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Fiscal board asks gov’t to submit a budget for UPR based on $1.12 billion revenue forecast

By THE STAR STAFF

The Financial Oversight and Management Board has asked the central government to submit by May 19 a 2023-24 fiscal year budget for the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) based on a revenue forecast of $1.12 billion.

A letter sent to Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia and legislative leaders last Friday by the oversight board’s executive director, Robert Mujica, states that the board’s goal is to be able to notify the governor of any violations to the fiscal plan by June 2 and to have a revised budget by June 16.

The revenue forecast provided by the oversight board includes $72 million in revenue from slot machines, $114 million in research grants and $256 million in Pell and other student aid grants.

Last year, UPR had a consolidated budget of about $1.16 billion.

The request from the oversight board comes after UPR President Luis A. Ferrao Delgado told lawmakers last week that the university would operate with a $27 million deficit at the end of the fiscal year on June 30 that it expected to close through cuts and other funds.

“Even with the reductions in payroll expenses and other savings, the institution’s General Fund budget is insufficient,” Ferrao Delgado. “Extraordinary increases such as electricity have caused the system units to operate without room for maneuvering.”

He indicated that the deficit of $27 million is the difference between the 2022 budget of $773.8 million and the annual projected spending for fiscal year 2022-2023, which is $801 million.

According to an explanatory memorandum submitted by the UPR president, the deficit corresponds mainly to the UPR-Río Piedras and the UPR-Mayagüez (RUM by its Spanish acronym) campuses, the Agricultural Extension Service, the Medical Sciences Campus (RCM) and the branch campuses in Utuado, Carolina, Arecibo and Ponce.

Ferrao Delgado is requesting a $793 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2023-2024.

UPR sought $71.5 million for the operations of several institutions, including the Mayagüez Trauma Center.

Ferrao Delgado criticized the cut of the state con-

tribution to UPR, which is slated to be $500 million for the next fiscal year because as part of the use of the funds the oversight board said a portion should be used to fund the seismic network and medical student internships.

For more than 10 years, students and teachers have not seen improvements to compensate for inflation, the UPR president said. To the contrary, they have seen their benefits continually diminished and restricted. On the one hand, students have experienced enrollment increases of 175 percent while the services they receive and the student experience have been compromised by insufficient budgets, he said.

“Neither the students nor the employees can continue to bear the brunt of it, ” Ferrao Delgado stressed.

He emphasized the need to approve $631 million as an unrestricted allocation for the institution, instead of $500 million.

University of Puerto

President Luis A. Ferrao

Audits of 2020 political committees find millions of dollars in faulty reporting of revenues, expenses

By THE STAR STAFF

The Office of the Elections Comptroller (OCE by its Spanish initials) announced on Sunday the result of audits of political committees that participated in the electoral events of 2020. The finances of the 948 political committees registered for the most recent islandwide electoral event were audited.

“During this audit process, the income and expenditure transactions for the 2020 election year of each political party, political action committee, candidate and candidates were evaluated and analyzed in order to determine whether the financial, administrative and operational activities were carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Law for the Control of Political Campaign Financing and other applicable law,” Electoral Comptroller Walter Vélez Martínez said. “In addition, all auditees who requested it were given the opportunity to meet with the auditors, to clarify doubts, and answer and correct

findings, as established by Law 222-2011. Similarly, as part of the audits there was horizontal cooperation with different oversight agencies, whether state or federal, for the processing of cases or related investigations.”

Among the main findings of the audits are that of a total of $34,726,728.17 in revenue, the OCE detected that $4,700,282.44 was not reported in a

timely manner, and of $35,990,308.04 in expenses, $2,709,274.95 was not reported. Similarly, it was revealed that $118,682.31 corresponding to accounts payable was not submitted in the income and expense reports. In addition, irregularities were detected such as: 112 illegal donors, 4,347 unidentified donors, $356,003.60 in money not deposited in the accounts, $159,899.75 in excess cash

payments, and $149,709.06 in excess donations, among others.

As a result of the audits and processes related to the oversight of political campaigns of the most recent electoral cycle, the OCE imposed fines, required the return of money and ordered the restitution of public money to the government in the amount of $2,244,098.94, due to violations of Law 222-2011 and its regulations.

“As an oversight agency for the financing of the electoral campaigns of political parties, committees and candidates, we will continue to ensure the transparency and legitimacy of the expenses reported, as well as the donations received by them with the purpose of bringing political messages to the electorate,” Vélez Martínez said. “By achieving the goal of auditing 100% of the registered political committees, which had never been achieved, it has allowed [for] a clear diagnosis and for identifying which activities are conducted as expected and which are not.”

House to look into alleged poor working conditions at State Insurance Fund Corp.

By THE STAR STAFF

House Labor Affairs Committee Chairman Domingo Torres García announced an investigation into allegations of office overcrowding and poor working conditions at the State Insurance Fund Corporation (SIF).

The lawmaker announced the probe after participating over the weekend in a protest by State Insurance Fund Corp.

workers. The entity is in charge of managing workmen’s compensation claims.

“The claims of unionized employees are severe,” said Torres García, who promised a thorough investigation of the accusations. “According to them, the SIF has closed pharmacies, delayed appointments, has not hired medical specialists, and has failed to provide medical treatment, which has affected the medical services offered by the Corporation, and in turn, affects the working conditions of the unionized workers.”

“My intention is not to hinder the collective bargaining process but to contribute to the fact that the parties have to sit at the table and that the administration has to submit the information to the union,” he added.

The District 25 legislator emphasized that he is in solidarity with the SIF employees and reported that he participated in the strike along with fellow lawmakers from Ponce Ángel “Tito” Fourquet Cordero and José “Chito” Rivera Madera.

“As part of my commitment to the country’s workers, we commit ourselves to delving into what the union alleges so as to identify resources that will allow the SIF to function optimally,” Torres García said.

Among the complaints made by unionized employees are that the workers do not have adequate workspaces and that the facilities are deteriorating.

“As president of the Labor Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, I will carry out a comprehensive investigation, together with other colleagues, to address these claims

and bring the necessary information to light,” Torres García said. “The Administrator of the State Insurance Fund has indicated that he is surprised because they have taken affirmative measures to deal with the claims. However, we will request information to validate these supposed affirmative actions.”

The lawmaker added that there is also a claim in the SIF regarding salaries, which is why, to elucidate the controversy, he will request information from both the union and the SIF administration.

“There are many problems that have been exposed and pointed out during this strike process, so we will not go unnoticed or minimize the claims of these employees,” Torres García said. “It is time to discover in depth what is happening with this public corporation and finally do justice to these workers.”

Electoral Comptroller Walter Vélez Martínez

House Labor Affairs Committee Chairman Domingo Torres García

Experts differ vastly on what PREPA can pay to creditors

By THE STAR STAFF

As U.S. District Court Judge Judge Laura Taylor Swain has ordered stakeholders’ lawyers to appear today in court to address the lack of meaningful engagement in the mediation process, expert opinions provided in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bankruptcy process show the vast differences in approaches to determining the amount of debt the utility can pay to creditors.

The PREPA debt plan proposes to restructure PREPA’s debt principally through an issuance of $5.68 billion in new bonds to fund partial recoveries on creditors’ claims. PREPA owns about $8.26 billion in revenue bonds, plus some $218 million in prepetition accrued interest on such bonds. The utility also owns $700 million in fuel line loans and projects some $246 million to $4.9 billion in general unsecured claims. It also has over $3 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.

Under the proposed plan, PREPA would pay for the new bonds over a 35-year period through revenue from a legacy charge to its electric power customers. The legacy charge consists of a monthly flat fee for customers’ connection to PREPA’s power grid and volumetric charges based on energy consumption.

The Financial Oversight and Management Board determined the legacy charge by developing a view of what it deems affordable for PREPA’s customers, concluding that an affordable and sustainable legacy charge will generate only $5.68 billion in additional net revenues. The creditors, such as the Ad Hoc Group of PREPA bondholders, using their own experts, found that those calculations are wrong.

The discrepancies between the two parties are so vast that Swain admonished stakeholders for failing to negotiate through mediation and has said that confirmation “is far from a certainty.”

The discrepancies can be illustrated by some of the dozens of expert opinions.

Glenn George, an economic consultant, adviser and expert on the energy sector and one of several experts hired by the oversight board, provided an opinion on the methodology applied by the Brattle Group Inc., at the direction of the oversight board, in determining the adequacy of the legacy charge for the debt adjustment plan. He reviewed two models, the Revenue Envelope Model and Legacy Charge Model, to calculate the adequacy of the legacy charges. He identified “no material calculational errors or divergence from practices generally applied in the field of utility ratemaking.”

PREPA customers already pay very high electricity rates. As of January 2023, the average mainland U.S. ratepayer paid 15.5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity, while the average cost of electricity in Puerto Rico was 24 cents per kWh.

George agreed with assertions by the oversight board that the Revenue Envelope Model defines the upper boundary of electricity affordability for residential customers in Puerto Rico as a percentage of median household income, or share of wallet, to be 6%.

He advocated using U.S. Census estimates of the median household income for Puerto Ricans, which is $21,967. This is to say that 50% of households earn more than $21,967 and 50% earn less. The inflation adjustments per the 2022 Fiscal Plan are then applied to estimate the median annual household income in Puerto Rico to be $24,000 in 2024.

“This 6% (share of wallet) affordability threshold is based in part on researchers’ understanding that housing costs should typically account for no more than 30% of household income and no more than 20% of these household costs should be allocated to energy bills. Together, these statistics indicate that household energy costs should be no greater than 6%,” George said.

Taken together, the estimated median household income in 2024 for PREPA’s residential customers and the 6% share of wallet yield a maximum monthly electricity bill of $120, he said.

The oversight board decided to propose a $21 fixed charge, presumably to allow the opportunity to apply volumetric charges. Accordingly, since the monthly fixed charge in the 2022 Fiscal Plan was $4 for this customer class, the total monthly fixed charge for residential customers would be the sum of $4 and $21, or $25.69.

George also said it would be unreasonable for PREPA to allocate the entirety of the revenue envelope for the repayment of debt. PREPA must allocate some of the revenue envelope for capital improvements.

The Revenue Envelope Model derived a set of rates for each customer class that generated a net present value of the revenue envelope of $6.383 billion. The Legacy Charge Model determines a set of legacy charge rates by customer class which will yield $4.684 billion, the portion of the Revenue Envelope that will be used to service PREPA’s outstanding debt.

“The Legacy Charge Model tailors the fixed and volumetric charges estimated in the Revenue Envelope Model in an effort to shift the burden of the Legacy Charge away from PREPA’s most vulnerable customers,” George said. “I note that the Legacy Charge Model’s slightly modified fixed charge and volumetric charge rate design still generates the Legacy Charge Revenues available for debt repayment as determined in the Revenue Envelope Model.”

Maureen Chakraborty, managing principal at Analysis Group and one of the four experts hired by PREPA’s bondholders, concluded that the oversight board’s methodology for calculating the additional net revenues PREPA could collect from customers to repay creditors is based on a number of “inaccurate and unreasonable” assumptions and calculations.

The oversight board assumes the hypothetical resi-

dential customer consumes 425 kWh of electricity monthly. But that level of consumption is unsupported by data from LUMA Energy, the private operator of PREPA’s transmission and distribution system, and the Puerto Rico Community Survey, Chakraborty said.

“Data provided by LUMA and the Puerto Rico Community Survey demonstrate that a household earning $24,000 in Puerto Rico does not actually consume 425 kWh of electricity monthly, but will instead consume 372 to 400 kWh monthly. By projecting a higher level of electricity consumption per month than consumers at the median income level ($24,000 per year) actually use, the Board overstates their current spending for electricity and thereby creates too low a ceiling on the Legacy Charge rates that would keep the monthly electricity bill of the Hypothetical Residential Consumer below $120,” she said. “This error has large implications for the calculation of Additional Net Revenues that PREPA could reasonably collect from customers to repay creditors. Correcting the consumption level of the Board’s Hypothetical Residential Customer to reflect the actual expected consumption of a household earning $24,000 results in Additional Net Revenues between $7.19 billion and $8.96 billion, an increase of $1.51 billion to $3.28 billion over the amount calculated by the Board.”

Chakraborty also observed that despite purporting to calculate rates that are affordable over a period extending 35 to 50 years into the future, the oversight board actually conducts its affordability analysis only for the first year of the legacy charge (2024) and then holds the estimated legacy charge’s fixed and volumetric rates constant for the duration of the period.

The PREPA employee retirement system, known as SREAEE by its Spanish initials, filed a study by economist José Lozada finding that the PREPA plan is not feasible, because of the macroeconomic impact of implementing the legacy charge and its effect on Puerto Rico’s economy. Lozada asserts that Puerto Rico’s economy “is not sustainable, and it has no competitiveness in the long term,” and said his study and testimony will demonstrate that the legacy charge “will cause a downward economic spiral,” as it will negatively impact consumers, production, employment, migration and commercial competitiveness.

U.S. District Court Judge Judge Laura Taylor Swain

Glenn George

By THE STAR STAFF

Three historic structures located in Old San Juan that are considered architectural gems and that house hundreds of years of history within their walls will be repaired with about $10.7 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The structures are the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, Santa Ana Church and Santo Cristo de la Salud Chapel, all of which are part of the National Registry of Historic Properties.

The cultural and historical value of the buildings is incalculable, underscoring the importance of repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Maria and restoring spaces of great significance for Puerto Rico. Historian José Marull del Río of the State Office of Historic Preservation said Santa Ana Church, for example, once housed five oval works featuring saints of the Order of Mercy, created by Puerto Rican painter José Campeche. It is also the only current example of an urban structure of its kind from the 19th century.

The San Juan Cathedral also stands out, as the oldest in the country and the second oldest in America. The construction of the Chapel of Christ, meanwhile, dates back 270 years.

“These facilities are important spaces of Puerto Rican history and identity,” Federal Disaster Recovery, Coordinator José G. Baquero said. “The assignment from our

Environmental and Historical Conservation division is one of great impact, where we seek to address the damages taking into account the laws that protect structures like these, which are great examples of our heritage.”

Due to the historic characteristics of the structures, repairs must meet the U.S. Department of the Interior’s historic property rehabilitation standards. Those guidelines are used to determine the type of treatment -- whether

preservation, rehabilitation, restoration or reconstruction -- that will be applied based on the level of the historical significance of the facility and the use and condition of the structure.

Repairs already completed for all three facilities include lime plaster, brick slabs and flooring, stairs, wooden supports and doors. Part of the pending work includes resurfacing roofs and replacing electrical conduits and wiring, floor tiles and chandeliers. Plaster, stained glass and windows will also be repaired, and interiors and exteriors will be painted, among other tasks.

For St. John Cathedral, about $177,000 of its reconstruction funds are for mitigation measures: roof waterproofing will be reinforced, a layer will be applied over clear glass windows to prevent cracks and breaks, and impact-resistant non-reflective panels will be installed to protect the stained glass windows. The repairs seek to strengthen the structure so that it does not suffer similar damage during future atmospheric events.

Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience Executive Director Manuel A. Laboy Rivera encouraged faith-based organizations to request funds through Working Capital Advance “for the development of projects that will provide resilience to the infrastructure and contribute to preserving its historical and cultural value.”

To date, FEMA has committed nearly $30.4 billion in public assistance funds for more than 10,600 rebuilding projects with an emphasis on increasing resiliency.

FEMA approves $10.7 million for historic Old San Juan architecture Over $200 million in federal funds added to home purchase program

By THE STAR STAFF

Housing Secretary William Rodríguez Rodríguez on Sunday announced the disbursement of over $200 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds under the Direct Homebuyer Assistance Program (HBA), from which more than 6,000 families have already benefited in the purchase of a home.

The program helps homebuyers with up to $60,000 for early payment and closing expenses.

“Today we celebrate that we have helped more than 6,000 families get their homes …” Rodríguez said. “We continue to carry the message that this program is available to help citizens.”

Following the previous success and enthusiastic reception of the aid, during recent weeks the Housing Department announced that it had added an additional $200 million to the HBA program, which was launched in July 2019 to extend the possibility of helping more families.

The Housing Finance Authority (AFV by its Spanish initials) has been designated by the Housing Department as the entity administering the HBA program with the goal of assisting eligible applicants in acquiring property. With the collaboration of the AFV and the financial institutions participating in the program, an average of $4.2 million per month has been disbursed.

