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Critics say Senate bill would hinder access to gov’t documents
By THE STAR STAFF
The island Senate is scheduled to vote on Tuesday on legislation that will undermine the constitutional right to access government documents and information, critics say. Penned by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, Senate Bill 63 aims to amend the 2019 transparency law and, according to several media outlets, will make access to public information slower, more limited and less robust.
Under the proposed changes, anyone requesting information must notify both the information officers at each agency and the head of the agency, as well as the head of the relevant legislative or judicial branch. If the notification of a request is done improperly, it will be deemed defective, which in turn will not pause the disclosure deadline or the time agencies have to provide the requested information. Currently, agencies are required to respond to requests
within 10 days. However, under the new amendments, agencies must respond within 20 business days for central offices and 30 business days for regional offices. If no response is provided within those deadlines, the request will be considered denied, and the requester may appeal to the courts.
The request for information must include at least one mailing address and an email address. Critics argue that this requirement will hinder requests from individuals who do not have access to computers.
Additionally, the amendments will eliminate the requester’s right to choose the format in which to receive the information.
The legislation states that any decision to deny disclosure of public information must clearly specify the legal grounds for the denial in writing. Information that has been explicitly classified as confidential by law or regulation prior to the request may not be disclosed. However, case law asserts that all government documents are considered public.
Information officers may fulfill requests by making documents available for inspection or copying at the agency, sending documents via email, mailing physical copies if the requester agrees to pay for postage, providing a URL with instructions to access the documents, or allowing in-person inspection of relevant files.
New dates for passport issuance announced
By THE STAR STAFF
Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera Santana announced Sunday that over the next few weeks, the Passport Office will bring its services to various municipalities around the island, as part of an effort to facilitate the process of obtaining the document without requiring people to travel long distances.
“The response from the public has been extraordinary. In recent months, the office staff, led by Dwight Fagundo Ruiz, visited several towns where hundreds of people successfully processed their passports,” Rivera Santana said. “This effort is being carried out in collaboration with the mayors and their teams, who have been allies in bringing services to the people.”
The official reminded applicants that it is important to bring all required documents and verify their passport expiration date to avoid any setbacks. Requirements include: Application; original birth certificate and a double-sided copy on separate sheets; passport-sized photo, without glasses; copy of driver’s license or official ID, both sides; passport fee (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/es/pasaportes.html).
Passport fairs scheduled for October are as follows:
* Oct. 15 – Añasco; Electronic Library, San Antonio Street #20; Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Information: 787-8263100 ext. 2015
* Oct. 17 – Ponce; Passport Office, former Felipe García Building, Marina Street #9223; Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Appointments and information: www.estado.pr.gov
* Oct. 21 – Maunabo; Serafin Meléndez Quiñones Acoustic Shell, Juan R. Garzot Street #39; Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Information: 787-622-4975
* Oct. 23 – Arecibo; Arecibo Passport Office, Santiago Cabán Building, Ste. 103, Mariano Vidal Street #158; Hours: 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.; Appointments and information: www. estado.pr.gov
* Oct. 27 – Aibonito; Municipal Library, Gerónimo Martínez Street (end); Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Information: 787-735-6535
* Oct. 29 – Barceloneta; City Hall, Georgetti Avenue, in front of José Cordero Rosario Recreation Plaza; Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Information: 787-921-755.
Rivera Santana noted that the fairs will continue to be held in different municipalities over the coming months.
Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz
Senate panel to probe water interruptions impacting Arecibo, Hatillo
By THE STAR STAFF
ASenate committee will conduct an on-
site inspection of the Cerro Márquez Tank Pumping Station, also known as the “Two Million Tank,” to investigate the chronic water service interruptions affecting thousands of residents in Arecibo and Hatillo.
Senate Planning, Permits, Infrastructure, and Urban Development Committee Chairman Héctor “Gaby” González López announced over the weekend that the inspection will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. on highway PR-10 at kilometer 85.2.
Luis González Delgado, executive president of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), has been summoned to present a detailed report on the rehabilitation projects, the funds allocated, and the work completed.
The action follows Senate Resolution (SR) 273, a measure filed by González López, the Arecibo district senator, and approved on Sept. 29. The resolution orders the aforementioned committee to conduct a thorough investigation.
“Potable water service is not a luxury; it
is a fundamental need that directly impacts the health and well-being of our communities. The Cerro Márquez Tank is a critical piece of water infrastructure for more than 26,000 families who rely on it and have suffered constant interruptions and low water pressure for years,” González López stated. “This inspection and the subsequent investigation not only seek to understand the causes of these problems but also to ensure that the multimillion-dollar investment in this infrastructure is used appropriately to provide our people with reliable, quality service.”
SR 273 underscores the senator’s concerns about the ongoing complaints from citizens and the lack of timely information from PRASA. Last year, the agency announced a $12.3 million rehabilitation project funded through the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. The project, which includes pump and pipe replacements, the installation of an emergency generator, and improvements to perimeter lighting and security, is estimated to be completed by the third quarter of 2026.
The purpose of the investigation is to identify the current status of the project, the
funding schedule, the work timeline with completion dates for each phase, and the methods of communication with customers regarding service interruptions stemming from the project.
Luis González Delgado, executive president of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
“Residents who rely on water from the Two Million Tank have suffered service interruptions for years and need clear information regarding the work being done and the projected completion dates,” the senator noted. “The lack of information from the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority creates despair, uncertainty, and anxiety among residents who wonder why they are still without water, despite paying their bills every month.”
The affected communities in Arecibo and Hatillo whose water is supplied by the Two Million Tank include Hato Arriba, Hato Abajo, Hato Viejo, Dominguito, El Tres, Green, Ocean View, Villa Los Santos, University Gardens, Víctor Rojas, Vista Azul, Parcelas Navas, Las Canelas, Radioville, Ciudad Atlantis, Los Mora, Jardines, Las Cumbres, Barraca, Villa Serena Urbanization, Palma Gorda, Buena Vista, Pajuil, Carrizales, Campo Alegre, Cuchí 1 and 2, Corcovada, Casco Urbano, Las Piñas and Costa Norte.
The committee has summoned the PRASA chief to appear with all relevant information and documentation related to the planned or ongoing projects at the facility.
AMA director held in alleged domestic violence incident
By THE STAR STAFF
Metropolitan Bus Authority (AMA by its initials in Spanish) Director Luis González Rosario was taken into custody Saturday night in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in the Guaynabo neighborhood of Garden Court.
Local police have confirmed the arrest, which occurred after officers responded to a 911 call around 10:40 p.m.
According to the complaint, González Rosario and an unnamed woman had attended an activity together earlier in the evening.
During their return trip, an argument ensued inside González Rosario’s vehicle. The situ-
ation escalated, with the director allegedly using profanity and physically restraining the woman by grabbing and holding her hands until they reached her residence.
Police arrived at the scene, where González Rosario was arrested. Paramedics assessed him on-site, but he declined transportation to the hospital. The AMA director
was later taken to Bayamón Regional Hospital for further evaluation. Meanwhile, the woman chose not to receive hospital treatment. The case has been referred to the Domestic Violence Division for further investigation, though no information regarding potential charges against González Rosario had been released as of press time.
Exhibition of works by Ciales-born Delgado to open in Capitol gallery
By THE STAR STAFF
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez announced on Sunday the opening of the “Natural Flow” exhibition by renowned painter Rocio Delgado.
“We are committed to fostering art among communities, providing spaces for our artists to showcase their talents at the Capitol, a historic site visited by thousands of tourists each year and a unique platform
for exhibiting the works of painters like Rocio Delgado, whose unique talent will grace the walls of this venue for everyone to enjoy,” the House speaker said.
House Health Committee Chairman Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló curated the new exhibition, which opens this Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the José Tous Soto Gallery in the basement of the Capitol.
In the exhibition, the artist, a Ciales native, explores movement, energy, and the connection between nature and human
emotion through the fluidity of color and composition.
Delgado studied architecture at Polytechnic University. In 2006, she moved to San Diego, California, where she completed bachelor of arts and master’s degrees. After completing her studies, she founded a non-profit organization called Coquí Saludable, which helps people live a healthy lifestyle.
Delgado’s works have shown in various national and international venues, including the prestigious Artbox in Miami in 2022 and
2023, Art Me San Diego in 2019, and the Mad Kat gallery in Palm Springs, California in 2014. Last July, she participated in an exhibition on the Greek island of Crete. Her paintings have also been exhibited in commercial spaces such as the Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, among others.
Among the distinctions Delgado has received are the 2022 Distinguished Artist award from the Congress of Puerto Rican Women, as well as first place in the Ashton Gallery’s “Daffodil Dreams” in 2023.
Fiscal board seeks emergency stay from order that could fuel lawsuits against gov’t workers
By THE STAR STAFF
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puer-
to Rico is seeking an emergency stay of a recent court order that could reopen potentially hundreds of lawsuits against commonwealth employees, arguing that the directive threatens Puerto Rico’s fragile fiscal recovery and contradicts the island’s court-approved debt restructuring plan.
