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PDP: Turkish energy firm faces accusations in Africa, Middle East & beyond
ca, Pakistan, Guyana, Iraq and Sierra Leone, which indicate unethical practices and illegal activities in government contract procurement.
“I urge the administration of Governor Jenniffer González and Josué Colón to closely monitor the ongoing bidding process,” emphasized Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, the PDP minority leader in the upper chamber. “On one hand, there is a company with a troubling history of corruption, and on the other, representatives of this company are meeting and negotiating in Puerto Rico before the bidding has even taken place.”
According to international reports, Karpowership and its parent company, Karadeniz Holdings, have a history that raises significant concerns regarding transparency and ethics in their operations.
“Since its establishment, Karpowership has faced multiple corruption allegations, primarily involving the payment of millions of dollars to government officials and their associates,” Dalmau Santiago said.
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The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the island Senate raised concerns Monday about the Puerto Rico government’s potential hiring of a Turkish company with a questionable global reputation to tackle the upcoming power generation crisis this summer.
Sens. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, José Luis Dalmau Santiago, Marially González Huertas, Ada Álvarez Conde, and Josian Santiago Rivera cautioned that while Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz has announced plans to seek a company for temporary power generation services, one of the candidates under consideration, the Turkish company Karpowership, has a troubled track record internationally.
“It is crucial to develop alternatives to address the anticipated blackouts caused by insufficient power generation. Experts project that there could be up to 90 blackouts by the end of 2025. This crisis stems from the limited energy output of the current operational generating units,” Dalmau Santiago said at a news conference at PDP headquarters. “However, the government is evaluating Karpowership, a company known for its controversies in the energy sector and which is under international scrutiny due to its poor performance in various countries.”
He added that information has surfaced indicating that Colón Ortiz has already met with the company to discuss power generation services.
The senators highlighted several corruption cases against officials affiliated with Karpowership in Lebanon, South Afri-
Álvarez Conde added that a potential partnership with Karpowership is further complicated by its history.
“Once contracted and generating energy, Karpowership has been known to shut down its plants and leave countries without power to pursue new negotiations or manage payments,” she said. Santiago Rivera noted that “[s]pecifically, in Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Sudan, the company deliberately caused blackouts for financial gain.”
“In Lebanon, they attempted to obstruct an investigation into corruption,” he said.
Dalmau Santiago emphasized the urgent need to address the shortage of more than 800 megawatts, especially given the expected increase in energy demand between May and September, but insisted that it must be done responsibly.
On March 11, Colón Ortiz told the media that to meet the increased demand for power, they were evaluating “a technology that consists of vessels with installed plants.” He cautioned that “we already face enough challenges with privatized energy companies; we cannot exacerbate the situation with this company.”
The energy czar, who also serves as the executive director of the Public-Private Partnerships Authority, said he has commenced meetings, evaluations and negotiations to contract the barges with generation units and position them in “strategic coastal locations.”
The senators contended that if the government does not take action, Puerto Rico will end up with a leonine contract like the ones with Genera PR for power generation and Luma Energy for power transmission and distribution.
Popular Democratic Party Senate Minority Leader Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz
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Senate confirms Ramos as health secretary
By THE STAR STAFF
The island Senate on Monday confirmed, by voice vote, the appointment of Dr. Víctor Ramos Otero as secretary of the Department of Health, after receiving a positive report from the Innovation, Reform, and Appointments Committee, chaired by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz.
The vote came after Ramos faced allegations in a public hearing last Friday from Puerto Rico Physicians and Surgeons Association President Carlos Díaz Vélez, who accused him of a lack of capacity and alleged irregularities while he presided over the institution, including a $125,000 loan and the use of $1.4 million from medical investors for a health plan that never materialized.
“I congratulate Dr. Víctor Ramos on his confirmation as Secretary of Health. I thank the legislative body for its advice and consent,” Gov. Jenniffer González Colón said in a statement on social media. “Let us continue working together with commitment and a sense of urgency for the health and quality of life of our people.”
The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation voted against the appointment. PDP Senate Minority Leader Javier Hernández Ortiz said the allegations against Ramos were supported by documents submitted at the Friday hearing before the
Senate’s Full Committee. Puerto Rican Independence Party Sen. María de Lourdes Santiago also voted against the appointment as did Dignity Project Sen. Joanne Rodríguez Veve, who questioned the nominee’s shifting stance on issues such as abortion, mandatory vaccination, gender ideology, and sex-change procedures. She stated that the nominee demonstrated different positions during the evaluation process.
Meanwhile, senators from the majority New Progressive Party, such as Juan Oscar Morales, who chairs the Health Committee, defended the appointment, arguing that Ramos presented sufficient evidence to refute the accusations and highlighting his management during the pandemic.
For his part, Ramos said: “I deeply appreciate the trust the Puerto Rican Senate has placed in me by granting me permission to serve as Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico. I also once again thank Governor Jenniffer González Colón for her continued support. This support is not for one person, but rather for a clear vision of how to strengthen and transform our health system for the benefit of our people, as entrusted to us by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and her government plan, which includes 28 strategic areas to strengthen public health, which I will ensure are implemented. Always with God in mind, I assume this responsibility with humility, commitment, and the determination to work hand in hand with all sectors, as I have always done throughout my
life. Today begins a new stage in which dialogue, action, and teamwork will be key to guaranteeing an accessible, efficient, and dignified health system for all Puerto Ricans.”
The now confirmed health secretary added that he is “[f] ocused on working as I have done since I took office, without distractions.”
In addition to Ramos’ appointment, the Senate approved the appointments of Ángel Jiménez Colón as commissioner of the Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, and Juan Carlos Santaella Marchán as executive director of the Gaming Commission. Other appointments, including prosecutors, were also evaluated.
Firefighters union chief: Construction permit reform must not exclude fire inspections
By THE STAR STAFF
United Firefighters Union of Puerto Rico (SBUPR by its initials in Spanish)
President José Tirado warned Monday that any reform of the construction permit system should not exclude fire inspections, stating that safety “cannot be sacrificed in the name of administrative agility.”
“The current Fire Prevention Code was created in blood, following the Dupont Plaza Hotel tragedy in 1986, where 99 people died due to a lack of basic controls on materials,
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exits, alarms, and emergency planning,” Tirado said in a written statement.
The union spoke out against proposals such as an administrative memo from the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, which seeks to expedite permit renewals, without considering the impact of excluding the fire inspector.
“This isn’t about being against progress; it’s about ensuring that progress doesn’t cost lives,” the union leader added. “We agree that entrepreneurs and citizens deserve a flexible system, without compromising safety.”
DNER rangers find 2 dozen illegal crab traps in Humacao reserve
By THE STAR STAFF
Natural and Environmental Resources
(DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez announced Monday that members of the agency’s Ranger Corps have seized about 25 crab traps in the Efraín Archilla Diez Nature Reserve in the Punta Santiago area of Humacao.
“Crab fishing in Puerto Rico’s nature
reserves is strictly prohibited,” Quiles said in a written statement. “During a routine inspection of the area on Sunday, Ranger Corps personnel discovered around 25 traps, some quite large, containing dozens of crabs. This is completely unacceptable and should not occur again. At the DNER, we are a law enforcement agency, and illegal fishing has no place here.”
Quiles noted that the captured crabs were
returned to the nature reserve, while the seized traps will be held pending the identification of their owners.
“Aquatic ecosystems require balance, which is why fishing is prohibited in nature reserves,” the DNER secretary added. “This measure is essential for developing and maintaining that balance. We thank the men and women of the Ranger Corps for their vigilance
Since the passage of Law 43 of 1988, firefighters have been actively involved in reviewing construction projects, and according to the union, their involvement has saved lives and prevented tragedies in schools, hospitals, shopping centers and other facilities.
The SBUPR proposed that permitting system reform include strengthening the Technical Division of the Firefighters Bureau and that inspectors continue to evaluate projects in stages, including field visits when the risk level warrants it.
in all reserves. Actions like yesterday’s and their prompt intervention help ensure the preservation of our natural resources.”
Law 278-1998, known as the “Puerto Rico Fisheries Law,” outlines the regulations for fishing in Puerto Rico, as does Fishing Regulation No. 7949, established in November 2010 by the DNER in alignment with existing laws.
While there are regulations regarding certain types of crab fishing in Puerto Rico, it’s not entirely illegal, but there are specific rules and restrictions, including minimum size limits and prohibited species.
Health Secretary Dr. Víctor Ramos Otero, seated at right during a recent hearing, was confirmed in a voice vote. (Facebook via Puerto Rico Senate)
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PREPA retirees object to proposed treatment of pensions in debt adjustment plan
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Retirees Association expressed its objections on Monday regarding the treatment of pensions outlined in the latest debt adjustment plan for the bankrupt power utility.
According to the plan, Class 3 claims, which pertain to retirement benefits for participants in the PREPA Employees Retirement System (ERS), will be paid on a “Pay as You Go” basis. A PREPA PayGo Trust will be established to facilitate payments to PREPA ERS to cover specific expenses and benefits. PREPA currently has a debt of some $4 billion with the ERS. The proposal is part of a broader plan to resolve PREPA’s $10 billion debt with its creditors that was submitted in court last week.
PREPA Retirees Association (AJAEE by its initials in Spanish) President Johnny Rodríguez Ortiz indicated that the settlement mirrors one proposed years ago, which would lead to a reduction in benefits. He asserted that there is no need to create a PREPA PayGo Trust since the ERS already functions as a trust.
“What we want is a portion of the money owed to us so we can re-enter the markets when they are favorable, allowing us to finance cost of living expenses every three years,” Rodríguez Ortiz told the STAR. “The current proposal prevents us from doing this, resulting in lost benefits.”
Rodríguez Ortiz further noted that their proposal involves establishing a trust to deposit the money into bank accounts, which would not yield the same returns as strategic investments. He noted that prior to PREPA ceasing its pension contributions in 2013, the ERS was generating $1.20 for every dollar PREPA spent, yielding about 15%.
He said that when the ERS discussed the issue with the Financial Oversight and Management Board, which oversees PREPA’s bankruptcy process, “the information I have indicates that they did not have major objections.”
Rodríguez Ortiz added that the AJAEE plans to engage the oversight board to amend the debt adjustment plan before considering legal action to contest the document. The board as of press time Monday had not responded to inquiries for comment.
The AJAEE president went on to say that “the treatment we have received from the five previous administrations has been unjust and lacks a clear solution for our Retirement System.”
“This situation is unsustainable,” he said. “We contribute between 9.06% and 11% of our salaries toward our pensions. We will not back down; we will continue to fight for our rights.”
Rodríguez Ortiz asserted that Gov. Jenniffer González Colón “bears the responsibility of ensuring the future of our pensions without increasing energy bills.” He questioned why the governor has not fulfilled commitments to cancel the contracts with private operators that are draining PREPA’s budget.
According to a STAR report, the debt adjustment plan makes it more complicated to terminate those contracts because of language requiring that the utility keep its contracts with the private grid operators.
