Thursday Apr 17, 2025

The San Juan Star

Jannette Rivera

MORNING

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.

Puerto Rico suffers islandwide power outage

By THE STAR STAFF

uerto Rico endured an islandwide power outage on Wednesday that was expected to leave more than 1.5 million customers without power into today.

Josué Colón Ortiz, the island’s energy czar, said the exact cause of the blackout, which occurred at 12:40 p.m., was not known as of midafternoon Wednesday. He said malfunctions at the San Juan power plant and at the Costa Sur power plant in Peñuelas caused all generation to stop working.

Other reports indicated shutdowns at several power plants. Besides San Juan and Costa Sur, the generating units at Palo Seco in Toa Baja and the private natural gas-fired EcoEléctrica plant in Peñuelas went out of service, according to the Genera PR website.

At press time, officials in charge of the power grid were stabilizing the system to turn on units using blackstart units. They said customers would have to wait at least 36 hours before power would be restored.

The outage occurred as many island residents were getting ready for Holy Week vacation. Traffic jams were prevalent because traffic lights were not working. The Urban Train that serves the San Juan metropolitan area had to stop operations, and 162 people were evacuated from the train’s cars, without incident, following the power outage.

Integrated Transportation Authority Executive Director Josué Menéndez said the evacuees would “be transported by bus to their final destination.”

Meanwhile, many stores were remaining open Wednesday with alternate sources of power.

LUMA Energy, the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system, issued a statement shortly after the blackout, whose cause it said “is being investigated.”

“We will continue working in coordination with [power plant operator] Genera PR, Eco Eléctrica, and AES to identify the cause and safely restore service,” the statement said.

LUMA activated its Emergency Operations Center “to coordinate efforts with relevant agencies and begin restoring service as safely as possible,” the statement added.

“We are reporting that we have experienced a massive island-wide blackout due to the unexpected shutdown of all generating plants, including those of Genera PR and other private generators,” Genera PR, which operates the island’s legacy power plants, said in a statement. “… Our team is working immediately to bring backup units online and investigate the causes of this sudden event. We are aware of the seriousness of the situation and the impact this represents for our citizens.”

Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Administration (NMEAD by its acronym in Spanish) Commissioner Ángel Jiménez Colón posted on social media that NMEAD was in communication with Public Safety Secretary Arturo Garffer “and commissioners from the other bureaus, as well

The power outage occurred as many island residents were getting ready for Holy Week vacation. Traffic jams were prevalent because traffic lights were not working. (Jannette Rivera)

as personnel from FEMA Puerto Rico, LUMA, and Genera PR to coordinate any interagency efforts and address any emergency situation.”

Hospitals reported operating normally

Dr. Rosa Castro, president of the Health Services Administrators Association of Puerto Rico, said meanwhile that the island’s hospitals were operating normally and offering services without incident following Wednesday’s blackout.

“Thanks to emergency protocols and the proactive planning of our hospital administrators, these institutions continue to provide essential services with responsibility and commitment,” Castro said. “Although two medical institutions reported partial failures in one of their generators, the technical teams responded quickly and the situation was immediately under control.”

She emphasized that “[o]n this occasion, we have direct communication with the Secretary of Health, Dr. Víctor Ramos, and his team.”

“We are vigilant, and our administrators are in direct communication with the regional health councils,” Castro said. “Our administrators are trained to handle these types of eventualities. Hospitals do not improvise, and we have emergency plans.”

It was reported separately that the emergency room at the Río Piedras Medical Center (Centro Médico) continued to operate normally during the blackout, as confirmed by the Medical Services Administration, which reinforces the effectiveness of the center’s contingency plans.

EDITOR’S NOTE: So that our employees can spend more time with their families during Holy Week, the STAR will not publish on Good Friday, April 18.

DACO releases preliminary summary of Holy Week operation

By THE STAR STAFF

Consumer Affairs (DACO by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Valerie Rodríguez Erazo released preliminary results of the agency’s 2025 Holy Week operation on Wednesday.

“This operation reflects DACO’s new face: one that is present, firm, and proactive,” Rodríguez Erazo said in a written statement. “We will not only inspect in real time, we will also analyze data, anticipate problems, and protect consumers with evidence and strategic action.”

“We will continue forward with operations, requirements, and all available legal tools to guarantee economic justice for all,” she added.

Rodríguez Erazo said that on April 14-15, DACO conducted 177 visits to establishments throughout Puerto Rico, including fish markets, supermarkets and food stores. As a result, 39 violation notices were issued: 22 on Monday and 17 on Tuesday.

The most common violations, grouped by regulation, were:

* Rule 6 (Quality and Safety) – 13 notices for expired products displayed for sale, which were immediately removed by inspectors in accordance with Regulation 7319.

* Rule 18 (Price Labeling) – Eight notices for incorrect, incomplete, or misleading price labeling of food products.

* Rule 24 (Product Availability) – Nine notices for failure to meet the minimum required availability for advertised or basic products.

* Rule 9 (Advertising and Promotions) – Five notices for deceptive practices or lack of evidence to support active promotions.

* Improper Inspection of Services – Four notices for failure to comply with the proper service request process.

On Monday, meanwhile, 29 official violation notices

were issued, distributed as follows:

Six supermarket chains with a presence throughout the island, which were required to provide evidence of:

* Inventory available as of April 1, 2025, of basic foodstuffs and essential products.

* Average selling price of those items.

* Information on the arrival of new inventory as of April 2.

* Recent price changes and justified causes.

* Country of origin of each product in inventory.

Additionally, violation notices were sent to 22 new and used car dealers throughout Puerto Rico, from whom the following were requested:

* Number of vehicles (new and used) in inventory as of April 1, 2025.

* Individual selling price of each vehicle.

* Details of vehicles received from April 2 onward.

* Price changes and justification for increases, if any.

* Country of origin of vehicles in inventory.

All affected businesses were given 15 calendar days to submit the required information. DACO warned that failure to comply with this requirement could result in administrative sanctions, pursuant to Articles 3, 6(d), and 14 of Law 5 and its current regulations.

Bill would create registry, promote full accessibility of island sports & recreational facilities

By THE STAR STAFF

District 14 (Arecibo and Hatillo) Rep. Edgar Robles Rivera, who chairs the Consumer Affairs Committee in the lower chamber, introduced House Bill 516 on Wednesday, which would create the “Special Law for the Registry of Barrier-Free Sports and Recreational Facilities in the Government of Puerto Rico.”

The legislation seeks to guarantee that all people with disabilities have seamless access to the country’s various sports and recreational areas, ensuring that they are fully accessible.

The initiative instructs the Office of the Ombudsman for People with Disabilities, in coordination with the Department of Sports and Recreation (DRD by its initials in Spanish), to

create a special registry identifying accessible sports and recreational facilities by municipality. Additionally, available adaptive sports programs, whether public or private, will be included to ensure that all people, regardless of their physical condition, can fully enjoy sports and recreational activities “without any barriers,” Robles said.

“The bill seeks to improve the quality of life for all people with disabilities in Puerto Rico,” the legislator said. “We know that municipal sports and recreation directors and recreational and community leaders are the ones who best understand the needs of their municipalities, and they are the ones who will help us identify which facilities are accessible.”

“Working together with our community leaders and DRD officials is essential for this effort to be a success,” the lawmaker

added. “House Bill 516 is not only designed to identify and disseminate information, but also to ensure that sports and recreation facilities are truly inclusive.”

Bill filed to declare October as month for pastoral appreciation

By THE STAR STAFF

District 4 (Mayagüez-Aguadilla) Sen. Karen Román Rodríguez introduced Senate Bill 519 on Wednesday with the purpose of officially declaring the month of October of each year as the “Pastoral and Clergy of Puerto Rico Appreciation Month.”

The initiative seeks to recognize and honor the significant work carried out by religious leaders in communities throughout the island.

“Pastoral leadership has been, historically, a pillar in the social, spiritual and emotional life of our people. From our mountains

to urban centers, they have accompanied our families in the hardest and most hopeful moments,” Román Rodríguez said. “This measure is an act of justice and recognition of their tireless dedication.”

Since 1994, several states in the United States and other countries have dedicated the month of October to celebrating clerical service. Puerto Rico, whose history and culture are steeped in matters of faith, recognizes that to speak of social development without mentioning faith communities is to omit an essential part of islanders’ cultural identity, the senator noted. The measure, which has been referred to the relevant committee for evaluation, also establishes that the sitting governor must

issue an official proclamation every October, urging public and private entities and citizens to join the celebration through activities that exalt the work of pastoral care and of clergy. Government agencies will be authorized to organize recognition events, especially focused on those religious leaders who collaborate in social and community support work, without those actions being interpreted as an improper use of public funds for religious purposes.

“Beyond their spiritual role, pastors, priests, and ministers are counselors, community leaders, and in many cases, the only support some people have,” Román Rodríguez said. “They are an example of love in action and total dedication to society.”

Consumer Affairs Secretary Valerie Rodríguez Erazo

Rep. Carlos Méndez Núñez

Cataño activates security plan, to mark Easter with family event

By THE STAR STAFF

Cataño Mayor Julio Alicea Vasallo announced on Wednesday a security plan with advanced technology to protect residents and visitors during Holy Week, and invited them to enjoy the Fishing Village (Villa Pesquera) and a family event on Easter Sunday.

“The well-being and safety of the families who visit us and of our people is always a priority,” Alicea Vasallo said in a written statement. “This Holy Week, we are not only reinforcing human resources on our streets, but we are also activating technological systems that allow us to monitor tourist areas and respond quickly. This is part of an ongoing strategy for a safer Cataño.”

The plan includes preventive patrols, the integration of municipal police and emergency management

personnel, as well as video surveillance and electronic monitoring on the Edwin Rivera Sierra Waterfront, one of the busiest areas during the current season.

As part of the recreational schedule, the municipality encouraged visitors to visit the Fishing Village, a space for local cuisine by the sea, and announced an Easter activity on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the boardwalk.

“Easter represents joy, hope, and renewal,” first lady Bethzaida Rodríguez Torres said. “That’s why we’ve prepared a special afternoon for families, with our children in mind. We’ll have music, characters, surprises, and a colorful atmosphere to celebrate this significant day together.”

The event will include a show by Remi the clown, live music, children’s characters and themed decorations. Admission is free and open to the entire community.

Judge orders temporary stop to felling of trees in Rincón

A court order temporarily prohibits the removal of any trees along a 3.4-kilometer bicycle path, which when completed will connect Rincón’s Domes Beach (above) to the western coastal town’s public beach. (Wikipedia/ Gordon Tarpley)

By THE STAR STAFF

In response to ongoing legal challenges, Aguadilla Superior Court Judge Johnny Reyes Villanueva has issued an order mandating a 10-day halt to tree-cutting operations for the Rincón Bike Route project.

The decision, issued late Tuesday, precedes an upcoming injunction hearing in which local residents plan to contest the validity of the project’s permit.

Initially set for Wednesday, the hearing had to be postponed due to issues with the serving of a summons to engineer Claudio Torres of Tamrio, the project’s contracted firm, which was awarded the contract by the Highways and Transportation Authority (ACT by its initials in Spanish). ACT representatives had sought to dismiss the appeal, claiming Torres was indisposed and that there was negligence in serving him. However, the court rejected both that argument and the plaintiffs’ request to move forward without the engineer.

As a result, Reyes Villanueva ordered a work stoppage

and issued a new injunction, along with a summons for contempt of court against Torres. The court order prohibits the contractor and the government from removing any trees along the 3.4-kilometer bicycle path, which connects Rincón’s Domes Beach to its public beach. Failure to comply with the directive could lead to contempt of court charges.

Local residents who are the plaintiffs in the case argue that their properties have suffered specific damages due to the project. They contend that the Permit Management Office violated the law by failing to provide them with proper notice or opportunities to voice their concerns before issuing the project’s single incidental permit in May 2024. They assert that the permit was authorized “through categorical exclusion,” which allowed the office to bypass the requirements for notification and public hearings.

As legal proceedings continue, the court’s decision to temporarily halt tree cutting addresses some residents’ immediate concerns, while the upcoming injunction hearing will further explore the legality of the project’s permit.

Normandie Hotel renovation would take land from Sixto Escobar Park, planner says

By THE STAR STAFF

The island Office of Management and Permits (OGPe by its acronym in Spanish) has approved zoning changes to the land surrounding the Normandie Hotel on the Isleta de San Juan, primarily in Sixto Escobar Park, to be used as part of the renovations.

The assertion was made by planner Pedro Cardona Roig in a radio interview this week.

The historic Normandie, which has been abandoned since 2009, was sold a few years ago for $8.6 million to Normandie Oz LLC, an investor under Act 60, a tax incentives law that

provides exemptions to businesses and investors that relocate to or establish themselves in Puerto Rico.

“There is a territorial plan here that stipulates that this place is a park and should remain a park,” Cardona Roig emphasized. “They presented the consultation to change that and allow private use for the personal gain of the Ishay group and Normandie OC at the expense of the use and privatization of a third of what belongs to the people of Puerto Rico.”

The former legislative candidate for San Juan District 1 said the community can still file an administrative review appeal with the OGPe.

“The resolution has multiple errors, inconsistencies, and

illegalities,” he said. “Among them, it uses the Joint Emergency Regulation of 2023, which has been in effect for more than 90 days and has never been subject to a public hearing. Therefore, according to our laws and regulations, it is a null and void regulation, and therefore cannot be used.”

The Municipality of San Juan in 2023 approved an ordinance that would lease land from Escambrón Beach in San Juan to the Normandie Hotel so it could be developed into a parking facility. The ordinance states that the Escambrón Area and the Normandie Hotel lack adequate parking spaces. Under the ordinance, the corporation plans to build some 500 parking spaces.

