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Coast Guard Bill Beefed Up by González Colón’s Proposals Clears US House Panel

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Coast Guard bill beefed up by González Colón’s proposals clears US House committee

By THE STAR STAFF

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón managed to get two of her proposals included in House Resolution (HR) 7659, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024, approved Wednesday by the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

The resident commissioner-authored language in the bill seeks to study and identify the needs to improve maritime surveillance in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to combat illicit activities in the region, as well as improve the publication of statistics on drug and migrant interdiction.

González Colón originally introduced and achieved the inclusion of both proposals as amendments last year, when the Committee passed the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023. HR 7659 is an updated version of that measure and retains the language authored by the resident commissioner.

“In Puerto Rico, we know firsthand the importance and vital role that the men and women of the Coast Guard play. Therefore, it is imperative that they have the authority and resources to support and reinforce their critical missions,” González Colón said. “My amendments seek to conduct a study on the area of responsibility of the Coast Guard’s San Juan Sector, with jurisdiction over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, in order to have a better understanding of illicit maritime activity in the region and to be able to identify additional resources to help combat it. They also seek to improve transparency by expanding the information that the Coast Guard is required to publish monthly on its website on maritime interdictions to include both the interception of migrants and drugs, as well as the geographic location of such interdictions.”

The language of the Coast Guard Sector Maritime Domain Awareness amendment for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands is found in section 205 of the measure. It would require the Coast Guard to submit a report to Congress outlining

any gaps in maritime dominance and surveillance that must be in place in the Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands region to combat illicit activity, including drug and human trafficking. It must also identify technologies, assets and capabilities that would help the Coast Guard address or mitigate such gaps. The objective of the report would be to have a better understanding of illegal maritime activity in Puerto Rico’s waters and to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the needs of the San Juan Sector.

The amendment for the Public Availability of Information on Monthly Drug and Migrant Interdictions is found in section 206 of the bill. In 2022, Congress required the Coast Guard to post monthly statistics on migrant interdictions on its website. The amendment would extend that requirement to also publish monthly statistics on the quantity and type of drugs intercepted. It also requires the Coast Guard to publish information on the sectors and geographic areas where the operations took place. drug or migrant interdictions.

HR 7659 authorizes funding for Coast Guard operations for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The measure seeks to support and strengthen the activities and missions of this military corps to safeguard the nation’s borders, facilitate maritime trade and guarantee port and maritime security, among other activities.

ICF identifies body of nurse found in Carolina

By THE STAR STAFF

The Institute of Forensic Sciences (ICF) on Wednesday identified a body found in the municipality of Carolina by comparing dental x-rays. A family member authorized for the identification process was notified Wednesday that the forensic odontologist’s report concluded that the body in ICF custody was that of Erick Muñoz Barreto, 27, a nurse who worked at a

San Juan metro area hospital.

The Carolina resident had been reported missing early on March 11 and his body was found a short while later. The autopsy was performed on March 12. Muñoz Barreto’s body, which according to reports had been found by police with several gunshot wounds in the back, partially burned and lying next to a burned out Ford Taurus, was being prepared for delivery to the funeral home selected by the family.

Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón

Erick Muñoz Barreto (Facebook)

Ex-senator who is running again says Pierluisi campaign workers have positions

By THE STAR STAFF

Former senator and current at-large Senate candidate under the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) banner, Carlos Díaz Sánchez, accused Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urritia’s administration on Wednesday of using the Department of Education to finance the payroll of his political campaign workers.

Díaz Sánchez issued a list of individuals working in the Education Department in positions of trust for a total payroll of $700,000 per month who also work in the governor’s campaign. He said the list contains at least 94 names.

Neither La Fortaleza nor Pierluisi’s campaign answered requests for comment made via email by the STAR.

Among the candidates for an elective position is Leyda Cruz Berríos, an at-large Senate candidate under the New Progressive Party (NPP) banner earning a monthly salary of $7,684.95. Cruz Berríos was sanctioned in the past for doing political work during working hours while she served as president of the pro-statehood public servants organization.

The list includes Wendy Lee Colón Martínez, a candidate for the Humacao Senate district seat, who makes $7,897 as a special assistant, according to the list; Odalys Aponte Jiménez, the wife of Highways Authority Authority Director Edwin González Montalvo and a special assistant who is listed as earning $5,061; Gustavo Meza Buelvas, who is a coordinator of San Juan Public Servants and is a special assistant at the agency listed as earning $6,638.10; Víctor Torres González, a political coordinator at the NPP and a special assistant at

of trust in Education Dept.

the agency who is listed as making $4,312 per month; and Paula Rodríguez Homs, a regional political coordinator at the NPP and regional superintendent at the agency who is listed as earning $8,050. The latter two are former lawmakers.

Likewise, former Guánica Mayor Santos Seda Nazario is a mobilization coordinator at the NPP and executive IV listed at $5,399 a month at the agency. Noel Toro Zambrana is a political coordinator at the NPP who also works as executive assistant for a listed $9,142 a month at the agency.

“All have political positions in the campaign of the NPP president and governor Pedro Pierluisi,” Díaz Sánchez said.

Others on the payroll are Evelyn del Moral Rosario, an electoral coordinator for the NPP Humacao region and regional superintendent making $8,050 per month, according to the

list, and Roberto Rodríguez Santiago, an electoral coordinator for the Ponce region who is also a regional superintendent at the agency and is listed as making $8,050 per month.

Díaz Sánchez, a former NPP senator and representative who disaffiliated from the party two years ago, pointed out that “all those who make up the list have political functions in Governor Pierluisi’s campaign, some in electoral functions, others as mobilizers and even in communications.”

“This excessive and even sick desire of Pierluisi and his campaign team to win the primaries against Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González at any cost leaves children and young people without funds to acquire better equipment, physical facilities and even specialized services,” the Senate candidate said.

EPA finalizes cleanup plan for contaminated site in Arecibo

By THE STAR STAFF

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its cleanup plan to address arsenic and lead-contaminated soil, and volatile organic compounds in groundwater at the Battery Recycling Company Superfund site in Arecibo.

The final plan, known as a Record of Decision, explains EPA’s intention to address remaining contaminated soil and groundwater on and off the site’s property.

“EPA has already taken significant actions to address the most urgent risks posed by this site, and now we are moving forward with a long-term solution to clean up the remaining contamination and prevent further exposure,” EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. García said. “We appreciate the public’s participation and feedback on our cleanup plan, which helped us finalize the best option for the site.”

The EPA will remove contaminated soil from areas on and off the site and treat it so that it can be safely stored. It will be stored in a secure and restricted area

at the former facility. The agency will also monitor the groundwater and file land use restrictions with property records to prevent groundwater use until a more permanent remedy can be selected. Additionally, EPA will ensure future land use does not conflict with long-term cleanup goals.

The site was operated as a secondary lead smelter and battery recycling operation from approximately 1994 until 2014. Prior to the secondary lead smelting operation, the site was used for the manufacture of organic chemicals to produce fumaric acid and phthalic acid. These activities left behind high levels of lead, volatile organic compounds and other contaminants in the soil and groundwater.

The EPA added the site to the Superfund National Priorities List in 2017 and addressed a significant amount of the lead contamination at the site in an early removal action that was completed in 2022. The federal agency held a public meeting on Aug. 29, 2023 to explain the proposed plan to the community and take comments.

Carlos Díaz Sánchez, third from left

EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. García and Gov. Pedro Pierluisi (EPA Region 2/Facebook)

Governor insists on maintaining OGPE power in face of draft amendments to Permits Law

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia said Wednesday that he will wait for the legislative process of the 12 bills that amend the Permits Law.

However, he insisted that the function must be maintained in the Permit Management Office (OGPE by its Spanish initials), which must remain attached to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC).

“Well, there are multiple bills. I understand that what they did was that they divided a bill that I vetoed into multiple bills, specifically because it had some provisions that were objectionable,” the governor said in response to questions from the press at an event in Maunabo. “So when they are approved, I will evaluate each one of them … and then make my decision as to whether I sign or veto.”

“If the function of OGPE is respected, if they are consistent with this vision of centralizing, of simplifying, then I am going to view them [the measures] favorably. If what they want is to return to what we had before, then I would not favor them,” Pierluisi added. “Again, I am going to wait, I am going to wait for the measures to reach me, see what the final text of each of them is, and then I make my decision based on the advice that I am going to receive from among other agencies, OGPE, the Planning Board, possibly the Department of Justice and my own work team at La Fortaleza.”

The governor pointed out that “there are many ways to streamline the permit process in Puerto Rico.”

“I think that at the legislative level something that can be done is to try to ensure that all permits reside in a single agency; that is, OGPE,” he said. “Because right now there are many agencies granting licenses and permits, and it is better to centralize the entire process in a single agency. Not in the municipalities,

not in each municipality. Well, when the municipality is autonomous, it has the power to grant permits. But to the extent possible, there are 18 autonomous municipalities that can grant permits. With the rest, 60 municipalities, permits are handled in OGPE, but as I said, in many other agencies [as well]. … Again, OGPE is the agency that should be the one that has the leading voice. Of course, the Planning Board, in certain aspects, supervises it and must be under the umbrella of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce because it is in fact essential for the economic development of Puerto Rico that we have an agile and efficient permit system. And that agency, that is, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, is the one that, to a large extent, is ensuring that this is the case.”