AFV Executive Director Blanca Fernández González noted that “AFV has been working collaboratively with financial institutions to ensure that HBA Program funds

reach each of the eligible applicants.”

“In accordance with our governor’s public policy, we have worked hard to make the disbursement of federal funds viable for the benefit of our citizens,” she said. “Therefore, it is a matter of great pride for us to reach this disbursement so that eligible families can acquire a home of their own.”

Fernández González added that the $200 million injection brought the total in CDBG-DR funds to be disbursed through the HBA to $495 million.

”The AFV has continued to conduct various outreach efforts through social networks, orientations in municipalities, government agencies and shopping centers promoting this subsidy as an opportunity for more eligible families to obtain a safe roof,” she said.

Lawmaker Ortiz González builds early double-digit lead in PDP presidential vote tally

By THE STAR STAFF

Rep. Jésus Manuel Ortiz González held a double-digit lead over Villaba Mayor Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz at press time in Sunday’s election for a new Popular Democratic Party (PDP) president, with Morovis Mayor Carmen Maldonado González running a distant third.

According to the State Elections Commission (SEC), with 17 of the 146 precincts (5,800 votes) reporting, Ortiz had garnered 52.7%, with 41.7% for Hernández and 5.3% for Maldonado as of press time.

While the results of the vote were expected to be known later Sunday, the outcome will not be final until the election is certified by the State Elections Commission on Tuesday.

Cathedral of San Juan Bautista

Rep. Jésus Manuel Ortiz González

Asked about age, Biden says he knows ‘more than the vast majority of people’

By KATIE ROGERS

In his first interview since announcing that he would seek a second term, President Joe Biden sought to downplay concerns about his age by saying he was the most experienced person to have ever run for the presidency.

“I have acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people,” Biden told the MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle in an interview that aired Friday night. “And I’m more experienced than anybody that’s ever run for the office. And I think I’ve proven myself to be honorable as well as also effective.”

Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term should he win, has in recent days tried to reassure voters about his age, presenting it as an asset rather than a hindrance to running. In the interview, he also said that Vice President Kamala Harris “hasn’t gotten the credit she deserves,” and he promoted her past work as attorney general of California and as a senator.

The wide-ranging interview showed a president seeking to make his case for reelection amid looming potential crises, including a deployment of American troops to the country’s southern border and a federal government that is potentially weeks away from defaulting on its debt.

Compared with his predecessors, Biden has given far fewer news conferences and rarely sits for interviews with journalists, instead opting for friendly celebrity interviews or softball socialmedia videos. His interview with Ruhle, who hosts a show on a network that leans sympathetic to Biden and Democratic causes, was broadcast at 10 p.m. on a Friday.

In the interview, Biden said he was not yet prepared to invoke a clause in the 14th Amendment that would compel the federal government to continue issuing new debt should the government run out of cash and default on its loans, a date Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned this week could come as soon as June 1: “I haven’t gotten there yet,” he told Ruhle.

Republicans are demanding major spending cuts before raising the debt limit. But Biden has repeatedly said that he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, noting that it was raised several times under former President Donald Trump without issue. In his interview, he reiterated that he was willing to negotiate on federal spending — as long as it was separate from debt-ceiling

negotiations.

“This is not your father’s Republican Party,” Biden said, repeating claims he has made before about extremists within the GOP. “This is a different, a different group. And I think that we have to make it clear to the American people that I am prepared to negotiate in detail with their budget. How much are you going to spend? How much are you going to tax? Where can we cut?”

Biden is supposed to meet with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House next week to discuss a path forward. He will need a negotiating partner in Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who last week marshaled a bill to raise the debt ceiling while cutting spending and unraveling major elements of Biden’s domestic agenda. The legislation is considered dead on arrival, but has given McCarthy the opportunity to say he has done his part.

The president said in the interview that McCarthy was an “honest man” but that he had “sold away everything” to the far-right wing of his party to become House speaker.

“He’s agreed to things that, maybe he believes, but are just extreme,” Biden said.

Biden defended his decision to send 1,500 troops to the border with Mexico as the ending of pandemic-era immigration restrictions threatens a surge of migrants, saying that the troops would not be there to “enforce the law” but to “free up the border agents that need to be on the border.”

He also said that his son Hunter, who is the subject of a federal investigation into his business dealings, was innocent and that he did not think his son’s legal problems would harm his presidency.

“My son has done nothing wrong,” Biden said. “I trust him. I have faith in him. And it impacts my presidency by making me feel proud of him.”

President Joe Biden meets with his Investing in America Cabinet at the White House in Washington, May 5, 2023.

At least 9 dead, including gunman, in shooting at Texas mall

In Allen, Texas, witnesses described a familiar scene of pandemonium as gunfire erupted.

Kaleo Palakiko, 36, was shopping with his parents for an upcoming vacation when they saw people running outside.

“It was just kind of chaotic for a second. Then when someone said ‘Shooter’ we all ran to the back of the store,” Palakiko said. “As Americans, we’re used to this, because everyone knew exactly what to do.”

Palakiko and his parents hid in a storeroom for about 45 minutes before they were released by police and walked out with their hands in the air. Palakiko said they walked by stores with shattered window panes.

By MARY BETH GAHAN, REMY TUMIN, CLAIRE FAHY and LAUREN McCARTHY

Agunman opened fire at a crowded mall outside Dallas on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring at least seven before a police officer killed him, authorities said, turning a busy afternoon of shopping into a chaotic and tragic scene.

At a news conference Saturday night, Brian E. Harvey, the chief of police in Allen, did not identify a gunman but said the person acted alone. Harvey said a police officer, who was on an unrelated assignment at the mall at the time of the shooting, heard gunfire, rushed toward it and killed the gunman.

A spokesperson for Medical City Healthcare, which was treating several victims at three trauma facilities, said the ages of the injured

ranged from 5 to 61.

The gunfire erupted around 3:30 p.m. at the Allen Premium Outlets as throngs of shoppers filled the outdoor mall, which is about 25 miles north of Dallas and has more than 120 stores. Videos circulating on social media show people dashing for shelter or running through a parking lot as loud popping noises can be heard in the background.

Seven people, including the gunman, were pronounced dead at the mall. Officials could account for at least nine people who were transported to hospitals, but more victims may have been taken in private vehicles, the Allen fire chief, Jonathan Boyd, said. Two of those died later. Three were in critical condition and four in stable condition.

A video circulating on social media appeared to show the gunman, lying on the

ground, clad in black and equipped with what appeared to be a tactical vest, multiple rounds of ammunition and a long gun.

“We all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to know that we will wrap our arms around you and we are here for you,” Ken Fulk, the mayor of Allen, said at a news conference. “We know you are grieving. We are grieving. Rest assured, the nation and the world are also grieving. Allen is a proud and safe city, which makes today’s senseless act of violence even more shocking.”

Fulk added that police have been trained to not “hesitate to move toward the threat,” which most likely saved more lives.

Saturday’s attack is the second-deadliest shooting of the year, after the Monterey Park, California, massacre in which a gunman killed 11 people in a ballroom on Jan. 21.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database of shootings in the United States, there have been 199 “mass shootings,” which it defines as the shooting of at least four people, in 2023. There were a particularly deadly spate of large-scale shootings this past week.

Last weekend, a gunman killed five people in Cleveland, Texas, near Houston, after he was asked by neighbors to stop shooting in his yard. He was captured after a multiday manhunt.

On Monday, a registered sex offender fatally shot six people, including his wife and three of her children, near Tulsa, Oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself.

On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire at a medical office building in Atlanta, killing one and injuring four others. That, too, led to a manhunt before the suspect was caught.

Brayson Jones, 17, had arrived early for his shift at the Champs Sports outlet store and was sitting in his car when he heard “probably 20-plus shots” and saw people running out of stores, he said.

Jones said a stranger ran toward his car and motioned to let him inside, then the two drove away.

“As soon as I heard the shots and people yelling, I didn’t wait to see what was going on, I backed out and got out of there,” he said.

Four hours after the shooting, police began to allow some people to retrieve their cars that were left behind at the outlet. Others, whose cars had been parked closer to the crime scene, would have to wait until Sunday.

Rep. Keith Self, a Republican who represents Allen, Texas, said on CNN that critics who are calling for more than “thoughts and prayers” after Saturday’s shooting “don’t believe in almighty God, who is absolutely in control of our lives.” Instead, he said, the country’s lack of “mental health institutions” is to blame.

“Really I would like to stay away from the politics today because I want to focus on the victims, today we should be focused on the families,” he said. “Prayers are important and they are important in the families that are devastated right now.”

In a statement, Kris Brown, the president of Brady, a gun violence prevention organization, noted the long list of shootings in a short week.

“A house, a doctors’ office, and now a mall,” he said. “These horrific tragedies are occurring with increasing regularity and it’s clear there’s no place in this country where Americans are safe from gun violence. But this will continue to be our reality unless and until the U.S. changes its relationship with guns and our lawmakers finally answer to the American people, not the gun lobby.”

Shoppers were evacuated from the mall after the shooting.

Jan. 6 rioter gets 14 years for police attacks, longest sentence yet in inquiry

By ALAN FEUER and ZACH MONTAGUE

APennsylvania welder who attacked police officers at the Capitol with a chair and then chemical spray was sentenced late last week to slightly more than 14 years in prison, the most severe penalty handed down so far in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, the man, Peter Schwartz, 49, joined a growing list of people charged with assaulting police on that day who have received stiff sentences. Until now, the longest sentence in a Jan. 6 case had been the 10-year term given to Thomas Webster, a former New York City police officer who was found guilty last year of swinging a metal flagpole at an officer at the Capitol.

The sentence could presage more long prison terms to come. In a separate case Friday, prosecutors recommended 25 years in prison for Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in November along with one of his lieutenants. Prosecutors said holding Rhodes accountable at his sentencing hearing, scheduled for May 24, would be essential to preserving American democracy. His punishment, they said, could help decide whether “Jan. 6 becomes an outlier or a watershed moment.”

In the case of Schwartz, who went to the riot armed with a wooden tire knocker, prosecutors had asked Judge Amit P. Mehta for a sentence of 24 years and six months in prison — more than twice Webster’s sentence. While Mehta declined to go that high, he said that his decision to issue a term of 170 months was necessary given Schwartz’s substantial history of violent offenses, and lack of remorse for his actions.

“There are not many who have come before this court with a criminal history like yours,” Mehta said.

Schwartz was convicted at a trial in December of, among other acts, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of interfering with law enforcement

officers during a civil disorder and one of obstructing the certification of the election, which was taking place inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.

In court papers filed last month, prosecutors said that he and his wife at the time made their way to “the thick of the violence” at the west terrace of the Capitol, where they “aggressively participated in the effort to overwhelm the police line.” He later boasted in a text message that he had thrown “the first chair at the cops,” adding, “I started a riot.”

Prosecutors claimed that the chair he hurled created an opening in the police line, enabling hundreds of other rioters to flood the terrace as police officers retreated. Schwartz, the prosecutors added, then stole a canister of pepper spray and other chemical munitions police had left behind and used them “to attack those same officers as they desperately tried to escape the growing and increasingly violent mob.”

Prosecutors noted that Schwartz was on probation

in at least one other case involving charges of assault and illegal firearms possession. Schwartz has had nearly 40 prior convictions over more than 30 years for crimes such as assault or threatening officers.

More than two years after the attack, prosecutors told Mehta, Schwartz showed no remorse for his actions, giving several interviews in which he claimed to be the victim of a biased prosecution. During one interview, Schwartz called the trial “the biggest sham I’ve ever seen in my life.”

At the hearing, Schwartz’s lawyer, Dennis Boyle, argued that his client had been steered to the Capitol on Jan. 6 by the lies about fraud in the 2020 election told by former President Donald Trump and his allies. Schwartz knew little about the presidential race and got his information from bad media sources, the lawyer said, adding that the sentence prosecutors requested “reeks of revenge and retribution.”

“There remain many grifters out there who remain free to continue propagating the ‘great lie’ that Trump won the election, Donald Trump being among the most prominent,” Boyle wrote in court papers filed last month. “Mr. Schwartz is not one of these individuals; he knows he was wrong.”

Schwartz offered only a single sentence in his statement to the court, which he read off a sheet of paper from the defense table.

“I do sincerely regret the damage that Jan. 6 has caused to so many people and their lives,” he said.

But Mehta seemed unconvinced, noting Schwartz had continued to appear on podcasts after his conviction, insisting that police had attacked him outside the Capitol and dismissing the charges against him as politically motivated.

“I appreciate you saying what you did today, but I don’t believe it,” Mehta said.

About 450 of the more than 1,000 people charged so far in connection with the Capitol attack have been sentenced. Of those, the Justice Department says, slightly more than half have been ordered to serve at least some time behind bars.

In an image released and annotated by the Justice Department, Mr. Schwartz, circled in red, carried a wooden tire-knocker on Jan. 6.

Companies flock to Biden’s climate tax breaks, driving up cost

By JIM TANKERSLEY and BRAD PLUMER

President Joe Biden’s signature climate law appears to be encouraging more investment in U.S. manufacturing than initially expected, powering what’s expected to be a surge in new factory jobs and domestic clean energy technologies, according to independent forecasters.

If the boom in new battery factories, wind and solar farms, electric vehicle plants and other investments is sustained, the law could prove even more effective than administration officials had hoped at reducing the fossil fuel emissions that are dangerously heating the planet.

But all that new economic activity centered around green technology is also driving up costs for taxpayers, who are subsidizing the investments.

When Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act in August, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the law’s climate and clean energy tax credits would cost roughly $391 billion between 2022 and 2031. But the budget office’s updated score, based on estimates from the Joint Committee on Taxation, found that the clean energy tax breaks would cost at least $180 billion more than originally forecast over that time period.

Other experts and investment banks have estimated that the law’s energy provisions could end up costing as much as $1.2 trillion over the next decade.

In just eight months since Biden signed the bill, companies have announced plans to invest at least $150 billion in clean energy projects, including at least 46 new or expanded large-scale factories making everything from wind turbine towers to electric vehicle batteries.

Some companies planned their projects before the climate law passed and would have built them regardless. But others have cited the law as a catalyst, such as Hanwha Qcells, a South Korean solar company, which in January announced it would build a $2.5 billion manufacturing complex in Georgia.

“Investment is moving forward five times faster than ever before,” said Jason Grumet, the CEO of the American Clean Power Association, a renewable energy trade group. “The early signs are really encouraging.”

The growth spurt in green energy is

happening as other segments of manufacturing appear to be cooling off.

While the climate law was a top priority of the Biden administration and was passed without a single Republican vote, much of the money has so far flowed to red states, particularly in the Southeast, South and Midwest, where land is abundant, labor is generally not unionized and costs are relatively low.

One analysis by Climate Power, an advocacy group, found that out of 191 clean energy projects announced since the bill’s passage, more than half have been in congressional districts held by Republicans, who have often welcomed the investment while criticizing the law.

The rush to cash in on the credits has delighted administration officials, environmental activists and clean energy industry groups, who say it is catalyzing a rapid transition from an economy rooted in burning coal, gas and oil to one that runs on renewable sources such as wind and solar power.

But the rising cost estimates have fueled an angry response from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who cast the vote that was crucial to the law’s passage. Manchin now faces a potentially difficult reelection campaign that could pit him against Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican who announced last week he will run for the Senate in 2024. West Virginia has

increasingly shifted to the right; voters backed Donald Trump over Biden by 39 points in 2020.

The price of the tax credits has also become a focal point in the ongoing standoff between House Republicans and Biden over raising the nation’s borrowing limit and avoiding an economically catastrophic default. The bill that Republicans passed last week to lift the limit would repeal most of the climate tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act, which the budget office said would save more than $500 billion over the next decade.

Republicans say the tax credits have distorted markets by steering investment to preferred green technologies. Democrats point to the U.S. tax code that has for decades provided tax incentives for the fossil fuel industry worth an estimated $10 billion to $50 billion per year.

Administration officials say that Republicans who want to repeal the clean energy tax credits would jeopardize the local economy in their own districts.

“We’re seeing tens of thousands of jobs being created across the country as a result of this law in just a matter of months. We expect to see even more,” said Kristina Costa, Biden’s deputy for clean energy implementation and innovation. “The Republican proposal would roll all of that back.”

Architects of the law say it will reinvigorate U.S. manufacturing in a global competition to produce advanced energy technologies — and, more importantly, speed the fight against climate change.

“It will be a net job creator for sure,” said Brian Deese, Biden’s former National Economic Council director, who stepped down in February. But the larger economic benefit, he said, would be “rapid decarbonization of the American economy on a low-cost, instead of a high-cost, path.”

