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Santiago Takeaway: 20 Medals, 2 Olympic Berths for Puerto Rico

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A Brighter Fitness Future $10.6 Million Renovation Gets Underway at Barbosa Park in San Juan P3

Federal Court Imposes $12 Million Fine on Pharmaceutical Distributor P6

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LUMA Appoints Ex-Public Servants to Top Managerial Posts P4

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$10.6 million rehabilitation of Barbosa Park in San Juan begins

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an Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo announced Monday the start of work on million-dollar improvements to the historic Barbosa Park in Ocean Park with a total investment of $10.6 million.

“The iconic park is one of the busiest and most used by residents and tourists in San Juan,” the mayor said at a press conference and groundbreaking. “Its peculiar location so close to Ocean Park beach and its various areas to practice various sports, have made this place one of the most important in the Capital City.

However, the park has been deteriorating for years due to lack of maintenance, followed by the direct impact of tidal waves, strong winds, rains, the onslaught of several hurricanes such as Irma, Maria and subsequent phenomena.”

In order for the project to be carried out in a safe and effective manner, work will be carried out concurrently in two phases of construction. Romero Lugo said the Municipality of San Juan has invested some $7 million of its funds to carry out the work and the rest of the funds come from FEMA ($2.4 million) and the insurance claimed after the passage of the 2017 hurricanes ($1.39 million).

The first phase includes improvements to the athletic track, administration building and municipal police headquarters, as well as the repair of the Dr. José Celso Barbosa Plaza, the administration building and the parking lot.

This entire first phase contains a total investment of $6.2 million. The estimated duration of the project is about 365 calendar days, with the possibility that it may be extended due to weather issues.

Meanwhile, the second phase will include the rehabilitation of the ballpark, basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, skating rink and children’s play area, as well as walking trails, benches and tables, parking and the tennis court administration office. It is estimated that this second phase of the project, with an investment of $4.3 million, will last some 455 calendar days (15 months).

The renovations at Barbosa Park are part of the work considered in the obligation of FEMA funds and other complementary funds for the proper use and enjoyment of the facilities for the benefit of the communities and users of the recreational facility.

Romero Lugo added that pets will also benefit from the project. “As part of the improvements to Barbosa Park and our commitment to address the needs of our residents with pets, a Dog Park area will be developed,”

he said. “Pets are part of every family and given the large number of users who visit the park with their pets, we have decided to add an exclusive dedicated area.”

The pet park will become a reality with an investment of $29,400 that will include the installation of a trash station, benches, game stations and a security gate.

“The announced improvements will benefit not only the community of Ocean Park, residents of Lloréns Torres, Loíza Street, San Juan Moderno, Villa Palmeras, Chícharo, Seboruco, Pulguero, Playita, Punta Las Marías, but also all the communities of San Juan and citizens of Puerto Rico,” the mayor added.

Romero Lugo also noted that the large-scale project complements the million-dollar improvements that have already begun at Central Park in San Juan, as announced in June.

The second phase of the $10.6 million project, estimated to take around 15 months, will include the rehabilitation of the ballpark, basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, skating rink and children’s play area, as well as walkways and other features.

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo noted the value of Barbosa Park to Ocean Park residents and many others, adding that “the park has been deteriorating for years due to lack of maintenance, followed by the direct impact of tidal waves, strong winds, rains, the onslaught of several hurricanes.”

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LUMA appoints former public servants to top managerial posts

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“At LUMA, we are excited about the energy future we are building for Puerto Rico,” Saca added.

Reyes was most recently the 22nd adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard. He was also the principal adviser to the governor of Puerto Rico for all matters related to preparation and enlistment in the armed forces.

In 1984, he began his military career as an active soldier in the United States Army. Before occupying the position of adjutant general and major general (retired), Reyes was a dual troop commander in 2017 after hurricanes Irma and Maria. Additionally, he was responsible for leading more than 16,000 members of all branches of the military in providing

UMA Energy, the private operator of Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system, announced Monday the appointment of three new members to its top management team, including former National Guard Adjt.

Gen. José Reyes as chief corporate services officer.

The new executives have decades of professional experience in the industry and in public service. They will join the company four months after Juan Saca was named LUMA’s chief executive officer on July 1.

“Since my first day at LUMA, my goal has been to attract and promote the best,” Saca said. “This includes identifying local and trained talent to join the more than 4,000 colleagues on our team at LUMA, who are building a better energy future for Puerto Rico.”

Besides Reyes, LUMA hired former Justice Secretary Ángel Rotger-Sabat as chief legal officer. Former Insurance Commissioner Mariano Mier was promoted to chief compliance officer, a new executive position to ensure ongoing accountability and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as codes of ethics and internal policies.

Each will help ensure that LUMA follows the highest ethical, legal, regulatory and internal standards, the company said, adding that they will also bring their experience and expertise to a diverse management team.

“Some of the most significant achievements we have made at LUMA during our first two years of operations are the following: We reduced the frequency of outages by 35% in the first two years of operations, accelerated the clean energy transformation by connecting more than 71,000 customers with solar panels, and initiated 411 FEMA-funded projects, Former National Guard Adjt. Gen. José Reyes has been appointed chief corporate services officer at LUMA Energy. which represents $11.7 billion,” LUMA said.

defense support to civil authorities. The major general has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

Rotger-Sabat has over 30 years of professional experience in private practice as a trial lawyer and partner in several recognized law firms in Puerto Rico. He also has experience in public service, having served as secretary of justice. He also worked in the public sector as a legal officer for Ramón Negrón Soto, an administrative judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico, and as deputy secretary of justice. Rotger-Sabat holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Brown University and a J.D. from Brown University and from the UPR School of Law, where he graduated cum laude. Additionally, he is a member of the American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association, Puerto Rico Chapter; and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia.

Jorge Flores de Jesús, the current vice president of legal affairs and general counsel at LUMA, has decided to return to private practice soon.

Mier, meanwhile, has 24 years of experience in litigation and corporate and administrative practice and has been vice president of the Procurement and Contracts Department at LUMA since February 2022. Before joining LUMA, Mier was Puerto Rico’s insurance commissioner. As part of his role, he supervised and regulated all facets of the insurance industry in Puerto Rico. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mier worked as a journalist specializing in government and business news at El Nuevo Día. He also worked in the financial services industry and in academia. Additionally, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College and studied mathematics at the graduate level. He obtained his law degree from UPR.

House to approve key bills in session’s final days

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peaker of the House of Representatives Rafael “Tatito” Hernández Montañez announced Monday that at the end of the sixth regular session, the lower chamber is preparing to approve a number of bills that cover issues such as transparency, government reengineering and tax savings for citizens.

“We are going to meet on Nov. 7 and 8 to approve the measures that are pending from the House, and on November 9 we will approve the measures that have come from the Senate,” Hernández Montañez said. “From the 10th to the 14th of this month we will be forming the conference committees for the remainder of the approvals.”

“Among the hundreds of measures that are typically approved at the end of the session, we have highlighted about 20 measures that have a great impact on citizens,” the speaker added. “An example of this is facilitating the

granting of property titles, providing access to incentives for the purchase of new homes and speeding up the process … to build houses for people with greater need.”

“We will also transform the education system so that our children have the opportunity to have bilingual schools, with extended hours, extracurricular academic offerings and tutoring, which will improve the quality of life of our students and their parents,” Hernández Montañez said.

The speaker also specified that the House majority will continue to fight to restore labor rights, encourage the creation of jobs from home and protect jobs in the manufacturing sector.

“With sensitivity and awareness of the reality of the country, we will declare an emergency due to violence against children,” Hernández Montañez said. “We will extend the right to vote to legal immigrants who contribute so much to our economy and allocate additional funds to improve the police retirement system.”

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Conservative activist Vargas to run for San Juan mayor under Dignity Project

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oe Vargas, an activist and defender of civil and parental rights, confirmed on Monday that he will run for mayor of San Juan under the Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad), citing his opposition to civil rights violations in the capital and promising a pro-life environment in the island capital.

Vargas promised to restore the sovereignty of families and the autonomy in decision-making in the face of government interference that, he said, will occur with the excesses of control coming from programs such as the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

A social activist since 2015 and defender of families in crisis, both in Puerto Rico and internationally, Vargas said he will challenge the status quo by promoting a program that would implement a series of public policies in San Juan that would promote a pro-life environment and family values through a transformative government plan called “The Dignified Capital City.” The program puts families at the heart of the island and at the forefront of community management, promising significant changes that will resonate in the homes of San Juan and serve as an example to other municipalities.

Vargas, who supports the candidacy of Javier Jiménez as the gubernatorial candidate for Proyecto Dignidad, describes himself as an enemy of the liberal public policies of the Cit-

izen Victory Movement (Victoria Ciudadana), and pointed out that, as he sees it, the New Progressive Party has adopted liberal democratic socialist behavior and supports policies that are not in line with the values of the families of Puerto Rico.

Vargas also expressed the need to formally investigate rumors of corruption schemes.

With a critical look at the aforementioned 2030 Agenda, Vargas proposes an economic and social development model that defends conservative principles and encourages autonomy in municipal decision-making. His vision is to turn San Juan into a beacon of inspiration for the Caribbean, with initiatives that revitalize the local economy, and redefine Río Piedras as the commercial epicenter of the island. While he proposes implementing a plan to fight gentrification, he is betting that he can turn Río Piedras into a rival fit to compete against the commercial and entertainment giant Coca-Cola Music Hall.

In response to inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic, Vargas says he is committed to guaranteeing the freedom and human rights of the Individual and the family; creating a legal framework for the protection of the municipal administration operation; regulating to protect national identity and culture in opposition to the global identity proposed by the 2030 Agenda; and respecting the right of citizens to choose their diet, promote sources that produce food and safeguard the

lifestyle without impositions of dietary customs.

For those who dream of a Puerto Rico that embraces the “ideals of conservative progress, that are pro-life and pro-family, and that seek well-being for all generations, this is the time to act,” Vargas said. “Together, we can safeguard the future of our land.”

Bidding process begins for renovation of Coquí Dome in Cupey

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for the rehabilitation of the Coquí Dome, an indoor facility known for hosting volan Juan District 4 Rep. Víctor Parés leyball championships in all divisions.

Otero announced Monday the be“I am very pleased to report that we ginning of the pre-bidding process are already on our way to the reconstruction of the venerable Coquí Dome, a unique place in the Cupey area where volleyball is practiced at all levels,” the lawmaker said.

“The pre-bidding for this important sports project for the capital city is scheduled for [Thursday] Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. We encourage any company wishing to be part of this effort to submit their documents to the General Services Administration for evaluation. The auction In addition to the renovation of the Coquí Dome in opens on December 19.

Cupey, the recreational facilities in the Sagrado Corazón This is a work of great imurbanization, including the ballpark there, will also be portance for our people.”

In addition to the renrehabilitated, Rep. Víctor Parés Otero said.

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ovation of the Coquí Dome, the recreational facilities in the Sagrado Corazón urbanization, including the ballpark, will also be rehabilitated.

“The rehabilitation of these facilities is part of our commitment, along with

Mayor Miguel Romero, to establish a first-class recreational/sports structure for the residents of our legislative district,” Parés Otero added. “Recreation is a vital factor in the social development of our people.”

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Federal court imposes $12 million fine on pharmaceutical distributor Droguería Betances also ordered to improve compliance with requirements for reporting ‘suspicious’ orders for controlled substances, including opioids

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he U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico entered a consent decree requiring Droguería Betances LLC (Betances), one of Puerto Rico’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, to pay $12 million and make extensive improvements to its compliance program, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.

The consent decree resolves a complaint filed by the United States on Nov. 3, alleging that from 2016 through at least June 2019, Betances failed to report to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hundreds of “suspicious orders” for opioids and other controlled substances distributed to Betances’ pharmacy customers, referring to orders that were unusual in their frequency, size or other patterns. According to the complaint, this included at least 655 suspicious orders for fentanyl and at least 113 suspicious orders for oxycodone, both of which are frequently misused products that have been contributing to the current opioid abuse epidemic.

In addition, the complaint alleged that from May 2017 to July 2018, Caguas-based Betances failed to make required reports of its distribution transactions to DEA via an automated reporting system, including all of Betances’ distributions of Schedule II opioids during that period, or more than 7.8 million dosage units. According to the complaint, Betances also committed hundreds of recordkeeping violations, such as filling orders for controlled substances with defective order forms and submitting inaccurate shipping or delivery information to the DEA. According to the consent decree, the Justice Department conducted an analysis of Betances’ financial condition in

Principal Deputy Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division

relation to its potential exposure to civil fines and forfeiture.

Based in part on ability to pay, the consent decree requires Betances to pay $12 million over five years in annual payments, with $10.2 million in the form of civil penalties and $1.8 million in civil forfeiture.

The consent decree also requires Betances to make extensive improvements in its compliance program. Betances must implement improved controlled substance monitoring program procedures and systems to review all orders of controlled substances and to detect and report suspicious orders to DEA. Betances must also improve its procedures and systems for conducting due diligence reviews of its pharmacy customers. The consent decree further requires Betances to submit annual reports about its compliance program and customers to DEA and other Justice Department components.

Betances must also improve its ARCOS reporting system to ensure proper and accurate reporting of all acquisitions and distributions of Schedule II controlled substances.

“Companies that distribute controlled substances to phar-

macies and other points of sale have an important responsibility to help stop the illegal distribution of controlled substances by reporting suspicious orders to DEA,” said Principal Deputy Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The department will continue to work with its law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who fail to fulfill their reporting obligations.”

“The duty to report suspicious orders and other reporting requirements imposed on wholesale pharmaceutical distributors by the Controlled Substance Act is critical to ensuring the safety of our citizens from potential harm, including those associated with drug diversion, drug tampering and drug overdoses resulting from illegal drug sales and consumption,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to do everything in our power to ensure compliance and will use all legal remedies available to hold corporate entities and individuals accountable.”

“As we continue to face unprecedented loss of American lives during the ongoing opioid epidemic, DEA believes that everyone within the pharmaceutical supply chain is responsible for doing their due diligence to prevent the diversion of controlled substances,” said Assistant Administrator Thomas W. Prevoznik of the DEA’s Diversion Control Division. “Compliance with the law is one of the best acts of prevention our registrants can do to ensure that these drugs are distributed for legitimate medical use. Reporting suspicious orders is required under the law and a key part in keeping our communities safe.”

The DEA’s Diversion Control Division, Caribbean Division, San Juan Division Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys David O. Martorani-Dale and Gabriella S. Paglieri for the District of Puerto Rico and trial attorney Tom Rosso of the Civil Divison’s Consumer Protection Branch represented the United States.

Governor declares Nov. 1 Internet Day

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t an event organized by the Puerto Rico chapter of the Internet Society in conjunction with the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Bayamón Campus, Enrique Völckers-Nin, executive director of the Smart Island Program and assistant secretary of Government Innovation, Information, Data and Technology, on Monday read the proclamation of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia declaring Nov. 1 as Internet Day. “This proclamation supports our efforts to provide high-speed internet to all of Puerto Rico,” Völckers-Nin said. “Governor Pedro Pierluisi has been emphatic on the importance of closing the digital divide on the island, which is why we continue to develop projects that help improve telecommunications infrastructure and ensure affordable access to high-speed Internet for all Puerto Ricans.”

The governor’s proclamation underscores the impor-

tance of the internet in all areas of human endeavor and of reducing the digital divide to provide access to internet connection to a greater number of people, in order to promote the socioeconomic development of Puerto Rico. It also highlights the need to preserve, protect and strengthen the internet in order to ensure development, security, stability and future and absolute access for the benefit of all.

Norberto Cruz, chairman of the Internet Society of Puerto Rico board of directors, “the celebration of Internet Day in Puerto Rico on Nov. 1 … is an opportunity to advance our mission to promote an open, safe and accessible internet for all our citizens.”

“It also gives us the opportunity to educate different communities on the adoption of new technologies, bridge the digital divide, foster digital inclusion, and expand collaboration among various actors in our vibrant digital ecosystem,” Cruz added.

Enrique Völckers-Nin, third from left, executive director of the Smart Island Program and assistant secretary of Government Innovation, Information, Data and Technology, noted that “we continue to develop projects that help improve telecommunications infrastructure and ensure affordable access to high-speed Internet for all Puerto Ricans.”

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Democrats express deep anxiety as polls show Biden trailing Trump

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

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hite House officials shrugged off weekend polling that showed President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump, even as Democrats said they were increasingly worried about Biden’s chances in 2024.

The new polling from The New York Times and Siena College found Biden losing in one-on-one matchups with Trump in five crucial swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Biden is ahead by 2 percentage points in Wisconsin.

Although the polling is worrisome for the president, Biden still has a year to campaign, which his team emphasized Sunday. They noted that polls have historically failed to predict the results of elections when taken a year ahead of time.

“Gallup predicted an 8-point loss for President Obama only for him to win handily a year later,” said Kevin Munoz, a spokesperson for Biden’s campaign. “We’ll win in 2024 by putting our heads down and doing the work, not by fretting about a poll.”

Still, the results of the poll, and other recent surveys showing similar results, are prompting public declarations of doubts by Democrats.

David Axelrod, a Democratic strategist who has expressed concerns about Biden before, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the new polling “will send tremors of doubt” through the party.

“Only @JoeBiden can make this decision,” Axelrod wrote, referring to whether the president would drop out of the race. “If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it’s in HIS best interest or the country’s?”

In a follow-up interview, Axelrod said he believed Biden, 80, had achieved a lot during the past three years but was rapidly losing support largely because of concern about how his age affects his performance.

“Give me his record and chop 10 to 15 years off, I’d be really confident,” Axelrod said. “People judge him on his public performance. That’s what people see. That’s where the erosion has been. It lends itself to Republican messaging.”

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program Sunday that he was concerned “before these polls.”

“And I’m concerned now,” he said.

“These presidential races over the last couple of terms have been very tight,” he said. “No one is going to have a runaway election here. It’s going to take a lot of hard work, concentration, resources.”

Donna Brazile, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee and a supporter of Biden, said, “Don’t count out Joe Biden” on ABC’s “This Week” program. But she added that Democrats should be mindful of the polling from the Times.

“I would say a wake-up call once again for Democrats to be reminded that they have to go back out there, pull the coalition that allowed Joe Biden to break new ground in 2020, especially in Arizona and Georgia, but more importantly to

A New York Times/Siena College poll released this weekend found that President Biden trailed Donald J. Trump in five critical swing states. bring back that coalition,” she said. “Without that coalition, it’s going to be a very, very difficult race.”

Munoz declined to comment on the specifics of the Times/Siena poll.

Julie Chávez Rodríguez, Biden’s campaign manager, said in a memo released Friday — before the Times poll was public — that it would be “crucial” for Biden to show strength among key parts of his coalition in order to win.

The weekend poll results, including a 10-point deficit behind Trump in Nevada, strike at the heart of the argument the president’s campaign advisers have been making for a year: that voters will back Biden once they are presented with a clear choice between him and his predecessor.

In her memo, Rodríguez said “voters will choose between the extremism, divisiveness and incompetence that extreme MAGA Republicans are demonstrating — and President Biden’s historic record of accomplishment.

“The American people are on our side when it comes to that choice,” she wrote.

The Times polls presented voters with that choice, and many of them, including Democrats, said they would pick Trump if the election were held today.