The order, issued in the Title III bankruptcy case, requires the oversight board and the commonwealth to notify litigants by Wednesday that the commonwealth Plan of Adjustment (POA) does not bar claims against government officials in their personal capacities. The board contends that such claims are effectively indirect claims against the commonwealth itself, which the POA was designed to discharge.
In a motion filed last Friday, the oversight board argues that the order should be automatically stayed under Section 106 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, the federal law governing Puerto Rico’s fiscal recovery. That provision stipulates that no court order granting injunctive relief against the board takes effect while an appeal is pending.
“The Order will have a significant fiscal impact on the Commonwealth,” the oversight board wrote, warning that defending and potentially paying judgments in such cases could cost Puerto Rico millions. “A short stay would protect the Commonwealth’s finances while avoiding any confusion.”
The oversight board has already appealed the order and is seeking expedited review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which is expected to hear arguments on similar issues later this month. In the meantime, the board is asking the court to either stay the order or extend the deadline to Oct. 31 to allow time for coordination across hundreds of pending cases.
The lawsuits in question involve claims for damages against individual government employees for actions taken during their official duties. Under Puerto Rico’s Law 9, the commonwealth often assumes legal defense and financial liability for such claims, making them functionally equivalent to claims against the government itself.
The oversight board maintains that allowing the cases to proceed now would be premature and potentially wasteful, especially if the First Circuit ultimately rules that such claims were discharged under the POA.
The court confirmed the commonwealth’s POA in January 2022. The plan, which became effective on March 15, 2022, provides for a broad discharge and release of claims against the commonwealth.
The latest case stems from a civil rights litigation. In 2019, Jonathan Hernández Zorrilla and Yadira Carrasquillo González each filed a civil rights action in U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the sitting governor and other current and former commonwealth employees, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for alleged constitutional violations. The cases were later consolidated. Following confirmation of the POA, the oversight board and the commonwealth filed a notice of permanent injunction in the consolidated federal litigation, which stated that the claims for damages asserted by claimants were discharged pursuant to the Plan and Confirmation Order. The claimants sued for relief from the automatic stay so that their litigation could proceed to final judgment. The court partially granted the motion, holding that the discharge and discharge injunction provisions of the Plan and Confirmation Order do not bar the prosecution of claimants’ claims against commonwealth officials in their individual capacities.
Shutdown of CDFI could hinder co-ops, affordable housing efforts
By THE STAR STAFF
In a move that could significantly impact Puerto Rico’s credit unions (known locally as “cooperativas”) and broader community development efforts, the White House has proposed eliminating the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, a key program within the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The CDFI Fund has long supported local lenders in financing affordable housing, small businesses and essential services in underserved communities. It provides critical funding to credit unions, nonprofit loan funds, and other institutions that operate in areas where traditional banks often do not.
Critics warn that the CDFI Fund’s elimination could stall projects such as rebuilding homes after hurricanes, opening grocery stores in food deserts, and supporting child-care centers, health clinics and small manufacturers.
“Last week, President Trump released his FY 2026 Discretionary Budget proposal, which recommends cutting all discretionary awards for the CDFI Fund -- totaling $291 million -- as part of $163 billion in proposed federal reductions,” CDFI Puerto Rico stated on its website. “This proposal would effectively eliminate CDFI Fund programs. We encourage our clients
to contact their legislators and express support for the fund.”
Following Hurricane Maria in 2018, the CDFI Fund played a pivotal role in Puerto Rico’s recovery. A partnership with the Cooperative Executives Association helped promote CDFI certification among local credit unions, removing barriers to federal funding. Since then, more than $308 million in development funds have been directed to Puerto Rico’s cooperative sector, with 86 credit unions achieving CDFI certification.
CDFIs encompass a range of institutions, including community development banks, credit unions, nonprofit loan funds and venture capital funds. In Puerto Rico, certified CDFIs include the Ceiba Housing and Economic Development Corp., Comerciantes Unidos para el Desarrollo Comunitario de Camuy, and the Trujillo Alto Economic Development Corp., among others.
Established in 1994, the CDFI Fund has been instrumental in revitalizing economically distressed communities across the U.S. by supporting small businesses, creating jobs and expanding access to financial services.
Reports indicate that layoffs of Treasury staff working in the CDFI office began last Friday, part of a broader government workforce reduction. Advocates say the decision marks a major setback for community development, particularly in marginalized areas.
“Eliminating the CDFI Fund will disproportionately affect vulnerable communities and undermine efforts to promote economic equity,” one advocate said. Supporters are urging lawmakers to oppose the proposal and restore funding to ensure continued investment in underserved regions.
The Treasury Department building in Washington, June 9, 2025. The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, a key program within the federal Treasury Department, has long supported local lenders in financing affordable housing, small businesses and essential services in underserved communities. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
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Appeals court allows federalized National Guard, but leaves block on Chicago deployment in place
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ
Afederal appeals court Saturday ruled that National Guard troops could remain in Illinois under federal control. But the appeals court left in place, for now, a ruling by a district court judge Thursday that bars those troops from being deployed into the streets over the objections of Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other top Democrats in the state.
The unsigned one-page order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit did not address the question of whether President Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority in attempting to send troops into the Chicago area to protect federal property and federal agents carrying out his deportation efforts.
The order also did not include a rationale for the decision, which is temporary. Appeals courts often issue short, temporary rulings on time-sensitive matters. Courts generally issue lengthier rulings once judges have had time to review and consider arguments from each party.
The ruling Saturday allows 200 Texas National Guard troops to remain in the Chicago area without potentially being in violation a judicial order, so long as they are not deployed. Another 300 members of the Illinois National Guard have also been activated, according to a statement by Northern Command, which said the troops “are conducting planning and training” but not “operational activities.”
on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
On Friday, Judge April Perry of the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Illinois issued a 51-page opinion explaining why she had placed a two-week block on both the deployment of National Guard troops and their federalization. Her opinion questioned the candor of administration officials. Contrary to the administration’s stated goals of enforcing immigration law and reducing crime, the opinion said, Trump’s decision to bring in the military “is likely to lead to civil unrest.”
“The significance of the public’s interest
in having only well-trained law-enforcement officers deployed in their communities and avoiding unnecessary shows of military force in their neighborhoods cannot be overstated,” wrote Perry, a former prosecutor and nominee of President Joe Biden.
Saturday’s ruling largely maintained the status quo in Chicago, where immigration agents have clashed with protesters in recent weeks as the agents have pursued people suspected of being in the country illegally.
A similar court fight over the White
House’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon, is before a different appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In a hearing last week, two members of a three-judge panel from that court sounded open to the administration’s arguments for why a military response was legally justified, but they have not yet ruled.
Lawyers representing the Trump administration have argued that National Guard troops are needed to protect immigration agents. The Illinois attorney general’s office called the deployment unnecessary, describing it as “startling, unbounded, limitless and not in accord with our system of ordered liberty of federalism.”
Saturday’s ruling did not indicate how soon the court might issue a formal decision. It said the National Guard members who traveled to Illinois from out of state may remain in the state unless a judge orders them to return home.
On Saturday afternoon, demonstrators chanted near an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago that has regularly drawn protests and prayer vigils.
A few protesters were arrested, officials said, accused of moving beyond an area that had been designated for demonstrations as a federal immigration crackdown has ramped up in the Chicago area since early September. As vehicles came in and out of the facility, several dozen people waved signs and chanted from the designated protest area.
16 people killed in blast at Tennessee explosives plant, officials confirm
By RICK ROJAS, EMILY COCHRANE and CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL
After a desperate but fruitless search for survivors, officials in Middle Tennessee confirmed Saturday that an explosion at an ammunition plant killed 16 people.
The announcement Saturday evening was the first time that authorities provided a death toll after the blast ripped through the plant the previous day. Earlier on Saturday, they said that hope had all but vanished after no survivors were found in the search.
And by Saturday evening, Sheriff Chris Davis of Humphreys County, Tennessee, said the doubt was gone. The families of 16 people had been notified their loved ones
had been killed.
It breaks my heart to tell you that,” he said in a news conference, “but I think that can be said.”
Officials had initially said that 19 people were missing, but three people believed to be at the facility turned out to be alive and safe elsewhere. In some of those cases, investigators had found personal items belonging to an individual in the rubble but could not immediately locate the person.
The investigation was focused on determining the cause of the explosion, which remained unclear Saturday. Officials described a painstaking search at the site. “We’re having to clear it foot by foot,” Davis said. Investigators were also collecting evidence spread farther
afield, with debris from the blast found as far as 2 miles away.
An emergency medical helicopter and an ambulance were standing by, an indication of the danger posed to the few hundred law enforcement officers who were combing through what was left after the explosion, officials said.
The highly volatile materials at the site had become even more unpredictable after becoming exposed to heat and pressure during the explosion, officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Saturday.
“We were already going slow, and we’re slowing things down even more,” Jason Craft, the sheriff of Hickman County, said at
a news conference. (The plant straddles both Hickman and Humphreys counties.)
The explosion, which leveled one of the roughly half-dozen buildings in the complex, occurred around 7:45 a.m. Central time at the plant about 60 miles west of Nashville. Residents over a dozen miles away said the blast felt like it had happened just outside their homes. The immediate aftermath was a fiery stretch of mangled metal and debris and the singed remains of vehicles that had been parked outside.