The new climate law offers a wide range of hefty tax breaks for both individuals and businesses. Consumers can get tax credits for buying certain electric vehicles, electric stoves and electric heat pumps, among other goods. Utilities can earn credits by generating electricity from wind or solar farms. And businesses are eligible for tax incentives if they manufacture batteries or solar panels in the United States.

Those tax credits are uncapped, which means that theoretically, there is no limit to how many companies and households can ultimately claim them.

Christine McDaniel, a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, tallied all the recent announcements for U.S. battery manufacturing and estimated that if they all claimed a new manufacturing tax break, the cost would range from $43.7 billion to $196.5 billion between now and 2032 — not the $30.6 billion that the Congressional Budget Office initially predicted for that one break alone.

“Whether or not you agree with the policy goals here, I do think we need to be honest about how much this is going to cost,” McDaniel said. “Because the budget is only so big, and there are always going to be tradeoffs to spending.”

One recent academic paper presented at the Brookings Institution used detailed energy modeling to estimate that the law’s climate provisions could cost anywhere from $240 billion to $1.2 trillion over the next decade — and potentially hundreds of billions of dollars past 2031.

“What you’re seeing is a large amount of uncertainty in how much clean energy is actually going to be deployed,” said John Bistline, program manager at the Electric Power Research Institute and an author of the paper.

A Lordstown Motors electric vehicle production facility in Ohio, June 21, 2021. A law to boost clean energy appears to be more potent than predicted, with big implications for both budget talks and efforts to fight climate change.

Dow has best day since Jan. 6 after Apple rally, jobs data

U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, with the Dow posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since Jan. 6, as shares of Apple surged more than 4% after upbeat results and U.S. jobs data pointed to a resilient labor market.

Adding to the bullish momentum, regional bank shares rebounded from declines tied to the collapse of First Republic Bank. Analysts upgraded a number of lenders they said were oversold.

PacWest Bancorp rallied 81.7% and Western Alliance Bancorp jumped 49.2%, while the KBW regional bank index advanced 4.7%.

Apple’s quarterly results also cheered investors worried about a potential recession. The iPhone maker’s shares hit their highest level in about nine months, and the stock ended up 4.7% in its biggest daily percentage gain since November.

The stock was the biggest positive influence on all three major U.S. stock indexes.

The U.S. Labor Department report showed job growth accelerated in April and wage gains increased solidly, suggesting the labor market has stayed strong despite recent interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

“Regional banks and tightening credit conditions are weighing on the market as investors try to recalibrate on where we are in terms of credit cycles and bank lending standards, and when a potential recession may hit,” said Zhe Shen, managing director of diversifying strategies at TIFF Investment Management.

The CBOE volatility index, also known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rose to as much as 21 points, its highest since late March.

Of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes, nine declined, led lower by financials, down 1.29%, followed by a 1.26% loss in communication services.

With the jobs report, “it’s about the state of the U.S. economy, and what we saw today suggests it’s in a better position than previously expected,” said Kristina Hooper, chief global market Strategist at Invesco in New York.

Investors have been worried that the rate hikes may eventually push the economy into recession.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 546.64 points, or 1.65%, to 33,674.38, the S&P 500 gained 75.03 points, or 1.85%, to 4,136.25 and the Nasdaq Composite added 269.02 points, or 2.25%, to 12,235.41.

The Cboe Volatility index registered its biggest oneday decline since March 16.

The Dow and S&P 500 still registered losses for the week, however, while the Nasdaq ended with a slight gain for the week.

On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank raised rates by 25 basis points as expected, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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noted it was too early to say with certainty that the ratehike cycle was over as inflation remains the chief concern.

Apple drove gains in other tech shares, but all 11 major S&P sectors were higher on the day.

The estimated decline in first-quarter S&P 500 earnings has been getting smaller since the start of the reporting season and is now at just 0.7% year-over-year, Refinitiv data showed on Friday.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.57 billion shares, compared with the 10.70 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 4.95-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.75-to-1 ratio favored advancers.

The S&P 500 posted 13 new 52-week highs and 3 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 87 new highs and 104 new lows.

Qualcomm Inc slumped 5.5% after the chip designer’s third-quarter forecasts missed estimates, while Paramount Global Inc tanked about 28% after missing first-quarter revenue estimates amid a weak advertising market in its TV business.

Wagner chief appears to backtrack on threat to pull fighters from Bakhmut

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR, MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG and ANDRÉS R. MARTÍNEZ

The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said Sunday that he had been promised as much ammunition and weaponry as needed to continue the fight for the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, two days after he threatened to withdraw his fighters because Moscow’s Ministry of Defense was failing to support them.

“We have been promised as much ammunition and armament as we need to keep going,” the Wagner group’s founder, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said in an audio statement released Sunday on his channel on the Telegram messaging app. There was no immediate comment from Russia’s defense ministry.

On Friday, Prigozhin launched what was widely considered an effort at brinkmanship, by threatening to withdraw all of his fighters from Bakhmut, accusing Russia’s military bureaucracy of starving him of the ammunition needed to fully capture the city. He had appeared in a gruesome video standing in front of row after row of what he said were freshly killed fighters, saying the ministry had caused “useless and unjustified” losses by failing to replenish the ammunition stocks.

While Prigozhin had complained about ammunition shortages and threatened to pull out of the city before, he had not previously given a date. This time, he named Wednesday — the day after Russia’s Victory Day holiday — as the date when his forces would withdraw and “lick their wounds.” The May 9 holiday celebrates the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany and has taken on particular resonance in Russia amid its war in Ukraine.

Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, wrote on Telegram on Sunday that he had visited troops in the area of Bakhmut, where he previously said Russia was employing “scorched-earth tactics.” The intensity of shelling has gotten worse, he said, as Russia attempts to seize the city by Tuesday.

“Our task is to prevent this,” he wrote.

Few military analysts expected Prigozhin to carry out his threat, especially because Russia’s Ministry of Defense has no real alternative to the estimated 10,000 Wagner fighters fighting for control of the devastated city, where 70,000 people lived before the invasion.

A sliver of Bakhmut remains in Ukrainian hands, with the Russian Ministry of Defense claiming Sunday that its forces had made further small advances. All the territory Russia has gained during months of grinding conflict in the city has also come at an enormous cost for both sides, including the deaths of thousands of fighters recruited by Wagner from Russian prisons and thrown right onto the battlefield.

Prigozhin also said that Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of the air force nicknamed “General Armageddon,” had been appointed as his liaison with the military.

If confirmed, the appointment of Surovikin, who developed a close relationship with Wagner while commanding the Russian forces in Syria, could help address the deep-

seated tension between the Wagner mercenary forces and the regular Russian army, which has repeatedly interrupted Russian efforts to push forward in Ukraine.

Surovikin was appointed overall commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine last October, which was considered a sign that Prigozhin was gaining influence in the Kremlin. But he was then replaced three months later by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian military.

Prigozhin openly cursed Gerasimov and Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s minister of defense, in his expletive-laden video Friday. Some analysts have attributed the tensions to rivalries for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favor.

Whether the ammunition promised to Prigozhin can be deployed fast enough to change the battle for the city that started in August is an open question. In threatening to withdraw, Prigozhin stressed just how weary his men were of the fight, ready to retreat from the front lines to regroup and recuperate.

But the chances of that seem remote. Ukraine is expected to soon begin a counteroffensive powered by fresh supplies of advanced Western military equipment, including tanks and armored personnel carriers that have already arrived in the country.

Here’s what else is happening in Ukraine: Drones targeted Crimea, Russia says Kremlin-installed authorities in Crimea said Sunday that Ukraine had launched a wave of drones on the occupied peninsula overnight, the latest in a string of reported attacks on Russian-held territory before an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of the port of Sevastopol, the largest city in Crimea and home to the Russian navy’s Black Sea Fleet, said that “more than 10” drones were involved in the attack. At least three were destroyed or crashed, he said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there were no reports of damage.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said that a total of 22 Ukrai-

nian drones had been detected over the Black Sea overnight. All of the drones were shot down or disabled, it said in a statement.

The claims could not be independently verified. And Ukrainian authorities, as policy, rarely comment on explosions behind enemy lines.

Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, has been a key conduit for supplies and troops supporting Russia’s occupying forces in southern Ukraine. Attacks and explosions there have picked up in recent months, which military analysts say could help set the stage for a long-anticipated counteroffensive that Ukrainian officials have said is in the final stages of preparation.

In just the past two weeks, refineries and military installations on the peninsula have been targeted. Russian authorities have sought to downplay the attacks, but Ukraine’s military has said that at least one of the attacks was in preparation for its counteroffensive.

A deadly attack in Kherson

Six Ukrainian mine disposal experts were killed when they came under fire from Russian forces while they were working in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said Saturday.

Ukrainian demining experts have regularly been killed and wounded while attempting to clear mines, often laid by retreating Russian forces, but it is unusual for them to be targeted by enemy fire. It was not clear where in the region the incident took place. The report could not be independently verified.

“The State Emergency Service lost a part of its family,” said its chief, Serhiy Kruk, in a post on Facebook, which said that a paramedic and another person had also been injured in the attack. Experts had removed 7,300 mines in the week to Saturday, the service said in a post on the Telegram social messaging app.

Ukrainian authorities have placed Kherson’s regional capital city under a weekend curfew because of unspecified threats posed by Russian forces and to facilitate the unimpeded work of Ukrainian law enforcement and military.

Russia claims it thwarted an attack on a regional airfield

Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, has accused Ukrainian intelligence of planning a drone attack on an airfield in the eastern Ivanovo region of the country, state media reported Sunday.

The Russian state news agency Tass cited a statement from the FSB saying that the agency had “thwarted an attempt to carry out an act of sabotage” using drones filled with explosives. The agency, whose Soviet predecessor was the KGB, said the attack was “masterminded” by Ukrainian intelligence, according to Tass.

Ukrainian authorities did not immediately comment on the claims, which could not be independently verified. The FSB has long been suspected of blaming others for crimes it commits itself. The allegations come days after explosions over the Kremlin, which Moscow claimed were a drone attack aimed at assassinating Putin, without providing evidence. Ukraine has strenuously denied involvement.

Members of the 59th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces fire a 152mm Howitzer toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

The forces behind South Korea’s and Japan’s thaw

By CHOE SANG-HUN

For years, the forces driving South Korea and Japan apart, deeply rooted in bitter history, had seemed too strong to overcome despite repeated efforts and the urging of their mutual ally, the United States.

South Koreans say Japan never properly apologized or atoned for its brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. To the Japanese, South Korea has often been an untrustworthy neighbor that has broken several promises, including treaty agreements that were designed to salve historical wounds.

But the advent of two new administrations in the neighboring countries — President Yoon Suk Yeol in South Korea and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Japan — has led to a rapid thawing of relations.

In March, the two countries began taking steps to address a long-festering dispute over wartime forced labor. In April, South Korea restored Japan’s status as a preferred trading partner, prompting Japan to start the process of restoring the same status for South Korea. And Yoon drew notice in his home country after declaring that Japan must no longer be expected to “kneel because of our history 100 years ago.”

Now, Kishida is making a visit to South Korea, in a meeting that is being closely watched for new signs of progress. Here are some of the global forces behind their mutual outreach.

Tension with China and Russia

Japan and South Korea are moving to align themselves more closely with Washington as China promotes an alternate vision of the world in which the United States has less power, and as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises alarm about a new era of militarization.

Both countries supported the Biden administration’s “free and open” Indo-Pacific vision, attending a NATO summit meeting last summer where leaders condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressed concern about China’s threat to undermine the international rule-based order.

Both countries have realized that the fastchanging geopolitical environment has created challenges they cannot deal with alone. The joint maneuverings by Chinese and Russian military aircraft near South Korean and Japanese airspace in recent years helped drive that message home.

Kishida now calls South Korea “an important neighboring country that we should work with.” And Yoon has urged South Koreans to no longer regard Japan as “a militaristic

aggressor of the past” but as “a partner that shares the same universal values.”

The trilateral relationship with South Korea and Japan “is central to our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, which is why I, along with other senior department colleagues, have invested so much time and focus on this critical partnership,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in March.

North Korea’s nuclear arsenal

North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat was an incentive for South Korea and Japan to recognize the strategic value of building up trilateral cooperation with the United States. In recent months, North Korea has not only fired missiles over Japan, but also threatened a nuclear attack on South Korea.

South Korea has never been formally allied with Japan and has been reluctant to cooperate militarily with the country beyond humanitarian search-and-rescue missions on the high seas. But they are expanding military cooperation now, mainly because of North Korea.

When the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in November, they agreed to share real-time North Korean missile warning data. The three nations have also expanded trilateral missile defense and other military exercises in recent months.

One of the steps South Korea took to mend ties with Japan in March was to formally reinstate a bilateral military intelligencesharing agreement that helps the two neighbors guard against North Korean missiles. At the height of the dispute over wartime forced

labor in 2019, South Korea announced plans to terminate the accord.

Vulnerable global supply chains

That same year, 2019, Japan imposed restrictions on exporting chemicals essential to South Korea’s semiconductor industry. South Korea filed a complaint against Japan with the World Trade Organization. Both nations removed each other from their so-called white list of preferential trade partners.

Recently, though, Japan and South Korea agreed to withdraw those export controls, and South Korea withdrew its WTO complaint. South Korea and Japan also agreed to start an “economic security dialogue” to discuss cooperation in key technologies and supply chains. Yoon’s government recently expressed hopes of attracting Japanese companies to a $228 billion semiconductor complex South Korea plans to build near its capital, Seoul, by 2042.

South Korea is the world’s leading producer of memory chips, and Japan supplies tools and materials essential to chipmaking. Last year, Washington proposed the so-called Chip 4 Alliance with the two allies and Taiwan to keep China at bay in the contest for global semiconductor supply chains.

Growing fears about Taiwan

Seoul, Tokyo and Washington share a strong common interest in keeping peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Security analysts fear that China might attempt to invade Taiwan, similar to Russia’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine. If that happened, some experts warn that North Korea might take the opportunity to start a war on the Korean Peninsula and realize its own territorial ambitions.

Such a move would open two simultaneous battlefronts for the U.S. military in the region.

“If a clash erupts in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will demand various cooperation from its allies and partner nations,” Kim Han-kwon, a professor at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security in Seoul, wrote in a paper in February. “It sees its bilateral alliances with South Korea and Japan, in particular, as key regional strategic assets in connection with the Taiwan Strait.”

Japan and South Korea have been able to thrive economically in part because of the security the United States provides by keeping a large military presence in both nations. Now, the United States wants all its allies to play a bigger role in regional defense.

In addition to South Korea and Japan, Washington has recently moved to strengthen its military ties with Australia, India and the Philippines to counterbalance China’s influence in the region and to improve its ability to defend Taiwan.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with his wife, Yuko, and others visiting the National Cemetery in Seoul on Sunday.

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Charles is crowned king in ancient ceremony with modern twists

By MARK LANDLER

Anointed with holy oil and enthroned on St. Edward’s chair, King Charles III was crowned Saturday in a solemn ritual that stretches back more than a millennium but unfolded with multiple concessions to the modern age.

The coronation, the first since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953, was a royal spectacle of the kind that only Britain still stages: four hours of pageantry that began with the clip-clop of horses’ hoofs on Pall Mall and ended with the vaporous trails of acrobatic jets streaking above Buckingham Palace as Charles watched from the balcony with Queen Camilla, who had been crowned shortly after him.

Yet this was a coronation for a radically different country than when Elizabeth first wore the crown. Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh leaders greeted Charles as he left Westminster Abbey, and there were various attempts — not always successful — to make a medieval ritual more inclusive and democratic.

Female bishops from the Church of England took part in the liturgy; hymns were sung in Welsh, Scottish and Irish Gaelic; and when Charles, 74, took a sacred oath to defend the Protestant faith, he also offered a personal prayer, in which he promised to be a pluralistic monarch for a diverse society.

“I come not to be served, but to serve,” Charles said, moving gingerly in a velvet and gold lace robe first worn by his grandfather, King George VI. “Grant that I may be a blessing to all thy children, of every faith and belief.”

At the invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, who presided over the service, the congregation chanted, “God save King Charles,” their voices echoing in the abbey’s vaulted nave.

Among those in the audience of 2,200 were heads of state, including President Emmanuel Macron of France; entertainment figu-

res like singer Lionel Richie; and first lady Jill Biden, although not President Joe Biden, who posted his congratulations to Charles on Twitter from the White House.