Already, there were signs that the campaign is scrambling to address the vulnerabilities on display in the poll among young, Black and Hispanic voters.

Last month, the campaign quietly started two pilot programs aimed at bolstering support among Democrats in

two key states, Arizona and Wisconsin. In each state, the campaign has hired 12 full-time staff members to test their assumptions about how Biden is viewed by particular groups and what he needs to do to earn their votes.

In Arizona, the new staff members in two offices in Maricopa County will focus on Latino and female voters.

In Wisconsin, staff members will work from an office in Milwaukee to evaluate the president’s message for Black and young voters.

Campaign officials say the idea is to use the next several months to test new ways of communicating to those voters.

Those include the use of “microinfluencers” who are popular on social media platforms, and “relational” campaigning, in which the campaign reaches out to voters through their network of friends rather than impersonal ads.

One of the central arguments of the Biden campaign is a belief that polls taken now, by definition, do not take into account the robust campaign that will unfold over the next year.

Biden has generated a significant campaign war chest.

The president and Vice President Kamala Harris have $91 million in cash on hand and are expected to raise hundreds of millions more for use during the general election campaign that will begin in earnest next summer.

The president’s campaign aides say they are confident the polls will shift in Biden’s direction once that money is put to use attacking Trump (or another Republican, if Trump loses the nomination) and reaching out to voters.

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Republicans are hammering Democrats on migrant crisis. Will it work?

Mark Poloncarz, the county executive of Erie County, in Buffalo, N.Y., on March 12, 2021. A pair of races in New York could have national resonance as Republicans seek to use the migrant crisis as a political cudgel against Democrats.

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he county executive’s message was unequivocal: Erie County had an obligation to open its arms to the crush of migrants overwhelming New York City, about 300 miles away. He called those who refused to help “morally repugnant.”

That was May. By August, two asylum-seekers sheltered in the area had been arrested on sexual assault charges. And after Republicans blamed the county executive, Mark Poloncarz, a Democrat, he abruptly put a migrant relocation program on ice.

The episode has been played on repeat this fall in attack ads blanketing the airwaves in Erie County as Republicans try to turn the migrant crisis gripping the state into a political cudgel to flip perhaps the most important elected office in western New York.

Clear across the state, on the tip of Long Island, a similar dynamic is playing out in Suffolk County, where Republicans are favored to win back the top office for the first time in two decades. Part of their strategy: attack ads focused on the busloads of migrants arriving in New York City, miles away from the suburbs.

Typically sleepy races, the two off-year contests for county executive have been transformed into important bellwethers for 2024, when six competitive House races are expected to help determine control of the House of Representatives.

Both parties are closely watching Tuesday’s results.

Will voters, particularly in suburban swing areas, stick with Democrats, whose party has labored — sometimes rancorously — to shelter and care for 130,000 asylum-seekers? Or will they jettison the party in favor of Republicans offering

more hard-line proposals?

“These races can show us whether the bottom has fallen out for Democrats, or we’re returning to the tight races that you would expect in these swing counties,” said Matthew Rey, a Democratic strategist.

Democrats still dominate New York statewide, by most measures. But Republicans performed better than expected in 2021, harnessing concerns about rising prices and an uptick in crime to flip a handful of congressional swing seats a year later. To have any real shot at a House majority, Democrats need to win them back.

Recent polling by the Siena College Research Institute found that 84% of registered New York voters view the influx of migrants as a serious problem. Among suburban voters, majorities also disapproved of the way Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Joe Biden — all Democrats — have handled the issue.

In Erie County, Chrissy Casilio, the Republican nominee for county executive, has hammered Poloncarz on the issue, running ominous television ads featuring the mug shots of the two migrants who were accused of sexual assault.

Poloncarz, 55, who is looking to secure a record fourth term as county executive, had said that the migrants sent to Erie County would be vetted by the federal government, but paused the program following the arrests to resolve “security issues.”

“He brought the crisis here to Erie County,” Casilio, 37, a public relations professional, charged in an interview. “The bottom line with this is that, again, we were lied to. We were told they were vetted. They were not vetted.”

Poloncarz accused Republicans of race-baiting and

overblowing the impact of the migrant issue. The roughly 500 migrants whom New York City is still paying to shelter in Erie County, he said, have had a negligible impact on a county with more than 950,000 residents.

“Most people in Erie County will have never come in contact with a migrant, with an asylum-seeker,” he said in an interview, adding that Casilio was using the issue “to scare people.”

Erie County, home to Buffalo and its suburbs, usually leans Democratic. But the county executive race has frequently devolved into a tit-for-tat of accusations that could complicate Poloncarz’s reelection.

Casilio has highlighted accusations by a former girlfriend that Poloncarz physically restrained her during a domestic dispute. He denied the allegation, saying that it was “a highly emotional breakup” but he did not grab the woman.

He came under fire again when the county comptroller received a complaint that accused him of steering public money to the nonprofit of a different woman he was dating. He has said the money allocation did not violate any ethics rules.

Poloncarz, who has significantly outspent Casilio, has criticized her lack of political experience. He set up a website devoted to since-deleted posts she made on social media in which she amplified conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19 and questioned whether the cardiac arrest of the Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was a publicity stunt.

The Buffalo News editorial board called her “frankly, wacky.”

In Suffolk County, an area more populous than 11 states, Democrats say they see signs that the Republican fever-pitch of 2021 and 2022 has cooled, particularly around crime.

But strategists in both parties said Republicans were still well positioned to reclaim the county executive seat, putting them on the brink of a remarkable takeover of almost every major office on Long Island.

“Each cycle builds into the next,” said Jesse Garcia, the architect of Republicans’ multiyear strategy to hit Democrats, who control Albany and New York City, over the state’s bail law, rising prices and, increasingly, their handling of the migrant influx.

Edward Romaine, 76, the longtime Republican supervisor of Brookhaven, the county’s largest town, is running for county executive against Dave Calone, a Democrat and former prosecutor and businessman who has never held elected office.

Calone, 50, has modeled himself on the popular outgoing Democratic executive, Steve Bellone, sharply breaking with his party on public safety, housing and immigration. He has attacked Romaine as a self-interested career politician.

But he lost two key endorsements his predecessors enjoyed: the county police union and Long Island’s main newspaper, Newsday. And there are signs voters may not be in a mood to look beyond party labels.

Camille Considine, 75, a Republican who lives in the hamlet of Flanders, said Friday that she voted for Romaine in part because of frustration over the migrant situation.

“Biden is allowing too many in,” she said. “And the way they’re housing them? It’s terrible.”

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After shootings, renewed pain for Maine’s deaf community

By JENNA RUSSELL and AMANDA NIERENBERG

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s residents across Maine sat riveted to their TVs on Oct. 27, waiting anxiously for updates on the search for a gunman who had killed 18 people, state officials opened their news briefing with a stern directive for the cameras in the room.

“For the consideration of the four Deaf victims and their families, we are requesting that the ASL interpreter is in all frames for language access,” Michael Sauschuck, the state’s public safety commissioner, said after a flurry of complaints from Deaf viewers about broadcasts cutting the interpreter out.

“They are grieving and have a right to know the latest information.”

It was a stinging reminder of the heavy toll borne by Maine’s small Deaf community, which counted four of its own among the dead and three more among the 13 injured in the shootings Oct. 25 in Lewiston. And it reflected its ongoing fight for access and recognition, a struggle rooted in a history of trauma that, amid its pain, has fostered solidarity.

Closely connected by a shared language and culture, and a statewide web of social ties, many Deaf residents of Maine first met and forged friendships at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, on Mackworth Island near Portland, long the only public, residential school for Deaf students in the state and a beloved center of Deaf society.

But a dark chapter in school history has shaped its community, too. For decades, it was the site of unchecked physical and sexual abuse of students by several school leaders.

After the abuse came to public light in the 1980s, it took decades for victims to receive compensation, state-funded counseling and a formal apology.

That trauma and subsequent battle for acknowledgment, said some community members, makes the pain felt now even harder to bear. And it is also one source of their closeness and strength, and their readiness to fight for one another, some said.

“It’s very special, and it’s hard to put into words what our community is like,” said Darleen Michalec, 45, a teacher who is Deaf and a close friend of some Deaf victims of the shootings. “We put aside our personal stuff and work together as hard as we can.

We move as one, and we have each other’s backs.”

To those who experienced the school abuse and its aftermath, the trauma is not in

the past, she said: “This community, many of us, are still living with it.”

Many members of the Deaf community consider their Deafness a source of pride and identity, not a disability, using a capital D to signal their affiliation. American Sign Language — often misunderstood as a literal translation of spoken English — is in fact its own distinct language, with a grammatical structure more like French than English and a vocabulary that includes facial expressions and body movements.

In Maine, residents grew familiar with its eloquence during the coronavirus pandemic, when Joshua Seal, an ASL interpreter, signed beside the state’s public health director at news briefings. Seal, 36, who became a wellknown figure in the state, was among the four Deaf people killed in the shootings, along with his friends William Brackett, known as Billy, 48; Stephen Vozzella, 45; and Bryan MacFarlane, 41.

Lewiston’s losses have drawn gestures of support from the global Deaf community, whose Maine members believe this mass shooting to be the first with many Deaf victims.

Roxanne Baker, 64, a Deaf teacher, activist and Baxter School board member, said the outreach reflects the collective spirit the group brings to suffering and hardship.

“We share the pain together,” she said in an interview, signing through an interpreter.

“Even though it happens to specific people, it feels present to us all.”

For many in the Deaf community, who see their Deafness as a strength, traumatic events can be even more complicated to process: Some have spent years striving to cast off victimhood and outsiders’ view of them as weak or vulnerable.

Research has found that Deaf people are at higher risk of some types of violence and trauma, including information deprivation trauma, which can result from isolation. But studies also cite a strong Deaf cultural identity as a protective factor that cultivates resilience.

Megan Vozzella, 38, whose husband, a longtime mail carrier, was killed, said that she was raised to fight for what she needed.

“I was never going to let anyone say I was ‘less than,’” she said in an interview Thursday, signing while Michalec, a close friend since their student days at the Baxter School, interpreted.

The same strain of determination ran through the lives of the Deaf victims. MacFarlane was the first Deaf person to earn a commercial driver’s license in Vermont, his family told Maine Public Radio, persisting when some driving schools would not accept him. Seal established Maine’s only summer camp for Deaf children two years ago, driven to create a refuge where they could meet and bond with others like them.

“He would say, ‘If you want it to be different, then change it,’” his wife, Elizabeth Seal, recalled in an interview the day after his death.

Memorials to the mass shooting victims in Lewiston, Maine, Oct. 27, 2023. The assailant in the mass shooting in Lewiston died about eight to 12 hours before his body was found, officials say.

That tenacity of will, so prevalent in Maine’s Deaf community, was essential to its long struggle to force the state to reckon with the wrongs done at the Baxter School.

An investigation by Maine’s attorney general in 1982 concluded that school administrators had abused students for years and that earlier reports of wrongdoing had been ignored.

No charges were filed because the statute of limitations had expired, according to news reports at the time.

It was not until 2001 that state legislators established a fund to compensate victims, after a group of former students, emboldened by the growing victims’ rights movement nationwide, began to lobby strongly for accountability. Sen. Angus King, then Maine’s governor, eventually apologized to victims, and a farmhouse where some of the worst abuse had occurred was ordered burned to the ground a few years later.

The four Deaf men who died, and the three wounded, were at Schemengees Bar & Grille, where they played together in a weekly cornhole tournament. The Wednesday night matches drew a diverse crowd who got to know one another during “blind draws” with randomly assigned partners.

John Clavette, 47, played often and befriended the Deaf players. “We found ways to communicate,” he said.

Some have speculated that the Deaf victims may have been slower to react to the gunfire because they could not hear it.

Vozzella and Michalec said that was unlikely; all had varying degrees of hearing loss, they said, and some could discern a sound as loud as gunshots.

Adding layers of complexity for Deaf survivors trying to make sense of the attack is the fact that the shooter, Robert R. Card II, 40, had hearing loss, his family told police, and had started wearing hearing aids in recent months.

Vozzella said she was waiting for more facts from the investigation. But she acknowledged her fear that the gunman may have targeted her husband and friends because they were Deaf.

Focused on caring for her daughter, who is 12, and leaning on the Deaf community, she said she intends to fight for a state ban on assault-style weapons like the one used to kill her husband.

Against a gun that lethal, no one stood a chance, whether they could hear or not, Vozzella said.

“It would not make any difference.”

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In a warming world, clean energy stocks fall while oil prospers

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eat, drought, flood and famine.

Evidence of climate change is all around us.

If the planet is to avoid even more severe consequences from global warming, the International Energy Agency, the world’s leading energy authority, says, consumption of oil, coal and natural gas needs to be reduced much more rapidly, and clean energy sources like wind and solar power need to expand at a far faster pace.

But the stock market doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo.

Instead, the shares of a broad range of clean energy companies have been crushed lately, in a rout that encompasses just about every alternative energy sector, including solar, wind and geothermal power.

At the same time, rather than weaning themselves off oil, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the two biggest U.S. oil companies, are doubling down. They have announced acquisitions that will vastly increase their oil reserves. Exxon intends to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale drilling company, for $59.5 billion. Chevron plans a $53 billion purchase of Hess, a big integrated oil company. These are enormous bets on oil for years to come.

It’s a perplexing state of affairs. The evidence that carbon emissions are warming the planet is persuasive. Yet the stock market, which is supposed to be forwardlooking, is treating alternative energy companies with disdain and big oil companies with respect.

There’s something wrong here, obviously. I think the problem resides with the stock market, not the scientists.

Benjamin Graham, the great value investor and Columbia professor, once said, “In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.”

That means that eventually the market gets things right, but in the short run, it’s prone to enthusiasms, snap judgments and myopic thinking.

That seems to be what’s happening now.

Stock losses Hundreds of billions of dollars are, in fact, being invested in renewable energy projects, even if the stock market generally

Roseland Solar and Storage facility in Riesel, Texas on Aug. 5, 2023. An exchangetraded fund that invests in solar companies, the Invesco Solar E.T.F., is down 42 percent this year and almost 60 percent since Jan. 1, 2021. isn’t favoring them right now.

The returns are ugly. The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the entire industry, is down more than 30% this year. Even worse, since the start of 2021, it has lost more than 50%.

Narrower sectors are being punished, too. The Invesco Solar ETF is down more than 40% this year and almost 60% since Jan. 1, 2021. The First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF has lost about 20% this year and about 40% since Jan. 1, 2021.

Rising interest rates have increased costs and tempered consumer enthusiasm in many countries, reducing stock valuations for fast-growing companies that aren’t churning out big profits. Renewable energy companies have been hard hit.

SolarEdge, which provides equipment needed to convert energy from solar panels into power that can be transmitted through electric grids, warned on Oct. 17 that demand for its products was lagging. The market responded harshly. Shares of the company, which is based in Israel, dropped nearly 30% in a single day. A host of other solar companies followed. Enphase Energy, a rival firm in Fremont, California, has lost almost 40% since Oct. 17.

Wind energy companies haven’t been spared either. Shares of Orsted, the Danish wind turbine company, fell nearly 26% Wednesday after it said it might have to write down as much as $5.6 billion on the value of its offshore wind projects in the United States.

One Orsted venture, South Fork Wind, a set of turbines being installed 30 miles east of Montauk Point, is scheduled to start sending electricity to Long Island before the end of the year. But the company canceled two projects, known as Ocean Wind 1 and 2, that were to supply New Jersey with green energy, and some of its projects for New York and Connecticut have run into trouble, too.

In October, the New York Public Service Commission rejected requests from Orsted and several other companies — including BP and Equinor — for billions in electric rate increases to help defray their ballooning costs. The companies say that with inflation and higher interest rates increasing their costs, the viability of some of their projects in the New York metropolitan area is in doubt.

Betting on fossil fuel Big oil company profits and revenue

have flagged since last year, when energy prices soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

For the entire S&P 500, earnings per share in the third quarter grew only 2.7% from a year earlier, John Butters, a senior earnings analyst for FactSet, estimated. Exclude the big energy companies, though, and that total increased to 8.4%. That’s because earnings per share for big fossil fuel energy companies declined 38.1%, more than for any other sector.

Oil prices are volatile, and their trajectory in the years ahead is far from certain. But Exxon and Chevron are staking their futures on oil. Exxon’s acquisition of Pioneer would be its biggest purchase since it bought Mobil in 1999. And Chevron will deepen its commitment to oil by acquiring Hess.

Though I know better, I can’t stop thinking of Hess as “the green company.” That’s only because I’m an old New York Jets fan.

Hess shares corporate history and a greenand-white motif with the Jets. Leon Hess founded the company, owned the team and liked the color green. But the Hess product line is petroleum based.

But no matter. Oil has been good to Hess’ shareholders, and to shareholders of the three other companies. Over the past three years, Exxon has returned about 275%, including dividends; Chevron, 135%; Pioneer, 260%; and Hess, a whopping 310%. The S&P 500 returned about 32%.

As long as the world consumes oil, companies like these will be profitable, or so oil bulls say.

Plus, there is a wild card.

As the World Bank warned Monday, if the war between Israel and Hamas widens, conflict in the Middle East could easily set off a steep surge in oil prices. An escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian war could make oil soar as well. So could any number of potential military or political conflicts.

The jury is still out on many alternative energy companies, much as the world needs their products. Oil companies, on the other hand, are prized for their ability to gush cash.

But if you’re seeking a guide to the future, don’t count on the stock market. I expect it to rise over the long run, and to make fickle and foolish choices along the way.

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Marketmind: Rates Buzz Sustained Before Fed Loan Data

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look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After its best week of 2023 on optimism about peaking interest rates, Wall Street’s S&P500 looks set to record its longest winning streak since June as a key Federal Reserve loan report may well sustain the rates buzz.

A below-forecast national payroll gain last month, a tick higher in the unemployment rate and moderating wage growth all catapulted stocks and bonds higher on Friday after a week brimming with hope the rate hiking campaign of the major central banks is over at last and a relatively soft landing beckons.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After its best week of 2023 on optimism about peaking interest rates, Wall Street’s S&P500 looks set to record its longest winning streak since June as a key Federal Reserve loan report may well sustain the rates buzz.

A below-forecast national payroll gain last month, a tick higher in the unemployment rate and moderating wage growth all catapulted stocks and bonds higher on Friday after a week brimming with hope the rate hiking campaign of the major central banks is over at last and a relatively soft landing beckons.

The VIX volatility gauge, which on Friday fell below 15 for the first since September, tried to get a toehold back above that level today.

Undermined by the retreat in Treasury yields, the dollar slipped back to the lowest since Sept 20.

The backdrop of an easier dollar and Treasury yields provides significant relief for emerging markets, with MSCI’s emerging market stock index hitting its highest since Sept 20 too.

Ahead of a full slate of Chinese economic updates later in the week, the offshore yuan also hit its highest in more than six weeks.

However, China recorded its first-ever quarterly deficit in foreign direct investment, according to balance of payments data out on Monday, underscoring Beijing’s challenge in wooing overseas firms amid “de-risking” moves by Western governments.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in San Francisco this week to try to deepen a fledgling economic dialogue between the world’s two largest economies ahead of a summit of Pacific Rim leaders.