Late Tuesday, a package of 12 legislative measures that seek to simplify and streamline the permitting process in Puerto Rico received the backing of the House of Representatives upon being approved.

The bloc would amend, through separate pieces of legislation, the Law for the Reform of the Process (Law 161-2009). The measures are House Bills 1992, 2057, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067 and 2068.

Legislators from the Popular Democratic Party and the New Progressive Party joined as authors of the bills in a substitute draft to temper a series of recommendations issued by the governor for Law 161 after vetoing a substitute bill last January that contained the same amendments.

“These bills are a relief to small and medium-sized merchants,” said Rep. Jessie Cortés Ramos, chairman of the House Small & Midsize Business and Permitting Committee. “They set aside a vague system of governance when it comes to submitting any renewal of permits in Puerto Rico and open doors to anyone who thinks they can contribute to the development of Puerto Rico.”

“It is important to vote in favor of this list of measures, which provides – once and for all – justice to small and medium-sized merchants,” the legislator said in a statement during the debate on the measures.

Cortés Ramos filed some amendments to the 1992 House bill that clarify the repercussions of inaction on the part of government agencies in issuing their recommendations to the Office of Permit Management on the desirability of a project.

The lawmaker proposed that instead of granting 30 days for agencies to issue their recommendations, the period be extended to 90 days as long as the desirability of a project does not interfere with the maritime-terrestrial zone, ecological protection zones and natural resource zones.

NMEAD chief, DACO secretary lead disaster planning workshop for condo boards

By THE STAR STAFF

Members of condominium boards of directors in Carolina, Caguas and Trujillo Alto, among other municipalities, attended a seminar this week on disaster and emergency plans, as well as water and electric power rationing, an initiative of Carolina District Sen. Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni.

“In several months, the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season begins (June-November) and our interest is to inform the residents of the condominiums and walkups about the need for the Boards of Directors to develop emergency plans in the event of a hurricane or tsunami, among other emergencies, and for them to discuss these plans with the owners on an ongoing basis,” the senator said in a written statement. “We must recognize that over 500,000 families reside in these housing complexes throughout the island.”

The condominiums Caguas Tower, Torre San Miguel, Playa Dorada, Mundo Feliz, Marina, Club Costa Marina

I, Plaza del Mar, Alamar, Brisas de San Juan, Montecillo

II, Golden Tower and Antártico sent representatives to the workshop, which was offered by Consumer Affairs (DACO by its Spanish acronym) Secretary Lisoannette González Ruiz and Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Bureau (NMEAD) Commissioner Niño Correa Filomeno in the activity room of the Playa Dorada condominium in Isla Verde and lasted several hours.

“The Department of Consumer Affairs has to receive from the Boards, every year, the date the plans were approved and the date the owners were notified; it is a requirement that … carries fines of up to $10,000 for each condominium that does not comply,” Jiménez Santoni said. “It is important for the Boards to know this fact because these plans are vital to saving lives in the event of an emergency. Condominium residents have the right to know everything, including eviction routes and the water and electricity rationing process, among other aspects.”

Rep. Jessie Cortés Ramos, chairman of the House Small & Midsize Business and Permitting Committee

Consumer Affairs Secretary Lisoannette González Ruiz

Congressional leaders strike deal on final spending bill before shutdown

By CATIE EDMONDSON

Congressional leaders said earlier this week that they had reached an agreement on the final package of spending legislation to fund the federal government through the fall, though it was unclear whether they would be able to pass it in time to avert a brief partial shutdown over the weekend.

House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the White House had been at loggerheads over funding levels for the Department of Homeland Security. For days, they had been litigating disagreements that threatened to imperil the spending package that also funds the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies. They are facing a midnight Friday deadline to pass the measure and avert a lapse in funding.

A breakthrough Monday night, in which Democrats and Republicans were able to agree to homeland security funding levels for the rest of the fiscal year, allowed negotiators to finalize their deal.

“An agreement has been reached” that will enable Congress to fund the government through Sept. 30, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement. “House and Senate committees have begun drafting bill text to be prepared for release and consideration by the full House and Senate as soon as possible.”

Even as the measure was being written Tuesday, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying he planned to “sign it immediately.” No details were immediately available of a package expected to total about $1 trillion.

Still, the delay in striking the deal could pave the way for a brief lapse in government funding over the weekend. It will take congressional staff time to draw up the text of the bill, which wraps six spending measures into a sizable piece of legislation.

House Republicans have demanded that Johnson abide by an internal rule that allows lawmakers 72 hours to consider the text of a bill before they vote on it, though previous House leaders have at times abandoned that guidance.

And any number of senators may create procedural hurdles for the bill’s passage and demand votes on proposed changes or object to its quick consideration. Those tactics could push final passage past 12:01 a.m. Saturday,

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Congressional leaders said on Tuesday morning that they had reached an agreement on the final package of spending legislation to fund the federal government through the fall, though it was unclear whether they would be able to pass it in time to avert a brief partial shutdown over the weekend. (Haiyun Jiang/The

New York Times)

when funding is set to expire.

“Making headway depends on serious cooperation,” Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader, said Tuesday.

“Providing for the common defense is among our most basic constitutional responsibilities, and we need to be honest with ourselves,” McConnell said. “Growing threats and increasing military requirements make fulfilling this responsibility even more critical. The legislation in front of us will not be Congress’ last word, but it represents an important down payment.”

Late last year, Johnson chopped the spending process in half, creating two partial government shutdown deadlines instead of one, in an effort to avoid asking members to take a single vote on a huge catchall to fund the entire government, which Republicans have objected to repeatedly.

This month, lawmakers were able to negotiate and pass a six-bill $460 billion spending package that just barely met the first deadline March 8, and are now repeating the process — this time haggling over funding for more politically fraught agencies — before the second deadline at the end of this week.

In late-night reversal, appeals court again blocks Texas immigration law

By J. DAVID GOODMAN, EDGAR SANDOVAL and ADAM LIPTAK

The state of Texas late Tuesday was once again prevented from enforcing a strict new immigration law that gives local police agencies the power to arrest migrants who cross the border without authorization.

The order, issued by a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel before midnight, capped a day of legal whiplash and came just hours after the Supreme Court allowed the law to temporarily go into effect.

The justices’ ruling created confusion along the border, outraged immigration advocates and led to a show of defiance

by the Mexican government.

Hours later that was all moot, except the confusion.

At issue is whether the law will be put on a longterm hold while the Biden administration’s claim that the law is unconstitutional makes its way through the legal system.

Earlier Tuesday, the Supreme Court justices had kicked the case back to the 5th Circuit, which is based in New Orleans, and had been considering the Biden administration’s challenge of the law. The law went briefly into effect on Tuesday when the high court declined to block the measure in the meantime.

The 5th Circuit scheduled arguments for Wednesday

on whether the district court’s injunction should remain in place as the federal appeals process goes forward. It was not clear what further action the court might take.

But for the moment, the law is again blocked.

The law known as Senate Bill 4 would make it a crime — a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony after that — to cross into Texas from a foreign country anywhere other than a legal port of entry.

Legal experts said SB 4 would be the only state law known to deputize local authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally entering the country, encouraging other Republican-led states to pass similar laws. And indeed, lawmakers in Iowa on Tuesday passed their own bill.

Biden, vying for Hispanic voters in Nevada, says Trump ‘despises Latinos’

By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS

President Joe Biden earlier this week began a tour through Nevada and Arizona by championing his economic policies and making a sharp-elbowed pitch to the crucial Hispanic electorate in the two battleground states, saying that former President Donald Trump, his Republican rival, “despises Latinos.”

Biden is seeking to use the trip this week through the Sun Belt to turn what polls have shown to be three of his biggest weaknesses — the economy, immigration and slipping support among Latinos — into strengths. The visit comes as the president has adopted an aggressive new tone as he opens the general election campaign against Trump.

As he traveled to Reno, Nevada, and Las Vegas on Tuesday, Biden made clear his campaign has its eye on Latino voters, who are increasingly gravitating toward Trump, recent polls have found.

“This guy despises Latinos,” Biden said in an interview with Univision Radio that aired Tuesday as he criticized Trump’s economic policies and proposals to launch mass deportations. “I understand Latino values.”

Biden’s remarks, among the most strident the president has made toward Trump on the subject, highlighted the fierce battle for an increasingly up-for-grabs voting bloc. And they illustrated the stakes for the president and his party if Latinos turn away from them, a shift that would threaten to unravel the diverse coalition that has delivered Democrats the White House, as well as a plethora of House and Senate seats, in recent years.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, accused Biden of caring more “about illegal immigrant criminals than American citizens.”

“President Trump will secure the southern border and deport illegal criminals to protect ALL American citizens,” Leavitt said in a statement.

