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$8.50 per hour for all public employees can’t be guaranteed

By THE STAR STAFF

TheLabor Affairs Committee of the island House of Representatives held a public hearing Wednesday to address House Resolution 532, which seeks to investigate all matters related to working conditions, hours, wages and labor-management relations in Puerto Rico.

The measure authored by Committee Chair man Domingo Torres García also investigates worker training and retraining, labor services, and orientation.

“With this process, we seek to do justice to each public servant and to see to it that, starting next year, the salary adjustment that is so urgently needed will be provided,” Torres García said.

The measure was defended in a public hear ing by the central government’s Office for the Administration and Transformation of Human Resources (OATRH by its Spanish initials) and the Public Service Appellate Commission (CASP by its Spanish acronym).

The deputy director of the Office for the Administration and Transformation of Human Resources could not guarantee that $8.50 per

would be the minimum salary for all

At the hearing, Torres García demanded that the minimum wage of each public employee be $8.50 per hour starting next year.

However, Gustavo Cartagena, deputy director of OATRH, could not guarantee that this would be the salary for all employees.

“Public employees will be at par with what the mar ket dictates,” the official said. “At this moment, we are not guaranteeing the amount. We are guaranteeing that each government employee’s salary will be competitive in relation to the average salary in the market.”

Cartagena added that the OATRH has already developed the Uniform Remuneration Plan -- also for the career service -- to standardize the salary scales of public employees of those central government agencies covered by Law 8-2017.

Likewise, the agency representative said they are in the final analysis of the remuneration plan to be implemented in the public agencies covered by the Human Resources Administration System regarding career employees.

“It is projected that both the Classification Plan and the Uniform Compensation Plan for the career service will go into effect in January 2023,’’ Cartagena said.

Previously, the government agency developed a pilot project in which they were able to increase the allocation of the compensation plan per fiscal year from $83 million to $99 million.

The two public entities participating in the Administrative Reform Pilot Plan that began in April 2022 were the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Treasury Department.

In the process, OATRH evaluated 196 positions in which 156 employees received a salary increase.

Cartagena noted that the agency would determine the date on which agencies will be authorized to notify each employee in writing of the implementation of the classifica tion and compensation plans, which is projected to occur in December.

Laudelino Mulero Clas, president of the CASP -- an agency that specializes in labor-management matters and which handles labor claims of public sector employees -noted meanwhile that they only have a staff of 35 employees, of which only 18 handle 8,727 active cases.

Mulero Clas said the CASP budget is $2.5 million, and he requested more resources to hire personnel to speed up the processing of cases.

“To this end, conversations have been held with the fiscal control board and the OMB, who are aware of the situation, and we have no doubt that they will assist us in this process so that the claims can be handled on time,’’ Mulero Clas said.

The San Juan Daily Star, the only paper with News Service in English in Puerto Rico, publishes 7 days a week, with a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday edition, along with a Weekend Edition to cover Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

PDP ‘in a crisis’ but there’s hope for consensus

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Mayors Association Presi dent Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz acknowledged Wednesday that the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) is facing an internal crisis.

“Of course there is a crisis, but all par ties are going through a crisis,” the Villalba mayor said at a press conference following a meeting with the heads of several agencies on post-Hurricane Fiona recovery progress.

Hernández Ortiz said he has not yet consulted his PDP counterparts on what will be done with the amendments to the regula tions that they are supposed to evaluate in the party assembly next month.

“We don’t know if the amendments to the regulations we presented will be sepa rated from those worked on in the governing board,” he said. “We do not know if there will be a dialogue committee that will lead us to reach an agreement at the assembly. Because if not, the spirit of the Regulations Assembly could turn into something else.”

Mayors Association President Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, with microphone, insisted that a meeting with the opponents of the amendments should be called as soon as possible to reach a consensus before next month’s Popular Democratic Party assembly.

“Once we listen to all the mayors, I assure you that there will be an institutional position or, otherwise, there will be the possibility of seeking a consensus,” he added.

Hernández Ortiz, who is also president of the party’s regulation committee, insisted that a meeting with the opponents of the amendments (Jesús Manuel Ortiz González, Carlos “Charlie” Delgado Altieri, Carmen Maldonado González and Gerardo Antonio

“Toñito” Cruz Maldonado) should be called as soon as possible to reach a consensus be fore the assembly. However, he did not specify a proposal for reaching that consensus.

“If there is no consensus, everyone loses,” Hernández Ortiz said. “I am hopeful that everyone will give in. I am willing to give in; the question is: are the others willing to give in?”

The contested amendments were includ

ed by former senator Antonio Fas Alzamora and House Speaker Rafael “Tatito” Hernán dez Montañez at the party governing board meeting on Oct 14. According to opponents, the amendments included by the governing board in a 9 to 6 vote are aimed at leaving PDP President José Luis Dalmau Santiago in office until December 2023.

Recently, in a written statement, PDP lead ers Delgado Altieri, Maldonado González, Ortiz González, Cruz Maldonado, Héctor Ferrer Sánchez and Pablo José Hernández issued the following remarks on the amend ments to the rules published by the party:

“The amendments to the bylaws literally cross out the right of the PDP to vote for their president. They also extend the current presi dent’s term until December 2023 by creating a new executive committee and keeping him as president of that committee. We will say no to the amendments on November 13.”

The PDP leaders said they would soon be making their positions known regarding other amendments that alter the party’s in ternal processes.

Governor signs law establishing date for Christmas bonus

By THE STAR STAFF

has been contemplated in the certified budget since the Financial Oversight and Management Board was installed.

Gov.

Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Wednesday signed House Resolution 398 to establish the payment of the Christmas bonus for all public employees on Nov. 15.

“This administration has been fiscally responsible, in order to restructure our finances, promote economic development and incentivize our public employees who serve the people of Puerto Rico,” the governor said in a written statement.

The advance of the holiday bonus has no negative im pact on the certified budget because the necessary funds are available, the governor said. In fact, he pointed out, it is the first time that the Christmas bonus for public employees

Pierluisi insisted on maintaining the payment of the Christmas bonus for the public sector.

The governor also signed Senate Bill 430, which amends the Business Development Program Law in order to establish as a requirement the continuing education of all artisan promoters in order to strengthen their skills, knowledge and performance.

The law establishes that the Industrial Development Company, through the Artisan Development Program and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, through its Popular Arts Program, as well as the University of Puerto Rico, will ensure that they have the necessary trained personnel to comply with the provisions contained in the law.

RFP issued for commonwealth pension reserve custodian

By THE STAR STAFF

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, on behalf of the Commonwealth Plan of Adjustment Pension Reserve Board, the entity supervising the pension system, has issued a request for a custodian for the pension reserve.

According to the request for proposal (RFP), those responding to the RFP have until 3 p.m. on Nov. 18 to deliver materials to maria.lopez@ promesa.gov.

The pension reserve board will be respon sible for selecting a provider.

The respondent must meet the minimum requirements, which are that: Respondent must

be a U.S.-domiciled national bank or trust company and member of the Federal Reserve, or a U.S. subsidiary of a foreign bank subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts with substantial unimpaired equity capital.

Respondents must also have a global footprint in common investment destinations to handle the expected globally diversified

portfolio. Respondents with total assets under custody in excess of $1 trillion as of Dec. 31, 2021 will be looked upon favorably, according to a statement.

The respondent must have at least five U.S.-based public fund institutional clients each with total marketable security trust assets in excess of $10 billion.

Gov. Pedro Pierluisi

Report shows central & muni gov’ts lagging in compliance with 3-year-old transparency law

By THE STAR STAFF

Morethan three years after its enactment into law, the Puerto Rico government has failed to implement the Transpar ency Law, according to a report issued by the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI by its Spanish initials) on Thursday.

The CPI described the execution of Act 141 of 2019 as “inconsistent and deficient” and announced legal actions against agencies and municipalities that have failed to execute public policy in support of government transparency.

The Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act establishes a procedure for requesting public information from public entities, which have a maximum term to release the information. Therefore, the CPI evaluated the execution of the law by some 120 public agencies and the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico to document their compliance.

The report’s main findings are that 25% of the information officers in the executive branch and 68% in the municipalities were appointed after and in response to requests for informa tion made by the CPI, noted Carlos Francisco Ramos Hernández, author of the “Report on the (Non)compliance of the Government in the Implementation of Law 141 of 2019.”

Ramos Hernández, a public interest attor ney and a fellow at CPI’s Equal Justice Works, used a sample of 22 agencies. He found that only 13 offered the information officers the educational training required by the law.

The report’s main findings are that 25% of the information officers in the executive branch and 68% in the municipalities were appointed after and in response to requests for information made by the Center for Investigative Journalism.

“According to the data we have collected, the current administration has done very little to improve the state of transparency in the coun try,” Ramos Hernández said. “This [inaction] has the consequence that citizens, three years after Law 141 was approved, still do not know how and from whom they can request public information. There are compelling examples in this report.”

Although the executive branch appointed 98% of the information officers, only 39% of the

agencies have the contact information (name, email and telephone number) of those officers on their web pages. While 76% of the munic ipalities appointed their information officers, only two towns have their contact information on their web pages.

The information officers are the officials responsible for receiving requests for informa tion, processing them, and facilitating access to documents. Unfortunately, La Fortaleza and the Office of Management and Budget (OGP by its Spanish initials) still need a centralized directory of information officers available on their web pages, as required by law. To remedy this problem, the CPI collected, centralized and standardized this information and has published two directories of the information officers of the executive branch and the municipalities.

Since the law went into effect, only 26% of the agencies have submitted at least one monthly statistical report that includes the number and type of information requests received and their status. Moreover, only 18% have these reports available on their web pages.

Meanwhile, the municipalities still need to submit their reports.

“Each agency is developing its regulations and forms in a fragmented and erratic way, which hinders access to information and ac countability,” Ramos Hernández said.

The CPI filed legal actions against several agencies and municipalities to remedy the breach of the law. Specifically, the journalistic organization sued the departments of Educa

tion, Public Safety and Housing. Likewise, the CPI sued 16 municipalities: Añasco, Arroyo, Camuy, Fajardo, Florida, Guayanilla, Jayuya, Lajas, Maunabo, Río Grande, Santa Isabel, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Yabucoa, and Yauco.

The research and data analysis led by Ramos Hernández was carried out with the support of students from the Inter American University Law School’s Pro-Bono Program, led by Professor Marilucy González Báez. In addition, the data was collected with the volunteer work of students Gabriela M. Vélez Martínez, Lia Sophia Di Fiore Tavárez Cortés, Adriana M. Muñoz Mena, Génesis S. Rivera Carrasquillo, Jorge A. Flores Torres, and Abner M. Otero Rosario.

The report offers recommendations for strengthening the public policy of government transparency, Ramos Hernández pointed out.

“Transparency is a basic obligation of any democratic government. A titanic work like the one done by Mr. Ramos Hernández and the pro-bono students of Inter Law should not be required for a government to comply with its own law three years after its implementation,” noted Oscar J. Serrano, co-founder of the CPI and co-director of its Transparency Program. “Nor should we be forced to go to court to achieve that compliance. It is particularly nota ble that municipal administrations, which ask to have more resources and public responsibilities under their control, show the same laziness, or worse, in terms of complying with transparency, than that of the central government.”

By THE STAR STAFF

Puerto Rico Mayors Association President Luis Javi er Hernández Ortiz received on Wednesday the management components of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Transporta tion and Public Works (DTOP by its Spanish acronym), and the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), for a meeting to share updates on the reconstruction work related to Hurricane Fiona. Concerning FEMA, the participants discussed specific cases of response and recovery works under the Public Assistance and Permanent Works Program. In the case of COR3, they followed up on applications to the Public Assistance program. Regarding the DTOP, the meeting focused on collaborative agreements for road rehabilitation and expediting response, particularly contracts, federal funds and public works.

“In general terms, all mayors intend for recovery to be real. In that sense, we insist that the funds allocated are properly used,” Hernández Ortiz said. “One example is the mechanism of collaborative agreements with instrumen talities such as the DTOP, which have proven effective.”

During the meeting, the effectiveness of the munici palities in handling emergencies was pointed out, partic ularly in solving particular situations involving the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), where the municipalities contributed personnel and equipment to provide drinking water to the communities quickly. At the same time, the public corporation applied its protocols.

“There has been constant collaboration with some agencies, but not in the case of LUMA Energy, where the municipalities carried out part of the energizing work. Although that was not the purpose, FEMA and COR3 recognized the work of the municipalities,” Hernández Ortiz said. “In fact, FEMA will reimburse the expenses

Park Service seeks public input on management plan for feral cats at Paseo del Morro

By THE STAR STAFF

TheSan Juan National Historic Site, a unit of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), has issued a statement announcing public input for the preparation of a Free-Ranging Cat Management Plan and Environmental Assessment that has raised concerns on the part of some San Juan residents.

The NPS said it is hosting two public meetings and will be accepting comments until Nov. 22. The proposed action seeks to “humanely remove free ranging cats” that live within the historic site.

Raysa Santiago, a San Juan resident, said that anytime someone talks about humanely removing cats it usually means killing them.

“I am afraid that is what they will do,” she said. “These cats don’t bother anyone. I don’t feed them, but I don’t agree with killing them. If anything, they should be adopted.”

San Juan National Historic Site Superintendent Myrna Palfrey said in the statement that “the situation that these animals experience at the park, specifically at the Paseo del Morro, is not ideal for them and is inconsistent with National Park Service policies regarding the feeding of animals and invasive species.”

“The abandonment of animals is a problem that we as a society are facing throughout Puerto Rico, and that we are seeking to address within the park,” the official said. “The National Park Service needs your help, we need to hear from you as we commence this important process. We

The National Park Service will be hosting two in-person meetings on a management plan for feral cats at the San Juan National Historic Site. The meetings will be held next Wednesday and Thursday at the park’s Visitor Center at Castillo San Cristóbal in Old San Juan.

encourage public participation by commenting on this issue and by attending the Open House meetings.”

The NPS will be hosting two in-person meetings next Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 2-3) at the park’s Visitor Center located at Castillo San Cristóbal in Old San Juan, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Public comments on the proposed actions can be made on the website: https://parkplanning. nps.gov/PaseoCatPlan or by mail to: SAJU Superintendent

Attn: Paseo Cats 501 Calle Norzagaray San Juan, PR 00901

“Public comment and involvement is not merely a step or a checkmark in the process. It can influence how decisions are made, and the NPS takes this process very seriously,” Palfrey said. “We are conscious of the complexity of the issue that the proposed actions seek to address and hope that through this process we come up with a strategy to manage it successfully.”

According to the organization Save a Gato’s website, the cats are a part of the Old San Juan experience, and noted that “some of these cats are said to be descendants from the original cats that arrived on the ships when the first Spanish settlers came to the island.”

“Most of the cats around the Paseo del Morro are feral cats, which means that they are not socialized to humans,” the group said. “They are cats that were either born outside and never had human care/contact, or cats that have become accustomed to living without human companionship.”

Through an agreement with the National Park Service, Save a Gato said it provides food, water and medical assis tance for the cats. They also said they control the number of cats in the colony by trapping and neutering them. However, the group works on donations and encourages other ways to help the cats.

“There is never enough money to neuter all of the cats, so unfortunately, there are always new kittens,” the group said. “Luckily, most kittens can be socialized and adopted out to good homes.”

Save a Gato could not be reached for comment.

Nov. 10 event to target stigma of mental illness

By THE STAR STAFF

The Office of the Ombudsman for People with Disabilities (DPI by its Spanish initials) on Wednesday announced an educational event entitled “Let’s Say No to Mental Health Stigma,” to be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hall B of the Fine Arts Center in Santurce.

Ángel Morales of the DPI Protection and Advocacy Office said “this is an event prepared for October as Mental Health Month, which we had to postpone due to the passage of Hurricane Fiona. In it, we will have orientations, educational workshops, and information tables on the different topics that affect mental health.”

Those interested in participating can register by calling 787-725-2333, extensions 239 and 246. They can also request a space at amorales@dpi.pr.gov.

“Spaces are limited to the room’s capacity, so we urge you to reserve early,” Morales added.

The event is supported and advised by the Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA), Metro Pavia, and Lions Club.

It is well known that various mental health con

ditions are among those that can cause the most suf fering and leave a person disabled. This is evidenced by data from the United Nations (UN), which show that mental conditions are one of the leading causes of disability in the world.

“We have been particularly vulnerable in Puerto Rico after the passage of Hurricane Maria five years ago, added to the coronavirus pandemic, the earth quakes of 2020, and now the passage of Hurricane Fiona, so this is an issue where education, evaluation, and treatment is crucial,” Morales said.

Change in command at DPI

Gabriel Corchado Méndez, the head of the DPI, announced this week that he resigned after accepting a job offer in the private sector. Corchado, a certified public accountant (CPA), has served as ombudsman for the disabled since December 2017 and previously held the position of DPI budget director.

Corchado’s resignation is effective this Friday.

“It has been a challenging few years of service to the disability community. I am pleased with the work accomplished, and I am pleased that William Pellot will be filling the position on an interim ba

sis,” Corchado said. “Mr. Pellot has been with the Ombudsman’s Office for decades as an attorney and knows in detail the workings of the agency and will provide continuity to its work and services.”

As required by DPI statutes, the agency’s board of directors will begin the process of selecting a new ombudsman in the next few days.

“We greatly appreciate the work of Mr. Corchado Méndez, who contributed all his energy and com mitment to benefit the Ombudsman’s Office,” said Millie Court, who chairs the board of directors. “It is important to inform all the populations we serve that the work continues as planned.”

Pellot pointed out that “fortunately, at the DPI, we have a highly trained staff committed to the population of people with disabilities.”

“This guarantees the continuity of services,” he said.

For additional information, interested parties may visit the DPI located at the Roberto Sánchez Vilella Government Center (Minillas) Torre Sur, Office 203 on José De Diego Avenue in Santurce. The e-mail address is dpi@dpi.pr.gov, and the number is (787) 725-2333.

Democrats, on defense in blue states, brace for a red wave in the House

By SHANE GOLDMACHER

Republicans are pressing their advantage deep into Demo cratic territory in the closing stretch of the 2022 campaign, competing for an abundance of House seats amid growing signs that voters are poised to punish President Joe Biden’s party even in the bluest parts of America.

Republicans need to win only a handful of seats to take over the House of Representatives, which Democrats now control by a narrow margin of 220-212. But with two weeks until the election, Republicans are looking to run up the score and win a more expansive — and governable —majority by vying for dis tricts in Democratic bastions, including in Rhode Island, which has not sent a Republican to Congress for nearly three decades.

“We thought for a little bit that we could defy gravity, but the reality is setting in,” said Sean McElwee, executive director of Data for Progress, a progressive research and polling firm. With Democrats on the defensive in so many places, McElwee said the goal should now be to limit the party’s losses so it could conceivably try to take back the House in 2024.