“It’s important to remember that before privatization, PREPA’s savings directly benefited public services. Now, the situation is dramatically different: 97% of the funding intended for public service is diverted to the private companies, LUMA Energy and Genera PR, which continue to charge high rates without providing tangible improvements,” Rodríguez Ortiz said. “Meanwhile, our pensions seem to be a low priority
for the government.”
“We demand a clear and concrete response, not further delays,” he emphasized, noting that he has yet to receive a response to two letters sent to the governor requesting a meeting to propose viable solutions. “The FOMB [oversight board], the government, and the privatizers continue to use empty rhetoric while pensions are in serious jeopardy.”
Governor meets with EPA official in effort to ensure power service in summer
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón convened a meeting with the island’s energy component following the visit of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci as part of efforts to ensure electric power service on the island, prioritizing the peak summer season.
“The EPA plays a leading role in the modernization and restructuring of our generating plants. Therefore, today I am hosting the EPA Region 2 Regional Administrator, Michael ‘Mike. Martucci, to inspect the San Juan Power Plant with the energy component of my cabinet,” the governor said. “During his two-day visit, we will discuss multiple options to strengthen and guarantee our people’s energy security in the short, medium, and long term, as well as the status of the various other EPA programs active in Puerto Rico.”
Martucci said: “The work now is to identify the opportunities that exist to bring reliability, affordability, and stability to what’s happening here.”
“For my part, the message is simple: we are here to help
you do that in every way we can,” he said. “As resident commissioner, you fought hard for these federal funds for the islands, and it’s our job to make sure we can help you leverage them and implement them properly.”
“The work now is to identify the opportunities that exist to bring reliability, affordability, and stability to what’s happening here,” said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci, at left. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)
Also present at the meeting, held at the San Juan Power Station, were La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech, Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez, Energy Czar and Public-Private Partnerships Authority Executive Director Josué Colón Ortiz, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Mary C. Zapata Acosta, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Executive Director Gabriella Boffelli, Genera PR President & CEO Winnie Irizarry-Velázquez, and LUMA Energy Vice President of Operations Systems Raphael Gignac, among others.
As part of the tour, Martucci was shown the generators that were part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency mission supported by the governor, with 250 megawatts installed and that will require authorization to operate beyond 2027. Also observed was the ship that was making the first delivery of natural gas from the United States, whose entry is possible thanks to the funds to dredge the San Juan Bay that were secured during González Colón’s term in Congress, as well as the units of the plant that are being repaired using the allocated federal funds, such as unit 7, where work is expected to be completed in the summer.
Johnny Rodríguez Ortiz, president of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Retirees Association
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Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about seeking a third term in defiance of Constitution
By ERICA L. GREEN
President Donald Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office earlier this week, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and suggesting there were “methods” to circumvent the two-term limit laid out in the Constitution.
In wide-ranging remarks to “Meet the Press,” Trump said “a lot of people” wanted him to serve a third term, described himself as “pissed off” at President Vladimir Putin of Russia and vowed to impose tariffs on global rivals, according to a transcript of the interview provided by the network.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” he said to the program’s host, Kristen Welker, about the possibility of a third term. “But we have — my thinking is, we have a long way to go. I’m focused on the current.”
Any attempt to seek a third term would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment, which begins, “No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”
On Sunday, after the release of the interview, the White House reiterated Trump’s point that he was focused on his current term, and added that it was “far too early to think about” the idea.
“Americans overwhelmingly approve and support President Trump and his America First policies,” Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said in a statement. He added that Trump was focused on “undoing all the hurt” done by the Biden administration and “Making America Great Again.”
Trump has often mused about the idea of a third term, particularly in rallies and speeches that have delighted his supporters, though he has often treated it more as a humorous aside. The interview was the first time that Trump indicated that he was seriously considering the idea, which his allies have continued to amplify. Already he has likened himself to a king, shown an affinity for autocratic leaders and displayed governance tactics constitutional experts and historians have compared to authoritarianism.
Three days after Trump was sworn in for the second time, Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would make Trump eligible for a third term. Such a measure would be extraordinarily difficult: Constitutional amendments require approval by a two-thirds vote of Congress and then the ratification of three-fourths of the states.
In the interview, Welker noted that she had heard him joke about serving a third term
President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., March 28, 2025. Trump did not rule out seeking a third term in office on Sunday, telling NBC News that he was “not joking” about the possibility and suggesting there were “methods” to circumvent the two-term limit laid out in the Constitution. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
a number of times. Trump made it clear he considered it a real possibility.
“No, no I’m not joking,” he said. “I’m not joking.”
Welker asked Trump whether he had been presented with plans, and he said that he had not — but added that there were “methods which you could do it.”
Welker suggested one possibility: having Vice President JD Vance at the top of the ticket in 2028, only to pass the office on to Trump after winning. Trump acknowledged “that’s one” way it could happen.
“But there are others too,” he said. “There are others.”
Trump declined to say what those could be.
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame and a scholar in election law, said there has been a dissenting view about the provision of the 22nd Amendment — which focuses on being “elected” president without addressing the idea of ascending to the office. However, he said, such a route would be complicated by the 12th Amendment.
Muller pointed out that the 12th Amendment states that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.”
Muller said he very much doubted that would provide a path to a third term for Trump.
“You’d have to have so many pieces fall into place for this even to be practically viable, on top of this complicated legal theory,” he said.
In his remarks to Welker, the president also leveled his strongest criticism to date against Putin, threatening to impose “secondary tariffs” on Russia’s oil if the country thwarted negotiations on a ceasefire deal with Ukraine that would stop the fighting.
The comments signaled growing impatience with the negotiations. Trump said that tariffs of 25% to 50% on Russian oil could be imposed at “any moment” and that he planned to speak with his Russian counterpart this week.
“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” Trump said.
Trump has previously referred to secondary tariffs as levies on imports from countries that purchase products from a nation he’s targeted in his foreign policy. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The comments were notable given the steps that Trump has taken to align himself with Putin, despite the United States’ support for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Since taking office, Trump has declined to acknowledge that it was Russia who started the war, falsely declared President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine a “dictator,” but not Putin, and accused Zelenskyy of not wanting peace.
Trump’s remarks also underscored his
increasing promise to use tariffs to compel countries to bend to his domestic and foreign policy goals. In the same phone call, he said he would consider secondary tariffs on Iran if it did not reach a deal with the United States to ensure it did not develop a nuclear weapon, Welker said.
Trump told Welker that he was “very angry, pissed off” at Putin for questioning the credibility of Zelenskyy, and for discussing the prospect of new leadership in that country. Trump suggested that such comments could set negotiations back, and that they were “not going in the right location.”
“New leadership means you’re not going to have a deal for a long time, right?” Trump said.
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Musk puts himself at center stage in Wisconsin court election
By THEODORE SCHLEIFER
He brought a billionaire friend, $1 million checks and a Green Bay Packers cheesehead hat. A pastor prayed for him. A superfan begged him for a follow on the social platform X.
Elon Musk was the star of a 2,000-person rally Sunday night in Wisconsin — ostensibly for the conservative candidate in a closely watched state judicial race — just 36 hours before polls open on Election Day. Of course he was.
The billionaire Musk looked very much like a candidate at this rally, putting himself front and center in the final stretch of an election pitting two rivals against each other, neither of them named Elon Musk: Brad Schimel, the conservative in the race, and Susan Crawford, the liberal.
The closing moments of campaigns are highly choreographed. Musk’s visit to support Schimel on the eve of the election was voluntary — Schimel did not even attend the event. Musk appeared comfortable making himself the face of those closing arguments, and living with the results.
No one forced Musk to visit the state, obviously. Despite entreaties from Wisconsin Republicans, President Donald Trump declined to make a similar trip, perhaps sensing that the race is one conservatives are likelier to lose than to win, and that the most prominent booster could get tagged with blame.
Former Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, was among those hoping for a Trump visit. He said in an interview that he thought Musk was insulated to some extent from the politics of credit and finger-pointing.
“He doesn’t care,” Walker said. “It’s not like all these consultants on either side who don’t want to be pegged as losers.”
To hear Musk tell it, the stakes call for any and all interventions.
Weeks ago, Musk was only sporadically supportive of Schimel, but his remarks about the race have turned existential.
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, on Monday, March 24, 2025. Voters will soon provide an answer in Wisconsin, where the billionaire has made himself the main character in a consequential court race that is set to shatter spending records. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Musk and allied groups have spent over $20 million to support him, and he framed Tuesday’s election in nothing less than apocalyptic terms.
“What’s happening on Tuesday is a vote for which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives — that is why it is so significant,” Musk said, referring to the key role that the court could play in congressional redistricting. “And whichever party controls the House to a significant degree controls the country, which then steers the course of Western civilization. I feel like this is one of those things that may not seem that it’s going to affect the entire destiny of humanity, but I think it will.”
Musk is known for his belief in himself, and he plainly en-
joys the encounters with voters who believe in him. To those in attendance, he is a hero even more so than the last time Musk was on a similar rock-star tour, in Pennsylvania all of five months ago.
This is the flip side to the blame game. Should Schimel win, Musk’s activity will surely be given a tremendous amount of credit.
Other Republican groups that might be expected to spend money to support the conservative candidate kept to the sidelines. Musk’s super political action committee has waged an ambitious ground game, and a nonprofit previously backed by Musk spent millions of dollars on television ads that it claims helped Schimel close the gap. Musk’s defenders like Walker believe that this race was made a winnable race only thanks to Musk’s spending.
Musk has also brought publicity. A million-dollar sweepstakes for signing a petition — and, for 12 hours, a questionable plan to open the sweepstakes only to Wisconsin residents who had already voted — broke through the saturation of the news cycle in this state. (Just before the rally began, the state’s Supreme Court declined to halt the sweepstakes.)
And so, as he did in Pennsylvania during the general election last year, Musk on Sunday brought out oversize checks to hand out to winners. He trotted out one of his closest friends, Antonio Gracias, to deliver a presentation on what Gracias called “outrageous” fraud in Social Security. And that was all after he took the stage donning a foam cheesehead hat before signing it and tossing it into the crowd.
The showman does all this even as he concedes that Schimel may very well lose. As Musk wrapped up his remarks before beginning an extensive question-and-answer session, headgear was once again top of mind.
“We’ve got to pull a rabbit out of the hat — next level,” he said, retelling Schimel’s standing in betting prediction markets. “We actually have to have a steady stream of rabbits out of the hat, like it’s an arc of rabbits flying through the air, and then landing in a voting booth.”
Trump-era pivot on seabed mining draws global rebuke
By ERIC LIPTON
Nearly 40 nations, big and small, have voiced opposition to a plan by a Wall Street-backed mining company to team up with the Trump administration to circumvent international law and start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean with a U.S. permit.
The widespread furor reflected a rare alignment from countries as varied as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda and the small island nations of Mauritius and Fiji. The plan also brought to the fore a pitched clash over who regulates seabed mining in international waters.
The pushback emerged after The Metals Co., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, disclosed Thursday that it would ask the Trump administration through a United States subsidiary to grant it approval for mining in international waters. Under an international treaty, the International Seabed Authority has jurisdiction over any mining on the so-called high seas.
