERCADO GELY
P.O. BOX 270386
SAN JUAN, PR. 00927 TEL. 765-3027, 787-765-3423 jmercado@comasrevuelta.com Deberán notificar su contestación dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://uníred. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se les apercibe que, de así no hacerlo, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda. La parte ce-demandada deberá radicar el original de la contestación de la demanda en este Tribunal, con copia a la parte demandante. DADO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por orden de este, hoy 9 de febrero de 2024. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Regional. F/Yadira Díaz González, Secretaria Servicios a Sala.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FRANCISCO
Parte Demandante Vs. JOSE ALBERTO
FELICIANO RUIZ. Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM.: SJ2023CV08788
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A la parte demandada: JOSE ALBERTO
FELICIANO RUIZ • Carr. 2 km. 171.0 Bo. Guama, San German, PR 00683 • PO Box 80000, PMB 395, Isabela, PR 00662 • PO Box 1284, Isabela, PR 00662.
Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero por la vía ordinaria contra la parte demandada
JOSE ALBERTO FELICIANO
RUIZ en la cual se alega que la parte demandada adeuda las siguientes sumas las cuales serán satisfechas cuando se ejecute el crédito, las cuales se describen a continuación: $804,960.00 en concepto de principal, más intereses al tipo pactado al 6.00% anual desde el 30 de abril de 2008. Dichos intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de las obligaciones en virtud del pagaré; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes al 10% del importe del pagaré es decir $1,076,897.00 adicionales al pagaré. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto y que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Se le(s) emplaza y requiere que dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto excluyendo el día de la publicación de este edicto conteste(n) la demanda presentando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y enviando copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de FUERTES & FUERTES LAW OFFICE, C.S.P. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Alberto Fuertes Masarovic; PMB 191 PO Box 194000, San Juan,
PR 00919-4000 / tel. 787-2960000/ abogados@fuerteslaw. com. Abogados de la Parte Demandante. Se le(s) advierte que si dejare(n) de contestar la Demanda en el período de tiempo antes mencionado, podrá dictarse contra usted(es) Sentencia en Rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s).
EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 22 de febrero de 2024, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. GRISELDA
RODRIGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. F/Michelle Rivera Ríos, Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAMUY SALA SUPERIOR.
ORIENTAL BANK
COMO AGENTE DE SERVICIO DE THE MONEY HOUSE, INC.
DEMANDANTE VS. JUAN RAMON
MALDONADO
GONZALEZ, DEBORAH
LAJARA GONZALEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NUM.: CM2024CV00088. SALA: SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos, El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico.
A la parte codemandada: JUAN
RAMÓN MALDONADO
GONZÁLEZ, DEBORAH
LAJARA GONZÁLEZ Y
LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; a las siguientes
direcciones: (a) URB. VICTOR ROJAS II 111
CALLE 6 ARECIBO, PR 00612; (b) URB. ALTURAS DE CAMUY PR 119 KM 93.2 BARRIO MEMBRILLO LOT 2 CAMUY, PR 00627. Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra, en la cual se alega entre otras cosas que la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma de $243,949.43 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de octubre de 2023, más intereses al tipo pactado de 6.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte demandada adeuda a
la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00%de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $24,743.50. Además la parte demandada se comprometió a pagar una suma equivalente a $24,743.50 para cubrir cualquier otro adelanto que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca y una suma equivalente a $24,743.50 para cubrir intereses en adición a los garantizados por ley y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 224, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de mayo de 2022, ante el notario Pedro Luis López Adames, la finca número 500,152, inscrita al Folio 225 del Tomo 198 de Camuy, Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección Segunda. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando 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 Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA & MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, 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 treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oirle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 28 de febrero de 2024, en Camuy, Puerto Rico. VIVIAN Y FRESSE GONZALEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JOHANNA GONZALEZ VILELLA, Secretaria.