The plant is operated by Accurate Energetic Systems, a company that produces explosives and demolition charges for the U.S. military and the domestic blasting industry.
Illinois State Police stand guard outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill.,
Trump administration is bringing back scores of CDC experts fired in error
By APOORVA MANDAVILLI and CHERYL GAY STOLBERG
The Trump administration Saturday raced to rescind layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.
Among those wrongly dismissed were the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working to contain Ebola in Congo, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, and the team that assembles the CDC’s vaunted scientific journal, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
After The New York Times reported the dismissals, two federal health officials said Saturday that many of those workers were being brought back. The officials spoke anonymously in order to disclose internal discussions.
The mistakes rocked an agency already in tumult, and which has been a particular target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The CDC lost about a third of its staff in April; many were rehired weeks later.
In August, a gunman emptied more than 500 rounds of ammunition at the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta. Later that month, Kennedy orchestrated the ouster of the agency’s director, Susan Monarez, and precipitated a series of high-profile resignations.
Among the workers whose firings were revoked were members of the elite corps of “disease detectives” who are typically deployed to the sites of outbreaks. The team that puts together the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which communicates the agency’s recommendations and research, has also been brought back.
The employees “were sent incorrect notifications, which was fixed last night and this morning with a technical correction,” a senior administration official said. “Any
correction has already been remedied.”
In order to ensure that teams confronting disease outbreaks include scientists with varied expertise, they comprise staff from various parts of the agency.
The two top leaders of the measles response, for example, are officially employees of the office of the director at the Global Health Center, and the office of the director at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. When outbreaks die down, team scientists return to their regular positions.
The leaders of the measles team were let go when the administration eliminated those two offices. But just as entire units must be cut in such a layoff, entire units must also be restored.
Athalia Christie, who was “incident commander” of
The Centers for Disease Control building in Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28, 2025. “Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
the measles response, had nearly 30 years of experience managing outbreaks, including Ebola, Marburg and mpox, previously called monkeypox. The White House often reached out to her for help with outbreaks.
“Athalia is very well liked by the administration,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the respiratory disease center before he resigned in August. He had brought in Christie to lead the measles response.
Another senior infectious disease expert, Maureen Bartee, was working at the State Department. But both their jobs fell under the director’s office of the CDC’s Global Health Center, which was eliminated in the layoffs.
By Saturday night, employees of both offices, including Bartee and Christie, had received notices of their rehiring. They and others received a two-paragraph email saying that the notice they had received “on or about” Oct. 10 had been revoked.
“You will not be affected by the upcoming RIF,” the email said.
The confusion over how the disease teams are organized “demonstrates their lack of understanding that this thing is an interconnected organism,” Daskalakis said, referring to the CDC.
“I’m happy people are back, but this damage is not easy to repair both for current staff and for people who will lead public health in the future,” he added.
The agency’s entire Washington office, which was laid off Friday, will not be rehired. Nor will employees of the office of the director of the center for injury prevention, or those at the division of violence prevention policy.
“This is going to be devastating to Americans and to the global community,” said Dr. Debra Houry, who served as the agency’s chief medical officer before she resigned in August in protest against the administration’s policies.
“They are dismantling public health,” she added.
16 people killed in blast at Tennessee explosives plant...
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The workers in the part of the facility where the blast happened handled the explosives Pentolite and Comp-B, employees said in interviews. They would melt them down in large kettles before pouring them into cast boosters, a type of small but sensitive explosive charge that can set off larger explosives often used in commercial mining. The explosion took place around the change between the first and third shifts, said one of the workers, Christopher Jose. The plant had extensive safety protocols for workers, employees said, including strict clothing requirements to mitigate the risks of static electricity.
In addition to grappling with questions about what set off the blast, the tightly knit community was beginning to face the grief
over losing relatives, friends and colleagues.
“You want me to be honest? It’s hell,” said Davis, who, in recurring news conferences, has emerged as the primary spokesperson of both the official investigation and the anguished and bewildered community.
“It’s hell on us,” he said in an update Friday. “It’s hell on everybody involved.”
He had personal ties to some people who had been directly affected, he said. “There’s three families in this I’m very close to.”
But he added that his circumstances would hardly be unique, given the small population of the area and the widespread connections that many residents have to the plant. “We know each other,” he said.
The area, a hilly and heavily wooded patch of rural Middle Tennessee, had experienced tragedy before. In 2021, flash floods
transformed creek beds, roadways and neighborhoods into a rushing river in an instant, pulling apart loved ones clutched in each other’s arms and sweeping away screaming neighbors. The floods killed 20 people and destroyed homes, businesses and churches.
This weekend, once again, a disaster stirred confusion and an agonizing wait for clarity about the extent of the toll.
“We had the flood, and now, we have this,” said Jacob Pointer, 21, working at a smoke shop in Waverly, the seat of Humphreys County and one of the towns worst hit by the flood.
Like many others, he had a connection to the ammunition plant, which is near Bucksnort, Tennessee, a blip of unincorporated territory, and the small town of McEwen. The husband of one of his co-workers is employed there. Friday was his day off.
Many knew the work involving explosives could be dangerous, Pointer said. One man was killed and four others were injured in 2014 in an explosion at the same site in an area operated by a different company. Officials said multiple companies have operated there.
But Accurate Energetic Systems was a significant employer in the area. “They keep a lot of families fed around here,” Pointer said.
In a brief statement posted on the company’s website, Accurate Energetic Systems acknowledged the “tragic accident” and the ongoing investigation. “We extend our gratitude to all first-responders who continue to work tirelessly under difficult conditions,” the company said.
Officials said Saturday that the company was cooperating with the investigation.
A worthy Nobel peace laureate
By BRET STEPHENS
According to Alfred Nobel’s will, a Nobel Prize is meant to be given to those who “during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” Note the word “preceding”: Those of us who think Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his part in ending (or at least pausing) the war in Gaza will have to wait until next year’s awards are announced. We shouldn’t hold our breath.
In the meantime, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chose well in awarding this year’s peace prize Friday to María Corina Machado, the 58-year-old Venezuelan opposition leader now in hiding from the regime of Nicolás Maduro. By doing so, the committee also indicted that regime and its 26-year record of ruin, carried out in the name of “Bolivarian” socialism with the credulous support of many Western progressives.
Opposition leader María Corina Machado greets supporters during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, July 17, 2024. The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose well in awarding this year’s peace prize Friday to María Corina Machado, the 58-year-old Venezuelan opposition leader now in hiding from the regime of Nicolás Maduro. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times).
Machado earned her Nobel last year when, after being blocked by the government from running for president, she rallied behind Edmundo González, a nonpartisan candidate, further helping to consolidate a once-divided opposition camp. González went on to win the vote by more than 2-to-1, according to independent surveys, only to see Maduro ignore the result and install himself for another six-year term, throwing nearly 2,000 political dissidents into prison in the bargain.
about the regime’s “petro-populism,” but, to borrow a slogan familiar to her side, when it comes to Venezuela, silence is violence. Choosing to ignore the catastrophe there only serves to perpetuate it.
What should be done?
In January, I noted in a column that everything that’s been tried so far has failed. Elections: stolen. Sanctions: ineffectual. Arrest warrants and bounties: ditto. Machado’s Nobel will bring some attention to the regime’s repression. But as other dissident winners may attest, the effect is likely to be short-lived and slight. The 2021 peace prize to Dmitry Muratov, editor of an independent Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, did nothing to shake Vladimir Putin’s rule; the 2023 prize, to Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, did nothing to free her from an Iranian prison.
That leaves the option to which the Trump administration seems increasingly inclined: regime change.
The best way to accomplish this is by offering Maduro and his inner circle the equivalent of a Bashar Assad option: permanent exile to a friendly state, if not Russia then probably Cuba. That could be matched by an offer of mass amnesty to lower-level civilian and military regime officials, provided they swear loyalty to a democratic government under a legitimately elected leader.
This seems to be the real purpose of Trump’s gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean: Induce enough fear, and the bad guys might run. It’s Machado’s view, too: Maduro and his cronies, she told the BBC last week, “won’t go unless he realizes that there is a credible threat, that things are going to get worse every day that goes by for them.” But that in turn requires a willingness by the Trump administration to continue to escalate, up to the point of a full-scale military confrontation. That would entail unquestionable and deadly risks, to Venezuelans and Americans alike. It might also put Trump’s long-coveted Nobel Peace Prize permanently out of reach.
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Machado’s own career as a dissident began more than 20 years ago, after she cofounded an election-monitoring group because of her fears of the ways that Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chávez was systematically undermining Venezuela’s democratic institutions. In 2005, his regime charged her with treason for supporting a recall referendum; in 2014, she faced treason charges again for participating in anti-regime protests. In 2024, she published an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that began: “I am writing this from hiding, fearing for my life, my freedom, and that of my fellow countrymen from the dictatorship led by Nicolás Maduro.”