“Any unilateral action would constitute a violation of international law and directly undermine the fundamental principles of multilateralism, the peaceful use of the oceans and the collective governance framework,” Leticia Carvalho, secretary-general of the seabed authority, said in a statement released Friday.
Diplomats backed up Carvalho, arguing that the surprise proposal threatened a global effort to share in the wealth from any metals buried on the seabed floor, which are expected to be used to build electric car batteries and other industrial products.
“It is the authority that has the exclusive mandate to regulate the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in the area,” Carl Grainger, Ireland’s representative, said.
The Metals Co. turned to the Trump administration after growing increasingly frustrated with how long it has taken the Seabed Authority to complete environmental and financial regulations that will govern seabed mining. The agency has said that those standards are needed before issuing its first commercial mining permit.
Gerard Barron, the company’s chair, said that he wanted to start mining in international waters by 2027 and that he was convinced the United States had the legal right to issue a permit on its own.
“The freedom to mine the deep seabed, like the freedom of navigation, is a high seas freedom enjoyed by all nations,” Barron said.
The Trump administration’s Commerce Department, in a statement to The New York Times late Friday, confirmed that it disagreed with the Seabed Authority’s interpretation of international law.
“Companies can apply for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits for deep-sea mining in ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction,” Maureen O’Leary, a department spokesperson said, citing a 1980 federal law, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act. It has never previously been used to authorize industrial-scale ocean mining.
O’Leary added that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Co. had started consulting with the Commerce Department over deep-sea mining plans.
“The process ensures a thorough environmental impact review, interagency consultations and opportunity for public comment,” O’Leary said, suggesting that the permit approval would not be automatic.
Each nation already controls its own coastal areas, which are considered to reach about 200 nautical miles from the shore, and certain countries such as Japan, Norway and the Cook Islands have recently considered allowing seabed mining in these national areas.
But the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which went into effect in 1994,
established the International Seabed Authority and granted it the power to decide when and where seabed mining can take place in international waters, which cover nearly half the world’s surface.
In the decades since, more than two dozen contracts have been granted by the agency for exploratory work, extracting small quantities of seabed rocks from the ocean floor, including to The Metals Co., which teamed up with the small island nations of Nauru and Tonga.
The company’s contract sites are about 1,000 miles off the coast of Mexico, where the ocean is about 2.5 miles deep, in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. There the seabed floor is sprinkled with potato-size rocks that have large quantities of nickel, manganese, copper, zinc, cobalt and other minerals.
The Metals Co. has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars doing exploratory work. But it has become clear that the rules will not be ready for at least several more years, and the company is running low on cash and
even available borrowing authority.
“We believe we have sufficient knowledge to get started and prove we can manage environmental risks,” Barron said, adding that the company planned to ask the United States to approve mining in these same areas.
The Law of the Sea has been ratified by more than 165 nations, but one major exception is the United States. Dating back to the Reagan administration, there were concerns related to seabed mining provisions and how they might limit mining by American companies.
But the United States successfully negotiated changes to the treaty in the 1990s to try to address these concerns. In the decades since, the State Department has sent representatives to meetings at the Seabed Authority’s headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, creating the impression that the United States intends to honor the terms of the treaty, even though the Senate never formally ratified it.
The Metals Co. executives have confidentially been meeting with Trump White House and Commerce Department officials to prepare its plan.
Barron, in an interview and statement he prepared for the Times, said he believed the Seabed Authority has been constrained by environmental groups such as Greenpeace. Such organizations, he said, “see deep-sea mining industry as their ‘last green trophy’ and have worked tirelessly to continuously delay the adoption of the exploitation regulations with the explicit intent of killing commercial industry.”
He also argued that the authority’s delay in finishing the seabed mining rules had violated the terms of the international agreement. Such arguments have not been well received by the Seabed Authority and its member states: More than 30 nations have argued that there still is not enough evidence that seabed mining can take place without causing unacceptable harm to the environment.
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Polymetallic nodules collected by the Metals Company from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean, displayed in a ship in San Diego, Calif., on June 8, 2021. (Tamir Kalifa /The New York Times)
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No quarter for Wall Street
Gold is homing in on its best quarter since 1986, telling you everything you need to know about what’s proven to be a dire quarter for Wall Street. April offers little chance of reprieve as it looks set to kick off with the start of a global trade war.
I’ll get into all the market details below before taking a look at rising fears that the U.S. could take the once-unthinkable step of weaponizing emergency dollar access.
Today’s Market Minute
* Trump said this weekend that the reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just the 10 to 15 countries with the biggest trade imbalances.
* Gold is heading for its biggest quarterly gain since 1986, as investors embrace the safe-haven appeal of bullion.
* Trump says he’s “pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin and will impose secondary tariffs of 25% to 50% on buyers of Russian oil if he feels Moscow is blocking his efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
* Dude, where’s my car? Toyota buyers are facing long waits for delivery of their new cars as demand for gasolineelectric hybrids booms.
* Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday handed out milliondollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state’s top court in a closely watched election.
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There was little to calm markets this morning, as the prospect of universal U.S. import tariffs returned to the radar over the weekend. The turbulent end to last week has barreled into Monday, as stocks across the globe fell sharply on the final day of March.
Japan’s Nikkei lost 4% in its biggest one-day drop since September. And South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3%.
The S&P 500 is already on course for its worst month since 2022 and its worst first quarter since the pandemic in 2020. Futures show those losses may extend even further on Monday.
The White House tariff plan should be announced in full on Wednesday, though the range of possibilities for what will eventually emerge is very large. President Donald Trump jarred markets this weekend by saying all countries could be subject to tariffs, not just the 10 to 15 with the biggest trade imbalances.
The unusual degree of uncertainty being generated by the administration could ultimately end up creating as much discomfort as the impact of the actual tariffs.
On the growth front, more worrying numbers came out on Friday as real personal consumption spending was below forecast. This dragged down first
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mates, while the University of Michigan showed long-term inflation expectations climbing.
Even the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s gold-adjusted “GDPNow” model, which strips out the distortions created by high gold bar imports in January, is signaling that the U.S. economy contracted during the quarter.
That fact and the flight from stocks has had a direct impact on interest rate expectations. Three Fed cuts in 2025 are once again being priced into Fed futures. Twoyear Treasury yields, which plunged back below 4% on Friday, dropped another 7 basis points on Monday to just 3.84%.
Investors appear increasingly less confident about what is going to happen next on either the economic or policy fronts in the U.S. These concerns were amplified over the weekend, as Trump’s statements on a whole range of issues seemed more erratic than usual.
Asked whether he was worried about rising prices for foreign autos and other imports, Trump said he “couldn’t care less” and urged consumers to buy American-made cars instead.
He also said he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, though he said that it was too early to think about doing so.
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Help comes slowly for war-torn city in Myanmar hit by earthquake
People rest in the shade on Monday, March 31, 2025, near a bridge that collapsed in Sagaing, Myanmar, after the earthquake on Friday that largely cut off its 300,000 residents. As the death toll rose past 2,000, some volunteers complained of being blocked by Myanmar’s military from reaching a rebel stronghold that was badly hit. (The New
By SUI-LEE WEE
Three days after Myanmar’s worst earthquake in more than a century ravaged the remote, war-torn city of Sagaing, razing monasteries and apartment buildings, help was still just starting to trickle in.
The city’s 300,000 residents had been left to largely fend for themselves after the 7.7 magnitude quake struck, damaging roads and prompting the authorities to close a bridge over safety concerns. The area was already deeply isolated, cut off from the internet by Myanmar’s military, which has been fighting rebels in a civil war.
By late Monday, some international aid groups began arriving in Sagaing. But local volunteers seeking to help with search-andrescue efforts said they were being blocked by the military.
“We are not allowed to freely enter and provide assistance,” said U Tin Shwe, a resident of Sagaing who was standing outside a military barricade at a monastery that had toppled, with monks still trapped under the debris. “Rescue operations can only be carried out with their permission.”
The military government said Monday that the toll from the earthquake, which ripped through large swaths of Myanmar, including Sagaing, and the cities of Mandalay and Naypyitaw, had surged to 2,056, up from around 1,700 on Saturday. Another 3,900 were injured. Preliminary modeling by the U.S. Geo -
logical Survey suggests the number of deaths could be more than 10,000.
Search-and-rescue teams have flocked to Mandalay and Naypyitaw, the home of the country’s generals. But many people in Myanmar have taken to social media to plead with foreign governments to redirect aid into Sagaing, which was close to the quake’s epicenter and where residents say that more than 80% of the town has been destroyed.
In Sagaing on Monday, soldiers kept watch at checkpoints but were not seen helping to search for survivors. With no space left in the main hospital in the city, people wrapped their dead in white cloth and laid them on the concrete outside. Hundreds of residents were stranded on the streets, sleeping under plastic tarps with no power, and food and water that is quickly running out.
The disaster was so bad that it prompted the junta to make a rare call for international aid. But it is clear that such aid will only be allowed in on the junta’s own terms. Since the earthquake, countless trucks carrying aid have been stuck overnight at military checkpoints in the city, according to the Centre for Ah Nyar Studies, an independent, nonprofit based in central Myanmar. Then on Monday, a 50-member trauma response team from Malaysia entered Sagaing, the first foreign rescue team to do so, according to local media.
Myanmar’s military regime, headed by Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has been battling rebel forces for control of Sagaing since it
seized power in a coup four years ago. Scrappy groups of ordinary citizens who took up arms against the junta have made it a stronghold of resistance, and the junta has responded with a sustained campaign of airstrikes, beheadings and arson. In the past year, the rebel fighters, who have received training from some of Myanmar’s ethnic armies, have notched significant gains against the military.
Doctors belonging to the Civil Disobedience Movement, made up of government workers who left their jobs following the coup, have been blocked from entering Sagaing, according to Dr. Wai Zan, who works at the Sagaing General Hospital.
“The military is conducting security checks everywhere, making it impossible for them to enter,” Wai Zan said.
The broader Sagaing region, in central Myanmar, with about 5 million people including in the city proper, is home to the country’s Bamar Buddhist majority. It sits between two rivers — the Irrawaddy to the east and the Chindwin to the west — that serve as vital routes for the army’s transportation of goods, people and military supplies.
Even before the earthquake, Sagaing was at the center of much suffering.
The region has borne the brunt of military airstrikes in the country. And it accounts for the biggest number of internally displaced people in Myanmar, tallying more than 1 million, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Even before the quake, at least 27 townships in Sagaing region already lacked access to clean water and power, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, an independent research group. More than half of the houses and buildings in Myanmar that have been destroyed by the civil war were in this region.
“Really extreme violence was carried out: beheadings, dismemberment and different sorts of violent displays meant to intimidate the population,” said Morgan Michaels, a research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Because the internet has been cut off
since the coup and phone signals are weak, Sagaing residents could not tell the outside world what was happening. The city is overrun by soldiers and militia who closely monitor arrivals of people and aid.
“Nothing is really getting there,” said Joe Freeman, Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher. “We are mainly worried about aid being blocked by the military because it is their history and pattern.”
