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Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón reported on Tuesday that both chambers of Congress reached an agreement on the financing of aviation programs in which the federal government would identify what is necessary to expand air cargo operations in Puerto Rico.
The bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the product of months of negotiations between the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, of which the resident commissioner is a member, and its counterpart in the Senate, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The next step is for both legislative bodies to approve the bill.
When the House evaluated the bill, González Colón inserted Section 761, which included a study on air cargo operations in Puerto Rico.
The language in the current bill requires the federal government to identify what would be needed to expand air cargo operations in Puerto Rico, including additional infrastructure and personnel, at the island’s three international airports. The proposed study would provide valuable information to improve security and infrastructure and thus continue to drive the island’s economic development through direct and wise investments, according to the bill.
The bill also includes several other measures. For instance,
Section 342 renames the FAA Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative the “Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative” and establishes goals for working with aviation-related entities to reduce the rate of fatal airline accidents by 90% between 2019 and 2033 and eliminate fatal commercial
aircraft accidents by 2033 in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. territories.
The same section also directs the FAA to ensure the installation and operation of automated weather reporting systems and the reliability and availability of information from those systems. Additionally, it directs the FAA to implement visual weather observation systems and continue to evaluate the status of weather camera systems. The section also requires the FAA to identify and implement reasonable mitigations to improve the maintenance of FAA-owned meteorological observation systems that experience frequent service interruptions, and to encourage and incentivize automatic dependent surveillance transmission equipment on commercial airplanes that operate in the covered locations.
The section further requires the FAA to submit an annual report on the initiative to Congress, including a detailed description of how the FAA budget meets the objectives of the initiative.
Moreover, the legislation contains Section 712, which revises the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) distribution formulas. They include increasing the minimum primary airport layout and eliminating the limit for small commercial service airports with fewer than 10,000 passengers. Instead, commercial service airports will receive funding on a sliding scale, ranging from $150,000 to $1.3 million, depending on the number of passengers.
The section also increases airport cargo sharing to 4% of funds available under the AIP and allows airports with more than 25,000,000 pounds of total ground weight to receive cargo sharing.
The revisions include increasing the general (noncommercial) aviation distribution from 20% to 25% of funds available under the AIP.
The legislation also added Section 912 to establish a grant program to support the use of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems, or drones) when inspecting, repairing or constructing critical infrastructure. Under such a program, the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) would provide grants to state, tribal and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations or groups of those entities to purchase and use UAS to increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve worker and community safety, reduce carbon emissions or meet other priorities related to critical infrastructure projects.
The DOT must submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees evaluating the grant program within two years of the first grant being awarded under the section.
The Puerto Rico Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a Court of San Juan ruling that in March disqualified a number of candidates from the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC by its Spanish initials) and the Dignity Project (PD) political parties for failing to collect endorsements.
The Appeals Court noted that the plaintiffs who filed the suit to disqualify the MVC and the Dignity Project candidates did not have legal standing nor did they demonstrate to the court that they had a sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged.
“Having resolved that the damage for which the lower court recognized active standing to one of the plaintiffs and interveners is hypothetical, we resolve that they did not meet the requirement of having suffered a clear and palpable damage that would grant them standing to file the lawsuit,” states the Appeals Court ruling. “It is therefore appropriate to revoke the appealed sentence due to lack of active standing.”
The decision reversed a ruling that Judge Anthony Cuevas Ramos issued on March 21, thus paving the way for the MVC and PD candidates to run in the general election.
The plaintiffs from the Popular Demo-
cratic Party (PDP) made a significant move by announcing their decision to appeal the Court of Appeals’ decision to the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, adding a layer of anticipation to the ongoing legal battle.
Cuevas had disqualified the MVC candidacies of Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, who was running for resident commissioner, Myrna Conty Hernández and Mariana Nogales Molinelli, both of whom were running for at-large seats in the House of Representatives, and Senate candidates Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl and Alejandro Santiago Calderón. Cuevas also disqualified the Dignity Project candidacy of Stephen Gil Álamo for the District 38 House seat.
The MVC filed its appeal against the disqualification pointing to four alleged errors in Cuevas’ ruling. They also sought a window of opportunity to allow the MVC candidates to collect endorsements.
The appellate court decision was written by judges Félix Figueroa Cabán, Ana Mateu Meléndez, Fernando Bonilla Ortiz and Annette Prats Palerm after an oral hearing. One of the judges dissented from the majority opinion.
At-large PDP House candidate Jorge Quiles Gordillo said: “We respect the decision of the panel judges. However, we disagree with the determination and reiterate that the MVC and PD candidates failed to comply with the Electoral Code
against the disqualification of
and other candidates in which it pointed to four alleged errors in Judge Anthony Cuevas’ ruling.
and the applicable regulations.”
“In conversation with our legal representation, and in defense of democracy and the uniform application of the laws, we are going to appeal to the Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico,” he said. “Likewise, we insist that Judge Cuevas Ramos’ determination was strictly legal, which is why the Court of Appeals should have confirmed the Court of First Instance.”
Popular Democratic Party (PDP)
Secretary General Gerardo “Toñito” Cruz Maldonado, along with Ernesto Cabrera Fuentes, the PDP candidate for mayor of Guaynabo, announced Tuesday that former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares and his wife Beatriz I. Areizaga García will be challenged under Article 5.4 of the Electoral Code of Puerto Rico.
The challenge calls into question the validity of the couple’s electoral addresses registered in Precinct 07 of Guaynabo.
“We are requesting that both challenges be declared admissible and
that both Rosselló Nevares and his wife Areizaga García be inactivated from the electoral registry, based on the fact that both do not meet the requirements to be considered voters domiciled in Puerto Rico,” Cruz Maldonado said at a press conference. “Rosselló said in a radio interview last week that he would be voting in the primary for [Gov. Pedro] Pierluisi. Today the candidate for mayor of Guaynabo will be submitting these challenges with proof that Rosselló is not qualified to vote in that event.”
Cruz Maldonado, who also is the PDP alternate electoral commissioner, said that in a recusal report submitted with the request, it is indicated that both Rosselló Nevares and Areizaga García
had established their residence in the State of Virginia in August 2019.
“The evidence presented and verified during the 2021 judicial process clearly shows that both Rosselló and Areizaga do not meet the requirements of the Electoral Code to be considered voters domiciled in the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico,” Cruz Maldonado added.
Cabrera Fuentes said meanwhile that Rosselló Nevares’ case has multiple aspects that point to the fact that his main residence is in Virginia, including owning property and participating in daily activities as a member of several local gyms.
“During Rosselló’s own testimony during the Rosario Rodríguez vs. Ross-
elló Nevárez trial, SJ2021CV03543, [he] admitted that since the end of 2019, he had been working in consulting in that state and in Washington, D.C.,” Cabrera Fuentes said.
The mayoral candidate added that Areizaga García has only been seen in Puerto Rico on specific occasions since 2019.
“This pattern of behavior and the property and residence records confirm the basis for the Commission’s recusal,” he said.
“Today, none of the challenged voters maintain an address in either of the two precincts of the Municipality of Guaynabo, so we demand that they be removed as voters with the right to vote in our municipality,” Cabrera Fuentes said.
Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) General Coordinator Manuel Natal Albelo speaks alongside MVC resident commissioner candidate Sen. Ana Irma Rivera Lassén. The MVC won an appeal filed Rivera LassénWhile Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia was in Washington, D.C. making a “futile” attempt to rally support for Puerto Rico statehood, the administration of President Joe Biden rejected the U.S. territory’s request for increased funding in the Medicare Advantage program, Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago charged on Tuesday.
Dalmau accused the governor of negligence that will cost him the health of older adults in Puerto Rico after the Biden administration rejected a request to adjust the rates of the Medicare Advantage program.
“On the same day Governor Pierluisi is in Washington in a futile effort for statehood, the federal government takes a stab at the Medicare Advantage program in Puerto Rico,” the leader of the island Senate said. “The decision not to adjust payments to compensate for the growing deficit of health plans that serve Puerto Rico.”
In its 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement released this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rejected calls to increase Puerto Rico’s Medicare Advantage reimbursement to achieve parity with that of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), writing that the agency had “limited discretion to incorporate specific adjustments
or exceptions” to Medicare Advantage rates,” Dalmau said.
“Older adults in Puerto Rico are not a priority for the two NPP gubernatorial candidates,” he said. “They forget the quality of life and health services of older adults. This blow will strongly impact the health services delivery system in Puerto Rico.”
With the determination, CMS maintains a system in which the average Medicare Advantage base payment rate for plans in Puerto Rico is 39% lower than the national average and 21% lower than that of the neighboring USVI.
The funding shortfall, along with projected increases in medical costs, will be
financially devastating and will have an effect on health services for the island’s senior population.
“Puerto Rico’s challenges in Washington are the transition from the nutritional assistance program, or PAN, to its supplemental version, an initiative that promotes the economic development of the country, and the request to adjust the payments of the Medicare Advantage program to reduce the deficit of the program in Puerto Rico,” Dalmau said. “Both Governor Pierluisi and [Resident] Commissioner [Jenniffer] González [Colón] have dedicated their time, public resources and energy to playing at statehood.”
In the previous two years, 1,023 young entrepreneurs between the ages of 16 and 35 received tax exemption decrees under Law 60, reaching a historic approval figure in 2023, an increase of 61% compared to the previous record established in 2022, Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) Secretary Manuel Cidre Miranda said Tuesday.
The young people were approved in decrees valid for three years, consisting of a 100% tax exemption on the first $500,000 of the new business’ net income and a 100% exemption on personal property and municipal taxes.
Law 60 offers substantial advantages to young entrepreneurs, Cidre Miranda said.
The benefits are designed to empower young people to enter the island economy, equipping them with the necessary tools to propel their
Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Cidre Miranda
businesses forward.
“There are poorly informed people who repeat that the tax benefits are obtained mostly by foreigners, who are also necessary and welcome on our island, but that is not the reality,” the DDEC secretary said. “Of 21,830 decrees approved under Law 60 and previous incentive laws from 1998 to date, 12,011 correspond to Puerto Rican individuals or companies, according to the applications. That is, in 55% of the decrees granted, their recipients are local. Here the manufacturing sector stands out, where 75% of the decrees correspond to businessmen on the island.”
Carlos Fontán, director of the Business Incentives Office in Puerto Rico, highlighted the wide range of professionals and industries benefiting from the decrees. They include lawyers, accountants, engineers, restaurant
owners, laboratory operators, beauty salon owners, clothing and accessories store owners, consultants, financial and marketing advisers, and application developers, among others.
From 2022 to this year, 919 decrees have been approved for bonafide farmers who have established companies in sectors such as animal husbandry, seed cultivation, fruit and vegetable farming, dairy production and flower production, among others.
The chapter of Law 60 on bonafide farmers provides greater tax benefits compared to other incentive programs of the aforementioned law. Bonafide farmers enjoy 15-year decrees with 90% exemption on income taxes, 90% exemption on municipal taxes and 100% exemption on property taxes, taxes on raw materials, and taxes on machinery and equipment, among others.