Simply making incursions so deep into Democratic terrain is a victory for Republicans. Win or lose, they have diverted limited Democratic resources. But Republicans need just five seats net to flip the chamber, and with the current daunting map, some Democratic strategists worry the party could lose far more: 20 or even 30 seats.

In Oregon, Republicans are in contention to win half of the state’s soon-to-be six congressional seats — up from the one seat they now hold in the traditional Democratic stronghold.

In California, Republicans are competing to represent as many as five House seats that Biden carried in 2020 by the relatively comfortable margin of 10 percentage points or more.

In New York, Republicans are pursuing five more districts carried by Biden, including one held by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, as they seek a prominent symbolic victory as much as a seat.

“The question the blue states will answer is how deeply Republicans go into the map or how narrow a majority they might end up with,” said Jesse Ferguson, a Democratic strategist who has worked on House races.

The flow of money from super political action commit tees and national party committees, which prioritize the most competitive races, reveals a House battleground landscape that is overwhelmingly tilted toward seats that Biden won in 2020. Such a landscape is significant: Democrats have all but given up contesting more Republican terrain won by Donald Trump, putting the party heavily on the defensive.

Of the 46 House races that had seen at least $3 million in outside spending through this past weekend, 42 of them were carried by Biden in 2020, according to data compiled by Rob Pyers, the research director for the California Target Book, which analyzes political races.

Eleven of the districts most flooded with money are seats that Biden carried by 10 percentage points or more. That is a remarkable number of solidly Democratic seats for Republicans to be contesting. In 2020, Democrats did not win a single district

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) campaigns outside a library in Seal Beach on June 4, 2022. Porter is endangered in the 2022 midterms, despite running in a seat that Joe Biden carried by 11 percentage points.

that Trump won by 10 points or more.

In contrast, Democrats have devoted virtually no national money to targeting seats Trump carried.

In fact, of the roughly $400 million in outside spending that has gone into House races nationwide so far in the general election, only a little more than $100,000 in Democratic super PAC or party committee money has targeted a Republican in cumbent in a seat that Trump carried.

Few places exemplify the current climate better than Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District. Biden carried the seat by nearly 14 percentage points less than two years ago, yet it could now deliver Republicans their first House seat in the state this millennium.

“If Democrats are playing defense in Rhode Island, they are losing across the country,” said Steven Frias, who has served as the Republican national committeeman in Rhode Island for the past decade.

Republicans have nominated Allan Fung, 52, a former mayor of Cranston who previously ran for governor and who has campaigned to be a “voice of moderation” in Congress.

In an interview at a coffee shop in Warwick on Monday, Fung, who was greeted with encouragement from the owner and multiple patrons, said that fear over the economy had been the dominant issue of the campaign. “Everyone’s scared,” he said.

On Wednesday, the first lady, Jill Biden, is coming to Providence as Democrats try to nationalize the race, snap Rho de Island Democrats back to their usual partisan posture and build support for Seth Magaziner, the Democratic state treasurer running against Fung.

“They’re sending the wife and not the president himself because they know how widely unpopular he is,” Fung said Monday. “He’s underwater here, underwater across the country.”

The October itineraries of Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been a sign of the current political geography and the limited appeal of the party’s national leadership.

Harris went to Connecticut and appeared with a vulne rable Democratic incumbent (“Please send her back,” Harris

urged voters) for an event about abortion rights. Biden spent part of the month stumping in both Oregon and California. He has also made one trip, and plans another, to New York, where polls have shown Gov. Kathy Hochul leading by far less than Democrats have won in recent years. Biden has traveled to Pennsylvania, but notably, his major event on abortion rights last week was held in Washington, D.C. — not a battleground seat or district at all.

Strategists and officials in both parties said they were seeing the trend of both Democratic weakness and Republican overperformance in states that are fully ruled by Democrats.

Some have speculated that voters, who polls show are ge nerally unhappy about the direction of the nation, have no one to blame but Democrats in those states. Others have hypothesized that abortion — the issue that Democrats have used to mobilize the party base and win over moderate women — is less salient in states that have enacted their own abortion protections.

“In a blue state, where you hear no stories of anyone getting prohibited from getting an abortion, it just doesn’t play,” Frias said.

Today, top Democratic groups are rushing to triage the House map, with some seats already being all but written off.

In Oregon, the super PAC aligned with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority PAC, has yet to spend on behalf of one Democrat — Jamie McLeod-Skinner, who unseated a moderate Democrat in the primary earlier this year — even though she is running in a seat that Biden carried by nearly 9 percentage points. In California, that same super PAC on Friday canceled $2.2 million in television reservations in Los Angeles that had been earmarked to try to unseat Rep. Mike Garcia, a Republican. A person involved in the decision described the seat as increa singly out of reach for Democrats even though Biden carried it by more than 12 percentage points.

Polling, including the recent New York Times/Siena Co llege survey, shows that voters are increasingly focused on the economy and inflation and that economy-focused voters are lopsidedly backing Republicans.

Democrats are buoyed by the fact that the relatively few remaining undecided voters in these blue states tend to be more Democratic than in more conservative states, and party officials believe they can still cast even more moderate Republicans with a Trump-aligned national brand.

But in Rhode Island, Fung, so far, has proved resistant to Democratic efforts to define him as extreme, rallying the support of moderates and Trump-aligned Republicans alike. One of them is Antonio Raposo, 54, who owns a construction company and said he wears his “Let’s Go Brandon” hat every day.

As Raposo sipped a lunchtime espresso martini Monday at Andino’s, a restaurant in Providence’s Little Italy neighborhood, he spoke with excitement about the possibility that his state might finally have Republican representation in the House. Raposo was in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, to protest the election results, but said he did not join the riot inside the Capitol. Raposo hosted Fung at his home in Coventry this year, at an event that he said raised $25,000 for the candidate.

He predicted victory on Nov. 8 — in Rhode Island and nationally. “People,” he added, “are fed up.”

As Republican campaigns seize on crime, racism becomes a new battlefront

child’s hair?”

And in North Carolina, an ad against Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate for Senate, who is Black, features the anguished brother of a white state trooper killed a quarter-century ago by a Black man whom Beasley, then a public defender, represented in court. The brother incredulously says that Beasley, pleading for the killer’s life, said “he was actually a good person.”

Appeals to white fears and resentments are an old strategy in American elections, etched into the country’s political consciousness, with ads like George Bush’s ad using the Black convict Willie Horton against Michael Dukakis in 1988, and Jesse Helms’ 1990 commercial showing a white man’s hands to denounce his Black opponent’s support for “quotas.”

If the intervening decades saw such tactics become harder to defend, the rise of Donald Trump shattered taboos as he spoke of “rapist” immigrants and “shithole countries” in Africa and the Caribbean. But while Republicans quietly stood by advertising that Democrats called racist in 2018, this year, they have responded with defiance, saying they see nothing untoward in their imagery and nothing to apologize for.

“I think that white people should be speaking out. I think that Black people should be speaking out,” said Chris Larson, a Democratic state senator in Wisconsin who is white and has denounced Republican ads against Barnes. “I think that all people should be speaking out when there is vile racism at work.”

The conservative group Club for Growth Action, backed by billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, Diane Hendricks and Jeff Yass, pointed with pride to the crime ads it has run against Beasley. “Democrats across the country are getting called out for their soft-on-crime policies,” said the group’s president, former Rep. David McIntosh. “Now that their poor decisions have caught up with them, they’re relying on the liberal media to call criticisms of their politically inconvenient record racist, and it won’t work.”

The 2022 midterms include the most diverse slate of Republican congressional candidates ever, competing against Democratic candidates who would add to the House’s representatives of color and improve on the Senate’s lack of diversity. But it is also the first cycle since Trump’s presidency, when he set a sharply different tone for his party on race.

of two Black Republicans in the House, added, “As a coach and mentor to countless Black men, Tommy Tuberville has done more to advance Black lives than most people, especially in the Democratic Party.”

Greene and Tuberville did not respond to requests for comment.

Then there is the Republican mailer in Wisconsin that clearly darkened the face of Barnes.

“If you can’t hear it when they pick up the bullhorn that used to be a dog whistle, you can see it with your own eyes,” said Larson, the Wisconsin state senator.

The darkening of white hands in a stock photo of a barber on a Republican mailer in New Mexico prompted outrage there. The New Mexico Republican Party said that Democrats were trying to divert attention from their record on crime. A Republican leader in the state House of Representatives, Rod Montoya, told The Albuquerque Journal that the hands were darkened to make the flyers “gloomy.”

By JONATHAN WEISMAN

AsRepublicans seize on crime as one of their leading issues in the final weeks of the midterm elections, they have deployed a series of attack lines, terms and imagery that have injected race into contests across the country.

In states as disparate as Wisconsin and New Mexico, ads have labeled a Black candidate as “different” and “dangerous” and darkened a white man’s hands as they portrayed him as a criminal.

Nowhere have these tactics risen to overtake the debate in a major campaign, but a survey of competitive contests, particularly those involving Black candidates, shows they are so widespread as to have become an important weapon in the 2022 Republican arsenal.

In Wisconsin, where Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is Black, is the Democratic nominee for Senate, a National Republican Senatorial Committee ad targeting him ends by juxtaposing his face with those of three Democratic House members, all of them women of color, and the words “different” and “dangerous.”

In a mailer sent to several state House districts in New Mexico, the state Republican Party darkened the hands of a barber shown giving a white child a haircut, next to the question, “Do you want a sex offender cutting your

“This is stupid but not surprising,” said Chris Hartline, a spokesperson for the Republican Senatorial Committee, whose ads in North Carolina and Wisconsin have prompted accusations of racism. “We’re using their own words and their own records. If they don’t like it, they should invent a time machine, go back in time and not embrace dumbass ideas that voters are rejecting.”

Amid pandemic-era crime increases, legitimate policy differences have emerged between the two parties over gun violence, easing access to bail and funding police budgets.

But some of the Republican arguments could scarcely be called serious policy critiques.

This month, a Republican senator, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, said Democrats favored reparations “for the people that do the crime,” suggesting the movement to compensate the descendants of slavery was about paying criminals. And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., made explicit reference to “replacement theory,” the racist notion that nonwhite immigrants living in the country without legal permission are “replacing” white Americans, saying, “Joe Biden’s 5 million illegal aliens are on the verge of replacing you.”

Such language, as well as ads portraying chaos by depicting Black rioters and Hispanic immigrants illegally racing across the border, have prompted Democrats and their allies to accuse Republicans of resorting to racist fear tactics.

It was at a rally with Trump in Arizona this month that Tuberville and Greene made their incendiary comments. At another rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, late last month with a Senate Republican candidate, Rep. Ted Budd, Trump told the audience that President Vladimir Putin of Russia had mentioned “the N-word. You know what the N-word is?” When the audience hooted, he corrected them, “No, no, no, it’s the nuclear word.”

Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., who is Black, said, “Donald Trump is fueling this fire.”

Still, a rise in violence recently has given openings to both parties.

In North Florida, a flyer distributed by a Democratic group depicts the face of a Black Republican, Corey Simon, who is challenging a white state senator, on what Republicans have called a shooting target and Democrats call a school easel, with bullets shown strewn underneath. The message was about gun control and school shootings, staples of Democratic campaigns, and identical mailers targeted two other Republican candidates, who are white and Latino.

Republicans say their attacks are capturing voters’ anxieties, not feeding them.

Defending Tuberville, a former football coach at Auburn University, Byron Donalds of Florida, said crime had become a leading issue because of “soft-on-crime policies and progressive prosecutors in liberal cities.” Donalds, one

“Crime in America has always, at least in modern times, been racially charged,” said Christopher Scott, chief political officer at the liberal group Democracy for America. “The ads aren’t getting to policy points. They are images playing on their base’s fears.”

But the policy differences between the two parties are real. Democrats have pushed for cashless bail, saying the current system that requires money to free a defendant before trial is unfair to poor people. Republicans say cash bail is meant to get criminals off the streets. Democrats have expressed solidarity with racial justice protesters and helped bail out some who were arrested after demonstrations over the murder of George Floyd turned destructive. Republicans have said those actions condoned and encouraged lawlessness.

The campaigns themselves have steered clear of charging racism.

Dory MacMillan, a spokesperson for Beasley, said, “Our race remains a dead heat, despite Congressman Budd and his allies’ spending millions of dollars to distort Cheri’s record of public service.”

In Wisconsin, a spokesperson for Barnes, Maddy McDaniel, similarly declined to go further than to say that “the GOP’s fearmongering playbook failed them last cycle, and it will fail again.”

Barnes, for his part, seemed to make playful use of his portrayal in one of the Republican attack ads as “different” during his first debate with Sen. Ron Johnson, the two-term incumbent. He was, indeed, different, Barnes said: “We don’t have enough working-class people in the United States Senate.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) waves to the audience during a Save America rally with former president Donald Trump in Mesa, Ariz. on Oct. 9, 2022.

LAPD opens criminal inquiry into recording that captured racist remarks

By MIKE IVES

TheLos Angeles Police Department is investigating whether a secretly recorded conversation between three City Council members and a labor leader that included racist insults and slurs was made illegally, Chief Michel Moore said earlier this week.

The leaked audio, recorded last year and made public this month, prompted calls from across the nation for those involved to resign and highlighted racial tensions in Los Angeles.

Moore told reporters Tuesday that the department had “initiated a criminal investigation into an allegation of eaves dropping” related to the conversation.

Moore said that all four people cap tured on the leaked audio had approached the department Friday to request an inves tigation. They told the department that they had been “unlawfully and surreptitiously recorded,” he added.

He said there was no suspect in the case.

“At this point, the investigation is wide open,” Moore said. “Obviously this is a sensitive matter, and one that we will pursue. And the investigation will take us

where it takes us.”

California law requires that anyone who wants to record a confidential con versation obtain consent from all parties involved. Victims of illegal recordings can pursue civil and criminal penalties.

The recording of the Los Angeles lea ders was first reported by The Los Angeles Times this month. It captured Nury Mar tinez, the City Council’s leader, mocking immigrants and the Black child of a white fellow council member. The three men on the recording did not confront her and, at times, kept the conversation going with derogatory comments of their own.

National news coverage of the con versation prompted calls for everyone involved in it to resign. Ron Herrera, the president of the Los Angeles County Fe deration of Labor and one of the people speaking in the recording, was the first to do so.

Martinez initially relinquished her leadership post and later resigned from the council under pressure from state leaders and President Joe Biden.

The two other council members cau ght on tape by the recording, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, have resisted calls for them to resign.

Nury Martinez, the former Los Angeles City Council president, in April. The Police Department is investigating whether a recording that captured her and other cou ncil members making offensive remarks was made illegally.

Adidas ends partnership with Kanye West at a considerable cost

By MELISSA EDDY, VANESSA FRIEDMAN and MICHAEL de la MERCED

Formore than two weeks, as Kanye West made a series of antisemitic remarks and embraced a slogan associated with whi te supremacists, Adidas, the most important partner in his fashion empire, said only that its relationship with the rapper and designer was “under review.”

But as Ye, as West is now known, con tinued his offensive behavior, and with the condemnation of his remarks growing more widespread, Adidas announced earlier this week that it would cut ties with him — a move the company said would cost it 250 mi llion euros ($246 million) this year.

The end of their nearly decadelong partnership — which one estimate said was worth close to $100 million annually to Ye — raised questions of what would come next for Ye, who has been one of the most influential pop stars of recent decades but has become increasingly polarizing and unreliable. CAA, Ye’s former talent agency, no longer repre sents him and Def Jam, his longtime record company, said that his contract had expired last year.

“Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech,” the com pany said in a statement. “Ye’s recent com ments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”

The company, based in Herzogenau rach, Germany, said it would terminate the partnership immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop payments to Ye and his companies.

Over the past month, Ye tested the boundaries of acceptable behavior even for a noted provocateur. At his YZYSZN9 Paris Fashion Week show, he wore a shirt with the slogan “White Lives Matter,” which the AntiDefamation League has identified as hate speech and has been adopted by the white supremacist movement. He made antisemitic remarks on social media and in interviews shortly after, including a post on Twitter that said he would go “death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.”

Blowback quickly followed.

Instagram and Twitter suspended Ye’s accounts. Ari Emanuel of Endeavor, the parent company of the talent agency WME, called

on entertainment companies to stop working with Ye. Balenciaga, the fashion house that had partnered with Ye in his Yeezy Gap pro ject (which came to an end in September) and opened its runway show in Paris this month with a modeling stint by Ye, deleted him from its pictures and videos of the show. Similar images disappeared from Vogue Runway, the platform of record for fashion shows, and the magazine stated it “had no intention” of wor king with Ye in the future. Vogue magazine said it would no longer work with Ye, who had appeared on its cover with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, and often attended the Met Gala.

On Monday, studio MRC said it was shelving a documentary on him. Gap, which had a partnership with Ye that ended last month, said Tuesday that it was taking “im mediate steps” to remove Yeezy Gap products from its stores and had shut down an affiliated website. Also on Tuesday, Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics said on Twitter that they were cutting ties with Donda Sports, Ye’s marketing agency, because of the antisemitic remarks.

Although Adidas was among the first of Yeezy’s corporate partners to announce publicly — on Oct. 6 — that it had placed the relationship under “review,” the fact that the company did not move faster to officially sever the ties began to take a toll. The Anti-

Defamation League shot back, “What more do you need to review?”

Like many of Ye’s other fashion con nections, Adidas seemed to be dragging its feet, perhaps hoping for a public apology that could turn things around. Unlike Ye’s other fashion relationships, which were largely unofficial and based on mutually advanta geous appearances, untangling the deal bet ween Yeezy and Adidas would have major contractual and long-term implications; the two brands were intertwined not just publi cly, but financially and logistically as well. For Adidas, the partnership was worth more than 10% of the more than $2 billion it made in profit last year.

The Anti-Defamation League stepped up its pressure on Adidas this week, after members of a hate group hung a banner re ading “Kanye is right about the Jews” over a Los Angeles freeway.

In Germany, the Central Council of Jews called on the company to cut ties to Ye. “The historical responsibility of Adidas lays not only in the German roots of the company, but also in its entanglement with the Nazi regime,” said Josef Schuster, the head of the council. “I simply expect such a company to take a strict position regarding antisemitism.”

The founder of Adidas, Adi Dassler, be longed to the Nazi Party, and his factory was

forced to produce munitions in the final years of the war. It was only thanks to the sworn statement of a Jewish friend that he was allowed to found the present-day company after World War II ended. Antisemitic state ments made online can lead to prosecution in Germany, and companies with ties to the Nazi era are expected to act to prevent the return of such sentiment.

As pressure on the company mounted in the United States in recent days, its leader ship remained largely silent, frustrating even its own executives. “Coming off of the Adidas global week of inclusion, I am feeling anything but included,” Sarah Camhi, a director for tra de marketing at Adidas in the United States, wrote in a post on LinkedIn on Monday.

Shares of Adidas ended the day down 2.4% on Tuesday. The company’s stock has fallen more than 20% in the past month, as Ye embarked on his latest bout of outrageous behavior.

