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PREB orders PREPA to complete accelerated battery energy storage addition program

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has issued a Resolution and Order directing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to complete the required review process with the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) regarding the four final agreements of the Accelerated Battery Energy Storage Addition Program (ASAP).

PREB determined that the terms of these agreements, submitted by LUMA, are consistent with the island’s Energy Public Policy and the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Consequently, the Bureau approved the four drafts and instructed LUMA to finalize the contracts, present them to PREPA’s Governing Board for approval, and provide evidence of this process. Additionally, PREPA was ordered to seek approval from the FOMB.

The Resolution and Order cautioned, “PREPA is advised not to execute the contracts until it obtains approval from the Oversight Board, as they could be declared null and void without such approval.”

On Thursday, November 20, LUMA provided evidence that it had submitted the final agreements to PREPA’s Board. The

private operator requested that these documents be treated as confidential, citing the presence of critical energy infrastructure information, commercially sensitive data, and personal information. In response, the Bureau confirmed that LUMA had complied with the regulatory order and granted confidentiality to the sensitive information.

The Bureau also clarified the integration scope of battery energy storage within the Integrated Resource Plan, stating that the 1,500 megawatts (MW) of storage included in the plan serves as a guideline rather than an absolute limit. The Resolution and Order specified that the Bureau has not set the 1,500 MW figure as a fixed cap that cannot be exceeded; battery projects in the procurement process will be evaluated even if they propose to exceed this amount. Furthermore, the Bureau emphasized that “the determination of whether to adjust the 1,500 MW figure upward or downward rests exclusively with the Bureau.”

Commissioner Lillian Mateo Santos issued a dissenting vote regarding the ASAP program contracts, though she concurred with the Bureau’s determination concerning battery storage integration, affirming that the approximately 1,500 MW in the IRP is a guideline rather than a strict limit.

By THE STAR STAFF

Private employers who qualify for an exemption from paying the Christmas bonus to their workers have until Monday, December 1 to submit the required documentation, according to Labor and Human Resources Secretary María del Pilar Vélez Casanova.

The official urged employers to take the necessary steps to comply with Law No. 148 of June 30, 1969, as amended, which mandates the payment of the annual bonus between November 15 and December 15. Vélez Casanova emphasized that the bonus is “one of the most anticipated benefits by the working class” and represents both a legal obligation and recognition of employees’ contributions throughout the year.

“We are in the period to comply with the payment of the Christmas bonus. This incentive is not only a legal mandate but also a gesture of appreciation for the work and commitment of employees during the year. We urge employers to fulfill this responsibility and, in cases where economic conditions do not allow payment, to request the exemption within the established deadline,” Vélez Casanova said.

Employers seeking an exemption must demonstrate financial hardship, such as losses or insufficient profits to cover the bonus without exceeding 15% of annual net earnings. Applications must include a certified financial statement of the period October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, signed

and sealed by a licensed CPA. For businesses with a different fiscal year, statements for that period plus interim financials up to September 30, 2025.

Requests can be submitted in person at any Work Standards Bureau office during business hours or by mail, provided the postmark meets the deadline.

The Department has also created a task force of accountants to review applications with greater rigor and efficiency, ensuring transparency and compliance with the law.

Meanwhile, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico has authorized the disbursement of nearly $50 million to fund Christmas bonuses for public employees, following a request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

In a letter addressed to OMB Executive Director Orlando Rivera Berríos, the Board confirmed its approval of budgetary reprogramming request PP 2026-00030M, which reallocates funds from existing payroll and operating appropriations within the FY2026 General Fund. The approved amount totals $49,518,990, which will be distributed among various government agencies to cover the annual holiday payments.

The decision allows the OMB to transfer funds under its custody to agencies responsible for paying the bonuses, ensuring compliance with local statutes that mandate these seasonal benefits for eligible public employees. “After reviewing the request and supporting documents, the Oversight Board makes the following determination: Approved,” the letter states.

Financial turmoil at New Fortress Energy, parent company of Genera, worsens

By THE STAR STAFF

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE), the parent company of Genera PR, is grappling with a deepening financial crisis that threatens its pivotal role in Puerto Rico’s energy transformation. The company’s shares tumbled 25.6% last week after a regulatory filing revealed that NFE may seek U.S. bankruptcy protection if ongoing negotiations with lenders fail. Executives are also weighing a U.K. court process as an alternative restructuring route.

The energy firm, which once touted its integrated gas-topower model as a solution for emerging markets, now faces a staggering $8 billion in liabilities against just $1.3 billion in assets. A recent forbearance agreement with creditors has postponed interest payments until December 15, offering only temporary relief as the company scrambles to stabilize its balance sheet.

At the heart of NFE’s financial woes is its inability to secure long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts for its Latin American operations. Reliance on volatile spot markets has driven up costs, while regulatory delays have compounded the strain. In Puerto Rico, where NFE operates

the San Juan LNG terminal, the company has sought to lock in supply through a seven-year contract worth roughly $4 billion, sourcing gas from its offshore facility in Altamira, Mexico. The deal, however, remains under review by the island’s Financial Oversight and Management Board amid concerns over pricing and market competition.

Despite these challenges, NFE’s subsidiary Genera PR continues to manage Puerto Rico’s aging thermal generation fleet under a 10-year public-private partnership signed in

January 2023. The agreement tasks Genera PR with operating, maintaining, and modernizing roughly 3,600 megawatts of generation capacity—plants that average 45 years in age and have long been plagued by reliability issues. The contract also includes performance incentives tied to cost savings and environmental compliance, as Puerto Rico pushes toward renewable energy targets mandated by law.

Yet the company’s precarious financial position casts uncertainty over these commitments. Critics warn that a proposed LNG supply arrangement, which could lock Puerto Rico into a single supplier for up to 15 years, risks creating a near-monopoly and undermining the island’s energy diversification goals. With NFE’s market capitalization now hovering around $321 million and its debt-to-equity ratio signaling severe distress, analysts question whether the firm can deliver on its promises without a sweeping restructuring.

For Puerto Rico, the stakes are high. The island’s fragile grid, battered by hurricanes and years of underinvestment, depends on a smooth transition to cleaner and more reliable power sources. Whether New Fortress Energy can navigate its financial storm without derailing that transition remains an open—and urgent—question.

OGP issues new budget guidelines for FY 2026-2027

By THE STAR STAFF

The director of the Office of Management and Budget (OGP), Orlando C. Rivera Berríos, announced the issuance of the Annual Budget Letter for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY2027), which establishes the guidelines, parameters and priorities that will govern the preparation of the budget of the Government of Puerto Rico for fiscal year 2027.

“Our goal is to build a forward-looking budget, aligned with the Government’s strategic priorities and based on fiscal responsibility, ensuring the efficient use of public resources and the continuity of essential services for our citizens. This change represents a firm step toward greater fiscal stability and sustainability for Puerto Rico,” Rivera Berríos said in a written statement.

“With these guidelines, we are inaugurating a new budgetary approach focused on efficiency, transparency, and results. The OGP will continue to support each agency through technical

assistance and budget consultations to ensure that this process contributes to the well-being of all Puerto Ricans,” he added.

“One of the objectives of our Strategic Plan is to develop the budget process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 under a multi-year vision that seeks to strengthen medium and long-term planning, based on: fiscal responsibility, multi-year projections, data-driven justifications, identification of fiscal risks, separation of recurring and non-recurring expenses, focus on results and performance indicators, and fiscal neutrality,” explained the OGP director.

Agencies will receive their base budget and will be required to reduce operational expenses by 5 percent, particularly professional and purchased services, and must justify any payroll surpluses. All additional requests must be justified, documented, and aligned with expected results. The budget policy for FY 2027 will not accept budget requests that are not properly justified and documented.

The budgetary priorities of Governor Jennifer Aydin

No new detonations at Vieques says governor

By THE STAR STAFF

Governor Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón rejected this weekend the allegations of the secretary general of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), Juan Dalmau Ramírez, about alleged detonations of new munitions in Vieques and stated that the information she has points to cleaning work.

“There is no movement of any kind in that sense, none,

there is nobody,” González Colón told reporters.

The governor maintained that the federal documents released in recent days are part of annual updates on decontamination efforts on the island municipality and reiterated that neither Vieques nor Culebra should be used for new military exercises. She added that her administration is awaiting a presentation from the National Guard regarding the recent advisories related to airspace in Salinas.

González’s Government Program include, in the area of health, expanding services to the elderly population; in the area of public safety, having trained personnel, adequate equipment and optimal facilities to improve the efficiency of emergency response; in infrastructure, developing mechanisms to efficiently execute infrastructure projects and prioritizing initiatives with the highest return on investment.

Regarding public service, promote competitive salaries, structured training processes, and a special projects program that allows employees to develop new skills and receive additional compensation.

In the area of education, for the first time, the Department of Education’s budget will be formulated using a weighted formula based on student needs, allowing for greater equity and clarity in investment per school. In tax policy, the priority is to reduce the tax burden responsibly, adhering to the principle of fiscal neutrality.

The issue gained public attention after it was revealed that in January an additional disposal of explosives was authorized beyond the remaining material from the old shooting range, a matter that raised questions about transparency and oversight of operations in Vieques.

Last week, Dalmau Ramírez, along with the PIP’s legislative spokeswomen, María de Lourdes Santiago and Denis Márquez, demanded that all authorizations allowing the use of Vieques for the disposal of munitions or military activities unrelated to cleaning be revoked, and warned about what he described as an escalation of military presence in Puerto Rico, including exercises in Salinas and recent movements in Ceiba and Arroyo.

By THE STAR STAFF

Representative Tatiana Pérez Ramírez filed House Bill 982, which proposes the creation of the Return of Physicians Program, an initiative aimed at attracting Puerto Rican doctors who are currently practicing outside the Island.

The program responds to the crisis in the availability of health professionals, reflected in long wait times, clinic closures, and entire regions without access to specialists. Citizens wait months to obtain a basic medical appointment, a situation the legislator described as “urgent.”

The bill establishes a program under the Department of Health that will offer competitive economic and administrative incentives to motivate doctors to return to Puerto Rico.

The measure includes a $10,000 tax credit to cover relocation expenses, as well as a $20,000 bonus for physicians who commit to practicing in Critical Shortage Zones, where the lack of specialists has severely affected the provision of essential services.

As part of the proposed reform, the Medical Licensing and Discipline Board must implement an expedited licensing process of no more than 30 days, allowing doctors to quickly integrate into the health system. Additionally, the Department of Health will be required to submit annual reports on the program’s performance, including the number of doctors recruited, their specialties, the municipalities served, and costs. To ensure the program’s financial sustainability, the measure includes the creation of a recurring $5 million fund.

“It cannot be that our citizens wait months for an appointment with a specialist. This measure seeks to bring our doctors back and meet that need with concrete actions,” said Pérez Ramírez.

The representative also pointed out that competition to retain medical talent has intensified, as different states from the mainland are coming directly to the Island to aggressively recruit Puerto Rican doctors with highly competitive salary offers and benefits. “We cannot ignore that our professionals leave because they find more attractive conditions elsewhere. With this program we send a different message: Puerto Rico is willing to compete for its talent,” she added.

Pérez Ramírez emphasized that the legislation not only seeks to reinforce the overall

The bill establishes a program under the Department of Health that will offer competitive economic and administrative incentives to motivate doctors to return to Puerto Rico.

availability of physicians, but also to address inequalities in access to services between regions. “People who live in rural areas, or in municipalities with severe shortages of specialists, have been suffering the consequences for years. This is not only about attracting doctors; it is about ensuring justice and access to health for everyone,” she stated.

Economic incentives proposed for physician shortage Governor González Colón announces three major appointments

By THE STAR STAFF

Governor Jenniffer González Colón has recently announced three significant appointments that are set to take effect immediately, utilizing the executive powers bestowed upon her during the current recess of the Puerto Rico Senate.

Agronomist Irving Yoel Rodríguez Torres has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

First, agronomist Irving Yoel Rodríguez Torres has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. With a robust background in agricultural sciences and extensive experience in the field, Rodríguez Torres is well-prepared to tackle the pressing challenges faced by the island’s agricultural sector. His appointment reflects a strategic move to enhance agricultural development and reinforce food security across Puerto Rico, an area of critical importance for the well-being of its residents.

In a separate development, the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music has welcomed Julio Molina Espada as a new member of its governing board. With a rich background in music and education, Molina Espada’s expertise is expected to serve as an invaluable resource to propel the institution forward in achieving its academic and artistic objectives. His unique insights will be instrumental in shaping the conservatory’s strategic direction and enhancing the educational experiences of its students.

Lastly, González Colón has chosen Dr. Catherine I. Oliver Franco to join the Regulatory Board for Reeducation and Retraining Programs for Aggressors. This board holds a vital responsibility in overseeing and certifying

rehabilitation programs aimed at managing and mitigating offender behavior. Dr. Oliver Franco’s extensive knowledge in psychology and her commitment to social rehabilitation will be crucial in ensuring that the programs are effective and tailored to meet the needs of the community.

Through these carefully selected appointments, Governor González Colón emphasizes her administration’s dedication to fortifying public institutions and cultivating skilled leadership in critical areas that directly benefit all citizens of Puerto Rico. These appointments are indicative of a proactive approach to governance, aimed at fostering innovation, improving service delivery, and ultimately enhancing the quality of life for the island’s residents.

Christmas bonus and leave for public employees

By THE STAR STAFF

Public servants will receive their Christmas bonus this Wednesday, November 26, in addition to being granted days off during the November and December holidays, Governor Jenniffer González Colón announced.

This Wednesday, November 26, in addition to receiving their Christmas bonus, public employees will have the day off, charged to

their vacation time. They will also have Friday, November 28, off, not charged to their vacation time. Thanks to Governor González Colón’s decision to grant both Wednesday the 26th and Friday the 28th off, public employees will have three consecutive days to spend with their families.

The governor has also granted Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve, as a day off charged to vacation time; Thursday, December 25, Christmas Day, is a holiday; and

Friday, December 26, will be a day off without vacation time. Thus, in December, by order of the governor, public employees will have three consecutive days to be with their loved ones during the most important family time of the year. For New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, the governor has determined that public employees will work until noon, and the remainder of that day will be off without vacation time, followed by Thursday, January 1, which is a holiday.

Public employees will receive a $600.00 Christmas bonus, as stipulated by law. The governor was awaiting approval from the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) of the request made by the Office of Management and Budget (OGP) for the redistribution of a total of $50,407,418 in state funds for the payment of the Christmas bonus, so that, as in the previous year, employees could receive it before Thanksgiving.

Why Republicans are fighting about the Nazis

By KATIE GLUECK and JENNIFER MEDINA

For years, Jewish Republicans often denied that the right had a serious problem with antisemitism, pointing instead to anti-Jewish bigotry on the left and celebrating President Donald Trump’s support for Israel.

But now that problem is staring them directly in the face.

Tensions over antisemitism in the party, free speech and Israel have burst to the forefront of GOP politics and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in 2026 primary races and beyond.

The furor has reached the highest levels of government, with Trump this past week defending Tucker Carlson for conducting a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin.

Some Republicans are now finding themselves in the extraordinary position of clarifying what long seemed obvious: Nazis are evil.

“It’s something that we all should know, but the fact of the matter is, it had to be said,” said Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee, explaining why he felt the need to denounce Nazis and antisemitism at a recent gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

He was joined there by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who declared, “I’m in the ‘Hitler sucks’ wing of the Republican Party.”

And even Laura Loomer, the far-right activist, who is Jewish, has argued on social media that “the GOP has a Nazi problem.”

As the fallout from Carlson’s interview has consumed the right, some Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, have condemned the amplification of antisemitic views. And to Jewish Republicans like Kustoff, Trump’s strong military support for Israel has cemented their backing, regardless of how he approaches people like Fuentes or Carlson. Trump has also pushed far-reaching campus crackdowns in the name of combating antisemitism, an approach some conservative Jews have welcomed.

A flare-up of controversies

The Republican Party has grappled with antisemitism within its ranks on and off for decades. William F. Buckley Jr. sought to stamp it out of the conservative movement, and debates raged in the party over the candidacies of David Duke and Pat Buchanan.

Trump was widely criticized in 2017 after saying there were “very fine people on both sides” of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Fuentes was there.) The president again drew backlash in 2022 for having dinner with Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate.