By THE STAR STAFFAs part of his commitment to a “Clean 100x Vieques,” the mayor of that offshore island municipality, José “Junito” Corcino Acevedo, announced Tuesday that some 688 pounds of solid waste was collected in the area of Cayo Esperanza.
“A ‘Vieques 100x Clean’ is an initiative we are implementing to promote a culture of recycling and civic responsibility in solid waste management,” the mayor said in a
written statement. “As part of this effort, and in conjunction with a number of important non-profit organizations, as well as volunteers from the private sector and staff from the Municipal Recycling Office, we visited the Cayo Esperanza area where we managed to collect almost 700 pounds of garbage.”
The Vieques mayor has established a public policy to ensure that 35% of solid waste in Vieques can be processed through recycling mechanisms, thus facilitating a cleaner and safer environment for all residents.
“I want to thank the non-profit entities, as well as all the volunteers such as Gloria Ramis and Omayra Medina, as well as those from the Vieques Recycling Partnership, and Ticatove, among many others, for always saying that they are willing to improve the quality of life of the people of Vieques,” Corcino Acevedo added as part of the closing activities of the 54th edition of Planet Earth Week.
According to numerous studies, about 49,000 pounds of trash is discarded in Vieques every year.
Police officers continued to arrest campus protesters from coast to coast this week, with at least 150 more pro-Palestinian demonstrators taken into custody over the last day.
More than 1,100 people have been detained on American campuses since the arrest of 108 protesters on April 18 at Columbia University in New York City launched a wave of student activism nationwide. Here’s where the latest arrests have been made:
— In Northern California, the police arrested 25 protesters early Tuesday and ended the eight-day occupation of an administration building at California State
Polytechnic University, Humboldt, that had forced a campus shutdown.
— At Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, officials said officers from the campus police, Virginia State Police and the Richmond Police Department broke up a protest with riot gear and pepper spray. Administrators said protesters “threw objects and used chemical spray on officers” before 13 people, including six students, were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and trespassing.
— In Austin, 79 people were arrested at the University of Texas during tense protests on Monday, after 57 were arrested during a similar protest last week. All of those arrested Monday were held on misdemeanor charges, mostly for trespassing,
according to a county jail spokesperson. One was charged with interfering with public duties.
— Six people were arrested at Tulane University in New Orleans and charged with offenses including trespassing and resisting arrest after they “stormed university property and erected tents” on campus on Monday, officials said. Administrators said that suspensions were also being issued but did not say how many students were involved.
— Campus police officers entered a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Connecticut on Tuesday morning to “remove the tents and tarps and to arrest those who refused compliance,” officials said. A spokesperson did not provide information regarding the number of arrests
or charges as of Tuesday morning.
— At the University of Florida in Gainesville, officials said that police officers arrested nine protesters, including six students, who refused to comply with orders to disperse on Monday evening.
— Seventeen protesters were arrested at the University of Utah on Monday night, school officials said, adding that officers removed and dismantled about a dozen tents. “One officer was injured,” officials said, and “one hatchet was confiscated.”
— Local media outlets also reported arrests on Monday at Princeton University, the University of Georgia and at the University of South Florida. Officials from those schools did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Student protesters at Columbia University who took over a building on campus Tuesday morning could face a variety of felony or misdemeanor charges, but probably will not be found guilty of criminal charges, said Martin R. Stolar, a Manhattan lawyer and former president of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, with more than 50 years of experience defending protesters.
“We’re not talking about jail time here,” said Stolar, 81. He is not representing any of the demonstrators arrested in recent pro-Palestinian protests in New York, he said, but is advising a number of younger lawyers who are.
Protesters broke into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, hours after university administrators said they had begun suspending students who refused to leave a tent encampment on campus. Videos show a person breaking windows in a door to gain access to the building. Other photos taken inside and posted on social media show protesters using chairs and desks to barricade the doors.
Columbia announced later Tuesday that the students occupying the building faced expulsion.
A spokesperson for Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, did not immedi-
ately return messages seeking comment. At a news conference Tuesday morning, Jeffrey Maddrey, the New York Police Department’s chief of department, said officers would not go onto Columbia’s campus unless the university’s administrators requested it, or if police had reason to suspect someone on campus was hurt or in “imminent danger”
The charges that protesters face, Stolar said, could range from disorderly conduct, a violation that can be resolved with a fine and does not involve criminal charges, to second-degree criminal mischief, a Class D felony involving more than $1,500 in property damage. Such a charge carries a maximum jail sentence of up to seven years, according to New York state penal law.
Protesters could also be charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief in the fourth degree, which involves intentionally or recklessly damaging property, Stolar said. Charges might also include trespassing, a Class B misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail.
Protesters could face more serious consequences if evidence is found that they carried weapons or an explosive device into the building, Stolar said, or if they committed any violent assaults, Class B felonies that carry a penalty of between five and 25 years in jail.
Such outcomes are unlikely, Stolar said. Student protests at Columbia have been
nonviolent, and most students have no prior criminal history. University administrators and the Manhattan district attorney’s office have decades of experience with such demonstrations, Stolar pointed out, including the Columbia protests of 1968, when students occupied the same building. Most were not criminally charged, Stolar said.
The current protesters inside Hamilton Hall will most likely receive an “adjournment in contemplation of dismissal,” or ACD, Stolar said, a type of deferred prosecution in which the case is adjourned for six months. If the prosecutor does not move to try the case within that period, the case is automatically dismissed and sealed.
A counterprotester waves the flag of Israel as pro-Palestinian demonstrators march around the protest encampment at Columbia University on Monday, April 29, 2024. Columbia had given students until 2 p.m. to clear out from the encampment, warning them that they would face immediate suspension if they did not leave by then. (Bing Guan/The New York Times)
Eight law officers were shot Monday, four fatally, as a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years.
Around 1:30 p.m., members of the task force went to serve a warrant on a person for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Johnny Jennings, the chief of police of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, said at a news conference Monday evening.
When they approached the residence, the suspect, later identified as Terry Clark Hughes Jr., fired at them, police said. The officers returned fire and struck Hughes, 39. He was later pronounced dead in the front yard of the residence.
As police approached the shooter, Jennings told reporters, the officers were met with more gunfire from inside the home. After a long standoff, two women in the home were taken to a police station to be interviewed, police later said in a statement.
“Today is an absolute tragic day for the city of Charlotte and for the profession of law enforcement,” Jennings said. “Today, we lost some heroes that are out simply trying to keep our community safe.”
In all, four members of the task force were shot, three of whom died. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction said in a statement that two of its veteran officers, Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott, were killed. The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that one of its deputy marshals was among those killed. The task force is made up of officers from multiple agencies.
Four members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were also shot, one of whom died from his injuries Monday night, police said on social media. The officer, Joshua Eyer, who had been with the department for six years, was helping other officers arrest the suspect when he was shot, police said.
“He fought for several hours and passed away from his injuries with his wife and family by his side tonight,” Jennings said in a statement posted to social media Monday evening. “I am truly grateful for his bravery, service and ultimate sacrifice,” he said.
Authorities shut down the city’s Shannon Park neighborhood, east of downtown, Monday afternoon after gunfire erupted in order to more easily move victims to hospitals, the CharlotteMecklenburg Police Department wrote on social media. By evening, the shelter-in-place orders had been lifted, and yellow crime scene tape sectioned off part of the street where the shooting had occurred. Two black SWAT vehicles
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The shooting occurred when members of a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant and were met by gunfire, the police said.
drove away from the site.
Janice Williams, a neighbor, said she believed three or four people lived inside the home where the shooting took place and that nothing had stuck out to her about them. “They were pretty much quiet, to themselves,” she said. “I’m sorry that this ever happened.”
Charlene Middleton, a 36-year-old school counselor, has lived in the area her whole life and, since 2015, in a home across the street from where the incident occurred. When she returned home from work in the evening, she said, she saw casings scattered all over the street, as well as a large police presence.
Although she said there had been occasional shootings in the area, she could not recall anything of this magnitude.
Another resident, Mary Sutter, said she had trouble returning home from her job at a nearby high school because the neighborhood was so packed with police cars. “We’re all just shocked that this has happened here,” she said.
In a statement Monday night, President Joe Biden shared his condolences with the families of the officers who had been killed and injured in the shootout. “They are heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice, rushing into harm’s way to protect us,” he said. “We mourn for them and their loved ones. And we pray for
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the recoveries of the courageous officers who were wounded.”
The president urged leaders in Congress to take action “to combat the scourge of gun violence” by banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and by passing universal background checks, among other measures. “Enough is enough,” he said.
Vi Lyles, the mayor of Charlotte, said at the news conference: “These are people that care deeply about what they’ve done for a profession. And now today, we have to say to them how much we are grateful for what they have done.”
Gov. Roy Cooper expressed his condolences on social media to the “families and co-workers of officers in today’s brutal attack.” And in a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “Every single day, Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers put their lives on the line to apprehend some of our country’s most dangerous criminals.” The Justice Department is “heartbroken by the deaths,” he added.
The violent episode Monday was one of the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in recent years.
In July 2016, five officers were killed in Texas after an armed sniper opened fire in downtown Dallas during a demonstration against fatal police shootings. Four Dallas police officers and one transit officer were killed. Police killed the shooter, Micah Johnson, 25, with an explosive sent by a remote-controlled robot.
That same month, three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were killed, and three others were wounded in what authorities described as an “ambush.” The gunman was killed during a shootout.
In February, two police officers and a paramedic were killed near Minneapolis when a man, who was barricaded in his home, opened fire on police. Officers returned fire, and the shooter was later reported dead.
This month, two police officers were killed outside a home near Syracuse, New York, during a shootout after they were following up on a traffic violation. The suspect also died in the shootout.
Jennings said that in his more than three decades with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, he couldn’t “imagine that there’s one that’s any worse than what we’re seeing today” in the Charlotte area.
U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday as markets weighed economic data showing rising labor costs and deteriorating consumer confidence on the eve of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting to decide the direction of interest rates.
Data showed on Tuesday that U.S. labor costs rose by a more-than-expected 1.2% last quarter, indicating an uptick in wage pressures. A survey also found that U.S. consumer confidence worsened in April, dropping to its lowest level in more than 1-1/2 years.
It’s hard to put a timeline on it specifically to be honest.
The reports came a day before the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) begins its twoday meeting, with investors widely expecting the central bank to leave interest rates unchanged.
Most Magnificent Seven stocks finished lower, including Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab, Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab, Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab, and Amazon (AMZN.O).
“We’re still in an environment where the kneejerk reaction is to extrapolate any warmer data into firmer inflation and more hawkish reaction from the Fed,” said Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment Managers in Boston.
“But nothing has changed: growth is still strong, labor markets are holding up, and ultimately we’re taking a little bit of breather in the disinflation process,” Melson added.
Money markets are pricing in just about 31 basis points (bps) of rate cuts this year, down from about 150 bps estimated at the start of 2024, according to LSEG data.
