Hernández Rivera co-sponsors bill to expedite emergency disbursals
By THE STAR STAFF
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera introduced a bill Wednesday to expedite disbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with deadlines, reporting requirements and congressional oversight, in response to delays following disasters.
“Too often, the money gets stuck in bureaucratic processes; when a disaster occurs, aid must move as quickly as the need,” Hernández Rivera said in a written statement.
The measure, introduced with Reps. Tim Kennedy (D-N.Y.) and Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.), directs the FEMA administrator to expedite payments to recipients, require timely reports from those receiving funds, and submit annual summaries to Congress. For context, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security recently concluded that the reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s power grid following Hurricane Maria remains delayed: with 92%of projects still incomplete as of February, and billions of dollars in funding for permanent repairs still unreleased.
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera
Management Agency to recover and rebuild,” Kennedy said in a written statement. “Delays only add to the hardship. I am proud to support this legislation to ensure that aid is delivered efficiently and quickly.”
“After a tragedy, families, small businesses, and entire communities rely on swift assistance from the Federal Emergency
The bill also requires retroactive reporting on disbursements for past disasters that are still pending; annual reports on disbursement timelines for new events; and an annual summary report to Congress detailing disbursement data, to identify delays and best practices.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle forms, breaking a lull in the hurricane season
By JUDSON JONES
Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed over the Central Atlantic on Wednesday, ending an extended quiet period during what is normally the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Here’s what you need to know:
— With the storm currently spinning harmlessly out at sea, no warning or watches have been issued. That could change in the coming days if the storm gets closer to land.
— Gabrielle is the seventh named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which got off to a slow start. But
forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said they expected an above-average season, with up to 18 total named storms by the time it ends in November. A typical season has 14 named storms. This season, only one, Erin, has become a hurricane so far.
— The Trump administration has slashed the number of employees at many of the agencies traditionally responsible for planning for and responding to natural disasters, including NOAA, the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. So far, it is unclear how those cuts might affect the accuracy of forecasts.
Group asks for probe into DNER animal shelter
By THE STAR STAFF
Tania Delgado, a member of the Puerto Rico Animal Link organization, has formally requested that the island Department of Justice initiate both an administrative and legal investigation into the treatment of animals at the Cambalache Detention Center in Arecibo, which is under the custody of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER).
“The DNER committed in 2023 to rectifying its mistakes and ensuring the well-being of the animals at Cambalache,” Delgado said in a written statement. “However, the evidence we have gathered indicates that negligent practices and legal violations continue to occur. It is urgent for the Department of Justice to take action.”
Delgado added that “the request is based on serious irregularities identified in the official documentation provided by the DNER in response to information requests made under the Transparency Law.”
Among the findings are:
A member of the organization Puerto Rico Animal Link said “the request [for an investigation] is based on serious irregularities identified in the official documentation provided by the [Department of Natural and Environmental Resources] in response to information requests made under the Transparency Law.”
* Unexplained disappearances of animals, including boas and
pythons, with no records documenting their fate.
* Overcrowding, frequent deaths, and inadequate veterinary care.
* Unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the facilities, including carcasses stored alongside food.
* A lack of official protocols for species management, as confirmed by a certification from the DNER in April of this year.
Furthermore, reports from the Caribbean Stranding Network, which has been contracted by the DNER to provide veterinary services, indicate that the primates housed at Cambalache are suffering from isolation and serious illnesses, which have even resulted in deaths due to chronic infestations and malnutrition. The report warns that the situation poses a risk to both animal welfare and public health.
The request also calls for an investigation into the appropriate use of public and federal funds allocated to the center and suggests coordination with federal agencies, if necessary, to ensure the protection of the remaining animals.
Lawmaker: PR must assess its readiness for arrival of AAMs
By THE STAR STAFF
House Economic Development Committee Chairman
Joel Franqui Atiles recently announced the introduction of a bill aimed at evaluating current processes and existing regulations regarding the arrival of advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles in Puerto Rico.
“Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated the process to integrate AAMs into our nation’s airspace,” said Franqui, the representative for District 15 (Hatillo, Camuy and Quebradillas). “The ‘Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program’ is starting in several states, paving the way for these vehicles to navigate our airspace safely and efficiently.”
“The purpose of this resolution, which we will be submitting in the coming days, is to assess the measures that our government is taking in response to the arrival of AAMs,” the legislator added. “These vehicles are small, electric or hybrid aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing, designed to
transport people and cargo more efficiently, sustainably, and quietly. This technology is part of our future. States like Florida have already established platforms for this purpose, including designated zones for the operation of these vehicles.”
Franqui emphasized that “White House public policy aims for the United States to lead in this technological revolution.”
“The arrival of AAMs is comparable to the industrial revolution of the 19th century and the emergence of the internet in the 1990s,” he said. “These transformations alter the fabric of society, and we want Puerto Rico to be among the first jurisdictions to embrace this technology, armed with the necessary regulations and laws.”
The new pilot program will focus on both piloted and autonomous operations of AAMs, covering areas such as shorthaul taxi services, cargo transport, logistics, support systems and emergency response protocols.
Participants in the program will utilize piloted, optionally piloted, or unmanned AAM aircraft, typically weighing over 600 kilograms (1,323 pounds) and able to carry passengers.
The program will also involve technologies that ensure the safe integration of the new aircraft into the national airspace system. States including Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia are already establishing zoning and regulations for the use of AAMs.
Conservation nonprofit assumes custody of 388 acres in Vega Baja
Land within nature reserve contains valued archaeological site
By THE STAR STAFF
Vega Baja Mayor Marcos Cruz Molina welcomed Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, president of the conservation nonprofit Para la Naturaleza, after the organization assumed, through the Conservation Trust, the perpetual custody of the 388 acres (400 cuerdas) of land located in the Cibuco Nature Reserve.
“This important step guarantees the protection of a valu-
able natural and archaeological site in Vega Baja, ensuring its preservation for present and future generations,” the mayor said on Wednesday.
Separately, the mayor acknowledged the gesture of Puerto Rican investor Jorge Contreras Piedrahita, who decided not to continue with development plans in the area and instead donated the land to the Conservation Trust, valuing its archaeological and natural wealth.
Prominent archaeologist Miguel Rodríguez López, a former chancellor of the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, posted on social media that the donation of the acreage “is excellent news for Puerto Rican archaeology.” “Playa Hermosa contains the remains
of a massive indigenous site known as Maisabel, belonging to the Huecoides, Saladoides, and Ostionoides cultures,” he said. “Numerous indigenous petroglyphs are also found on the beach rocks. It will now be protected from any further impact or destruction.”
The mayor noted that he also spoke with Lloveras San Miguel near the Puerto Nuevo Lagoon to discuss its restoration, as well as community initiatives, educational programs, and opportunities for sustainable development and ecotourism.
“We Vega Baja residents embrace the environmental initiative, and we will continue collaborating on initiatives that strengthen the conservation and responsible enjoyment of our natural spaces,” Cruz Molina said.
Rep. Joel Franqui Atiles
Aibonito judge rules that 17-year-old is not fit to stand trial for murder
By THE STAR STAFF
An Aibonito Court has ruled that Anthoneishka Avilés Cabrera, a 17-year-old accused of first-degree murder alongside her mother, Elvia Cabrera Rivera, is not currently fit to face the charges brought against her in the case of the slaying of 16-year-old Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario last month.
The ruling came on Wednesday after Judge Paola Morales considered the testimony of state expert José Malavé, who evaluated the accused.
Avilés Cabrera’s defense attorney, Rocío Revelles, requested a psychological evaluation following a report on her client’s Special Education services from the Department of Education. Revelles expressed concerns about Avilés Cabrera’s ability to comprehend the proceedings, cooperate with her legal team, and make decisions.
According to Malavé’s evaluation, the accused exhibits limitations in understanding specific aspects of the legal process. He observed a deficit in attention, slow information processing, and delayed reactions. As a result, Malavé determined that Avilés Cabrera is currently “not prosecutable” due to her inability to cooperate with the defense.
Given the absence of objections from the involved parties, Judge Morales ordered Avilés Cabrera’s transfer to a forensic psychiatric hospital one day before the preliminary hearing was scheduled to begin in the case. The move is aimed at providing her with the necessary services and support to help her potentially achieve a prosecutable status in the future.
Avilés Cabrera’s psychological evaluation was scheduled for further discussion in court, in accordance with the case proceedings.
