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By THE STAR STAFF
The Government Committee in the island House of Representatives will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the procedures and technology employed by the government to inspect shipping containers and vans at Puerto Rico’s cargo docks.
On June 27, the House unanimously approved Resolution 242, authored by former House Speaker José Aponte Hernández. This resolution also assesses a range of administrative and legislative measures aimed at optimizing the inspection process, which is recognized as being critical for the security and economy of Puerto Rico.
“Security at our ports, including loading docks, is vital for Puerto Rico,” Aponte, who chairs the Federal and Veterans Affairs Committee, said in a press release. “Container matching is also crucial for the island’s economy and, above all, for our security. It is an essential tool for achieving greater oversight of compliance with applicable tax regulations and for detecting and preventing the illegal movement of goods such as drugs, weapons, and exotic species. Therefore, it is essential that we have an effective and integrated system that allows the government to maintain control while providing an agile process that meets the needs of the private sector.”
“The reality is that the existing systems do not cover all port areas, and there are questions about their functionality in the areas where they are currently deployed,” the veteran
lawmaker added. “That’s why we need to investigate the entire process, from start to finish, to determine not only its efficiency but also potential measures to improve it, making the process more agile, transparent, and fair.”
According to available data from 2019, more than 340,000 containers of cargo enter Puerto Rico’s docks each year, particularly those located in and near San Juan.
According to available data from 2019, more than 340,000 containers of cargo enter Puerto Rico’s docks each year, particularly those located in and near San Juan.
House to probe port inspection system NPP opens filing period for
By THE STAR STAFF
New Progressive Party (NPP) Electoral Commissioner
Aníbal Vega Borges announced that the candidacy filing period for the special election to fill the vacant mayoral position in Gurabo began Monday.
ThE period will close this Thursday at noon. The timeline is in accordance with Article 9.5(4) of the Puerto Rico Electoral Code, as stated in Article 1.014 of Law 107, known as the Municipal Code, and follows NPP regulations.
For individuals interested in applying for the vacancy, which arose following Rosachely Rivera Santana’s resignation upon being confirmed and sworn in as secretary of state, a statehood seminar will be held on Wednesday. The ballot position drawing is scheduled for Monday, July 14, at 10 a.m. at the State Election Commission. The general election will take place on Sunday, Aug. 10.
“We urge all qualified candidates to exercise their right to participate in this democratic process,” Vega Borges said. “We believe there are many talented Puerto Ricans who wish to continue the exceptional work done by Rosachely Rivera and to lead Gurabo in the right direction. We assure
all residents of Gurabo and the people of Puerto Rico that this process will be transparent and will adhere to all legal and regulatory requirements.”
last Thursday.
Former Gurabo Mayor Rosachely Rivera Santana, at left, was sworn in as Puerto Rico secretary of state
Overtime pay owed to police officers will be subject of Senate hearing
By THE STAR STAFF
Sen. Gregorio Matías Rosario, who chairs the Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Committee in the upper chamber, announced on Monday the holding of a public hearing this week under Senate Resolution 81 to investigate the failure to pay compensatory time in excess of the 480-hour limit accumulated by members of the Puerto Rico Police, both active and retired.
For years, current and retired police officers have raised the flag about this situation, denouncing that the state has failed to meet its obligation to make timely payments for excess hours worked, which continue to accumulate without financial compensation or recognition upon their retirement, the senator noted. There have been documented cases of officers owed more than $12,000, an amount that severely impacts their livelihood and financial planning.
“This is not just an administrative or fiscal matter; it is a demand for justice for the men and women who have given everything for the safety of the people of Puerto Rico,” Matías
Rosario said. “We have retired police officers waiting for money that is theirs, and active police officers who, even under difficult conditions, continue to serve with dedication while facing uncertainty about whether they will be paid what they are legally entitled to.”
One of the officers’ biggest complaints, the senator noted, is the lack of transparency on the part of the responsible agencies regarding the handling and projection of the excess payments. Many officers report not receiving clear information about the mechanisms for claiming accrued pay or the status of their compensation, Matías Rosario said. The situation has generated deep distrust and indignation within the police force, while the personnel crisis caused by retirements, resignations and a lack of new recruits has deepened, he said.
Some have had to resort to legal means to try to claim what they are owed, while others simply resign themselves to the fact that the money will never arrive, the senator said.
The main purpose of the public hearing is to oversee compliance by relevant agencies, including the Department of Public Safety and the Police Bureau, and to require the submission of concrete plans and payment schedules. It also seeks to clarify the total accumulated debt, available funding sources, and the immediate steps that will be taken to settle the obligation.
The hearing will be held this Wednesday at 10 a.m., in the Leopoldo Figueroa Hall of the Capitol in Puerta de Tierra.
Youth vaccination tour of 7 towns kicks off Friday
By THE STAR STAFF
In anticipation of the upcoming school year, Salud Integral en la Montaña Inc. (SIM) is launching its educational campaign “Multiply Their Health, Vaccinate Them at SIM,” with vaccination clinics for children and young people between the
The youth vaccination tour will begin this Friday at the Comerío Public Square, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and will continue through Aug. 9.
ages of 4 and 18 in seven municipalities in the central region of Puerto Rico.
“This educational campaign has the purpose of promoting vaccination in children and young people … so that they receive their school itinerary vaccines between the months of July and August during our tour in the municipalities of Barranquitas, Bayamón, Comerío, Corozal, Naranjito, Orocovis and Toa Alta,” SIM President and CEO Dr. Gloria del C. Amador Fernández said Monday in a written statement.
The tour will begin this Friday at the Comerío Public Square, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and will continue according to the following schedule:
• Saturday, July 12 – Toa Alta Public Square, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• July 17 – Luis Ángel Ortiz Hernández Reception Center, Orocovis, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• July 18 – Naranjito Public Square, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Aug. 1 – Barranquitas Public Square, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Aug. 2 – Corozal Public Square, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Aug. 9 – Mario Gaztambide Linear Park in Bayamón, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In addition to the vaccination clinics, pediatric medical evaluation, oral screening by a dentist, information tables, educational and prevention materials, delivery of school materials, snacks, activities for children and more will be offered.
Dr. Francisco Beltrán Morales, vice president and chief medical officer of SIM, noted that the vaccines will be administered according to the age of the child and the itinerary recommended by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Puerto Rico Department of Health.
“In the clinics, parents or guardians will be able to request the Vaccination Certificate or ‘Green Paper’. (Costs could apply),” Beltrán Morales said in the statement.
Requirements for participating in vaccination clinics:
• Bring vaccination card, photo ID, and health plan card
• Minors must be accompanied by their legal guardian.
Dominican citizen arrested for assaulting federal ICE agents in San Juan
By THE STAR STAFF
Bean Gómez Cepeda, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was arrested last Tuesday after being accused of attacking federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE HSI) agents with his vehicle to avoid detention in San Juan.