Latino voters are particularly crucial in states such as Nevada and Arizona, where they make up roughly 1 in 4 eligible voters and where Biden won in 2020. But Trump has found support in the diverse Latino electorate, including among evangelicals and those focused on border security. He has appealed in particular to those without college degrees, an educational divide that has captured the attention of the White House.

Surveys show Trump winning more than 40% of Latino voters, a level not achieved by a Republican in two decades. Some polls even show Trump ahead of Biden among Latino voters after Biden won nearly 60% of their vote in 2020.

“People like to be entertained and sometimes Donald Trump, what he does is it provides that entertainment. People like laugh at his rallies, you know, it’s like they’re going to a circus,” Arizona Democratic Party chair Yolanda Bejarano told reporters in Phoenix on Tuesday. “We just need to be very, very focused and you know, make sure that Latinos understand exactly who Donald Trump is and what a danger he presents to us.”

Biden’s campaign aides believe they can contrast the president with his predecessor by homing in not just on issues such as abortion and the economy but also on what the president’s aides once viewed as a political vulnerability: immigration and the border. In a memo written by Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chávez Rodríguez, his approach on immigration is listed as a primary way to “contrast on the issues that matter most to Western voters.”

In the interview with Univision, Biden attacked Trump’s comments saying migrants are “not people.” He also said Trump was to blame for encouraging Republicans to sink legislation that

would have imposed sweeping restrictions at the southwestern border, partly to avoid providing Biden an election-year win.

“He says immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood’ of this country, separated children from parents at the border, caged the kids, planned mass deportations systems,” Biden said. “We have to stop this guy. We can’t let this happen. We are a nation of immigrants.”

While Biden has recently shifted his language around immigration to the right, he also emphasized his efforts to provide immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

John Tuman, a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who focuses on the Latino electorate, said that was necessary in a state with voters interested in hearing about reforming the overall immigration system.

“It pays dividends politically to push immigration from the margins to the center,” Tuman said.

But Andrea Masnata, a 34-year-old Nevada resident who immigrated from Bolivia, said she and many Latino peers were not enthused with either candidate. She had also noticed Latinos increasingly becoming disengaged with the Democratic Party, said Masnata, the communications director for Make the Road Action in Nevada, a grassroots group of Latinos and other working-class people of color.

“It’s a clear statement of the disappointment the community has,” Masnata said, adding that many of her peers were concerned about grocery and housing prices, and the administration using immigration as a political talking point. “They know we have one option that is less threatening to our community, but they don’t feel backed by President Biden, either.”

Like the overall electorate in Nevada, Tuman said, Latino voters want to see progress on the economy, including job growth and lower housing costs.

Biden visited Washoe County, the home of Reno and Nevada’s lone swing county, where he said Trump would work to undo the Biden administration’s agenda. At the same time, his campaign kicked off a program called Latinos con BidenHarris, which will organize Latino voters in battleground states with significant Hispanic communities, including Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin. It will focus on Mexican Americans, Venezuelan Americans and Puerto Ricans.

President Joe Biden sits with attendees during a campaign event at the El Portal restaurant in Phoenix, March 19, 2024. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

Stocks

G7 disinflation cheer as Fed decides

Alook at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan

However the Federal Reserve spins it later, there’s some relief in other G7 economies at least that the disinflation process hasn’t completely stalled yet - offering some encouragement to badly bruised bond markets.

As the Fed gets set to announce its latest policy decision and quarterly economic and rate projections on Wednesday, markets seem fairly comfortable with the state of play.

After weeks of back and forth, futures are now priced for a first cut by July and 75 basis points of easing through the full year - with eyes on chair Jerome Powell’s press briefing for any discussion on the Fed’s balance sheet runoff and also on policymakers’ “dot plot” on projected future rates.

With the S&P500 eking out another record closing high on Tuesday, that’s clearly not a terrible vista for stock investors at least.

But ailing bond markets got a shot in the arm over the past 24 hours too - despite the Bank of Japan ending negative interest rates for the first time in 8 years and news of a punchy 11% surge in U.S. housing starts last month.

The cheer came from the inflation updates from Britain and Canada, both of which came in below forecast for February and suggested the stickiness seen in equivalent in U.S. price readings so far this year may not be as pervasive as feared.

Canada’s inflation cooled to its slowest pace since June at 2.8% and closely-watched core inflation measures eased to more than two-year lows, prompting markets to up bets on a June rate cut there. Canada’s dollar eased back afterwards.

And there was good news too heading into Thursday’s Bank of England policy meeting as data showed British inflation easing by more than economists and the BoE itself had expected, falling to a more than 2-year low at 3.4%.

While a first BoE rate cut is fully priced in by its August 1 meeting, markets now see a 50% chance of a move as soon as June. Gilt yields and sterling fell after the news.

There were other encouraging signs too. A downward revision to the Swiss government’s 2024 inflation forecast to just 1.5% has spurred talk the Swiss National Bank could be the first to ease policy as soon as Thursday - knocking back the Swiss franc to its weakest level of the year so far.

On the flipside of all the rate cut speculation was the BOJ’s move to finally tighten its super-loose stance on Tuesday. But even though Tokyo markets were closed for a holiday, indications of continued BOJ bond buying pushed the yen through 151 per dollar to its weakest of the year.

The upshot of all those moves is the dollar’s index is at its highest in almost three weeks going into the Fed decision.

And aided by good demand at Tuesday’s 20-year Treasury bond auction, the global picture has allowed Treasury yields to fall back a bit too.

Wall St stock futures held steady overnight near the new highs.

China’s stocks edged higher after the People’s Bank of China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at a monthly fixing, in line with market expectations.

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In company news, Nvidia’s shares nudged higher after the chipmaker said its new flagship AI processor is expected to ship later this year and CEO Jensen Huang said he is chasing a data center market potentially greater than $250 billion.

AI server maker Super Micro Computer shares tumbled almost 9% on Tuesday, however, after it announced it will sell 2 million shares that could fetch about $2 billion.

Micron Technology reports earnings later on Wednesday.

In Europe, stocks edged lower on a blow to the luxury sec-

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tor there as Kering shares tumbled 14.8% - and on course for its biggest one-day loss on record - after the French luxury goods group warned its first-quarter sales at its star label Gucci could drop by around 20% due to weakness in Chinese demand.

Key diary items that may provide direction to U.S. markets later on Wednesday:

* U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy decision, quarterly projections and press conference

* European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, ECB chief economist Philip Lane and ECB board member Isabel Schnabel all speak in Frankfurt

* U.S. corporate earnings: Micron Technology, General Mills

Battle at hospital points to power vacuum in northern Gaza

By ADAM RASGON

Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has repeatedly spoken of the need to topple Hamas but has done little to address the power vacuum left behind by withdrawing Israeli forces.

Nowhere is that more apparent than in northern Gaza, where an Israeli military raid on a major hospital complex entered a third day Wednesday, as Israel said the reemergence of Hamas fighters had forced it to return to a site they first stormed in November.

Since Monday, the Israeli military said, troops have engaged in deadly gunbattles with militants at the complex, Shifa, leaving displaced people, medical teams and nearby residents caught in the crossfire. On Wednesday, the army said that it had killed dozens of militants in the operation and questioned or arrested hundreds of people. Its account of the operation could not be independently confirmed.

Israeli military analysts say that a coherent plan for governing Gaza could take months or years to put in place, and that troops would likely have had to return to Shifa in the interim. But critics of Netanyahu say that he has failed to ad-

vance even an initial realistic proposal, leaving Palestinian civilians to bear the highest cost of the disorder.

“Lives have been transformed into hell,” said Talal Okal, a political analyst from Gaza City who fled northern Gaza in October and is now in the United Arab Emirates.

“Netanyahu and his partners don’t want to answer the question of the day after the war,” he said. “Complete chaos has taken hold, and the people are paying the price. But what can they do? All they can do is raise their hands and pray to God.”

Following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli forces launched a wide-scale invasion of northern Gaza, killing Hamas militants and causing immense civilian death and devastation. Its soldiers first raided Shifa Hospital in November after accusing Hamas of using the hospital for military purposes.

That raid on Shifa revealed a stoneand-concrete tunnel shaft below the hospital. At the time, the Gaza Health Ministry said the incursion had put the hospital out of service.

Soldiers withdrew from the hospital in mid-November but returned to the surrounding area in late January and pulled back again in February.

As Israeli forces have shifted the focus of their invasion to southern Gaza — and Netanyahu says they will soon invade the southernmost city of Rafah — the north of the enclave has been all but cut off from humanitarian aid. Lawlessness, damaged roads and attacks on convoys have led aid groups to suspend deliveries there, and the United Nations has said many of its relief missions have been blocked by Israel. Israeli officials say there are no limits on how much aid can enter Gaza.

Palestinians in the north are struggling to obtain basic services and food.

“We’re living, but we’re dead,” said Rajab Tafish, 37, a resident of Gaza City. “We’re exhausted from all of this misery.”

Tafish, a telephone repairperson, said he and his family could hear “terrifying” explosions and gunfire emanating from the Shifa Hospital area, where a family member had been receiving treatment but was no longer reachable.