But social media is making the current surge of antisemitic messaging more difficult to confront, some Republican activists say, as outlandish statements and conspiracy theories flourish online. People who question the Holocaust and offer revisionist histories of World War II have found platforms on popular podcasts, including Carlson’s.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank

that wields broad influence in the Republican Party, has been plunged into turmoil after the release of a video by the organization’s president, Kevin Roberts, defending Carlson. A board member resigned this past week over Roberts’ refusal to retract the video.

“I am more unsettled now than I think I have ever been,” said Deborah Lipstadt, who served as the special envoy to combat antisemitism during the Biden administration and has frequently criticized antisemitism on the left.

Lipstadt, a Holocaust scholar, has described the spread of antisemitism as a horseshoe, with the far right and far left closer to each other than to the center.

“This is how it moves; it begins at the periphery,” she said, but having the influential Carlson elevate Fuentes “makes it OK, and it begins to move toward the middle.”

Last month, Politico broke the news of a Telegram chat in which young Republican activists glibly invoked Hitler and the Holocaust. A Trump nominee for the Office of Special Counsel was withdrawn before his Senate confirmation after news surfaced of him declaring that he had a “Nazi streak.”

Carlson, who did not respond to a request for comment for this article, said he abhors antisemitism. He recently told The New York Times that much of the “institutional Republican Party” seems to “hate free speech.” Some of his defenders, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, the hardright Republican who on Friday announced her plans to resign, have dismissed the backlash to the Fuentes interview as cancel culture or virtue signaling.

Trump and Vice President JD Vance “did not get elected to play podcast police,” said Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to the Trump political operation. “This topic’s exhausted, and I don’t think the American people care about it.”

Generational disagreements over Israel

Beyond his hosting of Fuentes, Carlson has sparked controversy within the Republican Party over his pointed criticism of Israel.

While polls show that Republicans are more supportive of Israel than Democrats are, support for Israel drops sharply among younger Republicans. A Times poll this fall found that while 79% of Republicans older than 65 sympathized with Israelis more than Palestinians, just 40% of Republicans younger than 44 agreed.

This issue has torn apart Democrats in primary races, and similar tensions could play out on the right.

One test comes next year in Kentucky. Rep. Thomas Massie, a defender of Carlson who is one of the sharpest Republican critics of Israel in Congress and has broken with Trump on key issues, has attracted a Trump-backed primary challenger named Ed Gallrein.

Matt Brooks, who leads the Republican Jewish Coalition, said that defeating Massie was a “top priority” for the group and that Gallrein had addressed a private dinner with RJC leaders and received a warm welcome.

A representative for Massie did not respond to requests for comment.

‘The fight is very much on’

These issues are already beginning to shape the earliest

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), one of the loudest critics of antisemitism among Republicans, at the Capitol Building in Washington, Sept., 17, 2025. Tensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond. (Tierney L. Cross/ The New York Times)

stages of the 2028 presidential race.

Vance, a likely presidential candidate, has said in the past that he opposes Fuentes, but he has come under fire for his recent silence on Carlson. (Vance has aggressively defended Carlson’s son, an aide in the vice president’s office, against online attacks, saying he has “zero tolerance for scumbags attacking my staff.”)

At a Turning Point USA event last month, Vance did not push back when an attendee, who described himself as a “Christian man,” falsely suggested that Judaism “openly supports the prosecution” of Christianity. His office declined to comment.

By contrast, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a former presidential candidate who could run again, has been one of his party’s loudest critics of Carlson and what he sees as growing strains of antisemitism in the party, sparking backlash in turn.

David Brog, a longtime Republican operative and a founder of Christians United for Israel, called right-wing antisemitism “a serious problem.”

He and other critics said some Republicans were reluctant to challenge Carlson for fear of alienating the isolationist, populist wing of the party. But, Brog said, he was heartened that more Republican officials had been speaking out recently.

“The fight is very much on,” he said. “It’s still to be determined which side will really prevail.”

Back home, voters stand by Marjorie Taylor Greene after she stood up to Trump

By RICK ROJAS and SEAN KEENAN

Aportion of the country might have looked at Rep. Marjorie Taylor

Greene as a symbol of how caustic and bewildering national politics had become, as she spread conspiracy theories and falsehoods and heckled President Joe Biden during a State of the Union address.

Back home in Georgia, some of her constituents did not always like what she said or how she said it. Plenty of others had no problem with her. Either way, voters in her district in the northwestern corner of the state largely stood by her. They respected Greene, many said, because there was never any doubt about where she stood. And they appreciated that it was usually right alongside President Donald Trump.

The toughest test of that loyalty emerged when a growing disillusionment with Trump erupted into an explosive rift, leading to an abrupt announcement by Greene on Friday night that she would resign from Congress. As blindsided voters grappled Saturday with what might have driven Greene’s decision, many of them were confident that it was not a lack of support from her district.

“I feel like she has stood her ground,” said Meredith Rosson, 43, a paralegal and the chair of the Republican Party in Chattooga County, a rural area hugging the Alabama border.

And Rosson stood with her.

Greene’s drift away from the president was fueled in large part by her persistent calls to make public files related to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She had claimed that the Trump administration was impeding a speedy and comprehensive release of the documents. But those arguments were part of what was becoming a broader divide, as she accused Trump of neglecting the pressing domestic concerns that had been central to his winning appeal to voters in 2024.

In response, Trump disavowed her and encouraged a Republican primary challenge against her next year. He said that Greene, who was once a leading acolyte of the “Make America Great Again” movement, was now a “ranting lunatic.”

Greene then shocked her colleagues in Congress, as well as much of the nation, and especially her constituents in Georgia, when she said she would step down in January.

“Loyalty should be a two-way street, and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest,” she said in a video announcement.

In many ways, the rift, and Greene’s subsequent resignation, have turned the political reality in her district on its head. Some who were once enthusiastic supporters have taken to calling her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” echoing the president. Critics who had long viewed her as the embodiment of all they loathed about politics are now suddenly, if skeptically, looking at her in a more forgiving light.

But what has perhaps been most striking is that, in a part of the country where the president has deeply entrenched support, many Republicans are defying him by refusing to abandon Greene.

On Friday night, the local chapter of the Republican Party in Floyd County issued a statement affirming its “unwavering support” for Greene, praising her for working “tirelessly to support the needs and views of her constituents.”

But the county party, like many Republicans who agreed with it, stressed that it was trying to strike a balance. “Our support of Rep. Greene does not in any way, however, diminish our total support for President Trump,” the statement said.

Greene has been one of the Republi-

can legislators who has been most adamant about calling for the release of the Epstein files. She has also strayed from others in her party over health care costs and the handling of the government shutdown, among other issues.

“She’s realized, ‘I need to do what’s right for my community and for people who are mostly in the middle ground,’” said Brandon Pledger, who owns Alibi Prohibition Lounge and Combat Market, a combined cocktail bar and gun shop in the strip of storefronts in downtown Rome, Georgia, a city of about 38,000 people, the largest in Greene’s district.

The sprawling 14th Congressional District in Georgia extends from the bustling suburbs of Atlanta across the forested foothills of the Appalachians to the outskirts of Chattanooga. It is a part of the state that has been left largely unscathed by Georgia’s evolution in recent years from reliably Republican to a swing state. (Last year, Trump won counties in the district with as much as 83% of the vote.)

Greene, who was elected in 2020, had attracted an unusual level of notoriety, first as a candidate and then as a freshman member of Congress. The attention came because she had promoted the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, which she later disavowed, and because she had a history

of making provocative and incendiary statements, including questioning whether a plane had crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and endorsing violent behavior.

In her district, and even among Republicans, Greene has long been a deeply polarizing figure.

The campaign slogan of her Republican opponent in her first bid for office in 2020 was “All of the conservative, none of the embarrassment.” A lesser-known candidate who has already entered the 2026 Republican primary has a page on his website devoted to listing examples of what he calls Greene’s “nonstop forays into delusional paranoia,” including referring to deadly school shootings as hoaxes.

Before her resignation, Kasey Carpenter, a Republican state representative from Dalton, Georgia, saw Greene’s “decoupling” from Trump as an opportunity for the party. An exchange of conflicting ideas among Republicans was healthy, he thought. Necessary, even.

“I think people who are straight platform people, I wonder what their marriages look like,” Carpenter said. “If you’re not arguing about some things, is it real?”

Many believe that, following Greene’s departure from Congress, she will find a new act, perhaps running for another office. She joins a league of other Georgia Republicans who have been successful despite running afoul of Trump, the most notable among them Gov. Brian Kemp. Carpenter was more concerned for the future of the district, and, in turn, the country. Greene’s resignation was a setback, he said, if only because it meant losing a flawed yet unflinching voice whose support of the president turned out to not be unconditional.

“I’m hopeful that whoever decides to run,” he said, “will not just beat the same drum.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks during a news conference about the Epstein files on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 3, 2025. Rep. Greene’s resignation blindsided her conservative Georgia district, which had stuck by her through ups and downs, including her split with the president. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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Abortion is once again illegal in North Dakota

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PARA CONOCIMIENTO DEL PÚBLICO Y DE CONFORMIDAD CON LAS DISPOSICIONES DEL ARTÍCULO 8.6 DE LA LEY NÚM. 161 DEL 1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009, SEGÚN ENMENDADA CONOCIDA COMO “LEY PARA LA REFORMA DEL PROCESO DE PERMISOS EN PUERTO RICO”; LEY NÚM. 107 DEL 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2020, CONOCIDA COMO “CÓDIGO MUNICIPAL DE PUERTO RICO”; LA LEY NÚM. 38 – 2017, SEGÚN ENMENDADA, CONOCIDA COMO “LEY DE PROCEDIMIENTO ADMINISTRATIVO UNIFORME DEL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO”, EL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO PARA LA EVALUACIÓN Y EXPEDICIÓN DE PERMISOS RELACIONADOS AL DESARROLLO, USO DE TERRENOS Y OPERACIÓN DE NEGOCIOS (REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO), EL REGLAMENTO NÚM. 9473 DEL 16 DE JUNIO DE 2023, REGLAMENTO DE CALIFICACIÓN ESPECIAL DE SANTURCE (RZES), REGLAMENTO NUM. 6664 DEL 16 DE JUNLIO DE 2003; Y CONFORME AL CONVENIO DE TRANSFERENCIA DE FACULTADES SOBRE LA ORDENACION TERRITORIAL DEL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN, RATIFICADO EN AGOSTO DE 2021; Y CUALQUIER OTRA DISPOSICION DE LEY APLICABLE, SE INFORMA QUE LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS DEL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN CELEBRARA VISTA PUBLICA, SEGÚN SE DISPONE A CONTINUACIÓN:

An exam room at the Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead, Minn., which was the only remaining abortion provider in North Dakota before it moved across the border into Minnesota, May 26, 2023. The North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a neartotal abortion ban on Friday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision and making abortion once again illegal in the state. (Jenn Ackerman/The New York Times) The

ally vague when it came to medical exceptions. But state law requires four of five justices to agree in order for a law to be found unconstitutional.

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SE INTERESA DISCUTIR, PERO SIN LIMITARSE A UNA SOLICITUD PARA PERMISO UNICO VIA EXCEPCION EN USO PARA ALOJAMIENTO SUPLEMENTARIO A CORTO PLAZO. LA SOLICITUD SE EVALUARA A TENOR CON, PERO SIN LIMITARSE, AL CAPITULO 33; EXCEPCIONES, REGLA 33.5; USOS Y CONSTRUCIONES A CONSIDERARSE VIA EXCEPCIONES POR LA ARPE (ACTUALMENTE OGPE), SECCION: 8, INCISOS A, B, C, D, E,F, DEL REGLAMENTO DE ZONIFICACION ESPECIAL DE SANTURCE (ENMENDADO), REGLAMENTO NUM. 6664 DEL 16 DE JULIO DE 2003 Y A LA REGLA 2.1.10 VISTAS PUBLICAS DEL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO.

EXPOSICION DEL CASO: EN LA EXPOSICION DEL CASO LA PARTE PROPONENTE DEBERÁ ESTAR PREPARADA PARA DISCUTIR LOS CRITERIOS APLICABLES PARA LA CONSIDERACIÓN DE EXCEPCION, ASI COMO, PARA PRESENTAR EVIDENCIA DE CUMPLIMIENTO CON LAS DISPOSICIONES REGLAMENTARIAS APLICABLES. ASIMISMO, LA PARTE PROPONENTE INFORMARA SOBRE LO ACCESOS VEHICULARES AL PROYECTO; EL IMPACTO DEL TRANSITO QUE PUEDA GENERAR EL PROYECTO SOBRE LAS VÍAS EXISTENTES EN LE SECTOR; LOS SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS EXISTENTES Y A PROVEERSE, TALES COMO: ALCANTARILLADO SANITARIO Y PLUVIAL, ABASTO DE AGUA POTABLE, ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA, ETC., MÉTODO DE DISPOSICIÓN DE LOS DESPERDICIOS SÓLIDOS, ÁREA A SERVIR EL PROYECTO, EMPLEOS A CREARSE EN FASE DE CONSTRUCCIÓN Y OPERACIÓN; DISPONIBILIDAD DE TERRENOS APROPIADOS PARA USOS INSTITUCIONAL, ASI COMO CUALQUIER OTRO TEMA QUE ESTIME PERTINENTE AL CASO.

INVITACIÓN AL PÚBLICO: SE INVITA A VECINOS DEL PROYECTO Y A LOS PROPIETARIOS DE TERRENOS QUE RADICAN DENTRO DE LOS LIMITES TERRITORIALES CIRCUNDANTES, ORGANISMOS GUBERNAMENTALES Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL, A COMPARECER Y PARTICIPAR EN DICHA VISTA Y A SOMETER RECOMENDACIONES O COMENTARIOS. DICHOS COMENTARIOS DEBERA SER SOMETIDOS A LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS AL PO BOX 70179 SAN JUAN, P.R. 00936-8179 O A LA SIGUIENTE DIRECCIÓN ELECTRÓNICA: PERMISOS@SANJUAN.PR. PARA MAS INFORMACION, FAVOR LLAMAR AL (787) 480-4000, EXT. 3080. LOS PROCEDIMIENTOS PARA LA CELEBRACION DE LA VISTA SERAN LOS ESTABLECIDOS EN LAS SECCIONES 2.1.10.7 A 2.1.10.15 DEL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO. SI UNA PARTE DEBIDAMENTE CITADA NO COMPARECE CON ANTELACION A LA VISTA, A LA VISTA PUBLICA O A CUALQUIERA OTRA ETAPA DURANTE EL PROCEDIMIENTO ADJUDICATIVO, EL FUNCIONARIO QUE PRESIDA LA MISMA PODRA DECLARARLA EN REBELDIA, MULTARLA Y CONTINUAR EL PROCEDIMIENTO SIN SU PARTICIPACION, PERO NOTIFICAR POR ESCRITO A DICHA PARTE SU DETERMINACION SEGUN LA REGLA 2.1.7 (NOTIFICACIONES), LOS FUNDAMENTOS PARA LA MISMA, EL RECURSO DE REVISION DISPONIBLE Y EL PLAZO PARA EJERCERLO. EL OFICIAL EXAMINADOR QUE PRESIDA LA VISTA NO PODRA SUSPENDERLA UNA VEZ SEÑALADA, SALVO QUE SE SOLICITE POR ESCRITO CON EXPRESION DE LAS CAUSAS SOMETIDAS, CON NO MENOS DE CINCO (5) DIAS DE ANTELACION A LA FECHA DE CELEBRACION DE LA VISTA, EXPRESANDO LAS RAZONES QUE JUSTIFICAN LA SUSPENSION O OPOSICION, ACOMPAÑADO POR UN GIRO POSTAL O UN CHEQUE DE GERENTE POR LA CANTIDAD DE $100.00 A NOMBRE DEL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN. LA PETICIÓN DE SUSPENSION O TRANSFERENCIA DEBERA SER RADICADA ANTE EL AREA LEGAL DE LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS. EL PROPONENTE NOTIFICARA COPIA DE LA SOLICITUD A LAS OTRAS PARTES E INTERVENTORES EN EL PROCEDIMIENTO DENTRO DE LOS CINCO (5) DIAS SEÑALADOS. SI LA SUSPENSION NO FUE MOTIVADA POR EL INCUMPLIMIENTO DE UN REQUISITO LEGAL, EL SOLICITANTE SE COMPROMETERA A PAGAR LOS COSTOS QUE CONLLEVE LA NOTIFICACION DE LA SUSPENSIÓN Y ANUNCIAR EL NUEVO SEÑALAMIENTO MEDIANTE LA PUBLICACION DE UN AVISO DE PRENSA. EL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO FACULTA AL OFICIAL EXAMINADOR A IMPONER UNA MULTA DE $500.00 A TODA PERSONA QUE OBSERVE UNA CONDUCTA IRRESPETUOSA DURANTE LA VISTA, O QUE INTENCIONALMENTE INTERRUMPA O DILATE LO PROCEDIMIENTOS SIN CAUSA JUSTIFICADA. EL EXPEDIENTE DE VISTA ESTARA DISPONIBLE PARA LA INSPECCION DE LAS

OFICINA DE PERMISOS, UBICADO EN LA AVE.

he North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total abortion ban last week, reversing a judge’s earlier decision and making abortion once again illegal

In North Dakota, it will now be a felony for doctors to perform abortions, except to protect a pregnant woman’s life or health, or in the case of rape or incest in the first six weeks of pregnancy. Patients are protected from prosecution, but doctors who violate the ban could face up to five years in prison and

Twelve other states in the U.S. have similar or more restrictive bans on abortion.