A judge found probable cause in August
against Cabrera Rivera, 40, and Avilés Cabrera on charges related to the brutal stabbing death of Pratts Rosario in Aibonito on Aug. 11.
According to the case file, the events occurred around midnight at the Roberto Colón bypass road, where a fight between young people ended in the fatal attack on Pratts Rosario.
It was determined that both mother and daughter would be tried for first-degree murder and violating the Weapons Law under common and mutual agreement. Judge Valery Téllez set bail at $1 million each. Prosecutors sought to try the minor as an adult, with both defendants facing up to 99 years in prison if convicted.
On Tuesday, Cabrera Rivera appeared in court for a hearing on exculpatory evidence, during which her defense attorney requested access to photos and videos, after it had been agreed that DNA evidence would be evaluated. Her legal representative argued that her involvement was
“minimal.”
The Public Prosecutor’s Office maintained that the evidence it possesses is incriminating.
What happens when an accused person is declared unfit to stand trial?
By THE STAR STAFF
When a person accused of a crime is declared unfit to stand trial, they undergo psychiatric treatment and periodic follow-up evaluations until they are determined to be fit to stand trial or certified as permanently unprosecutable, at which point the charges are dismissed.
In Puerto Rico, some criminal proceedings can be paused or concluded without a traditional verdict due to determinations of non-prosecutability or not-guilty pleas, as explained by attorney Eileen Díaz Ortiz from the Legal Assistance Society (SAL by its acronym
in Spanish) to Microjuris.
On Wednesday, a 17-year-old accused of murdering an Aibonito teenager in August was declared unfit to stand trial.
Non-prosecutability occurs when, at the time of trial, it is determined that the accused lacks the mental capacity to understand the judicial process. In such cases, the defense, the prosecution, or even the judge can initiate a special procedure under Rule 240 of the Criminal Procedure.
Díaz told Microjuris that key considerations include whether the accused understands the legal process and can assist in their defense. The individual must be able to
communicate with their attorney, understand who the key legal figures are -- such as the judge and prosecutor -- what charges are being brought against them, and the potential penalties they face. This requirement reflects the principles of due process, ensuring that every person has the capacity to consciously face a criminal trial.
Activating Rule 240 suspends judicial proceedings to allow for a psychiatric evaluation. If the individual is found unprosecutable, they will begin receiving psychiatric treatment along with ongoing evaluations until they are deemed fit to stand trial or certified as permanently unprosecutable, leading to the
dismissal of charges.
In contrast, a non-prosecution defense is raised during the trial itself. Here, it is acknowledged that the events occurred, but it is claimed that the individual lacked the mental capacity to form guilty intent (mens rea) at the time of the crime.
For someone to be declared unprosecutable, they must first be deemed prosecutable. If this defense is successfully proven, the court issues a verdict of “not guilty by reason of non-prosecution.”
After this determination, it is the responsibility of the court to evaluate the best placement for the individual.
Senators unite to address unnecessary cesarean sections
By THE STAR STAFF
Sens. Ada Álvarez Conde and María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón raised concerns Wednesday about the increase in cesarean sections reported in the Annual Vital Statistics Report on Births for 2021-2023, released by the Puerto Rico Department of Health.
In March of this year, the senators, from the Popular Democratic Party and Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), respectively, along with PIP Sen. Adrián González Costa filed Senate Bill 445, which recognizes obstetric violence as a human rights violation and provides a civil mech-
anism to address this type of violence. Obstetric violence, among other things, includes unnecessarily interfering with low-risk childbirth and performing cesarean sections without medical justification or without the mother’s express consent. The senators emphasized the importance of the Judiciary Committee considering the bill.
“The Puerto Rico Department of Health itself has stated that 55% of cesarean sections performed lack medical justification, and 80% of the women undergoing this procedure did not have any risk factors during their pregnancy,” Álvarez Conde said. “[...] The Department of Health’s report simply confirms what we already
know: cesarean sections are on the rise, and a woman should have the right to decide how she wants to give birth.”
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute highlighted the publication of the Annual Vital Statistics Report on Births for 2021-2023, recently released by the Health Department. Among the main findings is an increase in the cesarean section rate. While in 2021, cesarean sections represented 49.6% of births, by 2023 this figure rose to 50.6%. This indicator reflects a trend that deserves analysis and monitoring, given its impact on maternal and neonatal health, as well as on the planning of medical services in
Puerto Rico, the senators said.
“There is no justification for denying women information to which they are entitled as consumers of healthcare services,” Santiago Negrón said. “If anything has been demonstrated by the rise in the number of cesarean sections, it is the medical profession’s inability to regulate itself. That is why unnecessary cesarean sections are one of the manifestations of obstetric violence that this measure aims to address.”
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report covering the years 2018 to 2022, Puerto Rico has one of the highest rates of cesarean births worldwide.
Trump invokes Kirk’s killing in justifying measures to silence opponents
By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, ANDREW DUEHREN, KENNETH P. VOGEL and KATIE ROGERS
President Donald Trump has begun a major escalation in his long-running efforts to stifle political opposition in the United States, using the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk to make the baseless argument that Democratic organizations and protesters are part of a violent conspiracy against conservative values and the American way of life.
In the six days since Kirk was gunned down in Utah, Trump and his top officials have promised a broadside against the political left, indicating that they would go after liberal groups like George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation; revoke visas for people seen to be “celebrating” Kirk’s death; begin federal investigations into hate speech; and designate certain groups domestic terrorists.
“We want everything to be fair; it hasn’t been fair, and the radical left has done tremendous damage to the country,” Trump told reporters Tuesday, as he continued to play down and excuse violence on the right. “But we’re fixing it.”
The threats come even as authorities said the suspect in Kirk’s shooting acted alone and presented no evidence that political violence is coordinated on one side. Political violence is a scourge across the ideological spectrum, targeting Democrats and Republicans.
The 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Kirk said in text messages to his romantic partner that he had “had enough” of Kirk’s “hatred,” according to prosecutors who filed a murder charge against him Tuesday.
Trump’s aggressive moves to target only his political opponents is a continuation of his attempts to wield power — through lawsuits, executive orders and public intimidation — to punish people and institutions that power the political left, or that he believes wronged him. In recent months, Trump’s aides and conservative activists have worked to shape the kind of crackdown that now appears to be coming to fruition.
“When the left has had power, it has gone after conservatives and their speech, so I am thrilled to see the administration promising to investigate the left-wing nonprofit sector, and hold people accountable,” said Scott Walter, president of the conservative watchdog group
from the White House to do so.
The Trump administration bumped up against these limitations earlier this year when Trump called for Harvard to lose its tax-exempt status. White House officials strained to argue that any IRS audit of the university was independent of Trump’s public statements.
But there is another method.
Any organization that the White House designates as a terrorist organization loses its tax-exempt status. Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday he would like to designate a range of unspecified groups as domestic terrorist organizations.
Since the loss of tax-exempt status is automatic, it is much harder for a nonprofit to challenge the decision under a terrorist designation than it is under the normal process.
But the administration also cannot easily designate domestic groups as terrorists, according to law enforcement officials. While the State Department keeps a list of foreign terrorist organizations, there is no similar mechanism for designating domestic groups as terrorists.
Capital Research Center, which monitors money in politics.
Walter has briefed senior White House officials in recent months on a range of donors, nonprofit groups and fundraising techniques, while also providing research briefs, including one titled “Marching Toward Violence,” that purported to draw a connection between anti-Israel protests on college campuses and terrorism.
The plans that Trump and his aides have laid out since Kirk’s death have fueled fear among Democrats and free speech activists across the partisan spectrum, while energizing right-wing figures who see Democrats and the left more broadly as the enemy.
As a part of the crackdown, Trump’s aides are crafting an executive order to combat political violence and hate speech that could come as soon as this week, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the action. The person declined to provide details.
Some on the right worry that targeting hate speech could backfire against them next time Democrats are in power by opening what Walter called “a Pandora’s box that we could all come to regret.” He argued that the administration would be better served investigating whether some of the groups ran
afoul of provisions in the tax code.
But the focus on speech does appear to be a key tool for the administration. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the administration would “absolutely target” protesters engaging in “hate speech,” as well as businesses that refused to print memorial vigil posters for Kirk.
And Vice President JD Vance encouraged Americans to report to employers anyone they noticed celebrating Kirk’s killing.
Trump officials were also laying the groundwork to go after what Vance described as a network of nonprofit nongovernment organizations that “foments, facilitates and engages in violence.”