The emphasis is on safe celebration and family fun in Cataño this holiday weekend.

Judge scolds government for doing ‘nothing’ to return wrongly deported man

By ALAN FEUER

Afederal judge scolded the Trump administration earlier this week for dragging its feet in complying with a Supreme Court order that directed the White House to “facilitate” the release of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador last month.

“To date nothing has been done,” the judge, Paula Xinis, told a lawyer for the Justice Department. “Nothing.”

The stern words came during a Tuesday hearing in U.S. District Court in Maryland, where Xinis said she intended to force Trump officials to answer questions — both in writing and in depositions — about what they had done so far to get the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, out of the prison.

Noting that every passing day was another that Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old father of three, suffered harm in Salvadoran custody, the judge set up a fast schedule for officials to provide documents and sit for depositions.

“We’re going to move,” she said. “There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding.”

The hearing came only one day after President Donald Trump said at an Oval Office news conference that he was powerless in seeking Abrego Garcia’s freedom. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, sitting beside Trump, said he had no intention of releasing the man.

The case of Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker the Trump administration accused of being a member of the violent street gang MS-13, has emerged in recent days as

yet another flashpoint in Trump’s aggressive plans to deport immigrants the government has deemed to be criminals, even if there is little evidence to support its claims.

It has also become the latest test of the White House’s willingness to defy court orders and potentially shatter the traditional, but increasingly fragile, balance of power between the executive and judicial branches.

Three courts, including the Supreme Court, have now ruled that the White House is required to take at least some steps toward freeing Abrego Garcia from a notorious Salvadoran prison, known as CECOT, where he was sent with scores of other migrants

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Until this week, the Trump administration had acknowledged that he had been inadvertently deported in violation of a previous court order that prohibited him from being sent to El Salvador. On Tuesday, however, top officials, including Stephen Miller, Trump’s chief domestic policy adviser, changed course, suddenly declaring that the deportation had been purposeful and legal.

During the hearing, Xinis, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, clearly signaled that she wanted to get to the bottom of the administration’s obfuscations and delays. She couched her decision to compel Trump officials to reveal what they had done behind the scenes as a first step toward figuring out if the administration had been acting in bad faith and ignoring court orders.

agreed with her, likening Abrego Garcia’s removal from the United States to an official kidnapping and expressing outrage that the Trump administration appeared to have simply abdicated any responsibility to rescue him.

“The facts of this case thus present the potential for a disturbing loophole: namely that the government could whisk individuals to foreign prisons in violation of court orders and then contend, invoking its Article II powers, that it is no longer their custodian, and there is nothing that can be done,” a member of the three-judge panel wrote. “It takes no small amount of imagination to understand that this is a path of perfect lawlessness, one that courts cannot condone.”

When the Supreme Court weighed in, its decision was nuanced and somewhat ambiguous.

The justices endorsed Xinis’ view that the administration needed to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return, but they stopped short of actually ordering it, indicating that even federal courts may not have the authority to require the executive branch to take such an action.

At one point in Tuesday’s hearing, Drew Ensign, a lawyer for the Justice Department, said that the administration agreed that it had to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release. But Ensign advanced a narrow definition of the word, suggesting that the White House could take an entirely passive posture in the matter.

“If Abrego Garcia presents himself at a port of entry,” Ensign told Xinis, “we will facilitate his entry to the United States.”

Xinis appeared to be skeptical that the White House could simply sit back and wait for someone else to free Abrego Garcia, pointing out that the word “facilitate” required a more proactive stance.

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In her initial order directing the White House to bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, Xinis found that the Trump administration had flown him out of the country “without notice, legal justification or due process.”

Moreover, she chided government officials for having made “a grievous error” by deporting him, adding that the White House, by then refusing to retrieve him from one of the most “inhumane and dangerous prisons in the world,” had exposed him to harm that “shocks the conscience.”

Days later, a federal appeals court

“Defendants therefore remain obligated, at a minimum, to take the steps available to them toward aiding, assisting, or making easier Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador,” she wrote in an order filed shortly after the hearing ended.

In her written order, Xinis said she would allow Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to make 15 requests for documents and depose as many as six administration officials.

She also said that the lawyers were “entitled to explore the lawful basis — if any — for Abrego Garcia’s continued detention in CECOT, including who authorized his initial placement there and who presently authorizes his continued confinement.”

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Protesters gather during a hearing in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, outside a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., April 15, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Trump picks a Hunter Biden whistleblower to temporarily lead the IRS

By ANDREW DUEHREN

President Donald Trump has picked Gary Shapley, an Internal Revenue Service agent who has said the investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes was not aggressive enough, to temporarily lead the tax collector.

Shapley’s claims that the Justice Department slow-walked the tax investigation into Hunter Biden were central to House Republicans’ attempted impeachment of his father, President Joe Biden. As acting commissioner, Shapley will succeed Melanie Krause, who decided to step down after the Trump administration pushed the IRS to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement deport immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

Shapley, whom the Treasury Department named a senior adviser last month, will take over the IRS at a moment of extraordinary turmoil. Roughly a third of its 100,000-person workforce is already on its way out the door, with many of the agency’s senior leaders quitting or being forced out in recent weeks. Shapley will be the fourth person to lead the IRS this year.

The possibility of Shapley leading the IRS has in recent days unnerved some IRS employees, who worry about the historically neutral tax collector’s enlistment in political projects such as immigration enforcement. Trump said Tuesday that Harvard University should lose its tax-exempt status after rejecting his administration’s demands to change its hiring, admissions

practices and curriculum.

In an interview on Fox Business last month about his earlier promotion to the Treasury Department, Shapley said he would seek to overhaul the agency. Joseph Ziegler, another IRS whistleblower in the Hunter Biden case, was also promoted to senior adviser at Treasury.

“We know the IRS inside and out and we can be very surgical,” Shapley said. “And we can make sure that we attack that bureau cracy from the inside and make sure it gets all the way to the culture of IRS and has positive change there.”

Shapley and Ziegler have said they faced retaliation from the IRS for raising their concerns about the Hunter Biden tax case, including being taken off the investigation. Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges last year. The president pardoned his son before leaving office.

“Gary has proven his honesty and devotion to enforcing the law without fear or favor, even at great cost to his own career,” a Treasury spokesperson said. “He’ll be a great asset to the IRS as we rethink and reform this crucial organization.”

It is unclear how long Shapley, who started at the IRS in 2009 in its criminal investigations unit, will lead the service. Trump has nominated Billy Long, a former Republican member of Congress who pushed a tax credit that was a magnet for fraud, to lead the agency, but the Senate has yet to confirm him.

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Gary Shapley, an IRS agent who participated in an investigation into Hunter Biden’s finances, gives testimony before a House Ways and Means committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dec. 5, 2023. President Trump has picked Shapley, an Internal Revenue Service agent who has said the investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes was not aggressive enough, to temporarily lead the tax collector. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

Attack on Shapiro raises fears about political violence

By NICK CORASANITI

Acharred piano. A singed light fixture dangling by a cord in a fire-scarred room. Plates strewn with ash, not far from a dinner table just cleared from a Passover Seder.

The scorched rooms inside the official residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania were the work of an arsonist who authorities say admitted “harboring hatred” for Shapiro. Officials say the suspect revealed that if he found the Democratic governor, he planned to beat him with a hammer.

The attack on Shapiro and his family was only the latest prominent attempt on the life of an American elected official. A string of violent outbursts in recent years has raised alarms about the threats lawmakers are confronting and the country’s often poisonous political environment.

President Donald Trump faced two assassination attempts last year, with a bullet grazing his ear at a rally in Pennsylvania during one of them. A group of extremists planned to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. A man broke into Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco and assaulted her husband with a hammer. A gunman attacked Republican members of Congress as they practiced for a baseball game, wounding Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana.

And the same weekend as the attack on Shapiro, an unsealed FBI affidavit revealed that officials believe a 17-year-old in Wisconsin killed his mother and stepfather as part of a broader assassination plot against Trump.

Yet while the attacks have rattled Americans in both parties, research shows that political violence overall is not necessarily on the

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania speaks to reporters outside of his official residence in Harrisburg, Pa., April 13, 2025. While political violence has not surged overall, a series of high-profile attempts on American leaders have shaken a public already worried about the country’s toxic political environment. (Kyle Grantham/The New York Times)

rise. Large-scale eruptions — with the notable exception of the Trump-inspired riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — have not become more frequent.

Support among Americans for acts of political violence such as murder or arson remains exceedingly low, according to a weekly study conducted by the Polarization Research Lab at Dartmouth College.

“The high-profile nature of the attacks definitely makes it so that the public perceives political violence as a threat to the country that is disproportionate to the actual nature of the problem,” said Sean J. Westwood, a professor

“Acts of violence have no place in our politics,” Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said in a statement. “Those responsible should be held accountable.”

Trump, who has pointed to the specter of domestic terrorism as justification for his aggressive immigration agenda, did not issue a statement Sunday or Monday morning. Asked on Monday in the Oval Office about the attack, he said the assailant was “probably just a wack job.”

“Certainly a thing like that cannot be allowed to happen,” Trump said.

Authorities have yet to reveal more information on the suspect’s political leanings, but several Democrats and Jewish groups noted that the attack against Shapiro, who is Jewish, came on the first night of Passover. Law enforcement authorities have not commented on whether the arson is being investigated as a hate crime.

at Dartmouth College and the director of the lab.

But the relative rarity of political violence has done little to settle an American public on edge, and threats continue to flood the inboxes of elected officials, election workers and journalists.

Before the 2024 election, more than 70% of voters said they were “very worried” about political violence, according to a poll by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

On Sunday, Shapiro stood outside his residence, where broken and blackened windows sat behind yellow caution tape, and vowed to work harder as governor in the face of threats.

“This kind of violence is becoming far too common in our society, and I don’t give a damn if it’s coming from one particular side or the other, directed at one particular party or another, or one particular person or another,” Shapiro said, his voice rising with anger. “It is not OK, and it has to stop. We have to be better than this.”

Condemnation of the attack was swift and bipartisan.

“Thanks be to God that Governor Shapiro and his family were unharmed in this attack,” Vice President JD Vance wrote on social media. “Really disgusting violence, and I hope whoever did it is brought swiftly to justice.”

“Political violence of any kind is never acceptable, and it is especially unconscionable to attack a Jewish family during the first night of Passover,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader, said in a statement. “Everyone responsible must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

Federal and state officials have taken steps to address threats of political violence. In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland created an elections threat task force based in the Justice Department’s public integrity unit. Last year, numerous election offices were fortified with bulletproof glass and an increased security presence.

Such steps have helped to ferret out and prevent attacks before they happen. Jena Griswold, the Democratic secretary of state in Colorado, received more than 1,800 death threats and violent threats last year. Law enforcement officials arrested and charged multiple people said to be responsible.

But the threats still prompted many local election officials and workers to resign or back away from working in the next election. In Colorado, county clerks had roughly 40% turnover, Griswold said in an interview, as “we have seen people step down because they are not willing to continue to work in this type of atmosphere.”

“It is very hard to live under that threat environment,” she said, adding how relieved she was that Shapiro and his family were safe. “It definitely takes a toll on just how you live your daily life, and it absolutely has affected elections here in Colorado and across the nation.”

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How the crypto industry’s political spending is paying off

By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY

At the end of a three-hour hearing last month, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., sided with a group of Republicans in a hotly contested debate. He voted to advance the GENIUS Act, a bill backed by the cryptocurrency industry.

“It’s clear that digital assets are here to stay,” Gallego said after the Senate Banking Committee hearing. Breaking from the committee’s top Democrat, he called the bill a “step in the right direction.”

The vote, 18-6, was only preliminary, advancing a bill that will require approval from the full Senate. But in the crypto world, it was celebrated as a moment of vindication.

Gallego is part of an increasingly influential cohort in Congress: beneficiaries of the crypto industry’s largesse. During a tight Senate race last year, he was aided by $10 million from super political action committees financed by three large crypto companies, including the Coinbase digital currency exchange. The money funded ads that promoted Gallego’s military service and support for border enforcement.

Now, he and dozens of other lawmakers supported by the super PACs are taking steps in Congress to advance crypto priorities, handing a series of long-awaited victories to an industry with an extensive history of fraud and volatility.

In the Senate, these legislators have thrown support behind the GENIUS Act, which would pave the way for businesses to issue stablecoins, a digital currency designed to maintain a price of $1. And in both chambers, they have voted to repeal a Biden-era rule that required crypto firms to report certain tax information to the IRS.

An industry spending millions of dollars to influence Congress is hardly unusual. But crypto’s political machine has stood out for the scale of its spending — and the speed of the results.

The industry has responded with glee. The spending is already “bearing fruit,” said Josh Vlasto, a spokesperson for Fairshake, a super PAC that worked with two affiliated PACs to support pro-crypto congressional candidates. “This is a total sea change in terms of how Congress is approaching this industry.”

The crypto legislation is progressing just as U.S. regulators roll back a yearslong enforcement campaign. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped lawsuits aga-

Perianne Boring, founder of the Digital Chamber, and other members of the blockchain trade association during a lobbying day for meeting with members of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 22, 2025. Federal lawmakers who benefited from crypto largess in the 2024 election are speedily advancing the industry’s agenda. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

inst major crypto firms such as Coinbase and Kraken, lifting a legal cloud over the industry.

An investor in crypto, Trump signed an executive order last month calling for the creation of a national crypto reserve — a government stockpile containing bitcoin and other digital currencies.

The stablecoin legislation is poised to benefit Trump’s business interests. At a crypto conference in March, he said stablecoins would “expand the dominance of the U.S. dollar” and called for “common-sense” legislation. A few days later, World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm that his family helped start, announced that it would begin selling a stablecoin called USD1.