But it was South Korean shares that outperformed all Asia markets. Seoul’s Kospi index surged 5.6% after

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a weekend decision by regulators to re-impose a ban on short-selling shares at least until June - ostensibly to promote a “level playing field” for retail and institutional investors.

In Europe, stock indexes gave back a little of last week’s rally - but Ryanair soared 6% after Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers forecast a record annual profit and promised a regular dividend payout.

Key developments that should provide more direction to U.S. markets later on Monday: * Federal Reserve’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on bank lending (SLOOS), U.S. Oct employment trends * U.S. corporate earnings: TripAdvisor, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Vimeo, Aspen, Telesat, Realty Income, Conterra Energy, Constellation Energy, Diamondback Energy, Celanese, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NXP Semiconductors, International Flavors & Fragrances, etc * Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks; Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill speaks

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Israel says it has isolated Gaza City after ‘large’ attack

By ANDRÉS R. MARTÍNEZ

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srael’s military said Monday that it had encircled Gaza City, effectively splitting the Gaza Strip in half in a move that Israel said would make it harder for Hamas to control the enclave.

The extent of the fighting overnight was unclear because of a communications blackout in Gaza, the third since the start of the war. Israel said it had struck 450 targets overnight in Gaza. Phone and internet connectivity appeared to be gradually returning Monday.

“We’ve completed our encirclement, separating Hamas strongholds in the north and the south, and it’s proving to be effective,” said Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, a military spokesperson, on Monday. “It’s close-quarters urban warfare. A lot of infantry working there.”

Israel has described Gaza City, in the north of the enclave, as a center for Hamas’ military operations.

As Israel’s military pushed ahead, Secretary of State

Antony Blinken was in Turkey on Monday, the final stop in a whirlwind tour of the Middle East that was aimed as much at warning off Iran as it was at finding a way to alleviate the suffering of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Shortly after Blinken visited Israel on Friday and asked it to pause fighting to allow aid into Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a cease-fire would be contingent on the release of Israeli hostages, a tough stance that seemed to be a rebuff to Washington.

The communications blackout in Gaza, which lasted at least 15 hours, was similar to the one that began during Israel’s initial invasion 10 days ago, and it limited journalists’ reports. The BBC said one of its Gaza reporters thought the night had brought “the most intense airstrikes since the beginning of the war.”

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on social media that the blackout cut off access to emergency medical services in Gaza, and that, as during the previous blackouts, it had lost contact with its teams there.

Israeli military personnel and tanks with a unit that a small group of journalists were permitted to accompany in northern Gaza for a few hours on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.

Filipino radio journalist fatally shot during live broadcast

By ISABELLA KWAI

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Filipino radio journalist, Juan Jumalon, was brutally shot and killed during a live broadcast at his home in the southwest Philippines early Sunday, according to local authorities, who were searching for possibly multiple attackers.

Jumalon, 57, who hosted a radio program under the name DJ Johnny Walker, was livestreaming his show on Facebook when a shooter entered the radio booth just after 5:30 a.m., the Misamis Occidental police said in a statement. The gunman then “without hesitation” shot Jumalon in the face before fleeing.

A special task group is investigating the killing, which occurred in the town of Calamba, the Misamis Occidental police said Monday, releasing a digital sketch of one of three people possibly involved in the attack. Police described him as a man of medium build wearing a red cap, a green T-shirt and black pants.

Jumalon broadcast sessions of his show from a radio booth at his home to a radio network and followers of his Facebook page, called 94.7 Gold FM Calamba. His final livestream had disappeared from his page as of Monday, but footage of the attack circulating online appeared to show Jumalon pausing during the

broadcast, before two shots rang out.

Authorities were not discounting that the shooting was related to the journalist’s work but were also exploring other motives, Col. Dwight Monato, a police director investigating the case, said in a news conference Monday.

CCTV footage showed two assailants entering the home while a third person stayed outside as a lookout, according to the news site Rappler. Authorities said the group fled on a motorcycle.

The assailants had gained entry to Jumalon’s home on the pretense that there was an urgent announcement to make, the governor of Misamis Occidental, Henry Oaminal, said on Facebook.

“I share the grief of his family and the people of my province, for we lost a truth crusader,” Oaminal said, calling him a “fearless broadcaster.”

Jumalon was the fourth journalist to be killed in the Philippines since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022 and the 199th since 1986, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, which condemned the “brazen” attack in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The attack is even more condemnable since it happened at Jumalon’s own home, which also served as the radio station.”

“Attacks on journalists will not be

A police officer checked the room where a journalist, Juan Jumalon, was fatally shot during a live broadcast at his home in the southwest Philippines on Sunday. tolerated in our democracy,” Marcos said in a post on X, “and those who threaten the freedom of the press will face the full consequences of their actions.” He said he had instructed authorities to conduct “a thorough investigation.”

A government media security group said it would offer a reward for information leading to an arrest.

The Philippines has ranked among the worst countries for press freedoms, and experienced a yearslong crackdown on them fueled by the administration of

Rodrigo Duterte, the former president.

Marcos took office last year, but attacks on journalists have persisted, news media organizations in the Philippines said.

In a 2023 report, the Committee to Project Journalists ranked the Philippines eighth on a list of countries in which the killers of journalists were likely to go unpunished.

“The Philippines remains a dangerous place to work as a reporter,” the group said in the report, “especially for radio journalists.”

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Zelenskyy announces criminal inquiry into attack at soldier ceremony

By MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG and MARIA VARENIKOVA

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resident Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said Sunday that criminal proceedings had been initiated over an episode in which Russian missiles struck a group of Ukrainian soldiers at an award ceremony in the south of the country, killing some and leaving others wounded.

Zelenskyy, who said the strike had taken place in the Zaporizhzhia region, gave no details about what had happened and did not cite a casualty toll, but Ukraine’s government rarely talks about setbacks in its war against Russia, and his acknowledgment suggested a military failure of unusual gravity.

“It is a tragedy that could have been avoided,” Zelenskyy said in a speech released on social media. “The main thing is to establish the complete truth about what happened and prevent such incidents from happening again.”

A military official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to disclose information, said that two missiles struck in succession Friday morning as soldiers from the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade gathered in the village of Zarichne, around 10 miles north of the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. The soldiers were there to mark Artillery Day, one of a series of days in Ukraine to honor branches of the military.

The official said that any investigation would focus on how Russia had found out about the event, enabling it to target it. But the official said that by holding the ceremony in the open, senior brigade members appeared to have violated military dogma in a conflict in which both sides have struck at troop concentrations behind the front lines.

In a statement on Facebook late Saturday, Ukraine’s military said Russia had launched “sneak attacks” on 26 settlements in Zaporizhzhia and targeted personnel of the 128th brigade with a missile, “resulting in the deaths of servicemen and various degrees of injuries to local residents.”

It did not give further details.

Viktor Mykyta, head of the military administration in Zakarpattia, a western region from which many members

An injured soldier from the Bakhmut front line receiving treatment in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. of the brigade came, confirmed the strike and deaths, and he announced three days of mourning in his region. “I recommend visiting the churches and praying for our defenders,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that its forces had been active in the Zaporizhzhia region but did not refer directly to a strike in Zarichne. It was not possible to confirm the number of casualties independently or the nature of the strike in Zaporizhzhia.

Both sides have suffered substantial casualties this year amid fierce fighting, although battle lines have remained largely static, and it did not appear that Friday’s strike was sufficiently bad to alter the trajectory of the war. But in his speech, Zelenskyy deviated from his usually optimistic tone and said that the episode had come at a difficult moment for Ukraine.

“When we go through weeks like this, filled with pain and difficult discussions, it is important for people to understand that what weighs on their hearts is seen, and the necessary changes will be made,” he said.

“This applies to many things, from negligence that can occur to the Soviet legacy and the terrible bureaucracy that prevents Ukraine and many in our defense forces from realizing their potential correctly and effectively,” he said.

He did not specify what broader problems the country faced, but after 20 months in the spotlight, Ukraine has slipped down the international news agenda in recent weeks. Some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, have argued that the United States, Ukraine’s most important military backer, should cease providing aid.

On Thursday, the House passed a bill that would tie $14.3 billion in military aid for Israel to domestic spending cuts and provided no money for Ukraine. The bill has no chance of passing in the Senate, but it illustrates that U.S. aid for Ukraine is no longer a given.

Most importantly, a counteroffensive that Ukraine began in June, buoyed by billions of dollars in military funding and training by allies in NATO, has not achieved its objective of cutting through Russian defenses in Ukraine’s south and east. This and the increasing prospect of a prolonged conflict have, in turn, tested national morale.

The commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, said his troops were locked in a stalemate with Russia along the front line and there was no imminent prospect of a breakthrough.

The comments, made in an interview published last week in British magazine The Economist, were unusually candid.

Zelenskyy said in an interview Sunday with NBC News that he did not think there was a stalemate and reiterated a demand for more military aid, but the divergent remarks suggested a possible rift between Ukraine’s top civilian and military leadership.

Military experts say that it may be difficult for Ukraine to achieve a rapid advance in the coming weeks, given that it has not happened since June, and that any delay could enable Russia to ramp up its artillery production, plant more land mines and improve its defensive structures.

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A chance encounter and a fugitive linked to a president’s killing is caught

By DAVID C. ADAMS

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senior Haitian police official was shopping at his local supermarket on a recent weekday when someone caught his eye: the country’s most wanted man.

The official, Ernst Dorfeuille, recognized Joseph Félix Badio, a former military officer who had focused on drug and corruption cases at the interior and justice ministries, immediately because he had once worked with him.

Now Badio was a fugitive, the target of a warrant seeking to question him about the key role police say he played in an infamous crime: the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, in July 2021.

Dorfeuille summoned help, and within minutes, four police officers armed with assault rifles arrived and detained Badio as he was about to drive away from the supermarket outside Haiti’s capital.

Dorfeuille confirmed to The New York Times details about Badio’s capture that have appeared in Haiti’s news media, but declined a more extensive interview.

How Badio, who has been accused by some of the men implicated in the assassination plot of giving the order to kill Moïse, was able to evade Haitian authorities for more than two years remains unclear.

When he was detained, Badio was driving a vehicle registered to an employee of the Justice Ministry, according to police.

His arrest prompted reactions of gleeful astonishment among many Haitians who have grown cynical in a country where corruption and impunity are often the norm.

Pierre Espérance, executive director of a leading Haitian human rights organization, said the seemingly chance arrest of Badio raised questions of how aggressively he was being sought.

“He was untouchable, because he knew too much,” Espérance said.

Moïse was gunned down in his bedroom in the early hours of July 7, 2021, after

An artist painting a mural of President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti more than two years after Mr. Moïse was assassinated. police say his official residence was attacked by a team of 20 Colombian former soldiers hired by a Miami-area security firm.

Two parallel investigations into the assassination are ongoing in Haiti and South Florida. Dozens of people are imprisoned in Haiti, but so far none have been charged.

In Miami, 11 people were indicted in February in federal court for their roles in the conspiracy. Three have pleaded guilty, including one of the Colombians, Germán Rivera, who received a life sentence last month.

All three were charged with conspiracy to kidnap and kill a person outside the United States.

Badio, who has been described in a detailed Haitian police report as the plot’s “orchestra leader,” has not been charged in the assassination. In Haiti, official charges tend to come much later in the legal process.

Haitian police said Badio rented two vehicles that transported the president’s killers, as well as a house on the same street as Moïse’s residence to conduct surveillance.

After his arrest, Badio appeared briefly before a judge and was then transferred to Haiti’s main prison. Jonas Mezilus, a lawyer representing Badio, said that because his client had not been formally charged, he did not know how he would plead.

A year ago, Badio issued an audio statement to a Haitian news media outlet proclaiming his innocence, saying he was being made a “scapegoat” for Moïse’s assassination and was willing to speak to authorities, including the FBI. “I’m available today,” he said. “I’m a slave to the law.”

U.S. court documents filed as part of the indictment

in South Florida refer to an unnamed “coconspirator” who conveyed the order to kill the president.

Some lawyers representing defendants charged in South Florida believe that Badio is the co-conspirator and that he could ultimately also face legal charges in the United States. A Department of Justice spokesperson declined to comment about Badio’s status.

Given that Badio has never been questioned in Moïse’s killing, legal experts say he could provide vital answers to a case that remains shrouded in mystery.

U.S. prosecutors argue that the owners of Miami-area security firm Counter Terrorist Unit planned and financed the assassination, seeking to profit from lucrative contracts under a new government. But they have left open the questions of whether there were other masterminds in Haiti and what role they may have played in the plot.

Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, has praised Badio’s arrest. “This is a major step forward in the investigation,” he said in a statement.

But Henry himself has been linked to the assassination by Haitian authorities who say phone records show that Badio called Henry several times in the days before and in the hours after Moïse’s killing.

Last year when a judge in the case requested that Henry answer questions about his relationship with Badio, he was fired by the justice minister and fled the country. At the time, the judge wrote that there were “enough compromising elements” to prosecute Henry.

Henry has denied any involvement.

In response to questions for this article, his spokesperson said that Henry had many phone calls the day of Moïse’s killing, “but none with Mr. Badio.’’

Badio is a former Haitian army officer who worked in strategic communications before entering the civil service. The Times contacted a dozen former and current officials who worked with him, but none would speak on the record.

His father immigrated to New York in the early 1960s, according to a person who worked with Badio in the Haitian government and asked to remain anonymous because he feared for his safety speaking about Badio publicly.

The younger Badio lived briefly in New York and attended Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York system, according to his Facebook page. The college confirmed that someone named Joseph Félix Badio studied there from 1992 to 1993, though there was no record that he graduated.

He later bought a four-bedroom house

in a residential neighborhood in Rockland County, just north of New York City, where his wife and two children still live, according to property and phone records. A Times reporter visited the house, but no one answered the door.

The person who worked with him said Badio was fascinated with guns and all things related to security and intelligence.

He also seemed resentful toward those in power who failed to recognize his talents sufficiently, according to several people who had worked with him and had followed his career.

“Badio was extremely well connected across not just the political spectrum, but in security, at a pretty high level,” said Jake Johnston, a Haiti expert at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, who has researched Badio’s record.

Referring to Badio’s superiors in Haiti’s government, Johnston said: “He was somebody also that these people relied upon to handle things. He had a reputation as somebody who was always around to get things done.”

Espérance said he met with Badio once a decade ago. He recalled that Badio “talked about his relationship with U.S. agencies, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration, but you never knew if it was fake or not.”

A State Department spokesperson confirmed that Badio had attended an anti-gang conference in the United States in 2009.

Two months before Moïse’s assassination, Badio was fired from an anti-corruption unit in the Justice Ministry for accepting $30,000 from a man in jail accused in the murder of a well-known local radio station owner, according to a letter from Badio’s boss at the ministry, as well as a ministry news release.

Badio vanished soon after the assassination, to the shock of the former Colombian soldiers who were rounded up hours after the assassination, according to transcripts of WhatsApp messages between the Colombians and Counter Terrorist Unit.

The transcripts, which point to Badio’s involvement in the plot, are part of the prosecution’s evidence in the South Florida case and were reviewed by the Times.

In his audio message to the Haitian news outlet, Badio denounced unnamed members of Haiti’s government who he claimed had also been involved in the assassination plot.

“If you think you’re going to get away with it, by executing me,” he said, “well, you’re knocking on the wrong door.”

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Nuclear talks with China are essential and long overdue

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fter months of troubled relations, and then some tentative steps to bridge the gap between the United States and China, there is one glaring omission: American and Chinese military leaders still don’t communicate with one another directly. That’s important because those lines of communication are the best way to avoid the kind of misunderstandings or overreactions that can lead to actual conflict. That’s why it’s encouraging that the countries plan to meet on Monday to discuss arms control.

The talks come at a perilous moment for the systems of global controls, painstakingly built over decades, to avoid nuclear conflict. The landmark Cold War-era treaties between the United States and Russia have fallen by the wayside, one by one, with few meaningful restraints remaining and even less good will to negotiate successor agreements. The last major agreement, New START, expires in February 2026.

This past week, the Russian government said it was formally withdrawing from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, though it said it would continue to abide by the terms of that agreement. The United States, for its part, is in the midst of upgrading its own nuclear weapons.

As the United States and Russia lose their safeguards, the Chinese government is expanding its nuclear arsenal.

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For decades, the People’s Liberation Army has felt secure with a few hundred nuclear weapons. But over the past few years, the government began a building spree that, if it continues, would leave China with an arsenal of 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2035, according to an estimate released last month by the Pentagon. Currently, the United States and Russia have about 1,670 deployed weapons each, with thousands more in storage.

Arms races tend to acquire a self-sustaining momentum. The danger of the Chinese expansion is that the United States and Russia may each feel that they then need to expand their own arsenals to match the combined total of the other two powers. That’s a formula for the construction and maintenance of arsenals without end.

Such competition would be alarming even if the relations between these three superpowers were otherwise harmonious. Throw in unpredictable points of tension around trade, the military buildup in the South China Sea, the future of Taiwan, the war in Ukraine, espionage in cyberspace and a dozen other fault lines, and the nuclear buildup risks triggering a global crisis with little margin for error and few offramps.

The world has faced such peril before. Some of the most alarming moments of the Cold War came as a result of misunderstandings. That was the rationale for establishing a hotline between Washington and Moscow in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis, to give leaders immediate access to each other, day or night. One such line of communication exists between the United States and China but is not in use, despite years of quiet pressure on Beijing to answer calls.

China’s apparent willingness to now consider an arrangement to open lines of military-to-military communication is welcome news. In addition to a hotline, the United States and China should also agree to provide each other with basic information about test missile launches, as America and Russia have done for years. This kind of visibility and sharing of information is critical for all nations to distinguish between routine tests and potential first strikes, to avoid catastrophe by accident. A terrifying secret of the Cold War was that nuclear war was avoided, on several occasions, by chance.

That helps explain why the Biden administration has placed a high priority on restarting international cooperation on arms control, even as the world seems more chaotic than ever. “We’re under no illusions that reaching risk reduction and arms control measures will be easy,” Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in a speech this summer. “But we do believe it is possible.”

Sullivan also launched a preemptive strike against hawks in the United States, noting in that speech that the current arsenal of nuclear weapons is sufficient to deter both Russia and China, even if the number of their

weapons grows. In the cold logic of nuclear game theory, having enough nuclear weapons to launch a devastating counter strike is sufficient to deter a first strike.

That’s important to keep in mind when politicians begin to fearmonger about a new missile gap as a justification for more weapons. Americans are rightly worried about the possibility that today’s existing conflicts will turn into even worse regional or global conflagrations. Ukraine is defending itself against Russia, a country that has not ruled out the use of nuclear weapons. Israel’s war against Hamas risks drawing in Iran, a rogue state that is close to recognizing its nuclear ambitions. And North Korea continues to improve its rogue nuclear weapons program, now possibly capable of striking the United States. Yes, these are all destabilizing. But against that backdrop, adding more nuclear weapons to the mix only raises the stakes even further, and will not make the United States safer.

It is also in the best interests of both the Americans and Chinese to begin talks on how to integrate artificial intelligence into national defense. The Biden administration took an early step in understanding the challenges the new technology will pose in an executive order issued this past week. At the bare minimum, nations should require that humans do — and always will — make the ultimate call to launch nuclear weapons.

