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Resident Commissioner Rejects Status Bill, Promotes Strengthened Commonwealth; Veteran Pro-Statehood Lawmaker Calls That Approach ‘a Rehash of the Past’
Hearing Examiner: Rate Review Case Shows Lack of Collaboration Between
By THE STAR STAFF
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera is gearing up to champion a revitalized and robust commonwealth status for Puerto Rico during the July 25 holiday.
His declaration came over the weekend in response to a recent proposal concerning the island’s political identity, which he firmly opposes.
In a letter to Rep. Víctor Parés Otero, who chairs the Government Committee in the island House of Representatives, regarding House Bill 78 -- an initiative aimed at organizing a constitutional status assembly -- Hernández Rivera voiced his commitment to prioritizing the pressing issues that truly impact people in Puerto Rico.
“We must focus on the realities of everyday life: tackling the high cost of living and rebuilding our crumbling electrical grid, rather than getting tangled in an unproductive debate over our political status,” the resident commissioner stated in the letter made up public on Saturday.
Hernández Rivera highlighted his achievements in Washington, asserting that his pragmatic approach has delivered undeniable results for the people of Puerto Rico. He emphasized the successful maintenance of the rum tax refund program, which has brought in over $100 million in extra revenue -- something past resident commissioners have struggled to secure. Additionally, he stood his ground to protect vital funding for the Nutritional Assistance Program and Medicaid, ensuring that those lifelines remain intact despite broader budget cuts, the resident commissioner noted.
With a cooperative spirit, Hernández Rivera said, he has partnered with Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to advocate for federal parity, addressing critical issues that directly affect the well-being of Puerto Rico residents. He said Washington is not interested in addressing Puerto Rico’s political status.
“In the six months I’ve been in Washington, it’s become clear that neither the congressional majority nor the President shows any interest in Puerto Rico’s statehood,” the resident commissioner noted in his letter. “Moreover, it’s apparent that independence is not the desire of our people.”
He firmly rejected HB 78, stating, “At this time, I cannot support this or any legislation seeking to redefine Puerto Rico’s political status.”
As part of his advocacy, Hernández Rivera will be a guest speaker at the July 25 events commemorating the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Constitution, to be held at the Recreation and Sports Palace in Mayagüez.
“There, I will reaffirm my belief that a strengthened and modernized Commonwealth is the most viable path forward for justice, development, and equity for our people,” he declared.
colonial status, which he noted allowed for the imposition of the Financial Oversight and Management Board.
“Equal rights is not a sterile issue, but I’m not surprised in the least by this stance from the resident commissioner, who truly has no new ideas and seeks to govern Puerto Rico with a rehash of the past,” stated the veteran prostatehood lawmaker. “He wants to condemn us to living under a colony, where entities like the oversight board can impose themselves.”
The former speaker of the House noted that HB 78, introduced by another former House speaker, José “Conny” Varela of the Popular Democratic Party, seeks to address the issue of the political relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States.
“The [resident] commissioner prefers to ignore the issue of status, the inequality we experience, and the lack of political power that forces things to be imposed on us, in order to try to sell abstract lies to the people,” said Aponte, who chairs the House Government Committee. “The people have already transcended the lie of the best of both worlds, but apparently he hasn’t. We don’t want the colony, we don’t want the Junta [oversight board], we don’t want our veterans to lack the same benefits as those who reside in the states, we don’t want our people with special needs to continue without the benefit of the Supplemental Social Security program. Unfortunately, Hernández does want that and only wants to govern the colony, nothing more, regardless of the discrimination that represents for the people.”
CORRECTION: A story on page 4 in the July 18-20, 2025 edition of the Star should have referred to the organization marking its 15th anniversary at its convention in October as the Puerto Rico Lawyers Association in the headline, story text and photo caption. The San Juan Daily Star, the only paper with News Service in English in Puerto Rico, publishes 7 days a week, with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday edition, along with a Weekend Edition to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
On Sunday, Rep. José Aponte Hernández said the resident commissioner wants to perpetuate Puerto Rico’s current
By THE STAR STAFF
Residents of Arecibo communities and environmental groups have reached an agreement with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) for free, public and safe access to the Cueva del Indio (Indian’s Cave) in Arecibo, as well as to develop a management plan for the reserve.
The agreement was reached between residents, along with the environmental organizations Citizens in Defense of the Environment and Neighbors in the Rescue of Islet Access and Trails, represented by Legal Services of Puerto Rico (SLPR by its initials in Spanish) and the DNER.
“For years, community residents and environmental groups have been advocating for safe and free access, as well as protection for the Cueva del Indio and its natural surroundings,” SLPR Deputy Executive Director Alejandro Figueroa said in a written statement. “This demand arose from incidents of vandalism, littering, illegal construction, and other actions that were damaging this natural, archaeological, and marine reserve.”
Through the agreement, which was litigated by Attorney Omar Saadé Yordán from SLPR’s Compensated Practice Program, the DNER has formally committed to demarcating, identifying and ensuring safe, free and public access to the iconic Cueva
Through the agreement, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources has formally committed to demarcating, identifying and ensuring safe, free and public access to the iconic Cueva del Indio in Arecibo.
del Indio. Furthermore, the agency has agreed to collaborate with the owner of the adjacent land to acquire the necessary access, either through a voluntary agreement or by utilizing an eminent domain process.
The Arecibo Court of First Instance has mandated that hearings will be held every six months to evaluate the progress of the efforts, ensuring transparency and compliance with the agreement.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed several pieces of legislation into law Sunday.
House Bill (HB) 506 (Act 72-2025), an administration measure, amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a collaborative agreement between the island Treasury Department and municipalities. The law seeks to standardize the collection of the sales and use tax, and allow taxpayers to file and pay through the Unified Internal Revenue System, commonly known as SURI. The main
objective is to improve municipal tax collection, facilitate compliance, reduce costs and strengthen municipal self-sufficiency.
The governor also signed Senate Bill 277 (Law 732025), filed by Sens. Juan Oscar Morales, Jeison Rosa and Jamie Barlucea, amending the Law on Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies. Cooperatives are now authorized to join a federal housing loan bank and collaboration with COSSEC is allowed in cases of syndication or dissolution. The legislation seeks to protect cash-strapped cooperatives and facilitate their recovery through access to better credit terms.
The Municipality of Arecibo has offered to assist the DNER once the necessary permits and procedures for the road demarcation are obtained. The goal is to make access to Cueva del Indio available to all residents of Arecibo and Puerto Rico.
Additionally, it was agreed that once the land strip is identified, a management and conservation plan for the reserve will be established. The agencies that comprise the Interagency Committee for the Conservation and Development of the Cueva del Indio Natural Reserve, established by Law 175-2003, will actively participate in the access and management plan to ensure that it aligns with principles of conservation and environmental protection.
In November, the plaintiffs filed a writ of mandamus in the Arecibo Court of First Instance requesting that state agencies, including the DNER, fulfill their ministerial duty to implement the management plan for the Cueva del Indio Natural Reserve. That includes designing, structuring and implementing the Conservation and Development Plan and the Action Plan, which encompasses access roads and trails to the reserve.
Cueva del Indio is a rock formation penetrated by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The plaintiffs describe it as a “national treasure” due to the Taino petroglyphs it contains. It was designated an archaeological site in 1988, a nature reserve in 1992, and a marine reserve in 2015.
Meanwhile, HB 136 (Act 74-2025), filed by Rep. Ángel Morey Noble, repeals Act 63 of 1986, which prohibited the sale of imported items with phrases such as “Souvenir de Puerto Rico.” The law was unnecessary given that there is already legislation in force that establishes similar prohibitions: the Law of the Artisanal Development Program (Law 166-1995), which regulates this matter more effectively, according to the bill.
House Joint Resolution 92 (HJR 29-2025), introduced by Reps. Swanny Vargas, Jerry Nieves, Edgar Robles and Joel Franqui, names the Punta Maracayo Resort Hotel in Hatillo after Juan Luis Cuevas Castro. The measure pays tribute to the former mayor and educator, who is recognized for his service to the community and his active role in sports and civic organizations.
By THE STAR STAFF
Businessman Ángel Luis Marrero Negrón, owner of the hotel that was damaged by a fire caused by a tourist from Missouri, received the “Phoenix Bird Award,” which is awarded by the CROEM ALUMNI organization to any businessman who makes a supernatural effort to keep his company running.
“We received this recognition on behalf of the more than 30 employees of Luichy’s Seaside Hotel located in the El Combate tourist sector of Cabo Rojo and who were our allies for the reconstruction of the lodging after it was
intentionally set on fire by a woman resident of the State of Missouri who was vacationing in the sector,” Marrero Negrón said. “The efforts of our employees, contractors and banking institutions that trust us made it possible that, in record time, Luichy’s Seaside Hotel and its adjacent commercial premises are operating at full capacity. …”
Marrero Negrón, who has been in multiple facets of the tourism industry for more than 30 years, is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico Campus in Bayamón, where he studied business administration, with an emphasis on hospitality. Before acquiring the lodging in El Combate, he worked for 19 years as a reception agent in several hotel com-
panies. In 2017 he managed to establish his own consulting business for the area of revenue and strategies for hospitality companies. It was there that he learned that a hotel in Cabo Rojo was up for sale, which he and a partner bought.
“A serious incident, enormous frustration and emotional breakdown from seeing his hotel engulfed in flames … did not stop him,” said Dr. Elba Torres Matundan, president of Puerto Rico Pathology and presidential delegate of CROEM Alumni.
“We have all seen the courage, willingness and giant effort of the businessman […], who in less than 48 hours was already coordinating the reconstruction of his hotel.”
By THE STAR STAFF
The power rate review case has underscored the urgent need for a functional working relationship between the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau and the island electrical grid’s private operators, LUMA Energy and Genera PR.
Scott Hempling, the hearing examiner overseeing the case, was compelled to intervene in a discovery dispute despite the parties having already reached agreements on information sharing because “a solid working relationship evades them.”
“I must do what I can to save everyone time and money and to focus on producing the best outcome for Puerto Rico,” Hempling said. “For this proceeding to succeed, and for this entire multi-party public-private partnership to be effective, the counsel for the three companies and their principals must work better together. They must share this purpose: cost-effective performance and just and reasonable rates for PREPA’s customers. Excessive information requests and reflexive resistance to appropriate requests don’t help.”
The rate review has to be completed over the next few weeks.
Hempling, a law professor, issued an order addressing objections raised by LUMA, the transmission and distribution system operator, which resisted providing information to PREPA, arguing that the requests violated the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) System Operation and Management Agreement (OMA).
LUMA contended that the OMA restricts PREPA’s ability to seek important information,
LUMA. There is also a relationship governed by administrative law, in which each entity -and PREPA is a distinct corporate entity -- has the right, in this and any other adjudication, to question the other and comment on each other’s positions. This relationship existed before the OMA and was not negated by it.”
“Nowhere in the OMA did PREPA relinquish its rights under Puerto Rico administrative law,” Hempling wrote. “A simple hypothetical illustrates the error: Suppose a LUMA-operated truck collided with and damaged a PREPA-owned truck. Normally, the victim could sue based on tort law. Is LUMA asserting that ‘the relationship’ created by the T&D OMA prevents PREPA from taking such legal action? The OMA defines the ‘relationship’ but does not address torts or administrative proceedings.”
to ask certain questions in a rate case is not a “dispute” about the OMA, as LUMA claims.
“In fact, asking questions is not a dispute, period,” he said. “If I ask the waiter why my dinner is cold, I am not having a dispute; I am asking a question. Upon receiving an answer, I might have a dispute, but the question itself is not a dispute.”
If PREPA wishes to challenge LUMA’s rate proposal after receiving answers, no provision in the OMA prevents that action, because PREPA’s opposition to a LUMA-proposed rate is not a “dispute among the Parties arising out of, relating to, or in connection with this Agreement or the existence, interpretation, breach, termination, or validity of the Agreement,” Hempling maintained.
a claim the hearing examiner found to lack legal support. Genera, the private operator of PREPA’s legacy power plants, raised similar arguments in another motion.
Hempling clarified that the relationship between LUMA and PREPA is governed not solely by the OMA but also by administrative law, which preserves PREPA’s rights to question LUMA and engage in necessary discourse.
“There is more than one relationship between LUMA and PREPA,” he said. “There is the relationship governed by the OMA, which involves the control and operation of the PREPA-owned T&D assets, the transfer of funds from customers to PREPA and LUMA, and various principal-agent relationships. However, the OMA does not encompass all aspects of the relationship between PREPA and
The hearing examiner emphasized that the relationship is one of principal and agent, and principals have the right to sue their agents.
Additionally, Hempling dismissed LUMA’s assertion that Section 3.5 of the OMA provides exclusive remedies for information access, pointing out that the term “exclusive” is absent from that section in the OMA. He scolded the parties for attempting to mischaracterize information, stating, “This statement is false. The word ‘exclusive’ nowhere appears in Section 3.5. Supplying a word that is absent from the text when that absence undermines counsel’s desired interpretation is a mischaracterization. This practice is inconsistent with counsel’s duty to this tribunal, wastes my time, and must stop.”
Hempling remarked that PREPA’s decision
“A principal that asks questions of the agent is not interfering with the agent,” he asserted. “Furthermore, nothing about LUMA’s exclusive role in proposing rates affects PREPA’s administrative-law right to question the inputs into those rates -- or the rates themselves.”
The examiner also dismissed the notion that PREPA was acting in an adversarial manner.