Outside, thousands of spectators lined the streets under a steady drizzle. There was little of the excitement that has electrified crowds after royal weddings or the sadness that suffused mourners during the queen’s funeral in September. But there was a collective sense of history in the making, and even a tingle or two as the newly crowned king and queen passed in their gold stagecoach.

History, of course, had been made already: Charles ascended to the throne upon the death of the queen. But the coronation sanctifies a monarch’s rule and, through a national celebration, aims to bind the sovereign to the people.

If Elizabeth’s coronation was one of the world’s first mass media events, its black-andwhite images transmitted globally by the BBC, this was the first coronation of the digital age, shared by spectators on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook.

“I am just intrigued,” Zoë Boyce, 24, said as she waited on a blanket in a park with a friend, Sarah Chappell, 23. Boyce insisted she was “not a big fan” of the monarchy but said, “I think you can appreciate it without supporting it.”

“It’s just a day in history, isn’t it?” Chappell added.

There were discordant notes. Hours before the service began, police arrested the head of Britain’s most prominent republican movement, Graham Smith, and others who had planned to protest in Trafalgar Square, along the procession route.

Smith said this past week that the antimonarchists would chant and brandish placards saying, “Not My King,” but would not disrupt the proceedings. Yet police, armed with a much-disputed new law that allows them to crack down on demonstrations, rounded up Smith and others well before Charles appeared.

As word of the arrests spread, other protesters milled restively outside the cordonedoff area around Trafalgar Square.

“I think it’s disgusting,” said Charlie Willis, 20. “To have a giant party about having a crown put on your head when you have people dying of starvation and poverty. I mean, would you do that?”

One misstep in the days leading up to the ceremony was the archbishop’s plan to “call upon” millions of people across the United Kingdom and its realms to pay homage to the king, a modification that he framed as a democratizing step because that ritual had traditionally been reserved for the aristocracy.

But after a backlash, Welby softened the wording. “I now invite those who wish to offer their support do so, with a moment of private reflection, by joining in saying, ‘God save King

Charles,’” he said a touch tentatively.

The royal family’s awkward dynamics were on display in the ceremony. Prince Harry, the king’s estranged younger son, arrived alone with a gaggle of his cousins. Harry’s wife, Meghan, stayed home in Montecito, California, with the couple’s children, Lilibet and Archie, who celebrated his fourth birthday Saturday.

Harry was seated in the third row, between the husband of his cousin, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Alexandra, an 86-year-old cousin of the queen who is 56th in line to throne. He did not appear in the lineup on the palace balcony, with British papers reporting that he was on his way back to California by midafternoon.

By contrast, Harry’s brother, Prince William; his wife, Kate; and their children played a conspicuous role. Prince George, 9, their eldest son, held the king’s robe as one of the pages. Their 8-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, beguiled onlookers in an ivory silk crepe dress by designer Alexander McQueen — a miniature version of the dress worn by her mother.

For Camilla, 75, now elevated from queen consort to queen, the coronation represented the end of a decadeslong rehabilitation project that began with her marriage to Charles in 2005, after the messy dissolution of his marriage to Princess Diana.

While most members of the royal family rode in carriages or cars during the grand procession back to the palace, Princess Anne, the king’s younger sister, rode on horseback. An accomplished equestrian, she had the status of Gold Stick-in-Waiting, an honorary bodyguard to the sovereign.

Even in a country used to royal spectacle, that parade beggared description: 19 military bands and 4,000 troops, stretching a full mile from the palace gates along the mall and around the corner into Whitehall.

After saluting the troops in the garden behind the palace, Charles and his family appeared on the balcony to watch the aerial flyby, which was cut back by the low clouds. In place of the 60 aircraft originally planned, a flotilla of helicopters and Red Arrow acrobatic jets roared overhead.

The day’s enduring focus, however, was on Charles. Somber throughout the two-hour ceremony, he looked like a man feeling the weight of the crown — in his case, an imperial one set with 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 269 pearls. Only when he appeared on the balcony later did he flash a smile.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla appear at the Buckingham Palace balcony after his coronation in London on Saturday, May 6, 2023. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)

Supremely arrogant

By MAUREEN DOWD

The Supreme Court is still great.

It’s the greatest gathering of grievances we’ve ever seen on the high court. The woe-is-me bloc of conservative male justices is obsessed with who has wronged them.

It might be an opportune time to hire a Supreme shrink so these resentful men can get some muchneeded therapy and stop working out their issues from the bench.

Neil Gorsuch is settling a score for his mother.

In her memoir, Anne Gorsuch Burford wrote that when she was forced out as Ronald Reagan’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator in 1983, her 15-year-old son, Neil, “was really upset.” He told her, “You should never have resigned. You didn’t do anything wrong. You only did what the president ordered. You raised me not to be a quitter. Why are you a quitter?”

The scar from that trauma flared as he prepared a moot court brief with classmates at Harvard Law School and “tried to add material concerning the EPA that did not fit,” according to a classmate who talked to The New York Times.

Burford was attacked during her tempestuous tenure as an enemy of the environment who slashed rules and spending to gut the EPA. The last straw, even for

Republican lawmakers and Reagan officials, was when she rejected calls to turn over documents about a toxicwaste cleanup program that her agency had corrupted. She received a contempt citation from Congress.

The New York Times wrote in an editorial back then, “On becoming the head of the E.P.A., Anne Gorsuch inherited one of the most efficient and capable agencies of government. She has turned it into an Augean stable, reeking of cynicism, mismanagement and decay.”

Last year, her son moved to complete her toxic mission. He enthusiastically joined the 6-3 vote to severely curtail the EPA’s ability to regulate power plant emissions. The activists who pushed for Gorsuch to be nominated to the court are finally getting to their real goal: the dismantling of their despised administrative state.

On Monday, the court agreed to review its unanimous decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council from 1984. As Charlie Savage wrote in The Times: “If the court overturns or sharply limits the Chevron precedent, it would become easier for business owners to challenge regulations across the economy. Those include rules aimed at ensuring that the air and water are clean; that food, drugs, cars and consumer products are safe; and that financial firms do not take on too much risk.”

The Chevron ruling arose from a challenge to a decision by Gorsuch’s mother to lower automobile emissions standards. He can now vindicate her stance.

Samuel Alito also feels maltreated. In writing the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, this brazenly political justice who doesn’t distinguish between his legal and religious views mercilessly stripped women of the right to make decisions about their bodies. But somehow, he whines that he is the victim.

Last month, Alito told The Wall Street Journal that he did not like the way the court’s legitimacy was being questioned: “We are being hammered daily, and I think quite unfairly in a lot of instances. And nobody, practically nobody, is defending us.”

Funny. That’s how many women feel about this Supreme Court.

Clarence Thomas, who is still bitter over being outed as a porn-loving harasser of women who worked for him — even though Joe Biden did his best to sweep the corroborating evidence under the Senate rug — was slapped with more revelations of ethics derelictions this past week.

ProPublica broke the news that Thomas’ billionaire benefactor for luxury trips and family property, Harlan Crow, had also secretly paid the private school tuition for Thomas’ grandnephew.

The Washington Post revealed that Leonard Leo, an executive vice president at the Federalist Society — the cult that has transformed the courts in its own right-wing

image — surreptitiously funneled tens of thousands of dollars to Thomas’ wife, Ginni, for “consulting work” a decade ago.

The Post reported that Leo told GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway to bill a nonprofit group he advises and use that money to pay Ginni Thomas but stipulated that the paperwork should have “no mention of Ginni, of course.”

“The same year, the nonprofit, the Judicial Education Project, filed a brief to the Supreme Court in a landmark voting rights case,” the paper said.

John Roberts cannot accept that these justices are incapable of policing themselves. Despite all the slime around him, he refused to testify before Congress about a court that blithely disdains ethics.

One reason may be, as The Times reported, that the chief justice’s own wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions of dollars as a legal recruiter, placing lawyers at firms with business before the Supreme Court.

Even though I’ve been writing since Bush v. Gore that the court is full of hacks and the bloom is off the robes, it is still disorienting to see the murk of this Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.

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SAN JUAN – Como preámbulo al inicio de las actividades para conmemorar la Semana de Hospitales, cerca de sesenta (60) empleados y oficiales ejecutivos fueron recipientes de los “Premios Héroes de Hospitales” al cuidado de la Salud que otorga anualmente la Asociación de Hospitales de Puerto Rico como parte a la labor destacada de algunos servidores de la industria hospitalaria.

“En esta ocasión hemos enfatizado en destacar los años de servicios que han prestado un grupo de profesionales de la salud que trabajan en los hospitales de Puerto Rico. Es impresionante saber que hay muchos empleados, todos “héroes” que llevan entre 30 a 55 años de servicio en forma ininterrumpida, o sea que han sacrificado prácticamente toda su vida al servicio de la industria de hospitales en Puerto Rico. Un análisis retrospectivo nos ubica en reconocer que los hospitales operan 24 horas al día, los siete días de la semana, por ende, o sea que en los 365 días del año están operando sin interrupciones los hospitales de la isla. Aún con las crisis de los huracanes, terremotos y la pandemia del COVID, nuestros hospitales jamás cerraron sus puertas, cosa que le debemos a nuestros médicos, a las enfermeras y enfermeros, téc-

nicos de laboratorio, terapistas y toda la plantilla de empleados que no cesan de trabajar preocupados por la salud de sus pacientes”, señaló el licenciado Jaime Plá Cortés, presidente ejecutivo de la Asociación de Hospitales de Puerto Rico.

Entre los empleados de hospitales que participaron en la ceremonia de entrega de los Premios Héroes de Hospitales se destaca la labor de Víctor Vargas Cruz (director de Almacén y Compras del Hospital Metropolitano de San German), quien a pesar de haber perdido su casa con el azote del huracán María, se mantuvo atendiendo sus labores en el hospital lo que lo ubica en la categoría de Héroes de Hospitales. De igual forma, se hizo entrega de un Premio Grupal al grupo de personal de Sala de Emergencia del Hospital Pavía Yauco quiñes en forma voluntaria atendieron un parto que tuvo con escenario el área de estacionamiento, logrando estabilizar a la paciente y atender a la criatura que justamente vino al mundo en las inmediaciones del hospital. Se destaca el caso de la técnica de dietas en servicios nutricionales del San Jorge Children & Women’s Hospital, Doña Aida I. Carrasquillo Ocasio quien en la ceremonia “Premios Héroes de Hospitales” recibió fue reconocida en la categoría Impacto a Pacientes por una labor ininterrumpida de 55 años de servicio.

“Nos hemos dado a la tarea de reconocer a los empleados destacados en nuestros hospitales. Esos empleados que, con sus actuaciones diarias o especiales, hacen una diferencia en la vida de nuestros pacientes o de sus compañeros de trabajo y de la comunidad. Hay muchos empleados de nuestros hospitales que hacen hazañas increíbles, actos que son parte de su trabajo diario salvando vidas. Estos actos hacen la rehabilitación de los pacientes más exitosa, en muchas ocasiones, cumpliendo más allá de sus responsabilidades. Con la presencia del huracán María, el terremoto de la zona sur y la pandemia del COVID 10 (coronavirus), hemos sido testigos del esfuerzo de nuestros profesionales de la salud que trabajan en los hospitales con mucha dedicación y entrega”, señaló el licenciado Plá Cortés, portavoz de la Asociación de Hospitales de Puerto Rico.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – La comisionada residente, Jenniffer González Colón, subrayó que para Puerto Rico la única alternativa real e inmediata para progresar en asuntos democráticos, sociales y económicos es la estadidad, como ha sido respaldada por el pueblo en las últimas tres consultas y que es considerado por el gobierno federal como opción descolonizadora.

“El estatus colonial y territorial de Puerto Rico es insostenible como forma de gobierno porque limita los derechos civiles y el desarrollo económico de la isla. La descolonización es la única vía para salir del estancamiento del ELA y la Estadidad es el mejor plan de desarrollo económico, ya así lo han comprobado estudios federales como del GAO y la mayor evidencia son los estados que han pasado por el proceso. Puerto Rico sí alcanzará la plena prosperidad bajo la estadidad, ya hemos visto lo que ha pasado con otros estados, mientras que con la independencia es inseguro el tipo de sistema económico que se implemente”, se reafirmó González Colón.

Según un estudio de la Oficina de Rendición de Cuentas de los Estados Unidos, (GAO por sus siglas en inglés, General Accountability Office) del 2014

sobre el impacto de la estadidad en ciertos programas y fuentes de ingresos federales, 7 de cada 10 puertorriqueños no pagarán contribuciones federales bajo la Estadidad. “Hoy Puerto Rico no goza de programas que ayudarían a nuestros seniors y a toda la población, sumergiéndonos en la pobreza”, añadió González Colón.

El informe estipula además que la Estadidad representa miles de millones en fondos federales adicionales cada año para Puerto Rico; que no tendrá impacto fiscal adverso para el gobierno federal; que será positiva tanto para Puerto Rico como para el resto de los Estados Unidos y que sin duda mejorará la calidad de vida en Puerto Rico.

En términos de actividad económica, la estadidad aumentará la visibilidad de Puerto Rico como una localidad para que compañías se puedan establecer. La estadidad eliminaría todo riesgo asociado con la inestabilidad causada por el actual estatus territorial que desalienta la inversión económica. También el Informe claramente establece que el incremento en las transferencias federales estimulará la economía. Esto lo hemos visto hoy con los billones de dólares en fondos federales que aseguramos por los desastres y emergencias. Te

Hay evidencia del aumento de la actividad econó-

mico con la llegada de la estadidad. En los primeros 15 años de haber llegado la estadidad a Hawaii, el ingreso personal per cápita aumentó a razón de 4% anual. La visita turística aumentó de 171,367 anuales en 1958 a 1,745,904 en 1970, con un crecimiento de 19% anual. La inversión privada en construcción: se duplicó del año antes de la estadidad ($98.8 millones en 1958) al año después ($181.1 millones en 1960) y se triplicó a $550.8 millones en 1970. Durante ese período la Construcción representó siempre del 5% a 8% del GDP o sea el resto de la economía también se expandió comparablemente.

Jenniffer González: “El mejor plan de desarrollo económico es la Estadidad”

Los hospitales de Puerto Rico inician su semana entregando los “Premios Héroes de Hospitales 2023”

Charles III was crowned king. But can he ever be the star?

American TV, in the black-coffee hours of a Saturday morning, had other things to focus on. On this side of the Atlantic, 2 1/2 centuries away from the Revolution, it’s easier to take it all in as a costume party, as the royals were borne through the streets like elaborately plated desserts.

The American networks were especially abuzz about the solo presence of Charles’ author-influencer son, Harry, which raised questions about Harry’s absent wife, Meghan, their retirement as working royals and the accusations of racism, fights and bad blood in the royal family. Even as the royal procession prepared to march back to Buckingham Palace, CNN’s cameras were busy picking Harry out on the sidelines.

The coronation itself was consciously stage directed to present the image of a modern and inclusive monarchy, one trying to shed its colonialist baggage. A gospel choir sang alleluias along with the stately hymns; non-Christian religious figures were given roles in the highly Protestant ceremony.

But Harry, in his civilian suit, was also a reminder of the schism between the traditional and the modern in the royal family that can’t be drowned out by pageantry. Even as the new king appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a downpour to view a weather-attenuated flyby, much of the press attention focused on Harry’s absence. (Charles’ heir, Prince William, was shunted off to the side with his family.)

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

It is always a challenge to introduce a major cast change in a long-running serial. Saturday morning, in a special episode with elements of “The Crown” and “Succession,” King Charles III finally became the focal figure of the royal ensemble — if only for a day.

The coronation of a British ruler is, of course, a political ritual and a religious ceremony. But it is also, as the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 established, a TV show. It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that, in the electronic era, even hereditary rulers have to argue their relevance.

Charles’ coronation was a full-color spectacle, showing off the peacocked glory of British tradition and the bells and whistles of 21st-century TV. Britain brought out its finest garments, its finest relics, its finest rain. The networks took in all the splendor they could capture on camera; there were even graphics offering an X-ray of Westminster Abbey. The term “fairy tale” was deployed more than once.

But fairy tales have messages. This one had many: To convey continuity while styling the monarchy as modern, to reframe the narratives around the royal family and to introduce Charles not just as a leader but as a lead.