“The prospects that the unconstrained advance of AI will create catastrophic consequences for the United States and the world are so compelling that leaders in governments must act now,” as Henry Kissinger and Graham Allison wrote last month in Foreign Affairs.

Expectations for the low-level talks are modest. But any dialogue between nuclear armed powers is welcome and, if history is a guide, progress often begets progress when managing the world’s most destructive weapons.

It is far easier to head off an arms race before it starts than to do so after it has spun out of control.

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Comisaría Residente por el PNP se decidirá en primarias POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – Tras el anuncio de dos aspirantes a la comisaría residente en Washington por el Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), se confirmó este lunes una primaria para decidir quién será el candidato de la colectividad.

El representante por acumulación José Enrique “Quiquito” Meléndez Ortiz anunció que aspira a la posición de Comisionado Residente por el PNP en las primarias pautadas para el mes de junio de 2024.

“Luego de hacer un profundo análisis sobre si mi experiencia, relaciones en Washington y capacidad profesional podían servir los propósitos del Pueblo como comisionado residente, estuve realizando dos evaluaciones principalmente, con mi familia y con mi

el pueblo estadista”, dijo Meléndez Ortiz en declaraciones escritas.

“Después de contar con el apoyo de mi familia, me di a la tarea de realizar múltiples visitas a varios Pueblos de la isla para recoger el sentir de los progresistas.

El plan incluyó más de 36 visitas que concluyeron este pasado fin de semana en los municipios de San Germán y Peñuelas, donde tuve la oportunidad de compartir con cientos de buenos estadistas”, añadió.

Por otro lado, el senador William Villafañe anunció su aspiración a la comisaría residente en Washington bajo la insignia del PNP para las elecciones de 2024.

Villafañe indicó que 16 alcaldes de la colectividad endosaron la candidatura del legislador.

“Me honra saber que cuento con el apoyo de los compañeros alcaldes. Les agradezco su confianza en mis ejecutorias. Al igual que lo estoy haciendo ahora desde el Senado de Puerto Rico, continuaré trabajando mano a mano por los municipios desde la Capital Federal. Vamos al futuro”, manifestó Villafañe en declaraciones escritas.

Inversión de 8 millones de dólares en Centros 2 Gen POR CYBERNEWS

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AN JUAN – El gobernador Pedro Pierluisi anunció el lunes la creación de 15 nuevos Centros 2 Gen con una inversión de 8 millones de dólares, sumándose a los previamente anunciados, junto a la secretaria del Departamento de la Familia, Ciení Rodríguez Troche y el administrador de la Administración del Cuidado y Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez (ACUDEN), Roberto Carlos Pagán.

“Estamos ampliando el establecimiento de los Centros 2 Gen a través de la Isla para fortalecer a nuestras familias”, mencionó Pierluisi en declaraciones escritas.

Los fondos provienen de Child Care federales y res-

paldarán la creación de centros en municipios como San Juan, Aguas Buenas, entre otros. Se prevé que el desarrollo de estos nuevos centros comience este mes, con operaciones para junio de 2024.

“Nuestro compromiso está en promover el bienestar integral de nuestras familias. Agradecemos al gobernador por su compromiso constante”, expresó la secretaria Rodríguez Troche.

Por su parte, el administrador de ACUDEN destacó el compromiso de proporcionar oportunidades integrales para la niñez temprana de Puerto Rico. Los centros ofrecerán herramientas educativas para los niños y capacitaciones a las familias, enfocándose en servicios de Child Care y otros.

Permitirán uso de confesión de Jiován Ortiz Soto en juicio por asesinato POR CYBERNEWS

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ONCE – a Fiscalía de Ponce presentará la confesión de Jiován Ortiz Soto en el juicio por cargos de asesinato, incesto y agresión sexual contra su hija, April Ortiz Quiñones, informó el lunes el secretario del Departamento de Justicia, Domingo Emanuelli Hernández.

“Estamos complacidos con la determinación”, comentó Emanuelli Hernández en declaraciones escritas.

La jueza Lourdes Gómez Torres rechazó la

moción de la defensa de Ortiz Soto que buscaba suprimir la confesión como evidencia.

El juicio está programado para comenzar el 28 de noviembre.

Las fiscales Natalia Zambrana y Natasha Muñoz, junto con la fiscal de distrito Marjorie Gierbolini Gierbolini, trabajaron en el caso. La confesión se obtuvo cumpliendo con todas las garantías constitucionales y legales.

Por otro lado, Naiari Quiñones Rivera, madre de la víctima, enfrenta cargos por maltrato en un juicio separado.

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LeVar Burton wants to be heard

LeVar Burton in Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 2023. In “Sound Detectives,” a new podcast for audiences of elementaryschool age, LeVar Burton plays a fictionalized version of himself, an inventor with the same name.

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eVar Burton has spent much of his career encouraging children to read. Now, he is urging them to listen — really listen.

They can develop that skill, along with an ear for mysteries, in “Sound Detectives,” a new podcast for audiences of elementary-school age that is part whodunit, part science exploration and part comic adventure. Co-produced by SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios and LeVar Burton Entertainment, “Sound Detectives” features Burton as a fictionalized version of himself, an inventor with the same name.

“In a certain sense, ‘LeVar Burton’ has reached iconic status,” Burton said in a phone conversation. “And it’s fun for me to lean into that.” He added, “It’s also an opportunity for me to introduce ‘LeVar’ to another generation.”

Many adults recognize Burton as the actor who played Kunta Kinte in “Roots” and Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” More recently, fans pushed for him to be named the host of “Jeopardy!,” a role for which he very publicly campaigned. But to large numbers of today’s parents, he is most familiar from their own childhoods as host of the Emmy-winning public television series “Reading Rainbow,” which explored books for young readers from 1983 to 2006.

The LeVar Burton of the 10-part “Sound Detectives,” which debuted Wednesday (SiriusXM will release a new epi-

sode every week thereafter), is an audiophile planning to open a magnificent institution, the Museum of Sound. But he discovers that sounds are becoming separated from their sources and going missing.

To resolve the crisis, he hires a Philip Marlowe-style sleuth, Detective Hunch, and sends him an assistant in the form of one of his own inventions: Audie, a 3-foot-5 walking, talking ear. In each episode, Hunch and Audie must analyze an errant sound, identify it and return it to its origins, while also trying to unmask the Sound Swindler, the human culprit who is causing the disappearances.

“Sound Detectives” is the real LeVar Burton’s first podcast for children, but he stressed that he did not see it as a longawaited return to young people’s entertainment. “I don’t feel like I’ve ever left it,” he said.

Burton, 66, who has remained active in children’s literacy through founding Skybrary, a digital library of e-books and videos, said he had not ruled out a young listener’s version of “LeVar Burton Reads,” his SiriusXM literary podcast. (According to the company, it has been downloaded more than 54 million times since its premiere six years ago.)

But what appealed to him about “Sound Detectives” was that he did not have the burden of being the podcast’s sole maker or its star. Independent producers Joanna Sokolowski and Julia Smith (Smith is also the producer of “LeVar Burton Reads”) created the podcast and developed it with Burton before pitching it to Sirius XM. “Sound Detectives” focuses more on the private eye — and the accompanying ear — than on the famous voice that gives them their missions.

Burton also admired the plan for each episode’s end: Once the missing sound is returned, young listeners hear an onlocation interview with real experts who deal with it in their work.

The podcast “appeals to the innate curiosity in a child about the world around them,” Burton said, and “it introduces them to parts of the world that they might not have yet been exposed to. And those are the key precepts that were the drivers to ‘Reading Rainbow.’”

“Sound Detectives” visits places such as Yellowstone National Park, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the streets of Bengaluru, India. When creating the missing-sound mystery for each half-hour episode, Smith and Sokolowski said in a video interview that they sometimes started with a site they found intriguing, and at other times with a sound. The sounds they chose can be challenging to identify; one example was recorded on Mars.

“We hadn’t heard of another show that was dealing exclusively with sound as, like, the main narrative driver for a podcast,” Sokolowski said. “And it just seemed like a wonderful way to not only engage kids in the format, but also in the method and delivery and style and every aspect of the show.”

Although the podcast industry is undergoing retrenchment, “Sound Detectives” is entering a children’s market that seems nowhere near saturation, said Megan Lazovick, a vice president at Edison Research, an analytics company in Somerville, New Jersey.

Edison’s first national study of the children’s market (conducted recently with advocacy organization Kids Listen) found that 29% of children ages 6-12 had listened to a podcast the previous month. That figure rose to 42% if their parents had also listened to one.

Lazovick predicted that Burton’s association with “Sound Detectives” would be a big draw for parents. She mentioned how the new “Disney Frozen: Forces of Nature” podcast capitalized on the popularity of the “Frozen” film and its offshoots. “In the kids’ space, bringing in brands that are already trusted is sort of a no-brainer,” she said.

Adam Sachs, SiriusXM’s senior vice president for entertainment, comedy and podcast programming, said Burton was also a “huge factor” in the company’s commitment to the project.

“Not only is he just a great podcast talent to work with, and we have a great track record with him,” Sachs said, “but he also has so much experience working in the kids’ content space that this sort of felt like the perfect opportunity for us to dip our toe in.” (SiriusXM declined to disclose the budget for “Sound Detectives.”)

Sokolowski, who has a background in documentaries (among them, the films “Ovarian Psycos” and “Very Semi-Serious”), and Smith, who has experience in comedy (including the podcasts “Judge John Hodgman” and “Bubble”), are parents who wanted “Sound Detectives” to be as layered as possible.

In addition to investigating physics and acoustics, the podcast includes information on auditory biology (even most adults probably aren’t aware that the ears influence taste) and an episode that examines how deaf people experience sound as vibration.

The two women, who wrote the scripts with Isabelle Redman Dolce, also decided that the dialogue would be partly improvised.

“I like the energy that it brings, and the ideas that will sort of come forth that would probably never emerge in any other way,” Smith said. They sought actors with improv experience, and Vinny Thomas, who voices Detective Hunch, proved to be an authority on animal characteristics (such as the fact that whale sharks lead solitary lives).

“Hunch is kind of like an eccentric uncle,” Thomas said, “and what eccentric uncle isn’t a know-it-all?”

Jessica McKenna, who portrays the ever-curious Audie, improvised song interludes as well as lines, using her skills to collaborate with composer Adam Deibert on the jazzy “Sound Detectives” theme. “It’s a really goofy niche I’ve carved out for myself,” she said.

In addition to being an ear, Audie personifies a child who is maybe “solving the case before the adult,” Sokolowski said.

The creators of “Sound Detectives,” who have built a podcast website with related sleuthing activities, intend young listeners to become just as engaged as Audie in the seasonlong investigation.

“One of the attractive exercises that we’re engaging in here is getting kids to listen critically to the world, right?” Burton said. “To use their powers of discernment, which is one of my favorite words.”

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Celebrating literature that ‘brings the world close’

A photo provided by Beowulf Sheehan of writer Laila Lalami, a Moroccan-American novelist, essayist, and professor, speaking at the 20th anniversary gala of Words Without Borders in New York. Words Without Borders, one of the few magazines in the world dedicated to literature in translation, is turning 20 at a fraught time: Around the world, wars are raging. Writers are being jailed, dissident voices silenced and books banned.

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ords Without Borders, one of the few magazines in the world dedicated to literature in translation, is turning 20 at a fraught time: Around the world, wars are raging. Writers are being jailed, dissident voices silenced and books banned.

As the magazine’s staff considered its anniversary celebrations — a virtual gala on Nov. 2, following a live one on Oct. 25 — one question was pressing: How do you find words, let alone celebrate them, when bombs are dropping?

The answer, said Karen M. Phillips, the magazine’s executive editor and publisher, was right there, baked into their mission — to gather and celebrate international literature, and

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in doing so, strengthen the connection between readers and writers around the world. Given the current political climate, the need for such conversations has never been more vital.

“Literature is a really powerful space for imagining new ways forward, or thinking through situations that are impossible if you take them head on as facts,” she said. “We’re always publishing contemporary writers who are reflecting, through their literature, the events and crises of the world.”

Over the years, Words Without Borders has presented literature about the war in Ukraine, the global pandemic and the refugee crisis in Greece. Launched in the wake of 9/11 and the subsequent American invasion of Iraq, the magazine’s first three issues in 2003 were dedicated to works from writers in Iran, Iraq and North Korea. The series’s title: “Literature from the ‘Axis of Evil.’”

“We saw it as an antidote to extremism and this war of abstractions that was going on,” said Alane Salierno Mason, the magazine’s co-founder and president. “But then, we were also publishers. We thought that if we were going to launch a magazine, we wanted people to pay attention to it.”

People did notice, and continue to in ever-growing numbers. Since its inception, Words Without Borders has expanded to include the works of over 4,600 authors and translators.

Contributors represent 143 countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe, their works translated from 139 languages. One of the magazine’s primary goals has been to highlight works written

in languages that typically weren’t being translated into English — Faroese, say, or Urhobo — and to showcase voices and viewpoints that most American readers would not otherwise encounter.

“Words Without Borders does this heroic job of bringing the world close to us,” said Courtney Hodell, the director of literary programs at the Whiting Foundation, which presented one of their inaugural Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes to the magazine in 2018. “At times like this, that feels like an essential and fundamental human act.”

Writers and poets including Ilya Kaminsky, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro and Laila Lalami attended the live gala in Manhattan. The participants mentioned some of the magazine’s accomplishments, like publishing nine Nobel laureates — seven of them years before their works were recognized by the Swedish Academy.

“We can’t take all the credit, but I do think we have good taste,” said Samantha Schnee, the founding editor and board chair. “And we have a fantastic team of editors. But I also think it goes back to our translators who say, ‘Hey, this is someone you should take a look at.’”

A corps of translators double as talent scouts for the magazine, scouring the literatures they translate from for new voices. But there’s also another, simpler reason the magazine seems to spot so much international talent before others do, Mason said.

“Who else is doing this?” she asked. “The Paris Review, to name perhaps the best-known literary magazine, might do a few translations a year. Same with The New Yorker, but generally, they’re publishing people who already have some name recognition.”

The gala celebrants also looked to the magazine’s future, which includes an ongoing expansion of Words Without Borders Campus, the magazine’s educational component.

Launched in 2017, the program offers students and teachers free access to contemporary literature from around the globe and trains educators on how to teach these stories.

In December, the program got a major boost from the Whiting Foundation, which awarded the magazine the largest grant in the publication’s history. The multiyear Humanities in High Schools grant, which provides $75,000 in its first year, will help expand partnerships with school districts.

Around the same time last year, Poupeh Missaghi, a writer and translator from English and Persian, began a project for Words Without Borders called #WomanLifeFreedom: A Series on the Revolutionary Uprising in Iran, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. The yearlong series is an example of what the magazine does best: provide a range of accounts, from witness narratives to pen-and-ink drawings of protesters, to readers who otherwise would have no access to them.

One of the essays published in the series, “I am a Witness,” has been expanded into a book from Ithaka Press, “In the Streets of Tehran: Woman Life Freedom,” written by Nila (a pseudonym) and translated by Missaghi. “If we didn’t have outlets like Words Without Borders, how could we create these spaces for conversations about translation and world literature?” she asked.

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Feeling terrible after your COVID shot? Then it’s probably working.

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new study has an encouraging message for Americans who shy away from COVID shots because of worries about side effects: The chills, fatigue, headache and malaise that can follow vaccination may be signs of a vigorous immune response.

People who had those side effects after the second dose of a COVID vaccine had more antibodies against the coronavirus at one month and six months after the shot, compared with those who did not have symptoms, according to the new study. Increases in skin temperature and heart rate also signaled higher antibody levels.

“We know that vaccine uptake can be challenging, and in some cases, it can be so because some people have strong reactions to the vaccine,” said Aric Prather, a clinical psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who led the study.

“My hope is that this actually helps assuage some of those concerns,” said Prather, who studies how behavioral factors affect the immune system. “In fact, those symptoms, though they may be unpleasant, may actually be working for you.”

The study was posted online late last month. It has not been reviewed for publication in a scientific journal. But several experts said it was well done, and its results were consistent with those from other research.

The relative increase in antibody levels among those who experienced side effects was small and doesn’t mean that people without symptoms don’t muster a strong immune response, experts said.

“Lack of side effects should not be taken as a sign that the vaccine’s not working,” said Alessandro Sette, co-director of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology’s Center for Vaccine Innovation, who was not involved in the work.

An earlier study found that 98% of people who felt no ill effects still produced copious amounts of antibodies, compared with 99% of those who had localized symptoms or worse, Sette said.

Still, the new results suggest that people who have a rough time after vaccination are likely to be well protected from the virus.

“If you’re feeling crappy, then odds are that you’re probably mounting a pretty reasonable immune response,” said Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the University of Arizona who was not involved in the new study.

In research published last year, Bhattacharya and his colleagues looked at vaccine responses in 2,354 people, about half of whom took a painkiller to relieve side effects from the shot.

In mice, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, severely impair immune responses to the coronavirus.

But Bhattacharya’s team found that in people, the medications did not mute the immune response to COVID vaccines.

Not only that, but those who took a painkiller seemed to have more antibodies than those who tolerated the symptoms without medication. The most likely explanation for that is not that the painkillers increase antibody levels, Bhattacharya said.

“It’s more that people who have symptoms tend to have a slightly greater antibody response than those who don’t, and of course the people who have symptoms are more likely to take painkillers,” he said.

Other studies have also found that people with self-reported side effects, including fever, chills, body aches and fatigue, had slightly more antibodies than those without the symptoms.

In the new study, Prather and his colleagues tracked people’s antibody levels over time. When the vaccines were introduced in December 2020, they scrambled to recruit study participants through ads placed in newspapers and on television and social media.

At the time, much of UCSF was still closed down, so they commandeered a Pilates studio in the university gym, moving equipment out of the way and bringing in phlebotomists to draw the participants’ blood. The scientists excluded anyone who had evidence of a coronavirus infection before or during the study.

“We knew we had this very finite period where people were rushing to get vaccinated,” Prather said. “It was just an intense time, but we had to do what we had to do.”

The team tracked symptoms among 363 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID vaccines for six days after each dose, and gave some participants biometric devices to record their temperature, breathing and heart rate.

Those who had seven distinct side effects — including chills, tiredness, feeling unwell and headache — produced nearly double the levels of antibodies as those who reported no symptoms, the researchers found.

A new study has an encouraging message for Americans who shy away from COVID shots because of worries about side effects: The chills, fatigue, headache and malaise that can follow vaccination may be signs of a vigorous immune response.

And a change in skin temperature of just 1 degree Celsius predicted antibody levels three times higher six months after the second dose.

The study measured protection against the Wuhan variant, the original version of the coronavirus. The research would be difficult to perform now because people have already had multiple infections or shots that would influence their immune responses, Prather said.

The current COVID shots are designed to protect from the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, but the results should still be relevant to all iterations of the vaccines, experts said.