The stablecoin bill could go to the Senate floor for a vote in the coming weeks — to the alarm of some Democrats who argue that Congress is giving the industry and Trump exactly what they want.

The crypto industry has “spent a lot of money, and many of our members are beneficiaries,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee. “Many of them may not have taken the time to really examine what it is we’re doing.”

Gallego was not a sponsor of the GENIUS Act, and he has said it requires fine-tuning. (The full name is the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act.) But he has also defended the bill, saying it includes protections for consumers.

“Senator Gallego believes it is important to have a seat at the table and work with colleagues on both sides,” Jacques Petit, his spokesperson, said in a statement. “It remains the senator’s priority to ensure proper guard rails are in place.”

In an interview, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who was a co-sponsor of the GENIUS Act, said crypto spending had no impact on the legislation.

“If you made your decisions on what you’re for based on who’s giving you the most money, you would fail as a member of Congress,” said Gillibrand, who was not funded by the crypto super PACs.

During the Biden administration, the in-

dustry hired expensive lobbyists to push for federal legislation, without making much headway. The 2024 campaign was a turning point.

A group of crypto executives and political strategists formed Fairshake and two affiliated super PACs, Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, which spent more than $130 million to influence tight congressional races across the country. The spending was financed mostly by Coinbase, digital currency business Ripple and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has financed more than 100 crypto startups.

Candidates backed by the super PACs won 53 of 58 races. In Ohio, Defend American Jobs spent $40 million to support Bernie Moreno, a Republican crypto entrepreneur who unseated Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chair of the Banking Committee and an outspoken crypto critic. Protect Progress spent $10 million to help Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, win a Senate seat in Michigan. And another $10 million from the super PACs boosted Gallego, who had spoken favorably about crypto in the past.

The industry has since set out to convert those electoral victories into legislation. Executives at firms such as Coinbase, Ripple and Binance, a giant exchange that settled criminal charges with the U.S. government in 2023, have descended on Washington, meeting with lawmakers and posing for photographs on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Their first priority is the bill laying out rules for stablecoins. The second is “market structure” legislation that would ensure most cryptocurrencies are not subject to enforcement lawsuits by the SEC, which conducted a crackdown during the Biden years.

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White House ends a regular reporting slot for independent newswires

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and KATIE ROBERTSON

The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would no longer reserve a regular slot in the presidential press pool for three independent newswires that have participated for decades, including The Associated Press.

The move is the latest effort by the White House to exert more control over the dedicated press corps that reports on its day-to-day activities. It was also a new wrinkle in an unfolding legal battle with the AP, whose journalists have been barred for the past two months from covering small-scale events with the president.

A federal judge said last week that the White House had to restore full access to AP journalists, ruling that the administration’s ban amounted to a violation of the First Amendment. The White House has appealed, and a hearing was set for Thursday.

The presidential press pool is a small, rotating group of reporters who are granted access to more intimate events with the president, such as Oval Office receptions, and relay the proceedings to other journalists and the broader public. It is a logistical accommodation for smaller spaces that cannot fit dozens of reporters, and an opportunity for journalists to interact up close with the president and ask him direct questions.

In February, breaking decades of bipartisan precedent, the administration said it would begin handpicking the members of the pool, wresting control from the independent White House Correspondents’ Association, which decried the move. “In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps,” the group said at the time.

On Tuesday, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, released a more specific set of guidelines for the press pool, including the elimination of a slot reserved for journalists representing one of three major newswires: the AP, Bloomberg News and Reuters. (Newswires distribute syndicated news articles, videos and photographs to thousands of other media outlets around the United States and the world, many of which

cannot afford to employ reporters in Washington.)

That slot, Leavitt said, will instead be filled by an additional journalist from a print media outlet, selected from a rotation of several dozen. Reporters at the three newswires are still eligible to fill the print media slot, but they will no longer be granted access to these sorts of presidential events on a near-daily basis. The change was reported earlier by The New York Post.

“The White House press secretary shall retain day-to-day discretion to determine composition of the pool,” Leavitt said in a memorandum. “This is necessary to ensure that the president’s message reaches targeted audiences and that outlets with applicable subject-matter expertise are present as events warrant.”

Lauren Easton, an AP spokesperson, said in a statement Tuesday that the Trump administration’s actions “continue to disregard the fundamental American freedom to speak without government control or retaliation.”

“We are deeply disappointed that the administration has

chosen to restrict the access of all wire services, whose fast and accurate White House coverage informs billions of people every single day, rather than reinstate The Associated Press to the wire pool,” Easton said.

A Reuters spokesperson said, “We remain committed to covering the White House in an impartial, accurate and independent way.”

A Bloomberg spokesperson declined to comment. The White House Correspondents’ Association said in a statement that the changes “show that the White House is just using a new means to do the same thing: retaliate against news organizations for coverage the White House doesn’t like.”

President Donald Trump and his allies have embarked on a multipronged effort to weaken branches of the American independent press, filing lawsuits against ABC and CBS and threatening to rescind the broadcast licenses of major networks.

The administration’s dispute with the AP stems from the newswire’s continued use of the term “Gulf of Mexico” to refer to the body of water that Trump renamed the Gulf of America in an executive order.

In response, White House officials in February blocked AP journalists from participating in the press pool, prompting the newswire to file a lawsuit to restore its access.

Trump officials say the changes are intended to grant more opportunities to nontraditional media outlets as Americans often consume information from venues beyond traditional news sources. “Legacy media outlets who have been here for years will still participate in the pool, but new voices are going to be welcomed in as well,” Leavitt said in February.

In February, the AP, Bloomberg and Reuters issued a joint statement saying that “much of the White House coverage people see in their local news outlets, wherever they are in the world, comes from the wires.”

“It is essential in a democracy for the public to have access to news about their government from an independent, free press,” the statement continued. “We believe that any steps by the government to limit the number of wire services with access to the president threatens that principle.”

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 9, 2025. The Trump administration said Tuesday, April 15, 2025, that it would no longer reserve a regular slot in the presidential press pool for three independent newswires that have participated for decades, including The Associated Press. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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Wall Street ends sharply lower; Nvidia drops, Powell says growth appears to be slowing

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday as Nvidia warned about steep charges from new U.S. curbs on its chip exports to China and as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said U.S. economic growth appears to be slowing.

Powell, in remarks for the Economic Club of Chicago, said larger-than-expected tariffs likely mean higher inflation and slower growth. But he noted that the U.S. economy is still in a solid position, and that the Fed is waiting for greater clarity before considering policy changes.

Stocks added to declines from earlier in the day after Powell’s comments, with Nvidia and other chipmaker stocks among the biggest decliners.

“Powell is confirming what investors have been worried about, and that is the likelihood of slowing economic growth and more stubborn inflation as a result of the tariffs,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research.

An index of semiconductor stocks was down sharply.

Nvidia said late on Tuesday it would take $5.5 billion in charges after the U.S. government limited exports of its H20 artificial-intelligence chip to China, a key market for one of its most popular chips.

According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 120.84 points, or 2.24%, to end at 5,275.79 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 513.57 points, or 3.05%, to 16,309.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 695.17 points, or 1.72%, to 39,673.79.

The U.S. and China have been going back and forth in a tariff battle in recent weeks.

Also on Wednesday, Dutch chip-making tools giant ASML warned that the tariffs had led to increased uncertainty about its outlook.

Traders on Wednesday kept bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts this year after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank is well-positioned to wait for greater clarity before making any changes to the stance of policy.

Traders of short-term interest-rate futures are betting the Fed resumes rate cuts in June and that by year end the policy rate, currently in the 4.25%-4.50% range, will be a full percentage point lower.

“Obviously it was a difficult decision. The market was much more torn - as were economists - than is normal ahead of a Bank of Canada decision, and understandably so, given the intense uncertainty. ... He’s clearly laid open the possibility of getting a lot more aggressive if the economy deteriorates substantially. ... As long as Canada isn’t the prime target for the trade war, I think that the Canadian dollar actually can improve here because the U.S. dollar is likely to remain under pressure over the next year in terms of yields.”

“Today’s decision is in line with our expectation, but the Bank of Canada did seem a bit dovish on what is coming next, and I would reference today’s decision to (BoC Governor Tiff) Macklem’s March speech. We thought the bank was clearly laying out what their approach was going to be for conducting policy in an environment of trade uncertainty. And given that the economic data that we have seen in Canada has not been that negative, we did

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not think there was tangible evidence of a slowdown or clarity on the future path of the economy for the bank to preemptively cut rates, and they are weary about stoking inflation again. Therefore, we looked for a hold and it materialized. I do expect weakness to pile up, and the Bank will be forced to cut rates again. I think if you read in between lines there is a tinge of regret around allowing policy to remain too easy for too long following the pandemic and they would very much not like to repeat that mistake again.”

“While consensus had been split ahead of today’s rate announcement, we do not think it should come as a surprise that the Governing Council chose to pause its easing cycle in this latest decision.”

“Granted, headline inflation undershot expectations yesterday - this was largely the result of gasoline and travel prices, both of which should be discounted in BoC thinking. More importantly, underlying inflation metrics remain elevated, and are yet to reverse a surprise uptick seen in the February data.”

“We think the Governing Council would have liked to pause easing in March to assess disinflation progress but were prevented from doing so by

Trump (administration) tariff risks. With these having faded somewhat for Canada post-Liberation Day, and with a stronger loonie limiting imported inflation pressures, policymakers now have an opportunity to take stock.”

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Israel threatens further escalation in war in Gaza

By LARA JAKES

Israel’s defense minister warned Wednesday that the war in the Gaza Strip would soon escalate with “tremendous force” and an extended humanitarian blockade if Hamas did not quickly release hostages amid stalled ceasefire negotiations.

The blunt and detailed statement by the minister, Israel Katz, came as a growing list of former Israeli security officials accused the government of prolonging the war at the expense of the surviving hostages who remain in Gaza.

At the same time, the United Nations warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was likely at its worst since the conflict began in October 2023, and that the population was once again on the brink of famine.

Katz said Israeli troops would remain in the territory in Gaza that the military had seized last month after the collapse of a six-week ceasefire. During the truce, Hamas freed about 30 living hostages and returned the bodies of eight others.

He said the Israeli military would use “tremendous force, from the air, land and sea” to destroy Hamas bunkers both above and below ground, and keep up the evacuations of Palestinians who again are being forced to leave their homes to escape the strikes. Already, hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents have been displaced.

These measures aim to “bring about the release of all the hostages,” Katz said, while carving out a path to defeat Hamas later.

“If Hamas persists in its refusal, the activity will expand and move to the next stages,” Katz said.

An American proposal, introduced last month by Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff, would require Hamas to release some living hostages without guarantees from Israel that it would permanently end the war — something Hamas has been demanding.

Hamas has rejected the U.S. plan as well as demands that it disarm as part of an eventual settlement.

Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, said Wednesday that the group was ready to negotiate a settlement that would lead to the end of the war and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

“Whatever illusions Netanyahu promotes to his people to prolong the war are paid for by everyone, especially their prisoners,” Naim wrote on social media, referring to the hostages held by the armed group.

But frustration is mounting against Hamas in Gaza, where Palestinians have increasingly taken to the streets to demand that the group give up control of the enclave so the war can end. Such protests were once rare, as they risked violent retribution by Hamas.

On Wednesday, crowds of Palestinians gathered in the city of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, chanting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war.

Israelis are also increasingly arguing that their leaders should reach a deal with Hamas to bring home the remaining hostages — even if that means ending the war. Critics of the government say the ramped-up war is putting the remaining hostages in greater peril.

On Wednesday, hundreds of former senior Israeli police officials joined a group of nearly 1,000 active-duty and reserve forces who had earlier called for a negotiated agreement to free the hostages immediately.

And U.N. officials said time was running out for the nearly 2 million Palestinians who depend on foreign aid for survival.

The aid that was delivered to Gaza during the ceasefire that ended last month has “practically run out,” said John Whyte, the acting deputy director of the Gaza operations for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that aids Palestinians.

“We are facing once again the prospect of famine,” Whyte warned Tuesday.

Separately, the main U.N. agency for humanitarian affairs said that Israel’s intensified military operations, aid blockade, evacuation orders and disruption of health care “are driving what is likely the worst humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.” It cited vast food and water insecurity and attacks on hospitals that have disrupted “an already decimated health system.”

Katz said that while the Israeli military would continue to block humanitarian aid to Gaza, he also called for “creating an infrastructure for distribution through civil society later on.”

That prompted an immediate backlash from rival officials in Israel’s government who accused him of giving in to Hamas, which has some control of how food is distributed in the territory.

“Cutting off aid is one of the main levers of pressure on Hamas, and returning it before Hamas gets on its knees and releases all of our hostages would be a historic mistake,” Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right national security minister, said on social media.

Katz said his comments were being distorted by “those who try to mislead.”

“Israel’s policy is clear and no humanitarian aid is about to enter Gaza,” he said in a follow-up statement.

Pope Francis thanks doctors and nurses for his recovery

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Pope Francis on Wednesday held an audience with dozens of doctors, nurses and hospital staff who helped get him back to health after

bronchial infections and double pneumonia put his life at risk earlier this year.

“Thank you, thank you for everything you have done,” Francis said in a raspy voice. “I pray for you, I hope you do the same for me.”

But in a sign of his continued frailty, the Vatican announced that the 88year old pontiff would not lead the celebration of major services on Easter week-

end and had instead delegated several cardinals to take his place. It remains unclear if he will attend any Easter festivities, though he may still give a blessing.

His brief statements to the hospital staff were the most Francis had said in public since March 23, when he was released from the Policlinico A. Gemelli hospital in Rome after a 38-day stay.