Adidas, which began collaborating with Ye after he left Nike, has long weathered pu blic barbs from the rapper. The value of its partnership with Yeezy, Ye’s company, which encompasses sneakers and clothing, has ne ver been disclosed, but in a recent report, Da vid Swartz of the research firm Morningstar estimated it to be worth about 1.5 billion eu ros to 2 billion euros. Royalty payments to Ye are also undisclosed but are “likely to exceed 100 million euros per year,” Swartz said.

For Adidas, working with Ye gave the company a boost of creative cool and credi bility that helped attract high-fashion collabo rators such as Gucci and Balenciaga.

Ted Deutch, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, said he welcomed “this decisive if belated action by Adidas.”

“He believed that as long as the money kept rolling in he could speak with impuni ty,” Deutch said of Ye. “Other companies that profit from associating with West must also disabuse him of that notion.”

Ye has stated that he plans to open his own retail stores, as part of his rejection of the corporate world and creation of what he has reportedly called the “Yecosystem.”

But the future of the Yeezy brand is unclear. Ye still owns the Yeezy trademark. However, Adidas said in its statement that it was the “sole owner” of all design rights to existing products that came out of the part nership, as well as previous and new co lorways arising from the collaboration.

Kanye West, now known as Ye, in New York, Sept. 12 2022. The German sportswear giant Adidas is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper and designer over his antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.

S&P 500, Dow come out of tech gloom on hopes of slower rate hikes

TheS&P 500 and the Dow edged higher by afternoon trading on Wednesday on renewed bets of a slowdown in the pace of interest rate hikes, while the Nasdaq re mained under pressure from downbeat results and warnings from Microsoft and Alphabet.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell to one-week lows as expectations of slower rate hikes gained after the Bank of Canada delivered a smaller-than-expected 50 basis point increase.

Such hopes also come against the backdrop of economic indicators and corporate results suggesting that rapid increas es to the borrowing cost is slowing the economic growth.

“The Fed narrative has been in the market since Friday,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth in New York, noting that the BoC decision supported a pullback in Treasury yields.

Wall Street’s main indexes have notched three straight sessions of gains on hopes of less-hawkish Federal Reserve even as the central bank is expected to deliver its fourth 75 basis-point hike in its Nov. 1-2 policy meeting.

Bets for a 50 basis point hike in December have increased to 55.3%, up from 47.4% a day ago, while the expectations for a 75 basis point hike have shrunk to 38.6% from 50.8%, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.

A drop in new U.S homes sales in September provided further proof of economic weakness and added to a raft of recent reports that indicated shrinking business activity and souring consumer confidence.

The Nasdaq index (.IXIC) was weighed down by Mi crosoft Corp (MSFT.O), which tumbled 5.8% as it posted its lowest sales growth in five years and forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates.

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) fell 6.5% after reporting downbeat ad sales and warned of a slowdown in advertising spending by businesses.

“Disappointing earnings from large technology compa nies has been a company-specific and not a market specific issue. And at the same time... a couple of days in a row of yields pulling back seems to be more important in terms of a tailwind than the Microsoft and Alphabet misses,” Hogan said.

Shares of ad revenue dependent social media firms Meta Platforms (META.O) fell 2.6%, while Pinterest (PINS.N) dropped 1.4%.

Analysts have set the bar low for third-quarter report ing season, with aggregate S&P 500 profit growth now seen at 2.3% year-on-year, half of what it was at the start of the month, according to Refinitiv data.

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Visa Inc (V.N) jumped 5.2%, boosting the Dow, after the payments processor topped quarterly profit estimates on strong travel demand.

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 4.87-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 3.43-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

The S&P index recorded 23 new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 73 new highs and 41 new lows.

Wall Street’s main indexes have notched three straight sessions of gains on hopes of less-hawkish Federal Reserve even as the central bank is expected to deliver its fourth 75 basis-point hike in its Nov. 1-2 policy meeting.

Bets for a 50 basis point hike in December have in creased to 55.3%, up from 47.4% a day ago, while the ex pectations for a 75 basis point hike have shrunk to 38.6% from 50.8%, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.

Russia intensifies its propaganda campaign against Ukraine

By JULIAN E. BARNES

Since before the war, Russia has spread disinformation about its need to stamp out Nazism in Ukraine. But in recent days, Moscow’s propaganda has shifted, arguing that it is battling terrorism and falsely accusing Ukraine of planning a dirty bomb attack as part of that narra tive.

The new propaganda, spread on social media and in the news, also in cludes unsupported allegations that the Ukrainian government intends to destroy a dam in its own territory, according to European and American government of ficials and independent researchers.

The push is meant to shore up Rus sian support for the war but also to deni grate Ukraine in the West, potentially soft ening support for more arms shipments to Ukraine, officials and researchers say.

“They seem to have decided on a talking point that this is a counterterror ism operation now,” said Kyle Walter, who leads the U.S. investigation team at Logically, a tech startup that helps govern ments and businesses counter disinforma tion. “Rather than framing this as some thing that’s anti-Nazi or anti-Satanist, you now have a concerted effort to frame it as a counterterrorism operation.”

The counterterrorism narratives, ac cording to U.S. officials, are part of a wid er propaganda web, all aimed at making Russians feel more involved in the war.

The Kremlin, which has begun call ing its fight in Ukraine the people’s war, is trying to persuade the public that it is not a conflict of choice for Moscow but an existential fight to save the country. Russian officials have used disinformation about dirty bomb attacks to highlight oth ers inside Russia by Ukraine and to stoke anger toward Ukraine among the Russian people, according to American and Euro pean officials.

On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin of Russia repeated the unfounded claim that Ukraine’s government was plotting a dirty bomb attack. The accu sation came as Russia started its annual nuclear military exercises, but U.S. of ficials said those drills appeared routine and included all of the usual notifications.

The information operations do not appear to have swayed public opinion in the West, but social media posts on the

possibility of a dirty bomb attack have gained traction in Russia.

FilterLabs, a firm that tracks public sentiment in Russia and elsewhere, noted a surge this week in discussions about nu clear terrorism by Ukraine. Russians have equated Ukraine’s plans with Osama bin Laden’s threats against the United States

and say Washington should end its sup port of Ukraine.

Russia’s claims that Ukraine is using terrorist tactics are not new; even nar ratives comparing Ukraine to bin Laden have been discussed in Russia since Au gust. But the intensity of the discussions increased this week, said Jonathan Teub

ner, CEO of FilterLabs.

“The sources of the narrative are mostly Kremlin-aligned sites,” Teubner said. “But it is being repeated by some independent outlets who are attempting to refute it.”

Even before the Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, made the dirty bomb accusation in public this weekend, the Russian news media had discussed the possibility that Ukraine could start a nuclear conflict.

By framing Ukraine as the potential nuclear aggressor, Russia can ratchet up tensions without incurring the wrath of its population or further undermining sup port for Putin.

Using disinformation and propa ganda is an important part of Putin’s play book. Before the invasion, Moscow be gan pushing a variety of false narratives about Ukraine. Researchers at Logically and other firms tracked an increase in ac cusations that Ukrainians were Nazis and were planning a genocide against Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. officials said some of the ac cusations Russia leveled at Ukraine in social media before the war, such as that Ukraine was planning a chemical attack, were part of a ploy to create a false pre text for an invasion.

Now U.S. officials are divided over whether Russia actually believes Ukraine intends to conduct a terrorism campaign, including use of a dirty bomb, or if the propaganda push is purely an excuse to justify tougher action.

Some American officials said that given other covert Ukrainian action, like the car bomb attack that killed the daugh ter of a prominent Russian ultranationalist and the strike against a bridge to Crimea, Russian officials have convinced them selves, potentially based on faulty intel ligence, that Ukraine has a dirty bomb.

And the Russian news media has spread disinformation about a dirty bomb attack while discussing actual Ukrainian actions, such as the bridge strike, the car bomb and attacks against arms depots in Crimea and Russia.

“You can zero in on the dirty bombs specifically, but I think it represents a wid er trend that’s pretty cohesive in recent weeks,” said Walter, the investigator at Logically. “Which is the idea that Russia is pushing that Ukraine is a terrorist state.”

A Russian Orthodox priest performs a blessing for conscripted men in Moscow on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

A woman from NLM (National Liberation Movement) in front of the US embassy on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.

On Ukraine and on energy, Germany is upsetting its allies in Europe

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Ata moment when Germany’s allies seek reassurance and leadership, even its closest partners wonder aloud about its commitment to European solidarity.

Although Germany has long been Eu rope’s de facto leader, it has been slow to pro vide serious military equipment to Ukraine. It has also subsidized its own citizens’ energy bills while working to water down a price cap on gas that could alleviate pain in poorer countries of the European Union.

“Can we trust Germany?” Latvia’s out spoken defense minister, Artis Pabriks, asked bluntly last week at an open forum in Berlin, referring to NATO and the risks associated with the war in Ukraine. “You say ‘We are there for you.’ But do you have the political will?” He added: “We’re willing to die for freedom. Are you?”

Those criticisms are coming not only from countries that would be expected to push for a harder line against Russia, like Po land and the Baltic States, but even from Ger many’s closest partners.

It is “not good for Europe and for Ger many that it isolates itself,” President Em manuel Macron of France subtly chastised his German counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, before a European Council summit meeting last week.

Scholz and his advisers bridle at such criticism — and disagree.

Germany is a force for pragmatism and the third-largest contributor of military equip ment to Ukraine after the United States and Britain, they argue. Wolfgang Schmidt, the chancellor’s top aide, publicly compared Ger man security policy to a teenager in a world of adults, finding its way with good intentions.

If late and seemingly reluctantly, Ger many has recently supplied advanced weap ons to Ukraine, like Gepard armored anti-air craft guns, and at least one advanced mobile anti-aircraft missile system, the IRIS-T. Germa ny rushed that delivery this month, promising three more systems down the road.

And as part of its effort to counter the criticism, Germany, which is Europe’s larg est economy, hosted a multinational confer ence Tuesday to focus minds on how to help Ukraine reconstruct, both during and after the war — a massive task. Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose role is more symbolic, also visited Kyiv on Tuesday for the first time since the war began, after President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine disinvited him in April, angry over Germany’s tight rela tions with Moscow.

“It was important to me, especially now in this phase of air attacks with drones, cruise missiles and rockets, to send a message of solidarity,” Steinmeier said.

But there is little doubt that the collapse of Germany’s long-held assumptions — that security in Europe must include Russia; that Russia was a reliable supplier of cheap gas and oil; that war would never again touch Eu rope; and that trade with autocratic regimes like Russia and China had no geopolitical im plications — has been disorienting.

Germany is undergoing an economic and psychological shock, akin to an identity crisis, said Claudia Major of the German Insti tute for International and Security Affairs.

“The fear here is the end of the promise of prosperity — of Wohlstandsversprechen — that each generation will be better off,” she said. “And now that’s over.”

Scholz, a cautious labor lawyer from Hamburg, is carefully trying to ease the pain, especially among German voters facing a dif ficult winter of high inflation and soaring en ergy prices.

But while he acknowledges that the world has changed, “he is not saying that we must change with it,” said Ulrich Speck, a German analyst. “He is saying that the world has changed and that we will protect you,” a major risk for the future.

Scholz himself raised expectations

among Germans and their allies alike just days after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 when, in what he called a “Zeitenwende,” or historical turning point, he announced a big hike in military spending. The extra 100 bil lion euros ($99 billion) was intended to im prove the sorry state of the German armed forces, but since then the government has been slow to act on its promises.

The result has been a deepening im pression that Germany, with an awkward coalition government that was elected before the Russian invasion, is not able to fill Eu rope’s leadership vacuum, but is reluctantly joining the consensus when not going alone.

“Germany is not really a team player now — there is the sense of being dragged along,” said Jana Puglierin, director of the Ber lin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. “It’s Germany first.”

Even a major bilateral conference be tween France and Germany, the “couple” that has so much influence in Brussels, was just postponed from Wednesday until January because of sharp disagreements over energy, arms purchases, collective European debt and Ukraine.

Relations with Poland and the Bal tics, which are pushing a harder stance on Ukraine, are rancorous. “But we’re not bonding with Italy or Spain either,” Pug lierin said. “I see us alone in Europe, de

tached.”

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff of the German Marshall Fund said some criti cism of Germany was necessary and val id, but he feared it had gone too far.

“Criticizing Germany has become a cottage industry, but there’s no pushback from the government here,” he said. And sometimes, as in Poland and Hungary, he said, Germany is a useful whipping boy for nationalist political campaigns, espe cially among populists, which feeds into a larger anti-EU sentiment.

But on Ukraine, he said, it’s true: Germany is “just not doing enough.”

Annalena Baerbock, the foreign min ister, a Green, has always pushed for more help for Ukraine. “We will supply Ukraine with weapons as long as it takes,” she said. “Ukraine is also defending Europe’s freedom.” The war, she said, “will shape German identity and European identity for years to come.”

Asked about polls that show Ger man reluctance to see Russia as a military adversary, she said: “I’m a politician and not a psychiatrist.” But “people are afraid of war” and of their electricity bills, she said.

On energy, Germany has been sharply criticized within Europe for its unilateral decision to cushion the blow of higher energy prices to its own citizens and companies to the tune of 200 billion euros, which Scholz has called “a double ka-boom,” on top of 95 billion euros al ready provided.

The amount is somewhat inflated, and other countries, like France and Spain, have also announced state aid for energy costs. But the size of the subsidy is grating to other, poorer nations.

“For a country that talks of multi lateralism so much, Germany has always had a unilateral energy policy,” said Dan iel S. Hamilton, an American scholar of Germany, citing the sudden decision by Angela Merkel, the former chancellor, to abandon nuclear energy, and its build ing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia that cut out Poland and Ukraine.

“For the 200 billion euros, it’s not just the size but the manner of it, simply announced without European solidarity,” Hamilton said.

Speck agreed. “It was a big mistake not to see the European dimension, bring ing back the image of Germany as a big egotistic power trampling on its partners,” he said.

The village of Wattenbacherau at the foot of the Isar II nuclear power plant in Germany on July 28, 2022.

Venezuelans who left everything behind are stuck south of US border

By DAVID SHORTELL and JULIE TURKEWITZ

InMexico, they are crowded along the United States border, filling makeshift camps and marching in the dust be low an international bridge, holding signs that read “S.O.S. HELP.”

In Honduras, Guatemala and Nicara gua they are sleeping on the streets, be gging for food and agonizing over their fate. Some have presented themselves to local authorities, asking for safe passage back home. Others have vowed to press on to the United States.

An abrupt shift in the Biden administration’s immigration policy this month has, almost overnight, left tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants — from the southern tip of Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border — stranded in a bureaucratic limbo.

The country many had abandoned, Venezuela, has fallen into authoritarian rule and economic ruin, setting off the biggest migration crisis in the Western Hemisphere. Since 2015, about 1 in 4 Venezuelans have left home.

The country they are trying to re ach, the United States, closed the door to most of them Oct. 12, imposing a rule that forced many back into Mexico, a sweeping response to an increasingly complex humanitarian problem that has sent a record number of people to the border this year.

“I want to cry, I want to scream,” said Darrins Arrechedra, 31, of Venezuela, who said he had traversed 10 countries to get to the United States and had arri ved at the border one day after the Biden administration stopped admitting Vene zuelans.

Arrechedra, who had tried to make a living in Chile before embarking on his journey, stood behind a migrant aid offi ce in Ciudad Juárez, with a view of the El Paso skyline across the Rio Grande in Texas.

Friends in the United States had pro mised him work, he said, and he had sold his possessions and exhausted his savings to make it this far. “I really don’t have a plan right now,” he said.

In recent months, waves of Venezue lans have left South America as word had spread that the United States had no easy way to keep most of them out and would allow them to enter the country and seek asylum.

Nearly all have passed through the

Michael Medina and his family, who turned themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol and were deported to Mexico, in Ciudad Juarez, Oct. 20, 2022. Tens of thousands of Vene zuelans, who sold their belongings and trekked across a deadly jungle, are now stranded south of the United States with nowhere to go.

Darién Gap, a brutal stretch of jungle connecting South and Central America that has become the scene of harrowing struggle as migrants confront dehydra tion, hunger and even death.

The surge helped fuel an intense de bate in the United States over immigra tion, with Republican governors sending migrants to Democratic enclaves in the north by plane and buses, leading New York City to erect a tent encampment and declare a state of emergency to cope with the influx.

Under growing political pressure, the Biden administration on Oct. 12 announ ced the expansion of its use of a Donald Trump-era public health rule, allowing it to turn back Venezuelans arriving at the border.

The goal, according to an explana tion of the policy published in the Fede ral Register, was to “enhance the securi ty” at the border “by reducing irregular migration of Venezuelan nationals.”

Mexico agreed to take them under an agreement that included an increa sed number of United States visas for migrants from Mexico, Central America and Haiti.

The move was immediately critici zed by many immigrant rights groups, who said it represented the expansion of a policy that illegally stripped people of

a right to claim asylum and an inhumane response to such a devastating crisis.

In announcing that it would block most Venezuelans from entry, the United States also created a humanitarian pro gram allowing 24,000 of them into the country if they applied from afar.

The expulsions of Venezuelans are expected to far outnumber that total, and more than 50,000 migrants poured through the Darién in the first three wee ks of October, according to Panamanian officials.

“This policy fails to recognize that the Venezuelan displacement is on the same level as any war-torn nation,” said Maria Corina Vegas, a leader at ABIC Action, a U.S. advocacy group that pushes for immigration reform that benefits busines ses. “It neither addresses our broken im migration system nor the labor shortage impacting our businesses and economy.”

But the Biden administration said it was creating a safer entry path for some Venezuelan migrants.

“Those who follow the lawful pro cess will have the opportunity to travel safely to the United States and become eligible to work here,” Secretary of Ho meland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said.

During the first 10 days of the poli cy, nearly 5,100 Venezuelans were sent

back to Mexico, according to the United Nations.

But the policy seems to have been conceived with no clear plan for Vene zuelans expelled to Mexico.

Many have sold their homes and be longings to make the journey and spent the last of their savings to make it to the border.

On Friday, the Mexican government held an emergency meeting with aid or ganizations to discuss next steps.

Some migration groups praised the creation of a legal pathway, even if na rrow. Four Venezuelans recently arrived in the country under the new process.

But critics say it will disqualify poo rer Venezuelans, many of whom lack the required paperwork and know no one in the United States. The program also disqualifies anyone who entered Panama or Mexico after last Wednesday, which means many of those who were moving toward the U.S. border.

“It’s devastating to know that this whole journey was for nothing,” said Margaret Diaz, 28, who arrived at the U.S. border two days after the expulsion policy was announced.

Diaz said her husband and their two young daughters sold “what little we had” and borrowed money before leaving their home in Chile last month.