According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab lost 79.92 points, or 1.56%, to end at 5,036.25 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab lost 325.26 points, or 2.00%, to 15,664.13. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 574.08 points, or 1.47%, to 37,823.57.
Shares of GE HealthCare, opens new tab(GEHC.O), opens new tab shrank after its first-quarter revenue missed analyst estimates, 3M (MMM.N) gained after posting a better-than-expected quarterly profit.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab jumped after it raised its full-year profit forecast. PayPal (PYPL.O), rose after raising its full-year adjusted profit forecast.
Of the 265 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for the first quarter, 79.2% have beat analyst estimates, compared with the longterm average of 67%, according to LSEG I/B/E/S data.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel once again pledged Tuesday to launch a ground invasion into the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, a move that could undermine efforts to negotiate a cease-fire agreement after seven months of war in the Palestinian enclave.
The United States, Qatar and several countries have been pushing to get a cease-fire deal, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken visiting the region and expectations rising that Hamas and Israel might be edging closer to an agreement.
But with Hamas arguing that any agreement should include an end to the war, and with right-wing politicians in Israel threatening to leave the government coalition if the long-planned incursion into Rafah is delayed, Netanyahu made clear that Israel would reserve the right to keep fighting.
“The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” he said in a meeting with the families of hostages held in Gaza,
according to a statement from his office. “We will enter Rafah, and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there — with or without a deal, in order to achieve the total victory.”
Israeli officials have said repeatedly that they plan to move into Rafah, but over the weekend, they made clear they were open to holding off if it meant they could secure the release of hostages taken when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. One official also suggested that Israel was also using the threat of an imminent military maneuver to press the armed group into a hostage deal.
In anticipation of an offensive, some families in Rafah have been moving north into areas of Gaza that had already been attacked by Israeli forces, but Tuesday, the scale of the evacuation remained unclear. As of last week, more than 1 million Palestinians, many of them previously displaced from other parts of the territory by Israeli bombardment, were still sheltering in the city in makeshift tents.
American officials and other allies have been pressing Israel to either avoid an assault on Rafah or develop specific plans to adequately minimize civilian casual-
ties.
On Tuesday, Blinken met with officials in Jordan to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, and to press for peace and an increase in humanitarian aid. There was no immediate reaction from the State Department to Netanyahu’s remarks.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain spoke to Netanyahu on Tuesday, his office said in a statement. The British leader “continued to push for an immediate humanitarian pause to allow more aid in and hostages out” and said that Britain’s focus was on de-escalation, it said.
For weeks, cease-fire talks had been at a standstill. But Israeli officials have said that negotiators had reduced the number of hostages they want Hamas to release during the first phase of a truce, opening up the possibility that the stalled negotiations could be revived.
A senior Hamas official said on social media Monday that the group was studying a new Israeli proposal.
A Hamas delegation met with officials in Egypt’s intelligence service Monday, according to a senior Hamas official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about sensitive discussions between Hamas and Egypt.
Mali said Monday that it had killed a high-value Islamic commander who helped lead a 2017 attack in which four American and four Nigerien soldiers were killed alongside an interpreter.
The U.S. State Department had put a $5 million bounty on the head of the commander, Abu Huzeifa — a member of an affiliate of the Islamic State — after his participation in an attack in Tongo Tongo, Niger, on American Green Berets and their Nigerien comrades.
At that time, the attack was the largest loss of American troops during combat in Africa since the “Black Hawk Down” debacle in Somalia in 1993.
In a post on social media Monday, Mali’s armed forces said that Sunday they had “neutralized a major
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terrorist leader of foreign nationality during a large-scale operation in Liptako” — a tri-border region that contains parts of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
Officials at the U.S. State and Defense departments said Tuesday that they were aware of the report but were seeking more information.
Mali has been in crisis since 2012, when rebels and jihadis took control of swaths of its desert north. The intervention of foreign forces — led by France, which deployed thousands of troops — failed to stop the unrest.
In 2020, coup plotters overthrew Mali’s elected government, using the security crisis to justify their power grab. But since then the ruling junta has pursued the same military-first strategy that the foreign forces did, and nearly four years later, analysts say the situation is worse.
The Liptako-Gourma region, which straddles Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, seen from the sky on the Malian side, Feb. 18, 2020. The West African country said it killed Abu Huzeifa, a commander in an Islamic State affiliate who was involved in a 2017 attack in neighboring Niger that killed American Green Berets and Nigerien forces..(Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
After a 10-year fight against the Islamic militants, French troops pulled out in 2022. The junta in Mali turned instead to Russian military advisers and mer-
cenaries with the Wagner group, who were accused of committing atrocities in the course of pursuing the militants.
Amodern grocery store whose shelves are packed with everything from pasta to wine fills a spot in central Havana once occupied by a drab state-owned flower shop, its ceilings and walls repaired and repainted.
A former state glass company in a Havana suburb now houses a showroom for a private business selling Cuban-made furniture.
And at the Cuban capital’s port, forklifts carefully unload American eggs from a refrigerated container. The eggs are bound for an online private supermarket that, much like Amazon Fresh, provides home delivery.
These ventures are part of an explosion of thousands of private businesses that have opened in recent years across Cuba, a remarkable shift in a country where such enterprises have not been permitted and where Fidel Castro rose to power leading a communist revolution determined to eliminate capitalist notions such as private ownership.
But today, Cuba is confronting its worst financial crisis in decades, driven by government inefficiency and mismanagement and a decadeslong U.S. economic embargo that has led to a collapse in domestic production, rising inflation, constant power outages, and shortages of fuel, meat and other necessities.
So the island’s communist leaders are turning back the clock and embracing private entrepreneurs, a class of people they once vilified as “filthy” capitalists.
Taking advantage of loosened government restrictions granting Cubans the legal right to set up their own enterprises, roughly 10,200 new private businesses have opened since 2021, creating a dynamic, if fledgling, alternative economy alongside the country’s hobbled socialist model.
Underscoring the growth of private businesses — and the government’s economic travails — private sector and government imports last year each totaled about $1 billion, according to government data.
Much of the private-sector imports came from the United States and were financed by cash remittances sent by Cubans there to relatives back home. About 1.5 million people work for private businesses, a 30% jump since 2021, and they now represent almost half of the total workforce on the Caribbean island.
“Never has the private sector been given so much space to operate in Cuba,” said Pavel Vidal, who studies Cuba’s economy and is a university professor in Cali, Colombia. “The government is bankrupt, so it has no other
A bartender pours drinks at La Carreta restaurant in Havana, on Feb. 10, 2024. La Carreta, a landmark Havana restaurant once owned by the government, has been reopened as a private business by two recent partners, a Cuban American and a local businessman. (Eliana Aponte Tobar/ The New York Times)
choice but to invite other actors in.”
Despite the private sector’s growth, its overall contribution to Cuba’s economy, while increasing, remains modest, accounting for about 15% of gross domestic production.
Still, the economic transformation is significant enough that it is leading to deep divisions in the island’s communist system as a new business elite acquires wealth, something anathema to Cuba’s revolutionary ideology.
Cubans working for the state, including white-collar professionals, doctors and teachers, make the equivalent of roughly $15 a month in Cuban pesos, while employees in the private sector can make five to 10 times that amount.
A government salary does not go very far in the private stores that have popped up, where a bag of Italian potato chips costs $3, a bottle of good Italian wine $20 and even an everyday need such as toilet paper costs $6 for a pack of 10 rolls.
Most customers who can afford those kinds of prices receive money from abroad, work for other private businesses or are diplomats.
“You have to be a millionaire to live in Cuba today,” said Yoandris Hierrezuelo, 38, who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood, earning about $5 a day. “The state can no longer meet the basic needs of the population.”
Cuban government officials said the
legalization of private businesses was not a grudging acceptance of capitalism for the sake of economic survival, making it clear that state-run industries still dwarf the private sector’s role in the economy.
But U.S. officials say that the growth of private businesses could be a game changer, paving the way for greater democratic and economic freedom.
“The question is: Are they enough?” said Benjamin Ziff, the charge d’affaires who heads the U.S. Embassy in Cuba. “Cuba is falling apart faster than it is being rebuilt. There is no turning back.’’
A key question, he added, is whether the government will allow the private sector “to expand fast enough and freely enough to meet the challenges.”
This year, Cuba requested — for the first time — help from the United Nations World Food Program, to provide enough powdered milk for children, the state-run media reported. A lack of oil and an aging electrical grid have led to rolling blackouts across the country.
The worsening living conditions triggered a rare public display of unhappiness in March as hundreds of people took to the streets of Santiago de Cuba, the country’s second-largest city, chanting, “Power and food,” according to social media and official government reports.
The economic hardships have set off an enormous surge in emigration. Since 2022, roughly 500,000 Cubans have left the island, an extraordinary exodus for a country of 11 million, and most Cubans who have left have gone to the United States.
Amid so much deprivation, privately run small businesses offer a small dose of hope for those with the money to open them, and for their employees.
Many are taking advantage of regulations introduced in 2021 granting Cubans the legal right to set up their own enterprises, which are limited to 100 employees.
Across Havana, new delis and cafes are appearing, while entire office floors are leasing space to young entrepreneurs bursting with business plans and products, from construction and software to clothes and furniture.
Diana Sainz, who had lived abroad for much of her life and worked for the European Union, took advantage of the economic changes in her homeland and opened two Home Deli markets in Havana, offering a mix of locally made items such as pastas and ice cream, as well as imported goods, such as beer and cereals.
Sainz says Cuba had not had a private supermarket in decades. “Now, it’s beautiful to see a store on every street corner,” she said. “When you compare things to five years ago, it’s totally different.”
Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity for criminal acts taken in office as president is an insult to reason, an assault on common sense and a perversion of the fundamental maxim of American democracy: that no man is above the law.
More astonishing than the former president’s claim to immunity, however, is the fact that the Supreme Court took the case in the first place. It’s not just that there’s an obvious response — no, the president is not immune to criminal prosecution for illegal actions committed with the imprimatur of executive power, whether private or “official” (a distinction that does not exist in the Constitution) — but that the court has delayed, perhaps indefinitely, the former president’s reckoning with the criminal legal system of the United States.
In delaying the trial, the Supreme Court may well have denied the public its right to know whether a former president, now vying to be the next president, is guilty of trying to subvert the sacred process of presidential succession: the peaceful transfer of power from one faction to another that is the essence of representative democracy. It is a process so vital, and so precious, that its first occurrence — with the defeat of John Adams and the Federalists at the hands of Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans in the 1800 presidential election — was a second sort of American Revolution.
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the Supreme Court has directly intervened in the 2024 presidential election in a way that deprives the electorate of critical information or gives it less time to grapple with what might happen in a federal courtroom. And if the trial occurs after an election in which Trump wins a second term and he is convicted, then the court will have teed the nation up for an acute constitutional crisis. A president, for the first time in the nation’s history, might try to pardon himself for his own criminal behavior.