When he left the hospital, his doctors disclosed that the pontiff had been so ill that he nearly died on two occasions. Francis was admitted Feb. 14 with bronchitis that developed into pneumonia in both lungs.

Since returning to the Vatican, Francis has been convalescing in the guest-

house where he lives, gradually increasing appointments in his daily routine. Along with daily physiotherapy, both motor and respiratory, Francis has begun to meet with top Vatican officials on a regular basis, according to the Vatican press office. He has also been working on texts and documents, it said.

Although his doctors cautioned the pope to take things easy for at least two months, he has made a couple of surprise appearances during recent Sunday Masses in St. Peter’s Square. He also took a spin in his wheelchair through St. Peter’s Basilica last week in street clothes, and met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla of Britain. But he has not celebrated any public Mass.

People line up for lentil soup being distributed by Heroic Hearts to displaced people living in tents in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)

Trump gives conflicting signals and mixed messages on Iran nuclear talks

By DAVID E. SANGER

Just a few weeks ago, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, a longtime hawk on Iran, cast the administration’s goal in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in crystal clear terms.

“Full dismantlement,” he said. He went on to list what that meant: Iran had to give up facilities for enriching nuclear fuel, for “weaponization” and even its long-range missiles.

But what sounded like a simple, toughsounding goal on a Sunday talk show has started to unravel. In the past 24 hours, officials have left a contradictory and confusing set of messages, suggesting the administration might settle for caps on Iran’s activities — much as President Barack Obama did a decade ago — before backtracking on Tuesday.

Some of this may simply reflect inexperience in dealing with nuclear weapons programs. Trump’s chief negotiator is Steve Witkoff, a friend of the president’s who, as a New York developer like him, has spent a lifetime dealing with skyscrapers but only began delving into Iran’s underground nuclear centrifuges and suspected weapons labs a few weeks ago.

A woman walks past a news kiosk with headlines about the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Oman, in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2025. Trump administration started with a simple goal: Make Iran dismantle its nuclear and missile programs. Then its top negotiator started softening his tone and had to retreat. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

it in 2018, calling it “a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made.”

But the inconsistency also appears rooted in the splits inside Trump’s national security team as it grapples anew with one of the longest-lasting and most vexing problems in American foreign policy: How to stop Iran’s nuclear program without going to war over it. So far, the result is a blitz of mixed messages, conflicting signals and blustering threats, not unlike the way Trump and his aides talk about their ever-evolving tariff strategy.

The issue came to the fore Monday night when Witkoff began talking about his first encounter with Iran’s foreign minister Saturday in Oman. The meeting went well, he said, plunging into the complex world of Iran’s nuclear program, which has taken it to the very threshold of building a weapon.

Witkoff emerged from that meeting envisioning a very different kind of deal with Iran than the one Waltz described.

In a friendly interview with Fox News, he spoke about building a system of “verification” for the production of enriched uranium, “and ultimately verification on weaponization, that includes missiles, type of missiles that they have stockpiled there, and it includes the trigger for a bomb.” He suggested Iran might still be able to produce uranium at low levels — those needed to produce nuclear power — and he never mentioned the world “dismantlement.”

He was describing, in short, a revised, presumably more Trumpian version of the agreement the Obama administration struck with Iran a decade ago. “In principle the original nuclear deal can be improved,” he said. Trump has regularly derided that deal as a “disaster” and pulled out of

A few years later, Iran declared that if the United States would not abide by the old agreement, it would not either. It began enriching uranium to near-bomb-grade, putting it just days or weeks from having the fuel to make six or more weapons. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Iranian researchers were working on a “faster and cruder” means of turning that fuel into a weapon.

Witkoff’s statement didn’t survive for very long. On Tuesday morning, Trump and his top national security officials, including Witkoff, were in the Situation Room, debating Iran policy, in a meeting first reported by Axios. By midmorning, Witkoff posted a message on social media declaring that “Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program,” a characterization he never used the previous night.

“A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal,” he said. At a news briefing a few hours later the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that Trump had told the Omani hosts of the Iran talks about “the need for Iran to end its nuclear program through negotiations.” The negotiations resume Saturday.

In fact, Witkoff and Vice President JD Vance have argued internally that it would doom the negotiations to insist on full dismantlement, according to officials familiar with the ongoing debate, who requested anonymity to discuss private discussions. The Iranians have already declared that they will not give up all of their nuclear program — and thus their option to race for a bomb. Instead, the two have argued the administration should strive for a strict verification system — perhaps run by the United States, rather than the International Atomic Energy Agency — to

assure compliance.

But that sounds reminiscent of an Obama-era compromise.

Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, officials say, have stuck with their longheld hawkish view that Iran cannot be left with the capability to enrich nuclear fuel. Otherwise, it will be poised to do what it did in recent years: ramp up enrichment to nearbomb-grade levels.

“I think eliminating Iran’s capability is unattainable,” said Gary Samore, who dealt at length with the Iran issue as the top White House nuclear official in the Clinton and Obama administrations. “I don’t think Iran will agree to eliminate the whole program even under the threat of military force.”

The Iranians are hedging their bets. Speaking on Tuesday in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, told senior government officials that an agreement “may or may not come to fruition; we are neither too optimistic nor too pessimistic.”

He continued: “Of course, we are very pessimistic about the other side.”

Samore, who now is director of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, said he was in favor of any accord that “reset the nuclear clock.”

“All the techniques people have used so far — sabotage, sanctions, diplomacy — have all been about buying time. I don’t think that Trump wants to go to war,” he said, “and the Iranians don’t want to go to war. That suggests there could be room for agreement.”

Airport was repeatedly warned on bird strikes before deadly South Korea crash

By JIN YU YOUNG

The latest warning came 10 days before the deadliest air crash in South Korea.

A dozen officials gathered inside a room at Muan International Airport for a meeting of a bird strike prevention committee, where they discussed the number of aircraft being hit by birds, with data showing a jump in incidents over the past couple of years.

One official, from one of the country’s aviation training institutes, expressed concern that planes coming in to land often encountered flocks of birds by the coastline, according to a record of the meeting obtained by a lawmaker. To what extent is it possible to keep the birds away? the official asked.

The answer wasn’t reassuring. There weren’t enough people and cars deployed at the airport to keep birds away, and sounds from loudspeakers used to broadcast noises to scare birds off weren’t strong enough to reach far enough beyond the airport, said an official from the company that managed the airport’s facilities. He noted that they “were trying their best.”

Then, on Dec. 29, the pilot of Jeju Air Flight 2216 declared “Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” and told air traffic controllers there had been a bird strike as the plane was making its descent. After making a sharp turn, the jet landed on its belly, slid down the runway and rammed into a concrete barrier, exploding into a fireball that killed 179 of the 181 people on board.

Investigators have not identified the reasons for the crash and what role, if any, a bird strike might have played. But the country’s Transport Ministry said bird feathers and blood were found in both of the jet’s engines. The remains were identified as being from the Baikal teal, a migratory duck common to South Korea in winter that often flies in flocks of up to tens or even hundreds of thousands.

The Dec. 19 meeting was not the first warning airport operators had received about birds. The dangers had been flagged for decades, dating back to even before the Muan airport opened in 2007, according to a New York Times examination of thousands of pages of government documents, interviews with dozens of people, and a visit to the wetlands surrounding the airport in the country’s southwest. Environmental assessments in 1998 and 2008 also noted there were many species of birds living close to the airport.

Most starkly, in 2020, when the airport began renovations that would include the extension of its runway, South Korea’s Environmental Impact Assessment service said there was “a high risk of bird strikes during takeoff and landing.” It advised that measures were needed to reduce the risk.

The Korea Airports Corp. said in response to questions from the Times that to prevent bird strikes it had used vehicles and noise makers to disperse flocks of birds and had conducted environmental surveys to monitor the airport’s surrounding habitats. The company said more loudspeakers were installed on airport premises after the meeting Dec. 19.

But like most smaller airports in South Korea, Muan still lacked thermal imaging cameras and bird detection radar used to alert air traffic controllers and pilots to the presence of birds, according to the government.

Airports everywhere are advised to have such measures in place, according to guidelines from the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency that sets global standards for the aviation industry.

“The regulations are there, but people have been breaking them without any repercussions,” says Dr. Nial Moores, the national director of Birds Korea, a bird conservation group. “They were warned about the risk of a bird strike,” he added. “How come nothing has changed?”

In addition to failing to follow international guidelines, the airport’s operators also breached domestic safety regulations.

On the day of the crash in Muan, only one person was on duty to watch out for birds, instead of a minimum of two that government rules require, according to lawmakers at a parliamentary committee hearing into the disaster.

That bird patroller was at the end of a 15-hour night shift, the period when the vast majority of bird strikes take place, according to a presentation by Moon Geum-joo, a lawmaker, at the committee hearing. Joo Jong-wan, the head of the Transport Ministry’s aviation policy, conceded that the airport’s patrol was understaffed and said all airports would meet the minimum staffing in the future.

The Korea Airports Corp. said it had adhered to government standards and was hiring more staff to prevent bird collisions. The Transport Ministry declined to comment.

In addition, at least one person required to attend the meeting of the bird strike prevention committee had missed the Dec. 19 meeting, an official from the Korea Airports Corp. acknowledged at the parliamentary hearing. The state-owned company operates almost all of South Korea’s airports, including the one in Muan.

“It’s a shame that they have known about their shortcomings for years, but nothing has actually been done to improve,” said Kwon Hyang-Yup, an opposition lawmaker who obtained the bird safety committee report.

Some experts ask whether the Muan airport should have been built at all because of the abundance of birds in the wetlands surrounding it. The airport has at least twice reported the highest number of bird strikes out of the country’s 15 airports over the past five years, with six cases in 2024, up from two the previous year.

Its rate of bird strikes was 10 times that of Incheon International Airport, the nation’s largest, according to data released by Kwon, the lawmaker. Incheon, which also lies close to bird habitats, has identified almost 100 species of birds in its vicinity. It has four thermal imaging cameras, two devices that emit bird-repelling noises, and 48 workers assigned to bird control, according to an airport representative.

Ju Yung-Ki, a researcher and conservationist who has visited the Muan area repeatedly in recent years, was working in his

office Dec. 29 when he learned about the plane crash.

“I had always thought there was a risk of a bird strike there,” said Ju, the director of the Ecoculture Institute. Ju had flown in and out of the Muan airport several times, despite his concerns.

After hearing news of the crash, he traveled about 70 miles from his home in Jeonju, northeast of Muan, to a lake near the airport and arrived about 4:30 p.m. He could see the charred tail of the plane and the wreckage at the end of the runway. “It was horrific,” he said, adding that he shed tears thinking about the people who had died.

As that afternoon progressed, he also located flocks of up to 300,000 Baikal teals about 18 miles from the airport. They fly at least that distance to search for food, and he observed with binoculars and a telescope that the airport was in their daily flight path.

The Baikal teal isn’t particularly big, at about 16 inches long with an 8-inch wingspan. But the ducks move in large, agile flocks that can reach as many as 1 million in number, said Moores of Birds Korea. They breed in Siberia and arrive on the southwestern coast of South Korea in October and stay through early March.

Muan, almost 200 miles south of Seoul, lies among the marshy grasslands and reservoirs across the southwestern peninsula, where the duck and other species of birds roost in pockets of calm water. Local business owners said that flocks of birds were most often seen at a country club near the airport, about 4 miles away.

An enforcement regulation attached to South Korea’s Airport Facilities Act in 2017 stipulates that an airport cannot be built within 8 kilometers (about 5 miles) of a bird sanctuary or game reserve. But, according to the nation’s environment ministry, there is only one such sanctuary in Muan, and that lies about 12 miles from the airport.

Conservationists say the reality is different. They say the term sanctuary — classified as a collective habitat and breeding ground for endangered wildlife — ignores many of the region’s populous bird habitats. A map by the Korean Office of Civil Aviation identifies four areas surrounding the Muan airport where birds feed and roost.

Some of those spots are as close as a little over a mile from the airport. On one morning in February, hundreds of birds flew overhead at around this distance. Larger birds flew in a “V” formation, while smaller ones wove in and out in an aerial dance.

“It’s not a matter of whether the Muan International Airport is near a sanctuary or not,” Ju said. “The fact is that there are a lot of birds that live there.”

A flock of birds near Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2025. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

Producing something this stupid is the achievement

By DAVID BROOKS

You might have seen the various data points suggesting that Americans are losing their ability to reason.

The trend starts with the young. The percentage of fourth graders who score below basic in reading skills on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests is the highest it has been in 20 years. The percentage of eighth graders below basic was the highest in the exam’s three-decade history. A fourth grader who is below basic cannot grasp the sequence of events in a story. An eighth grader can’t grasp the main idea of an essay or identify the different sides of a debate.

Tests by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies tell a similar story, only for older folks. Adult numeracy and literacy skills around the world have been declining since 2017. Tests from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that test scores in adult literacy have been declining over the past decade.

Andreas Schleicher, the head of education and skills at the OECD, told The Financial Times, “Thirty percent of Americans read at a level that you would expect from a 10-yearold child.” He continued, “It is actually hard to imagine — that every third person you meet on the street has difficulties reading even simple things.”

This kind of literacy is the backbone of reasoning ability, the source of the background knowledge you need to make good decisions in a complicated world. As retired general Jim Mattis and Bing West once wrote, “If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.”

Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute emphasizes that among children in the fourth and eighth grades, the declines are not the same across the board. Scores for children at the top of the distribution are not falling. It’s the scores of children toward the bottom that are collapsing. The achievement gap between the top and bottom scorers is bigger in America than in any other nation with similar data.