A: FRANK RAMIREZ
FAGUNDO, FULANA
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 DE JUNIO DE 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de febrero de 2024. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, el 22 de febrero de 2024. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. F/Maria M. Aviles Bonilla, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
LEGACY MORTGAGE
ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1
Demandante Vs. ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORA
TION H/N/C CITIFINANACIAL; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
CIVIL NUM. CA2024CV00410
SOBRE: CANCELACION DE PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ-
RICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO SS.
A: ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION • US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 541 TH STREET S. W.
WASHINGTON DC 20410.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, LCDA. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVA a su dirección: PO. Box 7970 Ponce, PR. 00732. Tel: 787-843-4168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cancelación de pagare extraviado. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que se extravió un pagaré hipotecario a favor de Associates lnternational Holding Corporation h/n/c Citifinancial, o a su orden, por la suma principal de quince mil dólares ($15,000.00), con intereses al diez punto nueve siete tres por ciento (10.973%) anual, vencedero el tres (3) de marzo de dos mil veintiuno (2021), según resulta del testimonio número siete mil ciento sesenta y dos (7162) de la escritura número setenta y uno (71), otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día veinticinco (25) de febrero de dos mil seis (2006), ante la notario Félix R. Figueroa Cabán, y cuya obligación está inscrita al folio diecisiete (17) del tomo mil trescientos ochenta (1380) de Carolina, finca número cuarenta y cuatro mil quinientos cincuenta y ocho (44,558), inscripción tercera (3ra) Comparece titular casada con Víctor Aldarondo Camacho. 3. Que, la propiedad sobre la cual se constituyó dicha hipoteca es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número ocho guion A (8-A) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Buenavista del Barrio Hoyos Mula del término municipal de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos cincuenta y ocho punto noventa (358.90) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela ocho (8) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la calle Laurel de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número diez (10) de la comunidad y por el OESTE, con la parcela número seis (6) de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio ciento cincuenta y ocho (158) del tomo mil sesenta y dos (1062) de Carolina, finca número cuarenta y cuatro mil quinientos cincuenta y ocho (44,558) del Registro de
la Propiedad de Carolina Sección Segunda (2da). SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 14 día de FEBRERO de 2024. LIC. KANELL Y ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO
COLON GONZALEZ
COMPUESTA POR
SUS HIJOS: PEDRO
ANTONIO COLON
BAERGA, SERGIO
JOSE COLON BAERGA, PEDRO EDGARDO
COLON BAERGA, LAURA
YOLANDA COLON
BAERGA; SUCESION DE LAURA JOSEFINA
BAERGA GONZALEZ
COMPUESTA POR
SUS HIJOS: PEDRO
ANTONIO COLON
BAERGA, SERGIO
JOSE COLON BAERGA, PEDRO EDGARDO
COLON BAERGA, LAURA
YOLANDA COLON
BAERGA; HONORABLE
SECRETARIO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE
ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERO RICO
DEMANDADOS
CIVIL NÚM. GM2023CV00825
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. S.S. A: SERGIO JOSE COLON BAERGA • 56 SANTORO RD WORCESTER, MA 01606 URB. LA HACIENDA, AK-15 CALLE 51, GUAYAMA PR 00784. PEDRO ANTONIO COLON BAERGA • 662 MAIL ST #C CLINTON, MA 01510
URB. LA HACIENDA, AK15 CALLE 51, GUAYAMA PR 00784
PEDRO JAVIER COLON
BAERGA • 524 CANARY ISLAND CT, ORLANDO, FL 32828 URB. LA HACIENDA, AK-15 CALLE 51, GUAYAMA PR 00784.
LAURA YOLANDA
COLON BAERGA • 558
BUSTI AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14201 URB. LA
HACIENDA, AK-15 CALLE 51, GUAYAMA PR 00784.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término 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 Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO COLON GONZALEZ Y LA SUCESION DE LAURA JOSEFINA BAERGA GONZALEZ. Se le apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 31 de enero de 2023. Marisol Rosado Rodríguez, Secretaria General. Maria M. Cotto Amaro, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO
DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE BAYAMON ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. CARLOS A COLON FRED
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NÚM. BY2023CV05940 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.
EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: CARLOS A COLON FREDURB SAN FERNANDO A23 CALLE 4, BAYAMON
PR 00957
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Edwin Serrano Peña cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección edwin.serrano@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EX-
TENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de enero de 2024. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Katherine Santiago Rodríguez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SABANA GERMAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. YOLANDA GARAYUA CANDELARIO
Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. SB2022CV00118
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: YOLANDA GARAYUA CANDELARIO • URB RES SABANA G2 CALLE PUERTO RICO, SABANA GRANDE PR
00637. • BO LA TORRE CARR 368 KM 5.8, SABANA GRANDE PR
00637 • HC 9 BOX 4023, SABANA GRANDE
PR 00637-9424 • 2245 AVENUE C SW, WINTER HAVEN FL 33880.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Germán, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de enero de 2024. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. Santa Rodríguez Bonilla, Secretaria Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
FINANCE OF AMERICA
REVERSE LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESION RAIMUNDO
VALLADARES SERRANO
T/C/C RAIMUNDO
VALLADARES
COMPUESTA POR JOHN
DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION AMALIA SOPEÑA ALVARADO
T/C/C AMALIA SOPEÑA
COMPUESTA POR JOHN
ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2022CV03254.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A
LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 2 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar en la Urbanización Glenview Gardens, Sección II del Barrio Machuelo Arriba del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número 0-19, con una cabida de 312.00 m/c. En lindes por NORTE, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con la Calle C-11; SUR, en una distancia de 13.00 metros, con el paseo público; ESTE, en 24.00 metros, con el solar numero 18; OESTE, en 24.00 metros, con el solar número 20. Contiene una casa de concreto, tipo continental, de tres dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, dos baños, balcón y marquesina. Inscrita al folio 106 del tomo 938 de Ponce Norte, finca 25405, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 188 del tomo 2020 de Ponce Norte, finca 25405, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I, inscripción 7a. Propiedad localizada en: URB. GLENVIEW GARDENS O-19 CALLE E-11, PONCE, PR 00730. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A.
Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la
Carga: $180,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 24 de enero de 2091. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $180,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 9 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $120,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $90,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 16 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $66,720.00 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $32,077.27 en intereses acumulados al 3 de enero de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.182% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $12,592.00 en seguro hipotecario; $600.00 de tasaciones; $120.00 de inspecciones; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $18,000.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA,
SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás
constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 09 de enero de 2024. JAVIER
SEGARRA MALDONADO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MIGUEL
A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
YUSUF
KELLEY NEGGERS, REPRESENTADO POR SU APODERADA SARA HERNÁNDEZ-SABORIT MARTÍNEZ
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC)
COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL BANK, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES
DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ
PARTE DEMANDADA
CIVIL NÚM. SJ2024CV01168.
SOBRE: 505. CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO
POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES TENEDORES
DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ, CUYAS
IDENTIDADES Y DIRECCIONES SE DESCONOCEN
Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre cancelación de pagaré extraviado por la vía judicial. El 26 de julio de 2002, Xavira Neggers Crescioni, siendo soltera, constituyó hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré suscrito bajo el número de testimonio 10,563 a favor de Doral Bank o a su orden, por la suma de $165,000.00, intereses al 6.50% anual y vencimiento al 1ro de agosto de 2017, según consta de la Escritura núm. 585 autorizada por el notario Edgar-
do Del Valle Galarza, sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA:
PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento No. 201. Propiedad Horizontal de forma sustancialmente rectangular dedicada a vivienda, localizada en el 2ndo. piso del Condominio San Justo 50, sito en el No. 50 de la Calle San Justo del Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área privada de 816 pies cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, en 40’ 6” con pared exterior que da a la Calle San Sebastián; por el SUR, en 32’ 2” con pared interior que a su vez lo separa de la escalera y Apartamento No. 200; por el ESTE, en 26’ 6” con pared exterior que da a la Calle San Justo; y por el OESTE, en 32’ 6”, con pared exterior que a su vez lo separa del solar propiedad de la Sucesión Fernández. Consiste este apartamento de sala-comedor, pasillo, 3 cuartos dormitorios, cocina y un baño. Forma parte de este apartamento la azotea 201-B, con área de 748 pies cuadrados que sumados al área del apartamento dan un total de 1564 pies cuadrados. Su puerta principal de entrada y salida comunica a la calle San Justo a través de una escalera de aprovechamiento común del edificio. PORCENTAJE: 25% en los elementos comunes generales. Por Escritura no.16, otorgada en San Juan el 8 de diciembre de 1982 ante Benjamín F. Rodríguez se mensuró la azotea 201-B por el Agrimensor Eugenio Rojas Nacer Lic. 3068, resultando la misma con la siguiente descripción: Azotea 201-B: Forma parte del apartamento 201 del Condominio San Justo 50. Tiene cabida superficial de 838.2933 pies cuadrados equivalentes a 77.872401 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con la Calle San Sebastián; por el SUR, con la Azotea 200-A, propiedad del Licenciado Francisco Vincenty y elementos comunes del Condominio San Justo 50; por el ESTE, con la Calle San Justo; y por el OESTE, con un solar propiedad de la Sucesión Fernández. Inscrita al folio 111 del tomo 149 de San Juan, Finca 3575, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo móvil 185 de San Juan, Finca 3575, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección I. Inscripción séptima. La obligación evidenciada por el referido pagaré fue pagada en su totalidad, pero el referido pagaré no se ha podido cancelar por haberse extraviado. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la
secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que, si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación al abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Christian M. Castillo Moreno, cuya dirección es: 138 Ave. Winston Churchill PMB 658, San Juan, PR 00926, Teléfono: 787-6033014, correo electrónico christian_castillo_m@yahoo.com dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy, 8 de febrero de 2024, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. Griselda Rodriguez Collado, Secretaria (O). Michalle Rivera Rios, Sub-Secretaria(O).
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR.
BANCO
Demandante VS. MELVIN MOJICA
FONTANEZ, ZULAYKA
MARIE RODRIGUEZ
SANTA,
Demandados
CIVIL NUM.: BY2019CV05802.
SALA: 403. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA EL
PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 2 de febrero de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: Urbana: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento residencial identificado con el #832, ubicado en el tercer y cuarto piso del módulo #8, del Condominio Altos de Miraflores, localizado en el Barrio Espinosa del término municipal de Dorado, Puerto Rico. Tiene una cabida superficial total de 130.5766 METROS CUADRADOS de cuya cabida 115.3171 METROS CUADRADOS son del primer nivel, y 15.2595 METROS CUADRADOS, son del segundo nivel.
Colinda en su primer por el NORTE, en una distancia de 13.46 metros, con área exterior común, con área común, con el apartamento 831 y con área exterior común; por el SUR, en una distancia de 13.46 metros, con los apartamentos 921 y 931, y con área exterior común; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 9.42 metros, con área exterior común; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 9.42 metros, con área común y con área exterior común. En su segundo nivel, por el NORTE, en una distancia de 6.68 metros, con el espacio de la escalera interior que viene del nivel inferior de este mismo apartamento y con el apartamento 831; por el SUR, en una distancia de 6.68 metros, con área común limitada, terraza exterior descubierta perteneciente a este apartamento; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 2.53 metros, con área exterior común; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 2.53 metros, con el espacio de la escalera interior que viene del nivel inferior de este mismo apartamento. Consta de en su primer Nivel, vestíbulo de entrada, una sala-comedor, terraza, una cocina con área de lavandería, pasillo interior, 2 linen closets, dos habitaciones con sus respectivos closets, un baño completo, habitación principal con baño y closet, y las escaleras interior que conduce a su segundo nivel, y en su Segundo Nivel, consta de la escalera interior que viene de su primer nivel, terraza exterior cubierta y terraza exterior descubierta que le pertenece a este apartamento. La puerta principal de acceso de este apartamento se encuentra en su colindancia Norte y da acceso a elementos comunes generales, a saber, pasillo, escalera y a su vez a través de la calle interior tiene acceso a la vía pública Avenida Higuillar. Además, tiene y le pertenece la terraza descubierta, área abierta y sin techar, demarcada por parapetos y paredes, de forma y manera exclusiva, única, permanente e inseparable del Apartamento, con una cabida superficial de 80.9542 METROS CUADRADOS. A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de 1.79024% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio Altos de Miraflores. Tiene y le pertenece de forma y manera exclusiva, permanente inseparable, 2 espacios para estacionamiento que se identifican como el #89 con una cabida superficial de 2.5 metros de ancho por 5.5 metros de largo y #90, con una cabida superficial de 2.5 metros de ancho por 5.5 metros de largo, uno detrás de otro. Finca #16,554 de Dorado, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Cuarta Sección de Bayamón. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscri-
tos 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. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 11 de junio de 2020, notificada el 11 de junio de 2020, a saber la suma de $142,148.15 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a raíz de 2.50% desde el 1ro de enero de 2018, más $1,940.48 correspondientes a pagos mensuales de principal e intereses englobados a raíz de la moratoria brindada por el huracán María, más cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito; y la suma $14,595.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 2 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $147,104.68. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 9 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la EGUNDA SUBASTA será de $98,069.78, 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
16 DE ABRIL DE 2024 A LAS
10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio
mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $73,552.34, 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 12 de febrero de 2024. Edgardo E. Vargas Santana, Alguacil Auxiliar Placa 193 División de Subastas Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Bayamón.
DO SALA SUPERIOR DE ADJUNTAS
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE
FUNDING LLC
Demandante V. LUZ H SOTO RODRIGUEZ
Demandado(a)
KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO
KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM
CASO NÚM. : AD2023CV00107
(SALÓN 1) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO.
NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A LUZ H SOTO RODRIGUEZ - DIRECCION DESCONOCIDA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 DE FEBRERO DE 2024, 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 20 de febrero de 2024. En Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, el 20 de febrero de 2024. Diane Álvarez Villanueva, Secretaria. F/Yanelly Pérez Soto, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE AGUADILLA
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante Vs. JULIANA
PÉREZ LASPIUR
Demandado
CIVIL NÚM.: AG2022CV01645
SALÓN: 0002 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ES-
TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: JULIANA
PÉREZ LASPIUR -
BASE RAMEY CALLE O 135, AGUADILLA, PR 00603
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://https://unired.ramajudicial.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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com, y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EX-
TENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Aguadilla Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de diciembre de 2023. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 18 de diciembre de 2023. Sarahí Reyes Perez, Secretaria. Aileen Figueroa Orsini, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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Ordinary people go on vacation. Ichiro Suzuki goes to Cooperstown.
“I don’t like to visit places,” Suzuki said, speaking through his interpreter, Allen Turner. “Out of anywhere in the world, besides the places I’ve lived, Cooperstown is the place I’ve visited the most.”
Suzuki, 50, trekked to the village in upstate New York, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, seven times from 2001 to 2016. He has toured the museum more than any active or recently retired player, according to Hall officials. And he almost certainly can start planning trip No. 8 for July 2025, when he is a virtual lock to become the first Japanese player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
No one will need to walk Suzuki through the Hall’s corridors or even through its basement, where other collectibles are stored. During his private tours, he studied the Hall’s artifacts, especially the equipment used by players of the past and the achievements of those who came before him.
As Suzuki ascended on various career lists, he wanted to learn more about the players he was passing. One of his visits came after he broke George Sisler’s single-season record with 262 hits in 2004. Another came after he surpassed Wee Willie Keeler with his ninth straight 200-hit season in 2009. Yet another came after he moved past Lou Gehrig on the career hits list in 2013, coinciding with his 4,000th hit between Japan and North America. (Pete Rose and Ty Cobb are the only players to reach 4,000 in the majors.)