When Diaz and her family presented themselves to U.S. authorities on Oct. 14, they were taken to a detention facility. She recalled thinking, “if they receive us, it’s because we are already winners.”

Several days later, however, they were loaded onto a bus crowded with other Ve nezuelans and dropped in Ciudad Juárez.

She recalled looking over at her hus band, who was in tears.

To get to the United States, Jonnaleth Hidalgo, 22, had trekked with her young daughter and husband through the Darién Gap, which she described as “hell on ear th.”

They nearly drowned along the way.

Last week, in Ciudad Juárez, as a strong sun began to turn a chilly morning warm, she was one of about 60 Venezue lans who marched to a section of border directly across the river from a U.S. immi gration post.

As officials watched, the group unfur led banners calling for help.

Wearing a white T-shirt, she descri bed the protest as a last-ditch attempt “to show those on the other side that we have human rights.”

really happening to inflation?

By PAUL KRUGMAN

The big economic news of the first half of the month was the Oct. 13 report on consumer prices. And there’s no way to spin that report: It was ugly. There has been a lot of buzz from private-sector observers to the effect that inflation is rolling over, but there was no sign of that in the official numbers. And the stock market responded to this ugly report by … gaining 800 points. No, I have no idea why.

But are the official statistics telling us what we want to know? There’s a huge temptation to “unskew” the numbers, excluding stuff you don’t like and including stuff you do. That’s clearly a bad way to proceed. What I want to argue, instead, is that official measures of inflation, while well designed for their original purpose — measuring the cost of living — are ill suited to the policy question of the moment, which is how much the Fed needs to raise interest rates.

Most economists, though not all, believe that there’s a relationship between economic slack and the inflation rate. In other words, the hotter the economy is running, the higher — other things equal — inflation will be. (Yes, I’m mixing metaphors. I can’t seem to help it lately. The other day I found myself telling an audience that there’s a lot of downdraft still in the pipeline.)

I agree with the conventional wisdom on this, and I’m

agnostic about the issue of whether slack is best measured by the unemployment rate, the ratio of vacancies to unemployment or something else. I’m also reasonably sure that the economy is indeed running too hot, so the Fed was right to raise rates — although I’m much less clear about whether the Fed needs to keep raising rates, given that much of the effect of past rate hikes has yet to be felt. As I said, there’s still a lot of downdraft in the pipeline.

But how can we best assess where we are?

The reason the consumer price index affects expectations about policy is that it’s supposed to be an indicator of how overheated the economy actually is. We’ve long known that the raw inflation numbers are poorly suited for this purpose. For example: Inflation caused by things such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t telling us about slack in the U.S. economy. So, the Fed has long relied on “core” inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices. More recently, many economists have turned to alternative measures such as median inflation, which excludes extreme price movements of any kind.

In the past, those measures worked pretty well. The focus on core inflation helped the Fed keep calm and carry on in 2008 and again in 2010-11, when soaring gasoline prices produced temporary bumps in the overall inflation rate.

At this point, however, there’s good reason to believe that measures such as core and median inflation are looking at the economy through a cracked rearview mirror and provide little useful policy guidance.

The biggest issue involves housing costs. Two big components of the CPI are rents and “owners’ equivalent rent,” which is an imputation of what homeowners would be paying if they were renters and is largely based on market rents. Shelter, which is basically these two components, makes up 32% of the CPI and about 40% of core inflation. It’s even more dominant in median inflation: Although shelter isn’t always the median, it’s such a large part of consumer prices that it’s hard for the median inflation rate to be very different from shelter inflation. Indeed, median inflation has closely tracked shelter inflation in recent years.

Why is this a problem? Because the CPI, which is meant to measure the cost of living, looks at the average amount renters pay. But most renters have leases, which means that their rent largely reflects the state of the rental market some time in the past. Indeed, an important new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the official rent measure lags behind market rents by roughly a year.

That is, unfortunately, a big deal, because we’ve just gone through an epic surge in rental rates, probably driven by the rise in working from home and other fallout from the pandemic. Early indications are that this wave is cresting. But the CPI has lagged.

Our traditional inflation measures — core inflation, median inflation and so on — are likely to continue rising rapidly for a while as they catch up. From the point of view of consumers, this will represent a real increase in the cost of living. But if you’re trying to assess economic overheating, standard measures will be telling you about the state of the economy a year ago — not the state of the economy today.

So, we really need price measures that give us a more current picture of the state of the economy. Unfortunately, rental costs aren’t the only place where the effects of the pandemic seem to be producing weird results.

The New York Fed has an index, the underlying inflation gauge, that is supposed to provide a better gauge of underlying inflation, and it looks a little better than the standard numbers.

But I’m not sure how well this gauge deals with my concerns. These days, I often look at wages. The threemonth change in average wages, measured at an annual rate, suggests some cooling off, and it’s only running a bit more than 1 percentage point above pre-pandemic levels. So it paints a different picture than the consumer price numbers.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Basically, simple rules for assessing where inflation is right now are broken. We’re in judgment territory — and that leaves lots of room for argument.

Autorizan salida escalonada de empleados públicos no esenciales por mal tiempo

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SAN JUAN – La secretaria de la Gobernación, Noelia García Bardales autorizó el miércoles la salida escalonada de los empleados no esenciales del gobierno ante el paso de una vaguada.

Según el documento, “Por motivo de las con diciones climatológicas que están ocurriendo en Puerto Rico y a partir del recibo de esta comunica ción, se autoriza a cada jefe de agencia a despachar escalonadamente a todo el personal no esencial de cada una de las agencias e instrumentalidades del Gobierno de Puerto Rico”.

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (SNM) en San Juan informó que para el día de hoy, la presen cia de una vaguada en los niveles altos al este y

una onda tropical acercando a la región ayudarán a brindar convergencia y buena humedad a través del área. Esto promoverá un patrón de tiempo húmedo e inestable con periodos de aguaceros de dispersos a numerosos y tronadas aisladas.

Debido a la lluvia excesiva que se espera, una vigilancia de inundaciones repentinas está en efec to hasta el jueves en la noche. Suelos saturados y desprendidos a través de sectores del oeste y sur de Puerto Rico podrían liderar deslizamientos a través de sectores empinados. Las temperaturas máximas estarán en los altos 80s a través de sectores costeros y en los medios 70s a través de áreas más altas. Se espera un flujo de vientos del este al sureste de hasta 15 mph con variación en brisa marinas durante el día.

Comisionado anticipa repercusiones violentas por incautación millonaria de cocaína en aguas de Vieques

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SAN JUAN – El comisionado de la Policía, An tonio López Figueroa dijo que habrá repercu siones violentas en las calles, por las incautacio nes de droga, específicamente por los 1,200 kilos de cocaína que detectaron en la noche del martes en las aguas cercanas a la isla municipio de Vie ques.

“Llevamos alrededor de 17,500 kilos de droga in cautado este año, por parte del Negociado de FURA y las agencias federales. Eso crea un impacto en la calle, porque se encarece la droga. El kilo (de cocaí na) estaba a 17 mil dólares, ahora mismo se encuentra alrededor de 25 mil dólares. Eso trae una lucha entre puntos de drogas donde individuos que saben que hay un punto de drogas que está dejando ganancias, pues tratan de apropiarse de ese punto y ahí es que vienen las muertes por acecho”, dijo el comisionado en con ferencia de prensa.

“Pero, estamos trabajando con el área preventiva, estamos trabajando con las investigaciones confiden

ciales y los resultados los están viendo semanas tras semanas de individuos vinculados con el narcotráfi co”, añadió.

En este operativo, que según el comisionado se logró por confidencias que recibieron de las autori dades federales, arrestaron a dos personas que venían en la embarcación con la droga. Los arrestados son puertorriqueños y serán encausados a nivel fede ral.

“Reconocemos el apoyo brindado por CBP (Pa

trulla Fronteriza del Caribe) el Air Marine Operations, la Policía de Puerto Rico, específicamente FURA, el Strike Force de Carolina, Humacao, el SWAT de la Policía, HSI, DEA, porque como ven, trabajamos en equipo y así se hace buen trabajo”, expresó el director del Negociado federal de Investigaciones (FBI), Joseph González.

González expresó que el 80 por ciento de la dro ga que llega a Puerto Rico se mueve a Estados Uni dos.

Dos muertos y 166 hospitalizados en informe preliminar COVID-19

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S AN JUAN – El informe preliminar de COVID-19 del Departamento de Salud (DS) reportó el miér coles dos muertes y 166 personas hospitalizadas.

El total de muertes atribuidas es de 5,209.

Hay 141 adultos hospitalizados y 25 menores. El monitoreo cubre el periodo del 5 al 18 de octubre de 2022.

La tasa de positividad está a 14.71 por ciento.

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James Wan prefers Peter Jackson’s gory horror comedies

By CHRIS KORNELIS

From“Saw” to “Insidious” and “The Conjuring,” James Wan has been a di rector, creator and producer on some of the biggest horror franchises of the past two decades. Even when he’s gearing up for films outside his genre (Wan’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” drops next year), he’s never far from the horror conversation. The trailer for the Wan-produced possessed doll film, “M3GAN,” lit up the internet when it was re leased this month. So, it’s not surprising that Wan takes the Halloween season seriously. To start, there’s the annual pilgrimage to Ha lloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.

“I get to take a break from work and indulge my horror craving,” he said in a re cent video interview. “But I’m not watching it, I’m walking through it and experiencing it in a more tactile way. I like to be scared. But, ultimately, it’s fun. You know the guy chasing you with an ax isn’t actually going to ax you.”

And then, of course, there are the films. Wan rotates through some of his favorite ho rror films in October, such as “Chopping Mall” and “Night of the Creeps” — or “The Frighteners,” which he says is full of director Peter Jackson’s unique sense of humor.

“Sadly, most people today know him from his ‘Lord of the Rings’ films, but for har dcore fans we all grew up with ‘Dead Alive,’ ‘Bad Taste’ and ‘Meet The Feebles,’” he says. “In his gory horror comedies, his horror set pieces are so over the top — blood spraying everywhere — it’s just hilarious. And that’s what I see in ‘The Frighteners,’ a little bit of that cheekiness peppered throughout.”

Here, Wan talks about the places, mo vies and food that he enjoys throughout the

year. These are edited excerpts from the con versation.

1. “The Last of Us Part II”: During the pandemic, I played “The Last of Us Part II,” like, five times. It feels like I’m actually pla ying a movie. These games are so in-depth, you spend hours and days and even weeks with the characters and the story, and you get caught up with them emotionally. And that’s what “The Last of Us Part II” did so well: It was exciting, it was scary, but it was ultimately driven by emotion.

2. “Mars Attacks” Trading Cards: I grew up collecting toys, comic books and trading cards. During the pandemic, I got back into collectibles. I went on eBay and tried to co llect all of the “Mars Attacks” cards. Unfortu nately, the originals are almost impossible to find, so I had to buy some reissues. I collec ted a lot of sports cards in my high school days, so now it’s kind of fun to collect nons ports ones, like “Mars Attacks.”

3. Home Theater: When I was reno vating the home that I’m in now, one of the things I really wanted was a really good home theater. I’ve got nice recliners, a big screen, high-end projectors, a great sound system and the room is fully soundproofed. The first full movie I watched in there was “Tenant.” It’s my pride and joy of the hou se.

4. 1978 Rolex “Pepsi”: Another thing I like collecting are vintage watches. They don’t have to be big and fancy. I enjoy the idea of so much artistry and engineering going into something that’s so small. The ol der the watch is, the cooler it is to me. One of my favorites is my red and blue 1978 Ro lex GMT-Master 1675 “Pepsi.” I thought it was fun to get a watch that was, basically, as old as me.

5. Netherworld Haunted House: One

of my favorite haunted houses that I’ve been to is called Netherworld, near Atlanta. A group of us went when we were shooting “Furious 7” around Halloween. There are a lot of cinematic ideas that they put into it. It’s really cool to see them pull off a lot of the gags with cool animatronics, great lighting, fog and other old-school film tricks, which is the stuff I like about old-school horror films.

6. My Mother’s Laksa: I grew up on a spicy Malaysian noodle dish called Laksa. It’s not an easy dish to get in America and usua lly when they do make it, it’s not quite like the one I grew up with. Where I was born in East Malaysia, they make Laksa with spi cy shrimp paste, while the rest of the world seems to make it with curry paste. And it just has a different flavor. It takes a lot of work and patience to make — which I don’t really

have the time for — so, I just wait until my mother visits me from Australia. She brings all the ingredients and she cooks it for me.

7. My Courtyard Garden: When you see Rob Zombie and then you see his crib, you kind of go, oh yeah, that makes sense. When people come to my place, they notice that it’s very different from the kind of mo vies I make. I need a space that’s calm, lightfilled and peaceful. I love my courtyard. It’s a peaceful place for me to go out in the middle of the night, pace back and forth and just think.

8. “The Cuphead Show!”: Late at night, just before bed, my wife and I have been wat ching “The Cuphead Show!” on Netflix. It’s a cartoon based on a video game, Cuphead. It’s about a pair of cups who are brothers. I love the old-timey cartoon aesthetic. It’s a nice palate cleanser.

9. Antique Music Boxes: I have a han dful of antique music boxes. I love the way they cram such smart engineering into tiny little boxes. I have one on my coffee table that’s about the size of a child’s coffin. I also have an old gramophone that I like to play every now and then. It freaks my wife out because it sounds like something that’s straight out of one of my horror films — you know, that crackly record player that’s pla ying some old-timey music.

10. The Uffizi Gallery: I’m a big fan of Italian art and culture, from artists during the Renaissance to Italian horror directors like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. When we went to Florence a few years ago, I said we had to visit Uffizi Gallery. The place is filled with the most incredible artwork from artists like Rembrandt and Caravaggio. It was ama zing. To see the works of artists I grew up admiring was one of my favorite life expe riences.

How ‘Terrifier 2’ slashed its way to box office success

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

Halloween is still days away. But for writer-director Damien Leone, Christmas is already here.

That’s because his horror film “Terri fier 2” — a low-budget, ultraviolent sequel to his brutal killer-clown film “Terrifier”

(2016) — has become an unexpected and unlikely hit.

When “Terrifier 2” opened the first weekend in October, it cracked the Top 10, taking in $805,000. This past weekend it came in seventh, pulling in an estimated $1.89 million, according to Box Office Mojo, for a three-week total of $5.2 mil

lion.

So how did an unrated, almost 2 1/2hour slasher film — made for $250,000 and starring nobody you’ve heard of — be come the little horror movie that could?

“Fun and fearlessness,” Leone said.

The film ascended from the horror underground into the mainstream mostly

through word-of-mouth and social media chatter, especially after reports surfaced of people puking and fainting at screen ings. Media outlets that normally wouldn’t touch an extreme horror release, like the CBS daytime show “The Talk,” covered the commotion.

With all of its can-you-handle-it? chatter, it’s giving big studio movies like “Halloween Ends” and “Smile” underdog competition as the most talked about hor ror movie this Halloween. Even Stephen King recently tweeted about it.

During a recent interview at a mid town Manhattan coffee shop, Leone kept his cool but seemed genuinely floored by his film’s runaway success. For folks taken aback by the violence, he had a reminder: It’s called “Terrifier” for a reason.

“I’m not worrying about offending anybody or putting any agendas on,” he said. “It’s coming from the place of being a genuine horror fan.”

“Terrifier 2” isn’t the first indie film to come out of left field and find mainstream success; “The Blair Witch Project” and “Paranormal Activity” did too, on far bigger scales. But unlike those films, “Terrifier 2” is aggressively and transgressively violent.

The film is so gory, it makes other hit horror movies this year, like “Nope” and “The Black Phone,” look like “Ticket to Paradise.” It picks up where the original left off, as an American suburb is terrorized on Halloween by Art the Clown (David How ard Thornton), a psychopathic bozo who slaughters his victims in stomach-churn ing ways, including flaying, scalping and dismemberment — and that’s just in one scene. There are new, mostly young char acters, including its protagonist teenager (Lauren LaVera) and her kid brother (Elliott Fullam).

The first “Terrifier” (free to watch on several streaming services) won over many horror die-hards when it was released, in large part because of Art the Clown, a char acter who “threads the needle between being utterly creepy and absolutely hilari ous,” said Jonathan DeHaan, who co-hosts the horror movie podcast “Nightmare on Film Street.” The Art the Clown Appre ciation Society on Facebook has almost 12,000 members.

But what about the shock, walkouts, regurgitation?

“We all wish we could see ‘The Exor cist’ on opening weekend and experience people vomiting in the aisles,” DeHaan said. “This is as close as you’ll get to that.”

Who makes a movie like this? A guy who was born in Brooklyn and raised on Staten Island, in a household led by an Italian American single mother who loved classic movies so much, she named her

only son after the child Antichrist in “The Omen.”

For some viewers it may be their first encounter with fantastically line-crossing gore, the kind with roots in the works of maverick directors like Herschell Gordon Lewis and Lucio Fulci. Leone knows the violence in his film is outrageous, and he’s buckled in for the backlash. But he wants audiences to understand that watching it comes with a purpose that’s endemic to horror.

“Our mortality is so devastating to us that we need ways to accept it,” he said. “An attraction to violent horror,” he added, “is a coping mechanism.”

And if people get sick at his film — and Leone said he really hopes nobody does — hey, it’s all part of the sell.

“Sometimes you have to embrace the exploitation, especially if you’re trying to get noticed,” he said. “I don’t pretend that we are not exploiting the violence. We are. But those are the kinds of movies I loved growing up.”

The pluses and pitfalls of “Terrifier 2” were on display at a 10:30 showing on a recent Monday night at a Times Square the ater. (The 10:45 was sold out.) The 19 peo ple who started watching the film dwindled to 17 when two men took off after Art the Clown cracked a guy’s head in half before the title credits even started. By the end there were 14, after three folks grabbed their popcorn tubs and skedaddled when a character was gruesomely beheaded.

Among those who stayed was Mi chelle Martinez, 22. She and a group of friends traveled from Brooklyn to see the film because, she said, “the ad looked scary.”

And her review? “I’m not really into scary movies,” she said. “But this one is nice.”

David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown in “Terrifier 2.”

Give your gnocchi the shrimp scampi treatment

One-pan shrimp scampi with crispy gnocchi

Yield: 3 to 4 servings

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving

1 pound gnocchi (fresh, frozen or shelfstable)

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

4 garlic cloves, finely grated or minced

1/2 cup dry white wine (or clam juice, or broth)

high. Add gnocchi to the pan, breaking up any that are stuck together. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes, tossing every 1 to 2 min utes, so they get golden and crispy all over. Transfer to a bowl or plate.

2. In the same skillet over mediumhigh, add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and all of the butter, letting it melt for a few sec onds. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add wine, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and all of the red-pepper flakes. Bring to a simmer, and let the wine reduce by half, about 2 minutes.

3. Add shrimp and sauté until they just start to turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes, de pending on their size.