Speaking as guest host Monday on Kirk’s podcast, Vance singled out Soros’ Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation and said both benefited from a “generous tax treatment.”
Targeting the tax-exempt statuses of nonprofits that are critical of Trump would most likely face legal challenges.
The IRS only takes that step after conducting a potentially lengthy audit, and an organization has several opportunities to appeal the decision. Federal law also prohibits the president from directing the IRS to audit specific organizations, and IRS employees can face criminal penalties if they obey an order
“Unless I missed a law or a statute, I don’t think there’s something on the books right now,” said Javed Ali, a former senior director at the National Security Council in Trump’s first term. “I don’t think there’s any sort of provision that would allow the administration to do this.”
Both the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations issued statements condemning political violence.
“We oppose all forms of violence and condemn the outrageous accusations to the contrary,” Open Society Foundations said in a statement. “Our work is entirely peaceful and lawful.”
In its own statement, the Ford Foundation said that “the rise in politically motivated violence is a significant crisis in our society that all Americans need to join together to address.”
The Trump administration has also taken actions that stretch beyond the borders of the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the administration has “most certainly been denying visas” to people celebrating Kirk’s killing.
Trump’s aides have also said they plan on investigating people suspected of burning Teslas in apparent protest of Elon Musk and assaults against immigration agents. Officials are also exploring establishing links between those episodes and organized groups.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sept. 15, 2025. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump and his allies have laid out a broad plan to target liberal groups, monitor speech, revoke visas and designate certain groups as domestic terrorists. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
After Kirk’s killing, Obama says the
By TYLER PAGER
Former President Barack Obama suggested earlier this week that President Donald Trump and his allies were using the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to stoke division and silence debate about Kirk’s ideas.
Obama, speaking in a moderated conversation in Erie, Pennsylvania, as part of the Jefferson Educational Society’s 17th annual global summit, did not mention Trump by name. But he said that Trump’s attacks in recent days on his political rivals and his threats of drastic actions to stifle his opposition after the killing of Kirk had exacerbated tensions in the country.
“When I hear not just our current president, but his aides, who have a history of calling political opponents ‘vermin,’ enemies who need to be ‘targeted,’ that speaks to a broader problem that we have right now, and something that we’re going to have to grapple with — all of us,” Obama said.
Kirk was shot and killed last week at a university event in Utah. Prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with Kirk’s murder and said they would seek the death penalty. In the charging documents, prosecutors said Robinson had sent text messages confessing to the shooting and saying of Kirk, “I had enough of his hatred.”
Obama called Kirk’s death “horrific and a tragedy.” But he said that Americans should still be able to debate Kirk’s ideas, noting several areas where he disagreed with the conservative activist.
“Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, independents, we have to recognize that on both sides, undoubtedly, there are people who are extremists and who say things that are contrary to what I believe are America’s core values,” Obama said.
Drawing more of a contrast with Trump, he referred to his own presidency and to past Republican leaders he said had believed in unifying a fractious country.
“I think George W. Bush believed that,” Obama said. “I believe that people who I ran against — I know John McCain believed it. I know Mitt Romney believed it. What I’m describing is not a Democratic value or Republican value. It is an American value. And I think at moments like this, when tensions are high, then part of the job of the president is to pull people together.”
Those tensions, he added, had amounted to a “political crisis of the sort that we haven’t
seen before.”
At one point, Obama mentioned Dylann S. Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine Black people in 2015 at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
“As president of the United States, my response was not: Who may have influenced this troubled young man to engage in that kind of violence? And now let me go after my political opponents and use that,” he said.
Trump and his top advisers have blamed the “radical left” for Kirk’s death, and have promised to crack down on people and organizations they argue have fomented political violence. Over the years, both Democrats and Republicans have been victims of political violence, and in the case of Kirk, authorities said the gunman acted alone.
In an interview on Fox News last week, Trump appeared to excuse violence by “radicals on the right,” saying their anger was justified because they were trying to reduce crime.
In recent months, Obama has gone increasingly public with his criticisms of Trump and his administration, including Trump’s attacks on the judiciary, the freedom of the press and the right to protest. Citing those examples, he has warned that the country is “drifting into something that is not consistent with American democracy” and more closely resembles “autocracies.”
Obama has called on universities to resist attacks that violate their academic freedom. Several have cut deals with the Trump administration to avoid losing federal funding.
He has also criticized Democrats for failing to speak out against Trump and his policies. In July, at a private fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee held at the home of Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, the former president argued that Democrats had been intimidated by Trump and his administration.
“It’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions,” Obama said at the event. “And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up.”
Obama has taken note of Democrats’ efforts to fight back against the Trump administration. He cheered on Texas Democratic legislators who tried to resist new congressional maps that were drawn up by Republicans, under pressure from Trump, to give themselves an edge in the midterm elections. He has also shown support for Gov. Gavin Newsom of California in his effort to counter Republicans by redrawing California’s maps, calling his approach “responsible.”
Our allies are asking: ‘Why does Putin still own Trump?’
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Since president donald trump decided to rebrand the defense department as the “department of war,” to more accurately reflect how tough he is, i suggest we rebrand the white house as “the waffle house” — to more accurately reflect trump’s incessant waffling when it comes to actually doing something to deter vladimir putin’s steadily increasing onslaught on ukraine, not to mention his recent drone incursion into america’s nato ally poland.
I was in ukraine last week, attending the yalta european strategy conference in the capital, kyiv, and interviewing ukrainian and european officials, analysts and entrepreneurs. Some version of the same question came up quietly in almost every private conversation: what in the world is going on with your president? Putin keeps spitting in trump’s eye and trump keeps telling the world that it’s raining.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, speaks during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 15, 2025. (Eric Lee/ The New York Times)
No one wants to say this publicly right now. Indeed, at the opening of the conference, president volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine could not have expressed more gratitude to trump, as did several key nato foreign ministers and national security advisers. They are clearly hoping that if everyone pretends that trump is doing a lot — letting nato allies use their own money to buy arms for kyiv, even though trump has not allocated a dime of fresh u.S. Money to do so — the u.S. President will not abandon ukraine altogether.
But our european allies were aghast last week at trump’s response to the swarm of around 20 drones that russia sent across polish borders, prompting nato to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down. While poland’s prime minister, donald tusk, told his parliament the episode was “the closest we have been to open conflict since world war ii,” all that trump could muster was a post on his truth social platform: “what’s with russia violating poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!”
I love trump’s turn of phrase: “what’s with russia violating poland’s airspace with drones?” Our president sounds like a teenage blogger commenting on some movie star who did something embarrassing in public — not the leader of the free world. If putin had any sense of humor he would post on truth social: “donald, what’s with that department of war thing?”
Every day that goes by, trump seems to add another condition or another timeline for when he will impose meaningful economic sanctions on russia, as putin steps up his attacks on ukraine. Trump’s latest formulation posted over the weekend is that all nations in europe, most of whom have already sharply cut back their imports of russian oil, would need to stop buying oil from moscow entirely. In addition, all nato nations need to impose tariffs of 50% to 100% on china. A serious president would not be posting such demands on
social media. He and his staff would be working the phones.
I have always avoided the more conspiratorial explanations for trump’s behavior. I do not believe that the u.S. President is somehow a putin asset (though he sure knows how to play one on tv). What i believe is that trump is simply different from any u.S. President since world war ii — and not in a good way.
For starters, he does not share the bedrock commitment that the atlantic alliance is the greatest coalition in history for expanding and defending zones of free people, free markets and the rule of law.
At the same time, it is hardly a secret that trump is a man fueled by grudges and grievances. I suspect that he has never forgiven zelenskyy for not giving him the dirt on joe biden that trump sought in his first term — a crazy ask that eventually, through many twists and turns, led to trump’s first impeachment trial.
Another explanation is that there is no real policymaking process in this administration. There is no sign that any of trump’s policy declarations conveyed through social media are vetted first by area experts in the state department or the cia, no sign that anything is run by the senate or house foreign affairs committees.
The other explanation i offered to my european and ukrainian friends went like this: you know how we often say that the chinese are much more sophisticated players of the game of nations — that while we play checkers, the chinese play chess, always thinking many moves ahead. Well, it’s sort of like that with trump. Only trump is not playing either checkers or chess. He’s playing monopoly.
He does not judge countries on whether they share our democratic values — or even our interests. He judges them on whether they are boardwalk or baltic avenue, on whether we have a trade surplus or trade deficit with them, on whether they are the site for a future trump hotel or golf course and on whether their leaders will flatter his ego or not.