There are some obvious contributing factors for this general decline. COVID-19 hurt test scores. America abandoned No Child Left Behind, which put a lot of emphasis on testing and reducing the achievement gap. But these declines started earlier, around 2012, so the main cause is probably screen time. And not just any screen time. Actively initiating a search for information on the web may not weaken your reasoning skills. But passively scrolling TikTok or the social platform X weakens everything from your ability to process verbal information to your working memory to your ability to focus. You might as well take a sledgehammer to your skull.

My biggest worry is that behavioral change is leading to cultural change. As we spend time on our screens, we’re abandoning a value that used to be pretty central to our culture — the idea that you should work hard to improve your capacity for wisdom and judgment all the days of your life. That education,

including lifelong out-of-school learning, is really valuable.

This value is based on the idea that life is filled with hard choices: whom to marry, whom to vote for, whether to borrow money. Your best friend comes up to you and says, “My husband has been cheating on me. Should I divorce him?” To make these calls, you have to be able to discern what is central to the situation, envision possible outcomes, understand other minds, calculate probabilities.

To do this, you have to train your own mind, especially by reading and writing. As Johann Hari wrote in his book “Stolen Focus,” “The world is complex and requires steady focus to be understood; it needs to be thought about and comprehended slowly.” Reading a book puts you inside another person’s mind in a way that a Facebook post just doesn’t. Writing is the discipline that teaches you to take a jumble of thoughts and cohere them into a compelling point of view.

Americans had less schooling in decades past, but out of this urge for intellectual self-improvement, they bought encyclopedias for their homes, subscribed to the Book of the Month Club and sat, with much longer attention spans, through long lectures or three-hour Lincoln-Douglas debates. Once you start using your mind, you find that learning isn’t merely calisthenics for your ability to render judgment; it’s intrinsically fun.

But today one gets the sense that a lot of people are disengaging from the whole idea of mental effort and mental training. Absenteeism rates soared during the pandemic and have remained high since. If American parents truly valued education would 26% of students have been chronically absent during the 2022-23 school year?

In 1984, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, 35% of 13-year-olds read for fun almost every day. By 2023, that number was down to 14%. The media is now rife with essays by college professors lamenting the decline in their students’ abilities. The Chronicle of Higher Education told the story of Anya Galli Robertson, who teaches sociology at the University of Dayton. She gives similar lectures, assigns the same books and gives the same tests that she always has. Years ago, students could handle it; now they are floundering.

Last year The Atlantic published an essay by Rose Horowitch titled “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books.” One professor recalled the lively classroom discussions of books like “Crime and Punishment.” Now the students say they can’t handle that kind of reading load.

Older people have always complained about “kids these days,” but this time we have empirical data to show that the observations are true.

What happens when people lose the ability to reason or render good judgments? Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Donald Trump’s tariff policy. I’ve covered a lot of policies over the decades, some of which I supported and some of which I opposed. But I have never seen a policy as stupid as this one. It is based on false assumptions. It rests on no coherent argument in its favor. It relies on no empirical evidence. It has almost no experts on its side — from left, right or center. It

is jumble-headedness exemplified. Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking. And of course when the approach led to absolutely predictable mayhem, Trump, lacking any coherent plan, backtracked, flip-flopped, responding impulsively to the pressures of the moment as his team struggled to keep up.

Producing something this stupid is not the work of a day; it is the achievement of a lifetime — relying on decades of incuriosity, decades of not cracking a book, decades of being impervious to evidence.

Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture. Now we seem to be moving to a screen culture. Civilization was fun while it lasted.

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Estudiantes de la UPR en Aguadilla ganan premios internacionales en convención de química

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SAN DIEGO – Veinticinco estudiantes del capítulo estudiantil del American Chemical Society (ACS) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Aguadilla fueron reconocidos a principios de esta semana en la convención internacional ACS Spring 2025 Meeting & Expo al recibir los premios “Outstanding Chapter Award” y “Green Chemistry Award”.

“Este viaje fue una oportunidad enriquecedora para presentar nuestras investigaciones, establecer conexiones y reafirmar nuestro compromiso con la ciencia”, expresó Jerric Durán García, presidente del capítulo, en declaraciones escritas el martes.

Durante la actividad, los estudiantes presentaron investigaciones subgraduadas, un afiche capitular con los logros del año académico y una demostración de química verde titulada “Fill it Up! & Guess the Volume with Fermentation”, enfocada en la sostenibilidad.

La directora del Departamento de Ciencias Naturales,

Brenda J. Ramos Santana, indicó que la participación en este tipo de foros fortalece el desarrollo profesional, la madurez académica y el trabajo en equipo del estudiantado.

La rectora de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Aguadilla, Sonia Rivera González, sostuvo que estas experiencias están alineadas con la visión institucional de formar profesionales capaces de integrarse a comunidades científicas internacionales.

También participó la profesora Tamara Y. Félix Massa, del Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, quien presentó una investigación en la sesión de afiches de nivel graduado. La delegación incluyó además a los doctores Rafael A. Estremera Andújar y Carlos A. Nives Marrero como asesores del grupo.

Los estudiantes reconocidos fueron: Adrián O. Pérez González, Alanis Dávila Santiago, Alexis J. Rodríguez Ramos, Alondra N. Torres Raíces, Alondra Viera Tavárez, Arlinda N. Méndez Serrano, Kiara C. Méndez Serrano, Carlos J. Del Valle López, Chabeli M. Torres, Clarisa N.

Martínez Lisboa, Diego C. Soto Ramos, Favián D. Acevedo Caro, Héctor I. Vargas Tavárez, Indira N. Rivera López, Jadiel O. González Justiniano, Javier E. Santiago Martell, Jerric I. Durán García, Karina N. Ortiz Acevedo, Karoline Z. Concepción Rodríguez, Kerelyn J. Concepción Rodríguez, Nahara Yupe Muñiz, Nilmarys Medina Ramírez, Samuel A. Ríos Vélez, Yadiel E. Centeno Morales y Yarelis Vélez Vargas.

La participación reafirma el compromiso de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Aguadilla con la investigación científica, la internacionalización y el desarrollo académico del estudiantado.

Mayagüez celebra primer Festival Deportivo Escolar Porta

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MAYAGÜEZ

– El alcalde de Mayagüez, Jorge L. Ramos Ruiz, anunció la celebración del primer Festival Deportivo Escolar en la Sultana del Oeste los días 21 y 22 de abril, un evento que servirá como preámbulo a las tradicionales Justas de la Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria (LAI) y que contará con la participación de estudiantes atletas de las escuelas del sistema público de enseñanza.

“En este evento, tenemos como meta crear un espacio de visibilidad y desarrollo para los jóvenes atletas escolares que serán, sin duda, los futuros protagonistas de las Justas Interuniversitarias en los años venideros.

Queremos sembrar el sueño desde temprano, fortalecer el camino y construir desde la base para así contribuir a una mejor sociedad,” indicó el alcalde de la ciudad sede. Estas competencias incluirán los deportes de baloncesto 3x3, voleibol de arena y eventos de pista, brindando una plataforma para que los jóvenes atletas escolares demuestren su talento en un ambiente de sana competencia. Se espera la participación de diversas escuelas de los municipios comprendidos desde Isabela hasta Sabana Grande, promoviendo el deporte y la confraternización entre los estudiantes del oeste de Puerto Rico.

“Agradezco a la Liga Atlética Universitaria por unir-

del Sol

se a este esfuerzo y de igual forma hemos alcanzado un acuerdo colaborativo con Buzzer Beater quienes le inyectarán innovación y tecnología al evento para que tanto atletas como espectadores vivan una experiencia sin precedentes,” puntualizó Ramos Ruiz.

El evento reafirma el compromiso de la administración municipal con el desarrollo deportivo y la creación de espacios que fomenten el bienestar de la juventud de la región.

Para más información sobre la organización y el calendario de las Justas Escolares, los interesados pueden comunicarse con el Departamento de Educación del Municipio de Mayagüez 787-986-7450 Ext 1270.

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Five science fiction movies to stream now

By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

In this month’s picks, there’s a reincarnation satire, some timeline spaghetti and a family-friendly endof-Earth film.

‘Timestalker’

In Alice Lowe’s very dry, very funny satire of historical romances, Agnes (Lowe) keeps dying — often brutally — then reincarnating in various historical eras. In each one, she pursues the same scamp, Alex (Aneurin Barnard). “You’re the love of my lives,” she tells him. At the same time, she remains oblivious that her loyal friend Meg (Tanya Reynolds) might want a little more from her. Lowe has mastered a distinctive touch that incorporates cartoonish gore, surreal bite and precisely written dialogue. “I have everything I have ever wanted,” Agnes, then an aristocrat, says in 1793 while dreamily petting a pink cat. “Fine teeth. My books. A handsome house. A hale and hearty husband, who is oft-absent.”

on anything, and paranoia sets in.

Of course, what Agnes has ever wanted is the eternal bad boy. One of the best sequences takes place in 1980, when Alex turns up as an Adam Ant-type pop star and Agnes sports the best perm this side of Nancy Wheeler in “Stranger Things.” Does it ever work out? Does Agnes learn? Our daft heroine hopscotches across centuries and goes after the object of her desire while always looking half out of it, which is at least great fun for the viewer. (Rent or buy it on most major platforms.)

‘Drive Back’

Just think: If Kim (Crystal Foster) and Reid (Zack Gold) knew Greek mythology, they might have noticed that the shortcut that looked so good on the map would lead them through Charon County — a possible allusion to the ferryman who transports the dead to the underworld. It’s one of the many enjoyable details embedded in Cody Ashford’s movie, a horror-sci-fi hybrid that delivers above what its normie premise might suggest.

On their way home after their engagement party at a country cabin, Kim and Reid get lost and end up on a remote road that happens to be a spatiotemporal loop, as if they’d become stuck inside an Escher drawing. “Drive Back” deals with the inevitable timeline spaghetti quite well, which is rare enough in this genre

to be mentioned. But what’s really interesting about the movie is how it uses differing perceptions — the two main characters often disagree on what they see or hear — to symbolize a troubled relationship. This couple never seem on the same page, and the film makes good dramatic use of their discord. The main interrogation hovering above their heads is whether they need to work together to survive their ordeal or whether it will end them for good. “Drive Back” provides a satisfying answer. (Rent or buy it on most major platforms.)

‘Slingshot’

We all have some favorite cinematic subgenres and will watch anything remotely connected to them. Mine include submarine movies and their science-fiction equivalents: claustrophobic thrillers set on a small spacecraft. In Mikael Hafstrom’s film, such a ship is heading to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The three-man crew, headed by Captain Franks (Laurence Fishburne), are awakened from their hypersleep at regular intervals to run tests. The polite computer voice that is de rigueur in such environments tells us, however, that the hibernation drugs can have “mild side effects.” Uh-oh. After the ship gets dinged in an accident, the astronauts must decide whether they should turn back or continue. Nobody agrees

“Slingshot” is told mostly from the perspective of John (Casey Affleck, whose regular-guy lack of affect is very effective in this context), the only one to realize what’s going on — unless, of course, he’s going crazy. It could be both: What happens when the person who seems to get it isn’t all there? The movie does not make enough of this intriguing idea, preferring a Shyamalan-esque twist. Some might see that as a cop-out, but it actually fits this nifty little psychological thriller. (Stream it on Paramount+.)

‘The Last Movie Ever Made’ It’s tough to find family fare that isn’t based on preexisting intellectual properties, so Nathan Blackwell’s movie must be commended for being nowhere near the franchised world. The premise is that for the past hundred years, humanity has been a gigantic computer simulation created by future scientists in order to model behavior. Unfortunately, we all came up short, and our future overlords are pulling the plug. (So what happens to them? Never mind.) With weeks left, the underachieving slob Marshall (Adam Rini) decides to complete a sci-fi movie he’d started in high school, when he was possibly even nerdier than he is now. He gets the old gang back together, and off they go to make their Ed Wood-worthy masterpiece with tinfoil, cardboard and a whole lot of enthusiasm.

Movies about the end of Earth as we know it are not uncommon these days, but Blackwell’s lighthearted approach has a small-town vibe that makes it stand out from its doomy peers — along with the meta fact that “The Last Movie Ever Made” itself looks like a low-budget, heartfelt end-times effort. The best parts are about the making of Marshall’s epic, but the biggest surprise is how touching this film’s ending is. (Stream it on Tubi.)

‘Meanwhile on Earth’ It was fairly surprising when French director Jérémy Clapin’s debut, “I Lost My Body,” was nominated for best animated feature at the 2020 Academy Awards. That movie, after all, was the bittersweet story of a man and his severed hand — not quite “Toy Story 4” (which won the Oscar). Clapin has switched to live action for his follow-up, but he is still interested in the idea of connection

and still has an off-kilter perspective. Elsa (Megan Northam) has lost her brother, Franck (Sébastien Pouderoux), to a space mission from which he never returned. She is adrift, consumed by grief, so it’s easy to understand her willingness to hold on to any kind of hope — even if it comes in the unlikely form of a disembodied voice informing her that Franck is still alive but held by aliens. Hearing instructions through a gelatinous earbud, Elsa does the mysterious being’s bidding, hoping to save her brother. But is she really in contact with extraterrestrial beings, or has her grasp on reality become so frayed that she’s hearing voices? “Meanwhile on Earth” may look like a sober sci-fi family drama, but underneath it’s very odd, quite macabre and occasionally jarringly violent. (Rent or buy it on most major platforms.)

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Kennedy accuses FDA of drug industry influence that barred alternative remedies

By CHRISTINA JEWETT and REBECCA ROBBINS

In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration’s Maryland campus last Friday morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced himself as the nation’s health secretary with a meandering speech touching on everything from birds of prey to pollution in Lake Erie to the CIA.