“What is adversarial here is not PREPA’s legitimate questions, but rather LUMA’s boilerplate, insufficiently explained dismissals of those questions,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Hempling sided with Genera in dismissing certain requests for information from PREPA, such as employee rosters and compensation for all current employees, and a detailed inventory of the vehicle fleet and accounts receivable, arguing that such requests were unnecessary.
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico Ports Authority (Ports) Executive Director Norberto Negrón Díaz announced in recent days substantial federal funding aimed at enhancing infrastructure across various airports in Puerto Rico.
A total of four federal grants has been awarded, amounting to $27.8 million. The grants are designed to support critical capital improvement projects that will significantly benefit the island’s air travel facilities.
Negrón said the grants cover 95% of the necessary funding for key flagship initiatives. One of the noteworthy allocations is some $782,345 earmarked for Mercedita International Airport in Ponce. The primary objective of the project is to conduct a thorough and comprehensive study that will facilitate the planning and construction of advanced flood control drainage systems. The initiative is crucial, the Ports chief said, as it aims to improve infrastructure resilience and mitigate the impacts of
heavy rainfall and flooding that can disrupt airport operations.
In a similar vein, a significant allocation of $1.9 million has been designated for improvements at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba and Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport in Vieques. The funds provided for those regional airports will be utilized to implement a specialized pavement design program that is expected to enhance the quality and safety of the runways and taxiways at the airports, thereby supporting their operational efficiency and ensuring a smoother experience for travelers.
Overall, Negrón said, the federal grants represent a vital
By REBECCA FAIRLEY RANEY, RICK ROJAS and ALYCE McFADDEN
Aman who had been thrown out of a Los Angeles nightclub and music venue intentionally plowed his car into a crowd outside Saturday, injuring at least 30 people, including seven critically, authorities said.
Officials said the driver, Fernando Ramirez, veered onto the sidewalk about 2 a.m. near the intersection of North Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in the East Hollywood neighborhood. The crowd had come from a night of DJs playing reggaeton and hiphop that had just ended at the Vermont Hollywood, a performance venue and club.
Ramirez was charged Saturday with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, according to officer Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
The vehicle struck a taco cart and “then ultimately ran into a large number of people who were outside a club in East Hollywood,” Capt. Adam VanGerpen, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, told reporters at the scene Saturday morning.
People in the crowd pulled the driver from the car and security guards outside the venue tried to detain him, Cervantes said. But the crowd surrounded Ramirez and was beating him when police officers arrived, authorities said. As he was being treated, emergency workers
discovered a gunshot wound. He had been shot in the buttocks after he was pulled from the car, police said, and he underwent surgery at a hospital. His condition is unclear.
Officials said Ramirez, 29, had been booted from the club earlier in the night for being disruptive and fighting with patrons.
Police were still searching for the man who shot Ramirez.
In all, 23 people were taken to hospitals in the area.
Video apparently recorded by bystanders shows a man being dragged from the driver’s seat of the car and pummeled by people in the crowd, as well as bloodied women lying on the pavement and being carried away.
Later footage captured firefighters treating injured people on tarps on Vermont Avenue, and a small gray car with its front end mangled outside the doors of the venue. The sidewalk was littered with debris, including a pair of sneakers left in front of where the car had stopped.
Ryan Smith, who lives in an apartment across the street from the club, watched a chaotic and confusing scene from his balcony in the immediate aftermath of the crash. He saw a crowd on the sidewalk outside the club’s front doors. “I thought a bunch of people were fighting,” said Smith, 34. Soon, helicopters hovered overhead and police came swarming in, he said.
The club is about a dozen blocks off the 101 freeway, near downtown, surrounded by neighborhoods that have been transformed by gentrification over the
past two decades, including Silver Lake and Los Feliz. Hours after the crash on Saturday, the car had been towed away, and one of the few signs of the melee that morning was the cluster of television news crews stationed in front of the club. Vendors were back to selling sneakers, clothing and toys from their sidewalk stalls.
Workers at nearby businesses said the area was prone to commotion, especially as crowds pour from the club after a show or event. “It’s no surprise,” said Gary Hitchman, 67, a valet parking attendant at a lot next to the venue.
Sandra Savis, the general manager of the Vermont Hollywood, expressed her gratitude for the “swift and compassionate” response of firefighters and police officers. “We are working closely with law enforcement to ensure the person responsible for this horrific act is held fully accountable,” she said in a statement.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, called the crash “a heartbreaking tragedy.”
“The hearts of all Angelenos are with East Hollywood this morning and those impacted,” she said in a social media post on Saturday morning.
The crash adds to what has already been a turbulent year for Los Angeles, with Southern California ravaged by wildfires in January, followed by a showdown between the Trump administration and local officials and residents over immigration raids and protests. On Friday, an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training center killed three deputies.
By ALYCE McFADDEN and CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL
The number of missing people in the Texas county hardest hit by the devastating July 4 floods is now just three, a dramatic drop from the nearly 100 officials had reported just days ago. Many were confirmed to be safe, local officials said Saturday. The new figure is a significant decrease from the 97 who were reported earlier in the week, and it represents those missing only in Kerr County. A handful more remain unaccounted for in other areas of the Hill Country that were devastated by the disastrous floods, which have killed at least 135 people statewide. Kerr County was the area in the state most affected by the floods, accounting for 107 of the deaths.
In a statement Saturday, officials in Kerrville, the seat of Kerr County, said that “many individuals who were initially reported as missing have been verified as safe.” As of Saturday evening, the death toll in Kerr County had not changed.
It is not clear how many of the people previously listed as missing were actually affected by the floods. Some could have been out-of-town vacationers whom authorities eventually found to be safe back home. Others could have been reported erroneously by worried relatives. Authorities have not publicly released a list of the missing.
“We are profoundly grateful to the more than 1,000 local, state and federal authorities
who have worked tirelessly in the wake of the devastating flood that struck our community,” said Dalton Rice, the Kerrville city manager.
It’s common for the number of missing to fluctuate or to decline sharply after a natural disaster. After a catastrophic wildfire on Maui, Hawaii, in 2023, the number of missing people was initially listed as 1,100, but about six months later, it had dropped to two, with 102 deaths. Few of the missing turned out to be dead.
Even with the huge drop in numbers, officials in Kerrville said Saturday that the search for those still missing would continue. State and local officials have vowed to find every missing person since the floods struck more than two weeks ago.
“Our thoughts remain with the families still awaiting news, and we will continue to stand with them as efforts persist,” Mayor Joe Herring Jr. of Kerrville said in the statement.
The floods hit the idyllic Hill Country — a riverthreaded region of central Texas whose natural beauty has long drawn visitors and made it a popular site for children’s summer camps — in the predawn hours of July 4. As residents and tourists slept beside the Guadalupe River’s banks, heavy rains swelled its waters by 20 to 30 feet in some areas within just a few hours.
Among the victims were young campers and teen-
age counselors of a beloved girls’ summer camp, families in recreational vehicles who traveled to the area for a Fourth of July getaway and locals whose homes or cars were swept away.
Many residents have said that they did not receive enough notice to evacuate from the incoming floods. They have questioned whether state and local officials did enough to warn people, as well as whether there should have been a more sophisticated alert system in place. Local, state and federal officials have largely deflected or criticized those lines of questioning.
For loved ones of those who are still missing, the wait for an update on their status grows more agonizing by the day.
Among those anxiously waiting are Sherry McCutcheon and Terry Traugott, sisters in Leander, northwest of Austin. The two have already heard that their mother and brother died during the floods in the house they shared. But they still don’t know what happened to another brother, Gary Traugott.
“I can’t stand it that Gary is laying out there by himself, on the ground or in that water,” Traugott said.
McCutcheon and Traugott said they refused to hold any funeral services until they find out about Gary Traugott.
“We can’t have funerals for two when there are three,” McCutcheon said.
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TExAS, HOUSTON DIVISION
In re:
SUNNOVA ENERGY INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., 1 Debtors. ) ) ) Chapter 11 Case No. 25-90160 (ARP) (Jointly Administered)
NOTICE OF DEADLINES FOR THE FILING OF PROOFS OF CLAIM, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS UNDER SECTION 503(b)(9) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE THE GENERAL CLAIMS BAR DATE IS AUGUST 6, 2025, AT 5:00 P.M., PREVAILING CENTRAL TIME THE GOVERNMENTAL GENERAL CLAIMS BAR DATE IS DECEMBER 5, 2025, AT 5:00 P.M., PREVAILING CENTRAL TIME PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Deadlines for Filing Proofs of Claim. On July 15, 2025, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”) entered an order [Docket No. 436] (the “Bar Date Order”) establishing certain deadlines for the filing of proofs of claim, including requests for payment under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “Proofs of Claim”), in the chapter 11 cases of the following debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtors”): Debtor, Date of Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition, Case No.: Sunnova Energy International Inc., June 8, 2025, 25-90160; Sunnova Energy Corporation, June 8, 2025, 25-90159; Sunnova Intermediate Holdings, LLC, June 8, 2025, 25-90161; Sunnova TEP Developer, LLC, June 1, 2025, 25-90153.
The Bar Dates. Pursuant to the Bar Date Order, all entities (except governmental units and entities that/who are exempt from filing Proof(s) of Claim or complying with the applicable Bar Dates (as defined below)), including individuals, partnerships, estates, and trusts that have a claim or potential claim against the Debtors that arose prior to the date on which each Debtor entity filed its initial voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, no matter how remote or contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may be, including requests for payment under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before August 6, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time (the “General Claims Bar Date”). Governmental entities that have a claim or potential claim against the Debtors that arose prior to the date on which each Debtor entity filed its initial voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, no matter how remote or contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may be, MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before December 5, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time (the “Governmental Bar Date”). All entities (except for entities that/who are exempt from filing Proof(s) of Claim or complying with the applicable Bar Dates (as defined below) holding claims arising from the Debtors’ rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases are required to file Proofs of Claim by the date that is the later of (i) the General Claims Bar Date or the Governmental Bar Date, as applicable, and (ii) 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time, on the date that is thirty (30) days following entry of the order approving the Debtors’ rejection of the applicable executory contract or unexpired lease (the “Rejection Damages Bar Date”). All entities (except for entities that/who are exempt from filing Proof(s) of Claim or complying with the applicable Bar Dates (as defined below) holding claims affected by an amendment to the Debtors’ schedules of assets and liabilities filed in these cases (the “Schedules”) are required to file Proofs of Claim by the date that is later of (i) the General Claims Bar Date or the Governmental Bar Date, as applicable, and (ii) 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time, on the date that is thirty (30) days from the date on which the Debtors mail notice of the amendment to the Schedules (the “Amended Schedules Bar Date” and together with the General Claims Bar Date, Governmental Bar Date and Rejection Damages Bar Date, a “Bar Date” or “Bar Dates”) ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO IS REQUIRED UNDER THE BAR DATE ORDER BUT FAILS TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM, INCLUDING ANY REQUEST FOR PAYMENT UNDER SECTION 503(B)(9) OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE ON OR BEFORE THE GENERAL CLAIMS BAR DATE OR THE GOVERNMENTAL BAR DATE, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL NOT BE TREATED AS A CREDITOR WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING AND DISTRIBUTION ON ANY CHAPTER 11 PLAN.
In addition, pursuant to the Bar Date Order, each person or entity that files a Proof of Claim shall be deemed to have voluntarily submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the Court, regardless of whether such person or entity submitted such Proof of Claim on the Proof of Claim Form or Official Form 410.
Filing a Proof of Claim. Each Proof of Claim must be filed or submitted, including supporting documentation, through any of the following methods: (i) electronic submission through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at http://ecf.txsb. uscourts.gov), (ii) electronic submission using the interface available on the website maintained by the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/Sunnova, or (iii) if submitted through non-electronic means, by U.S. mail or other hand delivery system, so as to be actually received by the Claims and Noticing Agent on or before the General Claims Bar Date or the Governmental Bar Date, or any other applicable Bar Date, as applicable at the following addresses: If by FirstClass Mail: Sunnova Energy International Inc. Claims Processing Center, c/o Kroll Restructuring Administration, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4850, New York, NY 10163-4850; If by Hand Delivery or Overnight Mail: Sunnova Energy International Inc., Claims Processing Center, c/o Kroll Restructuring Administration, 850 3rd Avenue, Suite 412, Brooklyn, NY 11232.
PROOFS OF CLAIM SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC MAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Contents of Proofs of Claim. Each Proof of Claim must: (i) be written in legible English; (ii) include a claim amount denominated in United States dollars using, if applicable, the exchange rate as of 5:00 p.m., prevailing Central Time, on the Petition Date (and to the extent such claim is converted to United States dollars, state the rate used in such conversion); (iii) clearly identify the Debtor against which the claim is asserted; (iv) conform substantially with the Proof of Claim form provided by the Debtors or Official Form 410; (v) be signed by the claimant or by an authorized agent or legal representative of the claimant on behalf of the claimant, whether such signature is an electronic signature or is in ink; and (vi) include as attachments any and all supporting documentation on which the claim is based. Please note that each Proof of Claim must state a claim against only one Debtor and clearly indicate the specific Debtor against which the claim is asserted. To the extent more than one Debtor is listed on the Proof of Claim, a Proof of Claim is treated as if filed only against Sunnova Energy International Inc., or if a Proof of Claim is otherwise filed without identifying a specific Debtor, the Proof of Claim may be deemed as filed only against Sunnova Energy International Inc.