If you don’t flatter trump and you have a trade surplus with us — say india — your democratic system may not save you from trump’s tariffs. But if you flatter him, as putin does, and if you offer him investment opportunities, as putin also does, then trump may not impose a single new tariff on you even if, like russia, your economy runs a trade surplus with america.
Alas, even trump seems lately to have lost track of all the different conditions that he has set before he will do anything meaningful to punish russia, which is probably why he just let loose saturday with what’s really in his heart when it comes to ukraine.
“This is not trump’s war,” trump wrote on truth social. “It is biden’s and zelenskyy’s war.”
You notice that he doesn’t say it’s putin’s war — the man who actually started it.
Sorry, mr. President. This is your war now. Because you and you alone have the ability to deliver to ukraine the military resources to send the message to putin that time is not on his side, that he will have to accept a deal. Unfortunately it’s a deal that will allow the russian president to keep some of the territory in eastern ukraine that he has seized by force — but the condition for that is that putin must accept western security guarantees for ukraine aimed at ensuring that no russian leader will ever dare invade again, as well as ukrainian membership in the european union.
If you, mr. President, walk away from ukraine and let it be overrun by the russian dictatorship, you can post on truth social all you want, and you can give as many interviews with fox news as you please, but your name will forever be spoken in the same breath as neville chamberlain — and well it should.
It takes my breath away that only one republican in congress has had the guts to tell trump that. God bless rep. Don bacon of nebraska — a former air force brigadier general who responded to trump’s attempt to weasel out of responsibility with a post of his own on social platform x: “mr. President, putin is the one who is the invader. And now this war is on your watch, and you’ll be judged in the history books in the decades to come by your actions or lack thereof.”
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Alcalde de Guayama actualiza proyectos del DTOP en reunión con secretario de agencia
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GUAYAMA – El alcalde de Guayama, O’brain Vázquez Molina, se reunió con el secretario del Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP), Dr. Edwin González Montalvo, a los fines de actualizar los proyectos pendientes en las distintas comunidades de la ciudad.
“Agradezco al secretario y a su equipo de trabajo por la atención a los temas que tenemos pendientes, como por ejemplo, las antiguas facilidades regionales de la Administración de Servicios Generales (ASG), que están en desuso hace más de una década, y nosotros en el Municipio nos interesa adquirir para generar provecho público”, señaló Vázquez Molina.
“Esa zona es ciertamente ‘la entrada’ al centro ur-
bano, y queremos embellecer la misma. De hecho, recientemente en el Municipio sacamos la subasta para la remodelación del Centro de Bellas Artes Porrata Doria, y es conveniente que podamos trabajar juntos en el mejoramiento de esa zona. Nuestra estrategia de desarrollo económico de la ciudad implica también hacer un uso efectivo de todos los espacios públicos, sean estatales o municipales. La experiencia nos indica que cuando trabajamos juntos, logramos más”.
La ciudad de Guayama ha tenido un desarrollo constante en el sector del comercio, con la apertura de nuevas tiendas, e iniciativas de creación de viviendas. “Güí Colón, el exalcalde de nuestra ciudad, tuvo una gran visión de desarrollo, y yo soy de esa escuela. Estamos en la dinámica de abrir puertas, establecer alianzas y lograr resultados para todos los residentes de Guayama
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Invitan al Gran ShakeOut en Puerto Rico
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– La Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico invitó el miércoles a participar en el simulacro de terremoto
El Gran ShakeOut de Puerto Rico, que se realizará el jueves, 16 de octubre de 2025, a las 10:00 de la mañana.
“La preparación ante terremotos es una responsabilidad compartida que comienza en los hogares y se extiende a toda la comunidad”, dijo en declaraciones escritas el director de la Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico, Víctor A. Huérfano Moreno.
“La participación activa en este tipo de ejercicios fortalece nuestra resiliencia como sociedad. Cada persona que se une al simulacro contribuye a crear una red de apoyo más sólida y consciente, capaz de responder con eficacia ante una emergencia real”, añadió.
El ejercicio se celebra por decimocuarta ocasión en la
isla como parte de una iniciativa nacional e internacional que impulsa la cultura de preparación y respuesta ante eventos sísmicos. Comenzó en 2008 en el sur de California y, desde entonces, reúne a millones de personas cada año.
La Red Sísmica exhortó a ciudadanía, escuelas, empresas y organizaciones a registrarse en el sitio web shakeout. org/puertorico y a practicar la acción de “agacharse, cubrirse y sujetarse”, además de repasar planes familiares y rutas de desalojo.
El esfuerzo cuenta con el respaldo de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología, Oficina de Pronósticos de San Juan, y el Negociado para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres de Puerto Rico.
Para más información, la Red Sísmica puso a disposición el teléfono 787-833-8433, extensión 501, y el correo electrónico educacion@prsnmail.uprm.edu.
Lotería Tradicional dedica sorteo a concienciar sobre el Alzheimer
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S AN JUAN – La secretaria auxiliar del Negociado de la Lotería, Heidi Hernández Olivo, anunció el miércoles que el sorteo ordinario de mañana jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2025, repartirá más de 3.3 millones de dólares y se dedicará a crear conciencia sobre el Alzheimer.
“Este sorteo no es solo una oportunidad de ganar; también es una herramienta para crear conciencia sobre un tema que toca a miles de familias en Puerto Rico”, dijo Hernández Olivo en declaraciones escritas.
“La iniciativa se suma en septiembre a los esfuerzos interna-
cionales del Mes del Alzheimer. Hemos diseñado una campaña que invita a la reflexión y a valorar cada etapa de la vida, con el objetivo de educar y sensibilizar sobre esta enfermedad”, añadió.
La funcionaria destacó el impacto social y económico de la Lotería Tradicional, que involucra a más de 4,000 agentes y vendedores en toda la isla mediante comisiones, pago de premios y aportaciones a la obra pública.
Los sorteos ordinarios de la Lotería Tradicional se celebran semanalmente. Para más información, el público puede consultar las cuentas oficiales de Loterías de Puerto Rico o el portal institucional.
y visitantes”, añadió el alcalde a su salida del Centro Gubernamental Roberto Sánchez
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Student orchestra flashes professionalism in Family Concert Series opener
By PEGGY ANN BLISS
Special to The STAR
There’s something breathtaking about a beefed-up symphony orchestra conquering an 80-minute Gustav Mahler symphony, never resting on its laurels after 66 years of slow but steady maturation.
The Austrian composer’s “Sixth,” which opened the current classical season at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center recently, was the vehicle for just that. Bravissimo to Maestro Maximiano Valdés in his last of 18 seasons with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO)!
But there is also something magical about a perfect Sunday afternoon listening to a 60plus student orchestra stitched together in four weeks. The Puerto Rico Conservatory demonstrated this latter phenomenon last Sunday under the baton of Roselín Pabón. The Mayagüez native and Peabody Conservatory alumnus, who has graced local (and international) podiums for half a century, showed the grit and musicianship he still gives unstintingly to whatever task he is assigned. Let us also not forget his memorable Nativity concerts, which have done so much to preserve the island’s rich jíbaro culture.
Three geniuses of 18th-and 19th-century Europe -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach and Antonin Dvorak -- should be rising in ovation from their celestial thrones at the homage the students gave them last weekend.
“You work with the instruments you’ve got,” said Pabón, who is also emeritus musical director of the PRSO. “Only one faculty member [on trombone] had to be drafted to complement the section. We only had a month to pull it all together [the ensemble and the repertoire].”
concerto, featuring the oboe, a seldom- heard solo instrument, and (after a restroom reprieve) a spectacular and seldom heard symphony.
As part of their grooming as professional musicians, the 66 members observed every symphonic convention.
Sporting demure black dresses and pristine black suits, spruced up refreshingly with red ties, they polished off the tuning ritual, initiated by the oboe and taken up by the violin, represented by cool and capable concert mistress Adriana Sánchez Álvarez.
elegance of Mozart came the “Eighth Symphony in G Major” by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, eternally bonded to “The New World Symphony,” his ninth and last. Who has not heard “New World,” inspired by his two years in the United States as director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City.
The PRSO, founded by eminent cellist Pablo Casals and now into its 66th year, will take the stage again this Saturday, welcoming Swiss guest conductor François López Ferrer in a program featuring a Russian repertoire and showcasing young American violinist Nancy Zhou.