Thant Zin, a volunteer trying to help in Sagaing, said aid “efforts are ineffective because we are working with bare hands, without the necessary equipment.”
“Many of the people trapped under collapsed houses are already dead,” he said. “Right now, what we need most is to recover dead bodies.”
Getting aid to the city has been challenging because the military closed the main bridge connecting Mandalay and Sagaing, out of safety concerns, after another bridge, a British colonial-era one, collapsed following the quake. The authorities reopened the main bridge Sunday, but directed rescue vehicles entering Sagaing to a checkpoint.
Cars and trucks have been unable to pass along damaged roads. The World Food Program, which expected to start distributing food to 17,000 people in Sagaing starting Monday, had to go by ferry.
The agency plans to help 1 million people in conflict zones around the country in the coming weeks, according to Melissa Hein, head of communications for the World Food Program in Myanmar.
On Monday afternoon, a team from UNICEF, the U.N. agency for children, arrived in Sagaing after a 13-hour drive from Yangon to Mandalay, according to Trevor Clark, the agency’s regional emergency adviser. He said that so far the agency’s workers had not encountered any trouble at checkpoints.
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Haiti doesn’t make guns. So how are gangs awash in them?
By DAVID C. ADAMS and FRANCES ROBLES
Avideo that circulated widely on the internet recently showed a Haitian gang leader, Joseph Wilson, shirtless, happily showing off belts of .50 caliber ammunition, mockingly saying he used the armor-piercing bullets to groom his hair.
“We have enough combs for our hair to last a year,” he joked.
So how did he get them?
Guns are not manufactured in Haiti, and it’s illegal to ship any there, but the gangs terrorizing the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, never seem to be short of them — or of ammunition.
Experts estimate that there are about 20 armed groups operating in Port-au-Prince, some who carry AR-15 and Galil assault rifles, shotguns and Glock handguns. The U.N. estimates that between 270,000 and 500,000 firearms are circulating illegally in Haiti, with most weapons in the hands of gangs.
Their superior firepower has overwhelmed the thin ranks of Haiti’s ill-equipped police and contributed to an astonishing death toll last year of more than 5,600 homicide victims, a jump of more than 1,000 from the year before.
The United Nations imposed an arms embargo on Haiti three years ago, yet most weapons on Haiti’s streets are from the United States, where they are purchased by straw buyers and smuggled into the country by sea or sometimes by land through the Dominican Republic, according to the United Nations.
The issue has become so serious that Haiti’s government has restricted imports along its land border with the Dominican Republic. Only goods that were originally produced there are allowed; any products that didn’t originate in the Dominican Republic have to enter through Haiti’s gang-infested seaports.
As Haiti’s capital grapples with a violent crisis that threatens its very existence, questions remain about whether Haiti and other nations — including the United States — are doing enough to control the tide of weapons.
“If you stop the flow of guns and bullets, the gangs eventually, literally, run out of ammunition,” said Bill O’Neill, the U.N.’s independent human rights expert for Haiti. “That’s a quicker, faster, safer way to dismantle them.”
Where are the weapons coming from?
In short, Florida.
South Florida, including the ports of Miami and Fort
Lauderdale, was the point of origin for 90% of Caribbeanbound shipments of illicit firearms reported between 2016 and 2023, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Gangs sometimes acquire guns and ammunition by attacking police stations in Haiti or by bribing local police into providing weapons. Nearly 1,000 police guns were diverted in the past four years, the U.N. said this week, and police officers have been reported to sell them on the black market.
But weapons are more typically smuggled in shipping containers and aboard freighters leaving South Florida, hidden among tightly packed jumbles of bicycles, cars, electrical goods, clothing and food.
What guns are being smuggled?
So far this year, Dominican officials have made two large seizures of smuggled firearms at the port of Haina, near the capital, Santo Domingo.
In February, Dominican Customs agents made what they described as the country’s largest seizure of weapons destined for Haiti.
Nearly two dozen firearms, including a Barrett .50 caliber semiautomatic rifle and 15 AK-47-style assault rifles, as well as 36,000 rounds were inside a container on the Sara Express, a 35-year-old freighter that runs a regular route between Miami and the Dominican Republic.
The owner of the Miami company listed on the bill of lading was arrested in the Dominican Republic.
A second shipment from New York seized in January at the same Dominican port may also have been bound for Haiti, investigators said. That shipment included 37 guns, and several Kalashnikov-style rifles with labels showing they were manufactured in Vermont and Georgia.
In November, Dominican authorities arrested several Dominican police officers accused of smuggling nearly 1 million rounds of ammunition from a police depot. At least one of the buyers was from Haiti, Dominican court records show.
Has law enforcement had any success?
In response to a September letter from several members of Congress who asked for more to be done to address weapons smuggling to Haiti, the U.S. Commerce Department, which regulates firearms exports, said in December that none of its 11 foreign-based export control officers were posted in the Caribbean because of a lack of funds.
Still, the agency said that during the Biden administration, nine Haiti-related investigations resulted in convictions.
More recently, other federal law enforcement agencies have pursued several Haiti weapons cases.
Last month, a 31-year-old police officer in St. Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty to purchasing and reselling at least 58 firearms as part of a scheme that sent hundreds of weapons to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Haiti.
In January, a 34-year-old migrant from Guatemala in the United States without legal permission, Ricardo Sune-Girón, pleaded guilty to firearms trafficking in Tampa. According to a plea agreement, Sune-Girón recruited straw purchasers to illegally buy 900 firearms — including assault rifles — that he then transported from Florida to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
A former security officer for Haiti’s chief of police was arrested in Florida in December after investigators linked him to nearly 90 firearms.
The freighter Sara Express is moored along the Miami River in Miami, March 17, 2025. Weapons that the authorities say were bound for Haiti were found when the ship was docked in the Dominican Republic.(Scott McIntyre/ The New York Times)
How is law enforcement tackling the problem?
Haiti has few resources like scanners and border guards to tackle the problem of smuggled firearms at its borders and ports, while experts say the United States has limited capability to search exported goods at domestic ports and typically performs only random cargo inspections.
Ships sailing to Haiti from the United States are often jammed with assorted cargo, from secondhand clothing to household appliances, bicycles and cars, making it easy to hide contraband.
Haiti’s law enforcement authorities did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
What about the Dominican Republic?
In the Dominican Republic, the United States supports a special unit of 30 local Customs agents, with another 20 currently being vetted to work on U.S.-related cases.
The authorities have tightened controls, including adding eight new X-ray scanners at main ports, where all cargo destined for Haiti is examined, the Dominican Foreign Ministry said.
Dominican Customs officials track all suspicious shipments to catch and prosecute traffickers, a U.S. Embassy representative who was not authorized to speak publicly said, questioning whether the Dominican Republic was an important source of illegal guns to Haiti.
Dominican Customs authorities referred questions to prosecutors, who declined to comment.
So what can be done to stop it?
Critics say not enough is done to regulate the sale of weapons in the United States to straw buyers, an illegal practice in which people buy guns on behalf of another person, including traffickers. The practice is responsible for a large number of the arms that wind up used in crimes in Mexico and throughout Latin America.
Dealers often ignore easily detectable purchasing patterns by gun traffickers posing as legitimate customers and repeatedly buying multiple weapons, experts say.
What rusting Russian tanks can teach us about the Pete Hegseth group chat NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL
By DAVID FRENCH
To travel north of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, is to enter a graveyard of the Russian army. When I was there in 2023, the battlefield had been largely cleaned up, and the villages were coming back to life. But the signs of mortal struggle were everywhere. Buildings were pocked with bullet holes, some were reduced to piles of rubble, and I could still spot the occasional hulk of a destroyed Russian tank.
A year earlier, the scene was different. Russia had just retreated, and bodies were lying in front of ruined homes. There were so many destroyed Russian tanks in the streets, The Associated Press reported, that their charred remains had left a “layer of black dust” that covered the suburbs. It was a scene of carnage more suitable for World War II than for a prosperous suburb outside a modern European capital.
It was all a monument to Russia’s colossal failure. This was not supposed to happen. The Russian military had spent enormous sums modernizing its forces. It had enjoyed success in a much more limited conflict in Syria. In 2014, it had taken Crimea while hardly firing a shot. The Ukrainian military was supposed to be outmatched and outgunned. What happened? It’s a complicated story, but one lesson is clear: A military and intelligence apparatus organized around pleasing the boss is ripe for catastrophic failure. As a 2023 analysis in Foreign Policy found, Russian President Vladimir
Putin “sits atop an intelligence and policy machinery that tells him only what he wants to hear.”
So Putin walked into war thinking that Ukraine was more fragile than it really was, that Ukrainians actually wanted Russian rule and that the Russian military was more capable than it proved to be. But that’s what happens when a national security establishment prioritizes political loyalty over professional excellence — armies fail and many, many people die.
It’s a mistake to think of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal — in which top officials discussed sensitive military plans on an unsecured civilian messaging app — as merely a problem of competence or even a problem of corruption. It’s much worse than that.
Let’s look at the Signal chat in context. Days after President Donald Trump took office in January, he fired the Pentagon’s inspector general, who is often a watchdog of last resort for soldiers who call out corruption or face unfairness or injustice in the ranks.
Then, immediately after Pete Hegseth assumed office as secretary of defense, the administration fired the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of naval operations, the vice chief of the Air Force and the top JAG generals at the Air Force, the Army and the Navy.
They were not relieved because they were corrupt or insubordinate, or because they had failed on the battlefield. The only discernible reason was that they were perceived to be out of political alignment with the administration.
And the JAG generals, like the inspectors general, are also crucial instruments of accountability.
Russian tank destroyed by Ukrainian forces late last year during a battle to retake the town of Sviatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, July 31, 2023. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times)
do), the response to the failure of the Department of Justice under President Barack Obama isn’t to lower standards even further.
The difference between the U.S. and Russian militaries is easy to articulate. At its core, the U.S. military is professional. The Russian military is political. That doesn’t mean that the Russian military doesn’t have professional elements; it’s that when push comes to shove, political loyalty is the ultimate value.
You can reach the highest heights if you have unwavering loyalty to Putin. If you do not, then you can forfeit your career (and even your life). Traditionally in the U.S. military, politics is irrelevant to your advancement. And if politics does intrude, it’s seen as a grave breach of the military ethos.
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Then he went and committed an extraordinary violation of operational security, a violation so dangerous that Navy pilots are furious that he put their lives at risk.
By putting operational plans in a civilian chat app (with a journalist present!), he risked leaking some of the most sensitive military information that exists: the timing and targets of an attack. Had the Houthis or their Iranian allies obtained that information, they could have prepared for the attack, they could have launched their own preemptive strike, and they could have moved targeted assets and individuals to a more secure location.
But a security breach is a problem. It doesn’t create a crisis if it’s handled properly. At the very least, this should mean a Justice Department investigation. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced an FBI investigation when classified information was found on her private email server.
So how did Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general, respond? She all but dismissed the possibility of an investigation and pivoted to condemning Hillary Clinton. Even if you believe that Clinton should have faced prosecution (as I
According to the soldier’s creed, a U.S. soldier isn’t just a warrior; he’s a guardian of “the American way of life.” One does not defend the American way of life by contradicting and violating fundamental American principles of political freedom and accountability.