He said his family had sent his brother to nearby schools Wednesday in hopes of acquiring flour.

The U.N.-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification initiative said this week that 1.1 million people, half the population of Gaza, would most likely face catastrophic food insecurity and predicted an imminent rise in hungerrelated deaths. In the northern areas, it said, 300,000 people faced “imminent” famine.

Twice in the past month, attempts to distribute food ended in bloodshed as Palestinians seeking aid were killed.

More than 100 people were killed in Gaza City on Feb. 29, according to local health authorities, who said Israeli troops had opened fire on a crowd that massed around aid trucks. The Israeli military acknowledged opening fire but said most of the deaths had occurred when people stampeded or were run over by truck drivers.

Last week, at least 20 people were killed while awaiting aid at a traffic circle in northern Gaza. Gaza officials said Israeli forces had “targeted” the crowds, a claim that Israel’s military has denied.

Israeli soldiers on the grounds of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 16, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)

In Hong Kong, China’s grip can feel like ‘death by a thousand cuts’

By DAVID PIERSON and TIFFANY MAY

Once one of Asia’s most high-flying cities, Hong Kong is now grappling with a deep pessimism.

The stock market is in the tank, home values have tumbled and emigration is fueling a brain drain. Some of the hottest restaurants, spas and shopping malls that local residents are flocking to are across the border, in the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen.

“It pains me to say Hong Kong is over,” Stephen Roach, an economist and a former chair of Morgan Stanley Asia long known for his optimism about the city, wrote in a recent commentary in The Financial Times.

The government needs to revive Hong Kong’s economy and promote its global image, but it has instead largely focused on national security. It moved with unusual speed Tuesday to pass a package of updated and new security laws aimed at curbing foreign influence and dissent with penalties such as life imprisonment for treason and other political crimes. The legislation could deter even more foreign businesses, already a shrinking presence, from investing in Hong Kong.

The malaise hanging over Hong Kong is partly a consequence of its status as a bridge between China and the West, with the city’s growth dragged down by the mainland’s sputtering economy and China’s tensions with the United States.

But at the heart of Hong Kong’s troubles is a crisis of identity, as the city’s Beijingbacked officials push the once freewheeling city away from the West and embrace the top-down political culture and nationalistic fervor of President Xi Jinping’s China.

“People are very unhappy for all kinds of reasons,” said Emily Lau, a veteran prodemocracy politician and former lawmaker who now hosts an interview show on YouTube. “Of course, the authorities will not admit it publicly, but I think they know it.”

Hong Kong, a former British colony, had been promised a degree of autonomy from Beijing after it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, with freedoms unseen in the mainland. But after massive antigovernment demonstrations engulfed the city for months in 2019, Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong in 2020 that the authorities used to crush the pro-democracy opposition with ferocity.

When a pro-Beijing lawmaker complained that police officers were issuing too many fines, Lee rebuked him for what he called an act of “soft resistance.”

The authorities have used this term to describe an insidious, passive defiance against the government. According to Lee, that defiance includes complaints that Hong Kong is too focused on national security.

The Article 23 legislation is meant to root out such “soft resistance,” officials have said, as well as fill in gaps left by the national security law that China directly imposed. The laws center on five areas: treason, insurrection, sabotage, external interference and the theft of state secrets and espionage.

Legal experts and trade groups said the laws’ broad and often vague wording created potential risks for businesses operating in or looking to invest in Hong Kong. The government had to scramble this month to deny reports that it was considering banning Facebook and YouTube as part of the legislation.

In the Chinese Communist Party’s telling, the protests were fueled by Western forces seeking to undermine Chinese sovereignty. John Lee, the city’s Beijing-backed leader and a former police officer, casts Hong Kong as a city still besieged by subversive foreign forces.

Lee says the new security laws will eliminate such threats and be “the strongest foundation for Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.”

Lee and Chinese officials have argued that such laws are long overdue. The Basic Law, the city’s mini constitution, calls for Hong Kong to retain its own political and economic system for 50 years, but also requires it, under Article 23, to pass its own internal security laws. The government first tried to enact Article 23 laws in 2003 but backed down after hundreds of thousands of residents took to the streets in protest, fearing the legislation would limit civil liberties.

With the security laws in place, officials

now say, the government can focus on other needs, like reviving the economy.

But it is unclear if Hong Kong can retain the dynamism and vitality that drove its prosperity at a time when Beijing’s control is so overt. The new rules also raise questions about how the boundaries have shifted.

“Xi Jinping knows Article 23 will damage Hong Kong’s reputation as a financial center,” said Willy Lam, an analyst of Chinese politics at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington. “He knows Beijing needs Hong Kong for foreign investment, foreign exchange and stock market listings. But he is a totally ideological leader. It is far more important to him that he demonstrate his power, flex his muscles and emasculate all opposition in Hong Kong.”

City officials now routinely lash out at foreign governments, diplomats and the news media for any criticism of Hong Kong’s policies. Even voices from within the Hong Kong establishment are not spared the scoldings.

“An unfettered flow of information is crucial for the city to maintain its status as Asia’s financial center,” Wang Xiangwei, an associate professor of journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University, wrote in an editorial published Monday in The South China Morning Post, where he once served as chief editor.

The uncertainty has led some foreign firms to begin treating Hong Kong as if it were the mainland. They have begun using burner phones and limiting local employees’ access to their companies’ global databases.

Mark Lee, a Hong Kong native, said that the more his city looked and felt like the mainland, the more tempted he was to emigrate overseas.

The 36-year-old personal trainer said that in the last few years, about a quarter of the 200 people who used to belong to his WhatsApp group for organizing group runs and workout sessions had left Hong Kong. He is reluctant to have a child because he is worried about Hong Kong’s public school system, where national security education is required.

“When Hong Kong is not my city anymore, I will have to leave,” Lee said. The changes, he added, felt like “death by a thousand cuts.”

Office workers cross a street in Central, a major financial district in Hong Kong, on Jan 15, 2024. About 55,000 Chinese from the mainland have joined Hong Kong’s working masses through a “top talent” visa program since December 2022. (Anthony Kwan/The New York Times)

An Arab mandate for Palestine

By BRET STEPHENS

Sooner or later, the war in the Gaza Strip will end. Hamas’ leaders hope that when it does, they will emerge from their tunnels to raise their green banners over the rubble — a symbolic victory for “Resistance” in the face of the misery they sowed on Oct. 7.

Israel’s security leaders hope that when it does, Gaza will be temporarily divided into a patchwork of subregions administered by local clans known to Israeli security services. The Israeli military will then operate in the territory for an indefinite period on a counterterrorism mission, assume greater control along the border with Egypt and deradicalize the population.

President Joe Biden hopes that “a revitalized Palestinian Authority” will return to govern the territory from which it was forcibly ejected by Hamas after a brief civil war in 2007, with a view toward a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank.

None of this is likely to happen.

Israel will make very sure Hamas’ leaders don’t emerge from the war alive; any sort of victory parade by the group would almost certainly meet a swift and gory end.

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An indefinite Israeli military occupation of Gaza would generate an insurgency, bleed Israel of money and personnel and eventually prove politically and diplomatically unsustainable.

The Palestinian Authority is too weak to govern Gaza; revitalizing it would require not only deposing Mahmoud Abbas, its octogenarian president, but also rooting out its systemic corruption, a goal that has eluded every past effort at reform.

A Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank may be appealing in theory, but Israelis have reason to fear that, in practice, it could quickly devolve into a larger version of Hamastan. No plausible Israeli government, even one led by centrists, will allow it to come into being anytime soon.

So what could work? I would propose an Arab Mandate for Palestine. The (very) long-term ambition would be to turn Gaza into a Mediterranean version of Dubai, offering a proof of concept that, in 10 or 15 years, would allow a Palestinian state to emerge on the model of the United Arab Emirates — future-oriented, federated, allergic to extremism, open to the world and committed to lasting peace.

I first suggested a version of this idea in my column on Oct. 7, by transforming Gaza from a locus of conflict to a “zone of shared interests” between Israel and friendly Arab states. More recently, a long and useful report by the Vandenberg Coalition and the Jewish Institute for National Security for America makes the case for an International Trust for Gaza Relief and Reconstruction, with a “realistic pathway to an eventual two-state solution.”

The key lies in persuading moderate Arab states that they have the biggest stakes of all in achieving a better outcome for Gaza: first, because a Hamas-controlled Gaza is another outpost (along with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) of Iranian-backed militancy in the heart of the Arab world and, second, because a long-running crisis in Gaza will become a rallying cry for religious extremism in their own populations.

An unresolved crisis in Gaza will ultimately harden Israel, shift it further to the right and put an eventual Palestinian state permanently out of reach. It will also divide the Arab world, strengthen Iran and undermine the modernizing course that the best Arab leaders have embarked on. Those leaders shouldn’t pretend that the burden of a solution in Gaza lies entirely with Jerusalem or Washington.

The good news is that those leaders don’t just have the most to lose. They also have the most to give. They

have a measure of legitimacy with Gaza residents that non-Arab actors will never have and that Palestinians in Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have forsaken. They have political credibility with Israel, the United States and the European Union.