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That record of farsightedness and courage stands in sharp and shaming contrast to the credulity of the regime’s fellow travelers in the West. Among them, Naomi Klein, the Canadian writer, who in 2007 lauded Chávez for turning Venezuela into a place where “citizens had renewed their faith in the power of democracy to improve their lives”; Chesa Boudin, a former San Francisco district attorney, who in 2009 cheered Chávez’s “commitment to the democratic process” as the leader opened “the door to his possible life tenure”; and Jeremy Corbyn, the former British Labour Party leader, who in 2013 hailed Chávez for “showing that the poor matter” and making “massive contributions to Venezuela & a very wide world.”
Since the catastrophe of Chavismo became evident — skyrocketing murder rates, widespread hunger and starvation, millions of ordinary people fleeing the country on foot, leaders charged with enriching themselves through drug trafficking — these former cheerleaders have, for the most part, gone silent. Klein apparently squeaked out something
Then again, there are greater peace prizes than the Nobel — a prize never won by Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman or other world-historical figures who knew that the path to peace can’t always lie through peace alone. If the sacrifice Trump must make for putting an end to the horror of the Maduro regime is forgoing the prize for himself, he can take solace in the fact that Machado dedicated her prize to “the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support.”
Now is the time to act.
DRNA y Guardia Costera atienden derrame de combustible en bahía de San Juan
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SAN JUAN – El secretario del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), Waldemar Quiles, informó que personal del Área de Respuesta a Emergencia Ambientales atendieron, junto a la Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos, un derrame de combustible en la bahía de San Juan.
“En la tarde de ayer, sábado, ocurrió una falla mecánica en una válvula de control de línea de la empresa Puma Energy en Guaynabo lo que provocó un pequeño derrame de aceite de combustible número 6, de alrededor de unos 15 galones, en el área de la bahía de San Juan. Personal del Área de Respuesta a Emergencia Ambiental del DRNA se movilizaron de inmediato a la zona y, con ayuda de la Guardia Costera, contuvieron el derrame de forma rápida”,
comentó el Secretario del DRNA en declaraciones escritas. El incidente ocurrió en el muelle de Puma Energy, ubica-
Llegan miles de personas a la Feria de ASORE
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SAN JUAN – Con asistencia “récord”, la Asociación de Restaurantes de Puerto Rico (ASORE) culminó este fin de semana su tradicional Feria Anual (Trade Show 2025), donde
do en el municipio de Guaynabo.
De acuerdo al titular del DRNA, el equipo de Respuesta a Emergencias Ambientales trabajó intensamente en la limpieza hasta las 2 de la madrugada de hoy, domingo.
“Quiero agradecer al personal del Área de Respuesta a Emergencias Ambientales, por su rápida acción. Por su trabajo y la ayuda del personal de la Guardia Costera, este derrame está completamente contenido y la válvula fue reparada de manera temporera para así poder continuar la descarga de combustible con todos los parámetros de seguridad”, añadió Quiles.
Personal especializado en respuesta a emergencias con materiales peligrosos del DRNA, en conjunto con funcionarios y técnicos de la Guardia Costera, continúan trabajando y supervisando las labores de limpieza y mitigación en el área.
en el Centro de Convenciones
participaron los miembros de la industria de restaurantes, cafeterías, panaderías, empresas de manufactura y preparación de alimentos (caterings) junto a chefs, gerentes de compra y operaciones, bartenders, baristas y sommeliers. El evento celebrado en el Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico atrajo a miles de personas de todos los puntos de la Isla los cuales acudieron hacer negocio con las empresas exhibidoras y para conocer lo último en tecnología, equipos y servicios para la industria, distribuidores y suplidores de alimentos, además de ofrecer demostraciones y competencias culinarias.
“Esto ha sido un éxito; los miembros de ASORE han acudido al llamado de nuestra organización demostrándolo con una buena asistencia con la sorpresa que también han acudido al evento más importante de nuestra organización los dueños de franquicias de empresas de restaurantes. ASORE representa a grandes, medianos y pequeñas empresas de
preparación de alimentos ya sea en restaurantes, cafeterías o negocios de franquicias en toda la isla. Tenemos que unirnos todo para mantener la discusión de aquellos asuntos que nos benefician o nos afectan como lo es el eterno tema del suministro de energía. Se hablaron varios asuntos como el costo de las utilidades, el problema de la energía eléctrica y el agua, el asunto del impuesto del inventario y la necesidad de seguir capacitando a nuestros empleados. Aquí se discutió ampliamente la importancia que tiene atender con esmero al consumidor que visita nuestros restaurantes y cafeterías. Hemos aprendido que la opción de los consumidores para hacer uso de nuestros servicios va en aumento, la familia promedio en Puerto Rico tiene entre sus prioridades el visitar con frecuencias un restaurante, una cafetería o en su efecto, ordenan frecuentemente servicios de “catering” ya sea para sus actividades corporativas, familiares o personales”, señaló la Dra. Sonia Navarro, presidenta electa de ASORE.
Auditoría en Morovis confirma superávit operacional de $1.7 millones, confirmado por ‘single audit’ del 2023
do González.
MOROVIS – La alcaldesa de Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, confirmó que ya finalizado el documento ‘single audit’ del 2023 preparado por la firma de CPA Betancourt & Company PSC, dicha municipalidad terminó el año fiscal 2023 con un superávit operacional de $1,757,702 siendo quinto (5to) año consecutivo donde la administración cumple con todas las obligaciones por ley.
“Este es el resultado de la disciplina presupuestaria que nosotros hemos mantenido en el municipio, lo que nos permite terminar con un superavit operacional en los pasados cinco años. Esa misma disciplina en el buen manejo de fondos estatales y federales ha sido reseñada por la Oficina del Contralor, el Departamento del Tesoro Federal, AAFAF y otras agencias gubernamentales”, señaló Maldona-
La alcaldesa señaló que el informe ha sido publicado más tarde de lo esperado, ya atendidas las situaciones contractuales con los auditores, y además se envía a la organización sin fines de lucro ABRE Puerto Rico, que estudia las finanzas de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios de Puerto Rico. “Lo que el informe auditado evidencia es lo que ya la Oficina del Contralor había señalado: que en el Municipio de Morovis hemos trabajado con prudencia fiscal para mantener unas finanzas públicas saludables y continuar ofreciendo servicios de forma eficiente a los ciudadanos de Morovis”, declaró la primera ejecutiva.
La alcaldesa añadió que en Morovis se ha continuado ajustando los gastos para garantizar que un presupuesto balanceado, con dinero disponible para atender situaciones imprevistas.
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Diane Keaton, a star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ dies at 79
By ANITA GATES
Diane Keaton, the vibrant, sometimes unconventional, always charmingly self-deprecating actress who won an Oscar for Woody Allen’s comedy “Annie Hall” and appeared in some 100 movie and television roles, an almost equal balance of them in comedies like “Sleeper” and “The First Wives Club” and dramas like “The Godfather” and “Marvin’s Room,” has died. She was 79.
Her death was confirmed by Dori Rath, who produced a number of Keaton’s most recent films. She did not say where or when Keaton died or cite a cause.
Keaton was 31 and a veteran of eight films, most of them comedies, when she starred as the title character in “Annie Hall” (1977), a single woman in New York City with ambitions, insecurities and definite style. Annie is known for cheerful psychiatric breakthroughs, fashions that look like menswear, questionable driving skills and lingering hints of an all-toowholesome Midwestern upbringing.
She accepted her Oscar wearing a linen jacket, two full linen skirts, a scarf over a white shirt and black string tie, and high heels with socks. In her 2014 memoir, “Then Again,” she looked back on the moment, with some regret, as “my ‘la-deda’ layered get-up.”
“Annie Hall,” which won three other Oscars including best picture, brought Keaton a shower of additional honors, including acting awards from the National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the British Academy of Film and Television Artists.
The Hollywood Reporter’s review of the movie called Keaton “the consummate actress of our generation” and observed that she “adds the charm and warmth and spontaneity” that make “Annie Hall” plausible.
Keaton received three other Oscar nominations. One was for the sweeping Oscar-winning drama “Reds” (1981), in which she played Louise Bryant, an intense 1910s writer hanging out with Greenwich Village socialists and Bolshevik revolutionaries, notably activist journalist Jack Reed (Warren Beatty, who directed).
Another was for “Marvin’s Room” (1996), in which she played the selfless daughter who is taking care of her slowly dying father and her scatterbrained aunt when she receives a diagnosis of leukemia and needs a bone-marrow transplant. Her co-stars included Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hume Cronyn.
The third was for “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003), a comedy about a successful playwright who turns an extremely tearful breakup into a new hit comedy. She attracts the attentions of a handsome, much younger doctor (Keanu Reeves) and inspires a sexist man in his 60s (Jack Nicholson) to fall in love with a woman his own age.
Keaton was also a director. Her first film was “Heaven” (1987), a documentary on beliefs about the afterlife. In her last, she directed herself, Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow in the comic drama “Hanging Up” (2000), based on a novel by Delia Ephron.
Diane Hall was born Jan. 5, 1946, in Los Angeles. She was the eldest of four children of John Newton Ignatius Hall,
in it. “Right from the beginning I thought I wasn’t right for the part,” she told The New York Times after the movie was released. “I haven’t seen the film. I just decided I would save myself the pain. I had to see a few scenes because I had to loop — dub in some dialogue — and I couldn’t stand looking at myself. I thought I looked so terrible, just like a stick in those ’40s clothes!”