Ichiro Suzuki, then with the New York Yankees, takes a curtain call after his second home run of the night, in New York, Aug. 19, 2012. Suzuki, the unique and pioneering superstar who amassed 4,367 hits in 28 professional baseball seasons across two continents, visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. seven times from 2001 to 2016. He almost certainly can start planning trip No. 8 for July 2025, when he is a virtual lock to become the first Japanese player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
“As players, you read about the players of the past, you see their numbers,” Suzuki said. “But when players of the present pass players of the past, that’s when the names come back. You go to Cooperstown and are able to get that connection. That’s what I think is important. By getting close to their numbers, their names come up and their history is told.”
Suzuki knew of the Hall while playing in Japan, but only in the abstract. After he arrived in the majors at 27, his skills made him an almost immediate sensation. His curiosity about the sport’s past grew.
“At the core of it all, Suzuki is a Renaissance man who loves every aspect of the game and his profession,” said Jeff Idelson, a past president of the Hall who hosted each of Suzuki’s visits. “In order for him to fully appreciate playing in the United States, he wanted to embrace the history as deeply as he could.”
The first under-the-radar journey Suzuki made to Cooperstown was after his rookie season with the Seattle Mariners. The night he was named the 2001 American League rookie of the year, he was sitting in Idelson’s office. During his news conference, a writer asked where he was.
“In the United States,” Idelson recalled Suzuki saying, without revealing anything more.
Idelson knew of Suzuki well before then, procuring for the Hall a bat from the outfielder’s run of seven straight batting titles with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan. When Suzuki broke Shoeless Joe Jackson’s rookie record for hits in a season, Idelson asked him for the bat. Suzuki sent another one he used that September.
During his first visit, Suzuki mostly wanted to see the museum’s art collection, Idelson said. But seeing the care with which the Hall treated its artifacts, he came to realize he should have donated the bat he used to break Jackson’s record. The next spring, he apologized to Idelson, and vowed to contribute whatever he could in the future.
The Hall’s current president, Josh Rawitch, said the museum now contains more than 25 artifacts from Suzuki. They include everything he wore, head to toe, for his 261st and 262nd hits in 2004 — not just his uniform, but also his elbow guard, sunglasses, wristbands, batting gloves and cleats. Suzuki also donated his batting helmet from Japan in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, the ball from his inside-the-park home run in the 2007 All-Star Game and
his Miami Marlins uniform from his 3,000th hit in the majors.
The year before that hit, Idelson said he visited Suzuki’s home in Miami to dine with the player and his wife, Yumiko Fukushima. At the end of the night, Suzuki raced upstairs to retrieve the spikes he wore when he passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list. “Take these to Cooperstown,” he told Idelson. “They belong there.”
Five years after retiring, Suzuki continues to view equipment as almost sacred. When visiting the Hall, he said, he is especially fascinated by the old-timers’ bats and gloves.
“The basement, the archives, I don’t think everyone gets to go there,” Suzuki said. “To be able to touch the equipment of the players of the past, what they went through, what they dealt with ... you realize how blessed we are today to have the equipment we have.”
Every time he visits the Hall, Suzuki engages in the time-honored practice of holding bats to his ear, tapping their barrels and listening to how the wood vibrates.
“On my first visit I got to hold Shoeless Joe Jackson’s legendary bat, Black Betsy,” Suzuki told the Hall’s magazine, Memories and Dreams, in 2013. “I was overwhelmed by the high-pitched sound that resonated from that nearly 100-yearold instrument. I was astonished a bat could even produce such a beautiful sound. It was as if the wood was made of solid gold or silver, not wood.”
More than a decade later, Suzuki still marvels at how the older bats sound, “like metal bats, almost.” And he appreciates that even when he handles his own equipment at the Hall, the museum requires him to wear special gloves. “If we’re going to look after it for the rest of time, we kind of have to hold to that,” Rawitch said. “We don’t want anyone’s hand oils ruining the artifacts.”
Considering Suzuki’s love for the Hall, he surely is excited about his potential enshrinement in 2025, not that he is ready to discuss the possibility. One of his former managers, Bob Melvin, believes he should be the second unanimous selection, joining Mariano Rivera. Suzuki played 28 seasons in Japan and North America. He finished his career with a combined 4,367 hits, more than Rose’s major league record of 4,256. He was a rookie of the year, an MVP, a 10-time All-Star and a 10-time Gold Glove winner.