By MELISSA CLARK

You could say that shrimp scampi, like “chai tea,” is a dish so nice they named it twice. But really, it comes down to a mistranslation.

The word “scampi,” in Italian, refers to a type of crustacean that’s similar to a langoustine — resembling a tiny lobster and often sautéed in olive oil with garlic and wine. When immigrants from Italy ar rived in the United States in the early 20th century, scampi weren’t widely available, so they made the dish with local shrimp. Shrimp scampi was born.

So, translated, the dish is “shrimp shrimp” (just as chai tea translates to “tea tea”). But words and phrases evolve, and the word “scampi” in the United States now usually refers to the garlicky pan sauce the shrimp are cooked in.

All of this explains why, of the myriad scampi variations that exist, many don’t contain any shrimp at all. (I’m looking at you, chicken, scallop and squash.)

I keep the shrimp in this scampi variation, and they, along with their heady scampi sauce, share the pan with pillows of potato gnocchi.

The gnocchi serve several purposes here. They round out the dish, giving it

heft. They absorb the glorious pan sauce, eliminating the need for bread or spaghetti. And, because they’re browned in the skillet before the shrimp are incorporated, they add a chewy-crisp texture that goes nicely with the juicy springiness of the shrimp.

You can use any premade potato gnocchi here — shelf-stable, frozen (and thawed) or refrigerated. Then, you can just toss them in the pan with some oil and let them sear until they turn bronze in spots and mostly tender within.

I say “mostly tender” because the thing about prepared potato gnocchi (as opposed to fluffier homemade versions) is that they always stay a bit dense and pli able in the center. To me, a person who adores springy matzo balls, bouncy mochi and the elasticity of the tapioca pearls in bubble tea, this is vastly appealing and the point of the dish. Light and airy, these are not.

But if you like a touch of chewiness, these deeply flavorful, garlicky dumplings and succulent shrimp, bathed in a buttery scampi sauce, are pleasing to eat and sim ple to make — a one-pan meal in under 30 minutes.

A dish that’s half the work for double the flavor is worth saying twice, don’t you think?

Kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal) and freshly ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon red-pepper flakes, plus more for serving

1 pound large or extra-large shrimp, shelled (deveined, if you like)

1 lemon

1/2 cup chopped parsley

Preparation:

1. In a large, preferably nonstick skil let, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-

4. Return gnocchi to the pan and add another 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a Micro plane or other fine grater, grate the zest from the lemon into the pan. Add parsley, tossing well. If your pan looks dry, add a splash of water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing to combine, then remove pan from the heat.

5. Cut the naked lemon in two and squeeze in the juice from one half, gen tly tossing to combine. Taste and add more salt if you like. Cut the remaining lemon half into wedges for serving.

6. Top with more olive oil and more red-pepper flakes, if you’d like, and serve with lemon wedges on the side.

A low-pressure guide to make strength training a habit

By DANIELLE FRIEDMAN

Istillremember the torturous feeling of hang ing from the pull-up bars in elementary school gym class, struggling with all my meager might to lift myself up. While other kids seemed naturally gifted with physical power, I came to believe my arms were best used for answering a question in class.

And yet, I have tasted physical strength since then. I took a weightlifting course in col lege and loved how the boost in muscle made me feel. Before my wedding, I got hooked on barre workouts, and discovered the satisfaction of being able to carry groceries for more than two minutes without resting.

Beyond the visceral joys of feeling strong, I am also aware of the health benefits of building muscle. A recent study published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine found that combining aerobics with one to two weekly strength ses sions not only lengthens life span but improves people’s quality of life and well-being. Numer ous studies have found that resistance training is good for mental health: It has been shown to positively influence cognition and to decrease depression and anxiety. Evidence also suggests it allows us to simply feel better in our bodies.

But every time I’ve done enough strength training to see progress, my commitment has ultimately petered out, mostly because of the demands of daily life. Consumed by cycles of work, child care and utter exhaustion, I’ve pur sued the path of least resistance — literally and figuratively. The majority of Americans struggle to carve out time for strength training, too. While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven tion recommends that adults do two musclebuilding workouts a week, only 31% of us hit this benchmark.

So I asked exercise psychologists, scien tists, trainers and muscle evangelists for their best advice on launching a lasting strength-training routine. Here’s what I learned.

Start small

For those of us who haven’t done much strength training — or if it’s been a while — ex perts suggest starting with short but consistent strength sessions. “Set some small goals for your self,” said Mary Winfrey-Kovell, a lecturer in exercise science at Ball State University. “Some movement is better than no movement.”

How small? Depending on one’s sched ule, needs and desires, exercise scientists suggest devoting 20 minutes twice a week to strength training, or perhaps 10 to 15 minutes three times a week.

This is backed up by another recent study in The British Journal of Sports Medicine, which found that just 30 to 60 minutes a week of strength training can bring significant long-term rewards, including a 10% to 20% reduction in

one’s risk of mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer. (Notably, the benefits plateaued af ter an hour and decreased after two hours per week.)

Start simple.

Fitness marketing often tries to convince us that any routine worth doing must involve fancy devices or specialized gear, but in fact you need very little. “Strength training does not have to mean barbells and super heavy weights and lots of equipment,” said Anne Brady, a professor of kinesiology at the University of North Caroli na-Greensboro.

Muscle-building exercises that rely on your own body weight — think pushups, planks and sit-to-stands (sometimes called chair rises) — can be incredibly effective when done correctly and consistently, she said. You can always incor porate equipment as you progress in strength and knowledge.

Embrace being a novice.

Kicking off a strength-training routine when you have little or no experience can feel daunting — particularly if you work out in a gym or public space, in view of more experienced exercisers.

Many of us “hold ourselves to a standard that we need to look like we already know what we’re doing,” said Casey Johnston, author of the popular lifting newsletter “She’s a Beast” and the book “Liftoff: Couch to Barbell.” “It’s OK to make mistakes. It’s OK to ask questions.”

More than anything, learning proper form — and which movements are safest for your body — can help to avoid injury and promote a lasting routine. If you’re able to afford it, consider hiring a certified personal trainer for a few ses sions, either virtual or in person, who will create a training plan and guide you through the ex ercises. And if you work out in a gym, don’t be

afraid to ask staff for guidance.

One upside to starting from scratch? Your strength will improve exponentially at first. “I think most people would be surprised by how quickly they can get a lot stronger than they are,” said Johnston. After a few sessions, she said, “you really will feel the difference in functionality in your body.”

Try “temptation bundling.”

Need an extra push? Kelley Strohacker, a professor of exercise physiology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville who researches health behavior change, suggests a behavioral econom ics hack called “temptation bundling.”

It works like this: By “bundling” something we love and look forward to — for example, a favorite podcast or TV show, gripping audiobook or playlist — with an activity we find challeng ing, we can boost our chances of doing the latter.

“Simply pairing those together can help ease a little bit of that initial, ‘I don’t really want to do it, but I know I should,’” said Strohacker. The key, however, is to only allow yourself to indulge in that particular pleasure while doing the workout.

Remember that the goal is forward prog ress.

If you find that you need to miss sessions, show self-compassion, said Strohacker. Strengthtraining, like all exercise, is a long game, and the ultimate goal is to simply keep at it throughout our lives, despite setbacks along the way.

“Our culture really pushes this narrative of ‘you can do it if you really want to,’” she said. “This is very oversimplifying.” Life happens. Re search suggests the true path to longevity and consistency in any activity are “enjoying it and feeling accomplished,” she added. This becomes easier when we celebrate our progress, no matter how incremental, and find our way back when we stray off course.

A resistance band exercises alternate muscle groups.

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LINA REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC. Demandante Vs. SUCESION RUBEN FRANCISCO DEL ROSARIO CERVONI T/C/C RUBEN FRANCISCO DEL ROSARIO HIJO T/C/C RUBEN DEL ROSARIO CERVONI T/C/C RUBEN DEL ROSARIO COMPUESTA POR SYLVIA DEL ROSARIO SNAFELIU, MARISA DEL ROSARIO SNAFELIU, MARIA DEL ROSARIO SNAFELIU, RUBEN DEL ROSARIO FIGUEROA, MATILDE DEL ROSARIO DIAZ; NOEMI DIAZ RIVERA T/C/C NOEMI DIAZ DEL ROSARIO EN CUANTO

A LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2021CV01737.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, 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 Manda miento de Ejecución de Senten cia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Carolina, 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 Certifi cado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instan cia, Sala de Carolina, el 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la

parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipote cado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: UR

BANA: Apartment number one thousand two hundred twelve (1212). Residential apartment marked One Thousand Two Hundred Twelve (1212) on the Twelfth (12th.) Floor of Mar bella del Caribe Condominium West Tower at kilometer zero point six (0.6) of State Road Number One Hundred Eighty Seven (187), Isla Verde, Ca rolina, Puerto Rico, with an approximate area of One Thou sand Four Hundred Seventy Six Point Forty Three Square Feet (1476.43 Sq. Ft.), equivalent to One Hundred Thirty Seven Point Sixteenth Square Meters (137.16 Sq. Mts.), bounding:

On the North with exterior ele ments of the building, with the empty space over the recrea tional area with Apartment One Thousand Two Hundred Eleven (1211), with common corridor and with Apartment Number One Thousand Two Hundred Fourteen (1214). On the South, with the exterior elements of the building and with the empty space over the common terra ce located over the sale spa ces. The apartment consists of living-dining room, kitchen, two (2) bathrooms, three (3) bedrooms, four (4) closet, walkin closet and a balcony on its North side. The apartment has a main door connecting with the common corridor on the floor from where access may be gai ned to the exterior of the buil ding and to the public street by the elevators and stairway. This apartment is equipped with a stainless steel sink, range with over, kitchen cabinets, water heater and central air conditio ning. Se le asigna el área de estacionamiento número Tres cientos Sesenta y Cinco (365). Inscrita al folio 237 del tomo 552 de Carolina Norte, finca 27,648, Registro de la Propie dad de Carolina, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta ins crita al folio 139 del tomo 972 de Carolina Norte, finca 27,648, Registro de la Propiedad de Ca rolina, Sección I, inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: 5347

AVE. ISLA VERDE, APT. 1212

COND. MARBELLA DEL CARI BE, CAROLINA, PR 00979. Se gún figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anterio res o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certi ficación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gra vada por las siguientes cargas

posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivien da y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $727,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 4 de agosto de 2086. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la pro piedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutan te antes descritos, si los hubie re, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anterio 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 $727,500.00, 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 Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 12 DE DICIEM BRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se esta blece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $485,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido original mente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se estable ce como mínima para la TER CERA SUBASTA, la suma de $363,750.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubi cada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 19 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑA NA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandan te, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $404,218.23 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $64,344.96 en inte reses acumulados al 4 de no viembre de 2021 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 3.501% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $16,946.29 en seguro hipotecario; $5,145.00 en tarifas de servicio; $543.00 en seguro; $400.00 de inspec ciones; $317.00 en preserva ción; $1,280.00 de adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $72,750.00, para gas tos, costas y honorarios de abo gado, esta última habrá de de vengar intereses al máximo del tipo legal fijado por la oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones

Financieras aplicable a esta fe cha, desde este mismo día has ta su total y completo saldo. La

venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencio nada finca, a cuyo efecto se no tifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SU BASTA, 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 intere sados 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 es pacio de dos semanas conse cutivas 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. Expe dido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 5 de octubre de 2022. José R. Cristóbal, Alguacil Regional. Héctor L. Peña Rodríguez, Al guacil Placa #278.

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Demandado(s) Civil Núm.: CN2020CV00188.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI

POTECA (IN REM). AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SU BASTA.

A: DOMINGA ESCRIBANO SANCHEZ POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE CARLOS MANUEL NEGRON PABON COMPUESTA ADEMAS POR ALEXIS NEGRON ESCRIBANO, SUCESION DE JUAN CARLOS NEGRON ESCRIBANO COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE CARLOS MANUEL NEGRON PABON, ADMINISTRACION PARA EL SUSTENTO DE MENORES, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Y AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL: El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Carolina, Puer to Rico, hago saber a la parte demandada, y al PUBLICO EN GENERAL: y a todos los acree dores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecu tada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación registral, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y ho norarios de abogados asegu rados, quedando entonces su brogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante a saber: AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINAN CIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO: A cuyo fa vor aparece inscrito un pagaré por la suma de $5,000.00, sin intereses y a vencer el 15 de mayo de 2015, según consta de la escritura #334, otorgada en San Juan, el 25 de mayo de 2007, ante el Notario Pedro R. Cintrón Rivera, inscrito al folio 118 del tomo 384 (ágora)

de Canóvanas, finca # 15,710, inscripción 4ta. ORIENTAL

BANK: A cuyo favor aparece una anotación de demanda, en el Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala de Rio Grande, caso civil # FBCI2014001657, Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Oriental Bank versus Car los Manuel Negrón Pabón t/c/c Como Carlos Manuel Negrón y su esposa Dominga Escribano Sánchez y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales, por la suma de $88,093.71, y otras sumas. Anotado al folio 88 del tomo 436 de Canóvanas, finca 15,710 anotación A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamien to de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 23 de agosto de 2022, por la Secretaria del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continua ción: Dirección de la Propiedad: Com. Villa Borinquen Calle 1 D24 Canóvanas, PR 00729: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con el numero D-24, en el pla no de parcelación de la Comu nidad rural Villa Borinquén. del barrio Torrecillas Altas, del tér mino municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de doscientos noventa y siete pun to ochenta y dos (297.82) me tros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la numero D-23, de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela D-26 de la comu nidad; por el ESTE, con la calle número #1 y la parcela número D -25 de la comunidad y por el OESTE, con la calle #4 de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio 118 del tomo 384 de Canóvanas, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección Tercera, fin ca número 15,710. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor, ascenden te a la suma de $117,808.41 al día 25 de mayo de 2022, lo cual se desglosa en $86,432.10 de principal, $5,084.71 de inte reses, $515.32 de cargos por demora, $41.82 de seguro (“FPI”) de cargos por seguro de la propiedad, $760.80 de cargos de deficiencia de cuen ta plica (“negative escrow”) $24,973.66 balance de quiebra, más costas, y otros gastos, en adición a la suma de $8,144.30 por concepto de honorarios de abogados, disponiendose que si quedare algun remanente, luego de pagarse las sumas antes mencionadas, el mismo deberá ser depositado en la Secretaria del Tribunal para ser entregado a la parte con dere cho previa solicitud y orden del Tribunal. La venta de la referi da propiedad se verificará libre

de toda carga o gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca. 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 algua cil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 5 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022

A LAS 11:45 DE LA MAÑANA , en la oficina del referido Al guacil, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Carolina, Carolina, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mí nimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $88,159.44. de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, la misma se llevará a efec to el día 12 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $58,772.96, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 19 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11 :45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $44,079.72, 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 tota lidad 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje

cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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 documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 ex tinción el precio del remate. EX PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de octubre de 2022. Héctor L. Peña Rodríguez, Alguacil, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior De Carolina.

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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. ANGEL NOEL SANTOS PAGAN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Demandados Civil Núm.: DCD2013-1217. (703). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: ANGEL NOEL SANTOS PAGAN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, POR TENER EMBARGOS ANOTADOS A SU FAVOR POR LAS SUMAS DE $17,531.53; $13,543.27; $12,981.55; $2,219.80; ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, POR TENER EMBARGO ESTATAL LEY #12 ANOTADO A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE

Yo, MARIBEL LANZAR VE

LÁZQUEZ, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 10 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Supe rior de Bayamón, en el Cuarto Piso, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se or denó por la vía ordinaria al me jor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos corres pondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Bayamón durante horas labora bles. Que en caso de no produ cir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 17 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 1RO. DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MA ÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propie dad a venderse en pública su basta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Montecasino en el Barrio Mucarabones de Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el plano de inscrip ción de la Urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continua ción, número del solar J guión cincuenta y dos (J-52), área del solar de cuatrocientos uno pun to siete cinco metros cuadrados (401.75 m.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar cincuenta y uno (51) en una distancia de treinta punto ocho cero cua tro metros (30.804 m.); por el SUR, con el solar cincuenta y dos (52) en una distancia de treinta y uno punto cero cero cuatro metros (31.004 m.);

por el ESTE, con Calle Hato Tejas Principal en trece punto cero cero dos metros (13.002 m.); y por el OESTE, con Ca lle Mirto en trece punto cero cero (13.00) metros. Enclava una casa. La escritura de hi poteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 52 del tomo 379 de Toa Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón III, finca número 18,988, inscripción 3ra. La di rección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Urbanización Montecasino, Solar J-52, Calle Mirto, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. La

subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandan te la suma de $100,972.59 de principal, intereses al 7 1/4% anual, desde el día 1ro. de oc tubre de 2012, hasta su com pleto pago, más la cantidad de $12,000.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acu mulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $120,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segun da subasta, la cantidad mínima será equivalente a 2/3 partes de aquella, o sea, la suma de $80,000.00 y de ser necesaria una tercera subasta, la canti dad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir, la suma de $60,000.00. Si se de clara desierta la tercera subas ta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adju dicará 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 y que todo lici tador acepta como suficiente la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán sub sistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipo tecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América, por la suma prin cipal de $17,531.53, contra F. Hernández Bautista & A. San tos ALV, seguro social número XXX-XX-9980, Notificación 671 491 110, presentado el día 12 de julio de 2010, anotado al folio 71, Asiento 1 del Libro de Contribuciones Federales, Número 5, Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América, por la suma prin cipal de $13,543.27, contra Angel Santos-Joyería Oriany, seguro social patronal número 66-0268113, Notificación 859 347 012, presentado el día 19 de abril de 2012, anotado al folio 56, Asiento 5 del Libro de Contribuciones Federales, Número 6. Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América, por la suma prin cipal de $12,981.55, contra Angel Santos-Joyería Oriany,

seguro social patronal número 66-0268113, Notificación 859 347 112, presentado el día 19 de abril de 2012, anotado al folio 57, Asiento 1 del Libro de Contribuciones Federales, Número 6. Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Embargo Federal a favor de los Estados Unidos de América, por la suma principal de $2,219.80, contra Angel Santos-Joyería Oriany, seguro social patronal número 660268113, Notificación 859 347 212, presentado el día 19 de abril de 2012, anotado al folio 57, Asiento 2 del Libro de Con tribuciones Federales, Número 6. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. Embargo Estatal, (Ley #12) a favor del Estado Libre Asocia do de Puerto Rico, por la suma principal de $9,793.48, contra Angel A. Ruiz Rivera & A. San tos, Certificación de fecha 4 de junio de 2010, anotado el 21 de junio de 2010, al folio 40, Orden número 156 del Libro de Embargos Estatales Número 2 (Ley #12). Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón, Sección Tercera. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gra vámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a to das las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que po drán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta acep tada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, debe rá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El ex ceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Baya món, Puerto Rico, a 14 de oc tubre de 2022. MARIBEL LAN ZAR VELÁZQUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #735, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

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Demandante V.