And they have financial, diplomatic, intelligence and military resources for an extended relief and reconstruction effort, provided it is extensively supplemented by help from the West. No U.S. administration is going to want to involve itself in another nation-building exercise in the Middle East, above all if it involves American forces. But we can be part of a solution that helps Israel, hurts Iran, defangs Islamists and offers Palestinians a visible avenue toward peace, prosperity and independence.

There will need to be confidence-building measures, commitments and deadlines — not just for Gaza’s demilitarization and reconstruction but also for Israel to deliver on its end. That would begin with a halt to new settlement construction. In doing so, Israel would be fulfilling the ultimate purpose of Zionism, which is Jewish self-rule — neither rule by others nor rule over others. That’s a point the current government of Israel refuses to accept, which is one of the many reasons Benjamin Netanyahu must not remain in office.

There are many who will object to an Arab Mandate for Palestine — those who want a Palestinian state now, those who want a Palestinian state never and those who think we can somehow return to the formulas of the Oslo Accords and other failed peace efforts. In the last analysis, such a mandate is the only plausible way forward.

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The Marina district in Dubai, March 3, 2023. (Andrea DiCenzo/The New York Times)

“Huertas College y AirMax unen fuerzas”

Huertas College, con una trayectoria de 79 años en el mercado, celebró el pasado miércoles, 13 de marzo un evento junto a AirMax en el que además de hablar del nuevo refrigerante R32, ambas entidades firmaron una Alianza Colaborativa en la que unirán fuerzas en pro de la profesión de la Refrigeración. La alianza, incluye participación de ambas partes en eventos académicos, oportunidades de desarrollo personal y profesional para estudiantes, así como oportunidades de internado y empleo y charlas informativas que beneficiarán tanto a la comunidad de Huertas como al público en general. En la actividad, que participaron más de 100 personas incluyendo estudiantes y técnicos de refrigeración ya certificados, conversaron sobre los beneficios, eficiencia y uso correcto del refrigerante R32. La charla, ofrecida por uno de los profesores del programa de refrigeración de Huertas, Carlos Pérez, incluyó las razones por las cuales se debe usar el refrigerante R32:

-Tiene un potencial de agotamiento del ozono (ODP), de 0 en comparación con el ODP de 0.055 del refrigerante R22.

-Tiene un potencial de calentamiento atmosférico (GWP) de 675, muy bajo en comparación con el GWP de 2.088 del refrigerante R410A.

-Es un gas más económico y un 10% más eficiente. Además, ofrece un mejor rendimiento con una temperatura exterior extrema. Al finalizar el evento, AirMax sorprendió a Huertas con la donación de 2 de estas nuevas unidades para el beneficio de la Institución y de los estudiantes.

Para aquellos que no pudieron participar de esta primera sesión, se estará haciendo un segundo evento, el miércoles, 17 de abril

a las 5:00 p.m. Si estás interesado en participar puede registrarse visitando la siguiente página de internet: www.huertascollege.com

Conoce las próximas actividades de Huertas College:

1. jueves, 4 de abril de 2024: Open House para las Escuelas Superiores. (Hay transportación disponible).

2. martes, 9 de abril de 2024: Soluciona tus problemas de electricidad con Huertas College. Aprende desde una forma práctica todo lo que puedes resolver de electricidad en tu hogar. Esta actividad comienza a las 5:00 p.m.

3. miércoles, 17 de abril de 2024: A las 5:00 p.m. tienes una cita en Huertas College y AirMax para que conozcas las últimas tecnologías en aires acondicionados

¡Hace calor; aprende de los expertos! (2da Sesión de esta actividad)

4. miércoles, 24 de abril de 2024: Ventas y Mercadeo para vida. Haciendo un plan de mercadeo para ti, tu negocio y tus futuros clients. (seminario virtual)

5. miércoles, 8 de mayo de 2024: Manejo de Finanzas Personales en 1, 2 y 3. Tomando control de tus finanzas personales con las técnicas que te darán los expertos.

Para participar en uno de sus eventos, puede llamar al 787-746-1400 ext. 3 o visitar www. huertascollege.com. Actualmente, Huertas ya comenzó su proceso de Admisión

Temprana para su matrícula de septiembre 2024. ¡Visítalos para que te matricules!

Huertas College, ¡los líderes en carreras cortas!

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Jewish film professionals denounce speech by ‘Zone of Interest’ director

By MARC TRACY

Hundreds of Jewish actors, producers and others in the film industry have signed a letter condemning remarks critical of Israel that director Jonathan Glazer made when he accepted an Oscar for his film about the Holocaust, “The Zone of Interest.”

Described as a “statement from Jewish Hollywood professionals,” the letter was signed by actors Debra Messing and Julianna Margulies; producers Lawrence Bender and Amy Pascal; and writer and showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino, according to Variety, which first reported on it Monday evening.

The signatories were confirmed Tuesday by Allison Josephs, an activist who has promoted Jewish representation in films and television and who helped with outreach for the letter. She said that by Tuesday morning it had nearly 1,000 signatures.

The letter criticized a speech Glazer made when he accepted the Oscar for international feature at the Academy Awards this month for

“The Zone of Interest,” which follows the Nazi commandant who runs Auschwitz and his family as they lead quiet domestic lives just beyond the walls of the camp.

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,” Glazer, who is Jewish, said as he accepted the Oscar. “Not to say ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst.”

“Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” he said. “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”

The letter condemning his speech said: “We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination.”

It continued: “Israel is not targeting civi-

The director Jonathan Glazer accepts the award for best international feature film for “The Zone of Interest,” during the 96th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, March 10, 2024. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)

lians. It is targeting Hamas. The moment Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders, is the moment this heartbreaking war ends.”

It accused Glazer’s speech of lending “credence to the modern blood libel that fuels a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world, in the United States, and in Hollywood.”

Glazer’s remarks, a rare mention of the conflict at an awards show, drew applause at the ceremony and then criticism. Some early reports appeared to misquote Glazer in a way that made it look as though he were refuting his Jewishness, rather than refuting what he characterized as his Jewishness’ being “hijacked by an occupation.”

The term “occupation” is often used to describe Israel’s control of the West Bank and its blockade of Gaza. Monday’s open letter seemed to suggest that Glazer had described all of Israel as an occupation; it said that the “use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years, and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history.”

Representatives for Glazer did not respond to a request for comment.

“The Zone of Interest,” featuring Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel, was nominated for five Oscars, including best picture. It was the first film ever submitted by the United Kingdom to win the international feature award.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIANDO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE GUAYANILLA EN SABANA GRANDE FERNANDO

VELAZQUEZ MALDONADO

HC 02 BOX 6228

PEÑUELAS, PR 00624

Tel. (787)241-0258. Peticionario Vs. EX-PARTE

Civil Núm.: GY2023CV00196

SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO

POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNI-

DOS DE AMERICA. EL PRE-

SIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: MARINA MALDONADO MADERA, RENE MALDONADO MADERA, GLIDDEN MALDONADO MADERA y HERIBERTO MALDONADO MADERA.

Por la presente se le notifica que comparezca, si creyera que le conviene, a este Tribunal, dentro de veinte (20) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, el cual se publicará por tres (3) veces y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el Expediente de Dominio promovido por el peticionario para adquirir el dominio de la siguiente propiedad: “RUSTICA: Predio de terreno radicado en el Barrio Macaná del término municipal de Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de UNO PUNTO

TREINTA Y SIETE CUERDAS

(1.37 cdas.) equivalentes a

CINCO MIL TRESCIENTOS

OCHENTA Y CUATRO PUNTO

SESENTA Y CINCO METROS

CUADRADOS (5,384.65 mc).

Colinda por el Norte con Héctor S. Prieto Velázquez, por el Sur y Este con José A. Velázquez Velázquez y por el Oeste con Carretera Ciento Treinta y Uno (131) y terrenos de Luisa Velázquez Maldonado. Contiene una estructura destinada a vivienda.”. Debe notificar con copia de sus alegaciones a la representación legal del prominente, Lcda. Joseph Brocco Santiago, P.O. Box 608, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico 00624-0608, Teléfono 787-836-3020. EXTENDIDO

BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal en Yauco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de febrero de 2024.

Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria del Tribunal. Delia Aponte Velázquez, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE VILLAL-

BA IVÁN LUIS TORRES DEL HOYO - SOLARZANO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO IVÁN LUIS

TORRES HOYOS, Y HÉCTOR RAMÓN

TORRES DEL HOYOSOLARZANO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO HÉCTOR RAMÓN

TORRES HOYOS

Peticionarios EX-PARTE

CIVIL NÚM.: VI2024CV00026

SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINO EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: LAS 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 MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

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 adquirir su dominio sobre 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: http://www.unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar alegación responsiva 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. RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno del término municipal de Villalba en el barrio

Caonillas Arriba, compuesta de cinco (5) cuerdas dedicadas a pasto. Colinda por el Norte, Sur y Oeste antes con Iván Luis Torres Hoyos y Héctor Ramón Torres Hoyos, hoy Luis Marrero Ortiz, y por el Este, con la quebrada denominada “La Cotorra”. Catastro número 271000-006-04-001 La abogada de la parte peticionaria es: Lcda. María E. Vicéns Rivera, 1218 Ave. Hostos, Suite 117, Ponce, PR 00717; email: mevicens@ yahoo.com; teléfono (787) 2591999. 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 20 días a contar de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle.

En Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico a 1ro de marzo de 2024. Maria C. Colón Santiago, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria Regional.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL

GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO.

MIGUEL ANGEL

CABRERA TORRES por si y en representacion de sus hermanos MARIA

ALONDRA CABRERA

QUIARA; MIGUEL ARMANDO TORRES

QUIARA; ANAID MARITZA

CABRERA QUIARA; MARIA MAGDALENA

CABRERA TORRES

PETICIONARIOS

EX PARTE

CASO CIVIL NÚMERO: NG2023CV00147. SOBRE: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. E.U A., PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.U., E.L.A. DE P.R. ss.

A: Las Personas

Ignoradas a Quienes

Pueda Perjudicar la Inscripción Solicitada

Por la presente se le notifica que comparezcan, si creyeren conveniente, ante este Honorable Tribunal. Ello debe hacerlo dentro de un término no mayor de 20 días desde la última publicación de un edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para inscribir su dominio sobre el siguiente inmueble. Por la presente se notifica que se ha presentado ente este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la parte

Promovente el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: Rustica: Predio localizado en el Barrio Duque del Término Municipal de Naguabo con número de catastro 230-000007-10-998, compuesto de VEINTE Y CINCO MIL DOSCIENTOS VEINTE Y OCHO METROS CUADRADOS CON DOSCIENTOS SETENTA MILESIMAS DE OTRO METRO CUADRADO (25,228.270 M.C.), en lindes por el NORTE en once alineaciones que en total suman ochenta y siete metros con ciento cuarenta y cinco milésimas de otro metro (87.145 mts.) con terrenos de la Sucesión Miguel A. Cabrera; por el SUR en nueve alineaciones que en total suman ciento veinte y dos metros con trescientos sesenta y siete milésimas de otro metro (122.367 mts.) con terrenos de Roberto Rodriguez López, Camino Publico y Mercedes Cabrera; por el ESTE en 11 alineaciones que en total suman doscientos treinta y seis metros con ciento noventa y una milésimas de otro metro (236.191 mts.) con terrenos de Mario D. Nieves, Efraín Rodriguez García y Dinorah Del Pilar Camacho Rodriguez; y por el OESTE en siete alineaciones que en total suman doscientos veinte y cinco metros con seiscientos cincuenta y dos milésimas de otro metro (225.652 mts.) con terrenos de José L. Alvira Acosta. Está atravesada por un Camino Vecinal. No está Inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. El número de codificación o “catastro” según aparece en el CRIM es el 230-000-007-10-998 el cual es de la finca principal. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. 1. Que la parte peticionaria adquirió la mencionada propiedad objeto de la presente solicitud de dominio Conforme a la Resolución del 14 de agosto de 2012 sobre Declaratoria de Herederos, el peticionario en representación de sus hermanos como heredero del caudal dejado por el difunto Miguel Ángel Cabrera Figueroa, es la parte peticionaria en esta Petición representando. 2. El abogado de la parte Promovente el Licenciado Julio César Osuna Guzmán, cuya dirección es: Calle 15 N#3 Urb. Sta. Juana, Caguas Puerto Rico 00725 y cuyo teléfono lo es (787) 7447302 y su correo electrónico josunalaw@gmail.com. Y se le notifica a ustedes que este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite a ustedes, para que hagan oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndoles que de no hacer oposición dentro del término de

veinte (20) días a contar desde que fueran ustedes notificados de esta citación, la Parte Promovente podrá solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente y su correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Caguas, el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. POR ORDEN DEL HONORABLE:

ROBERTO E. SOTO VEGA, Juez de este Tribunal, expido la presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 21 de diciembre del 2023. Bajo mi firma y sello oficial. Evelyn Felix Vazquez, Secretario Regional Interina. Lisa M. Figueroa Ruiz, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE ISAAC RIVERA GONZÁLEZ

COMPUESTA POR

LUIS RIVERA T/C/C LUISITO RIVERA Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO; MILADIS VIRGINIA VÁSQUEZ

PEGUERO T/C/C MILADIS VIRGINIA DE RIVERA T/C/C MILADIS VIRGINIA VÁSQUEZ DE RIVERA, POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA

PARTE DEMANDADA

CIVIL NÚM. GB2022CV00160 (201) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 22 de agosto de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 14 de febrero de 2024 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 9 de abril de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, Centro Gubernamental, Carretera Número Veinte (20) Kilómetro 5, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y

en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar que procede del número 141 en el plano de la Urbanización de la Finca de Marcos Tomás Canejas, cuya finca radica en el Barrio Pueblo Viejo de Guaynabo. El solar de este número se compone de 187.50 metros cuadrados, comprendiendo una casa de madera y techada de zinc, colindando por el NORTE, con los manglares del Pueblo de Puerto Rico; por el SUR, con el solar #142 de Florentino Arroyo; por el ESTE, con calle Marítima; y por el OESTE, finca de donde procede propiedad de Jenara Santana. Inscrita al folio 153 del tomo 13 de Guaynabo, Finca 925. Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 156 del tomo 1389 de Guaynabo, Finca 925. Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. Inscripción undécima. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: BO. AMELIA 104 JUANCHO LÓPEZ GUAYNABO, PR 00969 • DIRECCIÓN REGISTRAL: #141 URB. MARCOS TOMÁS CANEJAS BO. PUEBLO VIEJO GUAYNABO, PR 00969. Número de Catastro: 16-062-002-034-140-00. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $83,636.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 16 de abril de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $55,757.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta, el día 23 de abril de 2024, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $41,818.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $65,023.35 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 5.5% anual desde el 1 de abril de 2020 hasta su completo pago, más $370.68 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento

hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,363.60 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso De Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. La Sucesión de Isaac Rivera González compuesta por Luis Rivera t/c/c Luisito Rivera y Mengano de Tal, posible heredero desconocido; Miladis Virginia Vásquez Peguero t/c/c Miladis Virginia De Rivera t/c/c Miladis Virginia Vásquez de Rivera, por sí y en la cuota viudal usufructuaria, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, en el caso civil número GB2018- CV00421, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $408,050.74 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 10 de julio de 2018. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Guaynabo. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los

licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy 20 de febrero de 2024. HUGO BASCÓ MEDINA Placa 807, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYNABO SALA SUPERIOR.

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Demandante V. SUCESION DE LOURDES COLON MORALES, COMPUESTA POR CRUZ MORALES RUIZ, COMO POSIBLE HEREDERA CONOCIDA; FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL Y ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; HONORABLE SECRETARIO DE JUSTICIA DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados CIVIL NÚM. PO2022CV02389 SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, Juan R. Cruz Román, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, a la demandada 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, con fecha 9 de febrero de 2024 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $113,887.39 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 20 de noviembre de 2023, notificada por edicto y archivada el 30 de noviembre de 2023, y publicada mediante edicto el día 6 de diciembre de 2023 en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star y notificada por correo certificado ese mismo dia, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso

LYDIA MALDONADO ABREU Y COMO LYDIA MALDONADO COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados

Civil Núm.: LP2023CV00170.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA-

RIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN.

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ-

RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

A: LA SUCESION DE LYDIA RAQUEL

MALDONADO ABREU, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO LYDIA R. MALDONADO, LIDIA RAQUEL MALDONADO ABREU, LYDIA R.

MALDONADO ABREU, LYDIA MALDONADO ABREU Y COMO

LYDIA MALDONADO COMPUESTA POR

FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS

CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN.

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 y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo

de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda.