In other words, however the Supreme Court rules, it has egregiously abused its power.
It is difficult to overstate the radical contempt for republican government embodied in the former president’s notion that he can break the law without consequence or sanction on the grounds that he must have that right as chief executive. As Trump sees it, the president is sovereign, not the people. In his grotesque vision of executive power, the president is a king, unbound by law, chained only to the limits of his will.
This is nonsense. In a detailed amicus brief submitted in support of the government in Trump v. United States, 15 leading historians of the early American republic show the extent to which the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution rejected the idea of presidential immunity for crimes committed in office.
“Although the framers debated a variety of designs for the executive branch — ranging from a comparatively strong, unitary president to a comparatively weaker executive council — they all approached the issues with a deep-seated, anti-monarchical sentiment,” the brief states. “There is no evidence in the extensive historical record that any of the framers believed a former president should be immune from criminal prosecution. Such a concept would be inimical to the basic intentions, understandings, and experiences of the founding generation.”
The historians gather a bushel of quotes and examples from a who’s who of the revolutionary generation to prove the point. “In America the law is king,” Thomas Paine wrote in his landmark pamphlet, “Common Sense.” “For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
James Madison thought it “indispensable that some provision should be made for defending the community against the incapacity, negligence or perfidy of the chief magistrate.” The presidency was designed with accountability in mind.
Years later, speaking on the Senate floor, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina — a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia — said outright that he and his colleagues did not intend for the president to have any privileges or immunities: “No privilege of this kind was intended for your executive, nor any except that which I have mentioned for your legislature.”
What’s more, as the brief explains, ratification of the Constitution rested on the “express” promise that “the new president would be subject to criminal conviction.”
“His person is not so much protected as that of a member of the House of Representatives,” Tench Coxe wrote in one of the first published essays urging ratification of the Constitution, “for he may be proceeded against like any other man in the ordinary
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, at an election campaign rally in Schnecksville,Pa., on April 13, 2024. (Damon Winter/ The New York Times)
course of law.”
James Iredell, one of the first justices of the Supreme Court, told the North Carolina ratifying convention that if the president “commits any misdemeanor in office, he is impeachable, removable from office, and incapacitated to hold any office of honor, trust or profit.” And if he commits any crime, “he is punishable by the laws of his country, and in capital cases may be deprived of his life.”
Yes, you read that correctly. In his argument for the Constitution, one of the earliest appointees to the Supreme Court specified that in a capital case, the president could be tried, convicted and put to death.
If there were ever a subject on which to defer to the founding generation, it is on this question regarding the nature of the presidency. Is the president above the law? The answer is no. Is the president immune from criminal prosecution? Again, the answer is no. Any other conclusion represents a fundamental challenge to constitutional government.
I wish I had faith that the Supreme Court would rule unanimously against Trump. But having heard the arguments — having listened to Justice Brett Kavanaugh worry that prosecution could hamper the president and having heard Justice Samuel Alito suggest that we would face a destabilizing future of politically motivated prosecutions if Trump were to find himself on the receiving end of the full force of the law — my sense is that the Republican-appointed majority will try to make some distinction between official and unofficial acts and remand the case back to the trial court for further review, delaying a trial even further.
Rather than grapple with the situation at hand — a defeated president worked with his allies to try to overturn the results of an election he lost, eventually summoning a mob to try to subvert the peaceful transfer of power — the Republican-appointed majority worried about hypothetical prosecutions against hypothetical presidents who might try to stay in office against the will of the people if they aren’t placed above the law.
It was a farce befitting the absurdity of the situation. Trump has asked the Supreme Court if he is, in effect, a king. And at least four members of the court, among them the so-called originalists, have said, in essence, that they’ll have to think about it.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – El gobernador
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia, participó el martes de la ‘Toma de Acción del Congreso’ para solicitar que el Proyecto de Estatus, con alternativas no territoriales, sea llevado a vista pública y por lo tanto se atiendan los reclamos de igualdad.
El primer ejecutivo estuvo acompañado por el senador federal, Martin Heinrich; el director ejecutivo de la Administración de Asuntos Federales de Puerto Rico, Luis Dávila Pernas; el exgobernador y delegado congresional, Ricardo Rosselló Nevares; funcionarios electos de Puerto Rico, así como veteranos y miembros de la Delegación Extendida.
“Nuestro principal objetivo es lograr una vista pública para que se atiendan los reclamos de igualdad del pueblo de Puerto Rico. Este esfuerzo en el Congreso es esencial para acabar con la colonia. Hay que seguir educando a los miembros del Congreso sobre la falta de derechos civiles que tenemos. Hay que seguir denunciando que nuestro estatus no es digno de los ideales democráticos bajo los cuales se fundó la Nación americana. Hay que seguir exigiendo que cada ciudadano americano en Puerto Rico sea tratado con igualdad”, destacó Pierluisi Urrutia en declaraciones escritas.
“La realidad es que ya es aceptado por la mayoría de los puertorriqueños y de los miembros del Congreso que el territorio es el culpable del trato desigual y discriminatorio que recibimos. En diciembre del 2022 tuvimos un gran
logro con la aprobación del HR 8393 en la Cámara, un Proyecto que finalmente acepta que, para resolver nuestro estatus, no se puede incluir el territorio, que es el problema. Ahora tenemos ese Proyecto en el Senado—con 25 coauspiciadores, una cuarta parte del Senado—y es en ese cuerpo en el que nos estamos concentrando”, abundó el gobernador quien agradeció al senador federal demócrata Martin Heinrich que introdujera esta pieza legislativa en el Senado federal.
De hecho, el senador Heinrich expresó durante la conferencia de prensa que “esto de lo que se trata es de igualdad y de que ciudadanos americanos sean tratados con los mismos derechos y con la misma dignidad, sin importar el lugar en el que vivan. Esto es fundamental y esa es la historia que nos debe inspirar”.
“Tuve la suerte de ser electo a la Cámara de Representantes el mismo tiempo en el que el hoy gobernador fue
electo (al cargo de comisionado residente) y mientras hablábamos del camino de Puerto Rico a la estadidad, repasé la historia de mi propio estado (Nuevo México) hacia la estadidad y me di cuenta de que, aunque han pasado los años, los argumentos no han cambiado y cuán difícil fue para Nuevo México convertirse en estado. También, de la necesidad de tener aliados, en nuestro caso del senador (Matthew) Quay y de incluso Teddy Roosevelt (presidente de Estados Unidos 1901-1909) para ser uno de los grandes estados de Estados Unidos. Eso me inspiró a envolverme personalmente en esta causa para hacer realidad que todos los ciudadanos americanos que han hecho mucho por esta gran Nación tengan los mismos derechos sin importar si viven en Puerto Rico, Nuevo México, Nueva York o algún otro lugar”, reiteró Heinrich.
Durante su alocución, Pierluisi destacó la labor de los delegados congresionales, de los delegados extendidos y del denominado ejército de la igualdad, este último compuesto por veteranos. “Su compromiso con la estadidad es incuestionable. Agradezco a todas y a todos los delegados congresionales electos en particular a Ricardo Rosselló, quien lidera este esfuerzo. Es así que vamos a seguir adelantando nuestra lucha porque esta lucha no termina hasta que logremos la estadidad para Puerto Rico”.
Por su parte, Rosselló Nevares, quien repasó el proceso para congregar a la delegación congresional, comentó que “estoy muy agradecido porque tenemos un gran gobernador con un liderazgo firme y con una visión que ha permitido el progreso del pueblo de Puerto Rico y de la igualdad.”
Educación se une a nueva plataforma para mejorar el reclutamiento por mérito en la agencia
JUAN – La secretaria del Departamento de Educación (DE), Yanira Raíces Vega, anunció el martes su participación en un plan piloto que busca transformar los procesos de adquisición y gestión de talento a través del uso de la inteligencia artificial.
Este proyecto innovador es parte integral de la Reforma del Servicio Público, una iniciativa colaborativa entre la Oficina de Administración y Transformación de los Recursos Humanos (OATRH) y la Junta de Supervisión y Administración Financiera (JSAF), destinada a mejorar la administración de los recursos humanos en el Gobierno.
“Este nuevo proceso de adquisición de talento estoy segura de que apoyará la experiencia y el servicio que proveen los profesionales de la Secretaría Auxiliar de Recursos Humanos, cambiará el paradigma, proveerá a nuestros empleados la oportunidad de solicitar nuevas oportunidades a través de un proceso transparente, digital, confiable, retenerlos y nos permitirá atraer el mejor talento al De-
partamento de Educación. Estamos seguros de que habrá entusiasmo y queremos que soliciten los mejores talentos, que se unan a la fuerza laboral del Departamento”, expuso Raíces Vega en declaraciones escritas.
Como parte de este plan piloto, la OATRH ha promulgado normas especiales en colaboración con la Junta, las cuales serán aplicadas a los procesos de recursos humanos en las agencias que participen en este proyecto. Estas normas están diseñadas para guiar la implementación de los nuevos procesos de adquisición y gestión de talento, permitiendo una evaluación exhaustiva de su viabilidad y efectividad antes de su aplicación en todo el gobierno.
El objetivo principal de este plan piloto es hacer que el reclutamiento en el gobierno sea más accesible, ágil y capaz de atraer y retener el mejor talento disponible. Ya han sido publicadas aproximadamente 177 convocatorias como parte de este nuevo proceso piloto, cubriendo puestos esenciales en el Departamento para fortalecer tanto las regiones educativas como las oficinas centrales.
En total, se estima que se reclutarán alrededor de 300
puestos a través de esta iniciativa. Estas posiciones incluyen puestos para contadores, científicos de datos, gerentes de compras, especialistas en sistemas de información, analistas de presupuesto y sistemas de información, así como coordinadores de programas federales, entre otros.
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By ERIK PIEPENBURG
This month’s picks include demonic forces from Mexico, Mongolia, small-town America and hell itself.
‘Disappear Completely’
When we first meet Santiago Mendoza (Harold Torres), he’s a modern Weegee, a Mexico City crime photographer out to capture the one gruesome shot that might make the front page of a tabloid. By the time Luis Javier Henaine’s formally audacious and boldly nihilistic supernatural thriller is over, Santiago is a void, fulfilling the title’s sinister promise.
Santiago’s descent begins one night when a dead body scares the bejesus out of him by opening its eyes and screaming “Kill me, please.” As Santiago leaves the scene, an unseen force knocks him out, then over the next few days he starts to lose his senses to the point where he can’t smell a corpse, taste his morning coffee or feel a glass shard in his foot. A visit to a witch doctor only makes things worse for him and, most tragically, his dog. After Santiago encounters a demon in the woods — a scene with one of the scariest single sounds I’ve ever heard in a horror movie — the film takes an experimental turn that’s bracing in its brutality. It ends on a savage note, and to
explain how would spoil its savage power. Trust me, it’s something to see, or rather, hear. (Stream it on Netflix.)