Electronic Signatures Permitted. Proofs of Claim signed electronically or in ink by the claimant or an authorized agent or legal representative of the claimant will be deemed acceptable for purposes of claims administration. Copies of Proofs of Claim, or Proofs of Claim sent by facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any original document containing the original signature of any party other than the party that files the Proof of Claim shall be retained by the filing party for a period of not less than five years after the Debtors’ cases are closed, and upon request, such original document must be provided to the Court or other parties for review, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures for the Filing, Signing, and Verifying of Documents by Electronic Means in Texas Bankruptcy Courts.
Section 503(b)(9) Requests for Payment. Any Proof of Claim that asserts a right to payment arising under section 503(b) (9) of the Bankruptcy Code must also: (i) include the value of the goods delivered to and received by the Debtors in the twenty (20) days prior to the Petition Date; (ii) attach any documentation identifying the particular invoices for which such claim is being asserted; and (iii) attach documentation of any reclamation demand made to the Debtors under section 546(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (if applicable).
Additional Information. If you have any questions regarding the claims process or you wish to obtain a copy of the Bar Date Notice, a Proof of Claim Form or related documents you may do so by: (i) calling the Debtors’ restructuring hotline at (888) 975-5436 (domestic, toll free) or +1 (646) 930-4686 (international); or (ii) visiting the Debtors’ restructuring website at: https:// restructuring.ra.kroll.com/Sunnova.
1 A complete list of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ claims and noticing agent at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/Sunnova. The location of Debtor Sunnova Energy International Inc.’s corporate headquarters and the Debtors’ service address in these chapter 11 cases is 20 East Greenway Plaza, Suite 540, Houston, Texas 77046. “Sunnova” or the “Company” means, collectively, Sunnova Energy International Inc. and its Debtor and non-Debtor subsidiaries and affiliates.
By BENJAMIN WEISER and MICHAEL GOLD
The Justice Department late last week asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury testimony from the prosecution of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came amid growing pressure from both parties for the Trump administration to release more information about the case.
The request was filed in U.S. District Court in the New York City borough of Manhattan, where Epstein was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges six years ago when he was found dead by hanging in his jail cell. The New York City medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.
The government also sought the unsealing of grand jury testimony from the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite who in a 2021 trial was convicted of helping Epstein facilitate his sex-trafficking scheme and sentenced to 20 years in prison. She has appealed her conviction.
“Public officials, lawmakers, pundits and ordinary citizens remain deeply interested and concerned about the Epstein matter,” Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, wrote in a motion to the court seeking to unseal the transcripts. “The time for the public to guess what they contain should end.”
Epstein’s relationships with powerful people, and the manner of his death, have fueled conspiracy theories for years, particularly among a portion of Trump’s right-wing base. Lately, members of Congress from both parties have joined the calls for the government to release more information about its investigation.
Trump ordered Bondi to make the request hours after The Wall Street Journal reported on a 50th birthday greeting that it said Trump sent Epstein in 2003, including a sexually suggestive drawing, an expression of friendship and a reference to secrets they shared.
The president vehemently denied the report, which The New York Times has not verified. On Friday, he filed a lawsuit in Florida against the Journal; its publisher, Dow Jones; Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corp, the parent company of Dow Jones; Robert Thomson, News Corp CEO; and two Journal reporters.
An angry Trump, referring to himself in the third person in a long Truth Social post, claimed that Murdoch had agreed to “take care of” the article but apparently lacked the authority to overrule the decisions of the paper’s top editor, Emma Tucker. He accused the Journal of publishing a “false, malicious and defamatory” report. A spokesperson for Dow Jones did not immediately comment on the lawsuit, which seeks a minimum of $10 billion in damages.
Obtaining court approval for unsealing the testimony could be difficult because the records are shielded by grand jury secrecy, to protect crime victims and witnesses. Judges rarely agree to grant public access to such materials.
In their motion, Bondi and Blanche said the Justice Department would work with the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, which prosecuted Epstein and Maxwell, to make “appropriate redactions” of information related to victims and “other personal identifying information” before releasing the transcripts.
“Transparency in this process will not be at the expense of our obligation under the law to protect victims,” the officials said in the motion.
The unsealing request was submitted to Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan, who was overseeing Epstein’s case in the weeks before his death. Berman was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1998.
Even if Berman unseals the testimony, it would most likely reflect only a small part of the evidence collected in the Epstein investigation, which includes thousands of documents and a vast trove of video evidence, including footage from video cameras in the jail.
Trump has been under pressure after Bondi withheld portions of investigative files related to Epstein that some of the president’s most fervent supporters have demanded be made public.
Bondi agreed to release some materials, including flight logs for Epstein’s private jets that were already publicly available, but she held back others, including what administration officials described as material involving child sexual abuse.
The Justice Department’s review of the files “revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’” the department wrote in an unsigned July memo, which continued: “There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against un-
charged third parties.”
In the filing Friday, the Justice Department said it was adhering to those conclusions.
But the backlash has been intense. Portions of Trump’s political base have turned on him, and Democrats, eager for an issue to rally around, have called for the administration to release what have come to be known as the Epstein files.
By directing Bondi to make the court filings, Trump is moving to shift the responsibility for releasing more of the material onto a federal judge, which could lessen the political pressure he is feeling.
Democrats have cast the Trump administration’s move as an attempt to distract the attention of those who are criticizing the president.
“What about videos, photographs and other recordings?” Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., a former Southern District prosecutor, wrote on the social platform X. “What about FBI 302’s (witness interviews)? What about texts and emails? That’s where the evidence about Trump and others will be. Grand jury testimony will only relate to Epstein and Maxwell.”
Trump, who has long promoted conspiracy theories and used them to build his political movement, has urged his supporters to trust his administration’s conclusions.
But even some Republicans in Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson, have called for the release of the Justice Department’s files about Epstein. And many hardright lawmakers whose politics typically align closely with Trump said this week that their conservative voters had split from the president and were bombarding their offices with calls for greater transparency.
House Republicans, under pressure from Democrats and their own angry constituents, agreed Thursday night to lay the groundwork for a potential vote calling on the Justice Department to release material from the investigation. The measure is nonbinding and has not been scheduled for a vote, but it reflected a widening gulf between Trump and Congress on the issue.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., a frequent Trump critic, undertook a long-shot procedural maneuver to force a floor vote on the matter, an effort that had drawn the support of at least eight other Republicans.
Massie’s resolution, which has a wider scope than the resolution passed Thursday, does not have the support of Republican leaders and would most likely require broad support from Democrats to pass.
Massie, in a social media post, criticized the resolution approved Thursday night as a toothless gesture that would not produce any new disclosures.
“Congress thinks you’re stupid,” he wrote. “The rules committee passed a NONBINDING Epstein resolution, hoping folks will accept it as real.”
By ELI TAN
After Meta broke ground on a $750 million data center on the edge of Newton County, Georgia, the water taps in Beverly and Jeff Morris’ home went dry.
The couple’s house, which uses well water, is 1,000 feet from Meta’s new data center. Months after construction began in 2018, the Morrises’ dishwasher, ice maker, washing machine and toilet all stopped working, said Beverly Morris, now 71. Within a year, the water pressure had slowed to a trickle. Soon, nothing came out of the bathroom and kitchen taps.
Jeff Morris, 67, eventually traced the issues to the buildup of sediment in the water. He said he suspected the cause was Meta’s construction, which could have added sediment to the groundwater and affected their well. The couple replaced most of their appliances in 2019, and then again in 2021 and 2024. Residue now gathers at the bottom of their backyard pool. The taps in one of their two bathrooms still do not work.
Meta’s data center in Newton County, Ga., sits 1,000 feet from the home of Jeff and Beverly Morris, in May 2025. In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water — that has led to problems for people who live nearby. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times)
“It feels like we’re fighting an unwinnable battle that we didn’t sign up for,” Beverly Morris, a retired payroll specialist, said, adding that she and her husband have spent $5,000 on their water problems and cannot afford the $25,000 to replace the well. “I’m scared to drink our own water.”
The Morrises’ experience is one of a growing number of water-related issues around Newton County, which is a 1 1/2-hour drive east of Atlanta and has a population of about 120,000 people. As tech giants like Meta build data centers in the area, local wells have been damaged, the cost of municipal water has soared and the county’s water commission may face a shortage of the vital resource.
The situation has become so dire that Newton County is on track to be in a water deficit by 2030, according to a report last year. If the local water authority cannot upgrade its facilities, residents could be forced to ration water. In the next two years, water rates are set to increase 33%, more than the typical 2% annual increases, said Blair Northen, the mayor of Mansfield, a town in Newton County.
“Absolutely terrible,” he said.
In the age of artificial intelligence, water has become as critical to data centers — which power the development of the cutting-edge technology — as electricity. The facilities pump enormous amounts of cold water into pipes that run throughout the buildings to cool the computers inside so that they can perform calculations and keep internet services like social networking humming.
A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers built to train more powerful AI are set to be even thirstier, requiring millions of gallons of water a day, according to water permit applications reviewed by The New York Times.
Data center companies often demand as much water as they can get, using the tax revenue they pay as leverage, said Newsha Ajami, a hydrologist and director of urban water policy at Stanford. Some projects are so large that they require the land to first be “dewatered,” which is when groundwater is pumped out of the surrounding area in preparation for construction.
Yet water is a particularly difficult resource to manage. If a municipality needs to add energy capacity to its grid, it can build new solar farms, wind turbines or reopen coal and nuclear power plants. But the water used by Newton County comes from a nearby reservoir that can be replenished with only rainwater.
Because electricity is more costly for data centers than water, companies often prioritize building their facilities in places with cheap power, even if the area is drought stricken. That has exacerbated water shortages across the world, Ajami said.
“Water is an afterthought” for tech companies, she said. “The thinking is, ‘Someone will figure that out later.’”
Water troubles similar to Newton County’s are also playing out in other data center hot spots including Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and the United Arab Emirates. Around Phoenix, some homebuilders have paused construction because of droughts exacerbated by data centers. In Colorado, water usage by data centers has become a focal point of renegotiating the Colorado River’s water treaty.
A Meta spokesperson said the company had recently commissioned a well study on the Morrises’ property and said it was “unlikely” that its data center affected the supply of groundwater in the area.
Meta’s data center uses about 10% of the county’s total
water usage daily, said Mike Hopkins, the executive director of the Newton County Water and Sewerage Authority, which is the county’s water authority. The water authority has a good relationship with Meta, he said, but new data center companies are asking for more resources than what’s available.
“What the data centers don’t understand is that they’re taking up the community wealth,” he said.
“We just don’t have the water.”
For years, Newton County was a growing residential exurb of Atlanta, until that future was put on hold by the 2008 financial crisis. Instead, local officials sought out large industrial projects to fill the void. In the late 2010s, data centers, which can generate millions of dollars in tax revenue, filled that bill.
Meta’s project was the first major data center to arrive in Georgia in 2018. At the time, Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, celebrated with Facebookbranded shovels at the state Capitol. New tax incentives and cheap industrial power soon made Georgia one of the top picks in the nation for new data centers.
In recent months, Hopkins said, nine companies had applied to build data centers in Newton County, some asking for as much as 6 million gallons of water a day — more than the county’s entire daily usage. Some applicants are tech companies as large as Amazon, according to the water permits, while other companies used aliases to hide their identities.
The county’s water authority is wrestling with how to accommodate the projects — and the tax revenue they bring — while saving enough water for residents. Its solution is to upgrade its recycling facilities, which Hopkins said was a “race against the clock” that would cost more than $250 million.
The strain on Georgia’s water has been so severe that some legislators tried to slow down new developments with a bill to repeal tax incentives. Those efforts were vetoed by Kemp, who said in a statement that the bill would hurt economic development.
Ben Sheidler, a spokesperson for the Joint Development Authority, which manages the industrial park that Meta’s facilities occupy, said the cause of the water issues was unknown. The Joint Development Authority did not do a well water study before construction to determine any potential effects, but the timing of the problems could be a coincidence, he said.
“I wouldn’t want to speculate that even the construction had something to do with it,” he said. “One thousand feet away is a pretty significant distance.”
The hardest part, Beverly Morris said, is that the house now has just one usable bathroom, which they have to share with her adult son Jon, 48, who has Down syndrome. They tried selling the house, with no luck.
“Our Realtor told us, ‘There’s only one party that would ever be interested in buying this land — and that’s Facebook,’” she said.
By SARAH KLIFF
Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the United States jumped 25% from 2016 to 2023, according to a new analysis of more than 4 billion claims, a practice that has contributed to rising public outrage about the nation’s private health insurance system.
The report, compiled for The New York Times by health analytics company Komodo Health, shows that denial rates rose from 18.3% to 22.9%. The rejections went up across many major health plans, including the country’s largest private insurer, UnitedHealthcare.
The data offers a rare look into the largely hidden world of rejected insurance claims. While some government-funded health plans are required to publish their denial rates, most private insurers keep that information confidential. Komodo draws from private databases that collect denial details from pharmacies, insurers and intermediaries.
Claim denials are “quite opaque, and a lot of decisions are made by private actors,” said Dr. Aaron Schwartz, a health economist at the University of Pennsylvania. “There are legitimate questions about whether they are appropriate.”
Widespread resentment toward health insurers boiled over in December after the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson. Doctors and patients alike took to social media to share stories of insurers’ refusal to pay for what they said was needed medical care.
Experts who have studied denials said the skyrocketing costs of popular new weight-loss medications and greater automation of the claims process with artificial intelligence may have contributed to the rising rejection rates.