Trump’s presidency is fundamentally anti-system. If there is anything that unites his coalition (apart from love of Trump), it’s the desire to disrupt, to break things, to smash the system. But what if the system that he’s breaking happens to be the best in the world?
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CAGUAS – El secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), Sebastián Negrón Reichard, anunció el lunes la expansión de la empresa Goodie Labs LLC en Caguas, con una inversión de más de 200 mil dólares y la creación de 115 empleos a tiempo completo.
“La expansión de Goodie Labs es un reflejo del
compromiso del gobierno con el desarrollo de las empresas locales y la generación de empleos en Puerto Rico”, expresó Negrón Reichard en declaraciones escritas.
La empresa, que inició operaciones en julio de 2023, abrirá una nueva instalación de 10,000 pies cuadrados en Caguas y ampliará su oferta de más de 113 productos alimentarios listos para consumir, que distribuye a través de sus tiendas “La Hacienda”.
Goodie Labs invirtió 472,000 dólares en maquinaria y equipo, y recibió incentivos del DDEC por 227,850 dólares dirigidos a la adquisición de equipo y la contratación de personal.
“La expansión de Goodie Labs nos permitirá mejorar nuestra capacidad de producción y distribución, generando más oportunidades de empleo para nuestra comunidad”, indicó Jorge Bonnet, presidente de la empresa.
Humacao, Mayagüez y Lajas entre los destinos favoritos para Semana Santa
SAN JUAN – Humacao, Mayagüez, Vega Baja, Aguadilla y Lajas están entre los destinos locales más buscados por los puertorriqueños para vacacionar durante Semana Santa 2025, según un informe de tendencias compartido por la plataforma Airbnb.
“Nos alegra ver cómo cada vez más boricuas eligen explorar nuevas regiones de Puerto Rico, ayudando así a diversificar la economía turística y a que más comunidades puedan beneficiarse del turismo local”, expresó
Carlos Muñoz, director de Políticas Públicas de Airbnb para Centroamérica y el Caribe, en declaraciones escritas.
Según el informe, el llamado “soft travel” —una forma de viaje más pausada que prioriza el descanso, el bienestar y las experiencias auténticas— domina las preferencias de los viajeros este año, junto al aumento en los viajes en solitario y aquellos que incluyen mascotas.
Las búsquedas para viajes en solitario han aumentado un 90 por ciento comparado con el 2024, mientras
que los viajes con mascotas reflejan un alza de 30 por ciento. La estadía promedio para los viajeros en solitario es de 17 noches, comparado con 9 para quienes viajan en pareja y 8 en familia.
En cuanto a destinos fuera de la isla, los lugares favoritos para viajar durante la temporada incluyen Las Vegas, Boston, Medellín, Los Ángeles y Madrid, con un interés creciente por escapadas urbanas y culturales.
La plataforma también informó que la demanda por alojamientos en zonas rurales en Puerto Rico continúa creciendo.
Richard Chamberlain, TV heartthrob turned serious actor, dies at 90
By ANITA GATES
Richard Chamberlain, who rose to fame as the heartthrob star of the television series
“Dr. Kildare” in the early 1960s, proved his mettle by becoming a serious stage actor and went on to a new wave of acclaim as the omnipresent leading man of 1980s miniseries, died Saturday night at his home in Waimanalo, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. He was 90.
A spokesperson, Harlan Boll, said the cause was complications of a stroke.
Chamberlain was just 27 when he made his debut in the title role of the idealistic young intern on NBC’s “Dr. Kildare,” based on the 1930s and ’40s movie series. With his California-blond boyish good looks and low-key charm, he became an overnight star, said to be receiving 12,000 fan letters a week during the show’s five-year run (1961-66).
Not long after the series ended, he moved to England, determined to shake his pretty-boy image by training as a serious actor. By 1969 he was playing Hamlet at the Birmingham Repertory Theater and surprising the British critics, who called him assured, graceful and plucky. “Anyone who comes to this production to scoff at the sight of a popular American television actor, Richard Chamberlain, playing Hamlet will be in for a deep disappointment,” a review in The Times of London declared.
After five years he returned to the United States and to notable stage and screen roles, but it was television, and in particular the miniseries format, that restored his major star status. It began with a role as a Scottish trapper in the ensemble cast of the 12-part “Centennial” in 1978, as viewers began a brief but intense romance with this new programming form, which combined feature-film ambition with the many hours required to tell big stories in great detail.
For Chamberlain, the phenomenon hit full force only when he played the dashing 17thcentury romantic lead in “Shogun” in 1980, seducing a new generation of fans. He followed that in 1983 with his portrayal of Ralph de Bricassart, the tortured young priest in the saga “The Thorn Birds,” making him a 49-year-old sex symbol and the undeniable holder of the unofficial title “king of the miniseries.”
Chamberlain received Emmy Award nominations for “The Thorn Birds” and “Shogun,” as well as for “Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story” (1985) — in which he played Raoul Wallenberg, the World War II resistance hero — and for “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1975). He won three Golden Globes during his career, for
“The Thorn Birds” and “Shogun,” and as best television actor for “Dr. Kildare” in 1963.
Chamberlain compared acting in a miniseries to doing Shakespeare. “It’s a very special knack to keep the ideas clear through a whole soliloquy with qualifying asides and pick up the line again,” he told The New York Times in 1988. “A 10-hour miniseries is similar. You must keep the overall design in your mind while shooting totally out of sequence.”
In 2003, Chamberlain published a memoir, “Shattered Love.” It was the story of his childhood, his career and his personal struggle for enlightenment. But one subject received most of the news media coverage: the acknowledgment that he was gay.
He patiently answered interviewers’ questions on the topic. “The sort of double life I was leading seemed, after a while, part of the game,” he said on the “Today” show. “You know, the performer’s — your public image is part of the show, really.”
But four decades after “Dr. Kildare,” social attitudes toward gay performers had changed enormously. The general public’s reaction was matter-of-fact acceptance.
George Richard Chamberlain was born March 31, 1934, in Beverly Hills, California — on “the wrong side of Wilshire Boulevard,” as he often said, rather than in the city’s moviestar-wealthy section. He was the younger of two sons of Charles Chamberlain, a supermarket-furnishings salesperson, and his wife, Elsa.
He received a bachelor’s degree in art history and painting at Pomona College in Claremont, California. But in his freshman year he had joined a student theater group, and by graduation he had decided to pursue an acting career.
A Paramount Pictures talent scout who had seen him in student productions approached him, but around the same time he received a draft notice. After two years in the Army (he achieved the rank of staff sergeant), stationed in Korea shortly after the Korean War, Chamberlain returned to California, took acting and voice classes, and found an agent.
One of his first professional jobs was a 1959 guest appearance on the anthology television series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” in which Raymond Massey played his father. Soon after that, Massey approved him to play his medical colleague on “Dr. Kildare.”
Chamberlain made his film debut in “The Secret of the Purple Reef” (1960), a crime drama set in the Caribbean. He agreed to exploit his Kildare image by playing a young doctor in
at the Circle in the Square and of Wild Bill Hickok in “Fathers and Sons” (1978) at the Public Theater. He called Hickok his favorite role.
After his formal coming out, Chamberlain appeared to delight in portraying characters who were gay or played with gender stereotypes. He had already appeared on the sitcom “The Drew Carey Show” in full drag as a female character. He was later a guest star on “Will & Grace” and made a cameo appearance in the film “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry” (2007).
His later television work included appearances in the drama series “Brothers & Sisters,” in which he played a former lover of Ron Rifkin’s character, and on the crime series “Leverage.” In May 2017, he made the briefest of cameo appearances in a celebrity-studded episode of Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return,” as the elegant gray-haired assistant to the transgender FBI chief of staff.
In 2011, he appeared as an ailing rockclub owner in an indie comedy film, “We Are the Hartmans.” And he returned to the New York stage in 2014, playing the family priest in an off-Broadway revival of David Rabe’s dark comedy “Sticks and Bones.” Ben Brantley’s review in the Times summed up his performance as “wonderfully unctuous.”
His final film role was as an acting coach in the mystery “Finding Julia” in 2019.
“Joy in the Morning” (1965), a lightweight drama about newlyweds, with Yvette Mimieux. That did not call for (or yield) a particularly complex characterization. But he went on to give several memorable — and, at that time, surprising — film performances.
They included Julie Christie’s dangerous husband in “Petulia” (1968), Octavius in “Julius Caesar” (1970), Tchaikovsky in “The Music Lovers” (1971), Aramis in “The Three Musketeers” (1973) and its sequel, the cowardly electrical engineer in the disaster film “The Towering Inferno” (1974) and an Australian lawyer transformed by an encounter with Aboriginal culture in Peter Weir’s drama “The Last Wave” (1977).
His stage career got off to an unfortunate start with the disastrous 1966 Broadway musical adaptation of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” also starring Mary Tyler Moore, which closed in previews. But he later earned admiring reviews for classic roles in “Richard II” and “Cyrano de Bergerac,” as well as in “Hamlet.” In the 1970s he was nominated twice for Drama Desk Awards, for his portrayal of a fallen minister in Tennessee Williams’ “The Night of the Iguana” (1976)
After he became a full-time resident of Hawaii in 1990, Chamberlain began painting again and exhibited his work there. More than once, he described himself as a contented “beach bum.”
In 2010 he announced that he would be moving back to Los Angeles and living apart from Martin Rabbett, the producer, writer and actor who was his companion of more than 30 years. But Boll said that before his death Chamberlain and Rabbett had resumed living together in Hawaii.
Rabbett is his only immediate survivor.
Richard Chamberlain and Laura Benanti in a Broadway production of “The Sound of Music,” on April 15, 1999. Chamberlain died Saturday at his home in Hawaii at age 90.
(Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
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‘Chaos and confusion’ at the crown jewel of American science
By GINA KOLATA
Aweek after Donald Trump was inaugurated, a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health was preparing to give an invited talk at a scientific meeting when an urgent call came in from an administrative assistant.
There is a total communications ban, the scientist was told, and you cannot give the speech.
As soon as the scientist got back to the office, another ban went into effect — one that prohibited researchers from submitting papers to journals for publication.
Seven senior investigators working in different parts of the National Institutes of Health described rules put in place on orders from the Department of Government Efficiency that risk hampering and undermining American medical science. All spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared for their jobs for speaking publicly.
One said that DOGE had begun a reign of “chaos and confusion.” The scientists warned that it had the potential to seriously weaken the NIH — the crown jewel of American science, with a vast network of thousands of researchers in 27 centers dedicated to treating disease, improving health and funding medical research.
Rules change seemingly from day to day.
Can scientists order necessary supplies to do their research? Yes. No. Maybe.
Can they travel? A 30-day ban was put in place Feb. 26. What happens next? No one knows.
“It really is quite chilling,” one of the scientists said. “They are controlling information, causing chaos, disrupting everyone, keeping us off-balance.”