The very nature of an orchestra in a conservatory -- where members come and go every four years -- should, by definition, limit the resonance and cohesion of the ensemble. That and most likely the difficulty and variety of the repertoire. Surprisingly, such was not the case at last Sunday’s event. Ushering in the institution’s popular Family Concert Series, the fledgling orchestra presented a full-throttle professional format, sparkling with verve and polish: an overture (for openers), followed by a de rigueur
Getting the afternoon off to a rousing start was Jacques Offenbach’s once shocking “Overture” to the operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld.” Buoyed by the lesser known opening sections, listeners figuratively clacked their heels during the cherished “Can Can” finale. The sprightly burlesque tune, synonymous with Moulin Rouge since its opening almost a decade after Offenbach’s death, was a lively antidote to the political war mongering off our shores. Sunday’s rapt audience could almost hear the skirts swishing.
A definite change of pace ensued with the showcasing of Jesús Ramos Morales, a Conservatory professor and member of the PRSO, interpreting Mozart’s “Oboe Concerto in C Major.”
The composer was a mere 21 when he created his only concerto written for this ìnstrument. After its initial debut, the score was lost, only to reappear about 75 years ago. It is still a rarely heard but much appreciated concert work, especially when one considers that Mozart wrote 27 concerti for piano and five for violin! The oboe concerto was his 314th composition.
After the bravura of Offenbach and the
One of the world’s great symphonies, “The New World Symphony” has four movements, all but one designated allegro, or happy. Much of this happiness could be attributed to the merry Czech and Middle European influences the superbly versatile Dvorak infused into many of his works. With a confirmed nationalism regarding his own small country, he had a unique affinity among Old World composers for the Native (North) American and African American influences on mainstream music in the States and employed it in many of his own compositions. Although his views were controversial, he undoubtedly had an influence on American composer George Gershwin, among others.
The “Eighth,” written in 1888, was full of pastoral and folk themes, which characterized his music and led him into more innovative work after getting to know the United States. But the vision of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of the Native (North) American and the unique rhythms of the until recently enslaved African American people’s hymns gave him fertile soil to build on.
The third movement is a mellifluous waltz, followed by a triumphant and radiant final movement, leading the listener to believe that Bohemia, Dvorak’s natal region, is a paradise buried under an avalanche of Germanic and other influences.
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From left, oboist Jesús Ramos Morales and conductor Roselín Pabón (Peggy Ann Bliss)
Wall Street ends mixed, trade choppy after Fed’s rate cut, outlook
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The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 closed lower in choppy trading on Wednesday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an expected 25 basis points and Fed Chair Jerome Powell cited the weak job market.
The Dow closed higher after meandering during Powell’s speech.
The central bank indicated it will steadily cut rates for the rest of the year as policymakers signaled concerns about weakness in the labor market. The Fed projected two more quarterpercentage-point cuts this year.
“Powell tempered some of the initial enthusiasm in the markets for a more aggressive path of monetary easing. He noted the softness in the labor market, but reserves a larger cut for more serious conditions that are not present today,” said Michael Rosen, chief investment officer at Angeles Investments.
“The Fed also raised its inflation forecast, highlighting the delicate balance between setting monetary policy to offset a weaker labor market versus bringing inflation lower,” he said.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260.42 points, or 0.57%, to 46,018.32, the S&P 500 lost 6.41 points, or 0.10%, to 6,600.35 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 72.63 points, or 0.32%, to 22,261.33.
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In a press conference, Powell talked about the mounting downside risks of employment compared to inflation, but said inflation risks still must be assessed and managed.
This rate cut was already priced in by investors, according to data compiled by LSEG.
Powell fielded several questions about the Fed’s independence from the executive branch.
On Tuesday, White House economic adviser Stephen Miran was sworn in as a Fed Governor and an appeals court rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to sack Governor Lisa Cook.
Nvidia weighed on the Nasdaq. Shares fell 2.6% after a report said China’s internet regulator had instructed the country’s biggest tech companies to stop buying all of the AI leader’s chips.
Workday jumped 7.2% after a report that activist investor Elliott Management took a more than $2 billion stake in the human resources software provider.
Lyft popped 13.1% on the news that Alphabet’s Waymo would launch autonomous cab rides in Nashville next year in collaboration with the ride-hailing firm. Shares in rival Uber fell 5%.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.02-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.1-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 18 new 52-week highs and five new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 122 new highs and 45 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 18.91 billion shares, compared with the 16.47 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
Israel pounds Gaza City as fears mount for those inside
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD, RAWAN SHEIKH AHMAD, GABBY SOBELMAN and LIAM STACK
The Israeli military said it would open another evacuation route on Wednesday for people fleeing Gaza City as international alarm grew over the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still sheltering there amid Israel’s heavy bombardment and widening ground assault.
Before the expanded offensive was announced Tuesday, the military ordered people in Gaza City to go to what it described as a humanitarian zone in the south. The Israeli military said that more than 350,000 people had fled the northern city as of Tuesday evening, cramming onto the enclave’s coastal road, but roughly half a million were believed to still be there.
On Wednesday, the military announced the opening of another “temporary route” heading south along Salah al-Din Road. In an Arabic-language statement posted on social media, it said the route would be open for 48 hours, starting at noon local time Wednesday.
The start of the long-planned ground offensive drew fierce condemnation from allies of Israel and aid agencies, who said it would worsen an already dire humanitarian situation and derail any diplomatic resolution to the nearly two-year war.
Israel’s government has said seizing Gaza City is necessary to prevent Hamas from regrouping and planning future attacks like the assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that ignited the war.
Heavy airstrikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s military saying on Wednesday morning that more than 150 strikes had been launched over the previous 48 hours.
Salah al-Din Road, which runs roughly north to south through the enclave, links Gaza City to the southern cities of Khan
The al-Mawasi camp for displaced Palestinians near Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The Israeli military said it would open another evacuation route on Wednesday for people fleeing Gaza City as international alarm grew for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still sheltering there under heavy bombardment and Israel’s widening ground assault. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)
Younis and Rafah, a journey that can take up to seven hours by foot. Israel’s military designated it an evacuation corridor earlier in the war, but a report from Human Rights Watch last year found that it was “rarely, if ever, safe” and had come under Israeli fire.
The assault on Gaza City was announced on the same day that a U.N. commission investigating the war said Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians, which Israel has denied.
Since the war began, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed and most people have been displaced multiple times. Hunger is rampant in the enclave, and last month, a U.N.backed panel of food experts found famine in Gaza City, in a report that Israel has criticized.
In a report on Wednesday, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs said no food aid had entered northern Gaza since Friday, when it said Israel’s military had closed an important border crossing, Zikim.
Aid groups, the report said, had “grave concerns over fuel and food stock depletion in a matter of days as there are now no direct aid entry points into northern Gaza and resupply from south to north is increasingly challenging due to mounting road congestion and insecurity.”
That account differed from the one offered by COGAT, the Israeli military agency that manages aid to Gaza. In a statement posted online, it said 230 aid trucks had entered Gaza through the border crossings of Kerem Shalom, in the south, and Zikim, in the north, on Tuesday.
COGAT declined to explain the discrepancy between its account and that provided by the United Nations, but said in a statement that “the entry of trucks through the Zikim crossing will be facilitated subject to operational considerations.”
It also declined to provide detailed information about how many trucks reached Gaza City on Tuesday.
The U.N. report echoed the concerns in
a joint statement issued Wednesday by the leaders of 20 leading aid organizations, who demanded “urgent intervention” in Gaza.
The aid officials said that “the inhumanity of the situation in Gaza is unconscionable” and listed a catalog of human suffering: death, maiming, famine, widespread destruction, “children so traumatized by daily airstrikes that they cannot sleep” and others who “want to die to join their parents in heaven.”
The lengthy statement was signed by leaders of organizations including Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam International and Save the Children. It said that their efforts to provide aid had been “obstructed every step of the way,” accusations that Israel has consistently rejected.
With Israel’s evacuation orders for Gaza City, they warned, “we are on the precipice of an even deadlier period in Gaza’s story if action is not taken.”
Nearly 100 people have been killed and nearly 400 wounded over the past 24 hours, Gaza’s health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, said Wednesday afternoon. It added that emergency workers had been unable to reach a number of people trapped under the rubble.
Arab nations joined the calls for action, with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar condemning the ground offensive on Wednesday. Qatar said the Gaza City operation was a “flagrant violation of international law” that would “undermine the prospects for peace in the region.” The country has acted as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, and it was the site of an Israeli strike on Hamas officials last week.