“The individual will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Rebecca González Ramos, special agent in charge of ICE HSI in San Juan, in a written statement.
The incident occurred on June 30, when Gómez Cepeda attempted to prevent his arrest by ramming his car into an official ICE HSI vehicle. The collision caused damage and injuries to the agents, who arrested Gómez Cepeda and five other oc-
cupants without legal immigration status in the United States.
Prosecutor Jeanette Collazo Ortiz and Prosecutor César E. Rivera Díaz are handling the case, which involves two criminal charges: assaulting federal agents with a dangerous weapon and destroying government property.
The defendant had previously been arrested by Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas in 2023 and processed for expedited removal. After appearing in federal court on July 2, he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals, pending a bail hearing scheduled for July 11.
The first charge carries a penalty of up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine, while the second could carry a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Sen. Gregorio Matías Rosario
On June 30, Bean Gómez Cepeda, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, attempted to prevent his arrest by ramming his car into an official ICE HSI vehicle.
Justice Dept. justifies murder charge against man who gunned down abusive son-in-law
By THE STAR STAFF
The island Justice Department on Monday justified filing charges against a 60-year-old man who shot and killed his son-in-law after the latter beat up his daughter.
Miguel A. González Varela, who has been charged in the case, has received public support for his actions at a time when femicides are occurring at a high rate in Puerto Rico.
“First and foremost, we recognize the profound indignation, pain, and sense of helplessness generated by situations of domestic violence, particularly when it involves a close victim, such as a daughter,” the Justice Department said in a statement. “We express our empathy with all victims of gender-based violence and reiterate our commitment to their protection, access to justice, and comprehensive support. Likewise, we understand the emotional toll that can drive a person to act out of desperation and frustration. However, our call is to trust the judicial system and abide by established legal processes.”
The Arecibo Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Sunday
The Arecibo Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Sunday against Miguel A. González Varela, who is accused of killing Whisler Jared Rancel Galarza, 21, his son-inlaw, by shooting him with a firearm he was licensed to carry.
against González Varela, accused of killing Whisler Jared Rancel Galarza, 21, by shooting him with a firearm he was licensed to carry.
The 60-year-old former municipal employee was charged with first-degree murder and discharging or pointing a firearm at his son-in-law. He was jailed after failing to post the $200,000 bail set by Judge Rafael I. Lugo Morales of the Bayamón Court of First Instance.
The incident occurred July 5, at 1:52 a.m., in front of apartment 325 of the Manuel Zeno Gandía residential complex in Arecibo. The injured man was taken to the Puerto Rico Medical Center in Río Piedras, where Dr. Nidia D. Soto confirmed his death at approximately 5:25 a.m.
The incident happened after Rancel Galarza attacked González Varela’s daughter, who suffered a head injury while trying to break away from her attacker.
The victim’s sister, who intervened, was also attacked.
According to the investigation conducted by authorities, the defendant was charged with violations of Article 93(a) of the Puerto Rico Penal Code for first-degree murder and Article 6.14 of the Firearms Act for pointing and firing a firearm.
In an interview, the defendant’s daughter stated that she had been a victim of physical abuse by Rancel Galarza on previous occasions; she had not filed a complaint.
The evidence presented by the prosecutor in charge of the case, Yolanda Pitino, was evaluated by Judge Lugo, who determined probable cause for González Varela’s arrest for the crimes charged.
Summit to be held in Corozal to address drinking water woes
By THE STAR STAFF
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez, along with District 28 (Naranjito, Corozal, Barranquitas and Comerío) Rep. Axel “Chino” Roque and Corozal Mayor Luis “Luiggi” García, announced a summit meeting to be held in the municipality to find a solution to the drinking water crisis impacting some 40% of residents.
“Forty percent of our residents in Corozal suffer daily problems with their drinking water supply from the Negros filtration and pumping plant,” Roque said. “This is a problem that has gone unresolved for many years, and it’s one we need to resolve as soon as possible. Therefore […] we will convene a summit meeting in Corozal as soon as possible so that Luis González, executive president of the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, other government officials, and affected residents, among others, can discuss short-term alternatives to mitigate
this water shortage.”
Roque, who chairs the House Tourism Committee, highlighted the “urgent” need for a mechanism to ensure the flow of drinking water.
According to data from the United States Census Bureau, there were some 34,474 residents in the area in 2023, 14,000 of whom are experiencing prolonged periods, even days, without drinking water service due to power outages and problems with rainfall management, among other issues.
“The reality is that the construction of the new Negros Dam will take until 2028 to complete,” the legislator said. “We are convinced that this new water structure, supported by new pumping and filtration systems, will permanently resolve the situation. However, we need to implement something. I want to remind you that Corozal isn’t the only one affected; there are also sectors of the municipalities of Naranjito and even Vega Alta that are going days without water.”
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez, right foreground, met with District 28 Rep. Axel Roque and Corozal Mayor Luis García on Monday before announcing a summit to be held in the municipality to find a solution to the drinking water crisis impacting some 40% of residents.
Roque’s remarks came at the conclusion of a meeting with Méndez, García and members of the Corozal Water Commission, among others.
By THE STAR STAFF
Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (UTIER by its acronym in Spanish) President Ángel Figueroa Jaramillo said Monday that a power rate increase to pay pensions for retirees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) would be unnecessary if LUMA Energy’s funds were cut. “This increase is totally unnecessary. LUMA has received nearly $500 million in loans that could cover pensions at least until the debt restructuring process is completed,” Figueroa Jaramillo said in a written statement. “There is no justification for continuing to burden consumers when
the money is available, but it is being misused.”
The union leader said that in LUMA Energy’s first year as the private operator of PREPA’S transmission and distribution system, a $50 million deficit was generated, which was covered with the surplus from the special fund designated for employee resignation incentives. Last year alone, he noted, $456 million was transferred from reimbursements obtained by PREPA.
“What needs to be done is recover the money transferred to LUMA and cancel this costly contract that drains public resources,” Figueroa Jaramillo insisted. “Those directly responsible for securing pension funds here are the [Financial
Oversight and Management] Board and the government of Puerto Rico. The people can’t stand another increase.”
In his opinion, the amount paid to LUMA for service charges and the additional funds allocated to its budget could even cover the 1.88 cents per kilowatt-hour that PREPA Executive Director Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta is proposing as an increase.
“Everything seems to indicate that, for the executive director of the Authority, the Fiscal Control [sic] Board, and LUMA, it is easier for the people to pay for their incompetence and poor decisions than to assume responsibility and cancel this contract, which has cost the country so dearly,” Figueroa Jaramillo said.
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Death toll reaches 95 in Texas floods, including 27 at a girls’ camp
By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS, RICK ROJAS and DAVID GOODMAN
The weary mayor of Kerrville, Texas, warned residents to expect a “rough week” as chances faded Monday of finding anyone still alive from catastrophic flooding that killed at least 95 people across central Texas.