‘Late Night With the Devil’
David Dastmalchian, the star of this nutso found footage(ish) film, recently told an interviewer that he thought the movie was like Johnny Carson meets Jerry Springer meets “The Exorcist.” I am someone whose parents religiously watched Carson, had a job in Chicago giving tours of the “Jerry Springer Show” set and loves William Friedkin’s possession film, so let me say: I couldn’t agree more.
Written and directed by siblings Colin and Cameron Cairnes, the film takes place on Halloween night in 1977 during a live broadcast of a late night talk show hosted by Jack Delroy (Dastmalchian). Eager for a ratings win, Jack and his team book a well-meaning parapsychologist (Laura Gordon), and one of her patients, a traumatized young girl (Ingrid Torelli) who claims to be possessed. As the show unfolds in real time, guests are hit by bizarre afflictions and Lily is overcome by a ghoulish force that eventually turns the soundstage into a death trap. A hallucinatory finale, along with the spot-on period costumes and production design, make this a scary movie that’s as impish as it is heart pounding. (Stream it on Shudder.)
‘Aberrance’
As soon as Erkhme (Erkhembayar Ganbat) and Selenge (Selenge Chadraabal) move into their rural cabin, it be -
comes clear that neither person — nor their nosy neighbor (Sukhee Ariunbyamba) — are who they claim to be, and nothing is as it seems. For starters, Erkhme gives Selenge pills to calm her down, since she seems to be held there against her will for a reason that becomes clear only in the film’s dastardly final stretch. A grimly playful sense of the macabre permeates this twisted Mongolian tale from writer-director-cinematographer Baatar Batsukh. At just 75 minutes, the film is a taut nerve-plucker that darkly but tenderly explores mental illness, which in Mongolia remains “very taboo,” as Batsukh told an interviewer. Batsukh disorients us with dizzying camerawork, oddball cuts and saturated colors that ooze through doors and windows — a nod, perhaps, to Darren Aronofsky, to whom the film is dedicated. (Rent or buy on major platforms.)
‘Moon Garden’
If it’s gross-out horror you want, skip this pick. If you’re in the mood for a macabre fairy tale set in a dystopian otherworld as imagined by a little girl, do yourself a favor and watch this fanciful nightmare.
Written and directed by Ryan Stevens Harris, the film mostly takes place inside the head of Emma (Haven Lee Harris, the director’s daughter), a girl who goes into a coma after falling down the stairs trying to escape from her arguing parents (Augie Duke and Brionne Davis). Emma’s subconscious is a perdition of ominous landscapes and menacing creatures, including a trench-coated entity with chattering teeth — like something from a Tool video directed by Dr. Seuss, to be Generation X about it. It’s not all peril, though, thanks to a kindly spirit guide whom Emma befriends.
Harris and his cinematographer, Wolfgang Meyer, team up to make the film’s ingeniously designed stopmotion animation and lovingly hand-stitched in-camera effects look like a million bucks. As Emma, Harris is assured and fearless beyond her years; try to keep your jaw off the floor when she bolts through a tunnel of bedsheets. (Stream it on Shudder.)
‘When the Trash Man Knocks’
It doesn’t look like writer-director Christopher Wesley Moore had much money (or lights) when he made this from-the-heart slasher. But he makes up for it with a sleazy story, a sympathetic gay protagonist and a brutal central psycho — catnip for those of us who love VHS-era slasher films but lament how they rendered queerness invisible.
The killer here is named Crispen, a towering, masked psychopath who returns to his small hometown every Thanksgiving clutching a meat cleaver in search of victims to chop up and put into garbage bags, hence his nickname the Trash Man. (He’s played by Derek Bond, whose many credits on the film include cinematography and catering.) Moore plays Justin, a mousy gay man whose agoraphobic mother leaves knives around her home in case the Trash Man comes looking for her which, of course, he does.
The film takes too many detours away from Justin’s story, introducing marginal characters who provide the Trash Man with more victims but bloat the run time. But when the film is good, it’s gory: I lost count of how many glistening weapons plunge into eyeballs, throats and bellies. It’s a raw and scrappy treat. (Stream it on Tubi.)
Harold Torres in “Disappear Completely.” (Netflix)Wednesday, May 1, 2024 13
For our last night in La Paz, Mexico, we kept it simple: A couple of cans of cold Pacifico, a bench on the malecón, the city’s waterfront promenade, and the sunset glowing orange over the shimmering silver-blue Sea of Cortez.
My husband, Alex, and I had spent nearly a week taking scenic desert drives and lazy city strolls, visiting stunning beaches and mountains, and enjoying a steady diet of fish tacos and mezcalitas. But now we were salt-coated and sinking into a blissful exhaustion that comes only after a day spent scuba diving.
La Paz is the capital of Baja California Sur, the Mexican state where about 42% of the land and water are natural protected areas, and the city lies on the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, considered one of the world’s most diverse marine environments. Travelers have long been drawn to the region’s glorious outdoors, a distinctive mix of ocean and red-hued desert, to spend days not only diving but also sailing, kayaking, fishing, kite surfing, mountain biking, camping and hiking.
In recent years, the city has maintained its strong commitment to environmental conservation but has also welcomed new restaurants and accommodations, meeting a growing desire among many travelers to Mexico for authentic experiences found beyond the walls of an enormous resort.
“This is an adventure destination,” said Luz Maria Zepeda, director of the city’s tourism board. “We want people who want to explore, who want to preserve the environment the way it is, and to help us protect it.”
Growth, but kept in check
Home to around 300,000 people, La Paz has a decidedly laid-back feel — “The Peace,” it’s aptly named — and is often overshadowed by Los Cabos, a municipality on the state’s southernmost tip that includes San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, as well as by tiny Todos Santos, a stylish destination for art and food on the Pacific coast.
Indeed, while La Paz had a record-breaking 600,000 tourists in 2023, Los Cabos — through cruises and air alone — welcomes 3 million travelers annually.
La Paz’s comparatively modest number of visitors is, in part, a question of access: La Paz’s airport almost exclusively serves domestic destinations, with direct flights primarily from Mexico City and Guadalajara. Most international visitors opt to fly to the larger Los Cabos International Airport and take the two- to three-hour drive to La Paz.
The drive from the airport is its own worthwhile journey, with routes running along the Pacific coast through Todos Santos and El Pescadero, home to Playa Los Cerritos, a popular surfing destination. A slightly longer, but epically beautiful, drive winds through the Sierra La Laguna mountain range.
La Paz is a walkable city with good roads and ample services. It does not have any large resorts, and there are no current plans to build any. This is not a destination with aspirations of imitating the all-inclusive, tourist-heavy spring break vibes long associated with Cabo. Instead of a waterfront dominated by restricted private access, La Paz has the malecón,
The cobalt coastal waters of the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, on the east coast of Baja California Sur, near La Paz, Mexico, an area with a distinctive mix of ocean and red-hued desert, March 24, 2024. New hotels and destination-worthy restaurants now complement the everappealing outdoors surrounding La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur. (Tanveer Badal/The New York Times)
which was renovated in 2020 and 2021. Last April, a proposal to build a large port for cruise ships was withdrawn after local pushback.
“We don’t want massive tourism,” said Ivan Félix, manager of the tour and travel department of the La Paz tourism board. “The idea is not to grow in numbers but in quality.”
That has translated to a bevy of smaller, higher-end hotel openings: Hotel Indigo, formerly the Costabaja Resort & Spa, was renovated and reopened by IHG in December, and Republica Pagana, an adults-only boutique hotel with a rooftop bar and restaurant, welcomed its first guests in January. Grupo Habita opened the Baja Club Hotel in a former colonial villa in 2021 on the malecón. Hilton plans to complete a renovation of the historic La Perla Hotel, which first opened in 1940, by the end of this year.
That sophisticated growth can also be found in the city’s culinary scene, which continues to be dominated by the region’s fresh seafood, flour tortillas and ranch-driven fare like meat-filled molcajetes and snack-sized burritos. Fried fish tacos remain stalwarts, from street stands to casual eateries like Taco Fish La Paz (featured on the Netflix series “Taco Chronicles”) and Toto Frito, where you can try sustainably farmed totoaba, a fish native to the Sea of Cortez.
We feasted on a variety of chilaquiles at Maria California, a popular brunch spot, and inhaled spicy shrimp aguachile at a beach stand at Playa El Tecolote, just north of Balandra. At Los 32 Sabores, a memorable dinner of manta ray and tripe tacos on fresh tortillas and Caesar salads made tableside hinted at the city’s ambition to become a bona fide food and drink destination.
Nemi offers riffs on traditional dishes, which might include fresh fish served raw or topped with hoja santa butter, duck confit in flour tortillas or pork belly served with beans and nopales. The restaurant is the first solo project of Alejandro Villagomez, who in 2011 moved from Mexico City, where he
was chef de cuisine of Pujol.
“La Paz is a magical place,” Villagomez said. “We are surrounded by sea and desert, and we strive to find the best ingredients both inside and outside the city.”
White sand, cobalt waters
Still, for all of the new hotels and destination-worthy restaurants, the natural world remains La Paz’s main draw. Chrissy Cappellano, a certified master scuba diver trainer from Long Island, in New York, has been living in the city since 2018.
“You have to plan multiple trips to see everything,” she said of the area’s rich marine life. “There’s a time that’s good for whale sharks, for whales, for sea lions.”
I met Cappellano when she led our daylong dive trip with Carey Dive Center that included a surprise sighting of humpback whales and a swim with whale sharks, the widemouthed, filter-feeding fish that can grow up to 30 feet. The rest of the day was spent around the islands of Espírito Santo and Partida — the archipelago is part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, a national park and a 45-minute ride from the city — diving around a protected sea lion colony called Los Islotes. It’s not hard to see how and why visitors fall in love with these cobalt waters, and why local residents are so protective of them. Espiritu Santo is a geological layer cake carved with countless small anchorages, beloved by sailors and fishing enthusiasts. But there’s also much to explore on land — the island is a popular destination for hiking and glamping, while Playa Balandra, famous for its white sand and shallow turquoise waters, is consistently named one of the most beautiful beaches in the country. An easy 20-minute drive from the city center, it is also a protected area, and limits the number of visitors allowed per day, with timed entries at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. La Ventana, a 40-minute drive, is a famous kite-surfing destination. There’s mountain biking, dune buggying, hiking and camping, too.
“You can pick a beach depending on the wind. There are waterfalls and hot springs. Every sunset here is usually amazing,” Cappellano said. “There’s just so much nature to be enjoyed.”
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Sunset at the Baja Club Hotel in La Paz, the capital of Mexico’s Baja California Sur, March 22, 2024. (Tanveer Badal/The New York Times)
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By BERNHARD WARNERIn conversations with colleagues, fellow entrepreneurs and even musicians over the past decade, Daniel Ek would often abruptly shift the subject to something that really bugged him: health care. “I was, like, adamant to fix it,” the Spotify CEO told DealBook. He saw the industry as a bloated and inefficient colossus in need of disrupting.