Three years later, the same year “Annie Hall” was released, she starred in the wrenching drama “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” as a young teacher who prowls singles bars almost every night. Molly Haskell’s review in New York magazine called Keaton’s “the performance of a lifetime” and the movie itself “harrowing, powerful, appalling.” Some observed that although she won the Oscar for “Annie Hall,” many voters had been influenced by “Mr. Goodbar,” which they considered brilliant but too hard to take.
She appeared regularly in Allen’s films, starting with the movie version of “Play It Again, Sam” (1972); “Sleeper” (1973), a comedy set in a dystopian future; and “Love and Death” (1975), set in czarist Russia. She also starred in two of Allen’s more serious contemporary films, “Interiors” (1978) and the multiple-award-winning “Manhattan” (1979).
Although she dismissed her early singing ambitions as foolish, she sang two numbers in “Annie Hall” and made a cameo appearance as a 1940s nightclub singer in Allen’s “Radio Days” (1987). Their last film together was “Manhattan Murder Mystery” (1993).
known as Jack, a civil engineer, and Dorothy Deanne (Keaton) Hall, an amateur photographer who was also crowned Mrs. Los Angeles in a beauty pageant for homemakers.
Diane’s father gave her the nickname Perkins and often addressed her as “Di-annie,” Keaton wrote in her memoir.
She grew up in Santa Ana, California, near Los Angeles, and briefly attended community colleges, first Santa Ana and then Orange Coast. At 19, she dropped out and moved to New York to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
She made her Broadway debut in the hit musical “Hair,” first as a member of the ensemble and then as Sheila, the female lead. (She turned down the $50 bonus offered to actors who were willing to appear nude in one scene.)
Her Broadway career continued and her partnership with Allen began with “Play It Again, Sam” (1969), in which she played a romantically desirable married woman opposite Allen as a nebbishy divorced friend. That performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for best featured actress in a play.
Her film debut came the next year, when she played an unhappy young wife at a suburban wedding in “Lovers and Other Strangers” (1970). Then, after a handful of television appearances, she played Kay Adams, the clearly non-Sicilian girlfriend turned trusting wife of Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacino), in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” (1972). (She and Pacino began dating in 1974, the year “The Godfather, Part II” was released.)
For all the acclaim that “The Godfather” drew, Keaton, ever self-effacing, hardly raved about her own performance
In addition to “Reds,” “Marvin’s Room” and the sequels to “The Godfather” (1974 and 1990), she starred in several other dramas, some with satirical undertones. They included “Shoot the Moon” (1982), in which she co-starred with Albert Finney, the story of an unhappy California couple and their divorce; Beth Henley’s Southern Gothic “Crimes of the Heart” (1986), playing the spinster sister of Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek; and the miniseries “The Young Pope” (2016), as a nun who is personal secretary and confidant to the pope, played by Jude Law.
But her talent for sophisticated farce didn’t go to waste. Before “Something’s Gotta Give,” she appeared in three other comedies directed by Nancy Meyers: “Baby Boom” (1987), opposite Sam Shepard, as a big-city executive who inherits a baby and moves to Vermont; and “Father of the Bride” (1991) and its 1995 sequel, opposite Steve Martin.
“The First Wives Club” (1996), in which she starred with Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler, was a major box-office hit, a comedy of revenge — or justice, depending on your point of view. Keaton’s character, for instance, learns that the therapist she has come to trust is actually having an affair with her estranged husband.
Her final film was “Summer Camp” (2024), a comedy about three old friends at an eventful reunion.
Keaton’s personal life could be fodder at times for the gossip pages as they tracked her romantic relationships, including with Beatty and Allen in addition to Pacino. She never married and adopted two children, a son, Duke Keaton, and a daughter, Dexter Keaton. Complete information on her survivors was not immediately available.
Diane Keaton attends a Ralph Lauren fashion show in San Marino, Calif. in October 2022. Keaton, the vibrant, sometimes unconventional, always charmingly self-deprecating actress who won an Oscar for Woody Allen’s comedy “Annie Hall” and appeared in some 100 movie and television roles, has died, the New York Times reported on Oct. 11, 2025. She was 79. (Maggie Shannon/The New York Times)
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Investors seek economic clues from bank earnings amid data fog
Investors will look to major banks’ quarterly earnings reports in the coming week to help gauge the U.S. economy’s health as the federal government shutdown has interrupted the flow of new data.
Major U.S. equity indexes slumped on Friday, stalling the market’s momentum, after comments from President Donald Trump ratcheted up trade tensions with China. Stocks ended the week on a dour note just before the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX), s set to mark the third anniversary of the start of its current bull market run on Sunday.
Markets had been overbought and due for some volatility, said Matthew Miskin, co-chief investment strategist at Manulife John Hancock Investments.
“At the end of the day, it’s going to come back to the economy,” Miskin said. “It’s going to come back to corporate profits, and earnings season is right around the corner.”
With the U.S. stock market’s valuation around its highest level in five years and some concerns about overinflated investor enthusiasm for technology and artificial intelligence, a strong third-quarter earnings season will be critical for equities to maintain their momentum. Despite Friday’s sharp decline, the S&P 500 remains up over 11% year-to-date and within roughly 3% of its all-time high.
“The market just keeps grinding higher,” said Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions. “The key underpinning of that is stronger earnings outlooks. ... When you look at the fundamentals, things continue to look good.”
The record-breaking run for U.S. stock indexes has been accompanied by recent strong gains for other assets, including gold, silver and bitcoin. Several highprofile officials have recently made cautious comments about markets, including Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
JPMorgan (JPM.N), is among the major banks kicking off the earnings season when it reports on Tuesday, along with Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and Citigroup (C.N). Bank of America (BAC.N), and Morgan Stanley (MS.N), are due on Wednesday.
Recent weak labor market data has raised concerns about growth and prompted the Federal Reserve to restart interest rate cuts.
“Banks are a window into the U.S. economy,” said Irene Tunkel, chief U.S. equity strategist at BCA Research. “If we see that consumers are still spending, if we see that demand for loans is improving, then I will start to think that perhaps we’re not really edging towards contraction.”
Other companies due to report next week include healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), and asset manager BlackRock (BLK.N). S&P 500 companies overall are expected to have increased earnings by 8.8% in the
third quarter from a year earlier, according to LSEG IBES.
“A lot of the bullishness is built around the expected earnings growth,” said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services. “If we start to see cracks in that, that would not be good for the market in general.”
Attention also will be on Washington to see if Republican and Democratic lawmakers break an impasse and end a government shutdown that began on October 1. Markets have largely shrugged off the shutdown so far, but investors have warned that risks to the economy will increase the longer it goes on, while it is already hamstringing U.S. travel.
Another issue for investors is the interrupted publication of key economic reports by government agencies. The monthly employment report, due on October 3, already has been delayed.
Investors have been concerned that the shutdown also could affect next week’s data, including releases re-
lated to inflation and retail sales.
The monthly consumer price index report, which is closely watched for inflation trends, will be published on October 24, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, after the CPI report was originally scheduled for this coming Wednesday.
While the CPI report will allow the Social Security Administration to meet deadlines necessary for payment of benefits, the BLS said no other releases will be rescheduled or produced until regular government services resume.
If the shutdown drags on through next week, there will be an impact on the October employment report when it is released, “which would make the numbers harder to interpret,” Michael Pearce, deputy chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, said in a note on Friday.
“With much of the regular economic data unavailable during the shutdown,” Pearce wrote, “the data fog is thickening.”
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Monday, October 13, 2025 11
Israelis and Palestinians await hostage-prisoner swap with relief and elation
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Israelis and Palestinians prepared Sunday for an exchange of all of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip for about 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, the cornerstone of a new ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli government said the exchange was expected to begin Monday morning local time, but Israel was prepared for it to happen even sooner. Under the agreement, Israel is supposed to free the Palestinian prisoners — scores of them serving life terms for deadly attacks on Israelis — in parallel with the hostage releases.
“This is a historic event that blends sorrow over the release of murderers and joy over the return of hostages,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded statement broadcast Sunday evening.
On both sides, there was relief mixed with elation after two devastating years of war. Adding to the hope: The open-ended truce between Israel and Hamas, which was brokered by the United States and Arab mediators and began at noon Friday, appeared to be holding over the weekend.
A poster of Matan Angrest, a hostage expected to be released alive on Monday, in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. Under the hostagesfor-prisoners agreement reached with Hamas, Israel is supposed to free about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners — scores of them serving life terms for deadly attacks on Israelis — in parallel with the hostage releases. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
Arab partners who supported the deal. World leaders have also been invited to attend.
As part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal, Israeli forces have withdrawn to a new defensive line inside Gaza.
The war created a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the deal provides a pathway for desperately needed food, medicine and other supplies, which are starting to flow in.
On Sunday, efforts appeared to be underway to increase aid deliveries, with dozens of trucks crossing the border from Egypt, according to news footage. The number of trucks entering Gaza is supposed to double under the ceasefire, to about 600 per day.
The U.N. World Food Program said Saturday that it had begun scaling up its operations in Gaza and that in the coming weeks it planned to increase the number of bakeries it supports to 30 from 10.