Ten girls and a counselor were still missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp, which said at least 27 of its young campers and staff members did not survive the surging waters from the nearby Guadalupe River.
Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. said rescue crews would push forward with their searches, slashing through debris and downed trees even as they braced for the possibility of more downpours and flash flooding.
Search efforts continued as local and state officials faced new rounds of questions over the adequacy of weather forecasts and warning systems in the flood-prone area, sometimes known as Flash Flood Alley. The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, requested an inquiry into whether cuts at the National Weather Service contributed to the death toll.
which said at least 27 of its young campers and staff members did not survive the surging waters from the nearby Guadalupe River. (Carter Johnston/ The New York Times)
The deluge in central Texas, which began Friday, has become one of the deadliest floods in the United States
in the past 100 years. Here’s what else to know: — Rescue efforts: Hundreds of people have been
searching for survivors, some of whom have been found clinging to trees and floating on furniture. As time goes on, the chance of finding any still alive dwindles, and rescues become recovery missions.
— Forecast: Forecasters expected more rain in Kerr County throughout Monday afternoon, and much of central Texas, including the Hill Country, was under a flood watch Monday. The Weather Prediction Center cautioned that “any storms that move across this extremely vulnerable region will rapidly cause flash flooding.”
— The victims: At least 75 of those killed in the floods, including 27 children, were in Kerr County, northwest of San Antonio. Seven people were killed in Travis County, six in Kendall County, four in Burnet County, two in Williamson County and one in Tom Green County, authorities said.
— One family’s toll: Five members of a Texas family who were camping along the Guadalupe River are among the missing. A sixth survived after being dragged downriver for more than 15 miles.
— Warning systems: Officials in Kerr County rejected the idea of building a flood warning system along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said there would be a “careful examination of what happened” to prevent the same loss of life in the future.
Terrified girls, helicopters and a harrowing scene: A rescuer’s tale at Camp Mystic
By TALYA MINSBERG
It was his first rescue operation.
Scott Ruskan, a 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer based in Corpus Christi, Texas, woke up to banging on his door in the early hours of July 4. There was flooding around San Antonio and he was being deployed, he was told. Did he have a chain saw?
Ruskan was part of a crew that was tasked with evacuating hundreds of people at Camp Mystic, an all-girls’ Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River that has become a hub of loss in the catastrophic floods that killed more than 80 people across central Texas. About 750 girls were at the camp this session, officials said.
Ruskan and his team took off on a helicopter around 7 a.m. Central time Friday to the camp, near Hunt, Texas. It took them nearly six hours to reach San Antonio because of poor visibility and challenging weather conditions. “A white knuckle experience,” he said.
By the end of their operations, Ruskan was credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic.
Ruskan was part of the more than 1,700 emergency responders, bystanders, family members and others who used helicopters and drones, arrived on horseback and in trucks, and searched from boats and golf carts for those who remained unaccounted as search-and-rescue operations entered into a fourth day.
Many rescue stories over the past 48 hours have been harrowing. A 22-year-old woman was rescued after clinging to a tree overnight. A young girl was found after floating on a mattress for hours. A mother and her 19-year-old son survived by clinging onto each other and a tree. A counselor at Camp Mystic helped evacuate her 14 young campers to safety.
Ruskan and his crew had a particularly onerous task.
After their treacherous journey from Corpus Christi, Ruskan and his crew eventually landed at Camp Mystic, where they began working with 12 rescue helicopters, including those from the Army National Guard. Close to 200 people — mostly campers and some camp staff members — needed to be evacuated. Two main landing zones were set up: one on an archery field and one on a soccer field.
Ruskan realized that staying on scene would free up two extra spots on his helicopter for the evacuees, he said, so he told his unit, “I’d love to stay, I could do a lot more good on the ground.”
He became the main person on scene to both triage and provide emotional support to the survivors.
“Kids were in pajamas,” he recalled in an interview with The New York Times, noting some were wearing just one shoe on their feet. They were cold and tired, many soaking wet. And they were desperate for answers about their friends.
“I had a job to do,” Ruskan added. “All these people are looking at you terrified with a 1,000-yard stare. They want some
sort of comfort, someone to save them.”
Across the state, at least 81 people have died from the floods, 28 of them children. More than 40 are still missing, officials said — 10 of those are campers from Camp Mystic, and one is a counselor. As of Saturday night, more than 850 people have been rescued in the search operations. Texas officials have assured residents that they will continue searching for the missing until every person is found — while at the same time acknowledging that the hope of finding more people alive was diminishing by the hour.
“We will remain 100% dedicated, searching for every single one of the children who were at Camp Mystic, as well as anybody else, and the entire riverbed to make sure that they’re going to be recovered,” Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said at a Sunday news conference.
Earlier on Sunday, President Donald Trump granted Abbott’s request for a federal disaster declaration, directing federal assistance to the affected areas. State and local officials have urged people not to go out to conduct search-and-rescue operations and have asked people not to use personal drones over affected areas.
At Camp Mystic on Friday, Ruskan shuttled campers to the helicopters that would lift them to safety — sometimes carrying two girls in one arm. As he took some evacuees away, he assured the others that he would come back for them.
Some asked if they could bring their stuffed animal with them. “Of course,” he told them.
The flooded Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, near the site of Camp Mystic, July 5, 2025. Ten girls and a counselor were still missing from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp,
North Carolina faces widespread flooding after Chantal dumps heavy rain
By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA and EDUARDO MEDINA
Officials in central North Carolina were working to rescue stranded people and clear roads Monday after Tropical Depression Chantal dumped up to 10 inches of rain in parts of the state, bringing significant flooding that inundated homes, closed highways, trapped drivers and pushed rivers up to near historic levels.
The storm, which made landfall as a tropical storm early Sunday in South Carolina and then moved inland as a tropical depression, was headed northeast toward Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, Flood watches were announced for Washington and parts of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.
The worst effects of the storm have so far been felt in central North Carolina, where tens of thousands of people were without power and at least two tornadoes were confirmed, authorities said. The storm downed trees and power lines and swamped roads.
As of early Monday afternoon, authorities had reported one death caused by the storm. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said that Sandra Portnoy Hirschman, 83, of Pittsboro, North Carolina, died after she drove her vehicle into floodwater Sunday night in Chatham County.
In Orange County, North Carolina, which includes Chapel Hill, officials said in a statement Sunday night that several water rescues and evacuations were underway in low-lying areas. In Moore County to the south, floods washed out roads and broke
at least two dams. Both counties declared states of emergency.
At Camelot Village in Chapel Hill, an apartment complex with a history of flooding, emergency crews rescued several residents from floodwaters.
Brandon Lee, 40, who lives at Camelot Village, said he was startled Sunday night by what sounded like a “raging river running right through our buildings.” When he looked down from his second-floor apartment, he saw water sloshing in the streets, sweeping away vehicles and trash bins. A woman who lives on the floor below called out for help.