“The challenge for a lot of people accessing the health care system is that it is a morass of competing interests,” said Arif Nathoo, Komodo’s CEO. “At the heart of it is a patient experience that is really suboptimal.”
The new analysis does not show what happens to patients after claims are denied. Often, insurance industry officials said, replacement claims for the same drug are eventually approved. It is unclear how many people end up forgoing their medicine altogether.
Decisions to deny claims are not always made directly by health insurance
plans. Much of that work is done by pharmacy benefit managers, middlemen who are contracted to manage prescription drug coverage. Large employers can also play a role, dictating which drugs they want covered for their workers in their provided health plans.
AHIP, the insurance industry’s lobbying group, laid some of the blame for denials on pharmacies, doctors and rising drug prices.
“Health plans approve the vast majority of claims they receive, and spending on prescription drugs continues to escalate,” said Chris Bond, a spokesperson for the group. “However, providers or pharmacies sometimes submit duplicative, inaccurate or incomplete claims that can result in an initial denial — a frustrating outcome for patients.”
Last month, major insurers that provide coverage to most Americans pledged to reform their use of a tactic known as prior authorization. It can lead to delays in care because it requires providers to get permission for a treatment before the insurer will cover it. Insurers said they would aim to make 80% of prior authorization decisions in real time by 2027 and reduce the use of the method overall.
Prior authorization was responsible for about 10% of denied claims in the Komodo data. The analysis found that the most common reason for a drug claim to be rejected was that a refill had been requested “too soon,” before the patient was eligible for more medication.
“Appropriate prescription drug denials can happen for numerous reasons, and many can be resolved within minutes,” said Greg Lopes, a spokesperson for the Pharmacy Care Management Association, a trade group for pharmacy benefit managers.
While UnitedHealthcare has been singled out by the public, the Komodo data shows that five of the largest private insurers have similar rejection rates, all of which have increased since 2016. (The rate of one insurer, Humana, dropped in the last two years of the analysis.)
UnitedHealthcare declined to comment on the new data. A spokesperson, Eric Hausman, said in a statement that the company’s own analysis of its denial data showed that most rejected claims were followed by a subsequent claim for the same drug that was approved.
“By far the most common reason a prescription is not filled right away is the
Weekly pill packs prepared at a pharmacy in New York, Dec. 18, 2023. Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the United States jumped 25 percent from 2016 to 2023, according to a new analysis of more than 4 billion claims. (Paola Chapdelaine/The New York Times)
refill is being sought too soon by the pharmacy and does not affect the member experience,” he said.
Representatives for Aetna, Humana and Anthem declined to comment on the data. A Cigna spokesperson did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
The increased denial rates across the industry could reflect years of insurers layering new restrictions on top of one another, Schwartz suggested. Pricey new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and other blockbuster medications may have led insurers to increase restrictions on other drugs as they grappled with ways to offset those growing costs.
Michal Horny, a health economist at the University of Massachusetts, suggested the increased use of AI to sort through claims might have also fueled the uptick in denials.
“In 2016, no one would have attempted to use AI for anything,” he said. “Now AI is lot more prevalent in business processes.”
It is difficult to track the effects of denials on patients, health economists say, because it requires linking insurer claims data with long-term medical records. But
a handful of recent studies have found evidence of harm.
One published in 2023 followed 2,495 cancer patients as their health plan instituted a new prior authorization policy and compared them against a group with no such restriction.
The cancer patients with prior authorization requirements were more likely to have a sudden interruption in access to their oral chemotherapy medication, the researchers found. They faced, on average, a nearly 10-day delay.
“If you were already taking a drug for leukemia and then had interrupted access, we can view that as a bad outcome,” said Michael Anne Kyle, a health economist at the University of Pennsylvania and the study’s lead author. “You might think that it turned out fine, but for the person with cancer sitting there thinking, ‘I don’t have the medications I need to live,’ that feels terrible.”
Some prescriptions without easy substitutions simply went unfilled, the study found. These included antibiotics and inhalers.
Warris Bokhari found himself fighting an inhaler denial this year as wildfires raged in Los Angeles and the flames crept within 200 yards of his home.
Worried that the air quality would aggravate his asthma, Bokhari tried twice to refill a prescription for an inhaler that he had used for more than a decade.
He had recently switched health plans, and his new insurer, Aetna, denied coverage both times. His plan covered “several clinical alternatives,” an Aetna spokesperson, David Whitrap, later told the Times. But Bokhari had found that the prescribed medication worked better for him. So he paid $600 out of pocket, rationed his doses and relocated to a hotel until the fires subsided.
Soon after, Bokhari got to work appealing the denials. He was perhaps uniquely qualified for the task. A former insurance executive at Anthem, he now runs a business that helps patients appeal denials.
On March 4, he sent a 14-page letter to Aetna executives and California insurance regulators, citing academic studies and letters from his doctor to make the case that his inhalers were necessary and should be covered.
The next day, the denials were reversed. The Aetna spokesperson said it was a “courtesy exemption.”
For all the persistent questions and doubts about what happens next, the U.S. economy is beating forecasts again during the summer and Wall Street stocks are clocking new highs.
It’s Friday, so today I’ll provide a quick overview of what’s happening in global markets and then offer you some weekend reading suggestions away from the headlines.
Today’s Market Minute
* U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will ask a court to allow the release of grand jury testimony in the case of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after some of his supporters reacted in fury to a report concluding there was no
evidence to support long-running theories about his case.
* Britain’s stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK/U.S. trade deal, lighter regulation and cheap stocks deliver juicy returns that are starting to attract foreign investors.
* Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday responded to a Trump administration official’s demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank’s Washington headquarters campus.
* No matter what happens with Chair Powell moving forward, the supposedly sacrosanct notion of Fed independence has already been shattered, writes ROI columnist Jamie McGeever.
* U.S. President Donald Trump has singled out the coal industry as a key driver of U.S. energy dominance, but utilities have identified quicker and cheaper paths to boost power supplies, argues ROI columnist Gavin Maguire.
Positive surprises and new stock records
The week’s big drama surrounded the mounting political pressure on the Federal Reserve Chair, which continued to smolder. Jerome Powell responded overnight to White House demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at Fed headquarters - an issue some think could yet be used as a reason for President Donald Trump to fire the Fed boss.
But U.S. economic updates in the backdrop were unexpectedly upbeat.
Following on from Wednesday’s forecast-beating industrial numbers for June and relatively benign producer price data, Thursday saw an equally impressive jump in retail sales for the month, another drop in weekly jobless claims and a surprise jump in the Philadelphia Fed’s business confidence survey for July.
There were one or two blots in the day’s releases, such as another drop in housing indexes and rising input price components in the Philly Fed poll, but the overall picture has cut across much of the pessimism about the state of the economy.
Along with decent second-quarter corporate earnings so far, the week’s economic health checks have been enough to lift the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new record highs, and stock futures are positive again ahead of Friday’s bell.
Capturing how investors have been slightly caught off guard, U.S. economic “surprise” indexes have returned to their most positive since May.
By AARON BOXERMAN, ISABEL KERSHNER and AMEERA HAROUDA
Israeli forces killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians on Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip, after crowds gathered near a crossing from Israel to try to seize aid from United Nations trucks entering the enclave, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and health workers.
The episode was the latest in a string of deadly shootings as hunger and desperation have gripped Palestinians in Gaza during Israel’s nearly two-year campaign against Hamas.
The latest attack took place near the Zikim crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. More than 60 people were killed while seeking aid in northern Gaza on Sunday, according to the health ministry and Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
A field hospital operated by the Palestine Red Crescent Society in northern Gaza was flooded with gunshot victims from the episode near Zikim. The hospital received two of the dead and more than 100 wounded, said Nebal Farsakh, a spokesperson for the Red Crescent.
Israeli soldiers fired “warning shots” after thousands of people gathered in the area, the Israeli military said in a statement. They had opened fire to “remove an immediate threat posed to them,” it added, but did not specify the nature of the threat.
The Israeli military also said that the reported number of casualties did “not align” with its initial review, but it did not provide an alternative toll. The military was continuing to examine the episode, it said.
The United Nations’ World Food Program said in a statement that a convoy of 25 trucks carrying food for Palestinians was entering northern Gaza when it “encountered
Palestinians grieve for their dead relatives in Gaza City on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Israeli forces killed and wounded dozens of Palestinians on Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip, after crowds gathered near a crossing from Israel to try to seize aid from United Nations trucks entering the enclave, according to the Gaza health ministry and health workers. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)
massive crowds of hungry civilians which came under gunfire.”
The agency said it was “working with authorities to gather more details about the incident.”
Chaos has dominated aid distribution in Gaza amid widespread hunger in the territory. Israeli soldiers have repeatedly opened fire near huge crowds of desperate Palestinians heading to sites run by American contractors for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a private and controversial Israeli-backed group, according to witnesses and the Israeli military.
At least 32 people were killed on Saturday after Israeli soldiers began shooting near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site in southern Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The episode on Sunday did not occur near one of the foundation’s sites.
Shadi alNazli, 27, said he went to the border area on Sunday morning after hearing a rumor that trucks carrying flour would be entering through the Zikim crossing. The zone is
known to be dangerous, as Israeli soldiers sometimes open fire if Palestinians get too close to the border, he said.
Palestinians frequently rush to seize aid from trucks as soon as they begin emerging from the Israeli side, al-Nazli said. Israeli soldiers shoot in an effort to keep the Palestinians away, but the desperate crowds are frequently undeterred, he said.
On Sunday, he said that “there were massive crowds of people, most of whom had spent the night there.” After the trucks crossed, the situation quickly devolved into gunfire, he said.
After the deadly shooting on Sunday, the Israeli military warned Palestinians to leave the populated areas of northern Gaza and parts of Gaza City that have been subject to previous evacuation orders, describing them as “combat zones.”
That followed an Israeli military order to Palestinians earlier in the day to evacuate parts of the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, one of the few areas in the territory where Israel has not conducted major ground operations during its military campaign against Hamas.
Many Palestinians had sought refuge around Deir al-Balah after being displaced several times from other parts of the enclave, because it has remained largely intact during the devastating 21-month Israeli campaign. The order to leave further shrinks
the areas where the roughly 2 million residents of Gaza can live in relative safety and caused panic among Palestinians afraid that Israel was set to expand its ground invasion.
It was not clear if the evacuation notice portended an imminent expansion of Israel’s military incursion or was meant as a pressure tactic to wrest concessions from Hamas in the sluggish negotiations for a ceasefire.
More than 57,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children, have been killed during the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians. The war was ignited by a Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage.
Many in Deir al-Balah have been trying to find alternative accommodation, said Abdelhalim Awad, a local bakery owner.
“These are already areas packed with tent encampments,” Awad said. “People are wondering where else they can even go.” Awad’s home is just north of where the Israeli military has ordered people to leave, and his bakery is in the evacuation zone. He said he feared the area where he lives may be next.
“This might be part of the negotiations — or the army might invade tomorrow,” he said. “There’s a lot of fear. We don’t know what will happen.”
Israeli ground forces have largely refrained from operating in a patch of central Gaza, including Deir al-Balah. The military has been worried that doing so could endanger the remaining hostages who were taken in 2023 and are believed to be held there, according to Israeli analysts.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, an Israeli organization that advocates for the hostages and their families, expressed alarm over the military’s announcement.
“Can anyone promise us that this decision will not come at the cost of losing our loved ones?” the group said in a statement, adding, “For the hostages, this is not a ‘card’ in negotiations, but a tangible and immediate danger to their fate.”
About 50 captives remain in Gaza, of whom about 20 are believed to be alive, according to the Israeli government. Hamas officials have said that their captors are under orders to kill the hostages should Israeli troops close in on them.
By JULIE TURKEWITZ and HAMED ALEAZIZ
Ten Americans and U.S. permanent residents who had been seized by Venezuelan authorities and held as bargaining chips were freed late last week in exchange for the release of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants whom the Trump administration sent to a prison in El Salvador.
The release of the Americans and permanent residents was described by the State Department, while the release of the Venezuelans was announced by the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, on the social platform X.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that the 10 U.S. citizens and permanent residents had been arrested and jailed in Venezuela “without proper due process” and called for the “restoration of democracy in Venezuela.”
The capture and imprisonment of the Americans had been part of the Venezuelan government’s efforts to gain an upper hand in negotiations with the Trump administration, while the detention of the Venezuelans in El Salvador played a high-profile role in President Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of immigrants.
Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime power, to detain and expel many of the migrants sent to El Salvador. That set off a legal battle, with critics accusing the president of ignoring the law’s intent to fulfill a campaign promise.
The Trump administration has accused the men it sent to El Salvador — 252 people in all — of being dangerous criminals and members of a Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, though it has provided little evidence to back this up. Their lawyers say they were summarily deported from the United States without due process.
The U.S. government sent the men to a maximum-security prison El Salvador in March, along with around two dozen Salvadorans, including Kilmar Abrego García, a man U.S. officials later admitted had been mistakenly deported.
Officials in the Trump administration had previously argued that they had no authority over the men once they landed in El Salvador and that it would be Bukele’s decision whether or not to release them.
Venezuela’s government began detaining and imprisoning foreigners late last year. Among them was Lucas Hunter, now 37, a
U.S. and French citizen who had traveled to Colombia to go kite surfing, according to his family.
In an interview, his sister, Sophie Hunter, said he was still in Colombia — close to its border with Venezuela — when he was nabbed by the Venezuelan authorities in early January. She has been working for his release ever since.