LA SUCESIÓN DE JESÚS FALCÓN ROSARIO COMPUESTA

POR FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; MARTA COLÓN BONET POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA Demandado(a) Civil: JU2019CV00280. (704). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTEN CIA POR EDICTO. A: MARTA COLÓN BONET POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA DE JESÚS FALCÓN ROSARIO A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS EN: URB VALENCIA I, 86 CALLE HÉCTOR OYOLA, JUNCOS, PR 00777-3718, CRUV VALENCIA PR R-45, SOLAR F50, JUNCOS, PR 00777 Y JARDINES DE BARCELONA, B5 CALLE 5, JUNCOS, PR 00777-3708. A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE JESÚS FALCÓN ROSARIO, CON DIRECCIÓN E IDENTIDAD DESCONOCIDA.

(Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de septiembre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022. LISILDA MARTÍNEZ AGOSTO, SECRETARIA. YA RITZA ROSARIO PLÁCERES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. SUCESION DE JUAN SANTANA IDELFONSO COMPUESTA POR MARIA VICTORIA SANTANA PADILLA, BETZAIDA SANTANA PADILLA T/C/C CUCHI SANTANA PADILLA, ERIC JOEL SANTANA DORSEY, BELMARIE SANTANA DORSEY

Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO FABIANA PADILLA MATIAS T/C/C

FABIANA MATIAS, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA Demandado(a) Civil: TA2022CV00346. Sobre: COBRO DINERO - EJECU CIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SUCESION DE JUAN SANTANA IDELFONSO COMPUESTA POR MARIA VICTORIA SANTANA PADILLA, BETZAIDA SANTANA PADILLA T/C/C CUCHI SANTANA PADILLA, ERIC JOEL SANTANA DORSEY, BELMARIE SANTANA DORSEY

Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDO FABIANA PADILLA MATIAS T/C/C FABIANA MATIAS, POR SI Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se

considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁN DEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Demandante Vs. PEDRO HUGHET RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, SU ESPOSA MARTHA ISABEL VAZQUEZ AVILES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: KCD2016-1229. (906). Sobre: COBRO DE DI NERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: PEDRO HUGHET RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, SU ESPOSA MARTHA ISABEL VAZQUEZ AVILES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; DORAL BANK Y/O SUCESOR EN DERECHO, POR TENER HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE PAGARÉ A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE $27,000.00.

Yo, PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁ LEZ, Alguacil, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se descri be, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 23 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Prime ra Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondien tes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la

Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan 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 1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: “UR BANA: PROPIEDAD HORI ZONTAL: Condominio Gardens Valley Club de Rio Piedras Sur. Apartamento número 10G. Apartamento residencial de forma irregular localizado en la cuarta planta del edificio 10 del Condominio Gardens Valley Club, situado en la carretera estatal número 176, kilómetro 3.5 en el Barrio Cupey de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. El área aproximada en los dos niveles que se incluyen en este aparta mento es de 1545.86 pies cua drados, equivalentes a 143.69 metros cuadrados. Este apar tamento consta en su primer nivel de sala comedor, laundry, dos baños, tres dormitorios, y de escaleras. Estas dan acceso al segundo nivel donde tiene una terraza cubierta y un área de recreación sobre el techo del mismo apartamento. Son sus linderos los siguientes: el primer nivel por el Norte, en veintinueve pies cinco y medio pulgadas (29’ 5 ½”) con área exterior común y área de pa sillo del edificio; por el Sur, en veintinueve pies cinco y medio pulgadas (29’ 5 ½”) con área exterior común; por el Este, en una distancia de cincuenta pies seis pulgadas (50’ 6”) con área exterior común de pasillo del edificio y pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento número 10-H; y por el Oeste, en distancia de cincuenta pies seis pulgadas (50’ 6”) con área ex terior común y pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento 9-H. En el segundo nivel por el Norte, en veinte pies siete pul gadas (20’ 7”) con área exterior común; por el Sur, en veinte pies siete pulgadas (20’ 7”) con área de techo del edificio; por el Este, en una distancia de veintidós pies diez pulgadas (22’ 10”) con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento número 10-H; y por el Oeste con área exterior común y área del techo del edificio. La puerta de entrada de este apartamen to está situada en su lindero Este. Le corresponden dos estacionamientos identificados con el mismo número y letra del apartamento está situada en su lindero Este. Le corres ponden dos estacionamientos

identificados con el mismo nú mero y letra del apartamento participación de 0912933% en los elementos comunes. Fin ca número 15578, inscrita al Folio 10 del Tomo 482 de Río Piedras Sur, Registro de San Juan, Sección IV. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra ins crita al folio 29 del tomo 666 de Río Piedras Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Cuarta, finca número 15578, inscripción cuarta. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: Condominio Garden Valley Club, Aparta mento 10-G, Carretera Estatal 176, Kilómetro 3.5, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La subasta se lle vará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $123,802.72 de principal, intereses al 5.75% anual, des de el día 1ro de julio de 2015, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $15,750.00 es tipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado y recargos acumulados todas cuyas sumas están liquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mí nima de licitación en la primera subasta para el inmueble será de $157,500.00 y de ser nece saria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equi valente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $105,000.00 y de necesitarse una tercera su basta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $78,750.00. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la tota lidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta 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. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el im porte de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Esta dos Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, en tendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser vendida en pública subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: Hipoteca en Garan tía de Pagaré a favor de Doral Bank, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $27,000.00, con intereses al 9.95% anual, ven cedero el día 1ro. de enero de 2016, según consta de la Escri tura Número 370, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de diciembre de 2005, ante el Notario Público Juan C. Bla sini González; inscrita al folio 29 del tomo 666 de Río Piedras Sur, Registro de la Propiedad

de San Juan, Sección Cuarta, finca 15,578, inscripción 5ta. La propiedad a ser vendida en pú blica subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes pos teriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipo tecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totali dad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abo no total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitado res, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 20 de octubre de 2022.

PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA BANCO POPULA TR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. HUMBERTO L

PELLOT GARCIA, ETC Demandado(a)

Civil: TA2022CV00256. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. NOTIFI CACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: FULANA DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ELLA CON HUMBERTO L

PELLOT GARCIA, PARTE DEMANDADA EN EL CASO.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 18 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica

ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 edic to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edic to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de octubre de 2022. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 21 de oc tubre de 2022. LCDA. LAURA

I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. GLORI BELL VÁZQUEZ MAYSONET, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. OLGA MARĺA RODRĺGUEZ SERRANO

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV04854. Salón Núm.: (508). Sobre: EJE CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA “IN REM”. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ES TADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: OLGA MARĺA RODRĺGUEZ SERRANO:

FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO: Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL:

El Alguacil que suscribe, cer tifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Se cretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor pos tor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Améri ca. 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, partici pación e interés que le corres ponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmue ble hipotecado objeto de eje cución que se describe a con tinuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio “Chalet Paseo Real” de Sabana Llana apartamento 205. Tiene una cabida superficial de noventa y seis punto ocho mil tres me tros cuadrados (96.8003 m.c)

c.). Colinda por el NORTE, en seis pulgadas (6”), veinticuatro pies dos y tres cuartos pulga das (24’2 ¾”), cuatro pulgadas (4”), cuatro pies cinco pulgadas (4’5”), con el apartamento dos cientos seis (206); por el SUR, en seis pulgadas (6”), ocho pies seis pulgadas (8’6”), quince pies ocho pulgadas (15’8”) y en seis pulgadas (6”), con espacio aéreo exterior; por el ESTE, en seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies una pulgada (9’1”), seis pulga das (6”), nueve pies seis pulga das (9’6”), seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies dos y media pul gadas (9’2 ½”), seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies cuatro y media pulgadas (9’4 ½”) y seis pulga das (6”), con corredor o pasillo que conduce a las escaleras y espacio aéreo exterior; y por el OESTE, en seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies una pulgada (9’1”), seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies seis pulgadas (9’6”), seis pul gadas (6”), nueve pies dos y media pulgadas (9’2 ½”), seis pulgadas (6”), nueve pies cua tro y media pulgadas (9’4 ½”) y seis pulgadas (6”), con espacio aéreo exterior. Contiene salacomedor, cocina, “laundry”, dos baños, tres dormitorios, dos closets, un “walk-in-closet” en el master bedroom y balcón. Su puerta principal que da acceso al corredor, escaleras y la vía pública principal se encuentra en su colindancia Este. Le co rresponde a este apartamento un por ciento de participación en los elementos comunes generales de dos punto cuatro mil cuatrocientos noventa y tres por ciento (2.4493%). A este apartamento le corresponde el uso de los estacionamientos número setenta y tres (73) y número setenta y cuatro (74). Consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sabana Llana, finca número #36,123, Registro de la Propie dad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está locali zada en la siguiente dirección: Chalet Paseo Real, Guayanilla St. Apto. 205, San Juan, P.R. 00923. Según figura en el Estu dio de título, la propiedad obje to de ejecución está gravada al siguiente Gravamen posterior a la inscripción del crédito eje cutante: a. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 6 de junio de 2017, expedido por el Centro Judicial de San Juan, en el Caso Civil número KCD2017-0906, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por First Bank Puerto Rico, contra Olga María Rodríguez Serrano, por la suma de $82,541.21, más intereses y otras sumas, ano tado el día 30 de marzo de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Saba na Llana, finca número 36,123, Anotación C. Se le notifica a los acreedores posteriores an teriormente identificados para que puedan concurrir a la su basta si les convenga o satisfa

cer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de aboga dos asegurados, quedando en tonces subrogados en los dere chos del acreedor ejecutante. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen poste rior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y ob tenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 2102015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $85,882.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hi poteca #244, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 31 de julio de 2013, ante la notario Waleska C. Colón Villanueva, inscrita al tomo Karibe de Sa bana Llana, finca #36,123, ins cripción 7ma. La PRIMERA SU BASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 22 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022

A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribu nal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $85,882.00. Si la primera subasta del inmue ble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 30 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la pri mera subasta, o sea, la suma de $57,254.66. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022

A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑA NA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la terce ra subasta la mitad del precio pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $42,941.00. 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: Suma Principal: $82,541.21, con intereses a 5.50% anual, desde el 1ro de mayo de 2016, hasta el pre sente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más los cargos por demora que se correspon den a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pac tada 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 $8,588.20, por concepto de costas, gas tos 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 hipoteca rio. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les no tifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, esta rán de manifiesto en la Secre taría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspon dientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la juris dicción de Puerto Rico. Se en tenderá que todo licitador acep ta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecu tante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su ex tinción el precio del remate. Se procederá a otorgar la corres pondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo due ño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las dispo siciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedi miento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocu pante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o to lerancia del deudor la ocupen. Se informa que la propiedad objeto de ejecución se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 18 de oc tubre de 2022. PEDRO HIEYE GONZÁLEZ, ALGUACIL.

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Demandante V. KARLA M RIVERA COLLAZO, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado(a) Civil Núm.: CB2021CV00564. Sobre: COBRO DE DIINERO ORDINARIO E INCUMPLI MIENTO DE CONTRATO. NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: KARLA M RIVERA COLLAZO, FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 notifica ción. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedi miento 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 conta dos 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 20 de octubre de 2022. En Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, el 20 de octubre de 2022. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETA RIA AUXILIAR.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Plaintiff V. MI SANTA, OFFICIAL NUMBER 1044859, HULL ID NUMBER DBJ28006C696, A 1996 DELTA 28’ DIVE VESSEL, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES, ETC., IN REM; DAY OFF, OFFICIAL NUMBER 1134444, HULL ID NUMBER NWN46160J501, A 2002 46’ DIVE SPECIAL, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES, ETC., IN REM; MJSS CALABASH, OFFICIAL NUMBER 635720, HULL ID NUMBER DBEA38006M81, A 1981 DELTA 36’ DIVE VESSEL, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES, ETC., IN REM; PURA VIDA DIVER, OFFICIAL NUMBER 1093061, HULL ID NUMBER NWN4616E400, A 2000

46’ DIVE SPECIAL, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES, ETC., IN REM; TARAMBANA, OFFICIAL NUMBER 1181981, HULL ID NUMBER SERY0581C999, A 1999 SEA RAY 56’ SEDAN BRIDGE, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES, ETC., IN REM; AQUA ADVENTURE INC., IN PERSONAM; AND JOSÉ LUIS MORERA PÉREZ

A/K/A JOSÉ MORERA PÉREZ, IN PERSONAM

Defendants Civil No.: 3:21-cv-01272. (PAD) ADMIRALTY, FORECLOSURE OF PREFERRED SHIP MORT GAGES, AND COLLECTION OF MONIES. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

TO: MI SANTA, official number 1044859, Hull ID Number DBJ28006C696, a 1996 Delta 28’ Dive Vessel, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc., In Rem; DAY OFF, official number 1134444, Hull ID Number NWN46160J501, a 2002 46’ Dive Special, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc., In Rem; MISS CALABASH, official number 635720, Hull ID Number DBEA38006M81, a 1981 Delta 36’ Dive Vessel, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc.,

In Rem; PURA VIDA DIVER, official number 1093061, Hull ID Number NWN4616E400, a 2000 46’ Dive Special, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc.,

In Rem; TARAMBANA, official number 1181981, Hull ID Number SERY0581C999, a 1999 Sea Ray 56’ Sedan Bridge, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc., In Rem; whether now owned or hereafter acquired, on board or ashore, and all additions, improvements, renewals, and replacements, was and is a vessel of the United States registry and is now and will be during pendency of this action

within navigable waters of this District.

AQUAADVENTURE INC., In Personam; and JOSÉ LUIS MORERA PÉREZ a/k/a JOSÉ MORERA PÉREZ, In Perso nam. San Juan Bay Marina 482, Ave. Fernández Juncos Pda. 10, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907; San Juan Bay Marina, Ave. Fernández Jun cos Pda. 20, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907; Ave. Fernández Juncos, La Marina, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00921; Urb. Ha cienda San José, 293 Vía Cris talina, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725-3031; 293 Vía Cristalina, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00729; Vía Cristalina #293, Hacien da San José, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00727-3031; Hacienda San Jose, VC96 Vía Cristalina, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00727. * Aqua Adventure is the registe red owner of Mi Santa, Day Off, Miss Calabash, Pura Vida and Tarambana. ** Morera - Pérez is guarantor of the obligations of Aqua Adventure. The plain tiff, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“BPPR”) has filed procee dings for the foreclosure of pre ferred ship mortgages on the following property: MI SANTA, official number 1044859, Hull ID Number DBJ28006C696, a 1996 Delta 28’ Dive Vessel, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc., In Rem; DAY OFF, official num ber 1134444, Hull ID Number NWN46160J501, a 2002 46’ Dive Special, her engines, tackle, equipment and appur tenances, etc., In Rem; MISS CALABASH, official num ber 635720, Hull ID Number DBEA38006M81, a 1981 Delta 36’ Dive Vessel, her engines, tackle, equipment and appur tenances, etc., In Rem; PURA VIDA DIVER, official number 1093061, Hull ID Number NW N4616E400, a 2000 46’ Dive Special, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenances, etc., In Rem; TARAMBANA, official number 1181981, Hull ID Number SERY0581C999, a 1999 Sea Ray 56’ Sedan Bridge, her engines, tackle, equipment and appurtenan ces, etc. As of April6, 2021, the defendant(s) owe(s) plaintiff the following amounts: (a) the sum of $1,271,620.01 in prin cipal; interests in the amount of $189,462.57 which continues to accrue, even post-judgment as per agreement of the parties, until full payment of the debt at $220.76 per diem; plus any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by BPPR, on behalf of Defendants, in ac cordance with the Promissory Note I, the Loan Agreement as well as under the other loan documents, as amended, plus reasonable costs and attorney’s fees in the amount of $131,540.00, equivalent to 10% of the original principal

of Promissory Note I; (b) the sum of $71,560.41 in princi pal; interests in the amount of $15,009.32 which continues to accrue, even post-judgment as per agreement of the parties, until full payment of the debt at $18.88 per diem; plus any other advance, charge, fee or disbur sements made by BPPR, on behalf of Defendants, in accor dance with the Promissory Note II, the Loan Agreement as well as under the other loan docu ments, as amended, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $7,100.00; (c) the sum of $64,157.58 in prin cipal; interests in the amount of $9,326.26 which continues to accrue, even post-judgment as per agreement of the par ties, until full payment of the debt at $11.13 per diem; plus any other advance, charge, fee or disbursements made by BPPR, on behalf of Defen dants, in accordance with the Promissory Note III, the Loan Agreement as well as under the other loan documents, as amended, plus costs and agreed attorney’ s fees in the amount of $8,160.00; (d) As of April 6, 2021, Defendants owe BPPR the sum of $47,787.68 in principal; interests in the amou nt of $0.00 which continues to accrue, even post-judgment as per agreement of the parties, until full payment of the debt at $6.22 per diem; plus any other advance, charge, fee or disbur sements made by BPPR, on behalf of Defendants, in accor dance with the Promissory Note IV, the Loan Agreement as well as under the other loan docu ments, as amended, plus costs and agreed attorney’s fees in the amount of $5,000.00. You are requested and required to notify Luis G. Parrilla Hernán dez, Esq., FERRAIUOLI LLC, 221 Ponce de León Avenue, 221 Plaza, 5th Floor, San Juan, PR 00917, PO Box 195168, San Juan, PR 00919-5168, Telephone number (787) 7667000, email lparrilla@ferraiuoli. com, attorney for plaintiff, with a copy of the answer to the Com plaint within thirty (30) days of the publication of this summons and file the original of said an swer in this Court where you can find out its content. This Court has entered an arder providing for summons by pu blication in accordance with the provisions of Rules 4.6 and 4.7 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Puer to Rico. THEREFORE, notice is hereby given to you so that you may appear and answer the Complaint within thirty (30) days after publication of this summons and in case of failure to do so, judgment by default will be rendered for the relief demanded in the complaint and the court shall proceed to an adjudication without further

notice. San Juan, Puerto Rico, on this 14th day of October, 2022. MARIA ANTONGIORGI - JORDAN, ESQ., CLERK OF THE COURT, U.S. DISTRICT COURT. ANA DURAN - CAPE LLA, DEPUTY CLERK.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA Tribu nal de Primera Instancia Sala Superior de Caguas.

Marcos J Cirilo Ayala

Parte Demandante V. Kiara Marie Ribot Fonseca Parte Demandada Caso Núm: CG2022RF00276. Salón Núm: 504. Acción Civil de: Rel. Pat. Filiales. EMPLA ZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMERICA, SS. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: KIARA MARIE RIBOT FONSECA Num. 21 Calle Goyco Esq. Troche, Torre Tokio Apt. 303 Caguas PR 00725

POR LA PRESENTE se le em plaza para que presente al Tri bunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este empla zamiento, excluyéndoselas el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC). Al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electró nica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electroni co/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaria del Tribunal. Si usted deja de pre sentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido termino, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y con ceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.