Lee said he saw rescue boat crews retrieve several people from inundated apartments, including his downstairs neighbor.
The water level in the Eno River rose to a record 25.63 feet. The Haw River outside Burlington, North Carolina, about 60 miles northwest of Raleigh, swelled to 32.5 feet overnight, a few inches short of a record set during Hurricane Fran in 1996. The National Weather Service warned of “major flooding,” and a section of Interstate 40 east of Burlington was closed Monday morning because of floodwaters.
Firefighters in Chapel Hill completed more than 50 water rescues Sunday evening and overnight, the city said in a statement, adding that more than 60 people had been displaced from their homes. Mayor Leonardo Williams of Durham said the city’s fire department rescued 80 people by boat. On Monday morning, the mayor visited the Old Farm neighborhood in northern Durham, where houses were flooded and residents waded through knee-
Up against time, a desperate search presses ahead
By SAMUEL ROCHA, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and RICK ROJAS
Workers for Mastermind Facility Services typically trim hedges and do outdoor maintenance at offices and apartment complexes around San Antonio. But on Sunday, a group of them were an hour away, near Kerrville, Texas, helping police officers cut and claw through fallen trees and debris at a riverside wedding venue ravaged by the recent flash flooding.
Search-and-rescue teams have been hoping against hope to find signs of life. But what they have encountered instead is painful silence and, in some instances, a trail of death. At one point, the workers, who came as volunteers, were worried that trapped inside the tangle of vegetation were the remains of someone who had been carried away by the surge of water that arrived Friday. It turned out to be a false alarm.
The workers recognized that this was a physically and mentally arduous mission but, ultimately, not about them. Maybe they could help reunite a family, or at least provide a measure of certainty after days of dread. That is what mattered.
“You got to put your emotions aside,” said Christopher Rey, 35, one of the workers.
A sprawling and desperate search for missing people along the swollen Guadalupe River in central Texas pushed forward Sunday. Officials and search crews were acutely aware that the window for finding them alive was rapidly closing.
There have been astonishing stories of survival, feeding
a sliver of hope that there was still a chance for rescues, even three days after the flooding began. Still, search crews were up against not only time, but also the unrelenting force of nature. The strength and fury of the floodwaters were evident in uprooted trees and razed homes and buildings.
The efforts were further hampered by more uncooperative weather. In Kerr County, which experienced the worst of the flooding and the highest death toll, phones blared Sunday afternoon with fresh warnings as more rain fell. There was a “high confidence” of additional flooding, the alert said. “Move to higher ground.”
Across the affected area, military helicopters whirred overhead, workers wielding chain saws slashed their way through debris and vegetation, and rescue swimmers ventured into murky water.
“The preservation of life during this incident is our top priority,” Capt. Ulysses S. Mullins of the U.S. Coast Guard said in a recent statement, adding that there was a concerted effort involving local, state and federal agencies.
By Sunday evening, officials said at least 80 people had been killed in the flooding. In Kerr County, 68 people had been confirmed dead; 28 of the victims were children. Ten girls and one counselor were still missing from Camp Mystic, a nearly 100-year-old children’s camp on the Guadalupe River that was in session when the floods hit. The overall number of missing people across the region remains unclear.
Brandon Hamrick fears how high the death toll could reach.
high water in hot, humid weather following the storm.
Sheriff Mike Roberson of Chatham County said in a statement that rescue crews had been overwhelmed Sunday night, and were continuing to search for missing people Monday morning.
About 60 miles south of Chapel Hill, in Southern Pines, North Carolina, a private dam broke, contributing to the flooding, said Mike Cameron, the assistant town manager and fire chief. He said emergency responders had rescued three people trapped in vehicles.
Though the storm has weakened since it came ashore, forecasters said it could still dump large amounts of rain along its path as it heads up the I-95 corridor, leading to flash flooding.
“While things will improve across North Carolina, they may worsen for areas further to the northeast,” said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “We’re advising people not to go out and travel unless absolutely necessary.”
Dan Leins, a meteorologist with the weather service in Raleigh, said that as Chantal moved inland, the storm slowed down significantly, extending the duration of heavy rainfall in areas it crossed.
“It was a very small storm, which is also why the heavy rainfall and flooding that we saw was really confined to a relatively small area, and not the entire state,” Leins said.
The storm has not significantly affected the Asheville area of western North Carolina, where the remnants of a hurricane last year caused torrential downpours and mudslides that killed more than 100 people.
Mud and debris inside an office building along the Guadalupe River following devastating flooding in Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Jordan Vonderhaar/The New York Times)
On Sunday, he said, he and others helping with the search found the body of a man wedged against a tree, along with a kayak. He had seen several bodies pulled from the river in recent days. Hamrick lives in Center Point, a small unincorporated community in Kerr County, northwest of San Antonio. He saw the devastation. He felt he needed to do something.
He estimated he had trekked about 15 miles during the search. He had stomped and dug through muck and debris, hoping to find survivors but preparing for the worst.
“You want to use your eyes, but the key is your smell,” he said. That, too, has been complicated. Animals, including cattle, horses, deer and dogs, had also been caught in the floodwaters.
Officials have cautioned residents not to put themselves at risk. Even so, since the flooding started, many who live nearby have gotten involved however they can.
Trump keeps foreign countries on edge as tariff deadline nears
By ANA SWANSON
President Donald Trump is set to rekindle economic pressure on America’s trading partners this week, as a deadline for making trade deals elapses and the administration begins notifying countries of the tariffs they’ll face on exports to the United States.
For 90 days, the administration has been trying to reach trade pacts with dozens of countries in an attempt to lower economic barriers to U.S. exports. In April, the president imposed stiff global tariffs on nearly every trading partner but paused most of those levies until this Wednesday to try and win concessions.
So far, the United States has reached only two preliminary trade deals, with the United Kingdom and with Vietnam, which are scant on details and leave much to be worked out.
More such limited trade deals could be announced in the coming days, including an initial trade framework with India. Countries that have so far agreed to trade deals, even preliminary handshake agreements, have qualified for lower tariff rates than what Trump threatened in April.
Other countries that have not reached agreements are expected to face sharply higher tariffs, although the president and his advisers have recently implied that the tariffs may not go into effect until Aug. 1, rather than Wednesday.
Still, with tariffs threatening to strain diplomatic relations and bring some global commerce to a halt, a delay of a few weeks may not to do much to soothe many foreign governments. It could also further unsettle financial markets, which revolted when Trump initially announced his global tariffs, a meltdown that prompted Trump to institute the 90day delay.
Trump said last week that his administration would begin sending out letters Monday to a dozen trading partners dictating the tariff rates their products would now face, some of which could reach 70%. The president said the tariffs would go into effect Aug. 1. Whether Trump’s pugilistic approach forces countries to agree to quick trade deals or incites retaliation and trade wars will be a critical test for the president’s extraordinarily aggressive and unpredictable approach to international trade.