Medical providers in and near North Dakota said the ruling would likely exacerbate fears doctors and patients have around providing and receiving medically necessary abortions in a state where those fears were already rampant and access was limited.

Ana Tobiasz, a doctor of maternal-fetal medicine in Bismarck, North Dakota, and a plaintiff in the case, said most medical providers in the state were fearful of repercussions even when the abortion ban had been halted in 2024. She expects to see more effects on care under this ban, which she says makes it hard to interpret when medical exceptions are, and aren’t, permitted.

“It is extremely confusing,” she said. “What I foresee is people going back to being fearful of, ‘Is this actually going to meet the exception?’”

In Friday’s close ruling, three justices agreed the abortion ban was unconstitution-

Abortion in North Dakota has been at the center of a political and legal whiplash since 2022, when the overturning of Roe v. Wade allowed a trigger ban on abortion from the state Legislature to take effect. In 2023, after several court rulings, the Legislature repealed that ban and passed an identical law that included the exceptions.

A judge overturned the ban in 2024, but the decision was appealed by Attorney General Drew Wrigley, a Republican, leading to Friday’s decision that once again made abortion illegal. Wrigley’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tobiasz said she had seen this confusing legal battle affect care. She pointed to a colleague who had a patient who was 16 weeks pregnant and bleeding so heavily she needed blood transfusions. Tobiasz said the colleague delayed terminating the patient’s pregnancy while trying to figure out if it would hold up in court as a medical exception.

Even if a doctor is not convicted of a felony, just being charged could have ramifications for a medical license, on top of legal expenses and the emotional toll, she said.

“I think that subjectivity to interpretation is what is going to end up causing problems for people,” Tobiasz said.

For people seeking abortions in North Dakota, services have long been limited. The only abortion clinic in the state, the Red River Women’s Clinic, another plaintiff in the case, moved five minutes across state borders to Moorhead, Minnesota, in 2022.

Tammi Kromenaker, the owner and director of the clinic, called North Dakota an “abortion desert.” Most of her patients, the majority of whom are North Dakotans, drive about four hours each way to and from her clinic, she said. Even when abortion was legal, she said, “there was nobody providing it in that state.”

She fields calls from patients who are afraid to say the word abortion or who ask her if they could go to jail in the future for terminating a pregnancy.

Recently, Kromenaker said, she had a patient in North Dakota who called because she feared visiting a local clinic for a blood test to confirm that a medication abortion had worked.

“There’s already enormous burdens for anybody seeking an abortion,” she said. “It’s going to be even worse now.”

America’s formula for greatness is under threat

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

What’s the secret formula that has made the United States the dominant superpower in the world today?

I’d point to three fundamental ingredients, each of which is now being weakened. When I think of the historical legacies of our generation and of President Donald Trump, I wonder if they will be less about the political battles in the headlines and more about the slow shriveling of America’s global standing.

Patriotism is less about waving flags and more about defending these three forces that over two centuries have made America preeminent:

A commitment to education at every level, resulting in global leadership in science and technology.

I believe the answer to almost every question is education — the highest-return long-term investments are often in human capital. Yet throughout the ages there have always been those eager to execute Socrates, to subject Galileo to the Inquisition, to ban books.

America became the world’s leading nation largely because of its emphasis beginning in the 19th century on mass education when other countries educated only a sliver of elites, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz argued in their landmark 2008 book, “The Race Between Education and Technology.”

The United States helped pioneer public elementary schools and widespread high school and college attendance; later, American research universities became global leaders and nurtured technology hubs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Thus the United States boasts the Magnificent Seven technology companies, while there isn’t anything comparable in Europe. America’s scientific and technological excellence arises in part because of a symbiotic partnership between universities, the federal agencies that fund research and the private companies that commercialize that knowledge.

America’s educational supremacy arguably began slipping decades ago, as some East Asian countries eclipsed us in high school graduation rates and in science and math skills among young people. But Trump is adding to the pressure by gutting the Department of Education, including research and data collection that show how we can improve outcomes. Even worse, he is waging war on America’s most eminent universities.

American excellence in science drives economic competitiveness and well-being. Yet Trump is winding down mRNA vaccine programs that are full of promise in tackling cancer and has slashed investments in medical research.

Any president should be proud of universities like Harvard and Columbia, not attempt to crush them. We stand up to China with not only aircraft carriers but, even more, by educating our own young people and leading in research in artificial intelligence, synthetic biology and materials science. Yet by some reckonings, China has already surpassed the United States in emerging technologies.

So we should be doing what we did after Sputnik in 1957, recommitting this country to science and education. Instead, the

Trump administration’s hostility to great universities seems to reflect a larger scorn for science in fields from vaccines to climate change. It is the latest flowering of an anti-intellectualism that goes back to China’s first Qin emperor burying scholars alive and, in this country, to the Scopes trial, the Joseph McCarthy hysteria and the 2017 tax on university endowments.

An inclination toward free markets and free trade, supported by the rule of law.

This is the pillar that Trump is most respectful of. He mostly believes in capitalism and free markets — probably more than many Democrats — but has led a rapid retreat from free trade. His tariffs are the highest since the 1930s. Trump has also systematically chipped away at some of the underpinnings of a market economy. Markets thrive with prudent fiscal and monetary management, yet his tax cuts lead to soaring debt even as he tries to crush the independence of the Federal Reserve. Corruption is a bane of capitalism, yet his family has seemed to use the presidency as an ATM.

And the rule of law? England was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution partly because of a legal system that offered protection and predictability. In contrast, Trump has periodically defied lower courts and used the Department of Justice to punish his political opponents. Mark L. Wolf, a federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan, announced this month that he was resigning to be able to speak openly about the Trump administration’s “assault on the rule of law” and the way that it poses an “existential threat to democracy.”

Immigration and the absorption of some of the brightest minds from around the world.

My dad, an Armenian refugee from Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States in 1952. Soon after, his landlady returned his rent, saying, “I can’t take money from a refugee.”

Such a welcoming spirit, while far from consistently applied, has enormously enriched the United States. Four of the Magnificent Seven tech companies are led by immigrants, and 46% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, according to the American Immigration Council.

These three factors are not a complete recipe for America’s greatness. The sheer physical size of our domestic market helped, along with democracy and the ease of interstate commerce. And even on those three, we’ve repeatedly fallen short.

Yet I see these three factors as central to America’s rise as the world’s leading power today. And these strengths are now being systematically undermined, especially universities, trade, the rule of law and recruitment of the world’s best minds.

The risks to America’s global preeminence get less attention than Trump’s White House ballroom, the government shutdown and his ugly statements about his opponents. But I’d argue that his most important legacy may be the damage he is doing to the underpinnings of our economic engines.

The Nobel in economic science went this year to three scholars who illuminated how innovation drives economic growth. They emphasized that this arises from immigration, from great universities, from openness to the world and to ideas — and consequently warned of “dark clouds” ahead.

Throughout history, we’ve repeatedly seen how great nations sometimes lost their energy and drive, slipping because of what Jawaharlal Nehru described in the context of India as a “gradual oozing out of hope and vitality.” In the year 1000, the greatest city in the world was Kaifeng in China, then the most important country in the world — but China and Kaifeng then lost ground for most of the next millennium before reviving in recent decades.

The United States may or may not experience such decrepitude, but decline seems to me more likely if America chokes trade and immigration while stifling universities. Without its secret sauce, America would be just one more tired old nation watching other, more youthful countries race past it. Those are the stakes.

Founder

Dr. Ricardo Angulo

An attendee during a former President Donald Trump campaign rally at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., Oct. 19, 2024. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

ASG advierte falta de controles en subastas de entidades excluidas

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EL PERMISO ÚNICO VÍA EXCEPCIÓN NÚMERO 2025-649721-PU-428780 PARA ALOJAMIENTO SUPLEMENTARIO A CORTO PLAZO EN UN DISTRITO ZONA DE USO RESIDENCIAL UNO (ZU-R1) EN EL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN.

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La Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF) dio a conocer su más reciente informe sobre los procesos competitivos del Gobierno de Puerto Rico, donde reconoce avances significativos en materia de tecnología aplicada a las subastas de bienes, obras y servicios no profesionales.

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EXPOSICION DEL CASO: LA PARTE PROPONENTE DEBERÁ ESTAR PREPARADA PARA DISCUTIR LOS CRITERIOS APLICABLES PARA LA CONSIDERACIÓN DE EXCEPCION, ASI COMO, PARA PRESENTAR EVIDENCIA DE CUMPLIMIENTO CON LAS DISPOSICIONES REGLAMENTARIAS APLICABLES. ASIMISMO, LA PARTE PROPONENTE INFORMARA SOBRE LO ACCESOS VEHICULARES AL PROYECTO; EL IMPACTO DEL TRANSITO QUE PUEDA GENERAR EL PROYECTO SOBRE LAS VÍAS EXISTENTES EN LE SECTOR; LOS SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS EXISTENTES Y A PROVEERSE, TALES COMO: ALCANTARILLADO SANITARIO Y PLUVIAL, ABASTO DE AGUA POTABLE, ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA, ETC., MÉTODO DE DISPOSICIÓN DE LOS DESPERDICIOS SÓLIDOS, ÁREA A SERVIR EL PROYECTO, EMPLEOS A CREARSE EN FASE DE CONSTRUCCIÓN Y OPERACIÓN; DISPONIBILIDAD DE TERRENOS APROPIADOS PARA USOS INSTITUCIONAL, ASI COMO CUALQUIER OTRO TEMA QUE ESTIME PERTINENTE AL CASO. INVITACIÓN AL PÚBLICO: SE INVITA A VECINOS DEL PROYECTO Y A LOS PROPIETARIOS DE TERRENOS QUE RADICAN DENTRO DE LOS LIMITES TERRITORIALES CIRCUNDANTES, ORGANISMOS GUBERNAMENTALES Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL, A COMPARECER Y PARTICIPAR EN DICHA VISTA Y A SOMETER RECOMENDACIONES O COMENTARIOS. DICHOS COMENTARIOS DEBERA SER SOMETIDOS A LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS AL PO BOX 70179 SAN JUAN, P.R. 00936-8179 O A LA SIGUIENTE DIRECCIÓN ELECTRÓNICA: PERMISOS@SANJUAN.PR. PARA MAS INFORMACION, FAVOR LLAMAR AL (787) 480-4000, EXT. 3080. LOS PROCEDIMIENTOS PARA LA CELEBRACION DE LA VISTA SERAN LOS ESTABLECIDOS EN LAS SECCIONES 2.1.10.7 A 2.1.10.15 DEL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO. SI UNA PARTE DEBIDAMENTE CITADA NO COMPARECE CON ANTELACION A LA VISTA, A LA VISTA PUBLICA O A CUALQUIERA OTRA ETAPA DURANTE EL PROCEDIMIENTO ADJUDICATIVO, EL FUNCIONARIO QUE PRESIDA LA MISMA PODRA DECLARARLA EN REBELDIA, MULTARLA Y CONTINUAR EL PROCEDIMIENTO SIN SU PARTICIPACION, PERO NOTIFICAR POR ESCRITO A DICHA PARTE SU DETERMINACION SEGUN LA REGLA 2.1.7 (NOTIFICACIONES), LOS FUNDAMENTOS PARA LA MISMA, EL RECURSO DE REVISION DISPONIBLE Y EL PLAZO PARA EJERCERLO. EL OFICIAL EXAMINADOR QUE PRESIDA LA VISTA NO PODRA SUSPENDERLA UNA VEZ SEÑALADA, SALVO QUE SE SOLICITE POR ESCRITO CON EXPRESION DE LAS CAUSAS SOMETIDAS, CON NO MENOS DE CINCO (5) DIAS DE ANTELACION A LA FECHA DE CELEBRACION DE LA VISTA, EXPRESANDO LAS RAZONES QUE JUSTIFICAN LA SUSPENSION O OPOSICION, ACOMPAÑADO POR UN GIRO POSTAL O UN CHEQUE DE GERENTE POR LA CANTIDAD DE $100.00 A NOMBRE DEL MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN. LA PETICIÓN DE SUSPENSION O TRANSFERENCIA DEBERA SER RADICADA ANTE EL AREA LEGAL DE LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS. EL PROPONENTE NOTIFICARA COPIA DE LA SOLICITUD A LAS OTRAS PARTES E INTERVENTORES EN EL PROCEDIMIENTO DENTRO DE LOS CINCO (5) DIAS SEÑALADOS. SI LA SUSPENSION NO FUE MOTIVADA POR EL INCUMPLIMIENTO DE UN REQUISITO LEGAL, EL SOLICITANTE SE COMPROMETERA A PAGAR LOS COSTOS QUE CONLLEVE LA NOTIFICACION DE LA SUSPENSIÓN Y ANUNCIAR EL NUEVO SEÑALAMIENTO MEDIANTE LA PUBLICACION DE UN AVISO DE PRENSA. EL REGLAMENTO CONJUNTO FACULTA AL OFICIAL EXAMINADOR A IMPONER UNA MULTA DE $500.00 A TODA PERSONA QUE OBSERVE UNA CONDUCTA IRRESPETUOSA DURANTE LA VISTA, O QUE INTENCIONALMENTE INTERRUMPA O DILATE LO PROCEDIMIENTOS SIN CAUSA JUSTIFICADA. EL EXPEDIENTE DE VISTA ESTARA DISPONIBLE PARA LA INSPECCION DE LAS PARTES EN EL AREA DE SECRETARIA DE LA OFICINA DE PERMISOS, UBICADO EN LA AVE. DE DIEGO NUM. 130 ESQ. CALLE 54 SE, URB. LA RIVERA,

“El país ya no está ante el modelo opaco que asociaba las subastas con corrupción, amiguismos y politiquería. Hoy existe trazabilidad, supervisión en tiempo real y un estándar uniforme que ha traído orden a procesos tan sensibles como el asfalto y la disposición de desperdicios”, expresó Karla G. Mercado Rivera, Administradora y Principal Oficial de Compras de la Administración de Servicios Gene-

No obstante, el informe también señala deficiencias importantes en la contratación de servicios profesionales y en entidades que no están bajo la jurisdicción de la ASG, destacando entre ellas a la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR).

Mercado Rivera recordó que, en un momento dado aunque la UPR mantenía su autonomía en sus adjudicaciones, eso no la eximía de cumplir con la Ley 73-2019, la cual promueve uniformidad en la contratación gubernamental. “La UPR debía adoptar parámetros uniformes, pero bajo la pasada administración la propia Junta avaló que quedaran fuera del marco regulatorio. Hoy vemos las consecuencias de excluir a una institución de ese alcance: ausencia de reglas claras, controles débiles y procesos a discreción”, puntualizó.

Sobre los hallazgos relacionados a servicios profesionales, Mercado Rivera explicó que el problema no es la falta de procesos competiti-

vos, sino la falta de definición regulatoria. “Un proceso competitivo, sin reglas uniformes, ni sistemas de información confiables que lo ejecuten, no garantiza transparencia. Competir sin marco normativo y sin el uso adecuado y bien implementado se la tecnología solo deja espacio para controversias. El verdadero control está en regular con claridad, uniformidad y supervisión”, afirmó.