Marcos J Cirilo Ayala PO Box 6096

Caguas PR 00726 (939) 263-8861 Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 22 de abril de 2022. Lisilda Martinez Agosto, Sec Regional. Carmen M Vaz quez Torres, Sec Auxiliar del Tribunal.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO

DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE CA ROLINA SALA MUNICIPAL DE TRUJILLO ALTO CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN MANUEL

AUGUSTO ARBONA ROTHER, COMPUESTA POR MANUEL AUGUSTO ARBONA ÁVILA

Demandado(a)

Civil Núm.: TJ2021CV00290. Sala: 408. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EDIC TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA DO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: MANUEL AUGUSTO ARBONA ÁVILA.

DIRECCIÓN: URB. COLINAS DE FAIR VIEW 45-40 CALLE 223, TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 00976.

POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y se le notifica que una Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero ha sido presentada en su contra y se le requiere para que conteste la misma dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la par te demandante a la siguiente dirección: BUFETE APONTE & CORTES LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919 Tel. (787) 302-0014 / (787) 239-5661

Email: emarengo @apontecortes.com

Usted deberá presentar su ale gación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solici tado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 14 de octubre de 2022. LCDA. MA

RILYN APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DENISSE TORRES RUIZ, SE CRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOT ICE

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

MARIA SOLEDAD REYES DELFAUS Demandante V. POPULAR MORTGAGE; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR

DECRETO JUDICIAL SE

SOLICITA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2022CV08896.

Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epí grafe. 1. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de de Popular Mortgage, Inc o a su orden, por la suma principal de $232,000.00, intereses al 6 1/2% sobre “Prime Rate”, ven cedero el 1 de septiembre de 2009, constituida mediante la escritura número 839, otorga da en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 26 de agosto de 1999, ante el Notario Ricardo J. Ra mos González, inscrita al folio 143 vuelto del tomo 408 de Río Piedras, inscripción 5ta, sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Parce la de terreno radicada marcada con el número 4 del bloque C de la Urbanización Parque Fo restal, localizada en el Barrio Caimito del término municipal de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 772.92 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 17.580 metros con el solar 9; por el SUR, en 17.50 metros con la calle Poppy de la Urbanización; por el ESTE, en 45.00 metros con el solar numero 5 de la urbanización y por el OESTE, en 43.333 me tros con el solar 3 de la urbani zación. Enclava: Estructura de un nivel construida de cemento y bloques para fines residencia les, con una cabida aproximada de 2,691 pies cuadrados, la cual consta de vestíbulo, sala, comedor, doble marquesina, cocina amplia, terraza, dos medios baños, cuatro dormito rios, un “ family room”, y patio interior, teniendo un valor de $150,000. Según escritura #10 otorgada en San Juan el 20 de junio de 1990 ante Jose Ra mon Quiñones Coll, inscrita al folio 142 vuelto del tomo 428 de Río Piedras Sur, inscripción 3era. Finca 14,062. Inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 428 de Río

Piedras Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sec ción 4 de San Juan. 2. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que pue de examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afecta do por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sis tema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la par te demandante la Lcda. Lizbet Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Huma cao, PR 00791; Tel. (787) 3540061, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribu nal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la De manda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de octubre de 2022. GRISEL

DA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. TAMARA DE LEÓN ALAGO, SECRETARIA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO THE MONEY HOUSE, INC.

Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE ROMUALDO RIVERA ANDRINI, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO ROMUALDO RIVERA, COMPUESTA POR RICARDO RIVERA FURQUET, CARLOS RIVERA FURQUET, GERARDO RIVERA FURQUET Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Y ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: GB2022CV00697.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO

TECA POR LA VÍA ORDINA RIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.

TRUST I

Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE JOHN CHRISTIAN BERNHARTSEN; COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y BIRGITTE ARPE

BERNHARTSEN, POR SÍ

Y EN EL CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

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

Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 14 de octubre de 2022. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NATHALIE I. ACE VEDO QUIÑONES, SECRETA RIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

ROMUALDO RIVERA.

Quede emplazada y notificada que en este Tribunal se ha ra dicado Demanda sobre Ejecu ción de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del térmi no de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Ma nejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acce der utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abo gados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC 1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33432 Tel. 877-338-4101 Fax: 561-338-4077 prservice@tmppllc.com asaez@tmppllc.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y con el sello del Tribunal, en Guay nabo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 13 de octubre de 2022. LAURA I.

SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. DIAMAR T. GONZÁLEZ BARRETO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL II.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUA DILLA U.S. BANK TRUST

Demandados

Civil Núm.: IS2022CV00103.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S. S.

A: LA SUCESIÓN DE JOHN CHRISTIAN BERNHARTSEN; COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y BIRGITTE ARPE BERNHARTSEN, POR SÍ

Y EN EL CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA. Queden emplazados y notifi cados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alega ción responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU MAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente direc ción electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en Rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su discreción, lo entiende procedente. Los abo gados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero T.S.P.R. Núm. 18074

TROMBERG, MORRIS & POULIN, LLC 1515 South Federal Highway, Suite 100

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante Vs. SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ TORRES T/C/C SILVIA

RODRIGUEZ TORRES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandado (a) Civil Núm.: SJ2021CV06708. Sala: 508. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN

DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: SYLVIA RODRIGUEZ TORRES T/C/C SILVIA RODRIGUEZ TORRES.

EL SECRETARIO (A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 28 de abril de 2022, este Tri bunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente 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 diez (10) días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o repre sentando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los tér minos de la Sentencia, Senten cia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recur so de revisión o apelación den tro del término de 30 días con tados 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 notifica ción ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 18 de octubre de 2022. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 18 de octubre de 2022. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SE CRETARIA REGIONAL. MAR THA ALMODÓVAR CABRERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.

A: RICARDO RIVERA FURQUET, CARLOS RIVERA FURQUET, GERARDO RIVERA FURQUET Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ROMUALDO RIVERA ANDRINI, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO

FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES

ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1

Demandante Vs. YOLANDA HERNÁNDEZ COLLAZO, T/C/C YOLANDA HERNÁNDEZ POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO

AYALA RIVERA, T/C/C

SANTIAGO AYALA, COMPUESTA A SU VEZ POR IVETTE

AYALA HERNÁNDEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV01254.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPO TECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA.

Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: YOLANDA HERNÁNDEZ COLLAZO, T/C/C YOLANDA HERNÁNDEZ POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SANTIAGO AYALA RIVERA, T/C/C SANTIAGO AYALA, COMPUESTA A SU VEZ POR IVETTE AYALA HERNÁNDEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE NOMBRES DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Yo, EDGARDO ELÍAS VAR GAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, Algua cil del Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala de Bayamón, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al públi co en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 29 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal

de Primera Instancia, Sala Su perior de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, procederé a ven der en Pública Subasta, al me jor postor, la propiedad inmue ble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en públi ca 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 2 de agosto de 2022. Los autos y todos los do cumentos 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 cele brará una SEGUNDA SUBAS TA para la venta de la susodi cha propiedad, el 6 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 13 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2022, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecu ción 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 15 de septiembre 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 que se describe a continuación: UR BANA: Solar número cuarenta y uno de la manzana “CA” en la Urbanización Rexville, situada en el Barrio Pájaros de Baya món, Puerto Rico, con un área de doscientas doce metros cua drados y cincuenta centíme tros, en lindes: por el NORTE, con el solar número caurenti dos, distancia de veintiún me tros doscientos cincuenta milé simas de metro; por el SUR, con el solar número cuarenta, distancia de veintitrés metros doscientos cincuenta milésimas de metros; por el ESTE, con el solar número cuatro, distancia de diez metros; y por el OES TE, con la calle número veinti trés, distancia de diez metros. Enclava una casa residencial para una familia. Finca número 43,630, inscrita al folio 226 del tomo 972 de Bayamón Sur. Re gistro de la Propiedad de Puer to Rico, Sección I de Bayamón.

Dirección de la Propiedad: CA41 23 St Rexville Dev, Baya món PR 00957. 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 fa vor, a saber: de $124,494.60 de balance principal con interés al 5.060% anual, cual acumulan a un total de $149,185.76 a la fe cha de 28 de febrero de 2022, y

a un total de $149,769.58 a la fecha de 21 de marzo de 2022, cuales continúan acumulándo se, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gas tos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma de equi valente al 10% de la suma prin cipal original pactada, estipula da para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deu da; más cualquiera suma de di nero por concepto de contribu ciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pac tadas en la escritura de hipote ca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epí grafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 128 otorga da el día 18 de agosto de 2011 en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Jose Garcia Noya y consta inscrita al folio 110 del tomo 1841 de Ba yamón Sur, finca número 43,630, Registro de la Propie dad de Bayamón Sur, Sección I de Bayamón. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipo tecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del eje cutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hu biesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, posee dores, tenedores de o interesa dos en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantiza dos hipotecariamente con pos terioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios se ñalados para que puedan con currir a la subasta si les convi niere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas y honora rios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecu tante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca Revertida en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop ment, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $178,500.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, ven cedero el día 2 de febrero de 2096, constituida mediante la escritura número 129, otorgada en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el día 18 de agosto de 2011, ante el notario José García Noya, e inscrita al folio 110 del tomo 1,841 de Bayamón Sur, finca número 43,630, inscripción 8va. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $178,500.00 según se establece en la escri tura de hipoteca antes relacio

nada. En caso de que el inmue ble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera su basta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de di cho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equi valente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $119,000.00; 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 pri mera subasta, es decir la suma de $89,250.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el im porte de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el mo mento de la adjudicación, en tiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Pri mera Instancia, y que las car gas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsis tentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabili dad de los mismos, sin desti narse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes ante riores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procede rá a otorgar la escritura de tras paso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la par te demandante, cuya oferta po drá aplicarse a la extinción par cial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propie dad a ser ejecutada se adquiri rá libre de cargas y graváme nes posteriores. Si el producto de la venta fuere insuficiente para satisfacer la cantidad re clamada, se procederá a la eje cución de la sentencia en con tra de la parte demandada por el remanente de las sumas no satisfechas, mediante embargo y venta en ejecución de cuales quiera otros bienes propiedad de la parte demandada en can tidad suficiente para dejar cu bierta y totalmente satisfecha a la parte demandante cualquier deficiencia o parte insoluta de la sentencia dictada a su favor según dispuesto en la senten cia dictada en este caso. Se dispone, conforme con la sen tencia dictada en este caso que, una vez efectuada la su basta y vendido el bien inmue ble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actua les poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y

para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuer do con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Aso ciado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo me nos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de cele brarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec turía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía co rreo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección co nocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conoci miento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 11 de octubre de 2022. EDGARDO ELÍAS VAR GAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193, AL GUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRI MERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE BAYAMÓN.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC. Demandante V. EMI EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC.; JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO Demandado(a) Civil: AI2022CV00115. Sala: 501. Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICA CIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: EMI EQUITY MORTGAGE, INC.; JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO JOSE ANTONIO MIRANDA PADILLA; NILDA MARGARITA VELEZ DIAZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 17 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución

en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 19 de octubre de 2022. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 19 de octubre de 2022.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. ROBERTO MARTÍN PEGUERO JIMÉNEZ

T/C/C ROBERTO M. PEGUERO JIMÉNEZ, SU ESPOSA, CHRISTIANNE MERCEDEZ NUÑEZ MARTE T/C/C CHRISTIANNE M. NUÑEZ PEGUERO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; CLAUDIO SOLANO RESTO, SU ESPOSA SOPHIE VARGAS CRUZADO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POE AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: ECD2014-0694. (612). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR DINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDEN TE DE LOS ESTADOS UNI DOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASO CIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tri bunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, Ca guas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚ BLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia ex

pedido el día 1 de septiembre de 2022, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continua ción: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 10 del Bloque A de la calle número 2 en el plano de inscripción de la Urbaniza ción Quintas de San Luis I lo calizado en el Barrio Cañas del término municipal de Caguas Puerto Rico con una cabida superficial de 919.799 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el Norte, en una distancia de 30.417 metros lineales con el solar A-11. Sur, en una distan cia de 30.140 metros lineales con el solar número A-9. Este, en una distancia de 30.500 metros con Expreso Las Amé ricas. Oeste, en una distancia de 30.505 metros con la calle número 2. Sobre el descrito so lar se ha edificado una casa de hormigón reforzado dedicada a vivienda. Finca 43,293 inscrita al Folio 21 del Tomo 1231 de Caguas. Registro de la Propie dad de Caguas, Sección I. La propiedad ubica según pagaré en: 10 A Calle (2) Dali, Quintas de San Luis, Caguas, PR. Ade más, el Alguacil que suscribe, hago saber a todos los acree dores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante, o de los acreedores de cargas o de rechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecu tada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipo tecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, siempre que surjan de la certificación re gistral, para que puedan concu rrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, que dando entonces subrogados en los derechos del acreedor eje cutante: Hipoteca en garantia de un pagaré a favor de la So ciedad de Bienes Gananciales compuesto por Roberto Martin Peguero Jiménez y Christianne Mercedes Núñez Marte, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $8,000.00, con intereses al (no expresa), vencedero el dia (no expresa), constituida mediante la escritura número 4, otorga da en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el dia 30 de junio de 2009, ante la notario Vivian M. Rivera Con cepción, e inscrita al tomo Ka ribe de Caguas, finca número 43,293, inscripción 8va, como Asiento Abreviado extendidas las lineas el dia 7 de julio de 2017, en virtud de la Ley núme ro 216 del dia 27 de diciembre de 2010. (Fue presentado el dia 24 de julio de 2009 al Asiento 63 del Diario 1149). Munici

pio de Caguas: Presentada al asiento 2022-097038-CA01 del sistema Karibe, se presentó el dia 25 de julio de 2022, Resolu ción de fecha 5 de julio de 2016, expedida en el Municipio de Caguas, Oficina de Permisos, en el Caso Civil número EPP2016-00502, sobre Declaración de Estorbo Público de esta fin ca, con una multa y gastos de $5,793.34. El producto de la su basta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde al cance, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 7 de octubre de 2014 y notificada el 15 de octu bre de 2014, y publicada en un periódico de circulación general de Puerto Rico (“The San Juan Daily Star”) el 21 de octubre de 2014 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $215,734.26 por concepto de principal, más los intereses sobre dicha suma a razón del 7%, anual desde el 1ro de diciembre de 2013, has ta su completo pago, más las primas de seguro hipotecario, recargos por demora y cuales quiera otras cantidades pacta das en la escritura de primera hipoteca, desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta la fecha del pago total de las mismas, más una cantidad equivalente al 10% del principal original del pagaré para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y de más créditos accesorios garan tizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del algua cil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 10 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $234,600.00. Que de ser nece saria la celebración de una SE GUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $156,400.00, equiva lentes a dos terceras (2/3) par tes 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 25 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SU BASTA será de $117,300.00, 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 tota lidad 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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 documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 ex tinción el precio del remate. EX

PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de octubre de 2022. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, ALGUACIL DE LA DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE CA GUAS

BANCO POPULAR

DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V.

VIRGEN NOEMÍ MARRERO CARBALLO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: ECD2013-1117.

Sala: 611. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNI DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRE SIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBAS TA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Ins tancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PUBLI CO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamien to de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 30 de junio de 2022, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continua ción: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número ciento dieciocho guión B (118-B) del Bloque A del proyecto denominado Ex tensión Villa Marina en el Barrio Rincón de Gurabo, compuesto de doscientos setenta y tres punto diecinueve (273.19) me tros cuadrados, en lindes por el NORTE, en una línea curva de cinco punto setenta y seis (5.76) metros, con la calle nú mero uno (1), y el treinta y uno punto noventa y dos (31.92) metros, con el solar número ciento diecinueve (119); por el SUR, con terrenos del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico; en una distancia de tres punto ochenta y cuatro (3.84) me tros por el ESTE, con el solar número ciento dieciocho guión A (118-A), en una distancia de treinta y cuatro punto ochenta y seis (34.86) metros; y por el OESTE, en ocho punto noventa y seis (8.96) metros, con canal de hormigón. Enclava una casa de dos plantas de concreto re forzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales. Cons ta inscrita al folio 40vto. Del tomo 161 de Gurabo, finca no. 6077. Registro de la Propiedad, Sección Segunda de Caguas. La propiedad ubica en: 118 B Calle 1 Villa Marina, Gurabo, PR. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al de mandante hasta donde alcan ce, la SENTENCIA dictada a su favor el día 1 de marzo de 2017 y notificada el 4 de marzo de 2019, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $52,985.64 por concepto de principal más los intereses pactados al tipo convenido de 7.50% anual, más cargos por demora desde el día 1ro de marzo de 2013 hasta su completo pago; las cantidades debidas de contri buciones e impuestos, más pri mas de seguro contra riesgos y seguro de hipoteca hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad estipulada de $6,000.00 para

costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. 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 Tribu nal. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 10 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30

DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del referido Alguacil, locali zada en el Centro Judicial de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $60,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 18 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30

DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $40,000.00, equivalen tes 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 25 DE ENERO DE 2023 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El pre cio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $30,000.00, 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 tota lidad 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 men cionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confir mada la venta judicial por el Ho norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en pose sión física del inmueble de con formidad 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 eje cutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecuti vas, 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 documen tos correspondientes al proce dimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas la borables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anterio res y los preferentes, si los hu biere, 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 ex tinción el precio del remate. EX PIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 18 de octubre de 2022. ÁNGEL GÓMEZ GÓMEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #593, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERÍO

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

IRIS JANET CRUZ REYES Demandado(a)

Civil: CR2022CV00077. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJE CUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. NO TIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

A: IRIS JANET CRUZ REYES.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 21 de octubre de 2020, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de octubre de 2022. En COMERÍO, Puerto Rico, el 21 de octubre de 2022. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVE RA, SECRETARIA. CARMEN L. APONTE FLORES, SECRE TARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU NAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INS TANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. MARIO JULIO BARRAGAN ARCE; CLAUDIA HERBAS DONOSO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR AMBOS COMPUESTA Demandado(a) Civil: MZ2022CV00038. (207). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDIANARIA. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTEN CIA POR EDICTO.

A: MARIO JULIO BARRAGAN ARCE; CLAUDIA HERBAS DONOSO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES POR AMBOS COMPUESTA. (Nombre de las partes a las que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus cribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de octubre de 2022, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted en terarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta no tificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circula ción general en la Isla de Puer to 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 Sen tencia, Sentencia Parcial o Re solución, de la cual puede esta blecerse 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 publi cación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archi vada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 21 de octubre de 2022. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 21 de octubre de 2022. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. MA GALY BONILLA MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA MÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. CARMEN ANTONIA TORRES PINTADO T/C/C

CARMEN A. TORRES PINTADO

Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2021CV05356.

Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EM PLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ RICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUER TO RICO, S.S.