Since taking office, Trump has raised tariffs to levels not seen in a century, before
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on board Air Force One on his way to Bedminster, N.J., July 4, 2025. Trump is set to rekindle economic pressure on America’s trading partners this week, as a deadline for making trade deals elapses and the administration begins notifying countries of the tariffs they’ll face on exports to the United States. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)
abruptly pausing many of them. Trump’s supporters argue that his tariff threats have created leverage to forge new agreements and secure better terms for American businesses and the economy. Critics say his tactics have disrupted global trade flows and financial markets and stripped businesses of the certainty they need to plan, resulting in higher prices, less investment and slower economic growth for the country.
The president’s announcement of steep global tariffs in April threw stock and bond markets into turmoil — in part because the levies were incredibly punishing for many of the nation’s biggest trading partners. Trump was persuaded to pause his tariffs for a period of 90 days, which calmed markets, and convinced some investors and analysts that, although the president sees tariff threats as a valuable source of leverage, he would stop short of imposing tariffs at a level that would disrupt markets or cause severe harm to the economy.
But in recent months, Trump has repeatedly called that idea into question. In May, he threatened to impose a 50% flat tariff on the European Union, saying the bloc was not offering enough concessions. He then paused those levies until this Wednesday.
Trump continues to profess a belief in the value of tariffs as a way to balance out international trade relationships and finally make the world more fair for U.S. businesses,
which he says have long been ripped off by foreigners.
While Trump’s advisers praise him as a consummate dealmaker, the president has often seemed more interested in maintaining high tariffs on foreign goods than in striking trade deals that would lower economic barriers for American companies and encourage more international business flows.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Friday, the president said he had quickly decided what tariff rate to apply to foreign countries.
“I’ve been looking at it for many years,” he said. “Frankly, I think it’s ridiculous that countries were able to get away with so much.”
The government’s trade negotiators have also been overwhelmed as they try to simultaneously hammer out trade deals with multiple partners. Dozens of countries, ranging from South Korea and Malaysia to Lesotho and Switzerland, have reached out to the United States in recent months to try to reach an agreement that would prevent the Trump administration from applying hefty tariffs to their exports.
“People are just extremely stretched,” said Wendy Cutler, a vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former U.S. trade negotiator.
Some of those negotiations have proceeded swiftly, propelled by common interests and good relations. Vietnam and the United Kingdom, for example, have agreed to open
their markets to U.S. agriculture, buy more Boeing airplanes and cut down on certain ties to China, among other changes.
Last week, Trump’s threats against Canada also appeared to produce rapid results. After Trump said in late June that he would suspend trade talks with Canada over its digital services tax on American tech companies, the Canadian government abruptly scrapped the measure.
“Deals with Vietnam and other countries may very well show that there’s method to the tariff madness,” said Michael Wessel, a longtime trade adviser. “The devil, of course, is in the details, but it’s well past time to rebalance the playing field,” he added.
Even for those countries that have struck deals with the Trump administration, tariffs remain extraordinarily high, creating a tax on both American consumers and importing businesses that economists expect to drag on economic activity.
Exports from the United Kingdom remain subject to a 10% universal tariff, which the Trump administration shows no signs of dropping, even for America’s closest allies. The preliminary trade deal with Vietnam lowers tariffs on some Vietnamese products to 20% rather than the 46% Trump threatened in April. But many business groups that rely on imports from Vietnam, such as the footwear industry, say that 20% rate will raise costs for American consumers.
It is also not clear what the deal with Vietnam actually entails. The president announced the agreement with Vietnam on social media last week, but no text or other fact sheets have yet been released by the governments.
Other major trading partners, like the European Union and Japan, have proven more challenging to negotiate with. Like other governments, the European Union and Japan remain wary of additional tariffs the president has imposed or is still threatening on their critical sectors, like automobiles, pharmaceuticals and steel. They have also been reluctant to open their markets to American agricultural exports that could undercut their own farmers.
If the Trump administration does not strike deals with major trading partners, it could end up stoking trade wars instead. Foreign governments including the European Union have prepared retaliatory packages of tariffs on U.S. exports that they are threatening to impose if hit by further American levies.
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Stocks fall, dollar up as Trump plans 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea
Major stock indexes declined while the dollar strengthened against major currencies on Monday as President Donald Trump unveiled 25% tariffs on goods from Japan and South Korea and investors awaited further announcements in the White House’s trade negotiations.
Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields edged higher.
Trump said on Monday the U.S. would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Japan and South Korea beginning August 1 as he unveiled the first two of what he has said will be a wave of letters to trading partners outlining the new levies they face.
U.S.-listed shares of Japanese automotive companies fell, with Toyota Motor down 4.1% and Honda Motor off by 3.8%.
The United States will make several trade announcements in the next 48 hours, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said earlier on Monday, with a deadline set for Wednesday to get trade deals done.
“We’re down (in stocks) after the long weekend, and it’s somewhat of a critical week in terms of the tariffs,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
“The prospect of what may or may not happen with the trade deals... is causing investors to be somewhat cautious.”
Tariffs are expected to increase prices and to slow down growth, though uncertainty over the ultimate policies may be a bigger drag as it leads businesses to postpone decisions.
S&P 500 companies are soon expected to begin reporting results on the second quarter.
Trump announced in April a 10% base tariff rate on most countries and higher “reciprocal” rates ranging up to 50%, with an original deadline of this Wednesday.
However, he also said levies could range in value from
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“maybe 60% or 70%,” and threatened an extra 10% on countries aligning themselves with the “anti-American policies” of the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 515.77 points, or 1.15%, to 44,314.92, the S&P 500 fell 56.23 points, or 0.90%, to 6,222.20 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 195.58 points, or 0.97%, to 20,404.31.
Electric vehicle maker Tesla shares were down 7.4% after CEO Elon Musk announced the formation of a U.S. political party named the “American Party.”
MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe fell 7.06 points, or 0.76%, to 918.65. The pan-European STOXX 600 index
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose 5.1 basis points to 4.391%, from 4.34% late on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, rose 0.58% to 97.53, with the euro down 0.59% at $1.1709. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 1.04% to 146.02.
Minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting are also due this week. Investors are weighing how many times the Fed is likely to cut interest rates this year after jobs data for June on Thursday showed that employers added more jobs than economists had forecast.
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Where do Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations stand?
By ADAM RASGON, NATAN ODENHEIMER and AARON BOXERMAN
Officials from Israel and Hamas were holding talks to end the war in the Gaza Strip for the second consecutive day Monday in Doha, Qatar, as President Donald Trump and Arab mediators intensified their efforts to broker a ceasefire.
Israel and Hamas appeared to be closer to a truce than in recent weeks, but they were still wrangling over the terms of a deal that would see the release of hostages held in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is also set to meet Trump in Washington on Monday.
During previous talks, Israelis and Palestinians have seen their hopes for an agreement rise only be dashed days later, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for obstructing progress.