“We have prayed for this day for almost a year,” she said Friday.
Six other American prisoners returned from Venezuela in late January, their freedom secured after an unusual and highly public visit by a Trump administration official to Venezuela.
After their release, some of them spoke at length with The New York Times about their detention and described being seized, hooded and handcuffed by Venezuelan authorities. Some Americans in the Venezuelan prison were confined to cement cells, beaten, pepper-sprayed and subjected to what one prisoner called “psychological torture.”
Negotiations around Friday’s exchange had been underway since at least May, according to four people with knowledge of the talks. But the conversations between U.S. and Venezuelan officials stalled in part because two U.S. officials made different offers to the Venezuelans, leaving them unsure whom to trust, the people said.
Families of the Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador had been lobbying for months for the release of their relatives, organizing marches in front of the Salvadoran Embassy in Caracas and traveling to Geneva to speak with representatives to the United Nations.
On Friday, an aunt of one of the men, Widmer Josneyder Agelviz, 24, said she wanted to be grateful to the United States for his release but mostly felt angry at U.S. officials.
“From the beginning, they knew that they were not capturing criminals,” said the aunt, Jhoanna Sanguino, 35, who lives in Colombia.
The Trump administration has said that the men are criminal gang members and that their deportation and imprisonment in El Salvador are part of an effort to make the United States safer.
But a Times investigation found serious criminal accusations for only 32 of the men. Most of the 252 men did not have criminal records in the United States or elsewhere in the region, beyond immigration offenses, the investigation found.
In an undated photo via Sophie Hunter, Lucas Hunter, one of the Americans Venezuela’s government began detaining and imprisoning late last year. A deal freed Americans detained in Venezuela for Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from the U.S. (via Sophie Hunter via The New York Times)
Many of their family members have said the men were being used as political tools by Trump, who wants to demonstrate a hard line on migration.
Agelviz has no criminal record in Venezuela or in Ecuador, where he lived previously, according to government documents reviewed by the Times. He arrived in the United States in September 2024, his aunt said, and had been living in North Carolina when U.S. immigration authorities detained him this year.
The exchange Friday also included the release of 80 Venezuelans held by the Venezuelan government, according to Venezuela’s interior minister, Diosdado Cabello.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Trump administration over its use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and expel Venezuelans, and litigation is ongoing.
On Friday, Lee Gelernt, a lawyer for the ACLU, said the organization would ask a judge to order the government to explain if it intends to bring the Venezuelans back to the United States. Many of them had active immigration cases when they were imprisoned, including requests for asylum.
“If the government gets away with sending people to what’s essentially a gulag in a country with which they have no connection, then we are no longer talking about the
immigration system we’ve known for more than a century,” he said. “This is a whole new unlawful and gratuitously cruel phase.”
Many of the men were rounded up at their homes or in the streets in the weeks after Trump took office, according to dozens of interviews conducted by the Times.
It was unclear how long the men were supposed to stay in the Salvadoran prison, known as the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, had said she believed they should be there “for the rest of their lives.”
In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro is facing major economic problems and a lack of legitimacy and has been trying to get the United States to ease oil sanctions, a move he needs to help the economy and his popularity.
His government has also made the defense of the Venezuelans detained in El Salvador a cause celebre, saying their detentions point to democratic violations committed by the United States.
On Friday, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry confirmed the exchange, saying the Venezuelan men had been “kidnapped and subjected to forced disappearance in a concentration camp known as CECOT” and said that Maduro had swooped in to “rescue” them.
By ANA IONOVA
Brazil’s presidential race next year was shaping up to be one Americans might find familiar: an aging incumbent with waning popularity trailing a brazen populist who claimed the last election had been stolen from him.
Then entered President Donald Trump.
Trump’s threat last week of 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports as a way of saving his ally, former president Jair Bolsonaro, from possible imprisonment, has reshuffled Brazil’s political landscape, giving President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva an unexpected boost.
With Trump and his politically motivated tariffs as a foil, Lula suddenly has a clear message: We will not back down to a bully. His stance is drawing praise in the press, going viral online and giving his supporters new hope that Lula could win a fourth term next year, days before he turns 80.
They have reason to be optimistic: Days after Trump’s tariff threats, Lula’s approval ratings rose to their highest level in months. New polls showed that 43-50% of Brazilians approved of his performance, up 3 to 5 percentage points since May.
“It was a stroke of luck for the president,” said Camila Rocha, a political scientist at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, a research institution. “This strengthens him a lot.”
The shift in public opinion is yet another example of the anti-Trump bump, a global phenomenon that has reshaped elections in Canada, Australia and elsewhere by supercharging support for politicians who defy the U.S. president.
In Brazil, amid rising food prices and domestic policy stumbles, Lula’s approval ratings this year hit their lowest levels of his three terms. It was time, it seemed, to pass the torch to someone new: 57% of Brazilians did not want him to run for reelection.
Then last week, Trump threatened Brazil with punishing tariffs in retaliation for what he called a “witch hunt” against Bolsonaro, who faces criminal charges of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
Lula responded firmly and swiftly to the threat, signaling
law. Lula would likely veto such a law, but Congress could overturn a veto.
Lula has promised to respond to U.S. tariffs with levies on American products. Last year, the United States had a $7.4 billion trade surplus with Brazil on about $92 billion in trade.
A tariff war with the United States, Brazil’s second biggest trading partner, could deal a painful economic shock, worsening inflation and pushing up prices of food, medicine and fuel.
Historically, Brazilians have blamed those in power for economic turmoil. But Lula may escape voter fury by holding Bolsonaro and his son, who has been lobbying the White House on his father’s behalf, responsible for the tariffs.
“The former president should take responsibility,” Lula has said. “It was his son who went there to influence Trump.”
Bolsonaro says he plans to run again next year, though a court has barred him from holding office until 2030 for sowing baseless doubts about election fraud. This year, he held a small lead in surveys over Lula, though the gap was within the margin of error.
“Bolsonaro’s core base will not change its mind” but moderates might, said Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, a professor at University College Dublin and an expert on Brazil’s populist politics.
he was open to negotiating but would not budge on Bolsonaro’s case. “Brazil is a sovereign nation with independent institutions and will not accept any form of tutelage,” he said.
The new tariffs would take effect Aug. 1, shortly before Bolsonaro is expected to stand trial on charges of orchestrating a vast conspiracy to overturn the vote, dismantle the courts and hand special powers to the military. Police say the plot included plans to assassinate Lula.
Bolsonaro denies knowing of assassination or coup plans, but admits to studying “ways within the constitution” to remain in power. He said he was “not happy” about Trump’s tariffs but suggested that immunity from prosecution, for him and his allies, was the path to an economic truce with the United States.
His allies have pushed Congress to approve an amnesty
Lula, once called the “most popular politician on Earth” by former President Barack Obama, governed over a golden era of commodity-fueled growth in Brazil from 2003 to 2011. He was later jailed in connection to a vast corruption scheme, but then his conviction was thrown out, freeing him to run and narrowly defeat Bolsonaro.
Lula has been hobbled by a series of domestic crises. And he has struggled to advance his agenda, clashing with a Congress dominated by right-wing and centrist parties.
Last year, a fall in the shower sparked worries that it may be time for Lula to make room for a younger successor.
But Trump has helped shift Brazilians’ focus to issues like nationalism and sovereignty, said Andrei Roman, CEO of AtlasIntel, a São Paulo-based pollster.
“It gave people new criteria to evaluate Lula,” he said. “And, for now, it’s helping.”
By LYDIA POLGREEN
Last week, the right-wing president of the United States wrote a pointed letter to the left-wing president of Brazil. With typical brio, Donald Trump threatened to impose steep tariffs as punishment for, among other sins, the prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who is facing criminal charges for his attempt to hold on to power after his electoral defeat in 2022. “This Trial should not be taking place,” Trump wrote. “It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!”
It caused quite a stir. Yet lost amid the fracas was a much quieter, potentially more consequential document signed just a few days earlier in Brazil: an agreement between Chinese and Brazilian state-backed companies to begin the first steps toward building a rail line that would connect Brazil’s Atlantic coast to a Chinese-built deepwater port on Peru’s Pacific coast. If built, the roughly 2,800-mile line could transform large parts of Brazil and its neighbors, speeding goods to and from Asian markets. It was a neat illustration of the contrasting approaches China and the United States have taken to their growing rivalry. China offers countries help building a new rail line; Trump bullies them and meddles in their politics.
The surreal first six months of Trump’s second stint as president have offered up endless drama, danger and intrigue. By that standard his tussle with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, seems like small beer. But it was a revealing moment, illuminating how Trump’s recklessness compounds America’s
central foreign policy problem of the past two decades: How should the United States execute an elegant dismount from its increasingly unsustainable place atop a crumbling global order? And how can it midwife a new order that protects American interests and prestige without bearing the cost, in blood and treasure, of military and economic primacy?
These are difficult, thorny questions. Yet instead of answers, Trump offers threats, tantrums and tariffs, to the profound detriment of American interests.
China’s astonishing economic rise, coupled with its turn toward deeper authoritarianism under Xi Jinping, has made answering these challenges more difficult. China now seems to most of the American foreign policy establishment, and even more so to Trump, too powerful to be left unconfronted by the United States. But this line of thinking risks missing America’s best and most easily leveraged asset in the tussle for global dominance with China: Most countries don’t want to choose sides between hegemons. They prefer a world of benign and open competition in which the United States plays an important, if less dominant, role.
Nowhere is that truer, perhaps, than Brazil. A vast nation, bigger than the contiguous United States, it is a good stand-in for many of the world’s middle powers. Contrary to the famous quip that Brazil is the country of the future and always will be, it has managed to become the world’s 10th-largest economy, just a whisker smaller than Canada. It has a long tradition of hedging its relationships with a range of big powers — the United States, China and the European Union — while trying to advance its ambition to be a key player in world affairs.
not an option.”
Indeed, Brazil has much to lose in alienating the United States, and its growing ties with China are as much a symptom of American vinegar as Chinese honey. It does a huge amount of business with the United States, running a trade surplus in America’s favor of about $7 billion last year. America is Brazil’s largest source of foreign direct investment, rising steadily over the past decade in everything from green energy to manufacturing. Lula and Trump may be ideological opposites, but if they were ever to meet, they would have plenty of pragmatic reasons to get along.
Instead, Trump has chosen antagonism. Part of his calculation, clearly, is political. But if Trump thought he was helping Bolsonaro’s right-wing supporters win back power by undermining Lula, his letter appears to have had the opposite effect. Lula, once one of the world’s most popular and celebrated leaders, won a very narrow victory in 2023. His popularity has sagged as he struggles to deliver on his election promise to bring down prices and improve the economy. Thanks to Trump’s attacks, Brazilians are rallying around their president.
But the spat shows something deeper and more important. For many rising powers, China’s supposedly revisionist designs on reshaping the globe pale in comparison to Trump’s shocking use of tariffs, sanctions and military firepower. “From a Brazilian perspective, the country firmly seeking to change the underlying dynamics of the global order is the United States,” Oliver Stuenkel, a Brazilian German political scientist who has written extensively about BRICS, told me. America, not China, is the wrecker.
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As the United States’ position as the sole superpower has waned and Brazilian leaders have vied to shape an increasingly multipolar landscape, those efforts have picked up. That has involved, unquestionably, a deepening of its economic and diplomatic relationship with China, its biggest trading partner. Lula traveled to Beijing in May for his third bilateral meeting with Xi since returning to the presidency in 2023, declaring that “our relationship with China will be indestructible.”
The two countries are founding members of the BRICS group, a bloc of mostly developing middle-income countries that includes a number of American antagonists — Russia and, more recently, Iran. American officials have long been wary of BRICS, which has sought in various, mostly marginal ways to thwart American power. But Trump has been outright antagonistic. Last week, as Lula played host to the BRICS summit, Trump blasted off a social media post threatening to slap additional tariffs on any nation “aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS.”
Even as Trump pledged to avoid foreign wars and entanglements, his vision of peace seems predicated on a form of “America first” dominance that invites the chaos he promises to avoid. This stance makes violent confrontation with China, the only real rival to American primacy, seem almost inevitable — and the return of the grim contestation that characterized the Cold War more likely, whether China desires it or not.
What is certain is that many countries — rich and poor, declining and rising — definitely do not want this.
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Some countries within BRICS would like the organization to be more forthrightly antagonistic to the United States, but Brazil, along with India and South Africa, has been resolutely opposed to turning it into an anti-American or anti-Western bloc. “Brazil knows that China is indispensable and the United States is irreplaceable,” Hussein Kalout, a Brazilian political scientist who previously served as the country’s special secretary for strategic affairs, told me. “Brazil will never make a binary choice. That is
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FORTALEZA – El Secretario de Salud Víctor Ramos Otero, anunció la emisión de la Orden Administrativa 2025-620, la cual extiende la vigencia de los Certificados de Historial Delictivo expedidos por el Background Check Program (PRBCP) del Departamento de Salud a proveedores y profesionales de la salud que ofrecen servicios a una misma entidad. La medida busca flexibilizar el proceso de verifica-
ción de antecedentes para profesionales del cuidado, sin afectar la rigurosidad en los controles establecidos por la Ley 300-1999 y el Reglamento 9030. En cumplimiento con las disposiciones del Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) y el uso del sistema federal Rap Back, el Departamento moderniza sus normas para facilitar la continuidad de servicios en hogares e instituciones.