The problem: Ek had neither a plan nor the time or money to do much about it. He was busy taking on Apple, YouTube and Amazon Music in the streaming wars. In his spare time, Ek pored over medical journals. And he routinely measured his vital statistics with a Fitbit, an Apple Watch or Wii Fit tracker — the more data, the better to see how his body held up against the rigors of running a business. He thought such tracking might hold some clue to living longer and healthier.
“I was just toying around with ideas in health care,” he said.
That all changed in 2018. Spotify went public, making Ek a billionaire. It was time to turn his side focus into his next venture, he decided. He knew whom to contact: Hjalmar Nilsonne, a Swedish tech entrepreneur Ek had met the year prior at Brilliant Minds, an annual gathering Ek started. Nilsonne was passionate
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about upending the status quo, too. At the time, he was focused on climate change and his startup, Watty, which aimed to strip waste out of the energy grid.
At first, Nilsonne rebuffed Ek’s proposition. But Ek eventually won him over. (It helped that Watty was running out of money and was eventually sold to a German company.) Ek, a former computer coder, and Nilsonne, an engineer, zeroed in on building a better diagnostic tool. Their aim: preventing disease and prolonging life. The company they founded, Neko Health, opened in Stockholm last year, and it is set to open in London, its second market, this summer.
Longevity has become a kind of obsession with tech moguls. Sam Altman, Peter Thiel and Ek are among those who believe that bright ideas, the right tech and bundles of capital can help humans live longer. Ek, 41, has invested millions personally and through his investment firm, Prima Materia, in such startups around Europe. Neko Health is the only one for which he’s taken the title of founder.
The company says its full-body scans can detect the onset of a host of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, as well as skin conditions. It calls its scans, which cost 2,500 Swedish krona (about $230), “a health check for your future self.”
Whole-body scans have been around for a while. But they have taken off in recent years thanks to artificial intelligence and social media. Kim Kardashian helped put one buzzy rival, Prenuvo, on the map last summer when she referred to its MRI scanner as a “life saving machine” in an Instagram post. Another, New York-based Ezra, announced in February that it had raised $21 million to help it expand to 20 North American cities by year-end.
Despite the boom in interest, medical professionals say proactive screening technologies have yet to prove that they can achieve better outcomes for patient health or longevity. And the verdict is still out on the business model.
Like Spotify, Neko Health has big growth ambitions, but it faces a long slog in getting the green light to enter new markets. And in some ways, the Neko founders’ vision is more ambitious than their competitors’. Their goal is to make early diagnosis of diseases affordable, so that full-body scans become as routine as an annual checkup. That could help reverse a depressing pattern where gains in life expectancy have slowed in many wealthy countries over the past decade, despite ballooning health care
spending.
“Almost every trend is going in the wrong direction,” said Nilsonne, 37, Neko Health’s CEO.
Inside a Neko Health scanner
There are about as many approaches to body health scans as there are companies offering them. Most involve repackaging some existing medical technology and adding proprietary software.
Prenuvo, the startup that Kardashian promoted on Instagram, was founded by entrepreneur Andrew Lacy, and its backers include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and supermodel Cindy Crawford. It sells hourlong MRI sessions for $2,499, and then uses AI-powered software to examine the scanned images for warning signs of cancer, aneurysms and liver diseases. Ezra hopes to squish the full-body scan down to 15 minutes and charge $500.
Neko Health, with its smaller price tag, doesn’t perform MRIs or X-rays. Instead, it uses about 70 sensors and a mix of proprietary and off-the-shelf technologies to noninvasively measure heart function and circulation, and to photograph every inch of a patient’s body.
“The visual metaphor early on was around the airport scanner,” Ek said.
At a Neko Health clinic in Stockholm where I recently paid for a scan, I understood the comparison. After being handed slippers and a thin cloth robe, I entered a room with a floor-to-ceiling scan chamber that looked straight out of “Star Trek.” Soothing instrumental music added to a spalike setting.
Most Neko patients have passed the scan with a clean bill of health. But in a recent sample of 2,707 patients, life-threatening issues were found in about 1% of the cases, according to the company. (About one-quarter of those were under age 50.) And for 9% of that cohort, previously undiagnosed issues were found that were later determined to be ailments such as heart disease, skin cancer and diabetes.
Dr. Andreea Valdman, Neko Health’s lead general practitioner, walked me through my results at the end of my exam. All of the 400 suspicious-looking blotches and moles on my body that had been mapped with the help of AI were benign, Neko’s dermatologists confirmed.
Type 2 diabetes runs in my family. And my father had his first stroke at 54, so the anticipation around my blood-glucose reading — HbA1c — had me on edge. The verdict: no risk of diabetes or stroke.
It felt reassuring to know I was doing something right, and what I needed to work on.
The company said the waiting list in Sweden has swelled to 20,000.
‘Bend the cost curve’
In the United States, most major health insurers don’t typically cover such scans. And some in the medical field question their effectiveness.
“To date, there is no documented evidence that total body screening is cost-efficient or effective in prolonging life,” the American College of Radiology said last year. One issue is false positives, Dr. Nils-Eric Sahlin, a professor of medical ethics at Lund University in Sweden, told DealBook. He said that could lead to a wave of healthy people seeking a second opinion, potentially overwhelming the most stressed parts of the health care system, and adding costs for potentially unnecessary follow-up treatment.
Nilsonne pushed back on these criticisms, calling the status-quo health care model in which a patient often receives treatment well after the disease has progressed bad public policy. Preventive health care, he said, should bring with it a new data stream: from healthy people. That will inform smarter policy, he argued.
“We need to bend the cost curve on health care,” Nilsonne said. “The cheapest dollar to spend on health is not when you’re super sick; it’s to help you not get sick in the first place.”
Investors see potential. Venture capitalists invested a record $4.7 billion in longevity startups in 2022, according to PitchBook. But in the wake of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes’ failed blood-testing startup that promised to usher in “a new era of preventive health,” scrutiny is also sky high. “Blowouts” like Theranos, Ek said, risk undermining the public “trust in all of the subsequent companies that are coming.”
Last summer, thanks in part to Ek’s connections, Neko raised 60 million euros ($65 million) from investors that include Atomico, General Catalyst and Lakestar. Ek has pitched in an additional 30 million euros. But the capital requirements for a brick-and-mortar expansion of health clinics are unlike the economics of unveiling an app like Spotify. The regulatory hurdles are arduous, too.
“Hundreds, if not thousands, of documents need to be submitted,” Nilsonne noted.
The startup says it will be on pace to deliver roughly 50,000 scans by the end of the year. When pressed, Ek didn’t want to talk five- or seven-year growth targets, or return on his investment. Instead, he focused on the technology.
“You can actually save lives with this,” he said, adding, “and we have.”
digital image of The New York Times writer and editor Bernhard Warner with moles and other blemishes on his skin marked by the scanning process, at a Neko Health clinic in Stockholm, March 22, 2024. Spotify chief Daniel Ek has co-founded the new start-up, which aims to make head-to-toe health scans part of the annual health checkup routine. (David B. Torch/The New York Times)The
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Eleven years ago, La Rifa Chocolatería in Mexico City introduced a dizzyingly dark, dense chocolate and cream tamal to its menu. Run through with the sultry flavors of caramel, butterscotch and molasses, the dish would quickly become one of its most popular to date.
Of its carefully collected local ingredients (blue corn masa from Cal y Maíz, nata from Lácteos la Ordeña and Mexican-grown cacao toasted and ground in-house), the tamal’s most remarkable element may be piloncillo, an unrefined whole-cane sugar.
“The caramel flavors in the piloncillo balance the acidity of our chocolates,” said Mónica Lozano, a founding partner of La Rifa, which gets its piloncillo from sustainable sugar cane farms in the eastern part of Mexico.
You can taste the grassy honeysuckle and anise flavors of the sugar cane in the piloncillo because it’s made by hand without industrial processing, she said, adding that the chocolatería prefers it to regular sugar.
Known as chancaca in Chile, Bolivia and Peru, and panela in Guatemala and Colombia, piloncillo (in Mexico) is made by crushing and extracting the juice from sugar cane. (A similar product, jaggery, is found in South Asia, Central America, Brazil and Africa.) The crushed cane and fibers are dried and fuel the fire used to boil the juice, evaporate the water and caramelize the sugars. The hot syrup, similar to molasses, is poured into wooden cone-shaped molds, cooled until hard, then sold in stores and markets.
It’s used in desserts like puerquitos, soft, pig-shaped cookies popular in Mexico and not unlike gingerbread. Capirotada, a fruit-filled bread pudding eaten during Lent and Easter, and café de olla, a spiced coffee, are both sweetened with piloncillo. It also adds depth and complexity to savory dishes, like moles and guisos (stews), giving them smoky, coffee and rummy flavors.
The easiest way to use piloncillo is to make a simple syrup and flavor it with citrus zest, warming spices or even chiles, then pour it over buñelos, pancakes or roasted sweet potatoes. You can also mix it into coffee or hot chocolate, and use it in recipes that call for molasses, like barbecue sauces, cakes and pies.
But to experience piloncillo’s reci-
pe-changing power in your own cooking, you’re going to have to box-grate it into soft, pillowy piles. Yes, it’s a little bit of a workout, but it’s completely worth it. (Some larger pieces of that caramelized sugar will fall through the grater holes, and that’s OK. They’ll wind up as golden toffee-like nuggets in your baked goods.)
In cookies — like in this piloncillo chocolate chip cookie — you get all the flavor of browned butter without the work, since the intense sugar cane mimics its flavor. And, if you are a dark chocolate lover, you can use a much more intensely flavored chocolate because the piloncillo will mellow and balance its assertiveness.
Piloncillo has a very long shelf life and can be stored in a resealable plastic bag in your pantry for months. Because you’ll be shaving rock-hard sugar into a fine dust, the large holes of your grater are going to dull after several uses and will make grating harder cheeses like Parmesan more of a chore. You may want to consider buying a cheap box grater and designating it just for piloncillo. Save the fancy one for your cheese.
Piloncillo, unrefined whole-cane sugar, is the key ingredient of these richly nuanced cookies. Known as piloncillo in Mexico; chancaca in Chile, Bolivia and Peru; or panela in other Latin American countries, it is commonly used in both sweet and savory dishes and is made by crushing, extracting and boiling down the juice from sugar cane to caramelize the sugars. It adds notes of caramel, butterscotch and molasses to everything from cakes to barbecue sauce. In this cookie, the grated piloncillo complements the bittersweet chocolate and adds the nutty flavor of the toasted milk solids in browned butter, but without any of the work. It is a bit of a chore to grate, but the flavor it adds is well worth it.
Yield: About 17 cookies
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
6 ounces/170 grams piloncillo
1/3 cup/67 grams granulated sugar
1/2 cup/113 grams unsalted butter (1 stick), melted
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal) or 1/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or vanilla paste
1 2/3 cups/211 grams all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 heaping cup/170 grams bittersweet chocolate chips or chunks (preferably 72% cacao or higher)
Flaky sea salt or kosher salt
Preparation:
1. With racks in the upper and lower thirds, heat oven to 350 degrees. Grate piloncillo using the large holes of a box grater. The grated piloncillo won’t look or feel like dark brown sugar; it will more closely resemble grated hard cheese and will have crumbly, irregular shapes with some larger split pea-size pieces. (The larger pieces will taste like and have the texture of broken bits of toffee inside the baked cookie.)