“There are still disputes between the two sides,” said Jehad Harb, an analyst on Palestinian affairs based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “But if they have the will, they can conclude an agreement.”
Hamas, which has a new leader in Gaza after Israel killed several predecessors, has insisted that any deal must pave a path to a complete and lasting cessation of hostilities. Netanyahu has insisted that Israel would agree to that only if Hamas’ military wing and government are dismantled.
Here is where things stand in the talks based on conversations with a Hamas official, an Israeli official and a person briefed on the negotiations, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
A dispute over aid distribution
Hamas has demanded that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the controversial, Israeli-backed aid group, stop operating in the enclave. Israel has insisted that the group continue to hand out food.
Since the foundation began operations in May, scores of hungry and desperate Palestinians have been killed or wounded on their way to collect parcels of food from its distribution sites.
Hamas wants U.N. agencies and international organizations to facilitate the distribution of relief supplies. Israeli officials have suggested the United Nations should play a role alongside the foundation, saying that the foundation was needed to allow for the delivery of aid without Hamas benefiting. They say that under the U.N.-run system, Hamas took con-
Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City on June 2, 2025. Hamas wants a guarantee that peave negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)
trol of much of the food and other aid reaching the territory, keeping some for its own people, selling some on the black market and restricting supplies for ordinary Gaza residents.
Hamas has denied allegations that it has stolen aid and has said it tries to crack down on looting. Some Palestinians from Gaza say they have seen Hamas operatives taking aid.
The United Nations and other international aid organizations have criticized the new system, saying the amount of aid being delivered falls far short of what is needed and forces people to walk for miles in dangerous conditions for a chance to find food. The agencies have accused Israel of turning aid into a weapon.
Withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza
Hamas wants Israeli troops to withdraw from most of Gaza during the initial phase of a ceasefire. Israel, however, has said it wants to carry out a more modest retreat and maintain control of a large section of southern Gaza.
During a previous ceasefire this year, the Israeli military withdrew from parts of Gaza but did not leave the territory altogether.
Assurances on permanently ending the war
Hamas has requested assurances that Israel will maintain the ceasefire until a comprehensive deal to end the war is agreed. Officials for the group have expressed concern that Is-
rael could restart the war after it secures the freedom of some of the remaining hostages in Gaza.
Israel has resisted language in an agreement that would not allow it to return to fighting under any circumstance.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu suggested that the war was not on the verge of ending. “There won’t be Hamas,” he said. “We will free our hostages, and we will defeat Hamas.”
Hostage-prisoner swaps
Israel and Hamas are believed to have agreed that 10 living hostages and the remains of 18 others should be freed during the first 60 days of a ceasefire, but they have not reached a consensus on how many Palestinian prisoners should be released during the same period. Up to 20 hostages are still thought to be alive.
Hamas has previously said it wants Israel to free the most prominent Palestinians being
held, including Marwan Barghouti, a prominent political leader who is serving several life sentences after being convicted of involvement in the killing of Israelis decades ago.
It is not clear if Israel will agree to release the most high-profile prisoners.
Hamas’ new leader
The militant group’s decision on a ceasefire will largely hinge on Izz al-Din al-Haddad, its new de facto leader in Gaza. AlHaddad took over the military wing in Gaza after Israeli forces killed Mohammed Sinwar, according to a senior Middle Eastern intelligence official and three Israeli defense officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
Al-Haddad, who is in his mid-50s, helped plan the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the officials said.
He is believed to have said in recent weeks that he will either achieve an “honorable deal” to end the war with Israel or else the war will become “a war of liberation or a war of martyrdom,” the Middle Eastern intelligence official said.
Al-Haddad views the history of Chechen resistance against Russian rule in the 1990s as an example that Hamas in Gaza should follow, the Middle Eastern intelligence official added. For years, Chechen fighters battled with Russian troops in a war that left the region in ruins.
Ukraine turns to fishing nets to catch Russian drones
By CONSTANT MÉHEUT
They are fishing nets, but they are not catching fish. They are catching Russian drones.
The nets are strung over roads leading to hot spots in Ukraine’s eastern front, above military checkpoints and artillery positions. They are sewn in cities far from the front, or shipped from Nordic ports, donated by fishermen who no longer need them.
Their purpose is to thwart the Russian drones that now swarm the skies above the front lines and swoop in on practically anything that moves, whether it is an armored vehicle racing to resupply troops or a soldier hiding in a tree line.
With their dense mesh, the nets can tangle drone propellers and immobilize the weapons. They are a simple but effective countermeasure against drones that are often too fast to shoot down and can fly deep behind the front to strike logistical routes once out of reach.
Russia has also increasingly used drones connected by fiber-optic cables rather than ones that rely on electronic signals. The cables make them immune to jamming, a standard method used to counter drones on the battlefield. The nets have become one of the few remaining ways to catch drones before they hit.
“Military engineers noticed that even an ordinary fishing net could stop or damage an enemy drone,” Lt. Col. Maksym Kravchuk, the head of communications for the Ukrainian army’s engineering forces, recently told Ukrainian news media. He added that nets were now being installed
“along the entire front line, from east to south.”
Moscow was the first to use nets in this way in this war, said Federico Borsari, an expert on technology warfare at the Center for European Policy Analysis, though on a limited scale in mid-2023. At that time, Russian troops used the nets to counter small attack quadcopters that Ukraine deployed to strike soldiers and vehicles.
Last year, the Russian state news agency Tass reported that Moscow’s forces had begun installing fishing nets over roads in parts of occupied northeastern Ukraine.
Footage verified by The New York Times also shows nets strung outside Bakhmut, a city Russian forces captured in 2023 after a bloody battle.
As Moscow surged ahead in the drone development race recently, the Ukrainian army adopted a similar tactic.
Now Kyiv has plans to cover key roads along the entire front line with nets, creating what soldiers call “net corridors” that offer vehicles a safer passage.
The project is slowly reshaping Ukraine’s front-line landscape. Roads once lined with trenches and barbed wire are now also draped in mesh suspended from cables strung between poles. Driving through them feels like entering a translucent tunnel.
Military vehicles have also been retrofitted with nets, and some even sport chainlink cages that recall “Mad Max.” The cages cause the drones to explode a few feet from the vehicle, minimizing the impact.
The use of the nets reflects a defining feature of this war, where antiquated yet
A soldier watches the sky for FPV drones while driving to a position in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, May 20, 2025. Fishing nets are being used by Ukrainian forces to thwart the Russian drones that now swarm the skies above the front lines. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
effective defensive means often counter cutting-edge weapons.
To shoot down drones, some Ukrainian units still rely on World War II-era machine guns. Recently, a City Council official from Kherson, a front-line city pounded by Russian drones, urged residents to carry scissors to cut fiber-optic cables that may be connected to drones.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine, from a military standpoint, is a clear example of a mix of the old and the new,” said Borsari, the technology warfare expert.