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC

Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero

TSPR Núm. 18074

501 Avenida Muñoz Rivera San Juan, PR 00918

Tel. 561-338-4101 / Fax 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com

El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante, LYDIA RAQUEL MALDONADO ABREU, también conocida como LYDIA R. MALDONADO, LIDIA RAQUEL MALDONADO ABREU, LYDIA R. MALDONADO ABREU, LYDIA MALDONADO ABREU y como LYDIA MALDONADO. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 12 de MARZO de 2024. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL INTERINA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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CARMEN ESQUILIN OQUENDO

Demandado(a) JAIME RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA BUFETE.RODRIGUEZRIVERA@ GMAIL.COM

Caso Núm.: YB2023CV00227 (SALÓN 208) Sobre: DIVISIÓN O LIQUIDACIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: CARMEN ESQUILÍN

OQUENDO, TEXAS, EUA Y CUALQUIERA PERSONA IGNORADA

QUE PUEDA TENER INTERÉS EN ESTE CASO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 DE MARZO 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 13 de MARZO de 2024. En HUMACAO , Puerto Rico, el 13 de MARZO de 2024. EVELYN FELIX VAZQUEZ, Secretario(a). f/lVELISSE M. MONCLOVA CRUZ, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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COLON Y KARLA MARIE ORTIZ OTERO

Demandados

Civil Núm. CG2023CV00439.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO

Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA

POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA

SUBASTA. Yo, ALEJANDRO

URBINA ROQUE, ALGUACIL

AUXILIAR PLACA #997, Alguacil Supervisor de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas, 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 1 de marzo de 2024 y para satisfacer la cantidad adeudada de $162,083.79, de principal mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos el 28 de diciembre de 2023, notificada y archivada en autos el 29 de diciembre de 2023, 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, el bien inmueble se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento residencial identificado con el número doscientos dos del Edificio cuatro (4-202), localizado en la segunda planta del Edificio cuatro del Condominio Armonía, sito en el barrio Cañabón del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, el cual tiene una cabida superficial de área de construcción de 1,491.86 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 138.60 metros cuadrados. En lindes al Norte, con un espacio abierto en una distancia de 40 pies 10 pulgadas, equivalentes a 12.45 metros y con el área de acceso y escalera del Edificio en una distancia de 3 pies 8 pulgadas, equivalentes a 1.12 metros; al Sur, con un espacio abierto en una distancia de 44 pies 6 pulgadas, equivalentes a 13.56 metros; al Este, con el apartamento #201 del Edificio #4 (4-201) en una distancia de 26 pies 8 pulgadas, equivalentes a 8.13 metros y con el área de acceso y escalera del Edificio en una distancia de 6 pies 4 pulgadas, equivalentes a 1.93 metros y al Oeste, con el apartamento #201 del Edificio #5 (5-201), en una distancia de 36 pies 2 pulgadas, equivalentes a 11.02 metros. La puerta principal de entrada y salida de este apartamento se encuentra localizada en la colindancia Norte, y da acceso a elementos comunes a saber: pasillos, escalera y a su vez a través de las calles interiores tiene acceso a la vía pública Gran Boulevard de Los Prados. Este apartamento consta de un nivel, donde se ubican los elementos de vestíbulo, sala, comedor, sala familiar, cocina, tres cuartos dormitorios, varios roperos (closets), dos cuartos de servicios sanitarios, área con facilidades para destinar a lavandería y una terraza al fondo. Tiene y le corresponde como elemento común limitado destinado

a forma y manera exclusiva, permanente e inseparable, dos espacios para estacionamientos que se identifican con los números 39 y 50. Este apartamento tiene una participación en los elementos generales del Condominio de 0.3662%. Consta inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 1778 de Caguas, finca #59645 Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección 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: $162,083.79 de principal, con intereses al 5.875%, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más $534.50 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $188,900.00 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: $125,933.34. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, regirá como tipo de la tercera subasta la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado; $94,450.00. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el 9 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el 16 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el 23 DE ABRIL DE 2024, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Caguas. Del Estudio de Título realizado surgen los siguientes gravámenes: GRAVAMENES: Por su procedencia: Servidumbres. POR SI: Condiciones Restrictivas de Venta por el término de 10 años, impuestas por la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico por haber concedido la suma de $4,887.36 para sufragar gastos de cierre, según Esc.#38 en San Juan el 2 de septiembre de 2010 ante María Del C. Cividanes Fernández, inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 1728 de Caguas, finca #59645 inscripción 1ra. Hipoteca en garantía de pagaré a favor de Popular Mortgage, Inc., o a su orden, por $25,000.00 al 5 ½% anual, vencedero el 1 de octubre de 2040, según Esc. #40 en San Juan el 2 de septiembre de 2010 ante María Del C. Cividanes Fernández, inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 1728 de Ca-

guas, finca #59645 inscripción 3ra y última. 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 Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 11 de marzo de 2024. ALEJANDRO URBINA ROQUE, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #997.

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Demandante V. RG MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02790. (Civil 404). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ELDA MAGALI RODRIGUEZ CORALCDAELDAMRODRIGUEZ@GMAIL. COM.

A: RG MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ÚLTIMO TENEDOR CONOCIDO, CUALQUIER TENEDOR DESCONOCIDO, FULANO DE TAL.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de marzo 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 13 de marzo de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de marzo de 2024. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MYRIAM FIGUEROA PASTRANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. MARINET

ROSARIO ARRIAGA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AB2023CV00083. (Salón: 701). Sobre COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ADRIÁN BRITO RODRÍGUEZ, ADRIAN@BRITO.LEGAL.

A: MARINET ROSARIO

ARRIAGA - HC 1 BOX

7222, AGUAS BUENAS

PR 00703-9718.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de marzo 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 06 de marzo de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 06 de marzo de 2024.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ANDENO CO

Demandante V. RAFAEL RIVERA

RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2023CV03313.

(Salón: 402 SUPERIOR CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ADRIÁN BRITO RODRÍGUEZ, ADRIAN@BRITO.LEGAL.

A: RAFAEL RIVERA RODRIGUEZ, URB. PARQ MONTEBELLO, D8 CALLE 8, TRUJILLO ALTO, PR 00976-3831.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de enero 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

puede examinarse en la Secretaría delTribunal.Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en estecaso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicaráuna vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar sualegación responsiva a través del Sistema

Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Caso (SUMAC),al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr,salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegaciónresponsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra yconceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sanadiscreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abogados de la parte demandante son.

ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE

DEMANDANTE:

/ LICENCIADO NOTARIO P.R., INC.

Física: Ave. San Patricio 764

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00921

Postal: 130 Ave. Winston Churchill PMB 327 Suite 1

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926-6018

Tel. (787) 487-7718

info@licenciadonotariopr.com

/F/ ALEJANDRA M. RAMOS MUÑOZ

Núm. Tribunal Supremo 23,244

Expedido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 19 de MARZO de 2024. LCDA LAURA I SANTA

SANCHEZ, SECRETARIO(A)

GENERAL. LUREIMY ALICEA

GONZALEZ, SECRETARIO(A)

AUXILIAR.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION T/C/C FANNIE MAE

Demandante V. JUDITH DEL CARMEN

ROBERT MARTINEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AG2019CV00660.

(Salón: 603 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO

Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.

A: SUCESIÓN DE CARLOS AUGUSTO ROBERT RUÍZ

COMPUESTA POR

SUS HEREDEROS

CONOCIDOS JUDITH

DEL CARMEN ROBERT

MARTÍNEZ T/C/C JUDITH

SALAZAR T/C/C CARMEN

ROBERT MARTÍNEZ

DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO

PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ)

MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01

BOX 16980, AGUADILLA, PR 00603; 2485

HANKINSON LANE DATE TX 75189; JOSÉ ROBERT T/C/C JOSÉ EDUARDO

ROBERT COLÓN

DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO

PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ)

MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01 BOX 16980 AGUADILLA, PR 00603; FRANCES

MARIE ROBERT PAGAN

DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO

PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ)

MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01 BOX 16980 AGUADILLA, PR 00603; MARÍA

ANGELLIE ROBERT PAGÁN T/C/C MARIE

A. ROBERT PAGÁN

DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO

PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ)

MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01 BOX 16980

AGUADILLA, PR 00603; 3151 ORANGE GROVE

CT LAKELAND, FL 33810; 3722 WOODBURY HILL LOOP LAKELAND, FL 33810; RAFAEL ROBERT LYONS DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ) MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01 BOX 16980 AGUADILLA, PR 00603; 2818 TOLWORTH AVE. ORLANDO, FL 32837; SUCESIÓN DE LILLIAM

DEL CARMEN ROBERT COLÓN T/C/C LILIAM

DEL CARMEN ROBERT COLÓN COMPUESTA POR; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHAS SUCESIONES

DIRECCIÓN: BARRIO

PUEBLO PARCELA F (15 TOMÁS GONZÁLEZ) MOCA, PR 00676; HC 01 BOX 16980 AGUADILLA, PR 00603; KING DR. #14 BASE RAMEY AGUADILLA, PR 00604. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de marzo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi-

damente 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 18 de marzo de 2024. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 18 de marzo de 2024. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT

FINANCE, INC.

Demandante Vs. N&N ENTERPRISES INC. DÍA: BURGER TOWN; URIEL NAZARIO Y RAFAEL JOSE

NEGRON OQUENDO; FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2024CV00059. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON URIEL NAZARIO; FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON RAFAEL JOSÉ NEGRÓN

OQUENDO - URB. LOS MONTES 334, CALLE ALONDRA, DORADO, PR 00649; DIRECCIONES ADICIONALES: URB. MARINA BAHÍA MF - 18

PLAZA 32 CATAÑO, PR 00962; URB. LEVITTOWN

LAKES AA-86 CALLE CERVANTES, TOA BAJA, PR 00949; PO BOX 9438, CAGUAS, PR 00726 Y AVE. FD ROOSEVELT #1 102-1104, SAN JUAN, PR 00921.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la Demanda en Cobro de Dinero, en la que se reclama el pago de una deuda por la cantidad de $26,327.04, dentro de los 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: 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, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUNO FAS RÚA NÚM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

En Bayamón, Puerto Rico a 19 de marzo de 2024. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA NSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA ESTRELLA HOMES III, LLC

Demandante V. HAYDEE GONZALEZ

LOPEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: TA2021CV00964. (Salón: 201 A). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA

POR EDICTO.