A: CARMEN ANTONIA TORRES PINTADO T/C/C

CARMEN A. TORRES PINTADO.

Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edic to. La demandada constituyó primera hipoteca el 24 de junio de 2011, en garantía del paga ré por $151,070.00, sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número siete (7) del bloque tres guión B (3-B) de la Urbaniza ción Covadonga, radicada en el barrio Candelaria, del término municipal de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 326.25 metros cuadrados, en lindes al Norte, en 25.00 metros, con el lote número ocho (8) del bloque tres guión B (3-B); al Sur, en 25.00 metros, con el lote número seis (6) de la urbanización; al Este, en 13.05 metros, con lotes número die ciocho (18) y número diecinue ve (19) de la urbanización; y al Oeste, en 13.05 metros, con la calle número trece (13) de la ur banización. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 45 del tomo 281 de Toa Baja, Finca número 16883 Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección II. Al 2 de noviembre de 2021 la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante las siguientes can tidades: $135,437.08 de princi pal, 4.5% de intereses, los cua les continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $2,181.20 de gastos por mora, los cuales continúan acumulán dose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Adminis tración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróni ca: https://unired.ramajudicial.

pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que de no contestar la demanda dentro del término aquí estipulado, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dic tará sentencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Guiller mo A. Somoza Colombani, P.O. Box 366603, San Juan, P.R. 00936-6603. Tel. (787) 9190073, Fax (787) 641-5016. Ex pido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 4 de agosto de 2022. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRE TARIA REGIONAL. VIVIAN J. SANABRIA, SECRETARIA AU XILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL I.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA MÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs. OCTAVIO COLON OTERO; JANET SOFIA COLON CINTRON; LUIS ANEUDY COLON CINTRON Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2022CV04119. (403). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA OR DINARIA). EMPLAZAMIEN TO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTA DOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LI BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: OCTAVIO COLON OTERO; JANET SOFIA COLON CINTRON.

POR EL PRESENTE EDIC TO se le notifica que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría por la parte demandante, De manda sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca por la Vía Ordinaria en la que se alega adeuda la suma princi pal de $62,937.96 intereses al 5.125% anual, desde el día 1ro de enero de 2018, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $7,800.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acu mulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública subasta es: URBANA: Parcela de terreno localizada en la URBANIZA CIÓN EXTENSION RESIDEN CIAL GUARICO del término municipal de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, e identificada en el plano de inscripción final de la Urba nización Extensión Guárico, con el número Catorce (14) del Bloque “U” de la Urbaniza ción, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS PUNTO CERO UNO (300.01) METROS

CUADRADOS; y en lindes por el NORTE, en veintitrés punto cincuenta y tres (23.53) metros, con el lote número Trece (13) de la Urbanización; por el SUR, en veintitrés punto cincuenta y tres (23.53) metros, con el lote número Quince (15) del mis mo bloque “U”; por el ESTE, en doce punto setenta y cinco (12.75) metros, con terrenos de la Caribe China, Inc.; y por el OESTE, en doce punto setenta y cinco (12.75) metros, con la Calle ‘’G” de la Urbanización. Enclava una casa de hormigón y bloques de concreto de una sola planta, diseñada para fi nes residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra ins crita al folio 59 del tomo 425 de Vega Baja, Registro de la Pro piedad de Bayamón. Sección Cuarta, finca número 22,956, inscripción tercera. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su ale gación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este emplazamien to, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá pre sentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección: https://unired.rama judicial.pr/sumac/ salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dic tar 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 discre ción, lo entiende procedente. La dirección postal del aboga do de la parte demandante es la siguiente:

Lcda. Adela Surillo Gutiérrez

RUA Número 5358

Bufete Collazo, Connelly & Surillo, LLC P.O. Box 11550

San Juan, P.R. 00922-1550 Tel. (787) 625-9999

Fax (787) 705-7387

E-mail: asurillo@lawpr.com Se le notifica también por la presente que la parte deman dante habrá de presentar para su anotación al Registrador de la Propiedad del Distrito en que está situada la propiedad objeto de este pleito, un aviso de estar pendiente esta acción. Para publicarse conforme a la Orden dictada por el Tribunal en un periódico de circulación general. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presen te Edicto que firmo y sello en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 14 de septiembre de 2022. LCDA.

LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. AMALYN FIGUEROA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

Former WWE wrestler taps in against concussion deniers

By KEN BELSON

Christopher Nowinski was rub bing elbows at the New York Ath letic Club one Thursday night last month, when the tweets and texts started rolling in. He was there to speak at a fund raiser for head-trauma research when Mi ami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted from an NFL game with a se vere concussion, the second gruesome head hit the player took in a week.

Nowinski ducked into another room and immediately got to work, posting to social media and fielding reporters’ calls, his voice rising to be heard over the din and inflamed by what he saw as an egre gious violation of player safety.

A former football player at Harvard and professional wrestler, Nowinski, 44, retired from sports nearly two decades ago after multiple concussions left him with debilitating headaches and depres sion. Seeking treatment turned Nowinski into an advocate for research on brain trauma, and he now spends most of his time raising funds, contributing to scientif ic papers and asking the families of those affected by head injuries to donate their brains to study.

Tagovailoa’s hit came just days af ter Nowinski returned from sitting with the family of one of his closest college football teammates as they received the news that he had CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated head hits. No winski’s sadness about his friend’s demise morphed into anger that the NFL was not doing more to protect players.

“Two concussions in 5 days can kill someone,” he wrote in a Twitter post. “This can end careers. How are we so stu pid in 2022.”

Nowinski uploaded a video days later in which he chastised the NFL for allowing Tagovailoa to take the field.

“I hate that I have to remind you of this, but these are human beings with fu tures that will someday be husbands and fathers,” he said. “And we need to protect their brains the best we can while they’re out there helping you make money.”

Known as Chris Harvard in his pro

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the field after suffering a head injury following a sack by Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tupou.

wrestling days, which included a stint in the WWE, Nowinski knows the draw of a good antagonist.

He has divebombed NFL news confer ences to dispute in real time the league’s messaging on concussions. On Twitter and TikTok, Nowinski dissects game-day video showing head collisions that leave players grasping their helmets and wob bling to their feet, and his posts have be come popular reposts for athletes, media and scientists. Through his confrontational style, Nowinski is becoming a highly influ ential commentator on how the NFL and other sports leagues handle concussions.

Researchers and clinicians who study brain trauma are deliberate in discussing their work, and grandstanding within the respected medical community is abhorred.

But Nowinski, who holds a doctorate in behavioral science and is a co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit group that supports athletes and others affected by concussions and CTE, is uniquely suited to take on the sports es tablishment in public forums in ways that draw attention to ongoing brain-trauma research and create pressure for leagues to acknowledge the science.

“He is very serious and rigorous in the

sense that I’ve never seen him make decla rations that weren’t based in very real sci entific results,” said Dr. Lea T. Grinberg, professor of neurology and pathology at the University of California, San Francisco. She said that when the earliest studies of traumatic brain injuries showed a relation ship to CTE, the results were often dis puted. “Step by step, Chris has been able to respond to the criticisms by engaging the scientific community to answer these questions.”

“He was flamboyant in the ring,” said Bruce Miller, a dementia researcher and co-founder of the Tau Consortium, “but not necessarily with the science.”

This week, in a page taken straight out of the pro wrestling handbook, Nowinski plans to challenge doctors from around the world at the International Consen sus Conference on Concussion in Sport, where leading scientists and consultants to global sports leagues create recommenda tions for spotting and treating concussions based on emerging research.

This month, the National Institutes of Health, the world’s largest biomedical researcher and the United States’ biggest funder of brain research, responded to research for which Nowinski was a coauthor, and changed its official position to acknowledge that CTE “is caused in part by repeated traumatic brain injuries,” a watershed decision that is expected to have wide-ranging impact on collision sports around the world.

The NIH stance comes three years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that there was a causal relationship between collision sports and CTE.

At the conference, Nowinski will make his case that head trauma causes CTE as researchers write the consensus statement on the latest research on concussions, a veritable Bible for leagues, trainers, doc tors and academics. The group has long held that no causal relationship has “been demonstrated between CTE and concus sions or exposure to contact sports.”

Mike Webster, a Hall of Fame in ductee, was the first NFL player found to have had CTE, three years after his death in 2002, but it took the group until 2013 to

acknowledge that the disease was unique in its consensus statement.

“I feel like I’m there representing all the deceased athletes that we have lost to CTE, and that all those tragedies were pre ventable,” Nowinski said. “I’m there to re mind them that if they don’t acknowledge a cause-and-effect relationship between contact sports and CTE, a lot more people are going to get hurt and it’s going to ruin their reputations.”

To Nowinski, the group’s slow em brace of the research on brain trauma is a way for the conference’s doctors to shield from liability the sports leagues that often hire them to consult on their concussions policy. The group runs the annual confer ence with funding from the International Olympic Committee, FIFA, World Rugby and other sports organizations.

By acknowledging a link between their sports and potential brain damage, he said, the leagues could open them selves to lawsuits from former players who have experienced cognitive decline.

Jiri Dvorak, one of the leaders of the conference, did not respond to a request for comment.

Nowinski, who advises the NFL Play ers Association and the Ivy League on traumatic brain injury, said he developed his adversarial approach after retiring from the ring in 2004. He sought treatment for his headaches and depression in Boston, and in 2006 he published “Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis from the NFL to Youth Leagues,” which was later filmed as a documentary.

In 2007, Nowinski sought out doctors at Boston University, who were studying Alzheimer’s disease, and helped them acquire the brains of former NFL players. The doctors found they had CTE, some of the first known cases of the disease in football players, and they encouraged No winski to use his Ivy League pedigree and megaphone as an athlete to raise aware ness for their work.

“I came at it as a 30-year-old braindamaged guy with headaches every day and nothing to lose, so why not make some noise?” Nowinski said. “I was com ing at it as an advocate knowing that I was basically untouchable.”

Brady and Rodgers have played badly but that will change, right?

By MIKE TANIER

The 2022 NFL season is shaping up to be an extinction-level event for sev eral once-mighty dinosaur quarter backs.

Each week, Tom Brady looks less and less like a champion for the ages and more like a character who skipped from the mid dle of “Hamlet” straight to the end of “King Lear.” His Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 3-4 and coming off back-to-back losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Carolina Pan thers, teams with a combined 4-10 record, by a combined score of 41-21.

In his 23rd season, Brady has scattered incomplete passes and labored to his feet after sacks and knockdowns; his patented fourth-quarter comeback attempts fizzle, if they arrive at all. Brady screams at team mates on the sideline, delivers bitter and sometimes inciting postgame barbs, de flects speculation about a midseason retire ment and avoids any mention of his marital woes.

When Brady, 45, un-retired in midMarch, only about a month after announc ing the end of his football career, he almost certainly did not have an embarrassing Oc tober slump in mind.

But at least Brady is miserable in good company.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 38, stood at the lectern for his news con ference after Sunday’s loss to the lowly Washington Commanders wearing what appeared to be a bathrobe; he looked like a cross between a Star Wars cosplayer and a young billionaire who just started jarring his toenail clippings.

“This might be the best thing for us,” the ever-cryptic Rodgers said of his team’s third consecutive loss. Rodgers-ologists began fiddling with their decoder rings to interpret his meaning. The Packers are now 3-4 heading into a showdown with the Buf falo Bills (5-1) that looks more like a po tential knockout blow than a Super Bowl preview.

Russell Wilson, acquired by the Den ver Broncos in a blockbuster trade with the Seattle Seahawks and signed to a $245 mil lion contract extension before the start of the season, led the Broncos to a 2-4 record before he missed Sunday’s loss to the New York Jets with a hamstring injury. Denver ranks last in the NFL in scoring at 14.3

points per game.

Wilson, 33, a proponent of visualiza tion exercises, “intentionality” and other self-help concepts that 1970s quarterbacks would have chucked whiskey bottles at, has been upbeat to nearly the point of tox ic positivity throughout the Broncos’ earlyseason scoring drought.

Matt Ryan, 37, threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for the Tennes see Titans’ only touchdown, in a 19-10 loss that dropped the Indianapolis Colts to 3-31. The Colts rank 30th in the NFL in scoring at 16.1 points per game. Colts coach Frank Reich announced Monday that Ryan would be benched in favor of untested backup Sam Ehlinger for the rest of the season.

Four aging superstars with hefty sala ries and stratospheric expectations, four different flavors of disappointment: Each of these unhappy quarterbacks is unhappy in his own way.

Ryan’s skills have been in gradual de cline since his MVP award-winning season for the Atlanta Falcons in 2016. The Colts

hoped a change of scenery and a better supporting cast would rejuvenate Ryan when they traded for him in March.

Instead, opponents quickly realized that Ryan, never a scrambler, is now about as mobile as a cellphone tower. Ryan has been blitzed a league-high 88 times this season, per Pro Football Reference. He leads the NFL with nine interceptions and is tied for second in times sacked with 24.

Wilson’s miscommunications with his new teammates and coaches are most glar ing inside opponents’ 20-yard line, where he has completed just 13 of 31 attempts for 64 yards and a single touchdown. For comparison’s sake, Patrick Mahomes has thrown 17 red zone touchdowns, and 28 NFL quarterbacks have thrown at least four.

Wilson ignored wide-open teammate K.J. Hamler for what could have been an easy game-winning touchdown in over time of a Week 4 loss to the Colts; Hamler lamented after the game that he “could’ve walked in” to the end zone. It often ap pears that the plays the Broncos are execut

ing are different from the ones Wilson is visualizing.

Rodgers feels the absence of All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, whom the Pack ers traded to the Las Vegas Raiders in the offseason, in large part because they needed cap space to pay Rodgers. Pack ers coach Matt LaFleur uses presnap mo tion and other window dressing to help inexperienced receivers get open for short passes, and Rodgers has never been fond of motion, inexperienced receivers, short passes or head coaches.

A four-time MVP, Rodgers has been one of the NFL’s most effective deep pass ers for more than a decade, but his aver age completion now travels a league-low 4.2 yards downfield through the air, per Pro Football Reference.

No one statistic stands out as a prob lem for Brady. Everything just appears slightly off, and the recent returns of top receivers Chris Godwin and Mike Evans have not helped. Age may finally be catch ing up, but the same thing has been said after every poor Brady performance since roughly 2013.

Brady, Rodgers or Wilson could bounce back, at least modestly, once Wil son recovers and the others adjust to their circumstances. Unfortunately, all three come with Super Bowl-or-bust expecta tions that they are now unlikely to meet. The Buccaneers are getting 13-to-2 odds to reach the Super Bowl, the Packers 15to-1 and the Broncos 50-to-1.

The Buccaneers’ and the Packers’ odds are buoyed by a weak field of NFC contenders: Neither team would stand a chance if their most probable path through the playoffs included Buffalo or Kansas City.

While the declines of Brady and others may feel tragic, they are really just cases of the NFL ecosystem healing itself. Declin ing skills, increasing salaries, prickly egos and long-indulged eccentricities hollow out preeminent quarterbacks from within. Mighty redwoods must fall so Mahomes and Josh Allen can fully bask in the sun light and saplings like Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts have room to grow strong. Li onized quarterbacks aren’t going extinct; they’re merely participating in the circle of life.

Just don’t let Brady or Rodgers hear that.

Tom Brady’s Buccaneers are under .500. The good news for him is everyone else in the division is, too.

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Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 29Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

Mercury’s link to Mars, suggests your friends and social network could be a source of enrichment. There’s potential for a golden opportunity to show up, as the result of a promising discussion. Things might not take off immediately Aries, but if you keep doing what you can, the outcome further down the line, may be everything you hope for and more, so try to stay the course.

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

An encounter could leave you excited and eager to see more of someone, especially if you’re wowed by their presence, which can be powerful and magnetic. Something you learn from this person might be the answer to an issue or provide telling insights. There is also the chance of romance, or at least of a lively attraction. Get ready, as this bond may be intense from the start.

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Playful and passionate conversations are on the menu if romance is an issue you’re pondering, especially if you and another seem to be getting along well after an awkward start. And with Mercury in the final degrees of your creativity, leisure and entrepreneurial zone, you still have a chance to get more involved in something you enjoy before a major project takes over, Gemini.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Some conversations are meant to heal, so with Mercury moving through your domestic sector, discussions you have today could help clear the air in a positive way. In addition, an alignment with Mars suggests being the one to break the ice on an edgy subject, can pave the way for positive change. Ready to socialise? A friend’s company may be delightful and therapeutic.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Whatever bright ideas you have over coming days, this is not the time to keep them to yourself. Lively and communicative influences encourage you to talk them over with others and get their take, especially close friends. Thinking about promoting your work? Decide on the best approach, then go for it. In need of a retreat? Pamper and nurture yourself, and you’ll soon feel reborn, Leo.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Need to talk to someone about finances? With Mercury in your money zone, this is one of the better times to get the advice you need. And with dynamic Mars working on your behalf, even if slowly, you’ll soon be able to take advantage of an opportunity that could bring in some extra income. Curious about something? Don’t hold back, as you stand to profit if you make a move soon.

Libra (Sep 24-Oct 23)

Thought and action are in harmony, meaning if an idea grabs you, you’ll be ready to run with it, even if it means moving out of your comfort zone. You are ripe for new challenges, and for change that can see you heading into open waters. If this has been brought on by recent difficulties, the coming weeks could see you willing to fight to reach your chosen destination.

Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov 22)

What’s bothering you, Scorpio? If something is on your mind that you’ve kept to yourself, then today’s pairing of talkative Mercury and Mars retro, may encourage you to speak out. If it’s something personal, choose someone you can confidently confide in, as doing so could leave you feeling much better. Ready for something different? An encounter might give food for thought.

Sagittarius (Nov 23-Dec 21)

You never know what you might learn by making a call to a friend, or by connecting with someone who could be a promising contact. The current lineup encourages you to get involved in group plans and projects, or to join in on social media, as you’ll be planting positive seeds for the future. Need assistance with a key plan? Inviting someone experienced on board may help.

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 20)

Planning and organization can be the key to success. And with a chance to be in the spotlight, this is an opportunity to show yourself at your best. Ready to share something of importance? Think about the best way to make it as meaningful as possible. There is also romantic potential with someone who you’re very drawn to. An encounter with them could sizzle with chemistry.

Aquarius (Jan 21-Feb 19)

While it’s always good to let others know how enthusiastic you are about an idea or issue, it pays to think about how you will put your message across. The current line-up can see you succeeding in communicating exactly what you want to say, as long as you give some thought as to who your words are intended for. Avoid the hard sell, and you might achieve nothing.

Pisces (Feb 20-Mar 20)

Don’t be too proud to bare your soul to someone who cares about you. If feelings about something have been building, don’t push them back down. Instead, talk this matter over and you might find that in doing so, a solution begins to form. Not to mention that there could be a release of emotion, which could be very healing. Letting your vulnerable side out is a sign of strength.