In recent months, local Ukrainian authorities have begun building net corridors in Sumy, a region in the northeast that Russian forces have partly invaded, and in the Donetsk region in the east, the main theater of the war. It remains unclear how many miles of nets have been installed so far.
As Moscow has been flying drones deeper into Ukraine, it has hit the main access road leading into the embattled east-
ern city of Kostiantynivka, which is otherwise surrounded from the east, south and west.
To protect this vital lifeline, Ukrainian forces have begun installing a large net corridor over a stretch of that road. On a recent morning, service members were digging holes for poles along the roadside and unfolding large rolls of thin netting, which they then lifted onto the poles.
With potentially hundreds of miles of roads to cover, Kyiv is now turning to charities to secure more nets.
Ludvig Ramestam, a founder of the Swedish nonprofit group OperationChange, said the organization had provided 250 metric tons of nets so far this year. They source them from partners in Nordic countries with large fishing industries, like Denmark.
“We give these nets a second life,” Ramestam said, joking that his organization was going to “empty the harbors.”
Junk food for the mind NEW YORK
By DAVID BROOKS
I’m generally optimistic about all the ways artificial intelligence is going to make life better — scientific research, medical diagnoses, tutoring and my favorite current use, vacation planning. But it also offers a malevolent seduction: excellence without effort. It gives people the illusion that they can be good at thinking without hard work, and I’m sorry, that’s not possible.
There’s a recent study that exposes this seduction. It has a really small sample size, and it hasn’t even been peer reviewed yet — so put in all your caveats — but it suggests something that seems intuitively true.
A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Nataliya Kosmyna recruited 54 participants to write essays. Some of them used AI to write the essays, some wrote with the assistance of search engines (people without a lot of domain knowledge are not good at using search engines to identify the most important information), and some wrote the old-fashioned way, using their brains. The essays people used AI to write contained a lot more references to specific names, places, years and definitions. The people who relied solely on their brains had 60% fewer references to these things. So far so good.
But the essays written with AI were more homogeneous,
while those written by people relying on their brains created a wider variety of arguments and points. Later the researchers asked the participants to quote from their own papers. Roughly 83% of the large language model, or LLM, users had difficulty quoting from their own paper. They hadn’t really internalized their own “writing” and little of it sank in. People who used search engines were better at quoting their own points, and people who used just their brains were a lot better.
Almost all the people who wrote their own papers felt they owned their work, whereas fewer of the AI users claimed full ownership of their work. Here’s how the authors summarize this part of their research:
The brain-only group, though under greater cognitive load, demonstrated deeper learning outcomes and stronger identity with their output. The search engine group displayed moderate internalization, likely balancing effort with outcome. The LLM group, while benefiting from tool efficiency, showed weaker memory traces, reduced selfmonitoring and fragmented authorship.
In other words, more effort, more reward. More efficiency, less thinking.
But here’s where things get scary. The researchers used an EEG headset to look at the inner workings of their subjects’ brains. The subjects who relied only on their own brains showed higher connectivity across a bunch of brain regions. Search engine users experienced less brain connectivity and AI users least of all.
Researchers have a method called dynamic directed transfer function, or DDTF, that measures the coherence and directionality of the neural networks and can be interpreted in the context of executive function, attention regulation and other related cognitive processes. The brainonly writers had the highest DDTF connectivity. The search engine group demonstrated between 34% to 48% lower total connectivity, and the AI group demonstrated up to 55% lower DDTF connectivity.
The researchers conclude, “Collectively, these findings support the view that external support tools restructure not only task performance but also the underlying cognitive architecture.”
In their public comments over the past few weeks, the authors of the study have been careful not to overhype their results. But the neuroscience cliche is that neurons that fire together wire together. That’s the key implication here. Thinking hard strengthens your mental capacity. Using a bot to think for you, or even just massaging what the bot gives you, is empty calories for the mind. You’re robbing yourself of an education and diminishing your intellectual potential.
It’s not clear how many students use AI to write their papers. OpenAI says 1 in 3 students uses its products. I
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think that’s a vastly low estimate. About a year ago I asked a roomful of college students how many of them used AI, and almost every hand went up. There’s a seductiveness to the process. You start by using AI as a research tool, but then you’re harried and time pressured, and before long, AI is doing most of the work. I was at a conference of academics last month in Utah, and one of the professors said something that haunted me: “We’re all focused on the threat posed by Trump, but it’s AI that’s going to kill us.”
Hua Hsu recently published a piece in The New Yorker titled “What Happens After AI Destroys College Writing?” that captures the dynamic. Hsu interviewed a student named Alex who initially insisted that he used AI only to organize his notes. When they met in person, he admitted that wasn’t remotely true. “Any type of writing in life, I use AI,” Alex said. Then he joked, “I need AI to text girls.”
In 1960 college students were assigned about 25 hours a week of homework, and by 2015 that number was closer to 15. But most students I encounter are frantically busy, much busier than I remember my friends and me being, often with many student activities overshadowing academic work. So of course they are going to use a timesaving technology to take care of what they consider to be that trivial stuff that gets assigned in the classroom.
AI isn’t going anywhere, so the crucial question is one of motivation. What do students, and all of us, really care about — clearing the schedule or becoming educated? If you want to be strong, you have to go to the gym. If you want to possess good judgment, you have to read and write on your own. Some people use AI to think more — to learn new things, to explore new realms, to cogitate on new subjects. It would be nice if there were more stigma and more shame attached to the many ways it’s possible to use AI to think less.
A classroom on the Yale Campus in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 3, 2024. AI offers a malevolent seduction: excellence without effort. It gives people the illusion that they can be good at thinking without hard work, and I’m sorry, that’s not possible.
(Jarod Lew/The New York Times)
Aumenta más de 140 por ciento el interés turístico por histórica residencia musical en la isla
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SAN JUAN – La esperada residencia musical que se celebrará del 11 de julio al 14 de septiembre en San Juan, provocó un aumento de más de 140 por ciento en las búsquedas de alojamientos en la plataforma Airbnb para esas fechas, comparado con el mismo periodo en 2024. Los destinos con mayor crecimiento en búsquedas incluyen Vega Baja, Guaynabo, San Sebastián, Cayey, Manatí y Mayagüez, lo que refleja un desplazamiento del turismo más allá de la capital, destacó Airbnb en un comunicado de prensa.
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La tendencia también refleja una alta conexión con la diáspora puertorriqueña. Las ciudades estadounidenses con mayores búsquedas hacia Puerto Rico son Nueva York, Orlando y Chicago, todas con comunidades boricuas significativas.
En el plano internacional, los países con más interés en visitar Puerto Rico durante la residencia son Estados Unidos, Puerto Rico, España, México, Canadá, Colombia, República Dominicana, Chile, Francia y Ecuador.