2. Whisk grated piloncillo, granulated sugar, butter and kosher salt in a large bowl until evenly mixed. Vigorously whisk in egg and vanilla until mixture lightens in color and becomes almost ribbony but with undissolved pieces of piloncillo, about 1 min-
ute. This step is very important and will give your cookie a shiny top, like a brownie, that will crisp as it bakes.
3. Add flour and baking soda and, using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula, mix until dough comes together and no floury bits remain, about 30 seconds. Stir in chocolate until evenly distributed. Dough will be soft and may be warmer than room temperature. Refrigerate for 30 minutes (or up to 5 days; see Tip) to enhance flavor and allow the dough to firm up.
4. Portion out balls of dough (about 2 generous tablespoons each) and space about 2 inches apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. (You can also form dough into table tennis-size balls with your hands.) Do not flatten; cookies will spread as they bake. Sprinkle each ball with flaky or kosher salt.
5. Bake cookies, 2 sheets at a time, switching the pans halfway through, until edges are brown and firm but centers are still soft, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
Tips:
Cookie dough can be made up to 5 days ahead; store in an airtight container and chill. Or portion into balls, cover with plastic and freeze up to 3 months. Let dough come to room temperature before baking.
Piloncillo chocolate chip cookie. Rich piloncillo, used in place of brown sugar, adds unparalleled depth to baked goods and even savory dishes. Food styled by Samantha Seneviratne. (Kelly Marshall/The New York Times)
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MIGUEL ÁNGEL
VÉLEZ RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C MIGUEL ÁNGEL
VÉLEZ MARTÍNEZ, SU ESPOSA LUZ SELENIA
NÚÑEZ LÓPEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2019CV02413. Sala: 406. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 1 de marzo de 2024, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno en la Urbanización Las Delicias, primer unidad de la planificación en el Barrio Magueyes de Ponce, Puerto Rico, y que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Las Delicias, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: número del solar veintiuno (21); Bloque B; área del solar trescientos doce metros cuadrados(312.00). En lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros (13.00), con la calle número tres (3); por el SUR, en trece metros (13.00), con el solar número dos (2); por el ESTE, en veinticuatro meteros (24.00) con el solar número veintidós (22); y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro metros (24.00) con el solar número veinte (20). Inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 892, finca #2,168 de Ponce. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Ponce. Además, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipote-
cados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 19 de enero de 2019, a saber la suma de $132,922.40 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 6.25%, anual desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2018, hasta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cualesquiera otras cantidades pactadas en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más la suma de $18,700.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $187,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 21 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $124,666.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA
la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE MAYO DE 2024 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $93,500.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subroga-
do en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 12 de marzo de 2024. MANUEL MALDONADO, ALGUACIL, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
LONGBRIDGE
FINANCIAL, LLC
Demandante Vs. MIGUEL ANTONIO LOPEZ
DIAZ T/C/C MIGUEL
A. LOPEZ DIAZ T/C/C
MIGUEL ANTONIO
LOPEZ T/C/C MIGUEL
LOPEZ DIAZ; SUCESION
MARIA ESTHER DE LA MATA MELENDEZ T/C/C
MARIA ESTHER MATTA MELENDEZ T/C/C MARIA
E. MATTA T/C/C MARIA MATTA MELENDEZ
COMPUESTA POR SU VIUDO MIGUEL ANTONIO
LOPEZ DIAZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV07265.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE
DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de
San Juan, el 13 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar número veinte del bloque “K” (K-20) de la Urbanización San Ignacio, situada en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, hoy jurisdicción de la Capital de Puerto Rico, con un área de 535.59 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en un arco de 16.35 metros con la Calle “D” de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en 13.43 metros y 5.60 metros con los solares número 6 y 7 del bloque “K”; por el ESTE, en 30.58 metros con el solar número 21 del bloque “K”; y por el OESTE, en 29.65 metros con el solar número 19 del bloque “K” de la Urbanización San Ignacio. Enclava una casa de concreto armado, de una sola planta para dedicarla a vivienda.” Inscrita al folio 218 del tomo 467 de Monacillos, finca 17362, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 43 del tomo 988 de Monacillos, finca 17362, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección III, inscripción 12ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. SAN IGNACIO, 1713 SAN ESTANISLAO, SAN JUAN, PR 00927. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $465,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 13 de marzo de 2093. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $465,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura
de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 20 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $310,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $232,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 28 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $224,410.80 por concepto de principal, la cual no incluye intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 31 de julio de 2023. La suma global vencida, líquida y exigible incluyendo intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 31 de julio de 2023 es de $399,108.22, y los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha; más cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son liquidas y exigibles. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico,
por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de abril de 2024. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC
Demandante Vs. SUCESION LIVIA MARGARITA FELICIE
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C LIVIA M FELICIE
RODRIGUEZ T/C/C LIVIA
FELICIE RODRIGUEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV07391. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL: Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 13 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento
Numero Seiscientos Uno (601) Residencia en forma irregular que radica en el sexto (6to) piso del Condominio de Diego Cuatrocientos Cuarenta y Cuatro (444). Localizado en Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, en el kilómetro uno (1) A guion ocho (A-8) de la antigua carretera de Rio Piedras a Caguas hoy denominada José de Diego, el apartamento tiene una área privada aproximada de Mil Setenta y Ocho (1,078) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cien punto quince (100.15) metros está compuesto de la siguiente forma: balcón, sala, comedor, cocina, dos (2) baños y tres (3) cuartos. Su puerta principal de entrada está localizada al oeste del corredor que distribuye al resto de los apartamentos a la circulación vertical y a las demás dependencias del piso correspondientes. Son sus colindancias y medidas lineales aproximadas las siguientes: por el NORTE, en doce pies once pulgadas (12’11”) equivalentes a tres punto noventa y tres (3.93) metros con la tachada norte del edificio que da a la Avenida José de Diego; por el SUR, en veintidós pies siete pulgadas (22’7”) equivalentes seis punto ocho ochenta y ocho (6.88) metros con la fachada Sur del edificio que de frente a la quebrada Juan Méndez; por el ESTE, en cuatro (4) alineaciones distintas, una de veinticinco (25) pies diez (10) pulgadas. Equivalentes a siete punto ochenta y siete (7.87) metros con el apartamento número seiscientos dos (602), otra dos (2) de tres pies ocho pulgadas (3’8”) y un pies cuatro pulgadas (1’4”), equivalentes a uno punto once (1.11) metros y cero punto cuarenta (0.40) metros respectivamente, con el corredor central queda acceso a todos los apartamentos y en veintiocho pies seis pulgadas (28’6”) equivalentes a ocho punto sesenta y ocho (8.68) metros con el apartamento número seiscientos diez (610) y por el OESTE, con el patio lateral Oeste del edificio. Le corresponde a este apartamento un porciento en los elementos comunes de cero punto cincuenta y ocho (0.58%) por ciento y el espacio de estacionamiento treinta y seis guion B (36-B) quedando el porciento sujeto a variación de acuerdo a los expresado en el régimen. Finca número 22,278, inscrita al folio 93 del tomo 543 de Sabana Llana, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección V. Propiedad localizada en: 444 CALLE DE DIEGO, COND DE DIEGO APT. 601, SAN JUAN,
PUERTO RICO 00923. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $150,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 8 de mayo de 2084. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $150,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 20 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $100,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $75,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, el 28 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $77,711.34 por concepto de principal, la cual no incluye intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 30 de noviembre de 2021, los cuales continúan acumulándose. La suma global vencida, líquida y exigible incluyendo intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 30 de noviembre de 2021, es de $123,732.24, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora
posterior a dicha fecha; más cualquier otra suma que se haga en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca. Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de abril de 2024. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #368. ***
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN IVANA
RIVERA CORCHADO
Demandante V. ELENA CORCHADO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023RF00885 (Salón: 704 RF). Sobre: FILIACION - RECONOCIMIENTO IMPUGNACION FILIATORIA (ACCION MIXTA). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. YANITSIA IRIZARRY MENDEZ YIM@IRIZARRYMENDEZ.COM
A: UBALDO RIVERA
(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 FEBRERO de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y,
siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 21 de MARZO de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS EFECTOS DE ENVIAR NUEVAMENTE A LA LCDA. PARA EL TRAMITE CORRESPONDIENTE.. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 21 de MARZO de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MYRNA D. F/ DALIA RODRIGUEZ ESTRADA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
DSL RETAIL, LLC
Demandante V. B-CELLULAR CORP CORP Y OTROS
Demandado (a) CASO NÚM.: SL2023CV00394 (SALÓN 701) SOBRE:COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARJO Y OTROS. ALEXANDRA SÁNCHEZ MITCHELL
ASANCHEZ@MSGLA WPR.COM
FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ
FGIERBOLINI@MSGLAWPR.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: B-CELLULAR CORP. Y BETZAIDA QUIÑONEZ SANCHEZ
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 DE ABRIL 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 consi-
derará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 22 de abril de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 22 de abril de 2024. Lisilda Martínez Agosto, Secretaria. F/Eneida Arroyo Vélez, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES
ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1
Demandante Vs. GILBERTO PÉREZ FELICIANO, T/C/C GILBERTO PÉREZ
SANCHEZ; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2022CV02258. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: GILBERTO PÉREZ FELICIANO, T/C/C GILBERTO PÉREZ
SANCHEZ; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 29 DE MAYO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 29 de febrero de 2024. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará UNA SEGUNDA subasta para la
venta de la susodicha propiedad, EL 5 DE JUNIO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE JUNIO DE 2024, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 5 de abril de 2024, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número trece (13) del Bloque “WJ” de la Urbanización Santa Juanita, radicado en el Barrio Minillas de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, que comprende un área de trescientos un metros y treinta centímetros cuadrados (301.30 m.c.), colindan por el NORTE, con el Solar número doce (12); por el SUR, con el Solar número catorce (14); por el ESTE, con la Calle Jesús T. Piñeiro-Norte; y por el OESTE, con el Solar número siete (7). Finca Número 24,291, inscrita al folio 96 del tomo 534 de Bayamón Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Dirección de la Propiedad: WJ-13 Jesús T. Piñero St., Santa Juanita Dev, Bayamón, PR 00956. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $166,768.39 en concepto de principal con interés al 5.060% anual, los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de $16,800.00 equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 20 otorgada el día 31 de marzo de 2015, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Mario E. Pé-
rez Acosta y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 24,291, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I de Bayamón. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $168,000.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $112,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $84,000.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, 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. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso
en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso.
Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio 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. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 15 de abril de 2024. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.