FAUSTO D. GODREAU ZAYASDG@G-GLAWPR.COM. GRISELLE GONZALEZ LAUREANO - 160 SW 64TH WAY, BOCA RATÓN, FLORIDA, ESTADOS UNIDOS, 33428.

HAYDEE GONZALEZ LOPEZ - 338 BELMAR BLVD, FARMINGDALE, NEW JERSEY, ESTADOS UNIDOS, 07727.

ILEANA GONZALEZ LAUREANO -

ILEANAQGONZALEZ@GMAIL.COM.

JOHN DOE - PO BOX 361777 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00936-1777.

MARY DOE - PO BOX 361777 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00936-1777. SANDRA GONZALEZ LOPEZ2219 CARDINAL, COVE CIRCLE, SANFORD, FLORIDA, ESTADOS UNIDOS 32771.

VANESSA GONZALEZ LAUREANO - PO BOX 193285, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00919.

VIRGILIO GONZALEZ LAUREANO - 14747 DAULILY CT, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, ESTADOS UNIDOS 32824.

A: HAYDEE GONZALEZ

LOPEZ, MARY DOE, GRISELLE GONZALEZ

LAUREANO, VANESSA

GONZALEZ LAURENO, VIRGILIO GONZALEZ

LAUREANO, SANDRA

GONZALEZ LOPEZ, JOHN DOE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de enero 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 18 de marzo de 2024. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 18 de marzo de 2024. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Maritza Bonilla Hernández, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN SEBASTIAN.

NORMA CUEVAS LOPEZ

Demandante V.

MARANGELY

CUEVAS TORRES

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SS2023CV00617 (Salón 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: DIVISION O LIQUIDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARANGELY

CUEVAS TORRES

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de MARZO 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 19 de MARZO de 2024. En San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, el 19 de MARZO de 2024. Sarahi Reyes Perez, Secretaria. F/Laura Lugo Crespo, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

ISLAND PORTFOLIO

SERVICES, LIC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. JAIME E. CASANOVA TORRES

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CY2023CV00236. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANERO, KEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM.

A: JAIME E.

CASANOVA TORRES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

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 13 de marzo de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 13 de marzo de 2024.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ANA H. LUGO MUÑOZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO LA COMERIEÑA

Demandante V.

JOHN DOE Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AI2024CV00023. (Salón: 001). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NO-

TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

ORLANDO MALDONADO RIVERA, LIC.OMALDONADO@GMAIL.COM

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia par edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de marzo 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 12 de marzo de 2024. En Comerío, Puerto Rico, el 12 de marzo de 2024. Elizabeth González

Rivera, Secretaria. Myrta Enid

Figueroa Aponte, Secretaria

Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

EDDIE RAFAEL ROSADO

FERRER Y OTROS

Demandante v. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) caso Núm.: BY2023CV06135 (SALÓN 401). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

VIRGILIO J. RAMOS TOMASINI RAMOSTOMASINILAW@YAHOO.COM BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

PO BOX71589

SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO 00936 BRENDA MARIA

CABRERA PORRATA

HACIENDA DE DORADO CALLE MAGA E-17, TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO, 00953

DARY CABRERA RODRIGUEZ

HACIENDA DORADO

CALLE MAGA E-17, TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO, 00953

DARYMANUELCABRERAPORRATA

HACIENDA DE DORADO CALLE MAGA E-17, TOAALTA, PUERTO RICO, 00953

FULANO DE TAL

DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA, BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO, 00000 A: BANCO POPULARD

E PUERTOR JCO,D ARY CABRERAR

ODRJGUEZD, ARY MANUEL CABRERA

PORRATA. BRENDA MARIA CABRERA

PORRATA. FULANO DE TAL

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de marzo 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 The San Juan Daily Star

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EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 DE MARZO DE 2024. esle 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, din¡o 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 14 de MARZO de 2024. En BAYAMÓN , Puerto Rico, 14 de MARZO de 2024. CHRISTIAN SANTIAGO SERIO, Secretario(a). f/NELIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, Secretario(a) Auxiliar del Tribunal.

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Why March Madness belongs to the women: Star players, big ratings make it tourney to watch

By NICOLE AUERBACH / THE ATHLETIC

There’s always a sign.

Last spring, I first noticed something special was happening when I couldn’t walk half a block in Dallas without running into large packs of Iowa or South Carolina fans. There were also my guy friends back home who, for the first time, were planning their weekend around the NCAA women’s basketball tournament games instead of the men’s. And all the sports talk radio channels were discussing Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. My Spidey senses were tingling.

I could feel it in my bones that the sport was primed for a breakthrough moment, though I couldn’t have imagined that nearly 10 million people would tune in to see Iowa and Louisiana State in the 2023 national title game, shattering the record for viewership of a women’s basketball game. But I could tell the barrier of apathy had been broken: These women, that late-game taunting, the sport itself — it would all be talked about for days and weeks and months to come.

I have the same feeling right now.

Another giant leap is coming for a sport that ought to be growing accustomed to these gains. As we head into March Madness, it is the women’s side of the tournament that is taking center stage. It is the women’s stars who shine the brightest. It is the women’s game with the most intriguing storylines.

That’s not even debatable.

“We’ve been on a steady incline,” Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb said on my SiriusXM show Sunday night. “You combine the star power in our game, the fact that you have some of these established stars that fans have really built a relationship with like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink — and then you add in this incredibly dynamic freshman class.

“What we’re seeing is that women’s basketball is a really marketable entity. People love it. We’re in a space where there’s an incredible amount of excitement around it.” She added, “It’s something that’s, really, a movement.”

We’ve seen those insanely long lines of fans waiting to get into arenas to see Clark play. More than 3 million people watched Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes beat Nebraska in overtime in the Big Ten championship game on CBS, with the audience peaking at 4.45 million in overtime. Clark is so ubiquitous that she was discussed multiple times during this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend broadcast ... while her State Farm commercials aired during its breaks.

ESPN recently announced that this was

its most-watched women’s college basketball regular season in more than 15 years, its viewership up 37% on ESPN platforms from last season. Its Southeastern Conference championship on March 10 between Louisiana State and South Carolina drew almost 2 million viewers, and the Pac-12 title match on the same day between Southern California and Stanford — the Trojans a No. 1 seed and the Cardinal a No. 2 seed in the coming national tournament — drew more than 1.4 million viewers, up 461% from last season’s championship. Those three title games had higher ratings than three NBA weekend games.

With more eyeballs comes increased familiarity for fans, both new and old. Now, they know the stars by first name. Caitlin. Angel. Paige. JuJu. Cam. Hannah.

Walk into your neighborhood sports bar and ask someone to name five men’s basketball players playing this week. Can they do it? I’m not sure I’d bet a beer on that.

Recently on his podcast, Kevin Garnett made the same point. “This is the first time watching college basketball where I know more girls than guys,” he said. “This is the first time we’ve got women’s basketball ahead of men’s basketball. Women’s college basketball

is electric. It is blowing the guy’s game out of the water.”

Of course, that won’t matter much when we sit on our couches or bar stools for 14 straight hours today and 14 straight hours Friday. We’ll watch the men’s games just the same, falling in love with underdogs even though they bust our brackets. We’ll agonize over a coach’s horrendous late-game clock management. And we’ll keep watching the men because theirs has long been the best postseason in sports.

Parity on the women’s side has changed the calculus. So has the transient nature of men’s college basketball; one-and-dones coupled with the transfer portal have made it harder for players to become household names. And so many of the men’s biggest stars, its Hall of Fame coaches, have retired, leaving the sport without its weightiness.

And that has opened a door for the women’s game to run through. This is the sport with players who stay three or four years and grow in front of our eyes. This is the sport with its Hall of Fame coaches still leading the way — many who are recognized on a first-name basis themselves: Dawn, Geno, Tara, Kim — even as parity increases and college athletics evolves under their feet.

This week, I will be most interested in Clark’s final tournament run and whether she can will the Hawkeyes to another Final Four. I’ll want to see JuJu Watkins, the freshman phenom who has revitalized USC’s women’s program, on the big stage for the first time. I’ll want to pretend I have half the energy in my daily life that Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo does on defense in just one game. I’ll be on pins and needles waiting to see if South Carolina can complete a perfect season after falling just short a year ago.

There will undoubtedly be the usual Neanderthal takes, men who still try to claim that nobody watches women’s basketball despite the evidence to the contrary. Those opinions now are shouted down by the fathers who bond with their daughters by taking them to games and the mothers of little boys who wear Clark jerseys and don’t think there’s anything strange about idolizing a female athlete. Those men can cling to their outdated punchlines that make no sense anymore, while we watch compelling basketball and join this rocket ship as it rises.

“Eyes were opened last year, and we just fed off that momentum, and it didn’t ever stop,” Notre Dame Coach Niele Ivey said Sunday. “Great teams, great players — the women’s game is just hot.”

Caitlin Clark of Iowa during a basketball game against Wisconsin in Iowa City, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

Louisiana State forward Angel Reese (LSU)

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