Amid mounting outrage over the ground assault, the European Commission proposed on Wednesday to suspend favorable trade terms and impose sanctions on some Israeli ministers, measures aimed at signaling demands for an end to the war.
“The horrific events taking place in Gaza on a daily basis must stop,” the president of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said in a statement. “There needs to be an immediate ceasefire, unrestrained access for all humanitarian aid, and the release of all hostages held by Hamas.”
Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, criticized the commission’s move as “morally and politically distorted.” He said in a statement that Israel hoped the measures would not be adopted, and would “continue to fight.”
By JACK NICAS
ters of a coup.
U.S. officials, however, say they are saving Brazil’s democracy.
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President Donald Trump made his demands to Brazil very clear: Drop the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup.
To show he was serious, he hit Brazil with punishing tariffs, launched a trade investigation and imposed some of the most severe sanctions at his disposal against the Supreme Court justice overseeing the case.
Brazil responded last Thursday by convicting Bolsonaro anyway, sentencing him to more than 27 years in prison for overseeing a failed plot to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections.
Defiance has defined Brazil’s response to Trump since he began trying to bully the country. So far, it hasn’t resulted in disaster.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has watched his poll numbers rise as he has denounced his American counterpart. Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice targeted by sanctions, has been fiercely backed by Brazil’s democratic institutions. And last month, when Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports took effect, Brazil said its global exports actually rose 4% because of increased purchases by China.
“Does anyone believe that a tweet from a foreign government official will change a ruling in the Supreme Court?” Justice Flávio Dino said as he cast his vote this past week to convict Bolsonaro.
In response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio tweeted: “The United States will respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”
How much further Washington is willing to go in its fight with Brazil is unclear. The U.S. government has used some of its most powerful tools. Its latest actions focused mostly on revoking the visas of some Brazilian officials.
If the tariffs last — or even increase — it may eventually prove difficult to explain to American voters why they should pay more for beef, coffee and sugar to intervene in Bolsonaro’s case.
U.S. officials have said their problems with Brazil go beyond Bolsonaro. They accuse de Moraes of censoring free speech by ordering social networks to block accounts that often he alone decides threaten Brazil’s democracy.
His actions have indeed been harsh at times and lacked transparency, prompting criticism within Brazil, too. He and fellow justices have argued that the Brazilian right’s recent attacks on democracy — including a plot to assassinate de Moraes — have required a firm response.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, was asked this past week about de Moraes’ approach to the internet. Her response, delivered as the judge was voting to convict Bolsonaro, raised eyebrows: “The president is unafraid to use the economic might, the military might of the United States of America to protect free speech around the world.”
Brazil’s government condemned the statement, and Lula later told a radio station, “The U.S. needs to know it’s not dealing with a banana republic.”
Trump, for his part, did not seem to be revving for a fight when asked Thursday if he would respond to Bolsonaro’s conviction with more sanctions. “It’s very much like they tried to do with me, but they didn’t get away with it,” he said. He did not mention any retaliation.
What is clear is that the White House’s campaign against Brazil did not stop Bolsonaro’s conviction, but it did hurt America’s image in the country and push its largest ally in the Western Hemisphere closer to China.
Lula has spoken with President Xi Jinping of China at least twice since the U.S. tariffs took effect — but not once with Trump.
China, Brazil’s largest trading partner ahead of the United States, is becoming even more central to Brazil’s economic plan. China bought 31% more from Brazil in August, when the tariffs kicked in, compared with a year before. At the same time, Brazil’s sales to the United States dropped 18.5%.
Public perceptions in Brazil of the United States and China have been following a similar pattern. The percentage of Brazilians who said they had a positive image of the United States fell to 44% in August, from 58% in February 2024, according to a survey. Over the same period, those with a positive image of China jumped to 49% from 38%.
(While Bolsonaro supporters have been waving American flags at protests to thank Trump, the survey showed their support for the United States was so high that it hardly budged with his intervention.)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote online Thursday that Bolsonaro’s conviction drove “relations between our two great nations to their darkest point in two centuries.”
Many on the left in Brazil would argue that the United States’ support for the 1964 military coup that led to a 21-year dictatorship in Brazil was a darker moment. They see the current U.S. policy as another intervention from Washington on behalf of the plot-
That vast divide could be difficult to bridge. “As long as Brazil leaves the fate of our
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Trump sues The New York Times for articles questioning his success
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
President Donald Trump accused The New York Times and four of its reporters of defaming him ahead of the 2024 election, claiming that a series of articles sought to undermine his candidacy and disparage his reputation as a successful businessman.
In a lawsuit filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Trump said the articles and a book published by two of the journalists were “specifically designed to try and damage President Trump’s business, personal and political reputation.”
According to the complaint, the articles and the book were published with “actual malice” toward Trump and caused “enormous” economic losses and damage to his “professional and occupational interests.” The lawsuit asked for damages of at least $15 billion.
The defendants named in the suit were The New York Times Co. and Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, Peter Baker and Michael S. Schmidt. The complaint also named Penguin Random House, which published a book about Trump written by Craig and Buettner, as a defendant.
The complaint claims that the defendants timed the publication of the articles and books “at the height of election season to inflict maximum electoral damage against President Trump.”
A spokesperson for the Times responded: “This lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics. We will continue to pursue the facts without fear or favor and stand up for journalists’ First
Amendment right to ask questions on behalf of the American people.”
A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the Times, said in a note to staff on Tuesday that the lawsuit was “frivolous,” adding that “everyone, regardless of their politics, should be troubled by the growing anti-press campaign led by President Trump and his administration.”
A spokesperson for Penguin Random House said: “This is a meritless lawsuit. Penguin Random House stands by the book and its authors and will continue to uphold the values of the First Amendment that are fundamental to our role as a book publisher.”
The lawsuit against the Times is the latest in a series of legal actions taken by Trump against news outlets. He sued over the editing of a report on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” resulting in a $16 million settlement with the network’s parent company, Paramount, in July. Last year, ABC News agreed to settle a defamation suit brought by Trump for $15 million, plus $1 million for his legal fees, over remarks made in an interview by anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Trump also sued The Wall Street Journal in July for an article that stated that he had sent a lewd birthday greeting to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
Trump has threatened to sue the Ti-
mes on a number of occasions, including this month for articles related to the sexually suggestive message and drawing sent to Epstein that appears to have been signed by him. Trump has denied that he created the note. The complaint he filed on Monday did not involve any of those articles.
In the lawsuit, Trump’s lawyers cited three Times articles that he maintained were part of “a pattern of falsehoods and defamation.”
The first one was an article adapted from the book by Craig and Buettner, “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success.” The article was about how producers of Trump’s reality television show, “The Apprentice,” helped fuel his rise to the presidency.
The complaint also referred to anecdotes from “Lucky Loser,” and from a book published by the president’s niece, Mary L. Trump, that were included in an article by Baker from October 2024 about how no major party presidential candidate had been accused of wrongdoing so many times. (A separate lawsuit that Trump filed against his niece is pending.)
The lawsuit also pointed to another October article, by Schmidt, based on interviews with John F. Kelly, the former U.S.
Marine general and one of Trump’s chiefs of staff during his first term. In that article, Kelly warned that Trump might rule like a dictator if he were reelected, and he confirmed a previous report that Trump had referred to American soldiers who died on the battlefield as “suckers” and “losers.” Trump has denied making those statements.
The complaint also took issue with the endorsement of Kamala Harris by the editorial board of the Times in September 2024, describing it as “deranged” and criticizing the editorial board’s arguments.
Trump has sued the Times on a previous occasion, without success.
In 2021, Trump sued the paper over a series of articles that investigated his finances and tax records. (Craig and Buettner were two of the reporters who wrote them.) The suit was dismissed in 2023 and Trump was ordered to pay the Times’ legal expenses.
In addition, in 2020, his reelection campaign sued for libel over an essay in the Opinion section titled “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo.” The lawsuit was dismissed in 2021.
The lawsuit filed on Monday repeatedly took umbrage with Craig and Buettner’s book. The complaint said the book tried to tarnish one of Trump’s “most well-known successes” as a reality television star. According to the lawsuit, the book inaccurately stated that Mark Burnett, the executive producer of “The Apprentice,” had discovered Trump and transformed him into a celebrity. The lawsuit claims that Trump was already “a mega-celebrity and an enormous success in business” when he was put on the show.