Mercado Rivera enfatizó que los resultados están a la vista: “Los procesos regidos por la Ley 73-2019 han demostrado que cuando hay uniformidad, tecnología y control, el sistema funciona. No es competir por competir; es contratar dentro de un marco fiscalizable que elimine ambigüedades y responsabilidades difusas”.

Finalmente, la funcionaria reiteró que la misma exigencia que recae sobre la ASG debe aplicarse a todas las entidades excluidas de su jurisdicción. “Si queremos elevar los controles del gobierno, el rigor no puede ser selectivo. No puede haber dos estándares: uno para ASG y otro para el resto del país. La integridad de los procesos públicos exige uniformidad para todos”, concluyó.

Karla G. Mercado Rivera, Administradora y Principal Oficial de Compras de la Administración de Servicios Generales.

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‘Die My Love’ review: Jennifer Lawrence in a mother of a role

By ALISSA WILKINSON

Adescription is insufficient to describe some movies, and “Die My Love,” directed by Lynne Ramsay, is one of them. A young couple, Grace and Jackson, move to a house in the woods. They have a baby, and in the midst of fierce postpartum depression, Grace starts to lose her grasp on reality — or, some might argue, regain it. That’s the plot.

But you might as well describe Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” as “just some guy screaming”: not wrong, exactly, but totally missing the point. “Die My Love” is linear yet allusive; sometimes you’re not sure how much time has passed, and sometimes it passes in a blink. Submerged in Grace’s overheated, claustrophobic, tedious, maddening reality, we are drowning, just like her. It is full-body-immersion cinema.

Its story may revolve around Grace, but “Die My Love” revolves around Jennifer Lawrence, for whom this feels like a career-defining role — not that she really required one. Lawrence has been a force for 15 years, but she dropped out of sight for a while and has been testing her range lately, first with the beautifully understated drama “Causeway” and then the bouncier sex comedy “No Hard Feelings.”

“Die My Love” is something else altogether. You’ve seen woman-on-the-verge roles; you’ve even seen Lawrence in them. (There’s one scene in particular in “Die My Love” that recalled “Mother!” just for a second, and I had to chuckle.) But those movies tend to make us observers of a sane woman going crazy. It’s true that this movie makes us wonder early on if Grace is seeing things — the biker (LaKeith Stanfield), for instance, who keeps speeding past the house. But in this case, Grace is already a live wire when we meet her. She’s like the earth and fire elements got stirred together and molded into a woman. You can almost believe she’d be kind of erratic whether or not her hormones were raging. She’s neither sane nor crazy: She’s just Grace, and that’s what she’s like.

That is why Jackson fell in love with her — he’s a weirdo, too — and why he defends her for so long, even after her behavior starts to draw notice from his family. That’s also why Robert Pattinson is perfect in the role, and an ideal foil for Lawrence. They’re both instinctive, intuitive actors. But Lawrence is raw and naturalistic and expressive, while Pattinson is wiry and restrained and more reactive. You can see exactly why their characters, two artists with a

Its story may revolve around Grace, but “Die My Love” revolves around Jennifer Lawrence, for whom this feels like a career-defining role — not that she really required one.

romantic idea about making art in the woods, fell for each other, and exactly why they’d drive each other crazy: They’re like opposing elements, earth and fire trying to meld with air and water. This house in the woods is no place for these people to live, but Jackson grew up nearby. Grace might as well be an alien.

Some themes running through “Die My Love” are more suggested than outright indicated: Grace’s fondness for pretending to be an animal stalking her prey, for instance, and the notion that madness haunts these woods, or maybe just this house. And there’s Jackson’s mother, Pam (Sissy Spacek, in an excellent performance), who lives around the corner, in the house that Jackson grew up in. She has also recently lost her husband, Harry (Nick Nolte). Her own sudden slipping grip on reality is like another pole for Grace’s struggle, with the two of them wandering in the moonlit night, time and reality turned upside down.

Grace looks, at times, as if she’s in a movie from a different era; in fact, for long stretches, it’s not completely clear what year it is, which adds to the film’s dreaminess. She wears filmy nightgowns and underwear, and at times her long blonde hair is styled in a way that made me wonder if it was meant to evoke Catherine Deneuve in “Repulsion,” or maybe Brigitte Bardot. Lawrence began shooting the film when she was 4 1/2 months pregnant with her second child, which is remarkable enough on its face, but the sheer physicality of the role makes it even more so. Grace is sexual and violent and gentle and maternal and savage;

she rips wallpaper and sits in her refrigerator and screams and cracks jokes at the baby. Tour de force is an overused cliche, but it was meant for roles like this.

Although almost the entire creative team is made up of women, the seed for “Die My Love” originated with — oddly enough — Martin Scorsese, who read Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel in his book club in 2020, sent it along to the production company that Lawrence runs with Justine Ciarrocchi, and said he could see Lawrence in the lead role. They brought on Ramsay, who wrote the adaptation with Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, the seasoned playwrights and screenwriters.

The result, in the end, is the kind of movie that polarizes. It’s hard to imagine feeling

middling about it, and some will find it infuriating. But I loved it the first time I saw it and loved it more the second, not only because it takes a huge swing and connects but also because this is the role I’ve been wanting to see Lawrence play since I first saw her in “Winter’s Bone” all those years ago. Watching someone go for broke and actually make it is exhilarating. And when a movie leaves me feeling as if I just swam across rapids and barely dragged myself out alive — well, that’s why I go to the movies.

‘Die My Love’

Rated R for sex, violence, swearing and hints of child endangerment (he’s fine) and dog endangerment (he’s not). Running time: 1 hour, 58 minutes. In theaters.

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Black Friday puts focus on consumer spending for rocky markets

With U.S. stocks in the midst of a grim month, investors will look in the coming week for signs of strength in the U.S. consumer with Black Friday putting the spotlight on the holiday shopping season.

The rally in stocks has stalled in November, with the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab declining more than 4% so far during the month. Strong quarterly results from semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), opens new tab failed on Thursday to calm markets, which have been rattled by concerns about elevated valuations and questions about returns on massive corporate investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, will now come under Wall Street’s microscope.

The trading week will be interrupted by the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, followed by Black Friday, known for ushering in discounts, then Cyber Monday and holiday shopping promotions heading into year end.

Recent readings have shown a slump in consumer sentiment, while other data has been missing due to the government shutdown. This could make any signals about holiday spending more significant than usual.

“From a sentiment standpoint, the early reads we get on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, due to the lack of data we have, will be important,” said Chris Fasciano, chief market strategist at Commonwealth Financial Network.

“The entirety of the holiday shopping period will be an important read for where we are with the consumer and what that means for the economy.”

While the S&P 500 remains up 11% year-to-date, it has declined just over 5% from its late October all-time high. The Cboe Volatility index (.VIX), opens new tab on Thursday posted its highest closing level since April.

Stock market performance could factor into how consumers spend over the holidays, particularly those with higher incomes who are more invested in equities. Despite the recent wobble, the S&P 500 has soared over 80% since its latest bull market began just over three years ago.

“If you get a pullback there, a lot of the wealth in the upper income is in the stock market ... so it will be interesting to see if they spend like they have in the past,” said Doug Beath, global equity strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each adding about 1% and the Nasdaq gaining just under 1%.

This month, the National Retail Federation said it expected U.S. holiday sales to surpass $1 trillion for the first time. Still, that November-December forecast equat-

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ed to growth of between 3.7% and 4.2% from the yearearlier period, slower than the 4.3% growth in 2024.

Household balance sheets are “in a very strong place,” yet slowing employment growth could pressure holiday spending, said Michael Pearce, deputy chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

“The most important factor for consumer spending is the health of the labor market,” Pearce said.

Data from the delayed monthly employment report released on Thursday showed U.S. job growth accelerated in September. But the unemployment rate increased to a four-year high of 4.4%.

Persistently firm inflation, with import tariffs contributing to higher prices, also could weigh on spending, Pearce said.

Holiday shopping is critical for retailers. Walmart (WMT.N), opens new tab on Thursday raised its annual forecasts in a signal of confidence heading into year end. Reports from other retailers during the week were mixed.

Another read on the consumer will come with Tuesday’s release of U.S. retail sales for September. That report

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has been delayed along with other government releases because of the 43-day federal shutdown that ended earlier this month.

The influx of pent-up data in the coming weeks could further ramp up volatility for investors as they assess the economy’s health and prospects that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its December 9-10 meeting.

Following the September jobs report, which will be the last monthly employment release before the next Fed meeting, Fed funds futures late on Thursday reflected a 67% chance the central bank would hold rates steady in December after quarter-point cuts in each of the prior two meetings.

Morgan Stanley economists said on Thursday they no longer expected the Fed to ease in December but they project three cuts in 2026.

“The policy rate path remains highly data-dependent,” the Morgan Stanley economists said in a note. “In our view, a mixed report means the committee will want to see more data before taking another step.”

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Ukraine and U.S. cite progress in talks on ending war with Russia

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD

Ukrainian and U.S. officials said they had made good progress Sunday in talks about a controversial U.S. plan to end the war with Russia, even as President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian leaders accusing them of ingratitude.

The talks, held in Geneva, convened before a Thursday deadline — set by Trump — for Ukraine to agree to the 28-point peace plan. The draft proposal contained many conditions that Ukraine has long rejected as unacceptable, including surrendering territory, slashing the size of its army and giving up some types of weaponry.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the U.S. delegation along with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, called Sunday’s discussions “productive” and “very, very meaningful.”

He told journalists in Geneva that the American and Ukrainian teams were working through the peace plan point by point and making adjustments, “narrowing the differences and getting closer to something” that both Kyiv and Washington would be “comfortable with.”

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s delegation, confirmed that “very good progress” had been made, telling reporters the discussions would continue Sunday and in the days ahead.

The cautiously optimistic — and seemingly aligned — remarks came shortly after Trump issued a lengthy missive on social media that criticized Ukraine, as well as its European allies, which have been largely excluded from the plan.

“Ukraine ‘leadership’ has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts,” Trump wrote, “and Europe continues to buy oil from Russia.”

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who had earlier said Kyiv’s delegation was “focused on working as constructively as possible on the steps proposed by the United States,” issued a statement of his own soon afterward that expressed support for the dialogue in Geneva.

“The leadership of the United States is important, we are grateful for everything that America and President

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Trump are doing for security, and we keep working as constructively as possible,” he wrote on social media.

Sunday was not the first time that the American president has accused Ukraine of insufficient gratitude. During a disastrous meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in February, he told the Ukrainian leader that he was not doing enough to thank the United States for its support. Since then, Zelenskyy and other members of his administration have taken pains to express their gratitude.

Ukraine’s European allies have been racing to respond to the plan and to demonstrate their continued support for Kyiv. A joint statement Saturday signed by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and other countries said the American proposal was a starting point for discussions and called for “additional work.” The leaders urged changes to the plan’s most objectionable points for Ukraine, including a cap on the size of its military.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, reasserted that point in a statement Sunday. “As a sovereign nation there cannot be limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces that

would leave the country vulnerable to future attack,” she said. That, she said, would also undermine European security.

There was no immediate comment Sunday from the Kremlin about the talks in Geneva. A U.S. official said earlier that plans for separate talks between the United States and Russia were underway.

A flurry of other diplomatic efforts are expected in the coming days.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of

Turkey, who has offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, said he expected to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the peace efforts Monday. And President Emmanuel Macron of France suggested that there would be a meeting involving the leaders of Britain, Canada and several other nations Tuesday.

While Trump has said he wants Ukraine’s response to the peace plan by Thursday, he has left open the possibility that the deadline could be extended “if things are working well.”

When asked by reporters Saturday whether this was his “final offer” on Ukraine, Trump said, “No.”

Many Ukrainians have dismissed the U.S. plan as capitulation because it accedes to long-standing Kremlin demands.

There also seemed to be continued confusion about the proposal, including among lawmakers. A group of U.S. senators claimed Saturday that Rubio had told them that the document “was not the administration’s plan” but a “wish list of the Russians.”

The State Department said that was “blatantly false,” and Rubio also rejected the characterization, writing on social media that “the peace proposal was authored by the U.S.”

“It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations,” he said. “It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine.”

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President Donald Trump berates President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 28, 2025. Ukrainian and American officials sat down for talks in Switzerland on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, as part of President Trump’s push to get Kyiv to accept a peace plan to end its war with Russia.

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G20 leaders push back on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine

By JOHN ELIGNON and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

Leaders of some of the world’s most powerful countries pushed back on demands that Ukraine cede territory and limit the size of its army included in President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to end the war with Russia. But they said they believed the plan provided a basis for further negotiations, according to a joint statement released after they met in Johannesburg on Saturday.

The proposal, a 28-point plan, calls for Ukrainian concessions already largely rejected by the country’s president and allies. Trump gave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine until Thursday to agree to the plan, though he said Saturday the plan was “not my final offer” and suggested that the deadline could be extended should progress be made in negotiations.

It remained unclear Saturday how much wiggle room Ukraine and its European allies would have to change the proposal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, will head to Geneva on Sunday, where they are expected to meet senior Ukrainian officials to discuss Kyiv’s response to the American proposal, a U.S. official said Saturday.

Even before the latest proposal was made public last week, Ukraine’s allies in Europe and across the globe faced pressure to show they could get Ukraine the economic and military support it needs to continue battling Russia should the United States cease its contributions. Germany, which is already Ukraine’s largest military backer in Europe, this month pledged an additional $3.5 billion in assistance for next year, and France and Sweden recently pledged hundreds of new fighter jets.

Though couched in diplomatic language, public statements from European leaders about the new proposal, including at Saturday’s G20 meeting, made clear that their support for Ukraine was unwavering, whatever the pressure from the White House. In a joint statement adopted Saturday the leaders of 11 nations — including Germany, France, Britain, Japan and Canada — and the European Union said the 28-point plan included “important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace.”

But they also made clear that they took issue with provisions of the plan that would strip Ukraine of territory and limit the size of

its armed forces.

“What is at stake is Ukrainian sovereignty and European security,” President Emmanuel Macron of France said Saturday, adding that European countries would work with the Ukrainians over the next two days to create a plan for the way forward.

“Our problem is not the U.S.,” Macron told reporters at the G20 summit. “Our unique problem — all of us — is Russia, who started this war, who refused to take the ceasefire proposals.”

How much influence European leaders might have at this point in the war is unclear. Together with Ukraine, they have been cut out of the deliberations that produced this latest proposal. In the past though, Europe’s unified support of Kyiv together with the stubborn refusal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down from his maximalist demands have been enough to at least preserve the status quo and keep Ukraine in the fight.

Macron said negotiating teams from the European Union, Germany, Britain and France would meet with American and Ukrainian negotiators in Geneva “to be able to bring substance back to the table and reconcile all these views.” This will be followed by a meeting of the “coalition of the willing,” a group of more than 30 countries supporting Ukraine, he said.

Saturday’s meeting took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 heads of state summit, an annual gathering that brings together leaders of the world’s largest economies to try to agree on shared ambitions on the most pressing global issues. The United States did not send a delegation; Trump said he was boycotting it because of his belief that South Africa was persecuting its white minority.

But all other countries and regional bodies belonging to the group sent delegations, and they quickly released a declaration agreed upon by most of them, including Russia. It included a call that “all states must refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition,” and for an agreement to work toward peace in several conflicts, including the war in Ukraine.

The 28-point plan was worked out between Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, and Witkoff, to the exclusion of Ukraine and Europe. It calls for Ukraine to surrender significant territory, including land that Russia does not already occupy. It also calls for a limit on the size of Ukraine’s military, and prohibits its membership in NATO and the

back on demands that Ukraine cede territory and limit the size of its army included in President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to end the war with Russia. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)

presence of NATO troops in the country.

Putin has said the plan could “serve as a foundation for a final peace agreement.”

As the war approaches the start of its fifth year, Zelenskyy has acknowledged that Ukraine is under pressure like never before, and not just because of Trump’s demands.

On the battlefield, Ukrainian forces are steadily losing ground, though they are inflicting severe costs on the Russians in lives and materiel. Politically, Zelenskyy’s government is facing accusations of large-scale corruption by senior officials and must contend with increasingly vociferous calls from his opponents for a significant response.

But while polls show that Ukrainians are much more supportive of a negotiated settlement today than at the war’s start, many officials, commentators and Ukrainians across the country have described Trump’s latest proposal as tantamount to capitulation.

Faced with Trump’s Thursday deadline, Zelenskyy has begun to prepare his people for what he has suggested could be an existential decision.