“Sí, el famoso Certificado de Historial Delictivo que año tras año tenían que renovar nuestros proveedores, aún si no habían cambiado de lugar de trabajo. Hoy, eso cambia. Y cambia con sentido común.
Desde ahora, extendemos la vigencia de ese certificado a tres años, siempre que el proveedor permanezca trabajando en la misma entidad y cumpla con unos requisitos sencillos, pero efectivos.
Esta decisión no surge de la nada, ni es un capricho. Forma parte de una política pública clara, respaldada por la visión de la gobernadora Jenniffer González, quien ha insistido —y con razón— en que hay que reducir la burocracia, agilizar los procesos, y usar la tecnología disponible sin comprometer lo más importante: la seguridad de nuestra gente.
Lo cierto es que esto venía siendo una piedra en el zapato para muchos. Tener que renovar el mismo documento cada 12 meses, aunque no haya habido cambios, era un gasto innecesario de tiempo y de di-
nero. Para los patronos, para el personal, y para nosotros como agencia”, dijo el secretario en declaraciones escritas.
La Orden establece que:
1. El certificado emitido por el PRBCP será válido por un (1) año.
2. Si el proveedor continúa trabajando en la misma entidad, podrá obtener un Certificado de Antecedentes Penales del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico en los dos años siguientes, extendiendo la vigencia total hasta tres (3) años.
3. Esta extensión será válida únicamente si el individuo autoriza su registro en el sistema Rap Back del FBI.
4. Para profesionales licenciados por la División de Licenciamiento de Médicos y Profesionales de la Salud (DLMPS), la certificación del PRBCP será requerida al renovar la licencia. En los dos años siguientes, podrán acogerse a la alternativa del certificado de la Policía.
5.Todo certificado vigente a la fecha de aprobación de esta Orden permanecerá válido hasta el 1ro de septiembre de 2025, sujeto a la presentación del certificado expedido por la Policía.
La Orden entra en vigor de manera inmediata y deroga cualquier disposición previa incompatible con esta normativa, mencionó el secretario.
Gobernadora asegura que no concederá indulto al responsable de la muerte de Lara Camila
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RÍO GRANDE – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón, afirmó a finales de la semana pasada que no otorgará un indulto al joven Melvin Camilo Mathews Medina, convicto por la muerte de Lara Camila González Ortiz, ocurrida en septiembre de 2023 en Vega Baja.
“No solamente a ella, le envío este mensaje al pueblo de Puerto Rico. Primero, yo no he recibido ningu-
na solicitud de indulto para esa persona. El año pasado pueden haberla sometido, el año pasado ya el gobernador no está. Hay nueva administración y por lo tanto yo no he recibido ningún documento. Y segundo, no lo voy a hacer. Así que yo no voy a dar indulto en este caso”, expresó González Colón a preguntas de la prensa el viernes.
La gobernadora aseguró, además, que no ha concedido ningún indulto desde que comenzó su gestión, aunque no descartó que en el futuro pueda considerar
uno. “Me parece que la pena que ya impuso el tribunal es la que se debe dar, así que yo no voy a considerar ese indulto si se me sometiera para mi consideración”, añadió.
Melvin Camilo Mathews Medina fue sentenciado en noviembre de 2023 a dos años de prisión y 13 años bajo sentencia suspendida, tras declararse culpable por causar la muerte negligente de Lara Camila mientras conducía en estado de embriaguez. También fue convicto por abandonar la escena y causar daño corporal.
Encuentran otro cadáver vinculado a asesinato en la madrugada en Mayagüez
MAYAGÜEZ – Las autoridades informaron sobre otro asesinato reportado a eso de la 1:30 de la tarde del sábado, en el interior del apartamento 166, edificio 17 del Residencial El Carmen en Mayagüez.
Según la Policía, no se descarta guarde relación con el primer asesinato reportado en horas de la mañana.
Según la información preliminar, luego de que se trabajara la escena de la madrugada donde fue ase-
sinado un hombre de 28 años en la parte posterior del edificio 13, al llegar la madre del sujeto e identificarlo le informó a los agentes de homicidios que residía en el apartamento 166 del edificio 17. Cuando llegaron los agentes al apartamento, encontraron impactos de bala frente a la entrada del apartamento y cuando logran acceso al interior encontraron otro cuerpo con varias heridas de bala en el área de la sala.
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By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR
For more than five decades, families across the United States have welcomed a slate of CBS late-night shows into their living rooms, bedrooms and — thanks to smartphones and tablets — even bathrooms.
But CBS said Thursday that it was getting out of the late-night television business by canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” when the host’s contract ends in May. Executives at the network said in a joint statement that the decision was “not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”
(In March, the network canceled “After Midnight,” a late-night comedy panel game show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson.)
During Thursday’s taping of “The Late Show,” when Colbert announced the news, he said that he empathized with the boos from the audience and that he had the pleasure of working on the show for the past 10 years.
“And let me tell you, it is a fantastic job,” he said. “I wish somebody else was getting it.”
Here is a brief history of CBS’s latenight television eras.
‘The Merv Griffin Show’ (1969-72)
When CBS announced that it had hired Merv Griffin to host a late-night show beginning in 1969, the host’s syndicated talk show, also called “The Merv Griffin Show,” had been around for several years and was a successful staple on more than 140 stations.
The network’s decision to enter the late-night landscape was unsurprising given the success of NBC’s long-established “Tonight Show” starring Johnny Carson, who had succeeded Steve Allen and Jack Paar. Griffin’s show was expected to earn close to $40 million in network revenue annually.
The CBS version of “The Merv Griffin Show” lasted three seasons and featured a variety of outspoken guests. But in the end, The New York Times called the partnership a “flop.”
‘The Pat Sajak Show’ (1989-90)
After a lengthy late-night hiatus, CBS made the strategic move to compete with Carson’s show through “The Pat Sajak Show,” led by the host of “Wheel of Fortune.” Sajak brought a round of monologues, celebrity interviews, musical guests and comedy sketches.
A Times review of the show’s debut in January 1989 said it made “no attempt to conceal its role model” and took jabs at Sajak’s appearance. “Physically, Mr. Sajak is almost eerily ordinary,” the review said. “His haircut suggests Yale 1958. From certain angles, he resembles Frank Gorshin doing an impersonation of Dan Quayle.”
About nine months into the show’s run, CBS announced it would shorten the 90-minute episodes to one hour; months later the network canceled the show altogether. The Times wrote that “The Pat Sajak Show” was largely considered a failure after it never managed to lure viewers from Carson.
‘Late Show With David Letterman’ (1993-2015)
For 11 years on NBC, “Late Night With David Letterman” revolutionized the format largely by making fun of its conventions. It also made Letterman the most obvious candidate to take over “The Tonight Show” when Carson, his idol, announced in 1991 that he would retire the following year. When the network gave the job to Jay Leno instead, CBS scooped up Letterman. “Late Show” was born.
It debuted in August 1993, drawing millions of what the Times called “unaccustomed viewers for late-night television.” It also began a ratings war between Letterman and Leno. For more than 20 years and 4,000 epi-
nothing but the greatest success.”
‘The Late Late Show’ (1995-2023)
“The Late Late Show,” which aired after “Late Show,” went through four full-time hosts before being taken off the air in 2023.
A Times review of Tom Snyder’s debut in 1995 said the show went for the “interactive jugular.” Craig Kilborn took over in 1999, bringing an echo of “The Daily Show,” which he had hosted. Craig Ferguson became the host in 2005, and James Corden picked up the mantle in 2015, ushering in its final era.
Corden’s version of the show brought a mix of starry karaoke bits and ghoulish games that often made guests gag in disgust.
‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ (2015-26)
Colbert took over “The Late Show” in 2015 after a successful turn as a blowhard pundit on his Comedy Central series “The Colbert Report.” After a slow start, the show began to thrive when Colbert embraced political commentary, often ruminating on the latest headlines out of Washington and hurling zingers at President Donald Trump.
sodes, Letterman was a staple on CBS, delivering his signature style of sarcastic comedy.
In his last episode in 2015, Letterman offered an enthusiastic endorsement of Colbert, who was taking over the show. “I think he’s going to do a wonderful job,” he said, “and I wish Stephen and his staff and crew
When the stock market slumped in April after the president announced new tariffs, Colbert joked: “Worst day for our economy since COVID. Just a little reminder: This time, he’s the disease.”
CBS shocked many observers when it announced that it was canceling the show after its next season. Colbert had recently criticized Paramount for agreeing to pay the president $16 million to settle a lawsuit over an interview on “60 Minutes.”
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By ELAINE GLUSAC
Monday was designer window-shopping on St. Barts. Tuesday, hiking rugged Saba. Wednesday, the endless summer beaches of Anguilla. All without the crowds from massive cruise ships or the expense of privately chartered sailboats.
Somewhere between them lie ferries, offering do-it-yourself island-hopping trips that explore the Caribbean, slow-travel style.
In the Leeward Islands, the dual-nation island of Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin serves as a transportation hub, welcoming travelers to St. Maarten’s busy Princess Juliana International Airport and offering connections to nearby destinations via ferry or flight.
The ferry companies offer day trips to visitors on St. Maarten who find themselves tantalizingly close to chic St. Barts or spy distant Saba on the horizon.
“You can leave one island and get four or five stamps in your passport,” said Malinda Hassell, the director of tourism for Saba, a Dutch Caribbean island. “That’s what makes this area unique.”
Testing the premise from a base in St. Maarten with my friend Anne Marie, I created my own spring cruise, ferrying to French St. Barts, mountainous Saba and beachy British Anguilla.
Financially, it’s hard to beat the value of a cruise. Itineraries in the Caribbean can be found from $100 a person a day, including food, lodging and island-to-island transportation. Still, cruise ships don’t normally visit these small islands and I found the ferry rates comparable to other day trips offered on St. Maarten.
Ferry passengers are required to carry passports, passing through customs and immigration in the destination, but not when returning to St. Maarten, where I rented an Airbnb for less than $200 a night, which was within walking distance of the ferries.
Travelers with more time can turn the following DIY itinerary into a multi-night trip, using ferries to get from one island stay to the next and reaching destinations impossible to do as day trips, including St. Eustacius, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Shopping and shelling on St. Barts
After a 45-minute trip on the Edge ferry, run by Aqua Mania Adventures from St. Maarten’s Simpson Bay Resort Marina &
Spa ($100 round trip), the captain offered his passengers a tip before helping them to shore.
“Do your shopping first, then go to the beach,” he said. “Everything closes between 1 and 3.”
Brand names like Hermès and Chanel on boutiques along the waterfront greeted us in Gustavia, the manicured capital of the French island. To see more of St. Barts would require a vehicle, but pedestrianfriendly Gustavia offered ample history, architecture, natural beauty and beaches to fill our six-hour port call.
At the tourism office near the waterfront, we picked up a map and sightseeing advice, including a recommended bakery, Boulangerie Choisy, where we enjoyed crispy croissants (2.40 euros, or about $2.76) that defied the Caribbean humidity.
Steep slopes hug Gustavia’s harbor where Swedes, who held the island between 1784 and 1878, built a series of forts. Now mostly demolished, Fort Gustav III hosted a small botanic garden and a lighthouse, but it was the unparalleled views over the yachtfilled harbor that rewarded the uphill effort.
Around the waterfront, signs identified historic buildings, creating a DIY architectural trail.
Swedish rule as a place of free trade accommodated many nationalities and re-
ligions, which led to the 1855 opening of St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church, faced in French limestone with volcanic rock corners. It shared the neighborhood with 19thcentury merchant houses with stone foundations and shingle roofs.
We wound up at Shell Beach, a tranquil cove piled in seashells just a few minutes’ walk from the harbor.
At the entrance, beachside restaurant Shellona offered sunbeds at 80 euros, and turned away diners without reservations.
Down the shore, we dumped our daypacks among some boulders and swam among puffers, jacks and schools of blue tang. Afterward, we watched a model make a fashion runway of the sand, coming and going from a nearby boutique in a series of resort looks.
Returning to the harbor, we stopped for a tuna baguette sandwich (6.90 euros) at Patisserie Carambole bakery and a Red Stripe lager at the stylishly scruffy harbor bar Le Select (5 euros), congratulating ourselves for enjoying Gustavia for less than $20 each.
Summiting Saba
The 62-passenger ferry Edge also travels to Saba twice a week ($100 round-trip). The longer ride — 90 minutes one way — convinced Anne Marie, who is prone to seasickness, to enjoy a beach day on St. Maarten.
Unlike other islands that sell themselves on sunshine and beaches, Saba appeals to hikers, snorkelers and divers. The highest peak of the 5-square-mile island, 28 miles southwest of St. Maarten, was ringed in clouds.
Given the logistics of getting around steep Saba, with one main road and four main villages, I signed up for a package from Aqua Mania, which offers self-guided hiking trips and guided island tours (both $160, including lunch).
Footwear gave each passenger’s plan away, distinguishing those in hiking boots from the sandal-clad.
Leaping beside the ferry, flying fish led the way to Saba, which has no permanent beaches and only one landing site. Gradually, its imposing cliff walls came into view, a sheer rock base supporting a highland rainforest.
At the tiny port, after passing through immigration, I found my assigned taxi driver and shared a lift to the trailhead for Mount Scenery with a couple from Ontario. Just outside of the hilly town of Windwardside, where we picked up a packed lunch from Tropics Café, the trail marker promised precisely 1,064 steps up to Mount
Scenery, considered the highest point in the Netherlands at 2,877 feet.