“Whatever people are reading in newspapers, it’s 10 times worse,” the scientist added.
The scientists acknowledge that the NIH, like any institution, is not perfect. It has long been criticized for being too cautious, for example by failing to take a chance on high risk, high reward research proposals.
“I would be lining up at the front of the line to help with a rational process to help improve this place,” another of the scientists said.
An NIH spokesperson said that the agency was complying with an executive
order, but that some activities were continuing, including payments for supplies for clinical research studies or ongoing research experiments. And, she added, “travel for the purposes of human safety, human or animal health care, security, biosecurity, biosafety or IT security may continue.”
The spokesperson did not address the purpose of changing so many policies and practices. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who awaits confirmation from the Senate to lead the NIH, also did not address these issues at his confirmation hearings this month. But he said in his opening statement that “American biomedical sciences are at a crossroads,” citing Pew survey data that found almost a quarter of Americans had little or no confidence that scientists were acting in the best interests of the American people.
The NIH towers over the world’s medical research.
It is where the human genetic code was deciphered, where hepatitis C was discovered, where the virus that causes AIDS was isolated, where the first drug to treat AIDS was discovered and where basic research that helped lead to the COVID-19 vaccines was done. It funded the work decades ago that led to the creation of Ozempic and other new drugs that cause weight loss.
“It is very hard to cite seminal discoveries that were not in some way underwritten by the NIH,” said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, a professor of medicine at Columbia University who, like most medical researchers in the United States, has received NIH funding.
Dr. Francis Collins, a former director of the NIH, said, “If you are taking an FDAapproved drug that is improving the quality or length of your life, there is a 99% chance NIH was involved in the pathway to its discovery.”
Part of the Department of Health and Human Services now led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the NIH has a main campus with more than 75 buildings spread over 300 acres in Bethesda, Maryland, where nearly 6,000 scientists work. There are five smaller research centers in other states.
The NIH pays for large clinical trials in fields such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes that have changed medical practice and saved lives.
Its researchers are forbidden from being paid consultants for industry. Many say they are driven by a love of science and a thirst to better humanity through their
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that medical research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by policies put in place under President Trump. (Eric Lee/ The New York Times)
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discoveries.
Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, who stepped down in January as the director of the NIH, said scientists there “are so dedicated to the mission.”
The agency also supports research by an additional 300,000 scientists at more than 2,500 universities and medical centers — research that is also being threatened.
Hundreds of highly competitive grants that support research at universities and medical schools across the country have been cut. Many of the eliminated grants had descriptions that included terms like “minorities,” “transgender,” “AIDS” and “vaccine hesitancy.” But cuts have also affected research on the chronic diseases that Kennedy has made his priority; for instance, funding has been cut for a grant to Columbia University for a study that has followed people who have diabetes or are at risk of developing it for more than a quarter-century. (Those funds may be restored, though, as Columbia agreed last week to a list of demands from the Trump administration.)
A program that supported training scientists from minority groups, those who had disabilities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds has also disappeared.
And research grants that helped pay to train doctoral and postdoctoral students have been slashed. Now universities are rescinding offers to young scientists.
Senior scientists within the NIH say their work faces daily disruptions.
Some disruptions are petty: Every NIH employee, no matter how senior, has to send a weekly email to a human resources address with five bullet points stating what was accomplished in the past week. The employees never hear anything back, one senior scientist who has been at the NIH for decades said. But the scientist said that he and other scientists feel a high degree of paranoia about the messages.
Other consequences are more serious: A senior scientist who studies a rare and devastating disorder that affects young children and who is studying a treatment that might help had been invited to consult with doctors caring for such children. At the last minute, he was told he could not go.
“That is completely unacceptable,” that scientist said.
Researchers have also struggled to purchase basic and specialized supplies needed to conduct their work.
One of the senior scientists said that when DOGE recently put a $1 spending limit on government credit cards, it was apparently with no knowledge of how essential the cards were to basic operations. There was no mechanism, for example, to pay for
gas for vehicles used to transport patients’ blood samples.
“We had to scramble and beg” to get funds, the scientist said. A few days ago, nonemergency supply orders resumed. But, the scientist said, “now there is a huge backlog.” And the staff that handled orders has been decimated by firings, he added.
“We’ve been told you’d better think weeks ahead about supplies and reagents,” he said.
Other scientists said they had been affected by inconsistent guidelines on purchasing.
“They keep changing the rules,” said the senior scientist who has spent decades at the NIH. “Policies change so quickly and frequently that who knows.”
A different NIH senior scientist said a program he used to order supplies for his lab was closed for a month. Then it opened for a day or so. “A few days later it shut down again,” he said. And it has stayed shut.
He needs mice with special genetic traits for his studies.
“We can’t order mice,” he said. As a result, he said, several years’ worth of work is in jeopardy.
Scientists were chilled by the disruptive firing and rehiring of employees.
The Friday before Presidents Day weekend in February, a senior physician scientist learned that about 20 technicians had been fired in an NIH blood bank where patient samples are analyzed, part of an order that eliminated probationary workers who had been in their current position for less than two years. The order also led to the firing of probationary workers who prepare transfusions there.
Also on the list to be fired because they were probationary were the fellows who care for sick patients in the Clinical Center — the NIH’s hospital devoted to clinical research on its Bethesda campus. They included the staff of the intensive care unit and members of the code blue team that responds when a patient has a cardiac arrest.
Supervisors were stunned. These patients were ill. Who is going to care for them?
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“We would literally have to airlift patients out,” the senior physician scientist said.
The Clinical Center got a last-minute reprieve after the researchers panicked and protested. DOGE stopped the firing of the intensive care doctors and allowed the NIH to rehire the fired laboratory technicians and blood bank workers.
“It was just unbelievably stressful,” the senior physician scientist said.
Other scientists are learning that no job is safe, even ones held by highly regarded people with seniority.
Tenured staff members at the NIH can no longer take for granted the automatic renewal of their contracts, a senior scientist said. Now some scientists are being put on leave without pay when their contracts run out, and then they wait anxiously to learn if they still have a job.
The effects ripple beyond the NIH, affecting decisions about what sort of research projects by academic scientists can even be considered for funding.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, on the NIH’s Bethesda campus, had been planning to issue grants to academic scientists to study bloodand brain-scan markers of non-Alzheimer’s
dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The project’s goal was to diagnose patients earlier and to see whether experimental drugs were helping.
But evaluating these grant proposals requires specialized review at the neurological disorders institute. DOGE’s orders shifted the reviews to another office where reviewers would not have specific expertise.
The result, a senior scientist administrator said, is that “we will not be able to run that kind of program.” Instead, he said, “we will have to do simpler things.”
NIH employees are anxious that they will soon face a mass firing or reduction in force.
No one seems to know who would be fired, what criteria would be used or when it would happen, said the senior scientist who spoke about the problem ordering supplies.
“It’s the not knowing, the chaos” that is torturing people, he said.
“If they said, ‘We are going to RIF administrative senior scientists or anyone over 65 or anyone whose rating was poor,’ it would be much less stressful,” he said, using the acronym for reduction in force.
“But this is like Russian roulette,” he added. “You don’t know what’s coming.”
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JORGE VAZQUEZ MONAGAS Y LA SUCESION DE ROSARIO VAZQUEZ YOUBET
COMPUESTA POR: CARMEN ACEVEDO YOUBERT, NILDA ACEVEDO YOUBERT, SONIA VAZQUEZ YOUBERT Y FULANO Y FULANA DE TAL
Demandados CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Parte con Interés
Demandado Civil Núm.: MZ2022CV01947. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 12 de febrero de 2025, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número 374 del plano de inscripción del proyecto de solares denominado PR-R-41 Marina Concordia, radicado en el término municipal de Mayagüez. Dicho solar tiene un área de 197.78 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar 373 en una distancia de 53.44 pies; por el SUR, con el solar 375 en una distancia de 53.40 pies; por el ESTE, con el solar 369 en una distancia de 39.75 pies; y por el OESTE, con la calle Heyliger en una distancia de 39.95 pies. Finca 33705 inscrita al Folio 161 del tomo 1111 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada 26 de noviembre de 2024, notificada el 3 de diciembre de 2024 en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de 26 de noviembre de 2024, notificada el
el 3 de diciembre de 2024 de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $8,771.80 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a efecto el día 22 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el Centro Judicial de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $87,718.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 29 DE ABRIL DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $58,484.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una TERCERA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 6 DE MAYO DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la TERCERA SUBASTA será de $43,859.00, equivalentes a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente; se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor, todo ello a tenor con lo dispone el Artículo 104 de la Ley Núm. 210 del 8 de diciembre de 2015 conocida como “Ley del Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico”. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de toda carga y gravamen que afecte la mencionada finca según el Artículo 102, inciso 6. Una vez confirmada la venta judicial por el Honorable Tribunal, se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura de venta judicial y se pondrá al comprador en posesión física del inmueble de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda aquella persona o personas que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción
del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de todos los licitadores y el público en general, el presente Edicto se publicará por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas, con un intervalo de por lo menos siete días entre ambas publicaciones, en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico y se fijará además en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio en que ha de celebrarse dicha venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Se les informa, por último, que: a. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la secretaría del tribunal durante las horas laborables. b. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. EXPIDO, el presente EDICTO, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de febrero de 2025. IVELISSE FIGUEROA VARGAS, ALGUACIL PLACA #924, DIVISIÓN DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante Vs. JUAN CRUZ PEREZ ALVARADO, MARIA INES CLAUSELL DELGADO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: HU2023CV00387. Sala: 205. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA).
EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA
INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Esta-
dos Unidos de América el 15 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO
JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en: BARRIO PALO SECO, #204 CALLE 3, MAUNABO, PUERTO RICO 00707 y que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número doscientos cuatro en el Plano de Parcelación de la comunidad rural Palo Seco del Barrio Palo Seco, del Barrio Palo Seco del término municipal de Maunabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de cero cuerdas con dos mil setecientos cuarenta diez milésimas de otra, equivalente a mil setenta y seis punto ochenta y tres metros cuadraos. En lindes por el NORTE, con calle número uno de la comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela número ciento cinco de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela número doscientos cinco de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con calle número dos de la comunidad. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita al Folio 180 del Tomo 54 de Maunabo, bajo la Finca número 2,165, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Guayama. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $104,030.00. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 22 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $69,353.33. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 29 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $52,015.00. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 68 otorgada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de febrero de 2020, ante el notario Carlos Martínez Olmo y consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Maunabo, bajo la finca número 2,165, en el Registro de la Propiedad de
Guayama, inscripción Quinta (5ta). Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido contra la parte demandada ascendente a la suma de $99,308.92 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de septiembre de 2022, más intereses al tipo pactado de 4.00% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 4.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $10,403.00. Por razón de dicho incumplimiento, y al amparo del derecho que le confiere el Pagaré, el demandante ha declarado tales sumas vencidas, líquidas y exigibles en su totalidad. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores ni preferentes según las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores conocidos y desconocidos que tengan inscritos, no inscritos, presentados y/o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, otros cargos y las costas
y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. La propiedad objeto de ejecución y descrita anteriormente se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores una vez el Honorable Tribunal expida la correspondiente Orden de Confirmación de Venta Judicial. Y para conocimiento de licitadores del público en general se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley por espacio de dos semanas en tres sitios públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía. Este Edicto será publicado dos veces en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas. Expido el presente Edicto de subasta bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de marzo de 2025. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL #249, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. EMMA ZENAIDA ESQUILIN NUÑEZ (DEUDOR HIPOTECARIO); RAMON LUIS CAMARENO ESQUILIN (TITULAR REGISTRAL)
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2024CV03393. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente CERTIFICA, ANUNCIA y hace CONSTAR: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que le ha sido dirigido al Alguacil que suscribe por la Secretaría del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América el día 21 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en su oficina sita en el local que ocupa en el edificio del TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO
JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble de su propiedad que ubica en URB. REPARTO SAN JOSE F-8 CALLE 1 GURABO, PR 00778 y que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número 8 de la manzana “F” del plano preparado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, para su proyecto de solares denominado Reparto de San José, en el Barrio Mamey del término municipal de Gurabo, Puerto Rico, con un área de 253.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 9, distancia de 22.00 metros; por el SUR, con el solar número 7, distancia de 22.00 metros; por el ESTE, con remanente de la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico, distancia de 11.50 metros; y por el OESTE, con la calle número 1, distancia de 11.50 metros. Enclava una casa de una sola planta. La propiedad antes relacionada consta inscrita en el Folio 285 del Tomo 117 de Gurabo, finca número 4,442, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta del inmueble antes relacionado, será el dispuesto en la Escritura de Hipoteca, es decir la suma de $70,048.33. Si no hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta del inmueble mencionado, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 28 DE ABRIL DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. En la segunda subasta que se celebre servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes (2/3) del precio pactado en la primera subasta, o sea la suma de $46,698.88. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en las oficinas del Alguacil que suscribe el día 5 DE MAYO DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Para la tercera subasta servirá de tipo mínimo la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado para el caso de ejecución, o sea, la suma de $35,024.16. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 74 otorgada en Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 25 de marzo de 2006, ante el Notario Público Manuel E. Maldonado Pérez, la cual consta inscrita al Folio 165 del Tomo 345 de Gurabo, finca número 4,442, inscripción novena (9na) en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Modificada mediante la escritura número 953 otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 28 de septiembre de
2012, ante el Notario Néstor Machado Cortés, inscrita al Folio 165 vuelto del Tomo 345 de Gurabo, finca número 4,442, inscripción Décima (10ma), en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección Segunda. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer al Demandante total o parcialmente según sea el caso el importe de la Sentencia que ha obtenido desde el 21 de enero de 2025 ascendente a la suma de $59,908.94 por concepto de principal, desde el 1ro de abril de 2024, más intereses al tipo pactado de 8.50% anual que continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además la parte co-demandada Emma Zenaida Esquilin Núñez (Deudor Hipotecario), adeuda a la parte demandante los cargos por demora equivalentes a 5.00% de la suma de aquellos pagos con atrasos en exceso de 15 días calendarios de la fecha de vencimiento; los créditos accesorios y adelantos hechos en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $7,004.83. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al Procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS, SALA SUPERIOR durante las horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación del inmueble y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio de remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores desconocidos, no inscritos o presentados que sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito,
CERA SUBASTA el día 8 DE MAYO DE 2025 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar en la que regirá como tipo mínimo, la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, $36,000.00. El Alguacil que suscribe hizo constar que toda licitación deberá hacerse para pagar su importe en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América, de acuerdo con la Ley y de acuerdo con lo anunciado en este Aviso de Subasta. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta como bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargas o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca ejecutada y las personas interesadas en, o con derecho a exigir el cumplimiento de instrumentos negociables garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito ejecutado, para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les convenga o satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus intereses, costas y honorarios de abogados asegurados, quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Vendida o adjudicada la finca o derecho hipotecado y consignado el precio correspondiente, en esa misma fecha o fecha posterior, el alguacil que celebró la subasta procederá a otorgar la correspondiente escritura pública de traspaso en representación del dueño o titular de los bienes hipotecados, ante el notario que elija el adjudicatario o comprador, quien deberá abonar el importe de tal escritura. El alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la confirmación de la venta o adjudicación. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden
o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS LICITADORES Y DEL PUBLICO EN GENERAL y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley, expido el presente Edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy 4 de marzo de 2025. Felix Reyes Rosario, ALGUACIL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. CITIBANK, N.A., MR. COOPER, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE
Demandados CIVIL NÚM. BY2025CV01396 SOBRE: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, personas desconocidas que se designan con estos nombres ficticios, que puedan ser tenedor o tenedores, o puedan tener algún interés en el pagaré hipotecario a que se hace referencia más adelante en el presente edicto, que se publicará una sola vez. Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 27 de octubre de 1991, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de Citibank N.A., o a su orden, por la suma de $53,200.00 de principal, con intereses al 8 7/8% anual, con vencimiento el día 1 de noviembre del 2021, ante el Notario Carlos M. Franco. Quiles Rosado. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 634, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de octubre de 1991, ante el Notario Carlos M. Franco, inscrita al folio 248 vto. del tomo 97 de Bayamón Norte, finca 4130, inscripción 10ma, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca número 4130 (antes 36457) inscrita al folio 246 del tomo 97 de Bayamón Norte, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Citibank, N.A. es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Mr. Cooper fue el último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes des-
crito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
LCDO. JAVIER MONTALVO CINTRÓN
RUA NÚM. 17682 DELGADO & FERNÁNDEZ, LLC PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750, Tel. (787) 274-1414 / Fax (787) 764-8241
E-mail: jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 21 de marzo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria Interina. Lureimy Alicea González, Sub-Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
DORIS BEA WEBSTER, T/C/C DORIS BEA WEBSTER SMITH, T/C/C DORIS BEA WEBSTER INGRAM
Demandantes Vs. BANCO POPULAR DE PR, COMO SUCESOR EN INTERES DE CITIBANK N.A.; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
Demandado Civil Núm.: FA2025CV00238. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADOS DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE.
Por la presente se emplaza y se les notifica que se ha presentado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal la demanda del caso de epígrafe solicitando la cancelación del Pagaré suscrito a favor de Citibank, N.A., o a su orden, por la suma principal de $140,000.00, con vencimiento el 01 de marzo de 2019, y habiéndose constituido por la escritura número 65 otorgada en San Juan, el 22 de febrero
de 1989, ante la Notario Público Pedro D. Quiles Mariani, inscrita al folio 103vto del tomo 300 de Fajardo, finca número 12793, inscripción 7ma. Representa a la parte demandante la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
ENEL M. PEREZ MONTE RUA 9019
Reina Isabel 175, La Villa de Torrimar
Guaynabo PR 00969
Tel.: (787) 646-9168
Lcdaenelperez@gmail.com
Se le apercibe que si no comparecieran ustedes a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de 30 días a partir de la publicación de este edicto se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal, advirtiéndosele que de no hacerlo se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Dado en Fajardo, a 13 de marzo de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. ANA CELIS MÁRQUEZ APONTE, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL i.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HATILLO APEX BANK
Parte Demandante V. ANMARIS TORRES RODRIGUEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ ORONOZ; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ ORONOZ
Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: HA2024CV00326. In Rem: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO.
A: JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ
ORONOZ - E-45 VILLAS DE CAMPO ALEGRE, HATILLO, PR 00659; PASEOS REALES 6, AVE. PRINCESA, ARECIBO, PR 00612-55450; ESTANCIAS DE TORTUGUERO 633, VEGA BAJA, PR 00694; HC3 BOX 2400, ARECIBO, PR 00612-8261; 277 CHARLES ST. CHARLES CITY, IOWA 50616. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Hatillo, Puerto Rico, a 13 de marzo de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA LIZ TORRES MUÑIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE HATILLO APEX BANK
Parte Demandante V. ANMARIS TORRES RODRIGUEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ ORONOZ; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ ORONOZ
Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: HA2024CV00326. In Rem: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EDICTO. A: ANMARIS TORRES RODRIGUEZ, POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE JAVIER FRANCISCO RUIZ ORONOZ - E-45 VILLAS DE CAMPO ALEGRE, HATILLO, PR 00659; PASEOS REALES 6, AVE. PRINCESA, ARECIBO, PR 00612-55450; ESTANCIAS DE TORTUGUERO 633, VEGA BAJA, PR 00694; HC3 BOX 2400, ARECIBO, PR 00612-8261; 277 CHARLES ST. CHARLES CITY, IOWA 50616. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discre-
ción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Hatillo, Puerto Rico, a 13 de marzo de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA LIZ TORRES MUÑIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUASSUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Vs CARRASQUILLO MORALES, ALFREDO CASO: ECD2013-0608 SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA.
LIC. PEREZ GONZALEZ, MARICELI NOTIFICACIONES@ GARCIACHAMORRO.COM
NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
A: LISETTE CONTRERAS CONTRERAS Y FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL, ZUTANO DE TAL ZUTANA DE TAL, A, B Y C COMO HEREDROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO MORALES.
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 DE DICIEMBRE 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
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 24 de marzo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 24 de marzo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. F/ VIONNETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUASSUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTORICO VS
MATEO RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS A. CARLOS A. MATEO RODRIGUEZ T/C/C CARLOS ANTONIO MATEO RODRIGUEZ, REBECCA ESQUILIN DE MATEO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. LIC. MALDONADO EJARQUE, DUNCAN R. EJECUCIONES@CM-PRLA W.COM CASO: ECD2017-0161 SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA. NOTIFICACION DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 DE JUNIO DE 2017, 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 24 de marzo de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 24 de marzo de 2025. Irasemi Díaz Sánchez, Secretaria. F/Vionette Espinosa Castillo, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO ASOCIACION DE PROPIETARIOS DE LOS SAUCES, INC.