“Ukraine may find itself facing a very tough choice,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation Friday. “Either the loss of our

dignity or the risk of losing a key partner. Either the difficult 28 points, or an extremely hard winter — the hardest yet — and the dangers that follow.”

In Johannesburg on Saturday, the G20 gathering put supporters of Ukraine in the same room with a Russian delegation led by a top deputy of Putin, who did not attend because he faced an international arrest warrant.

António Costa, the president of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, held a call with Zelenskyy on Friday night, and after that met with Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. On Saturday morning, they met with Macron.

The larger meeting Saturday included the leaders of Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy and Spain.

In remarks Friday, von der Leyen said, “Ukraine can count on us because this is not only an aggression against Ukraine, but it is an aggression against the principles of the U.N. charter,” referring to the United Nations.

“It’s on European soil,” she added. “Therefore, we will support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”

From left: European Council President António Costa, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after speaking at a news conference for the South Africa-European Union Trilateral Leaders’ Meeting amid the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 20, 2025. Leaders of some of the world’s most powerful countries pushed

Russian-occupied Mariupol, everything Ukrainian must go

By NEIL MACFARQUHAR, MILANA MAZAEVA and ANNA LUKINOVA

Oleksandra Stolyar was living near Kyiv, Ukraine, when she learned that her apartment in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol would be confiscated by the Russian-installed government.

The problem was that she, like tens of thousands of others, had fled war-torn Mariupol several years ago, and hadn’t reregistered her property because she didn’t become a Russian citizen. She considered the idea of taking a Russian passport morally repugnant.

“I had already bid farewell to my apartment, to the furniture, to all the stuff that I had there,” said Stolyar, a 46-year-old kindergarten music teacher, adding, “but I am sad that the life we had has been taken away from us.”

More than three years after Russian troops captured Mariupol in May 2022, after a brutal three-month siege, the Kremlin is pouring billions of dollars into remaking the city, constructing scores of sparkling new apartment buildings and rebuilding some neighborhoods.

But in interviews with 14 current or former residents of Mariupol, they offered a mixed picture of the reconstruction effort.

They said most Ukrainian residents could not afford the new apartments, which start around $100,000. The property of some others, like Stolyar’s, has been declared “abandoned” and confiscated. In video appeals posted online, groups of other residents say the Russian-installed city government has reneged on promises to distribute new housing to all those left homeless by the war.

In the interviews, some residents praised the changes, but others described the reconstruction as a “Potemkin village,” an ornamental facade camouflaging problems created by Moscow’s invasion, including a chronic water shortage.

“Despite all the construction going on, local people don’t see a holistic approach to the development of the city,” said Nikolay Osychenko, the former head of a Mariupol television station who now hosts a YouTube talk show from Kyiv. “They cannot see its future.”

Many of the residents interviewed spoke anonymously out of fear of arrest and other retribution from authorities.

The media office for the Russian reconstruction effort did not respond to questions for this article. In May, to mark the third anniversary of Russia capturing Mariupol, the city administration told the government-run Donetsk News Agency that 1,200 apartment buildings had been restored, behind the target of 1,600.

“Literally everything in the city is being renovated — from the master plan to the dog shelter, from transport to bus stops, from the theater to city parks and beaches,” the statement said.

The 2022 siege devastated Mariupol. Up to 90% of residential buildings and 60% of private homes were damaged, according to a United Nations report. The estimated death toll, never confirmed, started in the thousands.

Before the war, the city’s population was more than 450,000. About half of its residents fled, with mainly older ones staying.

Capturing Mariupol was crucial for the Kremlin’s war

strategy. The second-largest city in southeastern Ukraine, it anchors the land bridge linking Russia to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia seized in 2014.

The city was once a Soviet industrial archetype. The Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant, established in 1930, dominated the skyline and occupied almost 6 square miles of prime shoreline along the Sea of Azov, limiting beach access, fouling the water and belching black smoke.

Azovstal and a second gargantuan steel plant, as well as the port, drove the economy, providing greater prosperity relative to most of Ukraine.

“Many people complained that the factories were polluting the air, but it was home,” said Natalya Svidlova, who abandoned her specialty coffee and tea stores to move to Odesa but hoped to return.

The city also carries important symbolic weight as part of Novorossiya, or New Russia, lands that Empress Catherine the Great took from the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century, and therefore territory that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers historically part of Russia.

The most striking change is what some residents call the “Russification” of Mariupol. Russia’s tricolor flag is ubiquitous, while Ukrainian monuments have all been dismantled.

A giant banner covering the side of one downtown building depicts a sun-dappled mother and her son with text that reads, “May 20, 2022. Liberation Day.” One resident who survived the shelling by living underground for weeks said that calling the Russian occupation “liberation” was “shocking.”

Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers became national heroes by holding out in the warren of tunnels beneath the Azovstal plant for more than two months. But near the plant, Azovstal Street was renamed Tula Avenue after a Russian city aiding reconstruction, and city authorities installed a huge, brassy statue of a samovar and a gingerbread cake, symbols of Tula.

“They are trying to erase the history of the resistance by changing the name of the street,” said Osychenko, the former television station head.

The reconstruction sends a deliberate ideological message both internally and internationally, according to Ilia Shumanov, a board member for Russia of Transparency International, which tracks political corruption globally. “This project is the symbol of a newborn Ukraine,” he said.

Russia bars some former residents from returning. Ukrainians can enter legally only by first flying to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, where those who fail ideological screening over their attitude toward Russia find themselves banned from entry to Mariupol for a decade or more and often lose their apartments, residents said.

Property rights have become a significant hurdle. By changing many street names and building numbers, authorities have rendered Ukrainian property deeds invalid, the residents said, so owners in the former buildings cannot try to claim apartments in the replacements.

Svidlova, for example, fears her apartment at 65 Kuprina St. is gone for good. After the building, shattered by shelling, was demolished in late 2022, a poster went up advertising a new tower at 65A Kuprina St. Construction has yet to begin.

The city has also gradually changed its approach —

going from pledging new apartments on the same location to promising apartments somewhere in the city to leaving people in limbo. Residents who accept Russian compensation receive a pittance, homeowners said.

Meanwhile, apartment buyers, usually Russians, get a government-subsidized 2% mortgage, far lower than the 22% rate in most of Russia.

“Those who waited and insisted that they want to live where they lived before are still wandering around,” Svidlova said. “No one offers them anything anymore.”

Some residents displaced from downtown received apartments in the new Nevsky neighborhood on Mariupol’s outskirts, which includes 12 five-story buildings and a nearby hospital. Putin toured the neighborhood in 2023 to showcase reconstruction efforts.

Yet problems persist there. The area is ill-served by public transportation, residents said, and the hospital lacks medical staff, a shortage throughout Mariupol.

Still, the reconstruction effort has fans. Nikolai, a video blogger who uses only one name, lauded the fact that what he considered a drab Soviet downtown had been gradually disappearing. He highlights changes like a new McDonald’s knockoff — Mak Fly — resembling a 1950s American diner. He also noted lingering problems, like packs of stray dogs attacking pedestrians and neighborhoods of private homes that still look “apocalyptic.”

During the siege, residents killed by shelling were often buried in makeshift graves wherever they fell. Now, construction crews sometimes unearth human remains.

The woman battling for her apartment said a corpse in the neighboring garden had stunk for weeks, and she feels that she can still smell it. “When I left Mariupol, I cried every morning over what I had left behind,” she said. “When I went back, I cried every morning because of what I saw.”

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Trump’s global tariffs curtailed trade, data shows

By ANA SWANSON

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs took a toll on trade in August, as imports of goods and services dropped 5.1%, to $340.4 billion, after taxes on exports from roughly 90 countries went into effect Aug. 7, newly released data from the Commerce Department showed Wednesday.

The data, which incorporates less than a month of Trump’s new tariffs, illustrates how the sharp increase in trade taxes has scrambled life for international business. U.S. firms clamped down on purchases of foreign machinery, industrial supplies, pharmaceutical ingredients and telecom equipment as tariffs went into effect in August, after months of stockpiling that had filled their storerooms and warehouses. Roughly half the drop in imports was because of a decline in purchases of gold, which investors had rushed to buy the previous month as a safe haven for their investments.

U.S. goods exports also fell in August, shrinking $500 million to $179 billion as the rest of the world bought fewer American consumer goods, cars and car parts, and gold. That was offset by an increase in exports of U.S. services, including travel.

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President Trump’s sweeping tariffs took a toll on trade in August, as imports of goods and services dropped 5.1 percent, to $340.4 billion.

the month also dropped sharply, decreasing nearly 24%, to $59.6 billion, compared with July.

The data, which is compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, had been delayed by more than a month because of the government shutdown. It illustrated the volatility that businesses have contended with this year, as Trump introduced what is effectively a new trading system for the United States.

The president announced global double-digit tariffs in April on what he called “Liberation Day,” saying that the previous system had cheated the United States and cost Americans jobs and money. While his tariffs briefly went into effect, they were then largely paused for four months as the administration tried to strike deals with trading partners.

On Aug. 7, the tariffs again went into effect, with a 15% rate on goods from Bolivia, Ecuador and Nigeria; 20% on Taiwanese products; and 50% on Brazilian exports.

Altogether, they brought the U.S. effective tariff rate to more than 18%, the highest level since 1934, according to the Budget Lab at Yale.

U.S. imports and exports had risen in July, as companies that depend on goods from other countries tried to get their ship-

ments in before those tariffs went into effect. In August, trade then dropped, as American businesses imported fewer industrial supplies, food and beverages, and machinery, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics.

The sharp drop in the U.S. trade deficit in recent months might appear to have accomplished one of Trump’s goals. Although some economists still disagree with the idea, the president has often looked at the trade deficit as a sign of weakness for the U.S. economy. He has argued that the United States should make more of its own goods.

Stepping back, however, the recent drop in the trade deficit looks so steep largely because the threat of Trump’s tariffs massively increased imports and the trade deficit earlier this year. After Trump’s election, the U.S. trade deficit spiked as companies rushed to try to game the system and bring in goods ahead of tariffs coming into effect. Those shipments started to drop after April, when the president announced his global tariffs.

The same effect played out on a smaller scale in July, as companies brought in more goods ahead of the tariff deadline in August.

John Ryding, chief economic adviser

at investment bank Brean Capital, said that imports had been driven month-to-month “by companies anticipating and trying to beat higher tariffs.”

“This has resulted in a pattern of surging imports ahead of a tariff increase followed by a sharp fall in imports once the tariff is imposed,” Ryding said. He added that it would take more stability in the tariff regime to evaluate the ultimate effects on trade but that in August imports were only roughly 5% lower from a year ago.

Tariffs are likely to continue to weigh on imports in the months to come, but Trump still has a long way to go to accomplish his goal of bringing down the trade deficit. Because of the rush of imports earlier in the year, the U.S. goods and services deficit was up a hefty 25% in the year-todate through August, compared with the same period in 2024.

The stockpiling from businesses before tariffs went into effect has also been a significant factor in mitigating the economic impact of the levies. For months, U.S. companies have been able to hold off on increasing their prices as they worked through older inventory.

But as time went on and that inventory dwindled, more companies have begun to pass the burden of tariffs on to American consumers in the form of higher prices. That has weighed on Trump’s popularity and presented a conundrum for a president who campaigned on his ability to keep costs low for average American families.

This month, Democrats won elections around the country in large part by harnessing worries about the cost of living. Last week, the Trump administration introduced new tariff exemptions in an effort to lower some food prices. It remains to be seen if concerns about high consumer costs will encourage the administration to further back down on its tariffs.

Many of the president’s tariffs, including those he issued in early August, could also be undermined by a challenge at the Supreme Court. The court is weighing whether Trump exceeded his legal authority with those tariffs, and it could curtail or strike them down in the coming weeks or months.

Even so, the president has other legal authorities he can use and is likely to announce new measures to replace at least some of them.

Containers line the Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore, Md., June 30, 2025. The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)

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For victims of sexual assault on cruise ships, justice can be elusive

By CEYLAN YEĞINSU

Two days into a 12-night Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Sun, after an evening watching karaoke with her parents, a 20-year-old woman went to the nightclub to meet people her age.

After ordering a drink around 11 p.m., the woman, referred to as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed against the cruise line in December 2024, said she remembered nothing until the early morning, when she stumbled down the corridors, frantically tapping her key card on door after door until she found the stateroom she shared with her parents.

They heard her come in around 2 a.m. but didn’t fully awaken until someone banged on their door at 5 a.m. Through the peephole, Doe’s father saw two men shouting his daughter’s name. Her mother called security; it was then she saw her daughter on the bed shaking.

When the security officer asked Doe if she knew the men, she started crying and made references to having had sexual activity with them.

It wasn’t until hours later, when she tested positive for an ingredient commonly used in date rape drugs that Doe said she knew she had been sexually assaulted: “I realized what they did to me when I got the drug test results.”

Doe’s experience was one of 120 alleged sexual assaults on cruise ships that were reported to the FBI in 2024, up from 101 in 2019, a year before the pandemic shut down the industry. From January to September this year, 102 cases were reported, compared with 95 for the same period last year. Those figures are likely higher as many cases go unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, a U.S.-based anti-sexual-assault organization.

As cruising hits record demand, with 34.6 million passengers last year, crime on ships sailing from the United States has also risen. Among the crimes that ships must report — including thefts of items worth more than $10,000 and physical assault — sexual assault is the most prevalent.

Cruises often have a party atmosphere, with large quantities of alcohol consumed, which can contribute to assaults, notes RAINN.

In 2010, Congress passed the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act, requiring lines sailing in and out of U.S. ports to report certain crimes to the FBI, which investigates and publishes accusations. But the database provides only the number of incidents, not how they are handled. The act also established training standards for crime prevention, detection, evidence preservation and medical assistance, and required ships to have video surveillance.

“The cruise industry is one of the most controlled, regulated and monitored in the world,” said Anne Madison, a spokesperson for Cruise Lines International Association, the industry group, adding that “serious crime on board cruise ships is extremely rare.”

Yet despite the 2010 law, not much has changed in the prevention and prosecution of onboard sexual assaults in the last 15 years.

Sunset from a cruise cabin in the Bahamas on Feb. 6, 2025. As cruise travel hits record demand, cases of sexual assault have also risen. Many accusers learn that the rights they had on land don’t always apply. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Even knowing how many allegations led to charges or trials is almost impossible. No agency is charged with tracking that information nationally, and a New York Times request in May to the Department of Justice to compile the data has not been fulfilled.

Through an extensive search of legal and news databases, the Times found just 13 prosecutions and seven convictions from 2015 to 2025.

Reporting onboard crimes is challenging: Ships fly foreign flags to benefit from lower taxes and looser regulations, and sail across international jurisdictions. Law enforcement is carried out by private security teams whose loyalties often lie with the cruise company that employs them, according to maritime lawyers and former security staff.

Even when victims seek justice through civil lawsuits, the hurdles are formidable.

“It’s not easy for victims to go up against these huge cruise lines,” said Laurie Dishman, 54, a board member of the International Cruise Victims Association, a nonprofit focused on survivors of onboard crimes, and herself the victim of an onboard sexual assault. “It’s a long, hard, traumatic battle.”

Daniel Courtney, a Miami-based personal injury lawyer who represented a woman who recently won a $12 million lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Line after accusing a crew member of rape (Carnival has appealed), said that when passengers complain, the responding security officer often prioritizes the line’s interest. “Security will do whatever it needs to protect the company first,” he said.

Although the 2010 cruise act established training standards, only one crew member on each vessel must be trained in crime prevention and evidence gathering. A 2011 online curriculum developed by the U.S. Coast Guard, the FBI and the U.S. Maritime Administration is not mandatory and was found “ineffective in providing qualified first responders with the capability to address shipboard crime, especially sexual crime,” according to a review by mari-

time-training academies for the cruise victims association. They recommended mandatory training by certified individuals who report directly to the FBI, the Coast Guard and other entities.

According to the Jane Doe complaint, Norwegian Sun’s security head “harassed, badgered and pressured Doe,” and told her the complaint would go nowhere unless she could describe the pain of her assault.

When a crime is reported to the FBI, the investigation is often hampered by the ship’s foreign registration and the logistics of getting an agent onto the ship. It can take hours or days to secure a crime scene.