The war in Gaza killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Most of the 2 million residents of Gaza were displaced multiple times. With the ceasefire signed, thousands of displaced Palestinian residents have headed back to Gaza City in the north of the territory over the past days.
President Donald Trump was expected to leave the United States on Sunday and land in Israel on Monday for a short visit. He is set to meet with the families of hostages and address the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem. He then is scheduled to fly to Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort on the Red Sea, where he and President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt will lead a summit with other
Unveiling the ceasefire plan late last month, Trump described the occasion as “potentially one of the great days ever in civilization.” His celebratory declarations about bringing peace to the Middle East may be premature, however.
Netanyahu struck a more sober tone in his own statement Sunday, speaking in Hebrew to his domestic audience.
“Everywhere we fought, we won,” he said.
“But in the same breath, I must tell you: The campaign is not over,” Netanyahu cautioned. “There are still very great security challenges ahead of us. Some of our enemies are trying to rebuild themselves to attack us again. And as we say, ‘We’re on it.’”
Analysts say the ceasefire deal lacks details and leaves many critical questions unanswered, including whether Hamas will be disarmed and stripped of its power in Gaza and how the territory will be governed after the war.
Trump’s road map for ending the war envisions Hamas laying down its weapons and the demilitarization of Gaza. Netanyahu has long insisted on those steps as conditions for ending the war in Gaza. But Hamas officials have expressed deep reservations about both steps.
It is also unclear which, if any, countries were planning to send troops to join an international stabilization force that Trump had suggested would handle security in postwar Gaza.
Adding to the confusion, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, issued a statement Sunday saying that the greatest challenge for his country after the hostages’ release would
be “the destruction of all of Hamas’ terror tunnels in Gaza.”
Katz said that mission would be carried out directly by Israeli military forces “and by means of the international mechanism that will be established under the leadership and supervision of the United States.”
Destroying the tunnels would be the main expression of the demilitarization of Gaza and the dismantling of Hamas’ weapons, Katz said. He said he had “instructed the Israeli military to prepare to carry out the mission.”
Israeli forces have now withdrawn from Gaza City, where much of the Hamas military infrastructure remains intact, according to Israeli leaders, who only recently described the city as one of the militant group’s last bastions.
Israeli forces had been taking over the core of Gaza City in a new phase of their campaign aimed at destroying Hamas’ military and governing abilities when the deal stopped them in their tracks.
Under the terms of the agreement, Israeli forces cannot return to areas from which they have withdrawn as long as Hamas is seen as complying with the deal.
“Israel is mistaken in thinking that it will be able to afford either to return to war or to maintain a Lebanese model of frequent attacks,” Yoav Limor, a commentator on military affairs for Israel Hayom, a right-wing daily, wrote Sunday. He was referring to Israel’s frequent military strikes against targets in Lebanon despite a ceasefire reached almost a year ago that was meant to end its war with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia.
“That will never be tolerated, and judging by Trump’s recent statements, he, too, is determined to move on and has no interest in getting sucked back into Gaza’s problems,” Limor said.
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Heavy rain, floods and landslides in Mexico kill at least 37
By JOHN YOON
Heavy rains in Mexico set off widespread flooding and landslides last week that killed at least 37 people across four states, damaged thousands of houses and roads, cut off power to entire communities and forced hundreds to evacuate their homes, authorities said.
Authorities linked the rain to Post-Tropical Cyclone Priscilla, formerly a hurricane, and to Tropical Storm Raymond, both off western Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. Rain was forecast to continue through the weekend.
Rainfall and landslides killed at least 22 people in the state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, according to a statement by the Mexican government Saturday. The weather also left eight others missing, the state’s interior secretary, Guillermo Olivares Reyna, said at a news conference Friday.
At least nine people died in the state of Puebla, east of Mexico City, and authorities were searching for at least eight others who were buried after a landslide hit their homes, Gov. Alejandro Armenta told reporters.
There were also five deaths in the state of Veracruz and one in Querétaro, the statement said. Veracruzana University said in a statement that a student had died, while a child in Querétaro died in a landslide, according to Lupita Ramírez Plaza, mayor of Pinal de Amoles.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on social media that the government was working to “support the population, open roads and restore electricity.”
More than 320,000 users were affected by power outages caused by heavy rains and winds, the Mexican government said.
Torrential rains have damaged at least two bridges and affected more than 600 miles of federal highways across five states, Sheinbaum said.
Thousands of soldiers were carrying out rescues and clearing roads on Friday. The navy, which deployed 3,300 troops, said that it had carried out more than 900 evacuations. Mexican authorities said that they had activated more than 5,400 troops from the army, air force and national guard.
The Mexican government said in a statement that the greatest impacts had been reported in the states of Veracruz, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Puebla and Hidalgo. It added that municipalities in Veracruz had been hit particularly hard, with 16,000 homes damaged, landslides on roads and flooded streams.
Julio Menchaca, the governor of Hidalgo, said on social media Thursday that all classes had been suspended because of heavy rains. Reyna, the state’s interior secretary, said that at least 1,000 homes, 308 schools and 59 hospitals had been damaged.
The storm in Hidalgo also cut off power to 17 municipalities and left 90 communities without communication. Hidalgo’s infrastructure officials posted photos of landslides covering roads and workers trying to clear rocks and branches that had fallen.
The same storms were expected to bring the risk of heavy rain and flash flooding across desert areas of the U.S. Southwest this weekend.
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CORPORATION - 1212
BANCO POPULAR CENTER, HATO REY, SAN JUAN, PR 00918; D-10 CALLE MEJICO, HATO REY, SAN JUAN, PR 00918. POR LA PRESENTE se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la parte promovente, el dominio que tiene sobre la finca que se describe de la siguiente forma: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización La Sierra del Río, localizado en Barrio Monacillos Este y el Cinco de Río Piedras del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de trescientos cuarenta y cuatro punto tres mil ochocientos veintinueve metros cuadrados (344.3829 m.c.). En lindes, por el Norte, en dos distintas alineaciones que suman diecisiete punto ochocientos seis metros lineales (17.86 m.l.), con terrenos reservados para el futuro desarrollo “Debris Basin”; por el Sur, en diecisiete punto quinientos metros lineales (17.500 m.l.), con solar 4-F de la Urbanización La Sierra del Río; por el Este, en diecinueve punto ochocientos cincuenta y nueve metros lineales (19.859 m.l.), con terrenos reservados para el futuro desarrollo “Debris Basin”; y por el Oeste, en dieciocho punto ciento trece metros lineales (18.113 m.l.), con terrenos reservados para el futuro desarrollo “Debris Basin. Los fundamentos en apoyo a la solicitud de la parte peticionaria se encuentran extensamente relacionados en la petición presentada, la cual obra en los autos del caso. En síntesis, la parte peticionaria alega que ha poseído la propiedad antes descrita en concepto de dueño de manera pública, pacífica e ininterrumpidamente por un pe-
riodo mayor a veinte (20) años de manera que opera la prescripción adquisitiva extraordinaria. En vista de lo anterior, el tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión de la peticionaria tres (3) veces dentro del término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria en la Isla de Puerto Rico, a fin que comparezca si quieren alegar su derecho, advirtiéndose que deberán comparecer al Tribunal a alegar su derecho dentro del plazo improrrogable de veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de dicho edicto, después de lo cual se resolverá lo procedente en derecho. Deberá notificar copia de su comparecencia al abogado de la parte peticionaria: Lcdo. Manuel E. Maldonado Pérez, Amelia Industrial Park, 39 Frances St., Suite 211, Guaynabo, PR 00968-8008, 939-244-9188, maldonadoperez@gmail.com. Se dispone que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto se le dirija a la última dirección conocida de MORA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION una copia de la Citación por Edictos y de la Petición presentada, por correo certificado con acuse de recibo o cualquier otra forma de servicio de entrega de correspondencia con acuse de recibo. DADO bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por orden del mismo, en San Juan, Puerto Rico hoy 13 de junio de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DISTRITO DE ARECIBO SALA DE ARECIBO RUBEN VELEZ RAMOS Peticionario EX - PARTE Civil Núm.: AR2024CV02006. Sala: 402. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. AVISO A CUALQUIER PERSONA CON INTERÉS. Por la presente se cita a cualquier interesado para que dentro de veinte días contados desde la última publicación de este aviso exponga lo que a sus intereses convenga, en el expediente de dominio promovido por RUBEN VELEZ para que se declare a su favor el dominio de la siguiente finca: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno ubicado en Carretera #2 Ramal 682 Sector San Luis, Garrochales, P.R compuesto por una cabida de 1,077.3978 metros cuadrados
En Lindes por el Norte con Carretera Municipal y Nazaida Rodríguez; por el Sur; con Joel Vélez y Juan Rodríguez; por el Este, Juan A. Rodríguez Carretera Municipal y Acueductos; y por el Oeste Miguel Molina y Calle Municipal. Enclava estructura con fines residenciales. Numero de Catastro: 06032-043-805-03-001. Aquellas personas afectadas tendrán que presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal.