Kennedy told the agency staff members, in the throes of losing 20% of their workforce under his overhaul of the Health and Human Services Department, to boldly avoid the impulse to protect the corporations they regulate.

The layoffs, voluntary departures and cutbacks in funding have already decimated divisions that govern oversight of tobacco, the drug approval process, testing of cow’s milk and cheese for avian flu, and food safety that monitors and protects consumers from food-borne illnesses.

In his remarks Friday, Kennedy suggested that the reason the agency did not approve “alternative medicines” was because of its subservience to well-heeled corporations. He has previously accused the FDA of suppressing raw milk, ivermectin and stem cell treatments. Agency veterans have argued that alternative remedies often fail to pass the standards for safety and efficacy.

He urged the staff to resist the temptation to serve a small group of wealthy companies at the cost of public health. “We want to break away from this so we can make our kids healthy,” he said, according to a video and transcript of his speech that was shared with The New York Times.

At another point, he said, “the deep

state is real,” a pejorative reference to the sprawling federal bureaucracy that President Donald Trump blamed as an obstacle to achieving his goals in his first term.

Kennedy also called the FDA “a sock puppet” for the industries it is supposed to regulate, language he has used in the past.

Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Health and Human Services Department, said in a statement that with his remarks on Friday, Kennedy was “telling the truth that many Americans already know.”

Drugmakers have benefited from a series of efforts by the FDA to speed up certain drug approvals or encourage companies to develop drugs for serious diseases that lack treatments. Agency officials have said the programs are aimed at helping patients.

Kennedy said that “fast-track regulations” were well-intentioned. But over time, he said, “they’ve become instruments for the incumbents, the very, very powerful incumbents in the industry, to exclude dissidents and, you know, rare diseases and alternative medicines and those kind of things.”

Kennedy also urged FDA employees to speak up if their superiors greenlight products inappropriately. “If your boss is making a mistake, if they’re approving something that shouldn’t be approved, we want to hear,” he said.

Dr. Marty Makary, the new FDA commissioner, introduced Kennedy at Friday’s meeting and endorsed his goals to shape a healthier food supply. He acknowledged that the cuts at the agency “have been hard on the ground” for some staff. He said the changes were “aimed at consolidating, being more efficient and creating more teamwork.”

Kennedy and Makary were broadcast on a video aired at the agency’s White Oak campus in suburban Maryland.

Kennedy reminisced in the speech about being a child visiting his father, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, at the Justice Department in Washington and watching peregrine falcons nesting in the cupola at the Old Post Office building. He also discussed his experiences working with people with intellectual disabilities, and the battles he waged as an environmental lawyer.

Kennedy also complained about rules governing the agency’s food division that allow companies to certify that new ingredients are generally recognized as safe. The measure initially covered ingredients like salt or vinegar as acceptable in food with no review. In the years since, though, thousands of ingredients have been added to the food supply with no notice or testing by the agency.

Food companies are required to pro-

vide reviews of ingredients to on-site FDA inspectors, but such inspections can take place once every five years or less. Kennedy has called for an end to allowing food companies to self-certify that ingredients are safe.

“We literally do not test chemicals before they’re added to our food,” he said. “Everything is stamped by the industry as generally recognized as safe.”

He went on to attribute the nation’s rates of diabetes to the loophole, adding that sugar also plays a role.

The speech was reminiscent of a social media post from Kennedy in October, accusing the FDA of waging a “war on public health.” He said the agency engaged in “aggressive suppression” of a range of unproven or unsafe products, including raw milk, chelating compounds, ivermectin and “anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.”

The post went on: “If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags.”

The agency is still reeling from thousands of job cuts and voluntary departures in the weeks since Kennedy was appointed health secretary. The FDA employees who have left in recent weeks include staff members who examine drugs for byproducts that can cause cancer and others who work with international food safety staffs to try to stop contaminated products from entering the United States.

Cuts in some areas were so deep that former FDA officials have suggested that they could jeopardize billions of dollars in fees that the pharmaceutical industry pays to the agency to ensure the approval process for drugs is adequately staffed.

Drugmakers have been anxious about what Kennedy’s leadership will mean for their interests. They are worried that cuts at the agency will slow down reviews of drugs, including the start of clinical trials, and will add delays to final approval.

A public letter signed by dozens of biotech investors and executives said the industry’s leaders were “deeply concerned about the current state of the agency and its future.”

“Some of us have already encountered regulatory difficulties that we believe are the consequences of the FDA’s loss of experienced staff,” the letter said.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Native Health’s Mesa facility in Mesa, Ariz. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. In a speech broadcast to the FDA’s Maryland campus on late last week, Kennedy introduced himself as the nation’s health secretary with a meandering speech touching on everything from birds of prey to pollution in Lake Erie to the CIA. (Ash Ponders/The New York Times)

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Demandado Civil Núm.: PO2023CV00415. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 6 de febrero de 2025, 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 continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el #48, en el plano de inscripción colindando para la Urbanización Extensión Mariani, radicado en el Barrio Canas, del término municipal de Ponce, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 300.00 metros cuadrados y colinda por el Norte, en 13. 00 metros con la calle denominada calle L del mencionado plano; por el Sur, en 13. 00 metros con el solar #76 del mencionado plano; por el Este, en 23. 08 metros, con el solar #49 del mencionado plano; y por el Oeste, en 23.08 metros con el solar #47 del mencionado plano. Este solar contiene una casa de hormigón reforzado de una sola planta, que consta principalmente de 3 dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, cuarto de baño y balcón. Finca 18025 inscrita al folio 170 del tomo 613 de Ponce, Registro de la Propiedad de Ponce, Sección I. El producto de la su-

basta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 17 de noviembre de 2024, notificada el el 20 de diciembre de 2024 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $37,713.49 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 7% desde el 1 de julio de 2022; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $7,089.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados 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 alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 24 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $70,890.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 1 DE MAYO DE 2025 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 $47,260.00, 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 8 DE MAYO DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $35,445.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Ho-

norable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de marzo de 2025. Miguel A. Torres Ayala, Alguacil, División De Subastas, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala Superior De Ponce.

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Demandados

Civil Núm.: FA2022CV00987. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE

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

GENERAL:

Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 7 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela marcada con numero treinta y uno (31), de la Urbanización Naranjo Valley, radicada en el término municipal de Fajardo, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de MIL METROS CUADRADOS (1,000.00 M.C.). En lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de treinta y cinco punto doscientos seis metros, con la Calle número cuatro (4) del Proyecto; por el SUR, en distancia de treinta y ocho metros, con el solar número treinta (30) del Proyecto; por el ESTE, en una distancia de veintitrés punto seiscientos noventa y cinco metros, con la Calle numero dos (2) del Proyecto; y por el OESTE, en distancia de treinta punto trescientos setenta y cuatro metros, con los solares números cuarenta y dos (42) y cuarenta y tres (43) del Proyecto. Finca número 17,952, inscrita al folio 205 del tomo 453 de Fajardo, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 205 del tomo 453 de Fajardo, finca 17,952, Registro de la Propiedad de Fajardo, inscripción 4ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. NARANJO VALLEY, 31 CALLE FLOR DE MAGA, FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO 00738. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Ti-

tular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $292,500.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 16 de marzo de 2081. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $292,500.00, 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 Fajardo, el 14 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $195,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $146,250.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 21 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $133,747.14 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $121,496.55 en intereses acumulados al 19 de junio de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.060% anual hasta su total y completo pago; $33,914.00 de seguro hipotecario (MIP); $6,954.77 de contribuciones; $3,432.65 de seguro; $525.00 de tasación; $780.00 de inspecciones; $10,068.00 de adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $29,250.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia

incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 14 de marzo de 2025. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL #622. MILDRED I. TORO COLÓN, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #197.

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DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

Demandados

Civil Núm.: RG2023CV00332. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. DICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMEÉRICA, 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 Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Rio Grande, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 7 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar radicado en el Barrio Ciénega Baja del término municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, en la Urbanización Jardines de Rio Grande, que se describe en el plano de inscripción de dicha Urbanización con el número, área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Solar número 606 del bloque “BH” con un área de 216.51 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en 10.31 metros, con Paseo Público número 7; por el SUR, en 10.31 metros, con la calle 49; por el ESTE, en 21.00 metros con el solar 607 del Bloque “BH”; y por el OESTE, en 21.00 metros con el solar 605 del Bloque “BH”. En el solar antes descrito enclava una casa de una sola planta de concreto reforzado y bloques de concreto para fines residenciales.” Inscrita al folio 267 del tomo 160 de Rio Grande, finca 8034, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita tomo Karibe finca 8034 de Rio Grande, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III, inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: URB. JARDINES DE RIO GRANDE, BH-606 CALLE 49, RIO GRANDE, PR 00745. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico. Suma de la Carga: $24,980.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 1 de septiembre de 2005. Nombre del Titular: Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico. Suma de la Carga: $26,100.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 1 de julio de 2010. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $138,000.00. Fecha

de Vencimiento: 27 de abril de 2088. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $138,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 14 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $92,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $69,000.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Fajardo, el 21 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 1:30 DE LA TARDE. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $52,762.06 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $24,724.60 en intereses acumulados 20 de septiembre de 2023 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 2.903% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $9,711.40 en seguro hipotecario; $2,188.07 de seguro de la propiedad; $475.00 de tasaciones; $140.00 de inspecciones; $1,110.00 en adelantos de honorarios de abogado; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $13,800.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla 44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SU-

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Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00040. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM.

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(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. BABERT VINCENT BROOKS Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00007. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: BABERT VINCENT BROOKS, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; RUTH KATHRYN BROOKS T/C/C/ RUTH KATHRYN ARNOLD, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 34 JENNIE LN, WESTPORT, CT 068806004. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. DAVID MORTON WARING Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00018. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: DAVID MORTON WARING; POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; MARY WARING; POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 721 BENNETT RD., ANGOLA, NY 140069742.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. ANGEL LUIS ALVELO

CARTAGENA Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2024CV00606. (Salón: 703). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. YALITZA CASTRO MARTÍNEZCASTROYALITZALAW@GMAIL. COM.

A: VIRGINIA SANCHEZ

SIERRA, ANGEL LUIS ALVELO RIVERA, VIRGEN MILAGROS ALVELO RIVERA Y “JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE” COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ANGEL LUIS ALVELO CARTAGENA - 3306 SHAMROCK PARK PL., VANRICO, FL 13596; 5-H C112, JARDINES DE CAYEY I, CAYEY, PR 00736; PO BOX 8, ISABELA, PR 00662. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Civil Núm.: MZ2023CV00823. Salón: 307. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO BAJO EL ART. 13 DE LA LEY 118-2022, PROCEDIMIENTO EXPEDITO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL

ESTADO LÍBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: INMEDIATOS ANTERIORES DUEÑOS, HEREDEROS, DENOMINADOS FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL; Y LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los treinta (30) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Pedazo de tierra localizado en el Barrio Llanos Tuna del Municipio de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico con un área superficial de DOS MIL TRESCIENTOS SIETE PUNTO DOS SEIS CUATRO TRES (2,307.2643 M.C) METROS CUADRADOS, equivalente a punto cinco ocho siete cero (0.5870 cds.) cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE y el ESTE con Don Omar Seda; y por el SUR, con remanente de finca de mayor cabida; y por el OESTE, con calle El Jaguey. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es la Lcdo. Ernesto Rovira Gándara, PMB 767, 1353 Ave. Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, PR 00966; Tel. (787)758-3277; Email: erovira@partnerslegalservicespr.com. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en una (1) ocasión dentro del término de treinta (30) días, en un pe-

riódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 11 de febrero de 2025. LIC. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, REGIONAL. ARACELIS W. CAMACHO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOSEPH RAYMOND SPRINGER

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00049. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: JOSEPH RAYMOND SPRINGER - 274 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, HOPEWELL, NY 12533. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la

publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. TATIANA SUVALIAN

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00050. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: TATIANA SUVALIAN - 1149 KING MARK DR., LEWISVILLE, TX 75056-5785. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. DESMOND ALLEN CLARKE

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2024CV01082. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: DESMOND ALLEN CLARKE - 8 DE MAYO #812, COAPINOLE PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MÉXICO 48290.

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

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Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROSARIO COLLAZO T/C/C MIGUEL A. ROSARIO COLLAZO T/C/C MIGUEL

A. ROSARIO COMPUEST A POR SUS HEREDEROS CONOCIDOS GISELL Y AGRÓN CARRERO T/C/C GISELL Y AGRÓN , POR SI; MICHAEL ANGEL ROSARIO AGRÓNN Y JADIEL OMAR ROSARIO AGRÓN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION; AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: AG2024CV02107. Sobre: CO BRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION DE MIGUEL ÁNGEL ROSARIO COLLAZOBARRIO PUEBLO, SOLAR 8, MOCA PR 00676; 575 CALLE GABRIEL CARDONA, MOCA PR 00676-4584.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la

Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de Los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá par aceptada. También se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 10 de abril de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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Demandante V. DENZEL

PIZARRO GONZALEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2024CV02476. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JAN MIGUEL OTERO MARTÍNEZJAN.OTERO@ORF-LAW.COM. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: DENZEL

PIZARRO GONZALEZ.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 04 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 07 de abril de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 07 de abril de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. TERESA GNASSO LABOY Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00399.

(Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: TERESA GNASSO LABOV - 204 N 35TH ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-2429.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted

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Demandante V. JONATHAN OSORIO TAPIA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CN2024CV00346. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: JONATHAN OSORIO TAPIA.