In an effort to prove “malice” against Trump, the lawsuit cited more than a dozen articles from the Times dating back to his first term in office that it claimed “maliciously and falsely portray him as dishonest, erode public trust in him and tear down his achievements.”
The lawsuit also claims that the defendants “baselessly hate President Trump in a deranged way.”
In a social media post on Monday evening, Trump said he was “proud” to hold the Times responsible for decades of lying about him, his family and business. He referred to the success of his other lawsuits, pointing to the settlements by Paramount and ABC.
The case has been assigned to Judge Steven D. Merryday, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush.
The New York Times Building in Manhattan, Feb. 3, 2025. In a lawsuit filed on Sept. 15 in Florida, President Donald Trump accused The New York Times and four of its reporters of defaming him ahead of the 2024 election, claiming that a series of articles sought to undermine his candidacy and disparage his reputation as a successful businessman. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA
EDWIN SOTO SANTIAGO
Parte Peticionaria EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: AG2025CV01383.
Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS
A QUIENES PUEDA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN SOLICITADA.
POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) 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 a continuación:
RÚSTICA: Solar ubicado en el Barrio Malpaso, Sector Cesar Ruiz, Carretera número cuatrocientos diecisiete (417) de Aguada, Puerto Rico. PREDIO
A con una cabida superficial de MIL SETECIENTOS VEINTINUEVE PUNTO DOS MIL QUINIENTOS NOVENTA Y UN METROS CUADRADOS (1,729.2591 MC), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CUATRO MIL
CUATROCIENTAS CUERDAS (0.4400 ODAS). En lindes al NORTE con quebrada y faja verde para uso público. Al SUR, con Agustín Ruiz, con quebrada y con Brunilda Cáceres; al ESTE, con quebrada, Brunilda Cáceres y camino municipal; y al OESTE, con Agustín Ruiz, quebrada que separa de los terrenos de Francisco Ramírez y de Omar Sánchez. Número de Catastro Parcela de Procedencia: 097-024-001-80. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. 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://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la Secretaría del Tribunal, y notificar copia de la misma al representante legal de la parte peticionaria, quien es:
LCDO. GIL G. VILLANUEVA HERNÁNDEZ
SERLEGINT LAW, LLC PO BOX 5030 PMB 1704
AGUADILLA, PR 00605
TEL (787) 890-8080
CORREO ELECTRÓNICO: info@ serlegint.com 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. Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 27 DE MARZO DE 2026, A LAS 2:45 DE LA TARDE, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido(a) por abogado y presentar oposición a la Petición. Este edicto será publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de 20 días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Se identificará en letra negrillas tamaño 10 puntos toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días, a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por los peticionarios sin más citarle ni oírle. POR ORDEN DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, libro el presente en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 25 de agosto de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante Vs. LUIS DANIEL ALVARADO LAUREANO
Demandado Civil Núm.: CG2025CV02097. (803). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: LUIS DANIEL ALVARADO LAUREANO. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha
radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:/ unired.poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 29 de agosto de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante Vs. MIGUEL ÁNGEL
MÉNDEZ VARELA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: IS2025CV00093. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: MIGUEL ÁNGEL
MÉNDEZ VARELA.
Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a su derecho convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al
cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Isabela, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele, ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 29 de agosto de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante Vs. JOSÉ MANUEL GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ
Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2025CV00429. (101). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: JOSÉ MANUEL GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ.
Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a su derecho convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se
le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele, ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 02 de septiembre de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA GENERAL. NERYSA ALEXANDRINO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Parte Demandante Vs. RAFAEL CARRETERO OSORIO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: HU2025CV00834. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: RAFAEL CARRETERO OSORIO. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberá presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Humacao, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 2 de septiembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETA-
RIA GENERAL. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
Demandate Vs. R-G PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO, HOY ORIENTAL BANK; ORIENTAL BANK; BANCO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO BANCO Y AGENCIA DE FINANCIAMIENTO DE LA VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO; BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION, HOY FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC); FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC); SCOTIABANK PUERTO RICO, HOY ORIENTAL BANK; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO MAS CUAL
Demandados
Civil Núm.: MZ2025CV01245. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA REPRESENTADA POR PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FULANO DE TAL, Y MENGANO MAS CUAL. Se emplaza y notifica a ustedes que se ha presentado una demanda en este caso, en la cual, en síntesis, la parte demandante alega que se extravió un pagare hipotecario que estaban en poder de “R&G Mortgage Corporation”, y solicita que se ordene la cancelación de la hipoteca que lo garantiza. El pagaré fue librado por la Sra. Hilda Florenciani Vega, también conocida como Ada H Florenciani Vega, a favor del “Banco De La Vivienda De Puerto Rico”, también conocida como “Banco y Agencia De Financiamiento De La Vivienda De Puerto Rico”, o a su orden, por la suma de $24,300.00, más intereses y créditos accesorios, vencedera el día 1 de enero del 2029, según consta de la escritura #520, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de diciembre del 1998, ante la Notario Público Irma I Planadeball Moreno. La referida escritura consta inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 1369
de Mayagüez, del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez, finca 27,782, inscripción 6ta. Pueden ver la demanda en su totalidad en este Tribunal. Los abogados de la Parte Demandante lo son: Sandra De L. Tous-Chevres y Raúl J. Tous Bobonis, Urb. San Francisco, Calle Diamela 1789, San Juan, PR 00927-6330, teléfono (787) 751-8834, a quien deberá notificar la contestación de la demanda dentro de los próximos 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Por la presente se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los próximos 30 días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que 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. Dado bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal y por Orden del mismo hoy 8 de septiembre de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. JOSSIE D. BOBE RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante Vs. MARANGELIE BÁEZ COLÓN, JOHN DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2025CV02095. (802). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: MARANGELIE BÁEZ COLÓN, JOHN DOE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. Quedan emplazados y notificados de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se les notifica para que comparezcan ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se les notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.poderjudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de Caguas, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@ esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 4 de septiembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO ORIENTAL BANK Demandante V. LUIS GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ RUBERTE POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANA DE TAL Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PE2025CV00001. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALBERTO DE DIEGO COLLARDEDIEGOLAWOFFICES@GMAIL. COM.
A: LUIS GUILLERMO RODRÍGUEZ, MIRIAN ROMÁN RODRÍGUEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE 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 04 de septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Yauco, Puerto Rico, el 10 de septiembre de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JOEL D. SANTIAGO SANTIAGO Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: VB2024CV00273. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. JOSÉ A. LAMAS BURGOSJLAMAS@LVPRLAW.COM. A: JOEL D. SANTIAGO SANTIAGO - JARDINES DEL PARAÍSO, 178 CALLE JARDÍN EL PARAÍSO, VEGA BAJA, PUERTO RICO 00693. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 31 de octubre de 2024, 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 notifica-
ción. 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 septiembre de 2025. Notas de la Secretaría: ENMENDADA PARA SER PUBLICADA NUEVAMENTE. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 10 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
MIGUEL ÁNGEL
GALARZA RIVERA Y OTROS
Demandante V. JUAN ARCADIO VÉLEZ
ROSARIO Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: MZ2025CV00459. (Salón: 207). Sobre: PROCEDIMIENTO ESPECIAL EXPÉDITO DE EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO, REANUDACIÓN DE TRACTO Y USUCAPIÓN (LEY NÚM. 118-2022). NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
CAROLINA J. GARRIGA CESANÍ - CGARRIGA@ TITLESECURITYGROUP.COM. A: FRANCISCO VÉLEZ
ROSARIO, JUAN NAZARIO VÉLEZ ROSARIO, RAFAEL SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, ALBERTO SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, RAMÓN SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, ALICIA SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, ISABEL SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, MILAGROS SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, ROSA JULIA SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, ANTONIO SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ Y JORGE SEPÚLVEDA VÉLEZ, COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JUAN ARCADIO VÉLEZ ROSARIO, T/C/P ARCADIO VÉLEZ ROSARIO, 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 09 de septiembre de 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi-
damente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su 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 septiembre de 2025. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN GONZÁLEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. KEVIN DANIEL SMITS Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: HU2025CV00162.
(Salón: 206). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM.
A: KEVIN DANIEL SMITS, AMY SUSAN SMITS, SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES SMITS-SMITS, JOHN DOE; DIRECCION; A 23 JARDINES DE HUMACAO PR 00791; PALMAS DEL MAR 12 RIDGETOP ST. HUMACAO PR 00791, DESCONOCIDA.