A stone staircase with handrails in slippery spots began in a dark tropical jungle and ascended into a wetter, brighter cloud forest where hummingbirds zoomed from branch to branch. Zebra longwing butterflies drifted among vining black-eyed Susans, Saba’s national flower, and verdant foliage. After the long, sweaty climb, I arrived at the summit, socked in by clouds, and enjoyed a turkey sandwich with the appetite of the exhausted but exhilarated.
The round-trip hike took just over two hours, leaving me time to walk around Windwardside to appreciate its tidy whitewashed cottages with green trim and red tin roofs lining perilously steep streets.
A few other ferry passengers were also poking around, trying local Deep Dive Brewing Co. beer, lunching poolside at Tropics Café and perusing Five Square Art Gallery.
On the long boat ride back to St. Maarten, I sat on the stern watching brown boobies overhead as Saba receded, its highest peak still ringed in clouds.
Beach-bagging in Anguilla
Where Saba visitors were dressed for adventure, passengers bound for Anguilla the next day wore little more than bathing suits to the 35-square-mile island with 33 white-sand beaches.
Several ferry companies offer passage from St. Maarten. Anne Marie and I signed up with Calypso Charters Anguilla, taking a 12-passenger speedboat from docks near the St. Maarten airport to the island ($100 roundtrip, booked through StMartinbookings.com,
not including a $19 departure tax due when we left Anguilla).
Catchy soca music hailing “vibes right up to the limit” set the tone for our zippy 25-minute crossing to the flat coral sheet that distinguishes Anguilla from its volcanic neighbors.
Passengers dispersed to taxis and rental companies outside the ferry terminal. We had reserved a sedan from Richardson’s Car Rental Agency ($85 a day) parked just across the street.
Reminding myself continuously to dri-
ve on the left — Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory — we spent the first hour seeking historic sites. We eventually found a restored 18th-century courthouse, destroyed by a 1955 hurricane and recently rebuilt, and decided to give in to the obvious travel bait: the beaches.
From the main road, we randomly turned into Shoal Bay on the north shore and were met by one of the most beautiful strands I’ve seen in a lifetime of visiting the Caribbean. We swam in calm turquoise shallows and walked what seemed like endless pale blond sand.
Mellow restaurants with umbrella-shaded lounge chairs beckoned us to stay but we had to know if Anguilla’s other beaches lived up to this one.
All, amazingly, met the standard. At Mead’s Bay to the west, we glimpsed the high-end resorts for which Anguilla is famed and stopped at Blanchards Beach Shack, a colorful stand spun off from the more upscale Blanchards Restaurant. At a table in the sand, shaded by palm trees, we shared a mahi bowl ($11.95), jerk chicken sandwich ($10.50) and lemonade and cranberry spritz ($5.28).
Rendezvous Bay, our last stop, offered another stunning beach, this time on the south shore with the hilly profile of St. Maarten as a backdrop.
The complimentary rum punch on the return ferry capped our island-hopping circuit with a taste of cruise life on a small, hassle-free scale.
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Civil Action Num.: 17-cv-02078
(JAG). Matter: Foreclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE OF SALE. TO: FRANCISCO JAVIER ROSARIO COLON; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
WHEREAS: On November 18, 2022, Default Judgment was entered and grated on in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amount of $86,329.62 for principal balance, plus interest at a rate of 3.665800% per annum starting on June 1st, 2013 until May 1st, 2018, interest rate of 7.375% per annum starting on June 1st, 2018 and due on May 1st, 2053 from January 1st, 2015 until full payment, plus the deferred amount of $12,843.14, plus 10% for attorney’s fees and costs equivalent to $9,000.00 of the original principal amount to cover, costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligations. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master or its appointee was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the following address: Rondapro, 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698414, -66.1125080), to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número 28 que se compone de un cuarto dormitorio, un baño, un walk in closet, un pasillo, closets en este, un área de sala-comedor y una cocina. Con un área de seiscientos diecisiete punto cero cinco pies cuadrados, equivalentes a cincuenta y siete punto treinta y seis metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 22.10 pies con pasillo; SUR, en 22.10 pies con
patio común limitado; ESTE, en 24.6 pies con apartamento número 27; y por el OESTE, en 24.6 pies con apartamento número 29. El título a esta unidad de vivienda da derecho a usar para estacionar un vehículo de motor, identificado con el estacionamiento número 8. A esta unidad de vivienda le corresponde el 3.38% de participación en los gastos comunes.”
Recorded at Mobil page 981 of Sabana Llana, Property Registry of Puerto Rico at San Juan, Section V. The deed of mortgage is recorded at page 32 of volume 1037 (agora) of Sabana Llana, Property Registry of San Juan, Fifth Section, property number 32,904. Property address: Condominio Dos Pinos Court, Apartamento #28, San Juan, P.R. 00923. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Other Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the August 8, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $90,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the August 15, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $60,000.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the August 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $45,000.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but
United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 23 day of june of 2025. By: Joel Ronda, Special Master. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN LORENZO EN CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. EDGARDO PAGAN
VELAZQUEZ
Demandados Civil Núm.: E2CI2016-0349.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 27 de junio de 2025 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 31 de octubre de 2016, notificada el 2 de noviembre de 2016, procederá a vender el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, 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 todo título,
derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Valenciano Arriba y Valenciano Abajo, Barrio de Juncos, Puerto Rico. Solar: G-2. Cabida: 400 metros cuadrados. Linderos: NORTE, en 19.466 metros con el Solar G-1. SUR, en 20.079 metros con el Solar E. ESTE, en 23.312 metros con el Camino Municipal. OESTE, en 21.525 metros con Pablo Adorno. Finca 19,685, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Juncos. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Caguas. Que con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas. El remate comenzará por las sumas adeudadas declaradas en la Sentencia, y se llevará a cabo para con su producto, satisfacer dichas sumas. Las cuantías de la sentencia se describen de la siguiente manera: al día 1ro de enero de 2016, la parte demandada le adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $101,398.88 y los intereses que continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. Debido al incumplimiento de la parte demandada, con los términos de contrato habido entre las partes se declara con lugar la demanda y se ordena la ejecución de hipoteca y venta en pública subasta de la propiedad objeto de este pleito, declarando vencida la suma de $101,398.88 y los intereses que continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Caguas. La venta de la propiedad será realizada para cubrir el importe adeudado a la demandante, el cual al momento de la Sentencia ascendía a la suma de $101,398.88 y los intereses que continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, efectivo, giro y/o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que ten-
ga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 2 de julio de 2025. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN CONSEJO DE TITULARES DEL CONDOMINIO UNIMAR
Demandante V. SUCESION DE EDDA MARTINEZ RIOS, ET AL Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2020CV03878. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRI-
CA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, al público en general. CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia fechado 27 de junio de 2025, el que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso arriba indicado, venderé en la fecha que más adelante se indica, en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal, en mi oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el Centro Judicial de San Juan, Puerto Rico, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada, en el inmueble que se describe a continuación, propiedad de la parte demandada Sucesión de Edda Martinez Ríos t/c/c Edda Antonia Zulay Martínez Ríos, Joe Doe, Richard Doe y María Doe, miembros de nombres desconocidos de la Sucesión de Edda Martínez Ríos t/c/c Edda Antonia Zulay Martínez Ríos; y Nancy Pérez Arroyo. Dirección Física: Condominio Unimar, Apartamento 603, 702 Calle Unión, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907. Finca 7,368, inscrita al folio 75 del tomo 240 de Santurce Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de San Juan. URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartmento six zero three (603) of Condominio Unimar, located at Union Street corner to Fernández Juncos Avenue, Miramar, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It consists of a private area of approximately seven hundred fifty (750) square feet, equivalent to approximately six nine point seventy (69.70) square meters. The boundaries of this apartment are: By the NORTH, with bearing wall separating this apartment from the hall, stairway and elevator area; and for a distance of three (3) feet, with door opening leading into the hall, which leads to the outside of the building; by the SOUTH, for a distance of thirty three (33) feet, with exterior wall at the extreme Southern limit of the building facing adjacent property; by the EAST, for a distance of approximately twenty five feet three inches (25’3”), with walls, windows and railing facing Union Street; and by the WEST, for a distance of approximately twenty five feet three inches (25’3”), with exterior wall and window openings facing adjacent property. This apartment comprises a living
area, a dining area, a kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony and three closets. Quota: General common elements: Four point three seven five percent (4.37%) (así surge). Quota: Restricted common elements: twenty seven percent (27%). Le corresponde un área de estacionamiento. Finca 7,368: Por su procedencia está afecta a: a0 Condiciones restrictivas sobre edificación y uso. Por sí está afecta a: a) Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de First Federal Savings Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $49,500.00, con intereses al 9 1/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de junio de 2018, constituida mediante la escritura número 355, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 4 de mayo de 1988, ante el notario Javier Miranda Casanova, e inscrita al folio 132 vuelto del tomo 301 de Santurce Sur, finca número 7,368, inscripción 8va. b) Hipoteca sobre la participación de un 50% (así surge) de Edda Martínez Ríos, en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $12,000.00, con intereses al 7 ½% anual, vencedero el día 19 de marzo de 2002, constituida mediante la escritura número 3, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 19 de marzo de 1993, ante la notario Rosario Morales Señeriz, e inscrita al folio 133 del tomo 301 de Santurce Sur, finca número 7,368, inscripción 9na. c) Embargo de fecha 24 de mayo de 2021, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso Civil Número SJ2020CV03878, sobre Cobro de Dinero, seguido por el Consejo de Titulares del Condominio Unimar versus Sucesión de Edda Martínez Ríos, también conocida como Edda Antonia Zulay Martínez Rios, Joe Doe, Richard Doe y María Doe, miembros de nombres desconocidos de la Sucesión y Nancy Pérez Arroyo, por la suma de $23,177.39, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales, anotado el día 23 de mayo de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Santurce Sur, finca número 7,368, Anotación “A”, y última. La fecha de la subasta en relación a la Finca 7,368 (embargo descrito en el acápite (c)) antes descrita es el día 5 DE AGOSTO DE 2025 A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación que se transmite y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y las preferentes, si las hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsisten-
tes, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de las mismas, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Conforme a la Sentencia dictada el día 24 de mayo de 2021. Enmendada el 8 de junio de y enmendada nuevamente el 14 de junio de 2021 y archivada en los autos en la misma fecha, la anterior venta se hará para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas por concepto por concepto de cuota de mantenimiento y las sumas que se mencionan a continuación: La suma de $17,809.14, cantidad que aumenta cada mes, a razón de $133.50, dado el hecho de que las cuotas por concepto de mantenimiento vencen y son pagaderas el primero de cada mes. Además, los intereses y penalidades que dicha suma habrá de devengar intereses al tipo legal establecido para obligaciones privadas por la Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras en esta fecha, desde el día de hoy hasta su total y completo saldo. Además, se impone el pago de los intereses, penalidades, costas, gastos, todas aquellas cantidades vencidas, (cuotas, seguros, intereses y penalidades) y no pagadas al momento en que se dicte sentencia. La referida cantidad de $17,809.14, aumenta cada mes, a razón de $133.50, dado el hecho de que las cuotas por concepto de mantenimiento vencen y son pagaderas el primero de cada mes. Además, los intereses y penalidades de la cantidad de $133.50, conforme lo dispuesto por la Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras (del año 2016 al mes de agosto de 2020), a tenor con el Artículo 1061 §3025, el 1% del total del balance adeudado y el 10% de la mensualidad. Además, se impone el pago de $4,636.25, por concepto de honorarios de abogados. Se notifica por la presente a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los inmuebles a ser subastados con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen del ejecutante descrito anteriormente, o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubieren pospuesto al gravamen del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizado hipotecariamente con posterioridad al gravamen del actor para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si así lo interesan o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogado, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y graváme-
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, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2025. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria. Laura C. Reynoso Esquilín, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. ANGEL L. SIERRA TORRES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV10131. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ANGEL L. SIERRA TORRES - COND SAN JUAN CHALETS 8050 CARR 844 APT 77, SAN JUAN PR 00926-9896; BO CAIMITO ALTO OA CARR 176 CAM ANDINO LOS FIGUER, SAN JUAN PR 00926.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la di-
rección notificaciones@orf-law. com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2025. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria. Laura C. Reynoso Esquilín, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.
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COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. YARILINE MANGUAL HEREDIA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: RG2025CV00032. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: YARILINE
MANGUAL HEREDIAURB PEDREGALES 138 CALLE CUARZO, RIO GRANDE PR 00745-4375; 1410 NANO ST APT 406 KISSIMMEE FL 347443686.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Gabriel Ramos Colón cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en RIO GRANDE EN FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 02 de junio de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SHEILA ROBLES HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA
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Parte Demandante Vs. EFRAIN MATOS PAGAN
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2025CV00397. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. SALA: 402. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: EFRAIN MATOS
PAGAN - URB BAYAMON GDNS N49 CALLE 12, BAYAMON PR 009572456 / HC 5 BOX 28523 UTUADO 00641. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, 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, Gabriel Ramos Colón cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Ixia B. Córdova Chinea, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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ECHEVARRIA T/C/C IRMA SANTIAGO; ESTADOS
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Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2025CV01078. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: IRMA SANTIAGO ECHEVARRIA T/C/C IRMA SANTIAGO.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: HTTPS://WWW.
PODERJUDICIAL.PR/INDEX. PHP/TRIBUNAL-ELECTRONICO/[PODERJUDICIAL.PR] salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria 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, sin más citarle ni oírle.