Complicating the situation is the interview process. Getting timely information from a victim is “a balance and a challenge,” said Special Agent Summer Baugh, who specializes in cruise crimes for the FBI Baltimore field office.

In Jane Doe’s case, it wasn’t until the day after the alleged attack that the Norwegian Sun arrived in Puerto Rico, where Doe was interviewed by two male agents.

After the agents left, the ship’s security told the family that the agency would not investigate further because CCTV footage showed Doe going into the men’s cabin willingly.

When the family asked the security head if the FBI had reviewed blood-test results showing the presence of amphetamines, which are known to be used in date rape and party drugs, and a breathalyzer reading equivalent to about two drinks, he said he couldn’t share investigation information.

While studying Jane Doe’s case, the Times reviewed dozens of lawsuits against cruise lines in which passengers say they were drugged, raped or sexually harassed. Many were minors who had been entrusted to child-care services or were unsupervised.

Court documents and interviews with lawyers, industry experts and former employees reveal a theme of inadequate evidence-gathering: unprocessed rape kits, witnesses who weren’t interviewed, evidence contamination and loss of video footage.

Many victims, like Jane Doe, file civil suits when their efforts to pursue justice through the criminal system are thwarted. But the prospect of lengthy court cases involving billion-dollar companies leads many to settle. Those settlements usually include nondisclosure agreements, which keeps onboard assaults out of the public eye.

Jane Doe was among those who took that route. Dishman, who said she was raped by a security officer on a Royal Caribbean ship in 2006, is among the few to go public.

After the FBI declined to prosecute her case, she contacted the media and filed a lawsuit under her own name. “I knew the only way to bring about any change was to go public,” she said. She settled with Royal Caribbean in 2008, but she did not sign an agreement to stay quiet. She said that cruise lines are becoming more aggressive about settling, sometimes offering payouts before a suit has been filed, to avoid bad publicity.

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Scientists call for global shift away from ultraprocessed foods

By ALICE CALLAHAN

On Tuesday, in a series of three review papers published in The Lancet, 43 public health experts from around the world issued a call for government policies aimed at reducing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods which, they write, are driving global increases in obesity and chronic diseases.

The papers compile years of evidence on the foods’ links to poor health and growing reach around the world — and the policies that could turn the tide, the experts say. Without greater regulation of the companies that manufacture and market the foods, they add, people’s health will only worsen.

“Big food is taking over,” said Barry Popkin, a lead author of one of the papers and a professor of nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina.

Ultraprocessed foods make up more than half of the calories consumed daily in the United States and in Britain. The foods are less widespread in lower and middle income countries, but studies suggest that they are increasing. Globally, ultraprocessed food sales grew to $1.9 trillion in 2023, from $1.5 trillion in 2009, and just eight companies control an estimated 42% of the market, according to The Lancet authors.

The rise of ultraprocessed foods has had serious health consequences, said Carlos Monteiro, a nutritional epidemiologist and emeritus professor at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Research on the foods, generally described as those made with in-

gredients you wouldn’t find in a home kitchen, has exploded since Monteiro and his colleagues published a definition for the category in 2009, proposing at the time that they were an overlooked cause of chronic disease.

The new series was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable organization of Michael Bloomberg, a former New York City mayor, that promotes policies to improve global public health. The organization did not play a role in the research or writing of the papers, according to the journal.

In one of the papers, led by Monteiro, the authors identified 104 studies linking ultraprocessed foods to health conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, kidney disease and Crohn’s disease.

“There are massive amounts of data, and it shows over and over again — this stuff harms people’s bodies,” said Laura Schmidt, a professor of health policy at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not involved with the new reports.

The authors suggested that governments adopt policies, like taxes on sugary drinks and warning labels for certain ultraprocessed foods, especially those high in sugar, fat or salt. They also recommended restrictions on marketing ultraprocessed foods to children and reducing their use in school meals. The proposed policies are similar to those that have worked to reduce smoking rates, Schmidt said.

Food companies have pushed back against a number of proposed regulations. The policy recommendations in The Lancet series “would risk limiting access to nutrient dense processed foods and reducing the availability of safe, affordable, shelf-stable options globally,” Rocco Renaldi, secretarygeneral of the International Food and Beverage Alliance, which represents food and drink manufacturers, wrote in a statement to The New York Times.

But regulations are beginning to work in some countries that have implemented them.

In 2016, for example, Chile began requiring food manufacturers to put warning labels on foods high in saturated fats, added sugars, sodium or calories. By the next year, the number of products that needed one of those warnings had dropped to 44% from 51%, suggesting that companies had tweaked their recipes. Other countries have taxed sugary drinks, and research suggests that these policies have decreased sales of the products.

In many countries, including the United States, ultraprocessed foods tend to be cheaper and more readily available, so policies are needed that make healthier alternatives more affordable and accessible, Popkin said. These could include increasing funding for food benefits, like those provided through SNAP, and earmarking more to be spent on fruits and vegetables. Policies could also limit ultraprocessed foods in school meals and fund the purchase of more fresh foods, he said.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement have drawn attention to the links between poor health and ultraprocessed foods. But so far, Kennedy has focused on reducing the use of artificial colors and certain food additives, efforts that Popkin said would do little to improve the healthfulness of the food supply. And this year, the Trump administration cut SNAP benefits and programs that funded schools and food banks to purchase foods from local farms.

Dr. David Ludwig, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, said the definition of ultraprocessed foods was imprecise and that we needed more debate about whether the category is the right target for policies aimed at improving people’s diets.

The Lancet authors acknowledge such critiques in the new papers. But, they argue, the existing evidence on ultraprocessed foods is enough to warrant action now.

Schmidt agreed, noting that the U.S. food supply is so dominated by unhealthy ultraprocessed foods that they are nearly impossible to avoid.

“We should be looking at that long and hard and thinking about if that’s really the diet we want to have,” she said. “It isn’t inevitable.”

Ultraprocessed foods make up more than half of the calories consumed daily in the United States and in Britain. (Freepik)

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Civil Núm.: PO2025CV02780. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE DESIGNÁNDOSE COMO DESCONOCIDO, A ANTERIORES DUEÑOS Y SUS HEREDEROS PERSONAS AUSENTES QUE DE NO ESTARLO DEBIÁN SER CITADOS EN PERDONA O POR CORREO CERTIFICADO CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS, QUE PUEDA PERJUDICARLE ADVERSAMENTE, ESTE PROCEDIMIENTO.

POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere que contesten la petición a los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la peticionaria de epígrafe ha presentado una Petición para que se declare a su favor el dominio de la siguiente finca: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno con un área superficial de CUATRO CIENTOS

CUARENTA Y SIETE PUNTO CUATRO MIL SEISCIENTOS

OCHENTA Y SEIS METROS

CUADRADOS (447.4686 m/c), equivalentes a 0.1138 cdas, radicado en el Barrio Clausells del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Colinda por el NORTE, en varias alineaciones con las propiedades de Aurelia Banch Gutiérrez y Ana Luciano Banch; por el SUR, con un uso público que es la calle identificada como ocho (8); por el ESTE, con un uso público que es la ca-

lle identificada como ocho y media (81/2); y por el OESTE, con un uso público que es la calle identificada como Central. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres (3) veces, durante el término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para los que tenga algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción y en general a toda persona que desee oponerse dentro del término de veinte (20) días de la última publicación del presente edicto debe notificar con copia de sus alegaciones a la representación legal del promovente, Usted deberá presentar su oposición 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 oposición en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Copia de su oposición deberá ser notificada. Si las partes a las que se notifica presentan sus alegaciones, el peticionario deberá notificarles la prueba que utilizará en la vista en su fondo.

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Demandada

Civil Núm.: CA2025CV00808. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: CARLOS ALBERTO MONTAÑO DÍAZ:

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, O A SU ORDEN: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil que suscribe, certifi-

ca y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número ocho (8) de la manzana número ciento setenta y seis (176) de la Urbanización Villa Carolina del Barrio Hoyo Mulas de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con un área de trescientos cuarenta y ocho punto cero cero (348.00) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en catorce punto cincuenta (14.50) metros, con la calle número cuatrocientos cuarenta y uno (441); por el SUR, en catorce punto cincuenta (14.50) metros, con los solares número once (11) y número doce (12); por el ESTE, en veinticuatro punto cero cero (24.00) metros, con el solar número nueve (9) y por el OESTE, en veinticuatro punto cero cero (24.00) metros, con el solar número siete (7). Enclava una casa. Finca número 30,938 inscrita al folio 134 del tomo 770 de Carolina. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Carolina. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: 3176-8 441 St., Villa Carolina, Puerto Rico 00985. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: a. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Small Business Administration, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $194,500.00, con intereses al 1.75% anual, vencedero en 30 años, constituida mediante la escritura número 30, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 5 de junio de 2018, ante el notario Digna Zahedia Matos, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina Sur, finca número 30,938, inscripción 8va. Se le notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados ase-

gurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $139,896.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #190, otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de julio de 2016, ante el notario Michel A. Rachid Fournier, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Carolina Sur, finca número 30,938, inscripción 7ma. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 4 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $139,896.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $93,264.00. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $69,948.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $113,573.70, más intereses a razón del 3.00% anual, desde el 1 de septiembre de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma de $13,989.60, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes

al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 22 de octubre de 2025. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278.

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Demandante V. JUVENCIO GONZÁLEZ ARIZMENDI, NORMA GUTIÉRREZ PÉREZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: FECI2013-01172. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #278, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, a la demandada y al público en general, les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 20 de agosto de 2025 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $491,356.20, de principal; dicta-

da en el caso de epígrafe el 30 de enero de 2015 y la cual fue notificada el 30 de abril de 2025, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudora demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: Solar Núm. 75-MB, Urb. Parque del Monte, Trujillo Alto, PR 00976. URBANA: Parcela de terreno identificada como solar número setenta y cinco del bloque MB de la Urbanización Parque del Monte, radicado en el Barrio Dos Bocas del término municipal de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de TRESCIENTOS VEINTIUNO PUNTO NOVENTA Y SIETE METROS CUADRADOS, en lindes por el Norte, en catorce punto quince metros con los solares sesenta y nueve y setenta, por el Sur, en catorce punto quince metros con la calle número cuatro, por el Este, en veintidós punto ochenta y nueve metros con el solar número setenta y seis y por el Oeste, en veintidós punto sesenta y dos metros con el solar número setenta y cuatro. Consta inscrito al folio doscientos cuarenta (240) del Tomo quinientos treinta y seis (536) de Trujillo Alto, Finca número veintiséis mil novecientos cuarenta y uno (26941) del Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta. 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 de Carolina, cuyas cantidades ascienden : $491,356.20, de principal, 5.50% de intereses los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $5,954.21 de gastos por demora, los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $755.00 de otros gastos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $266,344.10 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $177,562.73. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo será la cantidad de $133,172.05. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se

F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL

AUXILIAR #888, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta.

Apartamento Multivacacional: B-111 WEEK 5. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-111 and includes the right to use such unit during the 5 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 5 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-111, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrita al folio 26del tomo 257de Vega Alta finca 14133. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,726 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo de hoja móvil 95 Vega Alta, inscripción primera en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo

para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $8,257.20 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B111, semana 5. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 1:50 DE LA TARDE. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de noviembre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. LAWRENCE GOLDMAN; JACQUELYN ROGERS

DENNING T/C/C

JACQUELYN DENNING; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados CIVIL NÚM.: VB2025CV00008. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Unit Week 12, VACATION CLUB RIGHT corresponding to unit B-312, of HACIENDA DEL MAR, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-312, and includes the right to use such unit during the 12, week of each year until December 31 of the Year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 12, Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-312, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to thecommencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the HACIENDAS DEL MAR, VACATION CLUB REGIME and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights

in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrito al folio 91, del tomo 257 de Vega Alta; Finca número 14148. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,437 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo de hoja móvil 92 de Vega Alta, inscripción primera en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $6,406.54 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B312, semana 12. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:00 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga inte-

rés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. JAN DAVID ANDERSON; MARTHA CASTELLANO

JOSPER; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: VB2025CV00009. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Unit Week 43, VACATION CLUB RIGHT corresponding to unit A-404, of

HACIENDA DEL MAR, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-404, and includes the right to use such unit during the 43, week of each year until December 31 of the Year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 43, Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-404, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the HACIENDAS DEL MAR, VACATION CLUB REGIME and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrito al folio 75, del tomo 232 de Vega Alta; Finca número 12646. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,103 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo de hoja móvil 49 Vega Alta, inscripción primera en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $17,159.38 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A404, semana 43. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:10 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de

Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. CELIA ANA PANTOJA QUIÑONES t/c/c CELIA PANTOJA

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV01084. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.

RIGHT: Unit week 6. Vacation Club Right corresponding to Unit A602 of Hacienda del Mar, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-602 and includes the right to use such unit during the 6 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12.00 noon on the 6 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-602, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,871 inscrita al folio 1 móvil del tomo 95 de Vega Alta, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $16,704.32 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 602, semana 6. La fecha y hora

de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:20 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION,

INC.

Demandante v. MARK STALLYBRASS; JANICE STALLYBRASS, T/C/C JANIE

STALLYBRASS; y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV01113. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: 1 Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 17 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: UNIDAD A-306 SEMANA 47. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-306 and includes the right to use such unit during the 47 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 47 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-306, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absenc of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club

regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13,162 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo de la hoja móvil 50 de Vega Alta, inscripción primera en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $5,386.35 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A306, semana 47. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue:

SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:30 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se

notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVEMBER de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. MARY HOPE HASTINGS

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV01110. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 18 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: A-302. CONDOMINIO CLUB

VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Unit Week 38, VACATION CLUB RIGHT corresponding to unit A-302, of HACIENDA DEL MAR, Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A302, and includes the right to use such unit during the 38, week of each year until December 31 of the Year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 24, Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-302, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the HACIENDAS

DEL MAR, VACATION CLUB

REGIME and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first come first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrito al folio 35, del tomo 232 de Vega Alta; Finca número 12638. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16,684 inscrita al folio 4459 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, inscripción 2da en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $15,357.47 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A302, semana 38. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:40 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega

Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVEMBER de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. RICHARD KATZ; HEIDI BETH LIPTON, y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00564. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 18 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Vacation Club Right: unit week (12) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B806 of HACIENDA DEL MAR., Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the

Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit B-806 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (12TH) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (12TH) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-806, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18200 inscrita al folio106 del tomo 288 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1RA en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $11,091.16 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B806, semana 12. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 2:50 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán sub-

sistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante v. ALEXANDER MIRETSKY; NINA MIRESTKY T/C/C/ NINA NIDERMAYER; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: VB2024CV00878.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 18

de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: B 507 WEEK 3. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-507 and includes the right to use such unit during the 3th week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070 such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 3th Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B507, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrita al folio 126 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta finca 14155. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18237 inscrita al folio móvil 1 del tomo 105 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $13,627.38 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B507,

semana 3. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 3:00 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

HACIENDA DEL MAR

OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante v. ANA IRMA BIBILONI

LIZARDI Y LA SUCESIÓN DE JACINTO SANTIAGO

NEGRÓN (QEPD)

COMPUESTA POR: JACINTO SANTIAGO

BIBILONI, JR., GABRIEL

SANTIAGO BIBILONI, LUIS MANUEL SANTIAGO

BIBILONI, CARLOS JOSÉ SANTIAGO BIBILONI Y SU ESPOSA ANA IRMA BIBILONI LIZARDI

Demandado

CIVIL NÚM.: BY2024CV05538.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO.

AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 18 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: A-206 SEMANA 32. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Apartamento: A206 SEMANA 32. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit A-206 and includes the right to use such unit during the 32 week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12.00 noon on the 32 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-206 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and

the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $16,607.68 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A206 semana 32. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 11 de diciembre de 2025, a las 3:10 p.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se

notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 20 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES LLC

Demandante V. ANA DOLORES MONTAÑEZ RIVERA T/C/C ANA D MONTAÑEZ

RIVERA T/C/C ANA DOLORES MONTAÑEZ T/C/C ANA MONTAÑEZ

RIVERA T/C/C ANA D. MONTAÑEZ T/C/C ANA MONTAÑEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2025CV01730. (Salón: 801). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: ANA DOLORES MONTAÑEZ RIVERA T/C/C ANA D. MONTAÑEZ

RIVERA T/C/C ANA DOLORES MONTAÑEZ T/C/C ANA MONTAÑEZ

RIVERA T/C/C ANA D. MONTAÑEZ T/C/C ANA MONTAÑEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de noviembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha

sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de noviembre de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 12 de noviembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN BANCO POPULAR DE PR Demandante V. AIDA CARTAGENA

ORTIZ POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE SIXTO MONTANEZ FLORES Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV03611. (Salón: 504). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BALDOMERO A. COLLAZO TORRES - BCOLLAZO@LAWPR.COM. A: AIDA CARTAGENA ORTIZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE SIXTO MONTAÑEZ FLORES; FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE SIXTO MONTAÑEZ FLORES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de noviembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de noviembre de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 14 de noviembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO NIEVES,

SECRETARIA(A) AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. EMMANUEL

SANCHEZ AROCHO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: AR2025CV02007.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A La Parte Demandada: EMMANUEL

SANCHEZ AROCHO, A SUS DIRECCIONES

CONOCIDAS: (A) URB. ISLA DE ROQUE ESTATES R-03 CALLE

6 BARCELONETA, PR 00617; (B) URB. SAN DEMETRIO #166 CALLE

CASABE VEGA BAJA, PR 00693- 3553.

Por la presente se le(s) notifica que se ha radicado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal una Demanda en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra, en la cual se alega entre otras cosas que la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante por concepto de hipoteca la suma $102,725,07 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2025, más intereses al tipo pactado de 5.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $16,000.00 y cualquiera otros adelantos que se hagan en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca número 13, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 24 de enero de 2009, ante la notario Lisa M. Aponte Valderas, de la finca número 14,133, inscrita al Folio 165 del Tomo 271 de Barceloneta, Registro de la Propiedad de Manatí. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es)

por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectando por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de CARDONA MALDONADO LAW OFFICES, P.S.C. ATENCIÓN al Lcdo. Duncan Maldonado Ejarque, P.O. Box 366221, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6221; Tel (787) 6227000, Fax (787) 625-7001, Abogado de la Parte Demandante. Dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 14 de noviembre de 2025, en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. ANGÉLICA AYALA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. EDUARDO LOPEZ COLLAZO Demandados Civil Núm.: FA2025CV01055. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A La Parte CoDemandada: EDUARDO LÓPEZ COLLAZO; A LAS SIGUIENTES DIRECCIONES: (A) HC 01 BOX 13809 RIO GRANDE, PR 00745; (B) BARRIO ZARZAL COMUNIDAD HATO LOT 1 (#101) C ALLE 7 RIO GRANDE, PR 00745.

ÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $72,866.67. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 18 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $54,650.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 2, otorgada el día 5 de enero de 2012, ante el Notario Lizbet Avilés Vega y consta inscrita en el Tomo Karibe de San Lorenzo, finca número 8030, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda, inscripción 5. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $89,508.63 en principal, más los intereses al 4.250% anual desde el día 1 de octubre de 2020, así como los intereses acumulados y por acumularse a partir de esa fecha y hasta el total y completo repago de la deuda; cargos por demora equivalentes al 4.000% de todos aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento hasta el total y completo repago de la deuda; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; $10,930.00, para el pago de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado como suma pactada a dichos efectos en el pagaré. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Surge de un estudio de título que, sobre la finca descrita anteriormente, pesan los gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que se ejecuta mediante este procedimiento que se relacionan más adelante. A los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos

sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de, o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso, o al portador, garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor por la presente se notifica, que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. AVISO DE DEMANDA: caso civil seguido por Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC., vs Virgen Marta Serrano De Jesús y su esposo, José Ramón Rivera Martínez, ante el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico en Caguas, número de expediente CG2021CV03248, relacionado con el cobro de dinero y ejecución hipotecaria, solicitando el pago de la hipoteca con un saldo pendiente de $89,508.63 y otras sumas, según la demanda fechada el 13 de diciembre de 2021. Inscrito en el Sistema Karibe de San Lorenzo. Anotación A. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta. Este Edicto será publicado mediante edictos dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores sujeto a lo dispuesto en los Artículos 113 al 116 de la Ley 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015, según aplique. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. FDO. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE YALICIA CAMACHO FUENTES

Demandante V. FIRST EQUITY

MORTGAGE BANKERS, INC T/C/C FEMBI

MORTGAGE Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: DO2025CV00168.

(Salón: 402 SUPERIOR CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANTONIO A. HERNÁNDEZ ALMODÓVAR - AHERNANDEZ@ RMMELAW.COM.

A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de octubre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 17 de noviembre de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 17 de noviembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA

SANJURJO, SECRETARIA.

KAREN M. ACEVEDO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. FELIX LUIS

OCASIO MATOS

Demandado MADELINE TORRES COLON

Parte Indispensable Civil Núm.: CO2025CV00385. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.

A: FELIX LUIS

OCASIO MATOS100 EVERGREEN DRIVE

KIRKLAND, IL 60146.

Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que pre-

sente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al ( a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la ley Núm. 57-2023).

Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Coamo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de octubre de 2025. MAYRA L. CABRERA GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BERNICE E. SANTIAGO DÍAZ, SUBSECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs. Sobre: JEXIAM MARIE DEL VALLE SERRANO Demandada

Caso #: MZ2025RF00612. Salón #: 302. Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). MANDAMIENTO DE EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: JEXIAM MARIE DEL VALLE SERRANO - 551

MARION OAKS BLVD, OCALA, FLORIDA 34473.

Por la presente se le notifica A USTED que ha sido incoada una Demanda de Divorcio por Ruptura Irreparable. Para mayor detalles puede examinar el expediente del Honorable Tribunal o deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adiestramiento de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/. Sirva la presente de aviso y advertencia que la parte nombrada tiene un período de treinta (30) días, desde la publicación del presente edicto, para hacer alegación responsiva en el caso de epígrafe presentando el original ante el Tribunal correspondiente con copia a la parte demandante o de otra manera se continuará el caso hasta lograr el divorcio por ruptura irreparable, sin más citarle ni oírle. Favor de comunicarse con: Lcdo.

Andrés J. Ramos Cámara, al P. O. Box 1299, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00681-1299; o al Condominio 101 Méndez Vigo Oeste, Calle Méndez Vigo, 101-Oeste, Oficinas 704-705, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 00680, Teléfono: (787) 833-4565. Librado en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 23 de octubre de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NILDA L. IRIZARRY RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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HERRERA MEJIA Demandante V. SADDY NOEL CASTILLO CACERES Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2025RF00902. (Salón: 703 RF). Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. YASBEL ENID ESCOBAR RAMÍREZLCDAESCOBAR@GMAIL.COM. FRANCIA HERRERA MEJIAFRANCIACEDANO05@GMAIL.COM. A: FRANCIA

HERRERA MEJIA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación.

Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 14 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 14 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ISABEL ORTIZ CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CRUZ Y OTROS

Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2022CV00835. (Salón: 201). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANNIEBELLE CORREA GUTIÉRREZ - ANNIEBELLE.CORREA@GMAIL. COM.

A: DORAL BANK; JOHN DOE; RICHARD DOE; PEDRO DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de noviembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de noviembre de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 12 de noviembre

de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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JUAN BAUTISTA ORTIZ

RIVERA Y OTROS

Demandante V. CENTRO HIPOTECARIO DE PUERTO RICO, INC. Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV05014. (Salón: 602). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. KRISTAL MARIE HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ - KRISTAL. HERNANDEZ@LEX.INTER.EDU. A: CENTRO HIPOTECARIO DE PUERTO RICO, INC., JOHN DOE, RICHARD ROE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de noviembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de noviembre de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 12 de noviembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ELSA CANDELARIO CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Parte Demandante V.

TROPIKAL CLUB CORPORATION; LUIS M. AGUASVIVAS VICENTE Y FULANA DE TAL

Partes Demandadas

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV06218. Salón Núm.: 903. Acción Civil: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LUIS M. AGUASVIVAS VICENTE. 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, presentando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, y notificar copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante: Lcdo. Edgardo L. Rivera Rivera, RUA Núm. 9,984, al PO Box 360764, San Juan, PR 00936, Teléfono 787-281-0707, Fax 787-281-0708, Correo Electrónico: edgardo@therivera. qroup. Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo, 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. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 29 de octubre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

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Parte Demandante V. TROPIKAL CLUB CORPORATION; LUIS M. AGUASVIVAS VICENTE Y FULANA DE TAL

Partes Demandadas Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV06218. Salón Núm.: 903. Acción Civil: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: TROPIKAL CLUB CORPORATION.

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, presentando su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, y notificar copia de la misma al abogado de la parte demandante: Lcdo. Edgardo L. Rivera Rivera, RUA Núm. 9,984, al PO Box 360764, San Juan, PR 00936, Teléfono 787-281-0707, Fax 787-281-0708, Correo Electrónico: edgardo@therivera. qroup. Se le apercibe que, de no hacerlo, 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. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 29 de octubre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.

GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. MIGDALIA MORALES CRUZ

Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2025CV03611. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MIGDALIA

MORALES CRUZ.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 622-2323 / Fax (787) 6222320. Se le advierte que este Emplazamiento por Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico

de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda 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 el original de su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal, enviando copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Emplazamiento por Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, disponiéndose además, que en los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, se le dirigirá por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias de la Demanda presentada y del Emplazamiento por Edicto a sus últimas direcciones conocidas: Bo. Sumidero, Carr. 156 Km. 49.1, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico 00703 y Urb. Caguas Norte, J14 Calle Jerusalem, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de noviembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SUBSECRETARIA.

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Parte Demandante V. SUCESION DE DOMINGA VALDES LESCALLE COMPUESTA POR PEDRO MONEGRO BALDERA, LESLIE MONEGRO BALDERA, EL MENOR DE EDAD

“L.S.B.”, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2025CV03099. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA; COBRO DE DINERO INTERPELACIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: SUCESIÓN DE DOMINGA VALDES LESCALLE COMPUESTA POR SUS NIETOS, PEDRO MONEGRO BALDERA, LESLIE MONEGRO BALDERA, EL MENOR DE EDAD

“L.S.B.”, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL - URB. LOS ÁNGELES 113

CALLE AUSTRAL, CAROLINA PR 009791736; URB. LOS ÁNGELES CALLE CRISANTEMO 20 WH CAROLINA PR 009810098; PO BOX 8915, SAN JUAN PR 00909-8915. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido notificado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la dirección electrónica https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en Ia demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcda.

Raquel Deseda Belaval, Delgado Fernández , LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio B7 Tabonuco St. Suite 1000 Guaynabo, PR 00968. Tel. [787 ] 274-1414. Oriental Bank ha presentado una Demanda en la cual se reclama que la parte demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato Hipotecario al no pagar la mensualidad vencida el día 1 de febrero de 2025 y las que han vencido subsiguientemente, por lo que la parte demandante ha declarado vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $68,905.27, más, intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora y otros cargos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. El inmueble entregado como garantía del préstamo hipotecario es: URBANA: Solar 20 del Bloque WH en el plano de Urbanización del Reparto Los Ángeles, Extensión #2 sito en el Barrio Cangrejos Arriba de Carolina, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 326.75 metros cuadrados, colindando por el NORTE, en 21.94 metros con el solar #21 de dicho bloque; por el SUR, en 24.00 metros con el solar #19 de dicho bloque; por el ESTE, en 18.37 metros con los

solares 12 y 13 de dicho bloque y por el OESTE, en 12.09 metros con la calle C. Enclava una casa de concreto. Finca 1,156, inscrita al folio 22 del tomo 29 de Carolina, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, sección I. Se dicta Orden de conformidad con el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, para que PEDRO MONEGRO BALDERA, LESLIE MONEGRO BALDERA, el menor de edad

“L.S.B.”, FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL expresen si han de aceptar o rechazar formalmente la herencia de la causante DOMINGA VALDES LESCALLE en el término de treinta (30) días, dispuesto en ley. Se advierte a los miembros de la Sucesión de DOMINGA VALDES LESCALLE que al haberse presentado el pleito en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en contra de la causante antes mencionada, de no recibirse contestación en el término de treinta (30) días a partir de la notificación de esta orden, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada y los herederos responden por las obligaciones del causante, por los legados y por las cargas hereditarias exclusivamente hasta el valor de los bienes hereditarios que recibe. (Artículo 1587 31 LPRA Secc. I 1041). DADA en CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, a 3 de noviembre de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LOURDES DÍAZ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SUCESION DE EMERITO AYALA CAMACHO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: FA2025CV00751. (Salón: 303). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DIAZ HERNANDEZ RDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM A: SUCESION DE SUCESION DE RAMONA SANTIAGO DE JESUS COMPUESTA POR JOSE LUIS DELGADO SANTIAGO, 502 SOUTH ST., APT. D-11, BRISTOL, CT 06010 MARIA MERCEDES DELGADO SANTIAGO, 126 MIDLAND AVE., COLUMBUS, OH, 43223 CLARISSA SILVA SANTIAGO “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LAS SUCESIONES DE EMERITO AYALA CAMACHO Y RAMONA SANTIAGO DE JESUS (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. En FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, el 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. WANDA SEGUI REYES, SECRETARIA.F/ NERYSA ALEXANDRINO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. GLORIVER RODRIGUEZ VALDERRAMA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MT2025CV00496. (Salón: 102 SALA SUPERIOR).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑA LEGAL@JRSLAWPR.COM

A: JOEL A. RIVERA LATONI

en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. VIVIAN Y FRESSE GONZALEZ, SECRETARIA.F/ANGELICA AYALA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOELA. RIVERA LATONI

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2025CV02131. (Salón: 505). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JAIME RUIZ SALDAÑA LEGAL@JRSLAWPR.COM

A: JOEL A. RIVERA LATONI

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. En BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, el 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA.F/ KEISHLA M SANTIAGO CRUZ,

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Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE NÉLIDA BADILLO RODRÍGUEZ COMPUESTA POR MARCOS ANTONIO MUÑIZ BADILLO, MINELLY MUÑIZ

BADILLO, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SS2025CV00663. Sala: 0002. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA INTERPELACIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: MINELLY MUÑIZ

BADILLO, FULANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE NÉLIDA BADILLO RODRÍGUEZ - 1212 CORNERSTONE BLVD. APARTMENT 222, DOWNINGTOWN, PA 19335. (MINELLY MUNIZ); RD. 110 KM 14.5, DIEGO DAYNES, MOCA PR 00676 (PROPIEDAD); PO BOX 1722 MOCA PR 00676 (POSTAL); 407 CALLE PASO DEL MAR, URB. SOL Y MAR, ISABELA PR 00662. (MARCOS MUÑIZ); URB. SOL Y MAR, #A-4 ISABELA PR 00662 (MARCOS MUNIZ).

Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido notificado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la dirección electrónica https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa

a la parte demandante el Lcda. Raquel Deseda Belaval, Delgado Fernández, LLC, T Mobile Center at San Patricio B7 Tabonuco St. Suite 1000 Guaynabo, PR 00968. Tel. [787] 274-1414. Oriental Bank ha presentado una Demanda en la cual se reclama que la parte demandada incurrió en el incumplimiento del Contrato Hipotecario al no pagar la mensualidad vencida el día 1 de abril de 2025 y las que han vencido subsiguientemente, por lo que la parte demandante ha declarado vencida la totalidad de la deuda ascendente a $32,900.88, más, intereses acumulados, que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más cargos por demora y otros cargos, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, según pactado, más cualquier otro desembolso que efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario. El inmueble entregado como garantía del préstamo hipotecario es: RÚSTICA: Solar 1: radicado en el Barrio Pueblo del término municipal de Moca, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 0.306 cuerdas, equivalentes a 1,202.34 metros cuadrados y con los siguientes lindes, por el NORTE con Ismael Hernandez; por el SUR, con remanente y servidumbre de paso; por el ESTE con camino municipal; y por el OESTE, con el Solar Dos (2) a segregarse. Finca 17,252, inscrita al folio 80 del tomo 328 de Moca, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de San Sebastián. Se dicta Orden de conformidad con el Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico de 2020, para que MARCOS ANTONIO MUÑIZ BADILLO, MINELLY MUNIZ BADILLO, FUNALO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL expresen si han de aceptar o rechazar formalmente la herencia de la causante NÉLIDA BADILLO RODRÍGUEZ en el término de treinta (30) días, dispuesto en ley. Se advierte a los miembros de la Sucesión de NÉLIDA BADILLO RODRIGUEZ que al haberse presentado el pleito en Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en contra de la causante antes mencionada, de no recibirse contestación en el término de treinta (30) días a partir de la notificación de esta orden, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada y los herederos responden por las obligaciones del causante, por los legados y por las cargas hereditarias exclusivamente hasta el valor de los bienes hereditarios que recibe. (Artículo 1587 31 LPRA Secc. 11041). DADA en SAN SEBASTIÁN, Puerto Rico, a 5e noviembre de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. JESSICA MÉNDEZ ROMERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Want your company’s name on an Olympic arena? LA

By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has found a new source of revenue to help fund the 2028 Olympics: charging companies extra to keep their naming rights on sports venues during the Summer Games.