This was a tall order. Charles has never been the star of his own life. He’s been the king for months now; he’s been an international figure for decades. But much of his story has

been his mother’s, his wives’, his children’s.

For nearly the entire television age, his mother was the visual representation of royalty. His wedding was one of the biggest TV events of the 20th century, but he came first in “Charles and Diana” only by virtue of birth and, perhaps, the alphabet. Now, in a sense, he is a secondary or tertiary figure in a running soap opera lately dominated by other characters, including his disgraced brother and his estranged son and daughter-in-law.

Saturday, he was at the center. And amid a day of carefully staged celebration, he looked somber, even weighed down by it. Each piece of royal hardware presented to him during his installation — orb, bejeweled sword, robes upon robes — seemed to add psychic poundage. Queen Camilla, wryly smiling throughout, seemed to be having more fun.

Maybe the most peculiarly apt element of the ceremony came when Charles was ritually anointed behind a screen of lavishly embroidered panels. The barrier is meant to guard a sacred moment between the monarch and God, but it also captures the oddness of the king’s relation to celebrity: a theatrically intimate act, staged in privacy before an audience of millions.

Even his departure in a bumpy, lustrous gold coach felt like a symbol of the discomforts of splendor. On the BBC, a panel discussed the challenges and perils of entering a carriage while trailing yards’ worth of luxurious fabric. (You have to mind the creases.)

Elizabeth was able to survive the family dramas of her time partly on the strength of the popularity she built through television, starting with a globally televised coronation that introduced her as a young woman taking on a big role. Charles is famous, and he has an earnest media image as a man of issues. But he doesn’t have the same long-earned affection or celebrity, and he may not have time to build them either.

He does have the title, though, and the colorful ceremony — however slimmed-down it was purported to be — played to the emotional attachment to the country and history of his subjects, at least those who showed up and tuned in. If the king can’t be the star, the ceremony seemed to say, there’s always the crown.

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Star

8 places to dazzle the grandkids in Florida

with a wealth of attractions for children of all ages, from preschoolers to teenagers. Here, some ideas.

1. Go thrifting

Palm Beach County is known for its many thrift and consignment stores. Some are high-end shops like Posh Consignment by V in Boca Raton, where you can drop thousands of dollars on “pre-loved” Chanel or Gucci. But there are also lots of affordable stores perfect for a day of thrifting with teenagers.

How do you know which shops are which? “The secret to wrapping your head around it is this,” said Baron Hanson, 52, a local real estate agent. “Is the shop a profitbased consignment shop, or is it a church or nonprofit that’s taking free donations?” One of his favorite spots is the Church Mouse, a well-organized store in Palm Beach with loads of cute clothes at bargain prices. His prize find: a $525 Polo Purple Label linen shirt for $25.

a collection of brand-new Minecraft-themed T-shirts.

2. Hit the water

Palm Beach County has 47 miles of coastline and there are any number of ways to enjoy it. West Palm Beach offers kayak, paddleboard and jet ski rentals and tours, along with snorkeling. You can also rent gear and take lessons from Island Water Sports in Deerfield Beach. For a relaxing, end-ofa-long-day option, try a sunset catamaran cruise from downtown West Palm Beach.

A favorite with families is Riverbend Park on the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter. “Riverbend truly is a magical place,” said Carli Brinkman, 41, a New Yorker who visits Florida six to eight times a year and often brings her 3- and 9-year-old daughters. “We love it there and have so many memories.”

By BETH HARPAZ

What could be bad about visiting your grandparents in Florida when it’s gray and chilly elsewhere?

From the perspective of tweens and teens, a lot. Of course, seeing their relatives is great, but Charlie Abisror, 17, of Demarest, New Jersey, put it this way. When it comes to things to do, “a walk to the Circle K to get a Little Debbie is about the best of it,” he said — and the car-centric landscape means “you’re lucky if you get a sidewalk” to boot.

“I don’t really like visiting Florida because it’s very boring,” said River Mason Eromosele, 12, from Newark, who’s gone with his mother to visit family. “I honestly feel it’s for older people to relax. There wasn’t a lot of stuff for me to do.”

As a teenager, Rachel Charlupski, 38, often flew from Detroit to visit grandparents in Palm Beach County, but they were so busy that she sometimes ended up bored and alone. And while “amenities at their clubs were amazing, there is only so much a teenager wants to do by themselves.” Charlupski’s experience led her to start the Babysitting Company, which provides chaperones in South Florida and elsewhere to take kids to the pool, the mall, or the movies or just to

hang out playing games.

But you don’t have to hire a babysitter to get kids excited to visit. Nor do you have to pivot your itinerary to glamorous Miami Beach or theme-park-rich Orlando. Palm Beach County — which includes Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Delray Beach — can more than hold its own

When Aleda Frishman, 56, who lives in Delray Beach, hosted grandchildren visiting from Virginia, “we did a whole day of thrifting,” she said. Her favorite spots include the Faith Farm thrift store in Boynton Beach, where she bought roller skates for her 11-year-old granddaughter for $2, and a Rafe pocketbook for herself for $20. At World Thrift in Lake Worth, Frishman’s grandsons, 14 and 15, were thrilled to find

You can rent canoes, kayaks or paddleboards; take guided tours; or walk or bike the trails. “My daughters have encountered everything from a family of wild deer grazing just steps off the path, baby owls in a nest awaiting their mother’s return and even an alligator casually swimming by,” Brinkman said.

Another popular spot for all ages is Peanut Island, an 80-acre, man-made, tropical island in Lake Worth Lagoon. Reaching the island is an adventure in itself: Take a 10-minute ferry or water taxi from the Riviera Beach Marina, or get there on your own by renting a paddleboard, jet ski or kayak. (Some people even swim or, at low tide, walk.) No food is sold, so bring your own picnic (alcohol is prohibited), but there are bathrooms, showers, shaded picnic areas and overnight camping spots. The island also offers a fishing pier, swimming areas with lifeguards and a paved 1.25-mile path. Look for colorful fish and other sea creatures in the clear, calm waters (just watch out for stinging jellyfish).

3. See turtles and manatees

Young children will enjoy visiting Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton and Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, where sea turtles are treated for illness and injuries.

Gumbo Limbo’s permanent residents include a disabled turtle fitted with a flotation device. The site also includes a butterfly garden, a lab where tiny hatchlings are nurtured, saltwater aquariums filled with

The Silverball Retro Arcade, which has an extensive collection of old pinball machines, plus many other kinds of games, in Delray Beach, Fla. on March 18, 2023. Arm yourself with this list of child-friendly activities in the Palm Beach area and never hear the dreaded words “I’m so bored” again.

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A family visits Wakodahatchee Wetlands, with a three-quarter-mile boardwalk through its 50 acres, in Delray Beach, Fla. on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

sea horses and other creatures, and a trail through a grove of hardwood trees that takes you to views of the Intracoastal Waterway. Find everything in the center’s scavenger hunt guide and you get a free shark’s tooth as a prize.

At Loggerhead, you can meet sea turtles like Nemo, who’s doing well after having part of an injured fin amputated. The center monitors a 9.5-mile area from Juno Beach to Blowing Rocks Preserve, which is considered the most densely populated sea turtle nesting beach in the Western Hemisphere.

Gumbo Limbo and Loggerhead are both free to visit, though there are fees for some tours and activities like kayaking geared to older kids and adults. Turtle walks, where you can observe turtles nesting on the beach, are usually held in June and July, and are also offered by MacArthur Beach Nature Center in North Palm Beach.

Have you ever seen a manatee? Stop by Manatee Lagoon in West Palm Beach and you just might. These strange and gentle sea mammals are attracted to the lagoon because of warm-water outflows from the Florida Power & Light plant. There are no guarantees of a sighting, but they’re seen most often in the cooler months, from November to March.

4. Walk the wetlands

Nature lovers of all ages will be thrilled by the many creatures easily spotted on a leisurely stroll through Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach or Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach. Green Cay has a 1.5-mile boardwalk through 100 acres, while Wakodahatchee has a three-quartermile boardwalk through 50 acres. More than 150 bird species have been recorded in the parks, and even casual observers are guaranteed to see some of them on the water, in trees and sometimes just sitting on a fence a few feet away from you. They include herons, egrets, hawks, eagles, cormorants, pelicans and, if you’re lucky, the unforgettable sight of a pink-and-white roseate spoonbill. Both parks are free to visit.

5. Do science

Five hours into a trip to the Cox Science Center in West Palm Beach, a 4-yearold was still running around investigating every corner. His favorite activities: the water table, the magnet fishing game and the hurricane simulator.

Other displays will interest older kids, including “Journey Through the Human Brain,” about neuroscience; “States of Matter,” exploring solid, liquid, gas and plasma; and “Science on a Sphere,” a 6-foot-diame-

ter globe that uses data and video to illustrate climate change, storms and other aspects of Earth’s weather and atmosphere. There’s also an aquarium, outdoor science trail, minigolf course and an observatory that hosts occasional “Nights at the Museum.”

Admission to the science center is $20.95 for adults, $16.95 for children ages 3-12, and $18.95 for seniors 60 and older. Planetarium tickets are an additional $5.

Next door to the science center is the Palm Beach Zoo, where you can ride a tiger or an eagle on the wildlife-themed carousel, then see the real thing in the zoo. And while only a handful of U.S. zoos have koalas, Palm Beach is home to two, Sydney and Ellin, along with sloths, giant anteaters, flamingos and many other species. In the Lorikeet Loft, colorful free-flying birds eat out of visitors’ hands. And while you’re unlikely to spot the rare and elusive Florida panther in the wild, you can see one here.

Zoo admission for adults is $27.75; for children ages 3-12, $21.75; and for seniors 60 and older, $25.75.

6. Go on safari

Sometimes vacationing with kids can be exhausting, so here’s an outing where all you have to do is look out the window of your air-conditioned car. As you roll though Las Pampas, the Kalahari, the Serengeti and other themed habitats on the 4-mile drive around Lion Country Safari park, you’ll see herds of rhinos, giraffes (including two born in December), zebras and dozens of other species. But “watch out for the ostriches!” said Lesley Carter, 42, who visited from

Texas with her 2- and 10-year-old children. “Even though you are in your vehicle, they like to stretch out their long necks and really get in your personal space for a bite to eat.”

Admission is $45 plus tax for visitors ages 10 and older, $34 for children ages 3-9, and free for those 2 and younger.

7. Visit a Japanese garden

In the early 20th century, Palm Beach County was home to a colony of Japanese farmers, but George Morikami was the only one left after World War II. He eventually donated his land to the county, and it is now the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. A mile-long path winds its way

through a series of gardens, with each area inspired by a Japanese tradition. Features include bonsai trees, rock gardens, bridges, waterfalls and koi. Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors 65 and older, and $9 for children ages 6-17.

Kids who are into natural wonders (or who want a unique backdrop for a TikTok video) will especially love the bamboo grove, where you can immerse yourself in a magical soundscape as the bamboo rustles, whistles, pops and creaks in the breeze.

The museum has a display and film about the history of the Japanese farming colony, along with temporary art exhibitions.

8. And a few more

The Silverball Retro Arcade in Delray Beach is a fun spot for gamers young and old, with pinball, Skee-Ball, Pac-Man, sports- and superhero-themed games and many others both vintage and contemporary. Not all kids are into art museums, but if yours are, check out the Norton Museum of Art and Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach. The museum’s “Art After Dark” on Friday nights is popular with teens and adults, featuring live performances, films, art workshops and more. The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, with nine massive sculptures in a wildly lush garden filled with 250 species of tropical palms, is a great spot for selfies. Admission to the museum is free for children ages 12 and younger, $5 for students, $15 for seniors ages 60 and older, and $18 for adults.

Admission to the sculpture gardens is $7 for children and students, $15 for adults and $10 for seniors.

Rubbernecking at Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Fla. on Friday, March 17, 2023.

A family kayaks through Riverbend Park on the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter, Fla. on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

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El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 16 de febrero de 2023 y notificada el 17 de febrero de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 30 de marzo de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 31 de marzo de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 21 de junio de 2023, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Manatí, en la Carretera Número Dos (#2) en el Centro de Gobierno de Manatí, al lado del Cuartel de la Policía, Manatí Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad:

RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el Número sesenta y cinco

(65) en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Selgas del Barrio Selgas del término municipal de Florida (antes Barceloneta), con una cabida superficial de 0.1330 cuerdas, equivalentes a 522.87 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE: con Parcela Número sesenta y cuatro (64) de la comunidad; por el SUR: con Parcela Número sesenta y seis (66) de la comunidad; por ESTE: con Parcela Número ochenta y ocho (88) de la comunidad; y por el OESTE: con calle de la comunidad. Edificación: Enclava casa construida de hormigón armado y bloques de dos (2) plantas dedicados a vivienda, la primera planta consiste de sala, marquesina, dos cuartos dormitorios, cocina y un baño, piso de terrazo, la segunda planta consiste de sala-comedor, un balcón al frente y uno pequeño en la parte posterior, pasillo, cocina, tres (3) cuartos dormitorios y un (1) baño, piso de terrazo y cuya edificación mide 28’ de frente por 40’ de fondo, con un valor de $25,000.00, según consta de la escritura #13, otorgada en Arecibo, el 25 de febrero de 1983, ante el notario Antonio Rosario Maisonet, inscrita al folio 120 vuelto del tomo 4 de Florida, finca #204. Inscripción segunda (2da). La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 120 del tomo 4 de Florida, Finca 204. Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Florida, Finca 204. Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Inscripción sexta (6ta).

Dirección Física: 106 Calle David López, Florida, PR 006502238. Dirección Registral: Lot 65 Comunidad Rural Selgas, Bo. Selgas, Florida, PR 00650. Número de Catastro: 81-107031-130-14-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $64,262.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta, el día 28 de junio de 2023, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $42,841.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 6 de julio de 2023, a las 11:00 de la mañana en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $32,131.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que

el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia en Rebeldía por la suma de $33,693.39 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4% anual desde el 1 de noviembre de 2020 hasta su completo pago, más $251.73 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,426.20 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Hipoteca: Constituida por Félix Luis Torres Hernández (soltero), en garantía de un pagaré a favor de US Small Business Administration o a su orden por la suma de $51,700.00 sus intereses al 1.75% anual y vencedero en 30 años, según consta de la Escritura #22 otorgada en Manatí, el 26 de abril de 2018 ante el notario José R. Ibarra Morales, inscrito al Tomo Karibe de Florida, Finca #204. Inscripción séptima (7ma). b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Sucesión de Félix Luis Torres Hernández

t/c/c Félix Torres Hernández

t/c/c Félix L. Torres Hernández compuesta por: Doris Torres, Zory Ann Torres González, Luis Torres González t/c/c Luis González, Lori A. Torres Olmeda, su viuda Nivia Negrón Mercado

t/c/c Nivia Iris Negrón Mercado

t/c/c Nydia Negrón Mercado y Fulano y Mengano de Tal posible heredero desconocido, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Manatí, en el Caso Civil Número MT2022CV00400 sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca con un balance de $33,693.39 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 1 de junio de 2022.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Florida. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser

examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy 13 de abril de 2023. Wilfredo Rodríguez Carrión, Alguacil Confidencial Placa #135 ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MANATÍ.

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Parte Demandante V. VICTOR MANUEL DIAZ DIAZ, SUCESIÓN DE JACKELINE LOPEZ ROLDAN COMPUESTA POR JACKELINE FONTANEZ LÓPEZ, FULANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL

Parte Demandada DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Partes con Interés

Civil Núm.: HU2021CV01222.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA, COBRO DE DINERO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de HUMACAO, hago saber a la parte deman-

dada, VICTOR MANUEL DIAZ DIAZ, LA SUCESION DE JACKELINE LOPEZ ROLDÁN compuesta por JACKELINE FONTANEZ LOPEZ, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL; DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 13 de enero de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, la siguiente propiedad con dirección física: : 90 Calle 3 Villas del Río Blanco, Naguabo PR 00718 y que se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 90 de la Urbanización Villas de Río Blanco, radicada en el Barrio Río Blanco del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 377.0899 metros cuadrados, equivalente a 0.0959 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, en 12.00 metros lineales son el solar 85 del proyecto y en 1.00 metros lineales con el solar número 84 del proyecto; por el SUR, en dos segmentos que totalizan 13.01 metros lineales, con la Calle 3 del proyecto; por el OESTE, en 29.20 metros lineales con el solar número 89 del proyecto; y por el ESTE, en 28.96 metros lineales con el solar número 91 del proyecto. Enclava una estructura para fines residenciales, diseñada para una vivienda de una familia, construida conforme a planos y especificaciones aprobadas por las agencias e instrumentalidades gubernamentales pertinentes. Esta afecta a una servidumbre de 1.50 metros de ancho a favor de la PRTC, Inc. por su lado sur afecta por el lado Oeste a una servidumbre denominada Storm Sewer Right of Way de 0.61 metros de ancho y 14.67 metros de largo a favor del solar #89 del proyecto.