The rollout of COVID vaccines this fall has been bumpy, with canceled appointments and confusion about insurance coverage. But about 4 million Americans received the shots last month, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

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WHEREAS: On August 13, 2023, this Court entered Judgment in the captioned case. On October 4, 20232, this Court entered Order for Execution of Judgment, stating that GITSIT Solutions, LLC, is entitled to judgment as a matter of law against Defendants, in the following amounts: principal amount of $127,470.76, plus interest 5.004% per annum from

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March 15, 2016, until the debt is paid in full. Late charges in the amount of 5% of each and every monthly installment not received by the person entitled to enforce the instrument within 15 days after the installment was due, until the debt is paid in full. All advances made under the mortgage note, including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections, as well as 10% of the original principal balance, or $13,138.50 to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by the parties at the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardón Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHERAEAS, Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned judgment and the order of execution thereof, the following property belonging to Defendant will be sold at a public auction: URBANA: Solar radicado en el sito conocido con el nombre de Barrio Obrero de San Juan, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número cinco de la Calle ocho del plano de Urbanización trazado por el Departamento del Interior, titulado Plano Demostration de la Progresión del Barrio Obrero, que Tiene una superficie de ciento cincuenticinco metros cuadrados, colindando por el Frente, en una extensión de diez metros con la calle número ocho; por el derecha entrando, en una extension de quince metros cuarenta centímetros con el solar número siete de la calle ocho; por el izquierda entrando, en una extensión de quince metros sesenta centímetros con el solar número tres de la calle ocho; y por el fondo, en una extensión de diez metros con el solar número seis de la calle siete. Enclava casa terrera de madera y techada de zinc, según la inscripción 3ra.

Property number 7218, recorded at page 174 of volume 45 of Santurce Norte, Registry of the Property of San Juan, Section I. WHEREAS: The property is subject to the following lien: Mortgage securing a note in favor of Associates International Holdings Corporation doing business as Citifinancial, or its order, in the original principal amount of $131,385.00, plus 12.035% annual interest, due on April 4, 2038, pursuant to deed number 39, issued in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 31, 2008, before notary Adela Surillo Gutiérrez, and recorded at the overleaf of page 92 of volume 1,140 of Santurce Nor te, proper t y number 7,218, 20th

inscription. Senior Lien: None.

Junior Lien: Federal Attachment against Manuel Álvarez, social security number xxxxx-2548, address: 1522 Calle López Landrón, Apartmento 5, San Juan, PR 00911-1982; in the amount of $6,233.37, under notification number 356978307, annotated on April 17, 2007, at page 207, entry 1 of Federal Liens Book number 7. Refiling: January 31, 2017. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential lien with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential lien to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, lien (express, tacit, implied or legal), shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. The present property will be acquired free and clear of all junior liens. WHEREAS: For the purpose of the First Judicial Sale, the minimum bid agreed upon by the parties in the mortgage deed will be $131,385.00 for the property and no lower offers will be accepted. Should the first judicial sale of the abovedescribed property be unsuccessful, then the minimum bid for the property on the Second Judicial Sale will be two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the First Judicial Sale, or $87,590.00. The minimum bid for the Third Judicial Sale, if the same is necessary, will be onehalf of the minimum bid agreed upon by the parties in the aforementioned mortgage deed, or $65,692.50 (Known in the Spanish language as: “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, 2015 Puerto Rico Laws Act 210 (H.B. 2479), Article 104, as amended. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the appointed Special Master is subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. NOW THREFORE, public notice is hereby given that the appointed Special Master, pursuant to the provisions of the Judgment herein before referred to, will on NOVEMBER 17TH, 2023 AT 9:45 AM, at: Rondapro, located at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3699435, -66.1126780) in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §

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LUIS MANUEL JIMÉNEZ; FULANO DE TICUATRO PUNTO CERO del remate. La propiedad hipo(24.00) METROS, con tecada a ser vendida en pública HERNANDEZ ROBLES, TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL CERO el solar número Treinta y Cua- Subasta se encuentra afecta al MANUEL ANTONIO COMO HEREDEROS tro (34) del mismo bloque; por siguiente gravamen posterior: HERNANDEZ ROBLES, DESCONOCIDOS; el SUR, en VEINTICUATRO Sentencia, dictada el día 27 E ILIA MARGARITA SONIA MARÍA JIMÉNEZ PUNTO CERO CERO (24.00) de agosto de 2008, en el TribuMETROS, con el solar núme- nal de Primera Instancia, Sala HERNANDEZ ROBLES DELGADO TAMBIÉN Treinta y Dos (32) del mis- Superior de Ponce, Caso Civil COMO MIEMBRO DE CONOCIDA COMO SONIA ro mo bloque; por el ESTE, en Número JACI200803424, sobre LA SUCESIÓN DE JIMÉNEZ DELGADO DOCE PUNTO OCHOCIEN- Cobro de Dinero, seguido por la POR SÍ Y EN CUANTO TOS VEINTIUNO (12.821) ME- Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédi- CARMEN MARIA ROBLES A LA CUOTA VIUDAL TROS, con el solar número Die- to de Adjuntas, demandante FIGUEROA; JOHN DOE I ciocho (18) del mismo bloque; y versus Daniel Pagán Jiménez, Y RICHARD ROE I COMO USUFRUCTUARIA; por el OESTE, en DOCE PUN- Silverio Pagán Torres, Sonia POSIBLES MIEMBROS CENTRO DE TO OCHOCIENTOS VEINTIU- Jiménez Delgado y la Sociedad DESCONOCIDOS DE RECAUDACIÓN DE NO (12.821) METROS, con la Legal de Gananciales, por la LA SUCESION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Calle número Catorce (14) de suma de $4,894.72, más intere(CRIM); COOPERATIVA la Urbanización. Contiene una ses, presentado el 20 de marzo CARMEN MARIA ROBLES DE AHORRO Y CREDITO casa de concreto dedicada a vi- de 2009 y anotado el día 25 de FIGUEROA; SUCESION vienda. Este solar esta afecto a marzo de 2009, al folio 11, DeDE JUDITH MARIA DE ADJUNTAS, POR una servidumbre de paso a fa- manda número 30, Registro de HERNANDEZ ROBLES TENER SENTENCIA vor de la Puerto Rico Telephone Sentencias número 5, Registro COMPUESTA POR ANOTADA A SU FAVOR Company. La escritura de hipo- de la Propiedad de Ponce, Secteca se encuentra inscrita al ción Primera. La propiedad a JUAN LUIS RODRIGUEZ POR LA SUMA DE folio 116 del tomo 1900 de Pon- ser vendida en pública subasta HERNANDEZ, $4,894.72.

Yo, MANUEL MALDONADO, ce, Registro de la Propiedad de se adquirirá libre de cargas y LEOSED RODRIGUEZ Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la Ponce, Sección Primera, finca gravámenes posteriores. Po- HERNANDEZ Y HECTOR parte demandada y a los acree- número 40,369, inscripción drán concurrir como postores a SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ; dores y personas con interés séptima. La dirección física todas las subastas los titulares sobre la propiedad que más de la propiedad antes descrita de créditos hipotecarios vigen- JOHN DOE II Y RICHARD adelante se describe, y al públi- es: Urbanización Villa Del Car- tes y posteriores a la hipoteca ROE II COMO POSIBLES co en general, HAGO SABER: men, II-33 (hoy 2775), Calle 14 que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguHEREDEROS DE LA LEGAL NOTICE Que el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE (hoy Toledo), Ponce, Puerto no o que figuren como tales en SUCESION DE JUDITH ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA Rico. La Subasta se llevará la certificación registral y que MARIA HERNANDEZ DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en a efecto para satisfacer a la podrán utilizar el montante de ROBLES; CENTRO DE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA el Tribunal de Primera Instan- parte demandante la suma de sus créditos o parte de alguRECAUDACION DE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE cia, Sala Superior de Ponce, $44,137.79 de principal, inte- no en sus ofertas. Si la oferta BANCO POPULAR DE Ponce, Puerto Rico, venderé en reses al 7.75% anual, desde el aceptada es por cantidad ma- INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Pública Subasta la propiedad 1ro. de julio de 2016, hasta su yor a la suma del crédito o cré(CRIM) PUERTO RICO 2001 will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, the property described herein, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in the manner and form provided by the Court’s judgment. Should the first judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the SECOND JUDICIAL SALE of the property describes in the Notice will be held on DECEMBER 1ST, 2023 AT 9:45 AM, at: Rondapro, located at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3699435, -66.1126780). Should the second judicial sale set hereinabove be unsuccessful, the THIRD JUDICIAL SALE of the property described in this Notice will be held on DECEMBER 8TH, 2023 AT 9:45 AM, at: Rondapro, located at 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3699435, -66.1126780).

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 16 day of October 2023. JOEL RONDA FELICIANO, APPOINTED SPECIAL MASTER.

Demandante Vs.

inmueble que más adelante se completo pago, más la cantidad ditos preferentes al suyo, al obde $6,375.00 estipulada para tener la buena pro del remate,

Parte Demandada

SUCESIÓN DE SILVERIO describe y cuya venta en públi- costas, gastos y honorarios de deberá satisfacer en el mismo Civil Núm.: CG2022CV00522. ca subasta se ordenó por la vía Salón Núm.: (704). Sobre: PAGÁN TORRES ordinaria al mejor postor quien abogado; más recargos acu- acto, en efectivo o en cheque EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA COMPUESTA POR SUS hará el pago en dinero en efec- mulados, todas cuyas sumas de gerente, la totalidad del cré- Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICHIJOS DANIEL PAGÁN tivo, giro postal o cheque certifi- están líquidas y exigibles. Que dito hipotecario que se ejecuta TO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS JIMÉNEZ; WILMA PAGÁN cado a nombre del o la Alguacil la cantidad mínima de licitación y la de cualesquiera otro cré- UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL en la primera subasta para el ditos posteriores al que se ejeJIMÉNEZ; FULANO DE del Tribunal de Primera Instan- inmueble será de $63,750.00 y cuta pero preferente al suyo. El PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTAcia. Los autos y todos los doTAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL cumentos correspondientes al de ser necesaria una segunda exceso constituirá abono total o DOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. COMO HEREDEROS procedimiento incoado, estarán subasta, la cantidad mínima parcial en su propio crédito. EN A: CELESTINO de manifiesto en la Secretaría será equivalente a 2/3 partes TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, DESCONOCIDOS; HERNANDEZ de aquella, o sea, la suma de expido el presente Edicto para SONIA MARÍA JIMÉNEZ del Tribunal de Ponce durante JIMENEZ, POR SI horas laborables. Que en caso $42,500.00 y de ser necesaria conocimiento y comparecencia DELGADO TAMBIÉN de no producir remate ni adju- una tercera subasta, la canti- de los licitadores, bajo mi firma Y COMO MIEMBRO CONOCIDA COMO SONIA dicación en la primera subasta dad mínima será la mitad del y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, DE LA SUCESION JIMÉNEZ DELGADO a celebrarse, se celebrará una precio pactado, es decir, la Puerto Rico, 18 de octubre de DE CARMEN MARIA POR SÍ Y EN CUANTO SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la suma de $31,875.00. De decla- 2023. MANUEL MALDONADO, ROBLES FIGUEROA; ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN rarse desierta la tercera subasA LA CUOTA VIUDAL venta de la susodicha propieLUIS MANUEL dad, el día 6 DE DICIEMBRE ta se adjudicará la finca a favor DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENUSUFRUCTUARIA; HERNANDEZ ROBLES, DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 DE LA del acreedor por la totalidad de CIAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMECENTRO DE MAÑANA y en caso de no pro- la cantidad adeudada si esta es RA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPEMANUEL ANTONIO RECAUDACIÓN DE ducir remate ni adjudicación, se igual o menor que el monto del RIOR DE PONCE. HERNANDEZ ROBLES, INGRESOS MUNICIPALES celebrará una TERCERA SU- tipo de la tercera subasta, si el LEGAL NOTICE E ILIA MARGARITA Tribunal lo estima conveniente.

BASTA el día 13 DE DICIEM(CRIM) HERNANDEZ ROBLES BRE DE 2023, A LAS 11:30 Se abonará dicho monto a la ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandados COMO MIEMBRO DE Civil Núm.: JCD2017-0022. DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina cantidad adeudada si esta es DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSobre: COBRO DE DINERO sita en el lugar antes indicado. mayor. La propiedad se adju- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA LA SUCESIÓN DE (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA La propiedad a venderse en dicará al mejor postor, quien SALA SUPERIOR DE CA- CARMEN MARIA ROBLES deberá satisfacer el importe GUAS POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). pública subasta se describe FIGUEROA; JOHN DOE I LEGACY MORTGAGE como sigue: URBANA: Solar de su oferta en moneda legal y EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Y RICHARD ROE I COMO corriente de los Estados Unidos marcado con el número Treinta ASSET TRUST 2019-PR1 Al: PÚBLICO EN POSIBLES MIEMBROS y Tres (33) del Bloque II de la de América en el momento de Parte Demandante Vs. GENERAL. URBANIZACIÓN VILLA DEL la adjudicación y que las carDESCONOCIDOS DE CELESTINO HERNANDEZ A: SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN de Ponce, Puerto gas y gravámenes preferentes, LA SUCESION DE JIMENEZ, POR SI SILVERIO PAGÁN Rico, con una cabida superfi- si los hubiese, continuarán subCARMEN MARIA ROBLES Y COMO MIEMBRO TORRES COMPUESTA cial de TRESCIENTOS SIE- sistentes, entendiéndose que el FIGUEROA; SUCESION rematante los acepta y queda DE LA SUCESION TE PUNTO SETECIENTOS POR SUS HIJOS DANIEL DE JUDITH MARIA CUATRO (307.704) METROS subrogado en la responsabiliDE CARMEN MARIA PAGÁN JIMÉNEZ; CUADRADOS. En lindes por el dad de los mismos, sin destiHERNANDEZ ROBLES ROBLES FIGUEROA; WILMA PAGÁN NORTE, por donde mide VEIN- narse a su extinción el precio COMPUESTA POR

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JUAN LUIS RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, LEOSED RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ Y HECTOR SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ; JOHN DOE II Y RICHARD ROE II COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION DE JUDITH MARIA HERNANDEZ ROBLES; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM): DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA; DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION HACIENDO NEGOCIOS COMO H.F. MORTGAGE BANKERS, O A SU ORDEN P/C BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO DE PUERTO RICO: Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización El Cortijo, localizado en el Barrio Cerro Gordo del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, marcado con el número 28 del Bloque “O” con un área superficial de 200.80 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en 28.74 metros, con el solar número 29; por el Sur, en 28.63 metros, con una servidumbre de paso de la Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico y con el solar número 27; por el Este, en 7.00 metros, con solares números 5 y 4; y por el Oeste, en 7.00 metros, con la calle número 3-B. Enclava una casa. Consta inscrita al folio 61 del tomo 1079 de Bayamón, Finca Número #48,310, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón.

La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Urbanización

El Cortijo, Calle 3B Blq. O 28, Bayamón, P.R. 00926. Según figura en el Estudio de título, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada a los siguientes gravámenes: Gravamen Preferente: Doral Financial Corporation haciendo negocios como H.F. Mortgage Bankers, o a su orden, P/C Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, a cuyo favor aparece inscrito un pagaré por la suma principal de $79,743.00, con intereses al 6½% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2033, constituida mediante la escritura número 220, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 10 de septiembre de 2003, ante la notario Camilly I. Azize Álvarez, e inscrita al folio 15 del tomo 1,796 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 48,310, inscripción 6ta. Modificada la hipoteca de la inscripción 6ª, en cuanto al principal que será por la suma de $68,494.32, con intereses al 4.00% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2045, según consta de la escritura número 268, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de octubre de 2015, ante la notario María I. García Mantilla, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 48,310, inscripción 11ra. Gravamen posterior: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $1,987.87, sin intereses, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2045, constituida mediante la escritura número 269, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 15 de octubre de 2015, ante la notario María I. García Mantilla, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 48,310, inscripción 12ª. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 25 de agosto de 2022, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número BY2022CV04360, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, contra Celestino Hernández Jiménez, por sí y por concepto de usufructo viudal de la causante Carmen Robles Figueroa, Sucesión de Carmen Robles Figueroa, compuesta por sus herederos, Jesús Manuel Hernández Robles, Judith María Hernández Robles, Ilia Margarita Hernández Robles, Luis Manuel Hernández Robles, Manuel Antonio Hernández Robles, Todos por sí y como herederos de la sucesión de Carmen Robles Figueroa y CRIM, por la suma de $50,749.58 más interés y otros gastos, anotado el día 31 de agosto de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Bayamón Sur, finca número 48,310, Anotación B., y últimas. Se le notifica a los acreedores posteriores anteriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $21,200.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #344, otorgada en Bayamón, el día 15 de mayo de 2007, ante el notario Félix R. Figueroa Cabán, inscrita al folio 15 del tomo 1796 de Bayamón, finca #48,310, inscripción 9na. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 28 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $21,200.00. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $14,133.33. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 9:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $10,600.00. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $15,689.10, con intereses a 6.00% anual, desde el 1ro de febrero de 2021, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de $638.22 por concepto de balance principal diferido el cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más una suma equivalente a $2,120.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de

hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes.

Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen.

Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 17 de octubre de 2023.

EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs.

VELMA RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ Y PHILLIP PAGÁN GONZÁLEZ

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: PO2022CV02454.

(406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 26 de julio de 2023, notificada el 9 de agosto de 2023 y la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 26 de septiembre de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 5 de octubre de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 28 de noviembre de 2023, a las 1:45 de la tarde en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia,

Centro Judicial de Ponce, Sala Superior, en 2150 Ave. Santiago de los Caballeros, Ponce, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: En caso de que el producto de la subasta sea insuficiente para satisfacer las sumas adeudadas a la parte demandante, se ordena la venta en pública subasta de cualesquiera otros bienes de la parte demandada hasta que cualquier parte insatisfecha de la sentencia sea totalmente cubierta. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 13 del bloque “AA” de la Urbanización Punto Oro radicado en el Barrio Canas del término municipal de Ponce, con área superficial de 325.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 13.00 metros con la calle #1 de dicha urbanización; por el SUR, en 13.00 metros con la calle Marginal de dicha urbanización; por el ESTE, en 25.00 metros con el solar #12 del bloque AA de dicha urbanización; y por el OESTE, en 25.00 metros con el solar #14 del bloque AA de dicha urbanización. En este solar la vendedora ha edificado una residencia de hormigón reforzado para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 172 del tomo 545 de Ponce, Finca 3259. Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 80 vuelto del tomo 1211 de Ponce, Finca 3259, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II. Inscripción octava.

Dirección Física: Urb. Punto Oro, 3158 Calle Cofresí (Solar 13AA), Ponce PR 00728-2000.