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de junio de 2025. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Ereina Agront León, Sub-Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
JULIO
CAMARENO PEREZ
Peticionario EX-PARTE
Ciivl #: BY2025CV03214. (500). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRI-
CA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA
PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE
LA PROPIEDAD DE LAS FINCAS QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁN Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.
POR LA PRESENTE: se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de las veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación e este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre las fincas que se describen más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lic. Jaime Rodríguez Rivera, cuya dirección es #30 Calle Reparto Piñero, Guaynabo, PR 00969-5650, Teléfono 787-720-9553. Los predios a inscribir son los siguientes: “A: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno en el barrio Mamey de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 2297.6686 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.0.5820 de cuerda. En lindes por el NORTE: en 2 alineaciones que suman 37.67 metros con Federico Pagán; por el SUR: en 4 alineaciones que suman 52.16 metros con Altos de Magdalena Inc; por el ESTE: en 34.00 metros con Pedro Camareno Camareno, en 5.22 metros con camino dedicado a uso público y en 6.50 metros con Julio Camareno y por el OESTE: en 4 alineaciones que suman 65.12 metros con Federico Pagán”. B: “RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno en el barrio Mamey de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 964.07 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.2353 de cuerda. En lindes por el NORTE: en 15.00 metros con camino dedicado a uso público; por el SUR: en 29.12 metros con camino dedicado a uso público; por el ESTE: en 44.23 metros con sucesión Camareno Pérez y por el OESTE: en 3 alineaciones que suman 47.42 metros con Alturas de Magdalena Inc y en 6.50 metros con parcela de Julio Camareno”. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres
(3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación el edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 23 de junio de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria Regional. Nélida Ocasio Ortega, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ COMPU-LINK CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK
Demandante Vs. CHAMPION MORTGAGE CORPORATION P/C OFICINA DEL COMISIONADO DE SEGUROS; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO
Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2025CV00720. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. En dicha demanda se reclama la cancelación un pagaré otorgado el 14 de junio de 2000, ante el Notario Kemidt R. Troche
Mercado, a favor de CHAMPION MORTGAGE CORPORATION, por la suma principal de $34,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 9.25% anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2010 y otros créditos accesorios. Para garantizar el pago de dicho pagaré se constituyó hipoteca voluntaria mediante la escritura número 149, otorgada el 14 de junio de 2000, ante el Notario Kemidt R. Troche Mercado,
sobre el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar identificado con el número Uno de la Manzana N de la Urbanización Hermanos Ramírez de Arellano según el plano de inscripción aprobado por la Junta de planificación, radicado en el Barrio Guanajibo del término municipal de Mayagüez, con una cabida superficial de 359.76 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el SUR, con la Calle número 11 de dicha urbanización y en un arco de 20.31 metros; por el OESTE, con un paseo peatonal en distancia de 15.72 metros; por el NORTE, con el solar número 2 en dicha manzana en distancia de 23.90 metros; y por el ESTE, con la Calle número 18 de dicha urbanización y distancia de 11.58 metros, conteniendo en la esquina Sureste de dicho solar un largo de arco de 5.62 metros. Enclava en dicho solar una estructura de hormigón que consta de sala, comedor, cocina y tres cuartos habitaciones, un cuarto de baño y pequeño balcón.” Finca número 17,741, inscrita al folio 2 del tomo 642 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. 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://WWW.PODERJUDICIAL.PR/INDEX.PHP/ TRIBUNAL-ELECTRONICO/ [poderjudicial.pr], salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria 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. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de junio de 2025. Lcda. Norma G. Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. Jossie D. Bobe Rodríguez, Sub-Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR JOSÉ LUIS LUNA CARTAGENA
Demandante V. ÁNGEL M. PADÍN TORRES, JANE DOE, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA;
FULANA DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA; LORENA SOFIA PADÍN SOTO; Y JOSLYAN M. GUZMÁN TORRES, JOHN DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV02136. Sala: 804. Sobre: DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: JOSLYAN M. GUZMÁN TORRES, JOHN DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA; FULANA DE TAL, MENGANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR ELLOS COMPUESTA.
POR EL PRESENTE EDIC-
TO se le notifica que la parte demandante de epígrafe han radicado en este Tribunal una demanda en su contra por la causal de Daños y Perjuicios. Se le emplaza conforme a la Regla 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, mediante la publicación de un solo edicto en un periódico de circulación general diaria en la Isla de Puerto Rico, a los efectos de que se presente cualquier alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le advierte que, si no contesta la demanda o deja de presentar una alegación responsiva, radicando el original de dicha alegación responsiva en este Tribunal y notificando copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá anotarle la rebeldía y dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Favor de notificar copia de su contestación al: LCDO. LUIS J. VILARÓ VÉLEZ RUA 16,835 PO Box 363812, San Juan, PR 00936-3812
Tel.: 787-753-2160
Email: luisvilaro@gmail.com EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 11 de julio de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ELSIE PRATTS MELÉNDEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Peces Voladores (Flying Fish) of Salinas, Mulos (Mules) of Juncos and the Arenosos of Camuy finished Saturday with victories in the 2025 Double-A Superior Baseball League Carnival of Champions.
The results helped set the field for the national semifinals, with the Patrulleros (Patrolmen) of San Sebastián, Leones (Lions) of Patillas, Peces Voladores and Mulos qualifying. The Arenosos, Guardianes (Guardians) of Dorado, Pescadores del Plata of Comerío, and Petroleros of Peñuelas were eliminated from the playoffs.
At Manuel González Stadium in Salinas, the Peces Voladores throttled the Guardianes 8-1, backed by a solid start by right-hander Yadiel Rolón, who pitched six innings, allowing just one run and striking out five, to earn the victory. Raúl Febus led the offense with a home run, a pair of singles, four RBIs and two runs scored.
Left-hander Henry Iglesias allowed five runs in 5.1 innings
and took the loss for Dorado. With the victory, Salinas advanced to the semifinals with a 4-3 record, while Dorado was eliminated at 3-4.
At Mariano “Niní” Meaux Stadium in Juncos, the Mulos also advanced to the next round by defeating the Petroleros 8-4. Right-hander Rubén Ramírez earned the win with five innings of work, allowing two runs and striking out five. The loss went to Eric Alicea, who allowed seven runs in 4.2 innings.
Luis Román had a productive night with a home run, a single, and five RBIs. Juncos closed out the round robin with a 4-3 record, while Peñuelas finished at 2-4.
At Carlos Bonet Stadium in Comerío, the Arenosos closed out their campaign with a 7-5 victory over the Pescadores del Plata, who also were eliminated. Camuy produced three runs in the seventh inning and three more in the eighth to seal the victory.
Juan Caballero earned the win in relief, and Jorge Charry earned the save. Kerby Camacho, who went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Joseph Renovales, 3-for-4 with
The Peces Voladores of Salinas beat the Guardianes of Dorado 8-1 on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Double-A Superior Baseball League Carnival of Champions. (VN Photography)
two runs scored, led the Camuy offense. Reliever Michael Rivera allowed three runs in one inning to take the loss for Comerío. Camuy finished with a 3-4 record, and the Pescadores del Plata fell to 2-4.
The games between Patillas and San Sebastián and Peñuelas in Comerío, which had been rescheduled for Sunday, were canceled as they would not have changed the standings.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Leones (Lions) of Ponce defeated the Indios (Indians) of Mayagüez 99-85 on Saturday in the first game of the Conference B finals series of the National Superior Basketball League (BSN by its initials in Spanish) at Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez Sports and Recreation Center in Mayagüez.
grón with 10.
Maurice Kemp scored 28 points for Ponce in the victory, getting support from Jezreel de Jesús with 18 points, Carlos “Yao” López with 16 points and 11 rebounds, Matt Mooney with 11 points, and Chris Ne -
Josué Erazo led Mayagüez with 20 points, Nick Perkins scored 17, George Hamilton added 12, and Georgie Pacheco and Sam Waardenburg each had 10.
Game 2 tips off tonight at 8 at Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce.
By EMMANUEL MORGAN
Shannon Sharpe, the podcast host, sports media personality and former NFL star who was accused of rape by
a former sexual partner, has settled her lawsuit for undisclosed terms, according to the woman’s lawyer.
The lawyer, Tony Buzbee, said on social media late last week that both parties agreed that the sexual relationship was consensual, and that the lawsuit would be dismissed.
The woman, who filed the complaint anonymously, had sought $50 million in damages. Sharpe’s lawyer has said that before the lawsuit was filed, he had discussed offering her at least $10 million.
“Both sides acknowledge a long-term consensual and tumultuous relationship,” Buzbee said in a statement. “After protracted and respectful negotiations, I’m pleased to announce that we have reached a mutually agreed upon resolution. All matters have now been addressed satisfactorily, and the matter is closed.”
Buzbee did not respond to a request for comment. A representative for Sharpe, 56, declined to comment.
The woman, who is described as being in her early 20s, filed a lawsuit in April claiming that Sharpe had raped her in her apartment on two recent occasions. Lanny Davis, a lawyer who was representing Sharpe at the time, denied the allegations and re-
leased graphic text messages that he said depicted a “consensual, adult relationship that included role-playing, sexual language, and fantasy scenarios explicitly requested” by the woman, whom he named.
Sharpe won three Super Bowls as a tight end with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens and has become a media personality since his retirement after the 2003 season.
His interview-based podcast “Club Shay Shay” grew in popularity after an episode last year with comedian Katt Williams, and he is also a commentator on “First Take,” ESPN’s morning debate show.
But Sharpe has not appeared on ESPN since April, when he announced he would step back until the start of the NFL preseason to deal with what he called “false and disruptive allegations.” An ESPN spokesperson declined to comment regarding Sharpe’s status.
Throughout the legal process, Sharpe continued to host “Club Shay Shay” and his secondary podcast, “Nightcap.”
Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.
Sudoku Rules:
Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Aries (Mar 21-April 20)
Don’t let things stagnate, Aries. It’s time to take action. See how far rather than deep you can go in everything you do today. Cover a wide range of topics and pick up a magazine or two. Take a break from your usual emotional intensity and enjoy the sunshine and the light conversation. Keep it all energetic and upbeat. Take action when you see that things are lagging.
Taurus (April 21-May 21)
You may feel like you’ve come into the light today, Taurus. A weight has been lifted, but there is still a great deal of emotional drama that needs to work itself out. Go for a walk or jog this afternoon and work on increasing your lung capacity. Get your heart rate up and feel your blood pumping. The more active you are, the more you will be able to sort through your situation.
Gemini (May 22-June 21)
Take a break from your steady climb today, Gemini. Look at things around you. Enjoy a night out with friends and take an active role in the conversation. See a movie or play. Do more socializing and you will be able to release some of the tension that you might not even realize you have inside. Get the energy moving again. Take an active role and keep up with the beat.
Cancer (June 22-July 23)
Pay attention to the news today, Cancer, and not just the mainstream news but the offbeat, smaller publications, too. Question what you hear and read. Take an active role to increase your knowledge of the world. Take responsibility for your citizenship by keeping an eye on what’s going on. Information is an important part of gaining power.
Leo (July 24-Aug 23)
Today is a great day to jump out of bed and get things done, Leo. You may feel indecisive, but don’t sweat it. You don’t have to make any great commitments. You will do fine jumping around from task to task. Get out into the open and say what’s on your mind. Engage in some sort of physical activity that gets you breathing deeply.
Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)
The name of the game today is action, Virgo. The air has cleared, and it feels like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. You might experience a sudden burst of physical energy, pushing you to get out and walk or go for a long bike ride. Enjoy the wind in your hair. Release your pent-up emotions in the open air.
(Sep 24-Oct 23)
Take some of that knowledge you’ve gathered and processed over the past few weeks and begin to spread it around, Libra. It’s time to put your communication skills to work. Your emotions are strongly tied to your actions, and things will take on a much lighter tone than they have had in the past couple of days. Take deep breaths and find a way to release your pent-up tension.
(Oct 24-Nov 22)
Your physical stamina is apt to be strong today, Scorpio. You should consider going to the gym to release some of that pent-up energy. Engage in team sports or something that involves strategy and good coordination. Pick up a tennis racquet or join a basketball game. Your high energy will be the key to coming out on top.
(Nov 23-Dec 21)
Take a break from the seriousness that has prevailed over the past couple days, Sagittarius. Upbeat conversations are the way to navigate through today’s waters. You might notice that others are more actively communicating and that words are especially effective. You talk and people listen. Do your share of listening, too. The conscious exchange of ideas is critical on a day like this.
(Dec 22-Jan 20)
Jump back on stage and say what you have to say, Capricorn. Your participation in the conversation is critical to maintaining a healthy energy flow. The things you say will have a profound effect on others, so chose your words carefully. Enjoy a physical activity that involves a group. Make it a social event. Be an active participant in all situations today.
(Jan 21-Feb 19)
Your solid grounding may become a bit unstable today, Aquarius, but don’t worry about it. Be a little more flexible and release your tight grip on the situation. Infuse laughter and playfulness into the picture. The exchange of ideas is critical. Get out of the house and into a social arena where you can enjoy lighthearted conversations.
(Feb 20-Mar 20)
There’s no excuse for laziness today, Pisces. Get out of bed before noon. The more active you are, the happier you will be. Come out of your cave and express your thoughts to others. Get out in the open air and listen to what the wind has to say. Be active and flexible. There’s nothing heavy about people’s emotions today, so keep things light and active.
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