Finca 13131 inscrita al folio 18 del tomo 233 de Naguabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) HIPOTECA en garantía de un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $99,460.00, con intereses al 6% anual y vencimiento 1 de febrero de 2040. Constituida mediante la escritura 34 otorgada en Carolina el 4 de febrero de 2010, ante Angel A Colón Vázquez Inscrita

el 24 de marzo del 2010, al folio 18 del tomo 233 de Naguabo, finca 13131, inscripción 3ª. (ii) Demanda radicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Humacao, en el caso civil número HU2019CV00742, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca seguido por Scotiabank Puerto Rico, demandante v. Victor Manuel Diaz Diaz y esposa Jackeline López Roldan, demandados por $85,664.15.

Anotado al Sistema Karibe de Naguabo, finca 13131, anotación “A” y última el 10 de febrero de 2020. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dictada el 14 de noviembre de 2022, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la cantidad ascendiente a $85,664.15 de principal, más $14,065.57 a intereses acumulados que continuarán acumulándose al 6% anual hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más $788.21 a otros cargos, $2,055.68 a escrow, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 22 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de HUMACAO, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma, la cantidad de $99,460.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 29 DE JUNIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $66,306.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 6 DE JULIO DE 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $49,730.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedi-

miento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar será adquirida libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En HUMACAO, Puer-

to Rico, hoy 11 de abril de 2023. BENEDICTO VELÁZQUEZ FÉLIX, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE HUMACAO. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #249.

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Demandante V. SUCESION DE ROSA MARIA MARCHANY SANTA COMPUESTA POR SUS MIEMBROS FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL

Demandados

Civil Núm.: NSCI2017-189. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. A: LOS CODEMANDADOS DE EPIGRAFE Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de una Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 18 de septiembre de 2018, notificada el 21 de septiembre de 2018; y de un Mandamiento de Ejecución emitido el día 12 de abril de 2023, que le ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, procederá a vender en 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, dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la primera subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el #208-A en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Ramos del barrio Pitahaya del término municipal de Luquillo, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con cuatro mil cincuentinueve diezmilésimas de otra, equivalentes a 1,595.26 metros cuadra-

para pagar la SENTENCIA por $82,528.99 de balance principal, el cual se compone de $81,280.83 de primer principal y la suma de $1,248.15 de balance diferido, más los intereses adeudados sobre la suma de $81,280.83 al 6.875% anual, desde el primero de febrero de 2018, hasta su completo pago; el 5% computado sobre cada mensualidad de principal e interés por la suma de $624.08 por concepto de cargas por demora desde el día primero de marzo de 2018, a razón de $31.20 mensuales hasta su total pago; y cualesquiera otras sumas que por cualesquiera concepto legal se devenguen hasta el día de la subasta. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar número Nueve (9) del Bloque “N” del plano de la Urbanización Starlight, radicada en el Barrio San Antón de Ponce, Puerto Rico, compuesto por de CIENTO

OCHENTA Y NUEVE (189.00)

METROS CUADRADOS. En lindes por el NORTE, en nueve (9.00) metros con el solar número N raya seis (N-6); por el SUR, en nueve (9.00) metros con la calle “M” de la urbanización; por el ESTE, en veintiún (21.00) metros con el solar N raya ocho (N-8); y por el OESTE, en veintiún (21.00) metros con el solar N raya diez (N-10). Enclava en este solar una unidad residencial de concreto, de una planta y para una familia. Inscrita al folio 36 del tomo

1658 de Ponce I, finca numero

Finca 50,845, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección

Primera. Dirección Física: 3536

Messier St Starlight Dev, Ponce, PR 00717-1472. La primera subasta se llevará a cabo el día 16 de mayo de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana, y servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la suma de $95,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. En el caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en la primera subasta, se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 23 de mayo de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana, y el precio mínimo para esta segunda subasta será el de dos terceras partes del precio mínimo establecido para la primera subasta, o a sea la suma de $63,333.33. Si tampoco hubiera remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 30 de mayo de 2023, a las 10:30 de la mañana, y el tipo mínimo para esta tercera subasta será la mitad del precio establecido para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $47,500.00. El mejor postor deberá pagar el importe de su oferta en efecto, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse el inmueble al acreedor

hipotecario dentro de los diez días siguientes a la fecha de la última subasta, si así lo estimase conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada conforme a la sentencia, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuera mayor. Se avisa a cualquier licitador que la propiedad queda sujeta al gravamen del Estado Libre Asociado y CRIM sobre la propiedad inmueble por contribuciones adeudadas y que el pago de dichas contribuciones es la responsabilidad del licitador. Que se entenderá por todo licitador acepte como suficiente la titulación y que los cargos y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes en entendiéndose que el rematador los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse su extinción al precio rematante. Todos los nombres de los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surgen 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. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de licitadores, del público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil, así como para la publicación en un periódico de circulación general diaria y en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas con antelación a la fecha de la primera subasta y por lo menos una vez por semana. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento indicado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables.

(Art. 102 (1) de la Ley núm. 210-2015). Expedido el presente en Ponce, Puerto Rico, a 26 de marzo de 2023 Miguel A. Torres Ayala, Alguacil Del Tribunal De Primera Instancia Sala De Ponce. ***

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Demandante V. LUIS ANTONIO CRUZ MORALES, ANA LYDIA HOMAR MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR

AMBOS

Demandada

Civil Núm.: JCD2006-0455. (603). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA.

A: LUIS ANTONIO CRUZ MORALES, ANA LYDIA HOMAR MORALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y AL PÚBLICO

EN GENERAL:

El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto - {243 Pueblo} Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante a saber. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 10 de abril de 2023 - {250 Fecha mandamiento}, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor las propiedades que ubican y se describen a continuación: PRO-

PIEDAD A : Dirección Física:

29, calle 25 de Julio (PR-332), Guánica, Puerto Rico. URBA-

NA: Solar radicado frente a la Calle veinticinco (25) de Julio del termino municipal de Guánica, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos noventa y nueve punto ochenta y cuatro (399.84) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE,

en treinta (30.00)metros con solar ocupado por la Sra. Ondina Napoleon viuda de Siberon; por el SUR, en veintiocho punto ochenta (28.80) metros con solar ocupado por la Sucesión Rodriguez Chacón; por el ESTE; en trece punto setenta (13.70)metros con el caserío Luis Muñoz Rivera; y por el OESTE, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros con la calle veinticinco (25) de Julio. Enclava en dicho solar un edificio de concreto y bloques techado de concreto que mide treinta (30) pies de frente por sesenta y dos (62) pies de fondo contiene un salón con dos (2) cuartos sanitarios, Consta inscrita al folio 55 del tomo 28 de Guánica, Finca numero 769, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de San Germán. PROPIEDAD B: Dirección Física: Comunidad Paloma II, Calle 9, Solar 16, Susua Baja Yauco, Puerto Rico. RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el numero dieciseis (16) en el plano de parcelacion de la comunidad Rural Palomas II, radicada en el Barrio Susua Baja termino de Yauco, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de cuatrocientos sesenta y uno punto cuarenta y tres (461.43) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela dieciséis guión A (16-A); por el SUR, con la calle numero nueve (9); por el ESTE, con la parcela numero dieciocho (18); y por el OESTE, con la calle numero uno. En el mismo edificaron la siguiente estructura. Estructura de concreto de dos (2) plantas de sesenta y dos punto cincuenta y uno (62.51) pies cuarenta y un (41) pies. La primera planta dedicada a vivienda. Consta inscrita al folio 161 vuelto del tomo 477 de Yauco, Finca numero 9873, Registro de la Propiedad, Seccion II de Ponce. La finca 9873 se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen preferente: Sujeta a pago de legagos a favor de Ramon Corales Santana por $500.00 a favor de Tomas Corales Santana por $1000,00 a favor de Martin Corales Santana por $500.00, según Testamento Abierto #9 en Yauco el 2 de junio de 1992 ante el Notario Luis Nieves Lopez, inscrito al folio 160 del tomo 477 de Yauco, finca numero 9,873 inscripción 2da. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante, hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, ascendente a $228,446.14 de principal, intereses no pagados ascendentes a $142,340.78, intereses acumulado del 7 de febrero de 2005 al 9 de marzo de 2023 ascendentes a $419,071.75, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la deuda, la suma de $8,449.92 por concepto de cargos por

pago atrasado, en adición a costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados según pactados. La venta de las referidas propiedades se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen que afecte las mencionadas fincas. 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 7 DE JUNIO DE 2023, para la Propiedad A a las 1:45 de la tarde, precio mínimo es la suma de $127,000.00; para la Propiedad B, a las 2:15 de la tarde precio mínimo es la suma de $140,000.00, según pactados en la Escritura de Hipoteca de cada finca, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efecto el día 14 DE JUNIO DE 2023, para la Propiedad A, a las 1:45 de la tarde, precio mínimo es la suma de $84,666.67; para la Propiedad B, a las 2:15 de la tarde, precio mínimo es la suma de $93,333.33, equivalente a dos terceras partes (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta, en la oficina del referido, Alguacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce Puerto Rico. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 21 DE JUNIO DE 2023, para la Propiedad A, a las 1:45 de la tarde, precio mínimo es la suma de $63,500.00, para la Propiedad B, a las 2:15 de la tarde, precio mínimo es la suma de $70,000.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, localiza en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce Puerto Rico. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el

Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de abril de 2023. PEDRO RODRÍGUEZ

LUGO, ALGUACIL #369, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA DE BAYAMÓN SUCESION DE LUZ

MARIA MENENDEZ BAEZ

COMPUESTA POR SUS

ÚNICOS Y UNIVERSALES HEREDERAS

LLAMADAS: ANNAVELLA

FRANQUI MENÉNDEZ; LUZ ESTRELLA FRANQUI MENÉNDEZ; ELIZABETH

FRANQUI MENÉNDEZ; BLANCA MARGARITA

FRANQUI MENÉNDEZ Y

JUANITA ANNABELLE

COLÓN MENÉNDEZ

Demandante Vs.

HOUSING INVESTMENT CORPORATION; JOHN DOE; RICHARD ROE Demandados

Civil No.: BY2023CV01772.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A:

HOUSING

INVESTMENT

CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARÉ.

Por medio del presente edicto se les notifica de la radicación de una Demanda de Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado en la que se solicita la cancelación del siguiente pagaré hipotecario, que se ha extraviado, luego de haber sido saldado por el deudor hipotecario: Pagaré a favor de HOUSING INVESTMENT CORPORATION, o a su orden, por la suma de $30,850.00, con interés al 7 3/4%, vencedero el 1 de septiembre de 2005, según consta de la escritura número 1517, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Joaquín Pedroza, inscrita al folio 281 del tomo 1111 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 49734, inscripción 1a, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Primera. La parte demandante solicita del Honorable Tribunal que declare Con Lugar la demanda y en su consecuencia ordene al Secretario del Tribunal que expida Mandamiento al Registrador de la Propiedad correspondiente, para que dicho funcionario proceda a cancelar en los libros a su cargo la referida hipoteca dejando la propiedad aquí descrita libre de dicho gravamen hipotecario. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento. excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Copia de dicha contestación debe remitirse al abogado del demandante,

Lcdo. Alejandro J. Cacho Rodríguez, 54 Calle Resolución, Suite 303 San Juan, PR 00920 Tel: (787) 722-2242; Fax: (787) 722-2243, cacho@cacholaw. com dentro del término de treinta (30) días siguientes a la fecha de publicación de este Edicto. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de abril de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KATHERINE SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE AIDA OQUENDO BARBOSA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO AIDA OQUENDO BARBOSA Y COMO AIDA LUZ OQUENDO BARBOSA COMPUESTA POR GAMALIER ALVAREZ OQUENDO, ANA RUTH ALVAREZ OQUENDO, EDWIN ALVAREZ OQUENDO, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA Demandados Civil Núm.: DO2022CV00152. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S. S. A: ANA RUTH ALVAREZ OQUENDO, EDWIN ALVAREZ OQUENDO, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN DE DE AIDA OQUENDO BARBOSA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO AIDA OQUENDO BARBOSA Y COMO AIDA LUZ OQUENDO BARBOSA.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar

la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Los abogados de la parte demandante son:

Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero

T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC

1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100

Boca Raton, FL 33432 Tel. 877-338-4101 / Fax: 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com / asaez@tmppllc.com

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello ele este Tribunal, hoy 24 de abril de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs NILSA RAQUEL PÉREZ NEGRÓN

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: AG2021CV01525.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EDICTO.

A: NILSA RAQUEL PÉREZ NEGRÓN.

Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. Rafael Fabre Colón, P.O. Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, Tel. 787-265-0334, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamientos y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo a la última dirección conocida. Pueden ustedes obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU-

MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de mayo de 2023. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA.

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS LUNA PERFORMANCE II, LLC.

Parte Demandante V. SUCESION DE ANASTACIO SANTIAGO CORTÉS COMPUESTA

POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL Y LA SUCESIÓN DE JUANA GALARZA COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR LUIS FIGUEROA GALARZA, EVELYN

FIGUEROA GALARZA, FULANA Y FULANO DE TAL

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2022CV02727.

Sobre: INTERPELACIÓN, COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: SUCESIÓN DE ANASTACIO SANTIAGO CORTÉS COMPUESTA

POR FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL Y LA SUCESION DE JUANA GALARZA COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR LUIS FIGUEROA GALARZA, EVEL YN

FIGUEROA GALARZA, FULANA Y FULANO DE TAL. 475 CALLE 31 URB.

PARCELAS NUEVAS, BARRIO CELADA, GURABO PR 00778.

VISTA la Moción Solicitando se· dicte Orden de Interpelación a los miembros de la SUCESIÓN DE ANAST ACIO SANTIAGO

CORTÉS COMPUESTA POR

FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL Y

LA SUCESION DE JUANA GALARZA COLÓN COMPUESTA

POR LUIS FIGUEROA GALARZA, EVEL YN FIGUEROA

GALARZA, FULANA Y FULANO DE TAL, se declara HA LUGAR y de conformidad con el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, antes Art. 959 del Código Civil de 1930, se dicta Orden para que expresen si han de aceptar o rechazar formalmente la herencia de los causantes ANASTACIO SANTIAGO CORTÉS y JUANA GALARZA COLÓN en el término de treinta (30) días, dispuesto en ley. Se advierte a los miembros de la SUCESIÓN DE ANASTACIO SANTIAGO CORTÉS y de LA SUCESION DE JUANA GALARZA COLÓN que al haberse presentado el pleito en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en contra de los causantes mencionados, de no recibirse contestación en el término de treinta (30) días a partir de la notificación de esta orden, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada y los herederos responden por la deuda reclamada. En CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, hoy 26 de abril de 2023.

LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. MARTA E. DONATE RESTO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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SALA DE PONCE KEYLINK LLC

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE ELSA

ZAMBRANA RODRIGUEZ

COMPUESTA POR

FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2023CV00594.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ELSA

ZAMBRANA RODRÍGUEZ.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio,

en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcdo. Roberto C. Latimer Valentín, al PO BOX 9022512, San Juan, P.R. 00902-2512; Teléfono: (787) 724-0230. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento ejecución de hipoteca bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no cumplir con los requerimiento establecidos en el Contrato de Hipoteca Revertida por no ser la vivienda principal del deudor, entre otras De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma principal de $97,198.60, más intereses a razón del 5.06% anual desde que dichas sumas fueron desembolsadas, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más adelantos para el pago de seguros hipotecarios y contribuciones sobre la propiedad, entre cualquier otro anticipo o adelanto hecho por la parte demandante, más una suma equivalente a ($20,250.00), por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado todo según pactado. La parte Demandante presentará para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar número cinco del bloque “O” de la Urbanización Valle Alto, situada en el Barrio Cerrillo del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, compuesto de trescientos diez y ocho metros con cincuenta centímetros cuadrados (318.50 mc), colindando por el NORTE, en veintidós metros, con el solar número O-6; por el SUR, en veinticinco metros, con el solar número O-4; por el ESTE, en trece metros cincuenta centímetros, con la Calle número uno; y por el OESTE, en dos metros con diez centímetros, tiene un arco de cuatro metros con nueve centímetros y arco de siete metros ochenta y dos centímetros, con la Calle número veintidós. Consta inscrita al folio 48 del tomo 1282 de Ponce Norte, finca número #36,133, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Ponce. SE LES ORDENA a ustedes a que dentro del término legal de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de notificación de la presente Orden, acepten o repudien la participación que les corresponda en la herencia de la DE LA SU-

CESION DE ELSA ZAMBRANA RODRIGUEZ. De no hacerlo dentro de dicho término, se dará la herencia por aceptada.