Número de Catastro: 63-411008-101-13-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $145,743.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $97,162.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $72,871.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Senten-

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cia por la suma de $118,209.71 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.50% anual desde el 1 de abril de 2021 hasta su completo pago, más $122.45 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $14,574.30 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. Hipoteca: Constituida por Velma Rodríguez Ortiz y Phillip Pagán González (solteros) en garantía a un pagare a favor de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $10,000.00 sus intereses a 5.50% anual y vencedero el 1 de septiembre de 2041, según consta de la Escritura #59, otorgada en Ponce, el 31 de agosto de 2011, ante al notario David Gil De Rubio Santiago, inscrita al folio 80 vuelto del tomo 1211 de Ponce, finca #3259, Inscripción novena (9na). b. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. Velma Rodríguez Ortiz y Phillip Pagán González (solteros), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, en el Caso Civil Número PO2022CV02454, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de la hipoteca, con un balance de $118,209.71 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 1 de septiembre de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado

en la responsabilidad de los drados. Colinda por el NORTE: mismos, sin destinarse a su en 5 alineaciones distintas que extinción el precio del remate y totalizan 29’-3 ½”, con paredes que la propiedad a ser ejecuta- y ventanas que miran al patio da se adquirirá libre de cargas delantero y áreas comunes; y gravámenes posteriores tal por el SUR: con 5 alineaciones como lo expresa la Ley Núm. distintas que totalizan 29’-3 ½”, 210-2015. Y para el conoci- con paredes, ventanas, puermiento de los demandados, tas y balcón que miran al patio de los acreedores posteriores, posterior; por el ESTE: con 2 de los licitadores, partes inte- alineaciones distintas que toresadas y público en general, talizan 33’-6”, con pared meriEXPIDO para su publicación diana del apartamento 11-101 y en los lugares públicos corres- pared que mira al área común pondientes, el presente Aviso de acceso al apartamento y es de Pública Subasta en Ponce, meridiana y escaleras; y por Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de octubre el OESTE: con una alineación de 2023. PRÁXEDES VÁZ- regular que totaliza 38’-0”, con QUEZ QUILES, ALGUACIL pared meridiana del apartaPLACA #972, ALGUACIL DEL mento 12-101. Su puerta prinTRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS- cipal está localizada en la coTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL lindancia Este del apartamento DE PONCE, SALA SUPERIOR. que da acceso directamente a los elementos comunes del ediLEGAL NOTICE ficio. El apartamento consta de ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO un solo nivel y está dividido en DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL los siguientes elementos: salaGENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRI- comedor, cocina, tres cuartos BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTAN- dormitorios con sus armarios CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE (“closets”) unidos por un pasiFAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR llo central, dos baños, uno con BANCO POPULAR DE acceso al pasillo central y el segundo ubicado dentro del área PUERTO RICO del cuarto dormitorio principal; Demandante V. la sala-comedor da acceso al ANGEL GABRIEL OCASIO balcón. Contiene calentador MERCED TAMBIÉN de agua y gabinetes de cocina CONOCIDO COMO y área de laundry. Se destina a este apartamento como área ANGEL G. OCASIO MERCED COMO ANGEL común limitada conjuntamente con el Apartamento númeOCASIO MERCED Y ro “11-101” un área de patio COMO ANGEL OCASIO de aproximadamente 669.83 Demandados pies cuadrados, equivalentes Civil Núm.: FA2019CV00991. a 62.23 metros cuadrados. Le Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO corresponde a este apartamenY EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTE- to en los elementos comunes CA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE generales del Condominio el AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE 1.3889%. Le corresponde a DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, este apartamento para uso exESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO clusivo del mismo 1 espacio de DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO estacionamiento, con espacio DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, para 2 vehículos de motor idenAlguacil del Tribunal de Prime- tificados con los números 117 y ra Instancia, Sala Superior de 118. Inscrita al tomo Karibe de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Fajardo, finca número 21,382, hago saber, a la parte deman- Registro de la Propiedad de dada y al PÚBLICO EN GENE- Puerto Rico, Sección de FajarRAL: Que en cumplimiento del do. La finca antes mencionada Mandamiento de Ejecución de se encuentra afectada a un Sentencia expedido el día 15 gravamen posterior al que se de marzo de 2023, por la Se- pretende ejecutar, la cual se cretaría del Tribunal, procederé describe de la siguiente manea vender y venderé en pública ra: Aviso de Demanda de fecha subasta y al mejor postor la 6 de septiembre de 2019, expropiedad que ubica y se des- pedido en el Centro Judicial de cribe a continuación: URBANA: Fajardo, en el caso civil númePropiedad Horizontal: Condo- ro FA2019CV00991, seguido minio Paseo De Esmeralda de por Banco Popular de Puerto Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Aparta- Rico, contra Angel Gabriel Ocamento: 11-102 Edificio A. Ca- sio Merced también conocido bida: 92.34 metros cuadrados. como Ángel G. Ocasio Merced, De forma irregular localizado Ángel Ocasio Merced y como en el primer piso del Edificio Ángel Ocasio, por la suma de “A”, del inmueble sometido al $102,188.37 mas otras sumas, Régimen de Propiedad Hori- anotado el día 21 de diciembre zontal, conocido como Paseo de 2022, al tomo Karibe de De Esmeralda, localizado en el Fajardo, finca número 21,382, Barrio Quebrada Fajardo, San- anotación A. El producto de la tiago Veve Calzada del término subasta se destinará a satisfamunicipal de Fajardo, Puerto cer al demandante hasta donde Rico. Construido de hormigón alcance, la SENTENCIA eny bloques de hormigón, puertas mendada dictada a su favor el de madera, metal y ventanas día 25 de enero de 2023, en el de aluminio y cristal con un presente caso civil, a saber la área de piso de 994 pies cua- suma de $102,188.37 de prin-

22 cipal, más los intereses acumulados a razón de 4.500% anual computados desde el día 1 de diciembre de 2015, hasta su total saldo, recargos por demora y $10,505.60 por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 11 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $105,056.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $70,037.33, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 26 DE ENERO DE 2024 A LAS 2:30 DE LA TARDE, en la Oficina / Sala de Alguaciles de Subastas del Tribunal, Sala Superior de Fajardo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $52,528.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Articulo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción

del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a.

Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de octubre de 2023. DENISE BRUNO ORTIZ, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #266, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622.

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Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 27 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, sita en mi oficina, 4to piso Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas en el Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a vender en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 13 de octubre de 2016. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 4 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 20 de julio de 2022, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad, y que se describe a continuación: RURAL: Parcela Macada con el número Ciento Setenta y Uno-A (171-A) en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural La Ponderosa del Barrio Espino Bajura y Sábana del término municipal de Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero punto ochocientos noventa y tres (0.893) de cuerdas, equivalentes a trescientos cincuenta y uno punto cero nueve (351.09) metros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, con las parcelas número ciento ochenta (180) y ciento ochenta y uno (181) de la comunidad; por el SUR, con

las parcela número ciento ochenta y uno (181) y Calle número catorce (14) de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número ciento sesenta y nueve (169) de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con la parcela número ciento setenta y dos (172) de la comunidad. Finca número 7,515 inscrita al folio 140 del volumen 146 de Vega Alta. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de Bayamón. Dirección de la Propiedad: 171 14st La Ponderosa Communitty, Vega Alta, PR 00692. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $44,439.87, la cual no incluye intereses y otros gastos acumulados hasta el 13 de octubre de 2015, y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón del 5.300% por ciento anual, hasta su completo pago; más la cantidad de $12,750.00, equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 11, otorgada el día 28 de febrero de 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Jose M Biaggi Junquera y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, finca número 7,515, Registro de la Propiedad de Vega Alta, Sección III de Bayamón. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $127,500.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $85,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $63,750.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre

del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $127,500.00, con intereses al 5.30% anual, vencedero el día 30 de enero de 2097, constituida mediante la escritura número 12, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de febrero de 2011, ante el notario José M Biaggi Junquera, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Vega Alta, finca número 7,515, inscripción 4ta., y última.

Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad reclamada, se procederá a la ejecución de la sentencia en contra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cualesquiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en cantidad suficiente para dejar cubierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según

dispuesto en la sentencia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. De ser ello necesario, el Alguacil podrá diligenciar el Acta de Subasta que se expida en horas laborales, de día, los 5 días de la semana y podrá romper cualquier cerradura o candado que dé acceso al inmueble objeto de este desalojo. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 17 de octubre de 2023. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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A: CUALQUIER PERSONA pr, salvo que se represente por QUE PUDIESE TENER derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación INTERÉS Y TODA responsiva en la Secretaria del PERSONA A QUIEN Tribunal Superior de Puerto PUDIERA PERJUDICAR Rico, Sala de Caguas y enviando copia a la representación LA INSCRIPCIÓN legal de la parte peticionaria: SOLICITADA. POR LA PRESENTE se le no- LCDO. VICTOR M. RIVERA tifica que ha sido presentada TORRES, con dirección en la en este Tribunal por la parte Avenida Fernández Juncos peticionaria, una petición de ex- 1420, San Juan, Puerto Rico pediente de dominio solicitando 00909, teléfono 787-727-5710, la inscripción del inmueble que fax: 787-268-1835. Se le adse describe en dicha petición a vierte que este edicto se publinombre de dicha peticionaria. cará en un periódico de circuEl Sr. Luis Rolón García, padre lación diaria general en tres (3) de la parte peticionaria, estuvo ocasiones dentro del término ocupando los referidos bienes de veinte (20) días, a fin de que inmuebles hasta el momento cualquier persona interesada de su fallecimiento. El causan- pueda comparecer ante el Trite Luis Rolón García obtuvo la bunal, dentro del término de posesión de dicho terreno por veinte (20) días a contar de la cesión o donación de su madre, fecha de la última publicación Isabel García García, quien lo del edicto, a fin de alegar lo que adquirió desde hace muchos al derecho de estos convenga. años pero no cuenta con do- Expedido bajo mi firma y sello cumento alguno que acredite de este Tribunal, en Caguas, dicha cesión. Antes de éste fa- Puerto Rico, a 07 de septiemllecer, el Sr. Rolón le cedió en bre de 2023. LISILDA MARvida a la parte peticionaria todo TÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETAderecho sobre las propiedades RIA. IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, inmuebles antes descritas. Sin SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL embargo, desde que ocurrió TRIBUNAL I. *** dicha cesión la peticionaria ha estado poseyendo los inmuebles como dueña por más de 30 años. La descripción exacta del bien inmueble objeto del procedimiento son los siguientes: RUSTICA: Solar radicado en la Carretera #734 KM 4.0, sito en el barrio Arenas del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, identificado en el plano de mensura con el número Lote 2, con una cabida superficial de 561.6357 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1430 cuerdas.

En lindes al Norte, en 23.8839 metros con un camino existente, al Sur en 18.8313 metros en un arco con Carretera #734; al Este en 28.3940 metros con Minerva Rolón García y al Oeste, en 22.8786 metros con un camino existente. RUSTICA: Solar radicado en la Carretera #734 KM 4.0, sito en el barrio Arenas del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, identificado en el plano de mensura con el número Lote 5, con una cabida superficial de 3376.5057 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.8591 cuerdas. En lindes al Norte, en 17.6875 metros con terrenos de Nicanor Izona; al Sur en 27.9263 metros con Camino Publico y en 24.9405 metros con la Sucn. Rolón García; al Este en 91.1828 metros con Nicanor Izona y al Oeste, en 119.6142 metros con Felicita González Vázquez, Suzette A. Rolón González, Luis Antonio Rolón González y Marisol Rolón González. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando

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

ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC Demandante Vs.

EMILIO CRUZ CARRASQUILLO, YADIRA MARRERO RÍOS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTAS POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV06595.

Salón: 501. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: EMILIO CRUZ CARRASQUILLO, YADIRA MARRERO RIOS AMBOS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. 9 HACIENDA LAS CARMELITAS, BAYAMÓN, PR 009569472 / URB. SANTA JUANITA Y-8 CALLE PENSACOLA BAYAMÓN, PR 00956.

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El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin.sanchez@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.

EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 30 de agosto de 2023. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 30 de agosto de 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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banizar.; por el SUR, en treinta RODRIGUEZ, YANILDA PONCE, PR 00728. Según la parte demandada a pagar in- cia que me ha sido dirigido por Primera Instancia, Sala de San LEGAL NOTICE y seis metros con trescientos figuran en la certificación re- tereses aplicables sobre el im- el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal Juan, el 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE RAQUEL VERDEJO gistral, la propiedad objeto de porte de la presente sentencia de Primera Instancia, Sala Su- 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑA- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO diez milésimas de otro con el RODRIGUEZ, JOHN ROE ejecución está gravada por las incluyendo costas y honorarios perior de San Juan, en el caso NA, y se establece como míni- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- solar número 2; por el ESTE, en Y JANE ROE COMO siguientes cargas anteriores de abogado, desde esta fecha de epígrafe, venderé en pública ma para dicha segunda subas- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA dieciocho metros con terrenos POSIBLES HEREDEROS o preferentes: Nombre del Ti- y hasta que sea satisfecha. La subasta y al mejor postor, por ta la suma de $265,000.00, 2/3 SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN de Cupey Highlands Development Corporation antes, ahora tular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: venta en pública subasta de la separado, de contado y por partes del tipo mínima estable- JUAN DESCONOCIDOS; hoy servidumbre de paso del N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: referida propiedad se verificará moneda de curso legal de los cido originalmente. Si tampoco The TITLE SECURITY ESTADOS UNIDOS DE Expreso Las Américas. Finca N/A. Según figuran en la certi- libre de toda carga o gravamen Estados Unidos de América y/o se produce remate ni adjudicaGROUP, LLC AMERICA; CENTRO Número 5,006 inscrita al folio ficación registral, la propiedad posterior que afecte la mencio- Giro Postal y Cheque Certifica- ción en la segunda subasta, se Demandante V. DE RECAUDACION DE objeto de ejecución está gra- nada finca, a cuyo efecto se no- do, en mi oficina ubicada en el establece como mínima para la 109 del tomo 161 de Monacillos INGRESOS MUNICIPALES vada por las siguientes cargas tifica y se hace saber la fecha, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma ORIENTAL BANK AND Este y El Cinco. Registro de la TRUST; JUAN DEL Propiedad de Puerto Rico, SecDemandados posteriores a la inscripción del hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, Sala de San Juan, el 28 DE de $198,750.00, la mitad (1/2) PUEBLO Y JUANA ción 5 de San Juan. La parte Civil Núm.: PO2022CV01328. crédito ejecutante: Nombre del SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SU- NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS del precio pactado y dicha sudemandante alega que dicho Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO- Titular: Secretario de la Vivien- BASTA, si esto fuera necesario, 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo basta se celebrará en mi oficiDEL PUEBLO Y TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. da y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma a los efectos de que cualquier derecho título, participación na, ubicada en el Tribunal de CUALESQUIER PERSONA pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ- de la Carga: $267,000.00. Fe- persona o personas con algún o interés que le corresponda Primera Instancia, Sala de San DESCONOCIDA CON la Demanda radicada que pueRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE cha de Vencimiento: 23 de oc- interés puedan comparecer a la a la parte demandada o cual- Juan, el 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE POSIBLE INTERÉS EN de examinarse en la Secretaría LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL tubre de 2088. Se entenderá celebración de dicha subasta. quiera de ellos en el inmueble 2023, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MALA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA de este Tribunal. Por tratarse ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO que todo licitador acepta como Se notifica a todos los intere- hipotecado objeto de ejecución ÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevaDE PUERTO RICO, SS. bastante la titularidad de la pro- sados que las actas y demás que se describe a continuación: rá a cabo para, con su producto CANCELACIÓN POR de una obligación hipotecaria piedad y que todas las cargas constancias del expediente de URBANA: Parcela de terreno satisfacer a la parte demandanA: LA PARTE DECRETO JUDICIAL SE y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectay gravámenes anteriores y los este caso están disponibles radicada en el barrio Hato Rey te, el importe de la Sentencia DEMANDADA, AL (A SOLICITA do por el remedio solicitado, preferentes al crédito ejecutan- en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Río Piedras, del término mu- dictada a su favor ascendente Demandados LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE te antes descritos, si los hubie- durante horas laborables para nicipal de San Juan, con una a la suma de $210,198.44 por se le emplaza por este edicto HACIENDA DE PUERTO re, continuarán subsistentes. ser examinadas por los (las) in- cabida superficial de 609.492 concepto de principal, más la Civil Núm.: SJ2023CV09651. que se publicará una vez en un Sala: 803. Sobre: CANCELAperiódico de circulación diaria RICO Y AL PÚBLICO El rematante acepta dichas teresados (as). Y para su publi- metros cuadrados. En lindes suma de $45,488.24 en inteCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIAgeneral de Puerto Rico. Usted cargas y gravámenes anterio- cación en el periódico The San por el NORTE, con terrenos reses acumulados al 21 de GENERAL: DO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Ponce, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demanLEGAL NOTICE dada o cualquiera de ellos en ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO el inmueble hipotecado objeto DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- de ejecución que se describe a NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA continuación: URBANA: Solar SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE radicado en el número ciento REVERSE MORTGAGE cuatro (104) del Bloque “BE” de la Urbanización Las Delicias, FUNDING LLC. radicada en el Barrio Magueyes Demandante Vs. del término municipal de PonSUCESION ELOY ce, Puerto Rico, con una cabiVERDEJO ROQUE da superficial de TRESCIENCOMPUESTA POR ELOY TOS DOCE (312.00) METROS FERNANDO VERDEJO CUADRADOS. En lindes por el RODRIGUEZ, RANIEL NORTE, en veinticuatro (24.00) metros, con el solar número MARIO VERDEJO ciento cinco (105); por el SUR, RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO en veinticuatro (24.00) metros, YAMIL VERDEJO con el solar número ciento tres RODRIGUEZ, YANILDA (103); por el ESTE en trece (13.00) metros con R. Matos, RAQUEL VERDEJO RODRIGUEZ, JOHN DOE E. Montalvo y F. Perez; y por el OESTE, en trece (13.00) Y JANE DOE COMO metros con la Calle número POSIBLES HEREDEROS trece (13). Contiene una casa DESCONOCIDOS; residencial para una familia de bloque y concreto. Finca númeSUCESION RAQUEL ro 1054, inscrita al folio 73 del RODRIGUEZ COLON tomo 110 de Ponce Sur, RegisT/C/C RAQUEL tro de la Propiedad de Ponce, RODRIGUEZ Sección II. La Hipoteca RevertiCOMPUESTA POR ELOY da consta inscrita al folio 73 del FERNANDO VERDEJO tomo 1110 de Ponce Sur, Finca RODRIGUEZ, RANIEL 1054, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección II, inscripMARIO VERDEJO ción 9ª. Propiedad localizada RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO en: URB. LAS DELICIAS, 3040 YAMIL VERDEJO CALLE HERMINIA TORMES,

res, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $267,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $178,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $133,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, el 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 1:45 DE LA TARDE. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $156,012.48 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $34,232.63 en intereses acumulados al 30 de septiembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 4.08% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $7,265.61 en seguro hipotecario; $5,565.00 de cargos por servicio; $2,466.00 de seguro; $950.00 de tasaciones; $260.00 de inspecciones; $1,027.50 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $26,700.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a

Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 17 de octubre de 2023. JAVIER SEGARRA MALDONADO, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560.

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COMPU-LINK CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK Demandante Vs.

SUCESION MAX ALFREDO TORO MATTEI COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV06929.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Senten-

de la Marina de los Estados Unidos; por el SUR, con la calle O’Neill; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Hilda Nevárez; y por el OESTE, con terrenos de Frank R. Mattei. Finca número 24036, inscrita al folio 241 del tomo 820 de Rio Piedras Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 151 del tomo 1543 de Rio Piedras Norte, finca 24036, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II, inscripción 7ª.

Propiedad localizada en: #167 CALLE ONEILL, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $397,500.00.

Fecha de Vencimiento: 13 de abril de 2087. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes.

El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $397,500.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de

noviembre de 2022 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.516% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $10,500.26 en seguro hipotecario; $5,565.00 en tarifas de servicios; $261.66 en impuestos; $1,400.00 de tasaciones; $240.00 de inspecciones; $1,722.50 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $39,750.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado, esta última habrá de devengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras aplicable a esta fecha, desde este mismo día hasta su total y completo saldo.