And yes, his seven visits to the Hall give him a different perspective.
“I don’t like to talk about what-ifs and what’s going to happen in the future,” he said. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen. But I think because of the relationship I have with the Hall of Fame, because I’ve been there so many times and how special I hold that place, I would have a little different experience than maybe a guy who hasn’t been there.”
AKansas City Chiefs superfan known as ChiefsAholic pleaded guilty earlier this week in federal court to charges related to a string of bank robberies across seven states in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors said, adding that he had used some of the money to gamble on his favorite team.
The man, Xaviar Michael Babudar, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday before Judge Howard F. Sachs of U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, to one count of money laundering and one count of transporting stolen property across state lines, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of Missouri said in a statement. Babudar also pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery in a federal case in Oklahoma, prosecutors said.
Babudar was well known among Kansas City Chiefs fans for regularly attending games dressed as a wolf in the team’s apparel, and he had developed a “robust social media presence” on X, formerly Twitter, where he went by ChiefsAholic, prosecutors said.
He boasted about bets that would earn him tens of thousands of dollars if he won and had an opulent lifestyle as a fan: a good seat to see his team win the Super Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida, in 2020, a ticket that would have fetched about $8,500. He took a selfie with the club’s general manager on the confettistrewn field. He attended quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ annual fundraising gala in late 2022 in Kansas City and apparently won the painting that was featured onstage
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIV, 31-20 over the San Francisco 49ers, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., Feb. 2, 2020. Chiefs superfan Xaviar Michael Babudar had a good seat at the game, a ticket that would have fetched about $8,500. (AJ Mast/ The New York Times)
throughout the event.
In 2022, prosecutors said, Babudar began stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from banks across several states. He was arrested in December 2022 after he robbed a bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma, prosecutors said.
Babudar was released on bond in February 2023, and he later cut off his ankle monitor and fled Oklahoma, prosecutors said. After he missed a court hearing the following month, many began to wonder where Babudar was and how he was able to sustain himself as a fugitive.
For months, Babudar was able to evade police until he was found and arrested in Sacramento, California, on July 7, 2023. Prosecutors said he had been able to dodge police with money he won from gambling on the Chiefs.
Months before his initial arrest, Babudar placed two bets on June 10, 2022, at the Argosy Casino in Alton, Illinois, according to prosecutors. He bet $5,000 that the Chiefs would win Super Bowl LVII, and he bet another $5,000 that Mahomes would win the MVP Award.
The bets paid out after the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 12, 2023. The following month, a $100,000 check was sent to Babudar from the Argosy Casino, prosecutors said.
but the odds caught up with him,” Moore said.
Matthew T. Merryman, a lawyer for Babudar, said in a statement Wednesday that his client had taken responsibility for his actions.
“From the beginning of this case the government has been blitzing, and Xaviar’s pocket was collapsing,” Merryman said. “But today Xaviar stepped up into the pressure.”
Babudar admitted to stealing from banks across the Midwest and beyond in amounts that ranged from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands, prosecutors said.
On March 2, 2022, Babudar admitted to stealing $70,000 from a bank in Clive, Iowa, where he walked in wearing a ski mask and demanded money from a teller, warning the teller that he had a firearm, prosecutors said.
Babudar also admitted to stealing from banks in Nebraska, Iowa and Tennessee and to trying to rob other banks, prosecutors said. Babudar also admitted to robbing two banks while on the run from police after his initial arrest, prosecutors said.
The guilty plea Wednesday was part of an agreement that will require Babudar to pay more than $532,000 in restitution to the banks he admitted he had robbed, prosecutors said. He must also forfeit an autographed painting of Mahomes.
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Babudar has been detained in federal custody without bond since his arrest in Sacramento. He was scheduled to be sentenced July 10, when he could face up to 50 years in prison without parole, according to prosecutors.