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

KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETA-

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Demandante V. ISMAEL PEDRO HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: FA2024CV00947. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: MARIA

VICTORIA

RIVERA APONTE, 215 BERWIND BEACH RESORT, APT 157, RIO GRANDE PR 00745-8507. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 1 de abril de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. EDIBERTO SOTO GARCÍA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: YU2025CV00068. (Salón: 404 - RF Y MENORES).

Sobre: EXEQUÁTUR. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ORLANDO JOSHUA NAZARIO MORALES - LCDO.OJNAZARIO@ GMAIL.COM.

A: EDIBERTO SOTO GARCIA PARA SER NOTIFICADO MEDIANTE EDICTO P/C: LCDO. ORLANDO JOSHUA NAZARIO MORALES. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. MARY ANN LEÓN ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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RAFAEL ORTIZ OCASIO

Demandante V. EXPARTE

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AR2024CV02364. (Salón: 403 - CIVIL). Sobre: PROCEDIMIENTO ESPECIAL EXPEDITO DE EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO Y USUCAPIÓN (LEY NÚM. 118-2022). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

CAROLINA J. GARRIGA CESANI - CGARRIGA@ TITLESECURITYGROUP.COM.

A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA AFECTAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA

PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBE Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ÉSTE EXPEDIENTE. RAMON MARIANO ORTIZ RUIZ, SUCESION DE RAMON MARIANO ORTIZ RUIZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

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

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA PUERTO RICO DELI PROVISIONS, LLC

Demandante V. JOTA INC. H/N/C JOTA AT ROYAL ISABELA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: AG2024CV01705.

(Salón: 401 RF). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARIE L. QUIÑONES TAÑOMARIEQUINONES@LBRGLAW.COM. ROBERTO CARLOS LATIMER VALENTÍN - LATIMERRC@ LBRGLAW.COM. A: JOTA INC. H/N/C JOTA AT ROYAL ISABELA - DIRECCIONES

CONOCIDAS: CARRETERA JOSE JOAQUIN “YIYI” AVILA,

AGUADILLA, P.R. 00603; URB. VISTAS DE MONTE SOL #527, CALLE NEPTUNO, YAUCO, P.R. 00698; JOTA INC., H/N/C JOTA AT ROYAL ISABELA POR SU AGENTE RESIDENTE JEREMIE CRUZ RAMOS - AVE 396 NOEL ESTRADA, ISABELA PR 00662. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de marzo de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025., SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE M. ECHEVARRÍA LORENZO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE GUAYNABO FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante Vs LA SUCESION DE SONIA NOEMI MORALES REYES, ET ALS. Demandada Civil Núm.: D2CD2017-0224. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SUCESION DE SONIA MORALES REYES; AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL Y A LOS ACREEDORES DE LOS SIGUIENTES GRAVAMENES POSTERIORES: El Alguacil que suscribe, anuncia y hace constar que en cum-

BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: AI2025CV00047. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: DORCA IRIS ESPADA COLÓN, POR SÍ Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES QUE FORMA CON SU ESPOSO JUAN EDUARDO COLÓN SANTIAGO - BARRIO BARRANCAS, PARCELA 1, BARRANQUITAS PR 00794; DIRECCIÓN

POSTAL: HC-01 BOX 5670, BARRANQUITAS PR 00794; HC-01 BOX 5639, BARRANQUIT AS PR 00794.

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

acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL:

ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 9 de abril de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MYRTA E. FIGUEROA APONTE, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HUMACAO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE JOSÉ ÁNGEL

JIMÉNEZ EMANUELLI

Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ, COMPUESTA POR

FULANO(A) DE TAL Y SUTANO(A) DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS

DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ

MARTÍNEZ; SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN DOLORES NOYA MONAGAS, COMPUESTA POR JANE DOE Y MENGANO(A) DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN DOLORES NOYA MONAGAS; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE Demandado Civil Núm.: HU2024CV01741. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO(A) DE TAL Y SUTANO(A) DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍNEZ; JANE DOE Y MENGANO(A) DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

DOLORES NOYA MONAGAS; JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE.

Quedan ustedes notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda Enmendada contra ustedes como co-demandados, en la que se solicita la cancelación vía judicial de un Pagaré Hipotecario extraviado ante la Notario Público María De Lourdes Jiménez, a favor de Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $160,000.00, con intereses al 10 7/8% anual y vencedero el 1ro de julio de 2007, suscrito el día 5 de junio de 1987, garantizado por hipoteca constituida en virtud de la Escritura Número 23, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante la Notario Público María De Lourdes Jiménez, inscrita al Folio 153 del Tomo 391 de Humacao, Registro de la Propiedad, Sección de Humacao, Finca Número 17,325, inscripción 6ta. No se provee número de testimonio mediante el cual se juramentó el pagaré hipotecario antes mencionado, debido a que se realizaron un sin número de gestiones para localizar a la Notario María De Lourdes Jiménez las cuales resultaron infructuosas. El mencionado pagaré hipotecario grava una propiedad inmueble, que se describe como sigue:

“RÚSTICA: Lote marcado con el número treinta y dos (32) en el plano de inscripción de Isla San Miguel, que forma parte del Complejo Turístico Residencial Palmas del Mar, radicado en el Barrio Candelero Abajo, del término municipal de Humacao, Puerto Rico, compuesto de ciento treinta y cinco punto setecientos ochenta y tres (135.783) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, en veintidós punto setenta y seis (22.76) metros, con el lote número treinta y uno (31); por el SUR, en veintidós punto cincuenta y siete (22.57) metros, con el lote número treinta y tres (33); por el ESTE, en un arco de seis punto cero cero (6.00) metros, con la carretera que da acceso a la Isla San Miguel; y por el OESTE, en seis punto cero cero (6.00) metros, con bahía interior de Marina de Palmas.” Consta inscrita al Folio Ciento Cincuenta (150) del Tomo Trescientos Noventa y Uno (391) de Humacao, Finca Número Diecisiete Mil Trescientos Veinticinco (17,325), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Humacao. La obligación evidenciada por el Pagaré extraviado y anteriormente descrito fue salda en su totalidad. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria, y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso, o quedar afectados por el remedio solicitado, se les Emplaza por este Edicto y se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1)

Demandados

sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda Enmendada radicando el original de la misma en el Tribunal de Humacao, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del edicto, se le anotará la Rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda Enmendada sin más citarle ni oírle. Siendo los codemandados, Fulano(a) de Tal y Sutano(a) de Tal, como miembros desconocidos de la Sucesión de José Fernández Martínez; Jane Doe y Mengano(a) de Tal, como miembros desconocidos de la Sucesión de Carmen Dolores Noya Monagas; John Doe y Richard Doe personas con nombres ficticios y/o desconocidos, se exime a la parte demandante del cumplimiento con el requisito de enviar por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copia de la Demanda Enmendada y del Emplazamiento y Mandamiento de Interpelación Judicial por Edicto a la última dirección conocida. Además, se les interpela judicialmente, a tenor con el Artículo 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. § 2787, para que en un término de treinta (30) días de haber sido publicado este edicto, excluyendo el día de su publicación, acepten o repudien, mediante instrumento público o comparecencia judicial especial, las herencias de los causantes, José Fernández Martínez y Carmen Dolores Noya Monagas, apercibiéndoseles que de no expresarse dentro de dicho término, se tendrá por aceptada la herencia. B.B.V.A. v. Latinoamericana, 164 D.P.R. 689 (2005), por lo que responderán por las cargas de dicha herencia. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 26 de marzo de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. MICHELLE GUEVARA DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. MARITZA MERCADO LEBRÓN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Civil Núm.: CA2025CV00523. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: MARITZA MERCADO LEBRÓNURB. COUNTRY CLUB, QO-16 CALLE 535, CAROLINA PR 00982. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL:

ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 8 de abril de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SUBSECRETARIA.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT FINANCE, INC.

Demandante Vs. EBR ENVIRONMENTAL RECYCLING AND DEMOLITION, LLC; ENMANUEL BAEZ ROSARIO, YARITZA GIBOYEAUX DENNIS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2025CV00230. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN DE GARANTÍA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: YARITZA GIBOYEAUX DENNIS, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON ENMANUEL BAEZ ROSARIO - CARR. #155, KM. 53.1, BO. FRANQUÉS, MOROVIS, PR 00687; PO BOX 1202, MOROVIS, PR 00687; BO. HIGUILLAR, 252 SECTOR SAN CARLOS, CALLE 6, DORADO, PR 00646; PO BOX 121, DORADO, PR 00646. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar

su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Articulo 33, incisos by f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 9 de abril de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA DÍAZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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

FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. CELESTINO ROSADO ALEJANDRO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2024CV03915. (Salón: 803 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: CELESTINO ROSADO ALEJANDRO - URB. EL RETIRO, F-I CALLE EL RECREO, CAGUAS PR 00725; PO BOX 6087, CAGUAS PR 00726-6087. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 05 de marzo de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia,

Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V. VICTOR R. SANCHEZ MERCADO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2024CV03946. (Salón: 803 - CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: VICTOR R. SANCHEZ MERCADO - LL8 CALLE 700, ALT DEL TURABO, CAGUAS PR 00725. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de febrero de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edic-

to de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: SEGÚN ORDENADO EN ENTRADA SUMAC #12. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. GLENN PETKOS Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00088. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR).

Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.

A: GLENN PETKOS, CATHERINE PETKOS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. FERNANDO

FIGUEROA SANTOS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00857. (Salón: 201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: FERNANDO FIGUEROA SANTOS CON DORAL PLAZA 1019 AVE LUIS VIGOREAUX APT 141, GUAYNABO PR 00966.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. KENNY RUIZ CAMACHO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00969. (Salón: 201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOS -

JLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: KENNY RUIZ CAMACHOURB. COLINAS METROPOLITANAS, H-2 CALLE COLLORES, GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO 00970. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. CARLOS A. BERRIOS SALCEDO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2025CV00065. (Civil: 407). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: CARLOS A. BERRIOS SALCEDO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla

de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FIRSTBANK

PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. SIAN CARLOS SAMUEL CABRERA LOPEZ

T/C/C SIAN CARLOS S CABRERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CG2024CV04193. (Salón: 801). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: SIAN CARLOS

SAMUEL CABRERA

LOPEZ T/C/C SIAN CARLOS CABRERA

- CARR 156 KM 1.0 CAÑABONCITO SECTOR

GARCIA, CAGUAS, PR 00725; HC 2 BOX 28078, CAGUAS PR 00725.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 08 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha

de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JOEL C. RIVERA BURGOS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2024CV04879. (Salón: 501). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.

JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: JOEL C.

RIVERA BURGOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de marzo de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: EN CUMPLIMIENTO CON LA ORDEN DICTADA EL 9 DE ABRIL DE 2025 SE EXPIDE NUEVAMENTE. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN M. PINTADO NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. TONY SANTIAGO BERRIOS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: JD2024CV00666. (Salón: 602 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: TONY SANTIAGO BERRIOS, PARA SER NOTIFICADO POR EDICTO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 09 de abril de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 09 de abril de 2025. Carmen G. Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Loyda Torres Irizarry, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. SAMMY

RAMOS RODRIGUEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00772. (Salón: 201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM.

A: SAMMY RAMOS RODRIGUEZ - CARR 837

KM 1 HM6, BO CANTA GALLO, GUAYNABO PR 00970; PO BOX 608, GUAYNABO PR 009700608.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 09 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. Sara Rosa Villegas, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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MIRIAM

SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ

Demandante V. FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MZ2025CV00129. (Salón: 206). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

CARLOS A. GARCIA CEBALLOSLCDO-CARLOSGARCIA@HOTMAIL. COM.

A: FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICE CORP Y FULANO DE TAL. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia

Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 10 de abril de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 10 de abril de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JOSSIE BOBÉ RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES DEMANDANTE vs. SUCESION DE CLEMENTE GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ Y SUCESION DE EMILIA SANTIAGO GALARZA T/C/C MARIA EMILIA SANTIAGO

GALARZA, AMBAS COMPUESTAS POR JOSE A. TORRES T/C/C JOSE A. TORRES SANTIAGO, GLORIA GONZALEZ T/C/C GLORIA GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, HIRAM GONZALEZ T/C/C HIRAM GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, SOFIA GONZALEZ T/C/C SOFIA GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, RAUL GONZALEZ T/C/C RAUL GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, ENIDA GONZALEZ T/C/C ENIDA GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, FABIAN GONZALEZ T/C/C FABIAN GONZALEZ SANTIAGO Y MARCOS A. GONZALEZ T/C/C

MARCOS A. GONZALEZ SANTIAGO; SUCESION DE BIENVENIDO GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR BEN GONZALEZ, GABRIEL GONZALEZ Y ANGELICA GONZALEZ; SUCESION DE ALTAGRACIA GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR ANGEL M. GARCIA T/C/C ANGEL M. GARCIA GONZALEZ; SUCESION DE LUIS F. GONZALEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE

TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHAS SUCESIONES DEMANDADOS

CIVIL NÚM.: AR2024CV01983.

SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-

TO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R ).

ss. A: SUCESION DE CLEMENTE GONZALEZ

RODRIGUEZ Y SUCESION DE EMILIA SANTIAGO

GALARZA T/C/C MARIA EMILIA SANTIAGO

GALARZA, AMBAS

COMPUESTAS POR JOSE

A. TORRES T/C/C JOSE

A. TORRES SANTIAGO, GLORIA GONZALEZ T/C/C GLORIA

GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, IDRAM GONZALEZ

T/C/C HIRAM GONZALEZ

SANTIAGO, RAUL

GONZALEZ T/C/C RAUL

GONZALEZ SANTIAGO, ENIDA GONZALEZ T/C/C

ENIDA GONZALEZ

SANTIAGO Y MARCOS

A. GONZALEZ T/C/C

MARCOS A. GONZALEZ

SANTIAGO; SUCESION DE BIENVENIDO

GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR BEN GONZALEZ, GABRIEL GONZALEZ Y ANGELICA GONZALEZ; SUCESION DE ALTAGRACIA GONZALEZ

COMPUESTA POR ANGEL

M. GARCIA T/C/C ANGEL

M. GARCIA GONZALEZ; SUCESION DE LUIS F. GONZALEZ; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERES EN DICHAS SUCESIONES

-Urb. Altos de Florida, Calle Tito Rodríguez #300, Florida, PR 00650; -Ext. Villa Barcelona, Calle Palma EE-23, Barceloneta, PR 00617; -PO Box 1595, Barceloneta, PR 00617; -Gloria González Santiago, Tres G8C Parkway, Apt. 2002, Rochester, NY 14626; -HiraID González Santiago, Tres G8C Parkway, Apt. 2002, Rochester, NY 14626; -Raúl González Santiago, 364 Alden Rd., Apt. E,

Rochester, NY 14626; -Enida González Santiago, Gunn Hwy., Apt. 1212, Tampa, FL 33618; -Angel M. García González, 95 Hockanum Blvd., Unit 6227, Verno, CT 06066.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos by f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días, en tomo a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se le apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artícu-

lo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO

FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS

RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970

TEL: 787- 751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155

E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com

Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 5 de febrero de 2025 . VIVIANY. FRESSE, Secretaria. DENISE IRIZARRY PINTOR, Secretaria.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. TIMESHARE ALTERNATIVE LLC

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00051.

(Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM.

GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM.

LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM. A: TIMESHARE ALTERNATIVE, LLC - 33 OFFICE PARK RD #A103, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29928-4612.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puer-

to Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS

’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. STEVEN CRAIG ELLIS Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00057. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: STEVEN CRAIG ELLIS, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, JULIA ANNE ELLIS, POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 1440 TOPPING RD., SAINT LOUIS, MO 63131-1426.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO,

SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. KAI CREMATA Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00052. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: KAI CREMATA - 14900 EAST ORANGE LAKE BLVD. #353, KISSIMMEE, FL 34747. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. BRIAN LEE LAVORINI

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00058. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ASHLEY ANNE CLEMENTE SERRANO - ACLEMENTE@ MPMLAWPR.COM. GETZEMARIE LUGO RODRÍGUEZGLUGO@MPMLAWPR.COM. LUIS C. MARINI BIAGGILMARINI@MPMLAWPR.COM.

A: BRIAN LEE LAVORINI - 1300 N JOHNSON AVE. STE. 107, EL CAJON, CA 92020-1654.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 11 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. SUCN. WALLY GREGORIO GALINDO CORDERO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: SG2021CV00524. (Salón: 207). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL, ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE WALLY GREGORIO GALINDO

CORDERO T/C/C WALLY

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 10 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 11 de abril de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 11 de abril de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. KELLY DEANN NORTON

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: MZ2024CV01117. (Salón: 307). Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD DE BIENES. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. LOURDES M. ORTÍZ PAGÁNLOURDESM_ORTIZPAGAN@ HOTMAIL.COM.

A: KELLY DEANN NORTON. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de abril de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede es-

tablecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 08 de abril de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 08 de abril de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. ALEXANDRA LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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He revolutionized bats not with a new shape but a new kind of wood

By ZACK MEISEL / THE ATHLETIC

For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa, Ontario. Sam Holman handed Smith an order form: six bats, all for José Canseco.

Holman handled the first one. Then, it was Smith’s turn. Craftsmanship is not for those with trembling hands. His initial attempt at a handmade bat did not go well, and Holman was irate.

“I was thinking my career might last for a half-hour,” Smith said.

Smith asked if he could start with a simpler assignment.

“Nope,” Holman replied. “Canseco needs these bats. We’re making them today.”

Every minute was precious in those nascent days of Sam Bat, after Holman discovered that maple bats, not just the century-old standard ash models, could meet professional hitters’ needs. Holman upset the stasis of the bat industry, and in his 300-square-foot garage, as business boomed, he and his crew hustled to meet demand.

“It was sink or swim,” Smith said. “Some of the swimming looked pretty awkward, but we stayed above water.”

Torpedo bats have become the rage this year, but before this latest craze, there was maple mania in the late 1990s. Despite rival companies insisting maple was a fad, Smith said, it stuck a landing in a sport resistant to change. In fact, more than three-fourths of big league hitters now use maple. Those same manufacturers that once doubted its staying power ultimately adopted it themselves.

And it is all because of Holman, with a request from a scout, an assist from a big league slugger and the pursuit of a home run record.

“He didn’t have children,” said Arlene Anderson, Holman’s business partner. “This was his baby.”

Holman was in his early 50s, with a South Dakota drawl and denim overalls. He spent 24 years as a stagehand at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, where he dealt with musicians, dancers and actors. The carpentry work he completed in his role prepared him for the assignment that would change his life — and upend a sport.

Holman and Bill Mackenzie, a Colorado Rockies scout, met at the Mayflower Pub, an Ottawa haunt that Smith managed until he joined Holman’s outfit. In 1996, after a day of watching one ash bat after another splinter, Mackenzie settled into his bar stool and said to Holman, “Why don’t you do something about it?”

The next day, Holman started a crash course in bat science. He figured he could not make a sturdier ash bat, which had been perfected since the 1880s. He needed a different source of wood. He visited Ottawa’s patent library and the National Research Council, where he learned the density of maple is not too different from that of ash. Maple has a tight grain structure and is a harder wood than ash, giving it the potential to be more durable.

In those early days, before Holman owned a factory, his

Sam Holman, founder of the Original Maple Bat Corporation, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in a Nov. 17, 2006 file photo. After discovering that maple bats, not just the century-old standard ash models, could meet professional hitters’ needs, Holman upset the stasis of the bat industry.

(Ian Austen/The New York Times)

house doubled as a workshop. They painted the bats in the basement, boxed them in the kitchen and prepared them for shipping in the living room. In the middle of the two-car garage sat a cutting machine that Holman built. Four workers crammed into the garage at a time: two to operate the machine, one to finish the bat with hand turning and one to sand it.

Holman first tested his model with the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx that summer. In April 1997, he persuaded three Toronto Blue Jays players to try them during batting practice: Carlos Delgado, Ed Sprague and Joe Carter.

Carter took a liking to them, telling Holman: “You really have something here.” Major League Baseball had not yet approved maple bats, but Carter sneaked one into a game and hit a home run with it. Smith remembered thinking, “This is something out of a movie.”

MLB approved the use of maple bats the next year.

That first year, Holman said, he made 80 bats. The next year, 2,000. In addition to the maple bats’ durability, players liked that they allowed them to hit for greater power; the hardness of the wood transmitted more energy from the bat to the ball than ash.

By spring training in 1999, he was drowning in maple bat orders. And then Barry Bonds bought in.

At the peak, Holman and his crew produced 15,000 bats in a year in that garage. When Bonds chased down the singleseason home run record in 2001, business zoomed. Holman said he borrowed $100,000 that year to spur production, but he still could not keep up.

Weeks after Bonds hit home run No. 73, Holman converted the Rochester Tavern in Ottawa into his new plant.

A casual endeavor originating from a conversation at a bar had swelled into a full-fledged supply chain for America’s pastime. By the early 2000s, Holman had clients with nearly every major league team. A Sam Bat fueled Vladimir Guerrero and Manny Ramirez to Silver Slugger awards and Jeff Kent to

the National League MVP Award. Albert Pujols was the NL rookie of the year with one.

“There was a real element of surrealism to the whole thing,” Smith said.

Bonds invited Holman into the dugout at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Holman watched him slug an opposite-field home run. Holman has an unlimited inventory of stories. Holman said he was sitting in the hotel connected to Skydome when Canseco smacked a baseball to the grill in the hotel kitchen.

“You don’t often get a steak tenderized by a baseball,” Holman said. “The chef was certainly surprised.”

Holman never turned down a news media request. “The old-world craftsman tone dropped out of him effortlessly,” Smith said.

Holman and his brand — formally known as the Original Maple Bat Corp. — were highlighted in Reader’s Digest and Sports Illustrated. Before a New York Times profile was published, the writer asked Holman if he could handle the 1,000 orders that would most likely come his way once the article ran. No, he could not. But what could he do? Everyone wanted a piece of maple.

Maple adoption was not without its bumps. At one point, MLB altered the rules around maple bat production out of concern that the hardness of the wood was causing them to break in ways that could be dangerous. But those issues faded, production techniques evolved, and in 2018, Holman’s company even won an Emmy for supplying the bats used in a Danny Glover-narrated video broadcast when the San Francisco Giants retired Bonds’ No. 25.

Nowadays, Smith heads home after work, cooks dinner, pours a glass of wine and turns on a baseball game. It’s still thrilling, he said, to watch a player hit a home run with something he designed. It remains a thrill for Holman, too, although his baseball viewership has waned over time. He knows all about the recent torpedo barrel craze, and he speaks about it with both nonchalance and an expertise he never imagined he would wield.

The Mayflower Pub no longer exists, replaced by a Scotch whisky establishment. Holman has not sipped a beer since he underwent quadruple bypass surgery four years ago.

“Water’s good for you at certain points in your life,” he said.

He struggles to stand and work with his hands. He is no longer crafting bats, but he still resides in that corner house and can still walk around Ottawa, where he says, “Everybody knows who I am.” After all, he is the only octogenarian with hints of blond hair, he said. But it’s also because he influenced an entire sport by taking a friend’s challenge and, well, knocking it out of the park.

“I know I changed the game. Absolutely,” he said. “One hundred percent, I changed it.”

“I feel like it gives you the feeling like you have more to work with,” he said. “You probably don’t have more to work with, but it feels like it. It gives you that extra confidence in your head to go out there and hit anything.”

Sudoku

How to Play:

Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.

Sudoku Rules:

Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9

Crossword

Aries (Mar 21-April 20)

A family member may be absent without explanation, Aries. This might worry everyone, and not without reason. It’s best to stay calm and phone friends, colleagues, and anyone who might know where this person is. All is probably well. Your family member has probably been preoccupied and neglected to let anyone at home know what’s going on. Hang in there!

Taurus (April 21-May 21)

A sibling or neighbor might not feel very communicative, Taurus. It may seem that this person isn’t behaving in their normal, friendly manner, but isn’t sharing why. Give him or her a break. There may have been some upsetting news that your friend can’t stop thinking about. By tomorrow they should be on the way back to their usual self. Be patient!

Gemini (May 22-June 21)

Are you working on a project that requires a little ingenuity? If so, today you may draw a blank. No matter how hard you think about it, you can’t come up with a good way to proceed. Perhaps it would be best to put it away and do something else for a while. Trying to force the issue will only reinforce the mental blocks. Relax and let it come naturally in its own time.

Cancer (June 22-July 23)

Your intuition is operating at a very high level, Cancer, except where your family is concerned! No matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to make sense of anything anyone says, let alone does. Don’t make yourself crazy over it. Ask for explanations, then barring anything destructive or nasty, let them go their own way. Sometimes people just have to learn through their own experiences.

Leo (July 24-Aug 23)

Telepathic messages you get from a friend or relative could seem confused and garbled, Leo. This might bother you, especially if the person is normally practical and rational. We all have bad days. Try to observe their behavior and see if there are any warning signs of inner or outer crisis. If not, you may have to just let them be. You can’t force another to ask for assistance.

Virgo (Aug 24-Sep 23)

Are you upset over money, Virgo? Try to be rational. Your concerns are probably far more negative than the reality of the situation. Be objective and go over your budget to learn the facts. By the time you cover everything, you should be more than relieved. It’s nothing you can’t handle easily. Put it behind you for now and go out with some friends.

Libra

(Sep 24-Oct 23)

Some news about a major event could unsettle and confuse you, Libra. There could be contradictory reports, and commentators may confound the issue even more. You’re primarily concerned about how this will affect you. The answer is probably very little. The media are apt to blow it out of proportion because it’s newsworthy. The truth will come out in a few days. Hang in there!

Scorpio

(Oct 24-Nov 22)

Spiritual studies might seem fascinating and confusing, Scorpio. Are you reading a book whose author isn’t clear? Perhaps this isn’t the best work to bring you the information you seek. Ask friends to recommend better books. Make a trip to the library. See what’s available online. There’s no need to try to make sense of something that’s confusing to begin with.

Sagittarius

(Nov 23-Dec 21)

Your intuition may guide you in a direction that seems at odds with what logic and practicality tell you, Sagittarius. This could put you in a quandary. Should you try to be practical or should you follow your heart? Don’t make the decision today. Ask friends for advice if you like, but wait a few days before making any irrevocable choice. The uncertainty should clear up before long.

Capricorn

(Dec 22-Jan 20)

Family problems may have a friend or love partner feeling unsettled and helpless, Capricorn. This person could have a few communication problems, especially if firmness is required. Don’t get sucked into the situation. Just point out the facts and encourage your friend to consider every factor on its own merits. While you do this, you might have some insights into a problem of your own.

Aquarius

(Jan 21-Feb 19)

Has someone given you a chore to do and then taken off without giving you any instructions? It’s no wonder you feel confused and frustrated! If there is no manual, and if no one else knows what’s up, don’t feel bad about letting it go until you’re given proper coaching. It’s more prudent to wait than do it wrong and have to do it again. Better safe than sorry.

Pisces

(Feb 20-Mar 20)

Staying indoors might not be the best thing today, Pisces. You might feel vague muscular aches and pains for which you can’t find any reason. They could be the result of inactivity rather than any dysfunction. Get outside and go for a walk or jog in the park. This will get the endorphins going and wipe away the memory of how you felt earlier. Have fun!

Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 29

Ziggy

Herman

Speed Bump