Representación Legal: LCDA. YESSENIA Y. MIELES VÉLEZ RUA: 21595
Dirección Postal: Ext. 362 Urb. Vistas de Camuy II Camuy, PR 00627
Teléfono: (787) 404-3089 / (787) 881-6300
E. ymielesvelez@gmail.com
Por tanto, libro la presente en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de julio de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. WANDA I. ROMÁN
MOYA, SUB- SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
EL GOBIERNO MUNICIPAL AUTÓNOMO DE SAN JUAN, REPRESENTADO POR SU HONORABLE ALCALDE, MIGUEL ROMERO LUGO
Parte Peticionaria Vs. ADQUISICIÓN DE PROPIEDAD DE 362.94 METROS CUADRADOS
LOCALIZADA EN LA 1363 CALLE FELIX Z-17 URB. ALTAMESA, BO. MONACILLOS, SAN JUAN, 00921; RAFAEL LOPEZ OLIVO Y SU ESPOSA NORMA PEREZ CASTRO CADA UNO POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; BANCO DE SAN JUAN; EL SISTEMA DE RETIRO DE LOS EMPLEADOS DEL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Partes con Interés Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV03505.
Sala: 1002. Sobre: EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA. EDICTO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EEUU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: RAFAEL LOPEZ OLIVO y su esposa NORMA PEREZ CASTRO cada uno por sí y en representación de la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos y a BANCO DE SAN JUAN. RE: Adquisición en pleno dominio y a título absoluto de la propiedad de 362.94 metros cuadrados localizada en la 1363 calle Felix Z-17 Urb. Altamesa, Bo. Monacillos, San Juan, 00921, para eliminar un estorbo público declarado por el Municipio.
DESCRIPCIÓN AMPLIA DEL SUJETO EXPROPIADO SUFICIENTE PARA SU IDENTIFICACIÓN: URBANA: predio de terreno identificado como #1363 Calle San Félix (antes Z17 Calle B), Bo. Monacillos del término municipal de San Juan, Puerto Rico. El solar tiene cabida superficial de trescientos sesenta y dos con nueve mil cuatrocientas diezmilésimas (362.9400) de metros cuadrados equivalentes a cero con novecientas veintitrés diezmilésimas (0.0930) de cuerda. En lindes por el Norte en distancia de diecinueve con doscientas catorce milésimas (19.214) de metros lineales con solar #1366 propiedad de Drugs Unlimited Inc.; al Sur en distancia de diecisiete con doscientas cincuenta y tres milésimas (17.253) de metros lineales con solar #1365 propiedad de Johar Mohamed Jibril; al Este en distancia de dieciséis con doscientas ochenta y cuatro milésimas (16.284) con solar #1362 propiedad de Juan Jiménez Nolasco; y por el Oeste en distancia de veintisiete con ochenta y ocho milésimas (27.088) de metros lineales con la Calle San Félix (antes Calle B). Finca Número 13,517, Folio 36, Tomo 355 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan. CODIFICACIÓN NÚM: 086-065-175-35-001. ENTIDAD EXPROPIANTE Y CITAR LA LEGISLACIÓN EN VIRTUD DE LA CUAL SE EXPROPIA: El procedimiento de Expropiación Forzosa se instituye por el Municipio de San Juan, conforme a la Autorizada de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de mayo de 1903, según enmendada, el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, Ley 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada; la Ordenanza Núm. 1, Serie 2021-2022 y la Resolución Núm. 71, Serie 2024-2025 de la Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. El interés y el fin para el
cual el Municipio de San Juan se propone a adquirir la propiedad es para mejorar el área eliminando un estorbo público declarado por el Municipio.
ENTIDAD EXPROPIANTE Y CITAR LA LEGISLACIÓN EN VIRTUD DE LA CUAL SE EXPROPIA: El procedimiento de Expropiación Forzosa se instituye por el Municipio de San Juan, conforme a la Autorizada de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de mayo de 1903, según enmendada, el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, Ley 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada; la Ordenanza Núm. 1, Serie 20212022 y la Resolución Núm. 71, Serie 2024-2025 de la Legislatura Municipal de San Juan. El interés y el fin para el cual el Municipio de San Juan se propone a adquirir la propiedad es para mejorar el área eliminando un estorbo público declarado por el Municipio. Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda de Expropiación Forzosa. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Pablo Guerrero Sanfilippo cuya dirección postal es: 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, PMB 270, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 00966 cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 273-0611 y su correo electrónico es: pguerrerosanfilippo@ gmail.com. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma en el Tribunal, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. Este Tribunal ha señalado para el 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, Sala 1002 del Centro Judicial de San Juan, el cual ubica en Hato Rey, PR, para la Vista del caso, en cuyo día se determinará el justo valor de la propiedad y las partes a ser compensadas y a cuya vista podrán ustedes comparecer y ofrecer prueba de valoración, aunque no hayan contestado la Petición. Expedido por Orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 19 de septiembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN E. GARCÍA FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. RAFAELA RIVERA SEGARRA
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2019CV02103. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 11 de agosto de 2025 y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 28 de febrero de 2020, notificada nuevamente el 20 de diciembre de 2024, y publicada en el periódico The San Juan Star el 27 de diciembre de 2024 se procederá a vender el día 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2025 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar: 41. Urbanización Montefiori de Caguas, Puerto Rico. Cabida: 976.07 metros cuadrados. Linderos: por el NORTE, en una distancia de veintiocho punto ochocientos treinta y siete metros (28.831 m.) (así surge), con la Urbanización Villa Borinquén; por el SUR, en una distancia de doce punto noventa y siete metros (12.97 m.), veinticinco punto treinta y dos metros (25.32 m.) y trece punto doce metros (13.12 m.), con Calle Lilly; por el ESTE, en distancia de dieciocho punto cero un metros (18.01 m.), con área verde; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de treinta y tres punto ciento cinco metros (33.105 m.), con el lote cuarenta y dos (42). Enclava residencia modelo Camelia. Aclarada la descripción mediante la escritura número 79, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de septiembre de 2020, ante el notario Félix Vega Fournier, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, finca número 62,464,
inscripción 3ra., y última. Finca número 62,464, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Caguas. Que con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas. El remate comenzará por las sumas adeudadas declaradas en la Sentencia, y se llevará a cabo para con su producto, satisfacer dichas sumas. Las cuantías de la sentencia se describen de la siguiente manera: al día 1ro de septiembre de 2017, la parte demandada le adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $255,494.41 por concepto de principal; más intereses al tipo convenido al 5.000% anual, hasta su completo pago más la cantidad de $29,108.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado que la parte demandada se obligará a satisfacer como suma líquida y sin necesidad de nueva liquidación y aprobación por este Tribunal, más la cantidad que se adeuda mensualmente a partir del día 1 de octubre de 2017. Debido al incumplimiento de la parte demandada, con los términos de contrato habido entre las partes se declara con lugar la demanda y se ordena la ejecución de hipoteca y venta en pública subasta de la propiedad objeto de este pleito, declarando vencida la suma de $255,494.41 por concepto de principal; más intereses al tipo convenido al 5.000% anual, hasta su completo pago más la cantidad de $29,108.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado que la parte demandada se obligará a satisfacer como suma líquida y sin necesidad de nueva liquidación y aprobación por este Tribunal, más la cantidad que se adeuda mensualmente a partir del día 1 de octubre de 2017.
La subasta se llevará a cabo el día 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2025
A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Caguas. La venta de la propiedad será realizada para cubrir el importe adeudado a la demandante, el cual al momento de la Sentencia ascendía a la suma de $255,494.41 por concepto de principal; más intereses al tipo convenido al 5.000% anual, hasta su completo pago más la cantidad de $29,108.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado que la parte demandada se obligará a satisfacer como suma líquida y sin necesidad de nueva liquidación y aprobación por este Tribunal, más la cantidad que se adeuda mensualmente a partir del día 1 de octubre de 2017. Se le advierte a los
licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, efectivo, giro y/o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de gravámenes posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 21 de agosto de 2025. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA-
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS 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 8 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: A-203 WEEK 20. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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-203 and includes the right to use such unit during the 20th week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 20th 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-203, 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 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrita al folio 10 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta finca 12,633. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número
12758 inscrita al tomo de hoja móvil 44 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $17,136.02, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad A203, semana 20. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante Vs. ANA IRIS ELÍAS RIVERA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE LUIS EDILBERTO DIAZ CRESPI, COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANA DE TAL
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV04027. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS 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 9 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-609 SEMANA 29. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL
HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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-609 and includes the right to use such unit during 29 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 29 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-609, 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, firts 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, 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 the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 114163, inscrito al folio 166 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14913 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 75 de Vega Alta, según inscripción ira. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $9,504.85, correspondiente al principal, más los intereses que esa suma genere desde la presentación de la demanda hasta el pago total de la obligación a razón de 9.50 % más las costas y gastos de litigio. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Además, es-
tán disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. EDDIE RIOS GOMEZ, YANIRA IVONNE FLORES CAMACHO, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2024CV05452. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS 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 9 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-708 SEMANA 26. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR
de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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 B708 and includes the right to use such unit during 26 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 26 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-708, 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, 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 the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14170, inscrito al folio 201 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14386 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 67 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $29,859.57 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B708, semana 26. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. EUFRACIA AGOSTO RIVERA y la SUCESIÓN DE JOSE LUIS MARTI ROSA, COMPUESTA POR MARTHA IVETTE MARTI
AGOSTO Y JOSE MARTI
AGOSTO t/c/c JOSE MARTI JR.