(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 septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
OSVALDO ANGEL
RIVERA RIVERA Y OTROS
Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE
CORPORATION Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TJ2025CV00402. (Civil: 408). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JORGE GARCÍA RONDÓNJAFGRONDON@OUTLOOK.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE (PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS CON POSIBLE INTERES). (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 septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND Demandante V. SUCESION EUGENIO CRUZ LAO T/C/C EUGENIO CRUZ Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2025CV00521. (Salón: 406 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FRANCES L. ASENCIO GUIDOFRANCES.ASENCIO@GMLAW.COM. A: ADALIZ CRUZ RIVERA, JAVIER EUGENIO CRUZ RIVERA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION EUGENIO CRUZ LAO T/C/C
EUGENIO CRUZ; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION ADA LIGIA MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA L. MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA MARTINEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BA-
YAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante V. JEANNE
MARIE UPHOUSE Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00410. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR YCR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: JEANNE
MARIE UPHOUSE. (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 septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
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. YOLANDA MARGARITA IGARAVIDEZ ORENGO
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00411. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM. A: YOLANDA MARGARITA
IGARAVIDEZ ORENGO. (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 septiembre 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 notificaciónn. 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 septiembre de 2025. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO PALMAS DEL MAR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. NATIONAL CORROSION CONTROL, INC.
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: HU2025CV00340. (Salón: 206). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERAJRG@GONZALEZMORALES.COM. A: NATIONAL CORROSION CONTROL, INC.; DIRECCIÓN: PO BOX 471 PUNTA SANTIAGO PR 007410471. (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 septiembre 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 septiembre de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 11 de septiembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO SALA SUPERIOR FEDERICO TORRES MARTÍNEZ Demandantes V. SUCESIONES DE FELIPA BARRETO SOTO Y GREGORIO TORRES, COMPUESTAS POR JOSÉ GREGORIO TORRES LÓPEZ, ELSIE M. TORRES LÓPEZ, GREGSIE M. TORRES LÓPEZ, PRIMITIVA REYES TORRES, JAIME FERRER REYES, JULES TOWER MUÑIZ, EDELMIRO TORRES ESPINOSA; RICHARD ROE Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2025CV00673. Sobre: PRESCRIPCIÓN ADQUISITIVA (USUCAPIÓN). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. A: ELSIE M. TORRES LÓPEZ10423 RAVENWOOD VIEW LANE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77075. El Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Arecibo, Sala Superior, dictó la siguiente Orden: Vista la “Moción Solicitando Autorización y Orden para Emplazar por Edicto”, y cónsono con las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, el Tribunal autoriza y ordena que se le notifique por edicto la Codemandada Elsie M. Torres López. El edicto se publicará conforme a la Regla 4.6 (a) (c) de las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6(a) (c), mediante la publicación de un solo edicto en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, a los efectos de que presente cualquier oposición a la Demanda Enmendada dentro del término de treinta (30) días a contarse de la publicación del edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo se continuará se le anotará la Rebeldía, el caso seguirá su trámite pudiéndose dictar Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. El Demandante deberá cumplir con el requisito impuesto por la Regla
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COLICEBA opens season on Saturday in 7 stadiums
The official opening ceremony for the 2025-26 COLICEBA season will take place Saturday at Iluminado “Lumín” Quiles Stadium in Orocovis, home of the champion Caciques.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Amateur Baseball Central League Confederation (COLICEBA by its acronym in Spanish) will kick off its 2025-26 season on Saturday with games in seven stadiums starting at 6 p.m.; the official ceremony will take place at Iluminado “Lumín” Quiles Stadium in Orocovis, home of the champion Caciques.
The league will feature 17 teams in four divisions, with a 12-game regular season. Among the new additions to the league are the debuting Guapos of Dorado, the returning Halcones of Gurabo, and the former Juncos team relocated to Río Grande and now known as the Yunqueros.
Opening day will feature doubleheaders: Barranquitas vs.
Orocovis, Río Grande vs. Ceiba, Yabucoa vs. Gurabo, Aibonito vs. Arroyo, Cidra vs. Coamo in Santa Isabel, Aguadilla vs. Villalba and Mayagüez vs. Guayanilla. All games will start at 6 p.m. On Sunday, Dorado will visit Aguas Buenas at 2 p.m.
The season will be dedicated to Neribel Torres and Cirilo Ortiz. The division leaders will advance to the Championship Playoffs; the second- and third-place teams will play best-of-five series for the remaining four playoff spots. In the Championship Playoffs first round (quarterfinals), the top seed will face the eighth seed in a best-of-seven series, with the second seed taking on the seventh seed and so on; the winners will advance to the best-of-seven semifinals, and the championship final will be a best-of-seven series.
Toñito Colón returns to Vejigantes as assistant coach
By THE STAR STAFF
The Vejigantes of Ponce announced on Wednesday the return of Javier Antonio “Toñito” Colón as assistant coach, who will work alongside head coach Eddie Casiano during the upcoming Puerto Rican Basketball League (LBP by its initials in Spanish) season.
“Having Toñito back on our coaching staff is an honor,” Vejigantes General Manager Joel Medina said in a written statement. “His knowledge, his love for this city, and his leadership skills perfectly complement Eddie’s work.”
“We firmly believe that together they will establish
PR downs DR in straight
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Women’s National Volleyball Team secured its first win at the 2025 NORCECA Women’s Final Six, defeating the Dominican Republic in straight sets, 25-16, 25-16 and 25-21, on Tuesday night in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
After a hard-fought five-set loss to Mexico in their opening match, the Boricuas came out looking to shift the momentum. With two sets already in hand, they main-
a strong coaching staff that will propel the Vejigantes toward the success we all desire,” he added. Colón is recognized for his long career as a player and his connection to basketball in Ponce. His return strengthens the team’s technical structure and reinforces its commitment to local talent, Medina said.
The LBP season starts in November.
sets at NORCECA
tained their rhythm in the third and sealed the victory early.
A powerful back-row attack from Valeria Vázquez, followed by another from Decelise Champion, extended Puerto Rico’s lead to 16-8, marking the turning point of the third set. The set point came after a Dominican service error that made it 2421, and Vázquez closed the match with a sharp spike from zone four.
With the win, Puerto Rico improved to 1-1 in the tournament with its next match against Canada slated for Wednesday night.
Santurce, Isabela win in BSNF
By THE STAR STAFF
The Cangrejeras of Santurce and the Pollitas of Isabela earned victories on Tuesday in the National Women’s Basketball League (BSNF by its initials in Spanish).
Shae Kelley scored 22 points and grabbed
six rebounds as Santurce defeated the Vaqueras of Hatillo 72-58 at Francisco “Pacho” Deida Coliseum.
Import Oshlynn Brown capped a 9-0 run as the Cangrejeras took a 23-16 lead with 1:01 left in the first quarter. Santurce extended the lead to 42-21 at halftime.
Match highlights:
* Blocking: Puerto Rico prevailed at the net with 9 blocks to the Dominican Republic’s 6.
* Service aces: The Boricuas recorded 4 aces compared to just 1 by their opponents.
* Top scorers for Puerto Rico: Vázquez and Champion led with 11 points each, followed by Diana Carolina Reyes with 10.
* Top scorer for the Dominican Republic: Madeline Jazmín Guillén Paredes stood out with 16 points.
With the victory, the Cangrejeras improved to 6-3, one game behind the leagueleading Explosivas of Moca (7-2). The Vaqueras fell to 4-5 and are in sixth place.
Kamaria McDaniel had 14 points, and Brown added 12 points and 15 rebounds for Santurce. For Hatillo, import Essense Booker led the way with 16 points, Okako Adika added 12 points and Mckenzie Forbes had 11.
At José “Buga” Abreu Coliseum in Isabela, import Anisha George shined with 26 points
Final Six
Looking to shift the momentum after a closefought opening match against host Mexico, Team Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic in straight sets on Tuesday night at the NORCECA Women’s Final Six in Guadalajara.
as the Pollitas defeated the Ponce Leonas, 7869.
Kaelynn Satterfield and Lasha Petree added 15 points each for Isabela. For Ponce, Talia von Oelhoffen scored 24 points, Ariel Colón had 17, Paola Maldonado added 11 and Dariauna Lewis had 10 points with 11 rebounds. Isabela remained in third place with a record of 6-4. Meanwhile, the Leonas sit at the bottom of the BSNF standings with a record of 2-6.
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