Dichas sumas están vencidas, son líquidas y exigibles. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.

Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de octubre de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.

deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia COMO POSIBLES de ella a la abogada de la parTENEDORES Y demandante la Lcda. Lizbet CUALESQUIER PERSONA te Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, DESCONOCIDA CON Calle Pomarrosa #222, HumaPOSIBLE INTERÉS EN cao, PR 00791; TeL (787) 354LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA 0061, dentro de los treinta (30) CANCELACIÓN POR días siguientes a la publicación DECRETO JUDICIAL SE de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro SOLICITA. del término indicado, el TribuPor la presente se le notifica nal podrá anotar su rebeldía y que ha sido presentada en dictar sentencia concediendo este Tribunal una Demanda el remedio solicitado en la Deen su contra en el pleito de manda sin más citarle ni oírle. epígrafe. En este caso la parte EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y demandante ha radicado una sello de este Tribunal, en San Demanda para que se decrete Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 26 judicialmente el saldo de un (1) de octubre de 2023. GRISELpagaré a favor de BANCO BIL- DA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, BAO VIZCAYA PUERTO RICO SECRETARIA. MARÍA I. RÍOS o a su orden, por la suma prin- LÓPEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. cipal de $25,000.00, con intereses al 10.95% sobre el “prime LEGAL NOTICE rate” anual vencedero a el 19 ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO de agosto de 2005, constituida DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL mediante la escritura núme- GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIro 57, otorgada en San Juan, BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANPuerto Rico, el día 19 de julio CIA SALA DE PONCE de 2000, ante el notario Juan ORIENTAL BANK C. Salichs Pou e inscrita al folio Demandante V. 53 del tomo 311 de Monacillos OLGA LYNETTE Este y el Cinco, inscripción FELICIANO CRUZ l7ma, sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: T/C/C OLGA LINNETTE URBANA: Solar marcado con FELICIANO CRUZ el número 3 del bloque S-4 del Demandada plano de inscripción de la Urba- Civil Núm.: PO2023CV01734. nización Quintas del Norte del Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOSeñorial, antes ahora, Plano TECA. LOS ESTADOS UNIde Inscripción de la Urbaniza- DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PREción Paraná, situado en el Ba- SIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL rrio Monacillos de Rio Piedras, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una DE P.R., SS. AVISO DE PÚBLIcabida superficial de 645.48 CA SUBASTA. El que suscribe, m/c. En lindes por el NORTE, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera en treinta y cinco metros con Instancia, Sala de Ponce, hago cuatrocientos diezmilésimas saber a la parte demandada de otro, con terrenos para ur- OLGA LYNETTE FELICIANO EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

24 CRUZ t/c/c OLGA LINNETTE FELICIANO CRUZ y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL; que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el 13 de octubre de 2023, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta por el precio mínimo de $48,331.00 y al mejor postor, pagadero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o giro postal, a nombre del alguacil del tribunal, la propiedad que se describe a continuación: 149 RD 61.9 KM BO. ROMERO VILLALBA, PR 00766, y que se describe de la siguiente manera: El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es: RUSTICA: Lote #1: Parcela de terreno radicada en el barrio Villalba Abaja, sitio Romero del término municipal de Villalba, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de 700.115 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.1781 cuerdas. En lindes por el Norte, con parcela dedicada a uso público; por el Sur, con terrenos de la PRRA; por el Este, con terrenos de Carlos Juan Ortiz de Jesús y por el Oeste, con el lote #2. Enclava una casa de concreto de 2 niveles. Finca 5215 inscrita al folio 71 del tomo 113 de Villalba, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. La finca antes descrita se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: (i) Hipoteca constituida en garantía de un pagaré, aff#. 6755, a favor de RG Premier Bank of PR, o a su orden, por $48,331.00 al 6%, vencedero el 1 de abril del 2034, según Ese. #48 en San Juan a 5 de marzo del 2009 ante Juan Carlos Goitía, inscrita al folio 118vto. del tomo 154 de Vil/ alba, finca #5215 inscripción 9na. y última, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. La hipoteca objeto de esta ejecución es la que ha quedado descrita en el inciso (i). Será celebrada la subasta para con el importe de la misma satisfacer la sentencia dicta el 18 de julio de 2023, mediante la cual se condenó a la parte demandada pagar a la parte demandante la suma de $30,673.43 de principal, más $908.27 de intereses al 6.00%, computados desde el 1 de diciembre de 2022 hasta el 1 de junio de 2023, que continuarán acumulándose hasta el saldo total a razón de $4.9521 diarios, más $37.38 de cargos por demora, $486.00 de otros cargos, $400.37 de cuenta escrow y $4,833.10 de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otro desembolso que haya efectuado o efectúe la parte demandante durante la tramitación de este caso para otros adelantos de conformidad con el Contrato Hipotecario, incluyendo primas de seguro de hipoteca, prima de seguro de siniestro y cargos por demora. La PRIMERA SUBASTA será celebrada el día 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023

A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $48,331.00, sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 7 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la que servirá como tipo mínimo, dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $32,220.67. Si no hubiese remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, celebraré TERCERA SUBASTA el día 14 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $24,165.50.

El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación.

La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la

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subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura.

El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 24 de octubre de 2023. MIGUEL A. TORRES AYALA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #560, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE PONCE.

notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de octubre de 2023. En Vieques, Puerto Rico, el 30 de octubre de 2023. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. MIRIAM LEGAL NOTICE L. PENZORT MERCADO, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- TRIBUNAL. NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA LEGAL NOTICE CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO VIEQUES SALÓN DE SESIO- DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNES SALÓN 001 NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de octubre de 2023. SE ENMIENDA A LOS FINES DE INCLUIR A LAS PARTES CORRESPONDIENTES. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 30 de octubre de 2023.

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIELEGAL NOTICE RA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETAESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO RIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. DE PUERTO RICO TRIBULEGAL NOTICE NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CA- ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUCAROLINA SALÓN DE SESIO- NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CARONES CIVIL 407 BANCO POPULAR DE LINA 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de octubre de 2023. En Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 30 de octubre de 2023. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH VALENTÍN CORREA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COMO SÍNDICO DE DORAL BANK POR CONDUCTO DE SU AGENTE AUTORIZADO CT CORPORATION SYSTEM Y OTROS

ABIGAIL LASANTA CORREA Y CARMEN ELBA LASANTA RODRÍGUEZ Demandante Vs.

Lasanta Rodríguez. Es abogado de la parte demandante el Ledo. Juan José Berríos Colón, cuya dirección es en Vázquez y Asociados 379 Calle César González, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, Teléfono 787-766-0949 y se notifica a ustedes que de no comparecer a contestar esta demanda enmendada dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes después de haberse publicado el edicto, la parte demandante podrá solicitar la anotación de rebeldía y lograr que se dicte sentencia, concediéndosele el remedio solicitado sin más sin más citarles ni oírles. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de octubre de 2023. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL. IDA L. FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

SUCECIONES DE CARMEN CORREA ARROYO Y LUIS GERVACIO LASANTA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAFIRSTBANK RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C LUIS GÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE PUERTO RICO LASANTA RODRÍGUEZ AÑASCO SALÓN DE SESIODemandante V. COMPUESTA POR Demandado(a) NES SALÓN 0001 SUCESION LUIS OLMO Caso Núm.: CA2023CV02143.

PEDRO LUIS LASANTA COOPERATIVA DE LEGAL NOTICE PEREZ OSORIO Y OTROS AHORRO Y CRÉDITO Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RES- RODRÍGUEZ, ZELIDETH ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Demandado(a) TITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXLASANTA ARROYO DE RINCÓN Caso Núm.: FA2021CV00755.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN Demandante V. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIT/C/C ZELIDE LASANTA NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO POTECA: PROPIEDAD RESILUIS MORALES ARROYO, Y CHRISTIAN SALA DE BAYAMÓN ENMENDADA. DENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE BELMA ALONSO GARCÍA ANGEL ALFREDO SÁNCHEZ Y OTROS LASANTA ARROYO, T/C/C SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OFICINABELMAALONSO Demandado(a) MIRANDA DÁVILA, CRISTIAN LASANTA MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVA @GMAIL.COM Caso Núm.: AÑ2022CV00193.

MCOLON@WWCLAW.COM SU ESPOSA ANA ARROYO A: RAFAEL SÁNCHEZ Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO GABRIELA PÉREZ SANTIAGO Demandados MARÍA RIVERA Y LA PONCE T/C/C RAFAEL REGLA 60.

NOTIFICACIÓN DE PO BOX 1207, VIEQUES, Civil Núm.: CA2021CV02516.

SOCIEDAD LEGAL PUERTO RICO, 00765 SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GERARDO SÁNCHEZ Sala: 303. Sobre: DIVISIÓN & JUAN JOSÉ PÉREZ SANTIAGO RAFAEL FABRE COLÓN DE GANANCIALES PONCE, LOURDES PARTICIÓN DE HERENCIA. PO BOX 1207, VIEQUES, RFABRE@MCMLAWPR.COM COMPUESTA POR EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICPUERTO RICO, 00765 MÉNDEZ CARRERO A: LUIS MORALES AMBOS LUIS GABRIEL PÉREZ SILVA TO. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIAT/C/C LOURDES SÁNCHEZ, ANA PÉREZ, PO BOX 1207, VIEQUES, Demandante Vs. DO DE PUERTO RICO, ESTASOCORRO MÉNDEZ PUERTO RICO, 00765 SOCIEDAD LEGAL DOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL FIRST BANCORP Y LUIS OLMO PÉREZ SANTIAGO CARRERO, FULANO PRESIDENTE DE LOS EUA. DE GANANCIALES FIRSTBANK PUERTO PO BOX 1207, VIEQUES, Y MENGANO DE TAL, A: PEDRO LUIS PUERTO RICO, 00765 COMPUESTA POR: LUIS RICO JOHN DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES ROSA LYDIA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ LASANTAARROYO Y MORALES SÁNCHEZ Y JANE DOE PO BOX 1207, VIEQUES, DESCONOCIDOS DEL CHRISTIAN LASANTA ANA PÉREZ. Demandados PUERTO RICO, 00765 PAGARÉ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le SUCESION Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00944.

RODRIGUEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le LUIS OLMO PEREZ OSORIO PO BOX 1207 VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO 00765

A: SUCESION LUIS OLMO PEREZ OSORIO, LUIS OLMO PÉREZ SANTIAGO, GABRIELA PÉREZ SANTIAGO, JUAN JOSÉ PÉREZ SANTIAGO, LUIS GABRIEL PÉREZ SILVA, ROSA LYDIA SANTIAGO LÓPEZ. (Nombre de las parte que se le

notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 29 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los

notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla

Por la presente se les notifica a ustedes, que se ha presentado en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, la demanda enmendada de epígrafe, en la que, en síntesis, se alega que son ustedes partes indispensables en la demanda enmendada para la división y liquidación de una participación hereditaria de los causantes Carmen Correa Arroyo y Luis Gervacio Lasanta Rodríguez T/C/C Luis

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

la cancelación de un pagaré suscrito el día 28 de abril de 1995, a favor del Banco Central Hispano Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $105,000.00, con intereses al 8% anual, vencedero el 1ro de mayo de 2025, según surge de la escritura número 108, sobre Primera Hipoteca, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, en la misma fecha, ante Eric Antonio Andujar Vargas, para gravar la finca número treinta y siete mil ciento cuarenta y dos (37,142), inscrita al folio número doscientos (200) del tomo número sesenta y cuatro (1064) de Guaynabo. Los demandantes alegan que dicho pagaré fue saldado en su totalidad y no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el mismo. Se les apercibe que deberán comparecer dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, a contestar la demanda de epígrafe o a presentar cualquier tipo de alegación o defensa a la que puedan tener derecho en esta etapa del pleito. Dicha comparecencia deberán hacerla a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar dicho escrito en la secretaría del tribunal y notificando copia de la misma a la parte demandante por conducto de la LCDA. DALMARIS BETANCOURT, URB. BALDRICH, 200 CALLE MANUEL F. ROSSY, SAN JUAN, PR 00918, TEL (787) 630-1296. También se les apercibe y advierte a ustedes, como personas que pueden ser tenedores o estar interesados en el pagaré antes mencionado, que de no contestar la demanda o presentar sus defensas de la manera y en el tiempo que arriba se indica, el Tribunal podrá anotarles la rebeldía y dictar sentencia en contra de ustedes, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda sin más citarles, ni oírles. EXTENDIDO BAJO Ml FIRMA Y SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, EN BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO, HOY 20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

LEGAL NOTICE

LIBRE ASOCIADO A: JOHN DOE Y JANE ESTADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUDOE DEMANDADOS NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANDESCONOCIDOS. CIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE Por la presente se les empla- BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR za y se les notifica que se ha DE GUAYNABO SALÓN DE presentado en la Secretaría de SESIONES SALÓN 202 este Tribunal la demanda del DUEÑOS DE CASAS caso de epígrafe solicitando

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MANSIONES DE GARDEN HILLS, INC. Demandante V.

ANGEL P. SANTIAGO PONCE

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2023CV00491.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. PATRICIA BÁEZ RAMOS PBAEZ@EMPHATIALAW.COM

A: ÁNGEL P. SANTIAGO PONCE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de octubre de 2023, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 01 de noviembre de 2023. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 01 de noviembre de 2023. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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

GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HORMIGUEROS

SAMUEL PEREZ VAZQUEZ Demandante V.

PREFERRED MORTGAGE CORPORATION, FULANO DE TAL

Demandados Civil Núm.: HO2023CV00105.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO DE EMPLAZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉLEGAL NOTICE RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIDE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA RICO, SS. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN A: FULANO DE TAL JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE COMO POSIBLE SAN JUAN SALÓN DE SESIOTENEDOR DEL PAGARÉ NES SALÓN 603

WILFREDO MONTALVO RIVERA

EXTRAVIADO.

Queda emplazado(a) y notificado(a) de que en este Demandante V. se ha radicado una SUCESION DE ALBINO Tribunal demanda de cancelación del ORTIZ MALDONADO Pagaré a favor de Preferred Demandado(a) Mortgage Corporation, o a su Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08717. orden, por la suma principal Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE CO- de SETENTA Y DOS MIL DOMUNIDAD DE BIENES. NO- LARES ($72,000.00), con inteTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA reses al 7% anual, vencedero POR EDICTO. el día 1 de agosto de 2028, EDUARDO SÁNCHEZJÁUREGUI en garantía de hipoteca consJIMÉNEZ tituida mediante la escritura EDUSJJ@GMAIL.COM 37, otorgada en Ponce, A: SUCESION DE ALBINO número Puerto Rico, el día 14 de julio ORTIZ MALDONADO. de 1998, ante la notario Janice (Nombre de las partes que se le Mari Bernal Maldonado (“Paganotifican la sentencia por edicto) ré Extraviado”), sobre la proEL SECRETARIO(A) que suspiedad que se describe como cribe le notifica a usted que el sigue: URBANA: Parcela de 30 de octubre de 2023, este terreno designada solar núme-

ro Doce-F (12-F) en el plano de la Urbanización Estancias del Río, sita en el Barrio Lavadero del término municipal de Hormigueros, con una cabida superficial de trescientos punto treinta (300.30) metros cuadrados.

Colinda por el NORTE, en trece (13.00) metros con la calle Diez (10); por el SUR, en trece (13.00) metros con la calle Tres (3); por el ESTE, en veintitrés punto diez (23.10) metros con el solar Once-F (11-F); y por el OESTE, en veintitrés punto diez (23.10) metros con el solar Trece-F (13-F). Enclava y le pertenece una estructura edificada de hormigón y bloques de una sola planta, dedicada a vivienda para una familia. Consta de sala-comedor, cocina, tres habitaciones y dos baños. Finca número seis mil ochocientos doce (6,812) inscrita al folio uno (1) del tomo cuarenta y uno (41) de Hormigueros, registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: LCDO. CARLOS A. GARCIA CEBALLOS, PO Box 427, Mayagüez, PR 00681-0427 (Tel. (787) 8331595, email: lcdo-carlosgarcia@hotmail.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que de no recibirse escrito alguno de su parte, presentando el original del mismo y enviando copia de su contestación a la representación legal de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia conforme se solicita en la Petición, sin más citársele, ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal, a 27 de octubre de 2023. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ARACELI W. CAMACHO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

JOAN MARIE PLAZCERES JIMENEZ Demandante Vs.

DORAL MORTGAGE LLC; FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC); JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV02722.

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

Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del tribunal, hoy 26 de septiembre de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUROE, POSIBLES NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA TENEDORES DEL CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADOS. JUAN SALA SUPERIOR Se le notifica por medio del BANCO POPULAR DE presente edicto que se ha prePUERTO RICO sentado en este tribunal una en solicitud de cancelación de un pagaré extraviado a favor de DORAL FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK., o a su orden, por $10,000, con intereses al 12% anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2006, según consta de la escritura número 886, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 1 de julio de 1996, ante el Notario Público Eric Hernández Batalla, inscrito al folio 226 del Tomo 1265 de Caguas, inscripción sexta, sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Las Mercedes, situado en el Barrio Tomás de Castro de la Municipalidad de Caguas, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de la Urbanización con el Solar AA-14, con un área de 177.26 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el Solar AA-13, en una distancia de 20.02 metros; por el SUR, con el Solar AA-15, en una distancia de 20.04 metros; por el ESTE, con la calle #2. En una distancia de 8.83 metros y por el OESTE, con el solar AA-3, en una distancia de 3.69 metros y con el Solar AA-4, en una distancia de 5.18 metros.

Finca número 44601, inscrita al TOMO KARIBE de Caguas.

Por la presente se le emplaza y requiere para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de 30 días contados a partir del diligenciamiento del emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda. Deberá enviar copia de su alegación responsiva a la abogada de la parte demandante, cuya información es la siguiente: Lcda. Lisdaira Serrano Martínez RUA 17356 273 Ave. Ponce de León Plaza 273, Ste. 700 Hato Rey PR 00917 lisdairaserrano@gmail.com

Parte Demandante Vs.

SUCESIÓN DE LYDIA ESTHER AYALA AYALA T/C/C LYDIA E. AYALA AYALA COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESIÓN DE ALFONSO MARTÍNEZ BARRETO, COMPUESTA POR SUTANO Y PERENCEJO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ BARRETO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV04795.

(604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 3 de agosto de 2023 y notificada el 4 de agosto de 2023, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 26 de septiembre de 2023 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 6 de octubre de 2023 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Muñoz Rivera, Esquina Coll y Toste, Parada 37, San Juan, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar marcado con el Número AJ guion veintidós (AJ-22) del plano de inscripción del Proyecto PRHA-15 denominado San José Development, radicado en el Barrio Hato Rey del término municipal de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de 250.84 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el Solar AJ guion

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veintitrés (AJ-23), distancia de 22.86 metros; por el SUR, con el Solar AJ guion veintiuno (AJ21), distancia de 22.86 metros; por el ESTE, con la Calle Número catorce (14), distancia de 10.97 metros; y por el OESTE, con el Solar AJ guion tres (AJ3), distancia de 10.97 metros.