Demandante v. LUIS R ROSARIO MORALES Y OTROS
Demandado( a) CASO NÚM. HU2024CV01355 (SALÓN 205) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JOSÉ R. GONZÁLEZ RIVERA JRG@GONZALEZMORALES.COM
A: LUIS R ROSARIO
MORALES Y AlDA L. SOLER GOMEZ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS 316 CALLE CAOBA, URB. LOS SAUCES, HUMACAO, PR 00791. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 DE MARZO DE 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 25 de marzo de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 25 de marzo de 2025. Evelyn Felix Vázquez, Secretaria. F/Ivelisse Serrano García, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO
ORIENTAL BANK
Parte Demandante Vs. EDWIN JOEL
GOITÍA MIRANDA
Parte Demandada
CIVIL NÚM.: AR2024CV00525
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. Yo, Luis Romero López, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 4 de marzo de 2025, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 4 de diciembre de 2024, notificada en igual fecha, procederé a vender el día 13 de mayo de 2025, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Solar marcado con el número 6 radicada en el Barrio Factor del término municipal de Arecibo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 905.10 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a .2302 cuerdas. En lindes por el NORTE, en una distancia de 36.93 metros con solar número 7; por el SUR, en una distancia de 38.05 metros con el solar número 5; por el ESTE, en una distancia de 24.16 metros con la calle de los solares; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de 24.14 metros con la Sucesión Rodríguez Alayón. Inscrita al Folio 17 del Tomo 1,263 de Arecibo, Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera (I) de Arecibo, Finca Número 48,072. Dirección Física: Vistamar Estates, Carr. 682 Km 11.6, Lot 6 Arecibo, PR 00612. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $117,423.86 más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 13 de mayo de 2025, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $143,750.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 20 de mayo de 2025, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $95,833.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda
subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 27 de mayo de 2025, a las 11:00 de la mañana, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $71,875.00. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afecta el siguiente gravamen (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Scotiabank Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $143,750.00, con intereses al 3.875% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2040, constituida mediante la escritura número 104, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 23 de septiembre de 2010, ante la notario Rina Cofiño Hernández, e inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 1,326 de Arecibo, finca número 48,072, inscripción 5ª. A la propiedad le afectan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Aviso de Demanda de fecha 19 de marzo de 2024, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Arecibo, en el Caso Civil número AR2024CV00525, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, seguido por Oriental Bank, contra Edwin Joel Goitía Miranda, por la suma de $117,123.36, más intereses y otras sumas, anotado el día 9 de abril de 2024, al tomo Karibe de Arecibo, finca número 48,072, Anotación C. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesa-
dos que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a 25 de marzo de 2025. Luis Romero López, Alguacil Auxiliar, Placa #916.
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NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST
Demandante V. SUCESION DE NILDA ESTHER ROBLEDO RIVERA TAMBIEN CONOCIDA COMO NILDA E ROBLEDO RIVERA Y OTROS
Demandado(a) ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARRERO
PRSERVICE@TMPPLLCCOM Caso Núm. : RG2022CV00300 (Salón 307) Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA.
A: FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION DE NILDA ESTHER ROBLEDO RIVERA, TAMBIEN CONOCIDA COMO NILDA E. ROBLEDO RIVERA Y MENGANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION DE JUAN
ROSA SANCHEZ, BARRIO
CAROLA PARCEL 59-A, CALLE 16, RIO GRANDE PR 00745 Y/O PO BOX
75 PALMER PR00721 Y/O #9 COMUNIDAD SAN VICENTE BARRIO MATA DE PLATANO RIO GRANDE PR 00745 Y/O URB RIO
GRANDE ESTATES REY FERNANDO #10907 RIO GRANDE PR 00745. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 DE MARZO DE 2025, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 25 de marzo de 2025. Nota de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA NOTIFICACION A LOS FINES DE INCLUIR DIRECCION DE LA PARTE DEMANDADA. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 25 de marzo de 2025. Wanda Seguir Reyes, Secretaria. F/Linda I. Medina Medina, Secretaria Auxiliar del Tribunal.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. DALIEN E. NIEVES SANTIAGO
Demandada CIVIL NÚM.: BY2025CV00644 (503) SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: DALIEN E. NIEVES SANTIAGO
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan,
PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma 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 responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior, Sala de Bayamón, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda a sus últimas direcciones conocidas: Lomas Verdes, Sector Cuchillas, Carr. 164 Km. 1.1, Naranjito, PR 00719; Carr. 165 Km. 1.5 Int., Sector Lomas Valle, Naranjito, PR 00719; y HC 71 Box 2769, Naranjito, PR 00719. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 26 de marzo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria Interina. Ivette M. Marrero Bracero, Sub-Secretaria.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ARECIBO
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE OLIVERO GUZMÁN VEGA COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO COMO ERICKSON GUZMÁN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; NANCY VÉLEZ LOURIDO
Demandados
CIVIL NÚM.: AR2024CV01901
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL
PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE OLIVERO GUZMÁN VEGA COMPUESTA POR SU HEREDERO CONOCIDO COMO ERICKSON GUZMÁN; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN • BARRIO SELGAS, PARCELA 69-C, CALLE MANUEL CINTRON #27, FLORIDA PR 00650. • PO BOX 416, FLORIDA PR 00650.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. De ser el demandado un heredero de una sucesión, se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese térmi-
no de treinta (30) días, en tomo a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. También se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que luego del transcurso del término de treinta (30) días antes señalado, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este edicto, se presumirá que han aceptado la herencia del(los) causante(s) y, por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia conforme dispone el Artículo 1,578 del Nuevo Código Civil, 31 L.P.R.A. sec. 11,021. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 5 de febrero de 2025. Vivian Y. Fresse González, Secretaria. Denise Irizarry Pintor, Sub-Secretaria. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE COMERIO POPULAR AUTO LLC Demandante V. HEURIEL A. PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ Demandado CIVIL NUM.: AI2025CV00083 SOBRE: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESION DE VEHICULO DE MOTOR (10 L.P.R.A. § 2423). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS. A: HEURIEL A. PÉREZ SÁNCHEZ
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma 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
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Dodgers set sights on back-to-back titles and beyond
By FABIAN ARDAYA / THE ATHLETIC
In the bacchanal of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ triumph last October, Shohei Ohtani approached Andrew Friedman, the team’s president of baseball operations.
For a decade, Friedman had crafted teams that had been the envy of baseball, but they managed just one World Series title. Ohtani, the franchise’s force multiplier, helped lead them to a second championship in his first year of a record-setting 10-year deal.
“Let’s do this nine more times,” Ohtani told Friedman during the World Series celebration.
It was as if, Friedman recalled with a chuckle, “this is easy.”
It has been 25 years since Major League Baseball crowned a repeat champion and about as long since that streak has had a true challenger. Since 2000, when the New York Yankees capped off their third consecutive championship, about half of the reigning champions missed the ensuing postseason. Just two — the 2001 Yankees and 2009 Philadelphia Phillies — even made it back to the World Series the following year.
Repeating hardly seemed fathomable.
The Dodgers (5-0 going into Monday’s night game at home against the Atlanta Braves) seek to buck that notion. They have far outspent any defending title-winner in recent memory, with a luxury tax payroll that has swelled to around $400 million. They have positioned themselves to maximize a window featuring three massive superstars: Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.
“Our organization wants to kind of make their mark in baseball history for the next decade,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said during spring training.
As Roberts said in his opening address to the team, the Dodgers will be the hunter and not the hunted. They are aiming to topple the 29 other teams, as well as history.
damaged the game competitively.”
FanGraphs’ playoff odds on opening day were at 77.4% that a non-Dodgers team will win it all. That it’s even that low is a tribute to the Dodgers’ talented roster. They added twotime Cy Young winner Blake Snell, Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki and relievers Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, among others.
The odds also reflect a reality that the Dodgers have learned all too well during 12 consecutive years of making the postseason, a stretch that has yielded four pennants and two titles.
“Baseball is probably the most competitive sport, even though people say otherwise,” the Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández said. “Very rarely does the best team win, where in other sports, talent can overmatch the competition. Here, for the most part, the hottest team is the one that wins.”
“Even if you have the best roster,” Tommy Edman said, “there’s still a chance that you run into someone that’s really hot.”
The Dodgers brushed up against that reality in October. They were a loss away from elimination during their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres. Had that been it for them, it would have marked three consecutive firstround exits in the postseason after finishing with either 100 wins or baseball’s best record. Since their 2020 title, they had advanced to the National League Championship Series just once, running out of gas against the 2021 Atlanta Braves after winning more games (106) than any reigning champion since baseball went to divisions in 1969.
“It’s hard to do it once,” said Betts, who has won thrice.
The 2024 Dodgers overcame a crush of injuries to win it all. Nine pitchers opened the 2025 season on the injured list. Ohtani is coming off surgery to repair a labrum in his left shoulder while still working his way back to the mound from a second major surgery on his right elbow. Freeman, the World Series MVP, required surgery on the right ankle he hobbled on throughout October and missed both of the Dodgers’ games last week in Tokyo after aggravating the same rib he tore cartilage in during the NLDS against the Padres.
It has been 25 years since Major League Baseball crowned a repeat champion and about as long since that streak has had a true challenger. (Facebook via Spectrum SportsNet LA)
offseason was one with five-time NBA champion Magic Johnson, who remains part of the Dodgers’ ownership group.
The tone of those talks centered on the trio expected to carry this Dodgers’ window: Ohtani, Betts and Freeman.
“When you have your superstars, the carrot is still there for our superstars,” Roberts said. “When we have that, there’s No. 1, no complacency. I think that every great team, great player, needs a carrot. They’re all different.”
“Our guys haven’t achieved a dynasty yet,” Roberts said.
“That’s what they want. And that’s a good thing.”
External projection systems and betting markets are bullish on the Dodgers’ chances, and for good reason. But it is still “70, 75% likely that someone else will win the World Series,” the Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten reasoned in January, when asked about the team’s aggressive spending.
“So obviously it hasn’t
Max Muncy spent much of October getting treatment on his side after missing months last summer with an oblique strain and a displaced rib. Will Smith was playing through a bone bruise in his ankle that limited him going into this spring. Miguel Rojas was playing through a lower-body injury that required hernia surgery. Alex Vesia missed the NLCS with an intercostal issue. Both Evan Phillips and Michael Kopech will start the season on the injured list, which Friedman said at least partially fueled the team’s aggressive pursuit of Scott and Yates.
The additions, of course, did not stop there. Adding Snell reinforced a rotation worn down by injuries by the end of last year’s postseason. Winning the recruitment of Sasaki boosts the Dodgers’ future as much as their present. Signing Michael Conforto adds a proven bat who doesn’t have a World Series title to his name.
“What you’ve never had,” Roberts said, “you’re hungry to get.”
As Roberts soaked in the elation of a second title in five years, he looked for examples of what he hopes can be next. From Michael Jordan to Tiger Woods to Stephen Curry to Derek Jeter and beyond, he sought out greats who understand legacy and dynasty. Among Roberts’ early conversations this
Roberts said individual goals collectively build toward a championship product. He laid out hypotheticals. Ohtani wants to win a third MVP in a row, this time in a triumphant return to the mound. Betts wants to prove he can play shortstop and win a second MVP award of his own. Freeman wants to continue his chase toward 3,000 career hits. Kershaw wants to become one of 20 men to reach 3,000 strikeouts.
“Everybody in here has different agendas,” Betts said. “Everybody here is in different places of life. But we all want to win.”
The 36-year-old Rojas said his carrot is a desire to prove that he can keep going and that he can still be an everyday player. Andy Pages sought to claim a spot on the opening day roster, working constantly in the Dodgers’ hitting lab to refine his swing.
“There are guys that are going to be free agents next year,” Betts said. “There are guys that are signed up for 10 years. There are guys that are trying to make the team. But at the end of the day, we all want to win a World Series.”
For the Dodgers to make history, they will have to snap the spell of 25 consecutive years without back-to-back World Series champions and enter themselves into an elite club.
“I think that for our club, our organization, our fan base, we want to be looked at as the best franchise in all of sports,” Roberts said. “How do you do that? You win championships. That’s how you do it.”
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