Until now, the International Olympic Committee has required stadiums with naming rights deals to use more generic names during the Games.

But LA28, the city’s Olympic organizing committee, is striking deals with big companies to pay to keep or add their names to Olympic venues in Southern California.

On Friday, Intuit announced a sponsorship deal that will retain its name on Intuit Dome, home of the Los Angeles Clippers, during the Olympics. Honda announced in August that it would pay to keep its name on Honda Center, home of the Anaheim Ducks, when the arena holds volleyball tournaments during the Games. Comcast will sponsor a temporary squash center at Universal Studios for the Olympics.

Paul Krekorian, the executive director of major events for Los Angeles, said that the new naming rights deals help ensure the “financial responsibility” of hosting the Games. The Los Angeles Games are expected to cost nearly $7 billion.

“As the host city, Los Angeles has a strong interest in ensuring the success of the Games while also protecting our taxpayers,” Krekorian said. “With LA28’s revenue already ahead of pace, and incredibly strong enthusiasm building toward 2028, I’m confi-

has a price for

dent these Games will be a financial success and leave tremendous benefits for Angelenos for generations to come.”

Los Angeles was also an innovator in raising money the last time it hosted the Olympics, in 1984. At that time, it struck deals with a smaller number of big sponsors to give more money to the Games, raising $123 million. The model was adopted for future Games, and it is now a key source of funding for host cities, the IOC said.

Casey Wasserman, the chair of LA28, lauded the Intuit partnership in a statement. He has previously said that he hoped the new naming rights arrangements, currently a pilot project, would help build a new commercial model for the Olympics.

Intuit, which owns TurboTax, Credit Karma and QuickBooks, did not disclose how much it would pay to retain the naming rights. The Intuit Dome, which has a capac-

ity of 18,000 people, will host basketball in the 2028 Games. As part of its sponsorship deal with LA28 and Team USA, Intuit said it would help create opportunities for local businesses to become suppliers for the Games.

Honda and Comcast also did not disclose the terms of their deals.

Had the Olympics decided not to break from its long-standing tradition of stripping naming rights, the Intuit Dome would have been temporarily renamed the Inglewood Dome during the 2028 Games.

When LA28 announced the naming rights deal with Honda, it said that the new strategy would support “the largest commercial revenue raise in sports.”

In addition to asking existing companies to pay to retain naming rights, LA28 said that as many as 19 temporary venues could also take on the name of a corporate partner.

“What this, I think, does is allows LA to be a little more creative in terms of the range of places they’re going to try to get money from to sponsor the Olympics,” said Matthew Burbank, a University of Utah political science professor who has written about the Olympics.

The practice of temporarily shedding corporate naming rights has been longstanding during the Olympic Games in other host cities. For example, during the 2012

that.

Games in London, the O2 arena, named after the British telecommunications company, was renamed the North Greenwich Arena.

Other international events, such as the FIFA World Cup, have followed similar policies. When the World Cup comes to Southern California in 2026, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will be temporarily renamed Los Angeles Stadium.

Los Angeles also broke tradition when it hosted the 1984 Olympic Games. That year, the Olympics tried a new financial model that allowed a limited number of companies to become official sponsors of the Games, a change from previous years when the Games had many small sponsors.

“In ’84, the IOC, in all honesty, was quite skeptical that this model was going to work,” Burbank said. “They were very strategic in how they went about doing it, and as a result of that, the IOC essentially said, ‘Hey, that worked. We’re going to adopt this.’”

The 1984 Games were able to turn a profit and produced a surplus, said Krekorian, the executive director of major Los Angeles events. That money is still being used to finance youth sports programs in Los Angeles.

It is unclear whether the corporate sponsors of other venues also plan to retain naming rights during the 2028 Olympics. Crypto.com Arena, home to the Los Angeles Lakers, Sparks and Kings, did not respond to a request for comment. The arena will host artistic and trampoline gymnastics, boxing and wheelchair basketball during the Games.

Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the LA Galaxy in Carson, California, also did not respond to a request for comment. The soccer stadium will host archery and rugby sevens.

The IOC’s willingness to go along with a new approach may be a concession to reality as much as a money-raising opportunity. It’s not clear that residents of Los Angeles would call well-known sports venues by new names just because Olympic organizers told them to. For example, many residents still refer to Crypto.com Arena as the Staples Center, which was the longtime name of the arena until the naming rights changed in 2021.

“It’s not uncommon,” Burbank said. “People get used to calling it a certain thing.”

The San Juan Daily Star

The war of the Rose Bowl

By SHAWN HUBLER

In Southern California, a place with more than its share of famous couples, few celebrity relationships have been as enduring as that of the Rose Bowl and UCLA.

For 43 years, the landmark in the city of Pasadena has been the home field for the elite university’s football program. Never mind that the stadium and the school are 26 miles apart. Marriage is cumulative, and UCLA and the Rose Bowl have had much to bind them: Four decades. Millions of dollars. An ironclad deal.

Or so it seemed until last month, when Pasadena officials went to court, claiming that UCLA had been plotting for months in secret to relocate to SoFi Stadium, a newer, closer and glitzier venue. Such a move, Pasadena said, would irreparably harm the Rose Bowl and the city, which owns the stadium and borrowed heavily to refurbish it on condition that the team would remain through June 2044.

The university, in a terse statement, said that “no decision has been made.” But behind the scenes, Pasadena said, the university’s lawyers had informed the city’s lawyers that the school would be “moving on” after this season.

Since then, Southern Californians have watched awkwardly and painfully, like children caught up in a drawn-out divorce. Major law firms have been deployed. Professional experts have been consulted. Alumni have taken sides along generational and geographic lines.

“It’s an unholy mess,” said John Sandbrook, 76, a former UCLA assistant chancellor who in 1982 helped negotiate the Rose Bowl contract between the university and Pasadena.

Chris Rising, 56, a real estate developer who lives near the Rose Bowl and whose father, Nelson Rising, was a major UCLA donor, said his family was so angry and hurt that he decided not to help endow a new master’s of real estate development program.

Kai Dizon, 20, a sports writer for The Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper, was excited. If the team, which has lost seven out of 10 games this year, would only stop playing an hour away in “a dump gilded in someone else’s nostalgia,” he wrote, maybe the stands wouldn’t be more than half empty at every game.

As the Bruins prepared to meet the University of Washington on Saturday for their final home game of the season, speculation has focused on the possibility that this also might be their last home game at the Rose Bowl.

“If the Rose Bowl and UCLA were to go separate ways, it would be a seismic shock in Los Angeles, and I do not think that’s an overstatement,” said Evan Lovett, 47, a UCLA alumnus and the creator of “L.A. in a Minute,” a popular online show about Los Angeles history and culture.

But, he added, “there is also a certain perspective of: ‘This could be great for recruiting. Who doesn’t want to play at SoFi?’”

In Southern California, the venues in question need no

introduction.

On one side of the metropolis, Pasadena’s 103-yearold Rose Bowl, internationally known for its uncomfortable seats and breathtaking sunsets. On the other, 5-year-old SoFi, a palatial $5.5 billion complex in Inglewood with two NFL teams and many luxury suites, but debatable tailgating amenities.

Caught in the middle are two pillars of the West Coast establishment: The city of Pasadena, known worldwide as the home of the Tournament of Roses, the nationally televised parade and football game that snowed-in Americans watch each New Year’s Day with intense weather envy. And UCLA, a top-ranked university with an enrollment of more than 48,000 students and increasing financial challenges.

Unlike many schools, UCLA does not host football games on campus. Its neighbors in dense, affluent West Los Angeles have steadfastly opposed stadium proposals. Instead, the football program, like that of its rival, the University of Southern California, plays in public venues.

From the late 1920s until the early 1980s, another historic stadium, the Los Angeles Coliseum, hosted both teams, an arrangement that had continued even after 1946, when the Coliseum added two professional football tenants, the Los Angeles Rams and the short-lived Los Angeles Dons.

In 1980, the Rams relocated. Two litigation-filled years later, the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles. Even before they arrived, Sandbrook recalled, UCLA realized that the Raiders and USC, which is next to the Coliseum, would dominate the venue. When the Coliseum’s governing board approved a lease without letting his boss at the time, Chancellor Charles E. Young, even speak in opposition, Sandbrook said, the chancellor told him to set Rose Bowl negotiations in motion. Two intensive weeks later, they had a deal.

Since then, the Rose Bowl has issued city-backed bonds to invest more than $150 million in stadium improve-

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ments. The pavilion housing a new press box and premium seating has been named for longtime UCLA football coach Terry Donahue. The home locker room is named for Young. In January, work is set to begin on a renovation and an exclusive field club in the south end zone.

UCLA pays no rent. Instead, the Rose Bowl takes a substantial percentage of ticket sales, concessions and other ancillary revenue like box seats. Under the contract, UCLA cannot play home football games anywhere else in Los Angeles or Orange counties, cannot terminate the contract and must remain at the stadium until the bond debt’s scheduled repayment 19 years from now.

But the world in which UCLA signed the deal is not the world it finds itself in now. New rules have pushed collegiate athletics more toward a professional business model, and new leaders oversee the university and its finances. UCLA’s new chancellor, Julio Frenk, arrived this year. Its new chief financial officer, Stephen J. Agostini, arrived last year. Its athletic director, Martin Jarmond, was hired in 2020. Rose Bowl defenders note pointedly that all came from outside California.

In May, members of the University of California Board of Regents grilled the three UCLA officials about the athletic department’s financial situation, including structural deficits that have left the department with annual shortfalls of tens of millions of dollars. A new regent, Bob Myers, the former general manager of the Golden State Warriors, rubbed his brow as the group explained that the lack of an on-campus stadium deprived UCLA of revenue streams common to other schools.

Jarmond told him that other Big Ten programs earned $15 million to $25 million a year from premium and club seats, but UCLA captured none of that under its deal with the Rose Bowl. The end zone renovation would bring UCLA some premium seat income, he said, but not until after next year. That exchange occurred about three months after Rose Bowl officials said they had begun to hear rumors that UCLA was moving to SoFi.

City officials said UCLA at first denied the rumors. In October, though, city officials said, a lawyer for the university told one of Pasadena’s lawyers that UCLA no longer wanted to play at the Rose Bowl and planned to relocate “sooner rather than later.”

The university’s lawyer, identified in court documents as Jeffrey S. Moorad, the head of the global sports industry team at the law firm Morgan Lewis, did not respond to requests for comment. At a recent court appearance, a team of UCLA lawyers from another high-profile law firm, Gibson Dunn, said the city was jumping to conclusions. But they added only that UCLA intended to finish this season at the Rose Bowl. A spokesperson for SoFi Stadium said its owners “do not have a comment at this time.”

In Pasadena, the dispute has cut to the civic core, raising questions that go to the very identity of the city of more than 138,000 people.

“The Rose Bowl is the heart and soul of Pasadena, and the heart and soul of the Rose Bowl is college football,” said Mayor Victor Gordo, a Mexican immigrant who, as a child, worked outside the stadium selling little stuffed footballs. “This isn’t like a lease agreement for a condo.”

A statue of Jackie Robinson, who played football at Pasadena Junior College, outside the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025. The storied stadium is at the center of a battle between Pasadena and UCLA that’s about money, nostalgia, geography and so much more. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)

Sudoku

How to Play:

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

Crossword

Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Fresh ideas point you toward distant horizons. The energetic Sun leaps into frame with powerful Pluto, turning your 9th House of Updates and your 11th House of Society into transformative opportunities to move and grow. Travel doesn’t have to be expensive -- but if it is out of your budget, you can still send your mind to distant locales by joining a local library’s book club. Talk about the things that interest you, because such conversations shape your future plans. Say yes to learning!

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

Secure choices come from honest talks. Money isn’t always fun to talk about, but at least you have the Sun and Pluto guiding you through such complicated conversations. Their sextile can boost your efforts to review joint budgets, renegotiate bills, or attack shared debt. Make an effort to ensure everyone involved is clear about their role -- that’s the best way to stay accountable as a team.. Reliability strengthens every bond.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Present partnerships work best with curious, kind words. A bridge forms in your one-on-one sector as the Sun reaches out from there to sextile intimate Pluto. When you promise something, make sure the person you’re talking to understands what you actually mean. Drafting plans for shared travel (especially with several upcoming winter holidays) will be easier when you can trust each other’s words. Stay open to compromise as necessary, but don’t back down from your needs.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Simple routines now carry emotional relief. The radiant Sun makes a cooperative sextile with intimate Pluto, highlighting your 6th House of Daily Routines and your caring 8th house. Minor changes in your habits nurture bigger positive shifts. You may adjust a work schedule to avoid having to take work home, or set boundaries around which areas of the house are actually your responsibility to clean. Teamwork makes the dream work!

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Your spark wants a playful place to land. Your expressive 5th house gets a warm lift as the blissful Sun sextiles renewing Pluto, inviting bold expression and heartfelt connection. You may plan a coffee meet-up with a close friend, especially one you haven’t seen lately. Show them some appreciation, and they may return the favor! Pride softens into generosity when you remember the goal is joy, so share the stage and let praise be a two-way street. Create without overthinking, because play unlocks confidence.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Your home base might need a reset, Virgo. Today’s Sun-Pluto sextile is clarifying your domestic needs, especially those small but vital tasks like sweeping or laundry. Is everyone in your home doing their part? Even though Virgos are seen as tidy individuals, the cleaning shouldn’t be entirely on you. If you live alone, how can you make your routines easier to uphold? For instance, putting a hamper in the bathroom could banish dirty clothes from the floor there.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Words land softly when your heart stays balanced. The feisty Sun is leaping into a sextile with eager Pluto. They’re impacting your chatty 3rd house and your loving 5th house, encouraging you to reach out to your neighbors and the nearby community. You may text a sibling to mend a mix-up or invite a friend to try a new hobby together. Don’t take offense if someone rejects you -- sometimes it happens, and you know how to handle it with grace. Social peace is possible.

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

What does “value” mean to you right now? That’s the question of the day under the sextile between the Sun in your income quadrant and Pluto in your foundation sector. This is a cosmic reminder to price your time fairly and keep an eye on your expenditures. Experience will tell you whether or not brand names are actually worth it. The planets are empowering you to release guilt and stand by your choices. You know the right time to pick the more expensive option!

Sagittarius (Nov

23-Dec 21)

A fresh spark lights your inner fire. You can fan those embers into a flame while the dynamic Sun shares a sextile with intense Pluto, boosting your confidence and inviting you to express yourself. Work up the courage to suggest a unique path forward! Your messages are also more likely to land with your audience at this time. One intriguing idea could be enough to get everyone in on your plans! Keep the fire burning by being willing to face potential mistakes with honest action.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Quiet time restores your steady inner engine. The mighty Sun is invigorating dark Pluto, drawing attention to your dreamy 12th house. Taking a nap is sometimes the most productive thing you can do! You could also take a walk or spend time journaling -- both are great ways to release old aches. Along the way, your resourceful 2nd house supports simple comfort without overspending. Protect your rest.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Your loved ones can currently offer a boost -- even unintentionally. Pluto’s in your sign, empowering the trine from the Sun in your social 11th house to magnify efforts to help one another. You may propose a volunteer day that tests a community tool or let your friends bring over a meal to share. Everyone’s got their quirks, and everyone needs assistance sometimes. A shared burden will be less stressful for all contributors. Whatever happens, you can all have fun together!

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Your calling whispers in a level voice. Opportunity flows toward your path while the shimmering Sun sextiles unearthing Pluto, focusing your 10th House of Career so leadership feels natural and visibility grows. You may take on a project needing coordination, so a thoughtful update to a supervisor should land well. At home, your 12th house encourages reflection before each step. Your sensitivity becomes strength when you listen to the subtext, since empathy can turn tension into a workable plan.

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 30