Demandados Civl Núm.: BY2024CV04074. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS 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 12 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-610 SEMANA 33. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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 B610 and includes the right to use such unit during 33 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 33 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-610, 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, 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 the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14164, inscrito al folio 171 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la
finca número 14360 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 66 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $12,148.63, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B610, semana 33. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Bayamón, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante Vs. LUIS ALBERTO BARRETO SUAREZ Demandado
Civil Núm.: CN2024CV00407. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS 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 11 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: A405- SEMANA 25. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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-405 and includes the right to use such unit during 25 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 25 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-405, 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, 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 de la finca 12647, inscrito al folio 80 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13242 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 51 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $11,199.74, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad A405, semana 25. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Carolina, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. ANTONIO RÍOS RIVERA, VICTORIA JIMÉNEZ
RODRÍGUEZ, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CN2024CV00408. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL, 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 10 de septiembre 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: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B212- SEMANA 36. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. 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-212 and includes the right to use such unit during 36 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 36 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-212, 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, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2575% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14142, inscrito al folio 61 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16361 inscrita en tomo de hoja móvil número 91 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. Registro de la Propiedad Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $17,211.14, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B212, semana 36. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 20 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA. 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 gra-
vámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. 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 Carolina, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). 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 edicto 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 serán: 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 edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 6 de octubre de 2025. LUIS F. ORTIZ ROSA, ALGUACIL, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR #888, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
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Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS RÉCORDS DE DORAL BANK, DORAL MORTGAGE LLC COMO SUCESOR EN DERECHO DE DORAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS
EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV04656. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. Sala: 402. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL como posibles tenedores y cualquiera persona desconocida con posible interés en la obligación cuya cancelación por decreto judicial se solicita. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de dos (2) pagarés hipotecarios. El primero a favor de Doral Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $57,750.00, con intereses al 7 7/8% anual, vencedero el 1ro. de julio de 2008. Dicho pagaré fue garantizado por hipoteca suscrita el día 4 de junio de 1993, conforme la Escritura número 302 ante el Notario Carlos Martínez Olmo, inscrita al folio 169 del tomo 121 de Toa Baja, finca número 7659, inscripción 4ta., (“Primera Hipoteca”). El segundo pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $70,000.00, con intereses al 11.45% anual, vencedero el 1ro. de septiembre de 2020. Dicho pagaré fue garantizado por hipoteca suscrita el día 24 de agosto de 2005, conforme la Escritura número 585 ante el Notario Rey Javier De León Colón, inscrita al folio 49 de tomo 577 de Toa aja, finca número 7659, inscripción 5ta., (“Segunda Hipoteca”). Las hipotecas pesan sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parcela de terreno en la Urbanización Levittown, cuarta unidad de Planificación en el Barrio Sabana Seca de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, y que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización Levittown, con el número, area y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación, Solar número cuarenta y uno (41) del Bloque “AK”, área del Solar trescientos diez punto cincuenta (310.50) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el Solar número cuarenta dos (42); por el SUR, en veintitrés punto cero cero (23.00) metros, con el Solar número cuarenta (40); por el ESTE, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros, con la Calle Lisa Este; y por el OESTE, en trece punto cincuenta (13.50) metros, con el Solar número cuatro (4). Enclava una estructura para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 166 del tomo 121 de Toa Baja,
finca número 7,659, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda de Bayamón. La parte demandante alega que dichos pagarés han sido saldados según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notifique con copia de ella al licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 623 Ponce de León Avenue, Executive Building, Ste. 1100A-2, San Juan, PR 00917, Tel. (561) 338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc. com, 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 concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 11 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. KAREN M. ACEVEDO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.
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Demandantes Vs. SUCESIÓN DE CHARLENE ALKA CASTELLO COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS Y UNICOS Y UNIVERSALES HEREDEROS JENNIFER CASTELLO, JESSICA CASTELLO, CHRIS COLLINGSWORTH Y LINDSAY COLLINGSWORTH
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2025CV02802. Sobre: DIVISIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ES-
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PR qualifies for final, secures first medal in a NORCECA Final Six
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic in an epic five-set battle (25-27, 32-30, 31-33, 25-22 and 15-11) on Saturday to secure a spot in the NORCECA Men’s Final Six championship match at Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce.
Puerto Rico was to face defending champion the United States in the gold medal match on Sunday night, while the Dominican Republic was to face Mexico for the bronze late in the afternoon.
It was to be Puerto Rico’s first appearance in the gold medal match of the tournament.
Puerto Rico trailed 1-2 in the match, but prevailed 25-22 in the fourth set to force a fifth set.
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on Sunday night.
The hosts took a 3-0 lead in the tiebreak and held the lead midway through the set (8-
4). Puerto Rico remained focused after the Dominicans closed the gap to 10-9 and closed out the match with a 15-11 victory.
Puerto Rico led in attacks (74-71) and serves (10-2), but the Dominican Republic was more effective in blocks (14-10) and committed fewer unforced errors (34) than Puerto Rico (36).
Opposite player Jamal Ellis led Puerto Rico’s offense with 30 points (25 kills, 2 blocks and 3 aces) and a 62% attacking success rate, followed by hitter Pedro Molina with 28 points.
Opposite player Adrián Figueroa of the Dominican Republic had a match-high 32 points (28 kills, 3 blocks, and 1 ace) and a 56% attacking success rate, while Luis Reinoso added 21 points.
“It was a long match. The Dominican Republic came out with a very clear offense.
We had difficulty stopping their attackers, but we managed to come back and close out the match,” Puerto Rico middle blocker Jonathan Rodriguez said. “We showed great perseverance, despite the long rallies that prevented us from winning the point, but we managed to recover and win in the fifth set. Tomorrow we must practice, improve our blocking, and impose our serves. We must prepare well to beat the United States.”
Ellis added: “We knew the Dominican Republic was an opponent that always gives us a fight, and we knew we couldn’t let our guard down.”
“In the end, we did what was necessary to close out the sets, keeping our heads high and united,” he said. “Now we need to rest and come back focused and ready for tomorrow’s match against the United States.”
Amazonians knock Cidra out of 2nd place in COPUVO
By THE STAR STAFF
The Amazónicas of Trujillo Alto rallied after losing the first set and went on to defeat the Bravas of Cidra 15-25, 25-18, 25-21 and 26-24 in a Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish) match at Fernando “Rube” Hernández Court in Gurabo on Saturday.
With the win, Trujillo Alto improved to 6-3 with 22 points, displacing Cidra from second place in the standings. The Bravas now occupy third place with a 6-2 record and 21 points.
In other results, the Volleyball Girls of Guayanilla dominated the Lady Sharks of Aguadilla 25-13, 21-25, 25-17 and 25-21. The southern team remains
in fourth place with a 5-2 record and 17 points, while Aguadilla dropped to 1-6 with four points.
Meanwhile, the Big Sisters of Carolina recorded a dramatic road victory in five sets (18-25, 25-19, 1525, 25-19 and 15-13) over the Criollas of Caguas at Roger Mendoza Coliseum.
With the result, Carolina strengthened its hold on fifth place (5-3, 13 points), and Caguas, despite the loss, earned a point that moved them into seventh place (1-5, 5 points).
COPUVO play continues on Thursday with three matches starting at 8 p.m. The Llaneras of Toa Baja (07, 0 points) will face the Cangrejeras of Santurce (9-0, 29), the Big Sisters will visit the Vaqueras of Bayamón (3-3, 10), and the Volleyball Girls will face the Criollas.
Ganaderas advance to the BSNF playoffs
By THE STAR STAFF
The Ganaderas of Hatillo secured their spot in the postseason of the Women’s National Superior Basketball League (BSNF by its initials in Spanish) by defeating the Cafetaleras of Yauco 83-65 in a game held on Saturday at Raymond Dalmau Coliseum in Quebradillas.
With the win, the Ganaderas improved to 7-9, occupying sixth place in the overall standings, and became the seventh team to qualify for the BSNF quarterfinals.
The Hatillo offense was led by Okako Adika’s
33 points and 10 rebounds, while McKenzie Forbes contributed 28 points in another solid performance.
For Yauco, Sidney Cooks led the way with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Sierra Calhoun added 15 points, and Asia Strong finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
The Cafetaleras, at 3-13 and in last place in the standings, were officially eliminated from postseason contention.
Three games were to be played on Sunday night. Caguas (6-9) vs. Hatillo (7-9) in Quebradillas, Santurce (13-4) at Juana Díaz (7-10), and Manatí (10-6) at Isabela (10-6).
Adika led the way for
with 33 points and 10 rebounds as the Ganaderas qualified for the BSNF postseason.
Puerto Rico was to make its first appearance in the gold medal match of the NORCECA Men’s Final Six
Paola Matos of the Amazónicas of Trujillo Alto
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