La propiedad consta inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 1169 de Río Piedras Norte, Finca 33443.

Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 112 del tomo 1473 de Río Piedras Norte, Finca 33443. Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección II. Inscripción séptima (7ma). Dirección Física: Urb. San José, 384 Calle Aranjuez (Solar AJ-22), San Juan PR 00923-1215. Número de Catastro: 79-063-044-606-17-998.

El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $40,000.00.

De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 7 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $26,666.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 14 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $20,000.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $14,386.84 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 7.95% anual desde el 1 de septiembre de 2019 hasta su completo pago, más $250.05 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $4,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior que afecta la propiedad que se pretende ejecutar: a. Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Vs. La Sucesión de Lydia Esther Ayala Ayala t/c/c Lydia E. Ayala Ayala compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal y

Alfonso Martínez Barreto, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el Caso Civil Número SJ2022CV04795, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $14,386.84 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 2 de junio de 2022.

Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Río Piedras Norte. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley.

Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 19 de octubre de 2023. EDWIN E. LÓPEZ MULERO, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN, SALA SUPERIOR.

Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION ANDREA BERRIOS RIVERA COMPUESTA POR WILFREDO ROSADO BERRIOS, LUZ DINELY ROSADO BERRIOS; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2023CV00384.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION WILFREDO ROSADO BATISTA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION ANDREA BERRIOS RIVERA.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto.

Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en LEGAL NOTICE el ejercicio de su sana discreESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO ción, lo entiende procedente.

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUGreenspoon Marder, LLP NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido SALA SUPERIOR DE CAR.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 GUAS WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD REVERSE MORTGAGE 100FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 FUNDING LLC Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com Demandante Vs. SUCESION WILFREDO Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, PuerROSADO BATISTA to Rico, hoy día 20 de octubre COMPUESTA POR de 2023. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ WILFREDO ROSADO AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. BERRIOS, LUZ ENELDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. DINELY ROSADO

BERRIOS; JOHN DOE

OBITUARIES

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The San Juan Daily Star

Iris Edén Santiago Una luchadora no es la que siempre gana sino la que a apesar de sus derrotas jamás se rinde.

Siempre te recordaremos agradecidos por tus colaboraciones de moda, tema que siempre te apasinó.

Elevamos plegarias para el eterno descanso de tu alma y expresamos nuestras más sentidas condolencias, solidaridad, consuelo y fortaleza en los corazones de tus familiares, amigos y compañeros de trabajo por esta irreparable pérdida, Esperamos encuentren pronta resignación.

Dencansa en paz.

Sarah Massameno August 17, 1935 - October 4, 2023

Sarah Massameno was born in London, England on August 17, 1935 and passed away at Shalom Park in Denver, Colorado on October 4, 2023, at 88.

Her father Izek Doktorczyk was Polish and her mother Esther de Miranda was English. They changed the family name to Wolf at Ellis Island because the Polish name was too difficult for most Americans to pronounce and spell.

When World War II broke out in 1939, her parents were in the United States with her sister Ruth and the task of caring for Sarah and her brother Maurice fell to their beloved grandmother Rachel Miranda in Antwerp, Belgium.

Grandmother Rachel was stoutly English and had had the foresight to ask that Esther give birth to her children in England, making them British subjects. In a story that has become legend in the Wolf Family, they escaped the Nazi invasion by taking one of the last trains out of Antwerp and were able to board an English military ship because of their nationality, and so their lives were saved.

The family made it to Rayners Lane in North London to join their Aunt and their brother Samuel, where they in the formative years of their childhood endured the Battle of Britain, rationing, and wartime schooling. In 1947, they finally were able to reunite with their parents and sister in Manhattan, where they lived in midtown on the East Side, close to Wolf’s United Nations Gift Shop.

In the nineteen sixties, Sarah returned to London, where she worked at Eastern Airlines while moonlighting as an antique vendor at the fabled Portobello Road Market.

She married David Massameno, and when he passed away, she remained Sarah Massameno and never remarried.

Sarah raised and loved cats all of her life and had a special place in her heart for Darling, the cat she brought with her from London to San Juan Puerto Rico, where she lived close to her parents and furthered her self-taught intellectual breadth working at the Casa del Libro, Old San Juan’s renowned rare book museum.

Sarah eventually settled in Boulder, Colorado to be near her nephew Govinda and niece Mariah. She came to know and love Mariah’s daughter Quinn.

Those people who were lucky to be her friends will always remember her forthrightness, wisdom, and empathy. Never has a less biased person walked this earth and if you were her friend, you shared some of these rare qualities.

She did not suffer fools gladly.

She was cherished for her British wit and the countless stories she told about her adventurous life, relying on an almost superhuman memory for detail.

She even proved on many occasions that she possessed the rare gift of Extra Sensory Perception When anyone asked her, “Sarah, how are you?” she would invariably answer “Content and grateful!”

Her family and friends are content and grateful, and always will be, that Sarah was part of their lives.

She is survived by her sister-in-law Yolanda Wolf, niece Monica Turenne and husband Marc, niece Mariah Quish, nephews Govinda Quish, Michael Wolf Segal, Simon Wolf, and David Wolf and wife Ana Maria Otero Otero, and her great-nieces and nephews, Mattea Turenne, Nicholas Wolf Turenne and Quinn Theodora Quish.

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PR delegation leaves Santiago with 20 medals, 2 Olympic berths

Puerto Rico divided its medals between 11 for women, eight for men and one in a mixed category. Santiago 2023 marked the eighth time that Puerto Rico earned at least 20 medals at the Pan American Games.

By THE STAR STAFF

P

uerto Rico concluded its participation in the 19th Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile on Sunday with 20 medals and two athletes having secured berths at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

In table tennis, Adriana Díaz stood

out by winning a gold medal in singles on Nov. 1, becoming the athlete from Puerto Rico with the most medals all-time in the continental games. Her three medals in Santiago brought her Pan American Games total to eight going back to 2015.

In archery, opening ceremony flagbearer Jean Pizarro Latorre earned the island’s first gold medal in that discipline. Janessa Fonseca Romero, who was the flagbearer along with Pizarro Latorre during the closing ceremony, took gold in karate, marking a milestone for Puerto Rican women in that martial art.

In track and field, heptathlete Alysbeth Félix and high jumper Luis Joel Castro won silver medals, becoming the first to do so for Puerto Rico in their events. In judo, Puerto Rican women María Pérez, the delegation’s other opening ceremony flagbearer, and Sairy Colón won silver medals at 70 and 78 kilograms, respectively. The Puerto Rico women’s softball team earned silver for its sixth Pan American medal alltime, and the women’s table tennis team added another silver to the tally.

The bronze was also significant, with

for men and one in a mixed category. The Santiago edition marked the eighth time that Puerto Rico reached or exceeded 20 medals at the Pan American Games.

Sailor Pedro “Pedruco” Fernández was the other Puerto Rican competitor in Santiago to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He placed sixth or better among boats from North America and the Caribbean in the regulatory regattas to punch his ticket to Paris next year, according to the Puerto Rico Sailing Federation.

Adriana Díaz Cristian Azcona in bowling and Ashleyann Lozada in boxing, who also secured her place in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Nelson Alberto Guilme Morales in gymnastics, Darian Toi Cruz and Joseph Andrés Silva in wrestling, Steven Yancy Piñeiro in skateboarding, Mariecarmen Rivera in surfing, the Díaz sisters Adriana and Melanie in table tennis doubles, and Arelis Medina and Luis “Gaby” Colón Maldonado in taekwondo, all earned bronze medals.

Table tennis was the most successful sport for Puerto Rico, with women leading the way. In total, Puerto Rico divided its medals between 11 for women, eight

Luis Joel Castro

Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri win New York City Marathon

By SCOTT CACCIOLA

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decorated women’s field had slowly come unglued over the final few miles of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, to the point where just two runners remained in the hunt for the title.

Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic medalist for Kenya in the 5,000 meters and the reigning Boston Marathon champion, tends to run with ferocious power. She does not run a course so much as she attacks it, all arms and legs and palpable determination.

Letesenbet Gidey, on the other hand, seems to cover the ground beneath her with effortless grace, as if her stride were conceived by the distance-running gods. The women’s world-record holder in the 10,000 meters and an Olympic bronze medalist for Ethiopia, Gidey tucked behind Obiri as the finish line came into view.

Their contrasting styles were on full display as Dathan Ritzenhein, Obiri’s coach with the Boulder, Colorado-based On Athletics Club, watched and worried. Before the race, he had advised Obiri to avoid trying to break away until Mile 24.

“I was very much second-guessing whether or not it was the right strategy at that point,” he said.

Obiri, though, was fearless, and with one final burst of speed before a cheering crowd, she dropped Gidey and charged to a dramatic victory in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 23 sec-

onds. Gidey finished six seconds back in second place, while Sharon Lokedi of Kenya, who won last year, placed third.

“In a marathon,” Obiri said, “it’s about patience.”

While the women’s race was slow and tactical until the late stages, Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia seized the men’s title by running hard from the start. Tola, who was the world champion in the men’s marathon in 2022, finished in 2:04:58, breaking Geoffrey Mutai’s course record from 2011 by eight seconds. Jemal Yimer, also of Ethiopia, finished second, and Albert Korir of Kenya was third.

Tola had arrived in New York with questions about his fitness after he dropped out of the marathon at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, this summer. He quelled those concerns as Sunday’s race wore on.

“The people of New York are amazing to give me moral support every kilometer,” said Tola, who added that he had succumbed to a stomach bug in Budapest. “I’m happy.”

Clear skies and mild temperatures greeted a field of about 50,000 athletes who gathered at the base of the VerrazzanoNarrows Bridge on Staten Island for their annual pilgrimage across the five boroughs.

Among them, Obiri, 33, had redemption in mind. When she made her marathon debut in New York last year, she went out fast before struggling to a sixth-place finish. It turned out

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“My debut here was terrible,” she said, adding: “I didn’t want to come back.”

Ritzenhein recalled that Obiri was so physically and psychologically beat up from the race that he had a hard time getting her to leave her hotel room. But after returning to Boulder, she began training again.

“Sometimes,” Obiri said, “you learn from your mistakes.”

She put those lessons to use in Boston earlier this year when she won her first world marathon major. In the wake of that triumph, Ritzenhein could sense that Obiri felt she had unfinished business in New York.

Sunday’s race was an odd one, though. The top women went out slow — at least based on their standards — which meant that a large leading pack remained intact well past the halfway point.

“It was a super weird race,” said Kellyn Taylor, who placed eighth as the top American woman. “New York traditionally starts off a little bit slow, and then it picks up the second half.

This year, it just seemed to lag.”

In fact, the race in many ways did not start in earnest until the leaders covered Mile 22 in 5:18, which was their fastest mile of the morning — and then it only got faster.

Obiri was among those who proceeded to cover Mile 23 in 5:04. By then, only Obiri, Gidey, Lokedi and two others — Viola Cheptoo, the runner-up in 2021, and Brigid Kosgei, a five-time world marathon major champion — were still in contention.

But those surges took their toll on everyone, including Gidey, who tried hard to stick with Obiri on the race’s final climb in Central Park. Ritzenhein was cautiously optimistic since the overall pace had been slower than Obiri’s long runs in training, he said.

“But you never know,” he said. “And then you could see, at the end, that she had a lot of fuel in her tank.”

With about a quarter-mile to go, Obiri was in a full sprint.

She peeked behind her at Gidey, who reached down to tuck her necklace inside the top of her singlet as she tried to muster one final burst of speed that never quite materialized.

Afterward, Obiri said she was hopeful that Kenya would select her to compete in the marathon at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: “I’ve shown that I can do it.”

Meanwhile, Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner, both from Switzerland, won the men’s and women’s wheelchair rac-

The San Juan Daily Star es. Hug won a record sixth victory on New York’s course, while Debrunner set a course record in her debut in the race.

Hug, whose nickname is the Silver Bullet, won his third consecutive race in New York in 1:25:29, three seconds short of the course record he set last year. He also surpassed Kurt Fearnley’s record of five wins in the race.

Debrunner ended a dominating 2023 by finishing in 1:39:32, smashing the New York course record by more than three minutes.

From left, Letesenbet Gidey, Hellen Obiri and Sharon Lokedi.

Walter Davis, basketball star with a velvet touch, dies at 69

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alter Davis, whose smooth shooting propelled him to basketball stardom with the University of North Carolina and the Phoenix Suns, but who late in his career struggled with drug addiction, died Thursday while visiting family in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was 69.

The university announced his death but did not specify a cause.

Davis, a 6-foot-6 forward, played at North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 for Dean Smith, one of the most successful coaches in college history. He averaged 15.7 points a game over four seasons on Tar Heels teams that also included Bobby Jones, Phil Ford and Mitch Kupchak.

In one of Davis’ signature games, in March 1974, North Carolina was losing to Duke, 86-78, with 17 seconds left.

After North Carolina closed the deficit to two points with time expiring, Davis tied it with a shot from a distance estimated at between 30 and 35 feet. (The basket would have counted for three points and won the game today, but the 3-point shot was not officially introduced by the NCAA until 1986.) North Carolina went on to win in overtime, 96-92.

“I wasn’t trying to bank it in,” Davis, then a freshman, said afterward. “It wasn’t a desperation shot. I was just trying to do my part, that’s all. I didn’t allow myself to think about anything. I just told myself it could only do two things: go in or come back out.”

In 1976 he was a member of the U.S. team, also coached

by Dean Smith, that won a gold medal at the Olympics in Montreal. A year later, he led North Carolina with 20 points — and 10 of his team’s last 12 — when it lost to Marquette, 67-59, in the final game of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

He was twice selected for all-Atlantic Coast Conference teams.

His nephew Hubert Davis is currently the North Carolina coach.

Walter Davis of the University of North Carolina in action against Duke in 1976. He averaged 15.7 points a game over four seasons there.

Walter Davis was born Sept. 9, 1954, in Pineville, North Carolina. His high school in Charlotte won three state titles in basketball before he left to attend prep school in Delaware. He arrived at North Carolina in 1973.

In 1977, Davis had surgery on a broken finger after North Carolina won the ACC tournament in his senior year.

“Before they put me out, I remember looking up and Coach Smith was right there,” he told Ken Rosenthal for his book “Dean Smith: A Tribute” (2001). “I remember seeing him and having the screws drilled into my finger.”

Davis was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1977 NBA draft. After averaging 24.2 points a game — the highest average of any season in his career — he was voted the league’s Rookie of the Year. He remained a steady performer throughout his 11 seasons with Phoenix, averaging 20.5 points a game as a small forward and shooting guard.

During a game in 1983, he set a league record by scoring 34 points (on 15 field goals and four free throws) against Seattle before missing a shot.

“I don’t remember a sweeter shot,” Alvan Adams, one

of his teammates, told NBA.com in 2015. “He was a feared shooter. The other team knew it, too.”

Chuck Daly, then the Detroit Pistons’ coach, told The New York Times in 1987: “Walter is a good shooter until the fourth period. Then he becomes a great shooter.”

Davis had two nicknames: Sweet D and Greyhound.

In his later years in Phoenix, Davis dealt with drug problems. In 1986, he spent a month in a drug rehabilitation center to treat cocaine and alcohol dependency. Early the next year he told the Times, “The scariest part is knowing that it is a disease that I will have to work on for the rest of my life.”

When he relapsed in 1987, Davis was suspended by the league and once again entered a drug rehabilitation facility. He also received immunity from prosecution when he agreed to testify against several current and former Suns teammates, who were indicted on drug charges.

In his testimony, The Arizona Republic reported, Davis said that he had first used cocaine in his second season in the league after being introduced to it by a teammate, Gar Heard. When asked by a prosecutor who else was there, he said, “Pretty much the whole team.”

Later that year, Davis said that prosecutors had forced him to testify against his teammates.

“I had no choice,” he told Sports Illustrated. “The last thing I wanted to do was get my teammates and friends indicted. If I’d known I was going to do that, I’d have probably gone to jail instead.”

Davis left the Suns in 1988 to sign as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets. He was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1991 and then re-signed with Denver, where he played in the 1991-92 season before retiring.

Davis averaged 18.9 points a game for his career and played in six All-Star Games.

After his retirement, he worked as an announcer and community ambassador for the Nuggets and a scout for the Washington Wizards.

Information on survivors was not immediately available.

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(Mar 21-April 20)

Your mind will expand today. You’ll feel like there’s a ton of information crammed into your head that needs processing. Regarding big projects, try to finish them as quickly as you can.

The best policy is to pace yourself. If you wait until the last minute to finish, the quality of your work will suffer. Make a plan and maybe even a timeline. Set small deadlines as you go along.

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Join others before you make your big travel plans. The smallest idea can be quickly transformed into a huge plan of attack, thanks to the prevailing winds of the day. There’s a light, communicative feeling in the air encouraging cooperation. If you find that people aren’t chiming into the group effort, you may want to excuse them from the group.

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Try not to read too much into other people’s words today. You may have spent hours tearing apart every off-the-cuff remark. You may build up a wild scenario in your head regarding what that person is thinking. Instead of trying to sneak up on the answer through the back door, try the direct approach. Simply ask your question.

Long-term trends are coming to an important climax now. This dramatic period is highlighted by the added amount of information being thrown your way. Try to make small adjustments to your direction that incorporate this new information.

Be aware of the prevailing winds and your relationships will be much better off.

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Take a break from what you’re doing. Look at what people are doing around you. Check your plans in relation to those of others and see if there’s a way you can combine forces and kill more birds with fewer stones. Cooperation instead of competition is the lesson that needs to be emphasized today. The better you learn this today, the better off you’ll be tomorrow.

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Don’t get stuck doing just one thing today. The more varied your activity, the easier it will be for you to integrate the different pieces of the puzzle. This is a day to think big. The more you know, the greater an asset you’ll be when it comes time to solve the biggest problems. Learn how to multitask effectively.

Don’t get stuck doing just one thing today. The more varied your activity, the easier it will be for you to integrate the different pieces of the puzzle. This is a day to think big. The more you know, the greater an asset you’ll be when it comes time to solve the biggest problems. Learn how to multitask effectively.

Don’t get stuck doing just one thing today. The more varied your activity, the easier it will be for you to integrate the different pieces of the puzzle. This is a day to think big. The more you know, the greater an asset you’ll be when it comes time to solve the biggest problems. Learn how to multitask effectively.

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Get involved with the energy of today so you don’t get left out of the loop. Your contribution to the group is important. You should foster positive relationships among all parties. Think big. You can do no wrong by expanding your mind out into the minds of others. Make a commitment to quench your thirst for knowledge and freedom through information.

Your audience will be attentive to you today.

Take the lead and others will follow. Be yourself and project your voice into the auditorium of eager listeners. Information will flow freely, and you shouldn’t discount any ideas from the peanut gallery. Be open to questions and comments from others. Their participation is vital to your performance.

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You can add more tools to your toolbox today.

Express your concerns and you’ll find helpful remedies present themselves. Keep the lines of communication open and let the information flow. There’s a great expansiveness that comes when you think for yourself - and think big.

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You could feel confident today, and you should have a strong idea of exactly what it is you want. Information is power. Others are working to wield power over you. Don’t let them get away with it, especially today. Encourage synergistic behavior among all parties. You can accomplish a great deal by working together instead of against one another.

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For Better or for Worse

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