SE LES APERCIBE que de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico. A 02 de mayo de 2023.

CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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Demandante V. ANTONIO HARRISON HERNÁNDEZ; JESSICA LYMARIS JIMÉNEZ TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: CM2023CV00023.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: JESSICA LYMARIS JIMENEZ TORRES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramaiudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-

6603. Tel. (787) 919-0073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 1 de mayo de 2023. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YOLANDA RIVERA COLÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Parte Demandante Vs. RAMONITA SANCHEZ GARCIA TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO RAMONITA SÁNCHEZ GARZIA; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE ORVIN MONTES ANDUJAR

Parte Demandada

Caso Civil Núm.: BY2018CV01455. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y NOTIFICACIÓN DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ORVIN MONTES ANDUJAR.

POR LA PRESENTE se tes emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto.

Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colon Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de ejecución de hipoteca y cobro de dinero bajo el número mencionado en el epígrafe. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que la parte Demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato de Hipoteca, al no poder pagar las mensualidades vencidas correspondientes a los meses

de diciembre de 2017 hasta el presente, más los cargos por demora correspondientes. Además, adeuda a la parte demandante las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en que incurra el tenedor del pagaré en este litigio. De acuerdo con dicho Contrato de Garantía Hipotecaria la parte Demandante declaró vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a la suma de $141,367.77 de balance de principal, el cual se compone de un balance diferido de $2,475.45 más los intereses sobre la suma de $141,367.77, al 6.125% desde el día primero de noviembre de 2017 de así como todos aquellos créditos y sumas que surjan de la faz de la obligación hipotecaria y de la hipoteca que la garantiza, incluyendo $10,480.00 pactado para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La parte Demandante presentó para su inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad correspondiente, un AVISO DE PLEITO PENDIENTE (“Lis Pendens”) sobre la propiedad objeto de esta acción cuya propiedad es la siguiente: RÚSTICA: Solar número dieciocho (18). Predio de terreno localizado en el Barrio Cibuco del término municipal de Corozal, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de punto dos mil setenta y seis (.2076) cuerdas, equivalentes a ochocientos quince punto novecientos sesenta y uno (815.961) metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE, con el solar número diecisiete (17) del proyecto Estancias de Cibuco; por el SUR, con el solar número diecinueve (19) del proyecto Estancias de Cibuco; por el ESTE, con la calle de acceso al proyecto Estancias de Cibuco; y por el OESTE, con Sucesión Crespo. Enclava edificación para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio ochenta y uno (81) del tomo doscientos setenta y dos (272) de Corozal, finca número trece mil novecientos cuarenta y seis (13,946). Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas. SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegación en responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Además, como miembro de la Sucesión de ORVIN MONTES ANDUJAR, se ha presentado una solicitud de interpelación judicial para que sirva en el término de treinta (30) días aceptar o repudiar la herencia. Se le apercibe que si no compareciera usted a expresarse dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de la herencia, se presumirá que han acep-

tado a beneficio de inventario la herencia del codemandado ORVIN MONTES ANDUJAR y por consiguiente, responderán por la cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone del Código Civil de Puerto Rico. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 1 de mayo de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I. LEGAL NOTICE

GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO. NOMBRE COMERCIAL PARA REGISTRAR AVISO. A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR: De acuerdo con las disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 75 del 23 de septiembre de 1992, según enmendada, mejor conocida como la Ley de Nombres Comerciales del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y la Sección 24 del Reglamento promulgado bajo la ley citada anteriormente, el siguiente nombre comercial ha sido presentado en el Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico para su archivo y registro.

CRIADERO DOS

LUCEROS

Número de Expediente:

252117. Propietario: TRAILPAL LLC. Dirección: 440 BOULEVARD DE LOS ARBOLES, SAN JUAN, PR 00926. Actividad Empresarial: “PROMOCIÓN, RECREACIÓN, PREPARACIÓN Y EDUCACIÓN EQUINA, ECO-TURISMO, AGRICULTURA, ENTRE OTROS.” Renuncia a elementos no registrables: “CRIADERO” excepto a como aparece representado en el nombre comercial. NOTIFICACIÓN: Cualquier oposición a este registro deberá presentarse en el Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este aviso.

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GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO. NOMBRE COMERCIAL PARA REGISTRAR AVISO. A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR: De acuerdo con las disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 75 del 23 de septiembre de 1992, según enmendada, mejor conocida como la Ley de Nombres Comerciales del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y la Sección 24 del Reglamento promulgado bajo la ley citada anteriormente, el siguiente nombre comercial ha sido presentado en el Departamento de Estado de Puerto Rico para su archivo y registro.

HACIENDA DOS

LUCEROS

Número de Expediente: 252122. Propietario: TRAILPAL LLC. Dirección: 440 BOULEVARD DE LOS ARBOLES, SAN

nal, o letra bancaria, con similar garantía de todo título, derecho o interés de los demandados de epígrafe sobre el inmueble que adelante se describe. Se anuncia por la presente que la subasta habrá de celebrarse el día 7 de JUNIO de 2023 en mi oficina localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, sobre el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL. ESPACIO #3. Radica en el primer piso del edificio conocido por Condominio Condado #609.

Tiene un área aproximada de 183.00 pies cuadrados, equivalentes a 17.00 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE y por el SUR, en 16’6” pulgadas, más o menos, con el espacio #12 y con la Calle Rolán, respectivamente; por el ESTE y por el OESTE, en 17’5” y en 18’, más ó menos, con los espacios #4 y #2, respectivamente. Tiene su entrada y salida al edificio por la Calle Rolán.

PORCENTAJE: Elementos

Comunes: 0.002875%. FINCA

NÚMERO: 5094, inscrita al folio 206 del tomo 160 de Santurce

Sur (Sección I de San Juan).

Dirección física: 609 Condado St., Espacio 3, San Juan PR 00907. La subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al demandante, total o parcialmente, según sea el caso, de la referida sentencia que fue dictada por la suma de $6,143.95, más las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Esta subasta no tiene fijación de tipo mínimo por tratarse de una ejecución de sentencia por embargo. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS PARTES INTERESADAS y del público en general, se advierte que los autos de este caso y demás instancias están disponibles para ser inspeccionadas en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de San Juan, durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, incluyendo el gravamen por las contribuciones sobre la propiedad inmueble adeudadas, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy de mayo de 2023, en San Juan, Puerto Rico. EDWIN E LOPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA SALA

MUNICIPAL DE TOA BAJA ISLAND PORFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. FERNANDO J. BAEZ PORTALATIN

Demandado(a)

Civil: TB2021CV00073. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO VÍA ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FERNANDO J. BAEZ PORTALANTIN.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 8 de octubre de 2021, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 1 de mayo de 2023. En Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, el 1 de mayo de 2023.

LIC. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORYMAR SALDAÑA QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA

TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON ELVIN ANTHONY

ROSA MIRANDA

Demandante V.

AIMEE PRISCILLA ORTIZ

CASTILLO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DEL MENOR, YEAN PAUL

YIZREEL ORTIZ

Demandado(a)

CIVIL: BY2022CV05666 SO-

BRE: EXEQUÁTUR. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR

EDICTO

A: YEAN PAUL YIZREEL

ORTIZ REPRESENTADO POR SU MADRE AIMEE PRISCILLA ORTIZ

CASTILLO.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 2 de mayo de 2023. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 2 de mayo de 2023. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretaria. NORMARY A. ALAMO ARRIAGA, Secretaria Auxiliar.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMON ELVIN ANTHONY ROSA MIRANDA

Demandante V. AIMEE PRISCILLA ORTIZ CASTILLO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DEL MENOR, YEAN PAUL YIZREEL ORTIZ

Demandado(a)

CIVIL: BY2022CV05666 SO-

BRE: EXEQUÁTUR. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR

EDICTO

A: AIMEE PRISCILLA

ORTIZ CASTILLO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION

DEL MENOR, YEAN PAUL YIZREEL ORTIZ (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 2 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en

un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 2 de mayo de 2023. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 2 de mayo de 2023. LAURA I SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretaria. NORMARY A. ALAMO ARRIAGA, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA

TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO

JEFFREY COYNER

Demandante V.

EMILIA LUDOVINA

DIAZ BONILLA

Demandado(a)

CIVIL: NG2022CV00136 SOBRE: EXEQUÁTUR. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

EMILIA LUDOVINA

DIAZ BONILLA también conocida como LUDY DIAZ y como EMILIA L . DIAZ P/C LCDO. MARIANO S.

NAJERAURRIOLA

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 1 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 2 de mayo de 2023. En HUMACAO, Puerto Rico,

el 2 de mayo de 2023. Ivelisse C. Fonseca Rodríguez, Secretaria. Maria M. Santiago Rosa, Secretaria Auxiliar.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

BÁRBARA DEL C. ALBALADEJO ORTIZ

Demandante v. SUCN. DE EMILIANO SALGADO TORRES, compuesta por CARMEN ANA, ANA ROSA, LUZ ESTHER (FALLECIDA), JOSÉ ANTONIO Y RAÚL, todos de apellidos SALGADO TORRES

Y; LA SUCN. DE LUZ ESTHER SALGADO TORRES, COMPUESTA POR LUIS PADILLA SALGADO, SAMUEL PADILLA SALGADO, JOSÉ ANTONIO PADILLA SALGADO, CARLOS RUBÉN PADILLA SALGADO; Y SU VIUDO RUBÉN PADILLA TORRES

Demandado(a)

Civil: BY2022CV002029 Sobre: USUCAPION. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SUCESION DE EMILIANO SALGADO TORRES - CARR.160 KM

10.4, BO ALMIRANTE SUR, SECTOR LA GALLERA VEGA BAJA PR 00693. Compuesta por: CARMEN ANA SALGADO TORRES - CARR.160 KM

10.4, BO ALMIRANTE SUR, SECTOR L A GALLERA VEGA B AJA PR 00693; 8510 79th ST., WOODHAVEN NY 11421. ANA ROSA SALGADO TORRES - HC - 02 BOX 48313, VEGA BAJA PR 00693; CARR.160 KM

10.4 BO ALMIRANTE SUR, SECTOR LA GALLERA VEGA BAJA PR 00693. LUZ ESTHER SALGADO TORRES (FALLECIDA) JOSE

ANTONIO SALGADO TORRES - HC-02 BOX 48313, VEGA BAJA PR 00693. CARR.160 KM 10.4 BO ALMIRANTE SUR, SECTOR LA GALLERA VEGA BAJA PR 00693. RAUL SALGADO TORRES -1285 WASHINGTON AVENUE, APT. 12 D, BRONX NEW YORK

ESTADOS UNIDOS 10456. SUCESION DE LUZ ESTHER SALGADO T ORRES - CALLE 18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619. Compuesta por: LUIS PADILLA SALGADO - CALLE 18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619. SAMUEL PADILLA SALGADO - CALLE 18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619. JOSE ANTONIO PADILLA SALGADOCALLE 18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619; 5951 HALABRIN RD., HAINES CITY FLORIDA ESTADOS UNIDOS 33844. CARLOS RUBEN PADILLA SALGADOCALLE 18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619. RUBEN PADILLA

TORRES (VIUDO) - CALLE

18 EE ALTURAS DE FLAMBOYAN BAYAMON PR 00619. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de abril de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 4 de mayo de 2023. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 4 de mayo de 2023. Lcda. Laura I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria. Maritza Rosario Rosario, Secretaria Auxiliar.

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC

COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC

Parte Demandante Vs. KHEILA Y. MORALES CEPEDA

Parte Demandada

CIVIL NÚM.: JU2022CV00216

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: KHEILA Y. MORALES CEPEDA - URB

LEVITTOWN 3RA SECC 3329 CALLE PASEO

CALMA TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO 00949 / PO BOX 2052 JUNCOS, PUERTO RICO 007772052

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. José F. Aguilar Vélez cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jose.aguilar@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de abril de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 13 de abril de 2023. Lcda. Laura

I. Santa Sánchez, Secretaria Regional. Lureimy Alicea González, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs.

LA SUCESIÓN DE SONIA NIVIA COLÓN MARRERO T/C/C SONIA COLÓN MARRERO COMPUESTA POR JOSÉ RAFAEL HERNÁNDEZ COLÓN, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA REPRESENTADO POR EL SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO (HUD) Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. BY2023CV01661 (502) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO e INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: JOSÉ RAFAEL HERNÁNDEZ COLÓN COMO PARTE DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SONIA NIVIA COLÓN MARRERO T/C/C SONIA COLÓN MARRERO a las ultimas direcciones conocidas: COND. ALBORADA, APT 3721, BLDG J, BAYAMÓN PR 00959, PO BOX 103, BAYAMÓN, PR 00960-0103, URB. VILLA RICA, AL-22 CALLE EDMEE, BAYAMÓN, PR 00959, Y URB. VILLA RICA, AL22 CALLE JOSEFINA, BAYAMÓN PR 00959-4915. FULANO y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE SONIA NIVIA COLÓN MARRERO T/C/C SONIA COLÓN MARRERO. Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $94,684.34 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 3.50% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2022 hasta su completo pago, más $747.23 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $12,159.10 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones

y otros adelantos “corporate advances” La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Apartamento número 3721. Apartamento residencial de forma irregular, constituido por un nivel, localizado en la segunda planta del Edificio J de Alborada. El Condominio que está situado en la carretera número 2, kilómetro 8.6, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Consta de un nivel, siendo sus linderos los siguientes: por el NORTE: con espacio exterior; por el SUR: con corredor de uso común y espacio exterior; por el ESTE: con el apartamento número 3722, con corredor de uso común y con espacio exterior; y por el OESTE: con el apartamento número 3622 y con espacio exterior. Consta el mismo de 3 habitaciones con sus respectivos closets, una sala-comedor, cocina, 2 baños, área de almacenar, laundry, terraza. Los baños están equipados con bañera, lavamanos y servicio sanitario. Se incluye bidet en el baño del cuarto principal. El área del apartamento es de 110.98 metros cuadrados. La puerta de entrada de este apartamento está situada en su lindero Sur y por ella se sale a la escalera y al área de circulación del proyecto. Este apartamento tiene una participación de 0.2807% en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. De modificarse o enmendarse la escritura matriz de Alborada, El condominio a los efectos de añadir 150 unidades de vivienda adicionales el por ciento de participación de este apartamento en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio será de 0.1771%. Le corresponde y se le asigna a este apartamento como elemento común limitado los estacionamientos identificados con los números 397 y 398. Inscrita al folio 171 del tomo 1721 de Bayamón, Finca 71980. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 30 del tomo 1913 de Bayamón, Finca 71980. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción tercera. La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de la causante dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento el Artículo 1578 del nuevo Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 11021, entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escri-

to judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo PR 00970-3922, Teléfonos: (787) 789-1826 y (787) 708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 1 de mayo de 2023 en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. LCDA. LAURA I

SANTA SANCHEZ, Secretaria Regional. SANDRA BAEZ

HERNANDEZ, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal I.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V.

LA SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO GARCÍA RIVERA

Y CARMEN ZORAIDA

GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ

COMPUESTA POR

ZAYRA IVELISSE GARCÍA

GONZÁLEZ T/C/C

SAVANNAH GARCÍA, MARYCELIS G. GARCÍA

GONZÁLEZ T/C/C

MARYCELLIS GARCÍA

GONZÁLEZ, FULANO DE TAL, HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO DE PEDRO GARCÍA

RIVERA Y MENGANO DE TAL, HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO DE CARMEN ZORAIDA

GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA,

DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA Y DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA

Demandados

Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

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

A: SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO GARCÍA

RIVERA Y CARMEN

ZORAIDA GONZÁLEZ

ORTIZ, COMPUESTA

POR ZAYRA IVELISSE

GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ

T/C/C SAVANNAH

GARCÍA; MARYCELIS

G. GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ

T/C/C MARYCELLIS

GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ

FLORES; FULANO DE TAL, HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO DE PEDRO GARCÍA

RIVERA Y MENGANO DE TAL HEREDERO

DESCONOCIDO DE CARMEN ZORAIDA

GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al caso de Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), le ordena que en el término de treinta (30) días, haga declaración aceptando o repudiando la herencia de la SUCESIÓN DE PEDRO GARCÍA

RIVERA Y CARMEN ZORAIDA

GONZÁLEZ ORTIZ. Se le apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo.

Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, PR 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 02 de mayo de 2023. LIC. KANELLY RAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. MARICRUZ

APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO CENTRO

JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO

SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. WANDA DÍAZ MEDINA

Demandada

CIVIL NÚM.: FA2022CV00798

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA . ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, 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 18 de abril de 2023, 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: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Río Grande Estates, situado en el Barrio Zarzal del término municipal de Río Grande, Puerto Rico, con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación y contiene una casa de concreto reforzado diseñada para una familia , construida de acuerdo con los planos con el solar número treinta y cuatro del bloque R, con un área de trescientos doce metros cuadrados (312.00mc) en lindes por el NORTE, en trece metros con solar cuarentiuno; por el SUR, en trece metros con calle doce; por el ESTE, en veinticuatro metros con solar treintitres; y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro metros con solar treinticinco. Inscrita en la finca número 11,594, al folio 261 del tomo 245 de Río Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Carolina. La finca antes mencionada se encuentra afectada a un gravamen posterior al que se pretende ejecutar, la cual se describe de la siguiente manera: Aviso de Demanda de fecha

10 de marzo de 2016, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Río Grande, en el Caso Civil número N3CI2016-00140, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Wanda Díaz Medina, por la suma de $72,033.83 otras sumas, anotado el día 12 de septiembre de 2016, al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, finca número 11,594 Anotación A. La propiedad está ubicada en:

12 St. R 34 Río Grande Estates, Río Grande, PR 00745. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al de-

mandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 9 de marzo de 2023, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $71,066.00 por concepto de balance principal, reducido por el Plan de Pago (“Trial”) aprobado que comprendía los meses de noviembre de 2022 a enero de 2023, mediante el cual la parte demandada realizó pagos que impactaron el balance principal y el “due date” que ahora es: 1ro de enero de 2021; generando intereses a razón de 4.125% desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2020; cargos por demora, los cuales, al igual que los intereses, continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $7,045.39 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 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023

A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $70,453.97. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día

12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023

A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $46,969.31, 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

19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2023

A LAS 3:00 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $35,226.98, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo

dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 1 de mayo de 2023. Mildred I. Toro Colón, Alguacil Auxiliar #197. Jorge A. Ortiz Estrada, Alguacil Regional Interino #622.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

LEGACY MORTGAGE

ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1

Demandante V.

ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL

HOLDING

CORPORATION; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV01289. Sala: 906. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA ENMENDADA POR EDICTO POR SUMAC.

A: ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION. US

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 451

7 HT STREET S.W. WASHINGTON, DC 20410.

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS.

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 1 de mayo de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 3 de mayo de 2023. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 3 de mayo de 2023. GRISELDA

RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MYRNA DELIZ VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE

BAUTISTA CAYMAN

ASSET COMPANY

Demandante V.

SUCESIÓN DE FÉLIX

LUIS LLORENS SANTINI

T/C/C FÉLIX LLORENS

SANTINI COMPUESTA

POR NORA LLORENS

RANGEL, ÓSCAR

LLORENS RANGEL, JACKELINE LLORENS

RANGEL, FÉLIX

LLORENS RANGEL, GERARDO LLORENS

VEGA, y FULANO DE TAL y FULANA DE

TAL; SUCESIÓN DE IVONNE CELESTE ALICEA FIGUEROA

T/C/C IVONNE ALICEA FIGUEROA COMPUESTA POR SUTANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandado(a)

Civil: P02022CV02964. 406. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FELIX LLORENS RANGEL, OSCAR LLORENS RANGEL, JACKELINE LLORENS RANGEL, COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE FELIX LUIS LLORENS SANTINI T/C/C FELIX LLORENS SANTINI; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE FELIX LLORENS-SANTINI; SUTANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE IVONNE CELESTE ALICEAFIGUEROA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de abril de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 03 de mayo de 2023. PONCE, Puerto Rico, el 03 de mayo de 2023. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

A reborn team and a star who never wanted to leave

By TYLER KEPNER

For a Pittsburgh Pirates fan born in the 1990s, childhood was an endless string of losing seasons. David Bednar, a Pittsburgh kid who grew up to be the team’s closer, never rooted for a winner until his freshman year at Lafayette College, in 2013. That was when Andrew McCutchen reversed decades of despair.

“It’s such a big sports town, and what he did for baseball and the city of Pittsburgh, he really brought it up,” Bednar said in St. Petersburg, Florida, by his locker before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays. “Now he’s back — and it’s so cool.”

McCutchen, 36, won the National League’s MVP award in that charmed 2013 season, which crested with a victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the wild-card game. The ballpark glowed by the Allegheny River. The fans wore black, like the players. The stands pulsed so wildly that a Reds pitcher dropped the ball, right there on the mound, too rattled to even make a pitch.

McCutchen hoped it would last forever. He had signed a long-term contract and bought a home in the suburbs. He would carry the Pirates to two more wild-card games and win baseball’s community service award, named for Roberto Clemente, the sainted Pirates outfielder. McCutchen was a worthy heir, on and off the field — and then he was gone.

Before the 2018 season, the frugal Pirates traded McCutchen, their highest-paid player, to the San Francisco Giants, sending him on an open-ended journey like so many others in midcareer: the Giants, the New York Yankees, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Milwaukee Brewers.

McCutchen never wanted that future for himself. He tried not to look back at the team he once led.

“I couldn’t really follow them, just because of where I was mentally at the time, almost, in a sense, being forced to go somewhere that you didn’t ask for,” said McCutchen, who kept the home and has raised his family there. “I didn’t ask to be traded; there was never a time when I said I wanted to be. So for that to happen in the capacity that it did, it was really hard, honestly, to pay attention to whatever the Pirates were doing.”

Mostly they were losing, tumbling right back to where McCutchen found them as a rookie in 2009: irrelevance. In the five years McCutchen was gone, the Pirates lost 121

more games than they won, always ending last or next-to-last in the NL Central.

Last season, the Pirates went 62-100. But they signed their third baseman, Ke’Bryan Hayes, to an eight-year, $70 million contract extension. They saw promise from other young players — pitchers Roansy Contreras and Mitch Keller, shortstop Oneil Cruz, outfielder Jack Suwinski. They knew they had a superstar in Bryan Reynolds, a switch-hitting outfielder they had gotten in exchange for McCutchen.

“There was a lot of belief in this team,” said Steve Sanders, the team’s assistant general manager, “a lot of belief that we were better than our record showed.”

To signal an organizational shift from building to winning, the Pirates sought stabilizers: Ji-Man Choi, Austin Hedges and Carlos Santana for the lineup, Rich Hill, Vince Velasquez and Jarlín García for the pitching staff. There was little risk in those signings (about $27 million combined, all on one-year deals), but the capper was McCutchen, who texted owner Bob Nutting of his interest in returning. They worked out a one-year, $5 million deal.

“In this book that I’ve been writing in my head, I was always wanting to go back to Pittsburgh,” said McCutchen, who had six homers and an .804 on-base plus slugging percentage

through Sunday’s games. “Even the times that I was gone, I was hoping to get that opportunity to get there — and not only get back, but flourish and have the team do well. Being able to turn it around once again, that meant a lot to me.”

Nostalgia was thick at the home opener in Pittsburgh: McCutchen’s mother, Petrina, sang the national anthem, and A.J. Burnett threw a ceremonial first pitch to Russell Martin, reprising a battery from the 2013 playoff team. McCutchen batted third and went 5 for 9 with a homer in the first home series.

“Our thought process from the beginning was this isn’t a farewell tour,” said fourth-year manager Derek Shelton, who signed a contract extension in April. “This is a guy that’s still a really good player and still moves really well. I mean, you watch him run the bases. He’s played more DH recently, because Choi has been hurt, but when he played the outfield earlier in the year, he was playing it very well.”

Shelton continued: “The biggest thing, especially with him and Santana, was the quality of the at-bat. We needed professional hitters to lengthen our lineup. So now we have guys that hit the middle of our order and we’re not hitting the kids there.”

The Pirates had a .291 on-base percentage last season, ranking 28th in the majors. This year, through Sunday, their .329 OBP was 10th. They also led the majors in stolen bases with 45, more than half of their total from 2022. The staff’s earned run average, 3.71, was 10th in the majors; last season it ranked 26th, at 4.66.

It has added up to the Pirates’ best start in a generation: the team won 20 of its first 30

games for the first time since 1992, when Barry Bonds was the headliner. Now it is Reynolds, who signed the first nine-figure contract in club history with an eight-year, $106.75 million extension in April.

“I believe in my teammates and the staff and what we’re building here,” Reynolds said. “We’ve got a lot of good, young, dynamic players and the staff really cares. I like the players, I like the city.”

Through Sunday, Reynolds had a .923 OPS with five homers and ranked fourth in the NL in total bases. Even with a losing streak, the Pirates held first place in the NL Central at 2014.

“Everybody would be lying if they said they saw this, specifically, happening — but everybody in here knew that we were good,” Reynolds said. “Granted, there’s still a lot of season left, but it’s not necessarily a huge surprise to us — a welcome surprise, if you will.”

Before last Wednesday’s game — the second of three in St. Petersburg — McCutchen said the Rays series would be something of a test for the Pirates (“We get to really see where we are as a team,” he said). With just four runs in the series, the results were disappointing.

But some of the Pirates’ distinctive traits — sound at-bats, aggressive base running — should be relatively slump-proof, and McCutchen said the team’s best quality was understanding and taking pride in its strengths.

“We don’t play the game old,” he said. “We play it new, we play it fun and we play it fast. And I think that’s been very beneficial for us.”

New, fun and fast. That is a fitting slogan from a player who knows the Pirates, past and present, as no one else can.

Andrew McCutchen, who had starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2009 to 2017, returned to the team as a free agent this off-season.

Mage captures the Derby after an agonizing week at Churchill Downs

By JOE DRAPE

The best thing you can say about the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is that the 18 horses who made it to the starting gate Saturday survived. That came as a relief after at least seven horses died at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky in the past week, two of them Saturday in races leading up to America’s most famous race.

By the time the horses edged into the starting gate for what is an annual thoroughbred celebration on the first Saturday in May, all anyone who loves the sport was thinking — no, praying — was that these ethereal creatures and their riders get around the mile and a quarter race safely.

Could you blame them?

In the past week, seven horses died, one trainer and his horse were kicked off the grounds by regulators under a cloud of suspicion and four other Derby horses were declared out of the race. The most stunning was the favorite 3-1 morning line Forte — last year’s 2-year-old champion — whom Kentucky state veterinarians decided early Saturday morning was not healthy enough to compete even after nursing a bruised hoof for the last couple of days.

Forte was trained by a Hall of Famer, Todd Pletcher. He was co-owned by a passionate champion of horse racing, Mike Repole, who by his own estimate has sunk $300 million into buying horses, even as he confessed that he was confounded by the dysfunction that is tolerated in horse racing.

It was not a good day for a sport on life support.

Horse racing is fighting for its life as animal welfare activists call for its end at the same time that waning interest among gamblers has put it on the losing side of a battle with online sports betting.

The fragile nature of thoroughbreds themselves was front and center with Derby entrant Wild on Ice, who was euthanized after he sustained a leg injury while training.

The sport’s underbelly was exposed when two horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. collapsed last week after racing beneath Churchill’s famed twin spires. Kentucky regulators and Churchill Downs, concerned about the unexplained deaths, told Joseph to take his horse and go home to his Florida base.

There was no real explanation for why Joseph was

dispatched, and Churchill Downs officials stood by their statement that its dirt and turf tracks were not the cause of the repeated horse deaths. But on Saturday, after two more horses were loaded in equine ambulances and subsequently put to death, Churchill officials refused to comment.

The record will show a colt named Mage won in a solid 2:01.57 to give his Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano his first and fiercely sought-after Derby win. Castellano rode for his Venezuelan countryman Gustavo Delgado, Mage’s trainer, delivering a capstone victory for an everyday horseman based in Florida.

“He’s a little horse with a big heart,” said Castellano, who found the Derby’s winning circle on his 15th try. “It was the dream trip for any jockey.”

Castellano, 45, once was the most dominating rider in America: He was named the champion jockey every year from 2013 through 2016. His talent may not have waned, but his opportunities did, and the shades have inched down on the twilight of his career.

He took over the mount on Mage only after the younger Luis Sáez abandoned Mage to ride one of the favorites, Tapit Trice. Castellano, an old man by jockey standards, welcomed the opportunity to be Delgado’s

second choice.

“The whole team gave me the opportunity to ride this horse in the biggest race in the world, “ Castellano said. “I had a lot of confidence in myself this year would be the year.”

Mage did not race as a 2-year-old and this was only his fourth start. He barely lost to Forte with Sáez aboard last month in the Florida Derby, getting caught in the final strides.

“I never gave up and tried hard. It took me a while to get there, but I’m very blessed to be here,” Castellano said.

Mage had to fight off a late surge by Two Phil’s to secure the victory — one that took the breath away from Delgado. Mage and Delgado are clearly moving on to the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore and the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Still, Delgado was in no state to say how he would prepare the horse.

“Give me a couple of days at least,” he said.

Horse racing, too, needs a breath.

The spotlight should have belonged to Castellano and Delgado. Instead, it was eclipsed by a drumbeat of casualties that were barely explained and haltingly acknowledged from the one horse racing state, and the one racetrack, that the rest of the world knows.

American thoroughbreds are among the finest athletes in the world — collectively they are worth tens of millions — and are the bedrock of a multibillion-dollar agribusiness industry. But the sport has precipitously lost its hold in the United States, where it was once revered as a cornerstone of America’s character.

Either nature or neglect or abuse sent these athletes collapsing on the racetrack, soon to be hustled into equine vans to meet their grim fates.

It certainly was not the celebration of an American pastime that anyone wished for.

Mage, a 15-1 shot with Javier Castellano up, winning the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

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Gemini (May 22-June 21)

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Cancer (June 22-July 23)

There are no half measures today, Cancer. You feel every emotion to the nth degree. This could make for an intense day. Make an effort to calm down. Rather than inject your opinion into every conversation, make it a point to step away from the group. The talk is animated enough without you stirring things up further. Spend the evening with loved ones. They will be more tolerant of your mood.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

You’re likely feeling a desire to do something different and a little crazy. Today you may fulfill that desire by attending a group event, perhaps a concert. Or you could indulge a childhood fantasy and go to the circus. Whatever you do, take along the special someone in your life. The fun you’re bound to have will be so much sweeter when shared with a loved one.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

You’re likely feeling a desire to do something different and a little crazy. Today you may fulfill that desire by attending a group event, perhaps a concert. Or you could indulge a childhood fantasy and go to the circus. Whatever you do, take along the special someone in your life. The fun you’re bound to have will be so much sweeter when shared with a loved one.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

You’re looking gorgeous today, Libra, and have likely noticed the admiring glances you’ve received. Your passion is running high, and you may be able to spend this evening with a special someone. Fulfill your romantic fantasies. Light candles, use your best china, and dress with sensuality in mind. Your partner will appreciate the effort. You’re bound to have a wonderful evening.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

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Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

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It looks like your ship is about to come in, Capricorn. The planetary configuration indicates that you can expect additional financial resources, perhaps a raise. You deserve it! You’ve been working long and hard these past several months. You’ve earned the respect of authority figures and the admiration of peers. Be careful not to fritter away the extra money. Put some aside for a rainy day.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

Take extra care with your appearance today, and clean the house a bit this morning. You may have some visitors, Aquarius. Invite them in and make them comfortable. It’s likely that they can be of great benefit in furthering your career. Perhaps one of them is well connected in a company you’ve long wanted to work for. Or maybe you will get an interesting stock tip. Stay alert!

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

You may feel wanderlust and crave something new and different in your life. You just can’t help but be a bit bored by the dullness of the routine. If adventure is what you want, why not plan an exotic trip? Even if you don’t have the money now, you can still start doing some research. Just knowing that you’re going to go someday will help raise your spirits, Pisces.

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