Teresa Moore, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, said in a statement Wednesday that Babudar’s “violent crime spree” had “traumatized bank employees.”
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Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
Unsafe conditions could exist around the house, Aries, which may result in accidents if they aren’t rectified. Some may not be readily apparent, so warn family members to be careful. This isn’t a good day to do any heavy work around the home. If you’re planning major repairs, it might be a good idea to postpone them. This is, however, a good day for planning such repairs, as you can be especially methodical right now.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
Taurus, one or more of your co-workers could appear to be rather upset or depressed on the job today, and this is likely to affect your own efficiency. Your colleagues in question aren’t going to be very much into communicating, so it’s best just to turn a blind eye and keep on working in spite of the situation. It’s going to be tougher than usual, but it’s nothing you can’t handle.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Taurus, one or more of your co-workers could appear to be rather upset or depressed on the job today, and this is likely to affect your own efficiency. Your colleagues in question aren’t going to be very much into communicating, so it’s best just to turn a blind eye and keep on working in spite of the situation. It’s going to be tougher than usual, but it’s nothing you can’t handle.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Boredom and restlessness may plague you today, Cancer. You could feel the need to break loose from the ties that bind you to mundane affairs, to run away and seek adventure, although you aren’t certain what kind of adventure! The walls may be closing around you at home and on the job. You might want to plan some kind of outing for an upcoming weekend in order to give yourself a needed break.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
Your concentration should be high today, Leo. You’re likely to be more observant than usual. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself noticing people and sensing their thoughts and feelings even more than usual. This is a good day to read, study, attend a class, or otherwise acquire new information. You may discover something new about a subject that really interests you, and you might want to spend the day reading about it.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
Worries about money could be uppermost in your mind today, Virgo. You may have suffered some financial setbacks and wonder how you can muster enough funds to get over the hump. However, help is on the way. An outside source could provide funds to tide you over. Whatever other problems you may have will all be straightened out later. Your own ingenuity and a little help from your friends will probably see you through.
Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)
Setbacks on the job might have you a little depressed and worried. Don’t worry, Libra; all will be well. Think of this as a challenge to overcome. Your natural practicality and efficiency will see you through. Someone isn’t being totally honest with you. Encourage people around you to open up and communicate a little. What they say may not be all that agreeable, but at least you’ll be better able to assess the situation.
Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)
Setbacks on the job might have you a little depressed and worried. Don’t worry, Libra; all will be well. Think of this as a challenge to overcome. Your natural practicality and efficiency will see you through. Someone isn’t being totally honest with you. Encourage people around you to open up and communicate a little. What they say may not be all that agreeable, but at least you’ll be better able to assess the situation.
Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)
A task that you’ve been working on for a long time could come to a standstill today due to circumstances beyond your control. You’re likely to feel quite frustrated, Sagittarius, as there seems to be nothing you can do to speed things up. Don’t agonize over this, however; it will get going again. The best thing you can do is find something else to work on until the blockages have been released.
Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)
Be prepared today, Capricorn. A longtime dream regarding your career may finally become a reality. At first you might not believe it, fighting the news in order to avoid possible disappointment. Don’t fall into this trap; it creates negative energy, which can get in your way. You’ve worked hard to be where you are, and you aren’t likely to stop advancing. Accept your accolades, thank everyone, and then move on.
Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)
You tend to be your own worst critic, Aquarius, and today you’re more likely to be that way. Recent setbacks on the job might find you harboring doubts about your own capabilities. Be objective about the situation. Whatever happened was probably above and beyond your control, so it isn’t fair to doubt yourself because of it. Work hard, continue to do the best you can, and don’t let outside events sap your belief in yourself.
Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)
You tend to be your own worst critic, Aquarius, and today you’re more likely to be that way. Recent setbacks on the job might find you harboring doubts about your own capabilities. Be objective about the situation. Whatever happened was probably above and beyond your control, so it isn’t fair to doubt yourself because of it. Work hard, continue to do the best you can, and don’t let outside events sap your belief in yourself.