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ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS
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Demandante V. IRIS A RODRIGUEZ TORO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GU2023CV00012. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRE DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: IRIS A RODRIGUEZ TORO. P/C NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de abril de 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 23 de abril de 2024. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN INES RITA DE LOURDES FIGUEROA OLIVELLA EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANA RITA OLIVELLA ARROYO Demandantes Vs. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK EN LA FIGURA DE SU SUCESOR FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV03272. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS
UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A : JOHND DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE O SEA, LA PARTE CODEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA:
Por el presente edicto se le notifica a los codemandados John Doe y Richard Roe, que la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda en este Tribunal donde se solicita la cancelación de un pagaré extraviado a favor de First Federal Savings Bank, o a su orden, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago. El pagaré cuya cancelación se solicita fue emitido a favor de Ana Rita Olivella Arroyo por la suma principal de CINCUENTA MIL DÓLARES ($50,000.00) devengando intereses al diez y un cuarto (10 1/4%) por ciento anual, vencedero el primero (1) de diciembre de 2010. Constituido mediante la escritura número Setecientos setenta y cuatro (774) sobre Hipoteca, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 29 de noviembre de 1990, ante el Notario Público Michel Rachid Piñero, inscrita al folio 73 del tomo 1047 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca 11,701, del Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Segunda.
Por la presente se les emplaza y requiere para que notifiquen a la licenciada Sara Pagán Rodríguez, P.O. Box 8232, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009100232, teléfono 787-308-2020, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la Demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Por la presente se les apercibe que de no comparecer a formular alegaciones dentro de 30 días contados a partir de la fecha de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotara la rebeldía y se dictara sentencia de acuerdo con lo solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 25 de abril de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
DAMARIS CONTRERAS RODRIGUEZ Demandante Vs.
HERIBERTO VELAZQUEZ
MARTINEZ Y SU ESPOSA BLANCA
LYDIA VILLEGAS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; IVONNE NICOLE CARLO ORONA, SANTA MATOS COTY, BRIAN KING APPLEGATE, LUIS OSUNA CARTAGENA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JANE ROE
Civil Núm.: CB2023CV00344. DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: HERIBERTO VELAZQUEZ MARTINEZ
Y SU ESPOSA BLANCA
LYDIA VILLEGAS Y LA SOCEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JUAN DEL PUEBLO YJANE ROE.
Por Ia Presente se les emplaza para que presenten su alegación responsiva dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DIAS siguientes a Ia publicación de este emplazamiento por Edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en Ia Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted(es) deberá(n) presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr.sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia Secretaría de este Tribunal de Primera Instancia y notificando copia de a misma al Lcdo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo con oficinas localizadas en Calle Concordia 256, Bo El Seco, Edificio Oil Energy, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00680; teléfono (787) 833-5466, y cuya dirección postal es P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681. 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 por Ia parte demandante en Ia Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO, bajo Ia firma de eSte Tribunal, en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de marzo de 2024.
LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA RE-
GIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS
BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
DAMARIS CONTRERAS
RODRIGUEZ
Demandante Vs. HERIBERTO VELAZQUEZ MARTINEZ Y SU ESPOSA BLANCA
LYDIA VILLEGAS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; IVONNE NICOLE CARLO ORONA, SANTA MATOS
COTY, BRIAN KING APPLEGATE, LUIS
OSUNA CARTAGENA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JANE ROE
Civil Núm.: CB2023CV00344.
Materia: DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: BRIAN KING APPLEGATE2143 WALLARD SPRUCE TERRACE, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32820.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza para que presenten su alegación responsiva dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DIAS siguientes a Ia publicación de este emplazamiento por Edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en Ia Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted(es) deberá(n) presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr.sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia Secretaría de este Tribunal de Primera Instancia y notificando copia de a misma al Lcdo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo con oficinas localizadas en Calle Concordia 256, Bo El Seco, Edificio Oil Energy, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00680; teléfono (787) 833-5466, y cuya dirección postal es P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681. 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 por Ia parte demandante en Ia Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. En Cabo
Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy 4 de marzo de 2004. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CABO ROJO
DAMARIS CONTRERAS RODRIGUEZ
Demandante Vs. HERIBERTO VELAZQUEZ
MARTINEZ Y SU ESPOSA BLANCA
LYDIA VILLEGAS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES; IVONNE NICOLE CARLO
ORONA, SANTA MATOS COTY, BRIAN KING APPLEGATE, LUIS OSUNA CARTAGENA, JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE, JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JANE ROE
Civil Núm.: CB2023CV00344. Materia: DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: IVONNE NICOLE CARLO ORONA9293 CEDAR TREE RD, DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA 90240.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente su alegación responsiva dentro del término de TREINTA (30) DIAS siguientes a Ia publicación de este emplazamiento por Edicto que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general en Ia Isla de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando Ia siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicialpr.sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en Ia Secretaría de este Tribunal de Primera Instancia y notificando copia de Ia misma al Lcdo. Luis Roberto Santos Montalvo con oficina localizada en 256 CaVe Concordia, Barrio El Seco, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; teléfono (787) 833-5466, y cuya dirección postal es P.O. Box 1809, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-1809. 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 por Ia parte demandante en Ia Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal,
en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy 4 de marzo de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR I.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE BARRANQUITAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC Demandante V. EDWIN O SANTOS MORALES Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BQ2023CV00085. (Salón: 1). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANEROKEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: EDWIN O SANTOS MORALESSECTOR VILLA CASINO CARR 156 K 17 H 2 INT, BARRANQUITAS, PR 00794. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2024. En Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2024. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MYRTA ENID FIGUEROA APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AIBONITO SALA SUPERIOR DE BARRANQUITAS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. EFREN RODRIGUEZ BLASINI
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CY2023CV00318. (Salón: 1). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KEVIN SÁNCHEZ CAMPANEROKEVIN.SANCHEZ@ORF-LAW.COM. A: EFREN RODRIGUEZ BLASINI - BO PALO HINCADO CARR 143 KM 51.00TNT, BARRANQUITAS PR 00794.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 de abril 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 23 de abril de 2024. En Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, el 23 de abril de 2024. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MYRTA ENID FIGUEROA APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. IAN MAYORAL PARRACIA
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2023CV04428. (Salón: 504). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: IAN MAYORAL PARRACIA.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 DE ABRIL DE 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 25 de abril de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. AIMEE SERRANO GONZALEZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: BY2023CV04497.
(Salón: 504). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: AIMEE SERRANO GONZALEZ.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 DE ABRIL DE 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Senten-
cia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 25 de abril de 2024. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 25 de abril de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA ORTIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. SUCESION DE CARLOS JUAN GUZMAN SIERRA Y OTROS Demandado(a) CASO NÚM.: CG2024CV00312 (SALÓN 803 - CIVIL) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO -ORDINARIO Y OTROS. BALDOMERO A. COLLAZO TORRES BCOLLAZO@LAWPR.COM NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. A: CARLOS JUAN SIERRA RUIZ Y ANTONIA SIERRA RUIZ TAMBIEN CONOCIDA COMO ELBA ANTONIA SIERRA RUIZ Y COMO ANTONIO SIERRA RUIZ COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE CARLOS JUAN GUZMAN SIERRA; KARLA MICHELLE SIERRA VELEZ Y CARLOS ALBERTO SIERRA VELEZ COMO MIEMBROS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE CARLOS JUAN GUZMAN SIERRA Y DE DORIS LYDIA TORRES TORRES (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el
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The Taínos and Taínas of Ana G. Méndez University (UAGM by its Spanish initials) have won the most prestigious award in university sports: the Global Cup.
The achievement comes amid the celebration of the 75th anniversary of UAGM’s founding and the 95th anniversary of the Interuniversity Athletic League (LAI) Sports Festival, better known as Las Justas.
The LAI Tournament Office announced earlier this week the results of the award that adds up all the points earned in sports programming for the 2023-2024 academic year. UAGM was revealed as the winner, for the first time since
the unification of its campuses. Capturing the Global Cup was a collective effort, with the university system’s men’s and women’s divisions combining for 2,845 points. In addition, by gender, UAGM won the women’s division with 1,402.5 points, and on the men’s side finished as the runner-up with 1,442.5 points.
“It gives me great satisfaction to know the results of the award we set out to win,” UAGM Athletic Director Edgar Díaz Díaz said. “I feel proud, not only for having won the award, but for the work done by our coaches, administrative staff, and most importantly and our reason for being, the athletes,”
LAI sports programming is divided into two semesters and includes 17 sports: taekwondo, weightlifting, short course (25-meter pool) swimming, cross country, table tennis, beach volleyball, basketball, dance, long pool swimming, Olympic wrestling, volleyball, soccer, tennis, relay championships, women’s softball, judo and Las Justas (track & field). This year, dance became an official sport and cheer-
leading became an exhibition sport.
“The key this year was participating in everything,” said Díaz, who is in his fourth year as athletic director at UAGM. “Dance was the sport that averaged the points to win. My admiration and respect for those students who put together their choreography in March and although we did not win, neither did we come in last; they gave us the points to win.”
Taking second place in the Global Cup was defending champion Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (UIPR), with 2,840 points in both divisions as a result of the championship in the men’s division with 1,510 points and third place in the women’s division with 1,330 points. UIPR repeated as Las Justas champion last weekend.
Díaz said finishing as runners-up at Las Justas gives him cause to look for depth in his teams.
“Actually I obtained 12 gold medals against seven in the men’s branch, 11 golds against seven in the women’s branch, compared with Inter,” he said. “We have to continue working on achieving depth with that second athlete who can capture more points and the possibilities will be real for next year.”
Third place in the Global Cup went to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayagüez Campus with 2,815 points, a result of 1,425 points in the men’s division, good for third place, and 1,390 points on the women’s side for second place.
One wish that Díaz wants to fulfill is to receive all the participating universities that won awards throughout the year at the annual LAI Value Awards, which is scheduled for late May and early June (specific date to be announced soon).
“I would like to celebrate the Global Cup achievement at our university,” he said. “It is the first global championship we have had since our unification. We will make the formal request to the LAI and the presidency of the UAGM so that it can happen. But … our athletes will have their gala at the end of May to celebrate their stories and their institutional achievements.”
USC repeats in Commissioner Cup Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (Sacred Heart University), meanwhile repeated as the LAI Commissioner Cup champion. The award is given to institutions with 6,000 or fewer enrolled student-athletes.
The Dolphins’ combined score (men’s and women’s divisions) was 1,290 points.
“I’m super proud. We have worked hard in these years,” USC Athletic Director Rafael Colón said. “We have universities like [UPR] Bayamón, [UPR] Arecibo and [UPR] Humacao that are good competitors. Thank God, we were able to repeat!”
UPR Bayamón was the runnerup with 1,175 points, while UPR Arecibo took third place with 1,085 points.
Ana G. Méndez University Athletic Director Edgar Díaz Díaz (UAGM) Universidad del Sagrado Corazón swimmers celebrate winning their seventh-straight Interuniversity Athletic League (LAI) team title. USC repeated as the LAI Commissioner’s Cup champion this year. (Kendall Torres/LAI)
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