Según Airbnb, estos eventos culturales permiten que más comunidades se beneficien del turismo, fuera de los des-
tinos tradicionales. De hecho, cerca del 50 por ciento de los anfitriones en Puerto Rico utilizan la plataforma para generar ingresos ante el aumento en el costo de vida. En 2023, los huéspedes que se alojaron a través de Airbnb generaron 1,400 millones de dólares en impacto económico, respaldaron más de 25,000 fuentes de trabajo y produjeron más de 815 millones de dólares en salarios, sin contar los ingresos directos a anfitriones.
Plataformas como Airbnb también promueven experiencias auténticas. Casi el 90 por ciento de los anfitriones en la isla recomendaron restaurantes y cafeterías locales, más del 50 por ciento sugirieron tiendas o boutiques, y el 60 por ciento impulsaron visitas a áreas poco conocidas entre turistas.
puertorriqueña representará a la isla en programa internacional en Oxford
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JUAN – La joven Adriana Piñero Torres fue seleccionada como la única representante de Puerto Rico para el Youth Fellowship 2025, un programa internacional que se celebrará en agosto en la Universidad de Oxford, en el Reino Unido.
“La oportunidad de volver a representar a mi país en un foro internacional de liderazgo público me llena de profundo orgullo. Justo acabo de graduarme de mi bachillerato, y una experiencia como esta me permite seguir formándome como la profesional que aspiro ser, aportando cada día más al bienestar de Puerto Rico y de nuestra sociedad”, expresó Piñero Torres en declaraciones escritas.
El programa es organizado por el Headway Institute of Strategic Alliance (HISA) y contará con la participación de 130 jóvenes líderes seleccionados de entre miles de solicitudes. Solo 16 fueron escogidos de América Latina y apenas 2 del Caribe, lo que resalta el logro de Piñero Torres. El currículo del Youth Fellowship se enfoca en temas de políticas públicas, liderazgo global y cooperación internacional, fomentando el pensamiento estratégico y el intercambio entre jóvenes agentes de cambio de diversas culturas.
En octubre de 2024, Piñero Torres también fue la única joven puertorriqueña becada para participar en el Programa para el Fortalecimiento de la Función Pública en América Latina, celebrado en España y Colombia, junto a otros 31 líderes emergentes.
Cero incidencia criminal en Loíza durante el fin de semana largo, alcaldesa Julia Nazario ofrece detalles
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– La alcaldesa de Loíza, Julia Nazario Fuentes, reveló con beneplácito en la tarde de hoy, los datos más recientes de la Policía Municipal, revelándose que no hubo incidencia criminal registrada durante el pasado fin de semana largo. Por incidencia criminal se entiende los asesinatos, robos, violaciones y asaltos. Por años, la administración municipal ha trabajado diferentes estrategias para combatir el crimen desde una perspectiva social.
“Definimos el fin de semana largo desde viernes 6:00 am hasta domingo 12:00 de la noche. Tengo que felicitar el trabajo conjunto comandantes del precinto de Loíza teniente Bonilla y de Piñones, teniente Figueroa, así como a nuestro comisionado municipal, Carlos Ribot. Ellos trabajaron en conjunto con la unidad marítima, que se concentra en patrullaje y las inter-
venciones con embarcaciones y motoras acuáticas”, señaló.
La alcaldesa señaló que gran parte del trabajo que realizaron los oficiales fue en el manejo del tránsito. “La ciudadanía debe estar más atenta a los lugares donde se estaciona. Hemos tenido casos de autos en los paseos, e incluso en la arena de las playas. Por ejemplo, en Vacía Talega está el proyecto de restauración de dunas que dirige el Dr. Robert Mayer. Quien se estaciona en esa zona, le hace daño al proyecto y necesitamos el apoyo de todos”.
Nazario Fuentes confirmó que cuando llegó a la administración municipal, Loíza estaba primero en incidencia criminal en la región de Carolina, “y gracias a la labor de la policía, hemos logrado, con la cooperación ciudadana, el trabajo en conjunto del municipio, las iglesias y organizaciones sin fines de lucro, juntos, y reitero juntos, hemos logrado eso. Se suman
los eventos en las escuelas, los proyectos deportivos y la conciencia ciudadana”, finalizó la alcaldesa.
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The pilgrimage to Ozzy Osbourne’s last gig
with the singer, including his childhood home. Osbourne, who comes from a workingclass family and once labored in a slaughterhouse, grew up in tiny row house just a few minutes’ walk from the stadium.
In interviews around the stadium, fans said they had traveled from Argentina, Canada, Denmark, India, the United Arab Emirates and the United States for the concert — and some had maxed out their credit cards to be there.
Not all the fans had come from far afield. Tash Patel, 55, a graphic designer, said he had grown up near the stadium and first saw Osbourne in the late 1970s, when the singer walked into his father’s convenience store, “stark bollock naked,” looking to buy some alcohol. “It was a time when Ozzy was off his face a lot on drink and drugs,” Patel said.
Patel said he was trying not to drink too much himself Saturday so that he would remember the concert. But it was a party, after all. “I’ve already had five pints. I’m trying to pace myself,” he said.
And it was more of a marathon than a sprint. The first band, Mastodon, came on at 1 p.m. Several hours later, there was a drum battle featuring members of Blink-182, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool. The acts were interspersed with video messages from a surprising range of celebrities, including Dolly Parton and Elton John.
It was not until about 10 p.m. that huge screens at the front of the stadium began showing clips of Black Sabbath performing in its prime.
By ALEX MARSHALL
They came by the thousands.
They dressed in black, with T-shirts featuring crucifixes, dragons and demons.
They gathered Saturday in Birmingham, England, to pay their respects to a figure of almost religious significance in the heavy metal world: Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness.
Since Osbourne and his bandmates Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler, formed Black Sabbath in Birmingham in 1968, they have been regarded as the fathers of heavy metal.
On Saturday, Osbourne, 76, was at the center of “Back to the Beginning,” a 10-hour concert at the Villa Park soccer stadium that he had said would culminate in Black Sabbath’s final stage appearance.
This was not his first announcement of a retirement from touring or live performance, but this time, he seems to have meant it. In recent years, the singer has had a string of health issues, including Parkinson’s disease. He told a radio station in February that he could no longer walk. Many fans at the sold-out show Saturday said they would be happy if he just made it onstage, even if he didn’t sing.
So when, at about 9 p.m., Osbourne
appeared rising up from beneath the stage, sitting on a black throne topped with an ornamental bat and accented by a pair shiny skulls, one on each armrest, the crowd roared.
“Are you ready?” Osbourne shouted, then tore into a set of five songs he had released as a solo artist, including his 1980 debut single, “Crazy Train.”
As he performed, Osbourne goaded the crowd, making silly faces and gesturing for the audience to clap to the beat. At one point, he activated a water gun next to his throne, and soaked the first few rows of fans.
The crowd’s response to the music and antics was joyful, and Osbourne seemed overwhelmed after so long out of the spotlight. “I’ve been laid up for six years,” he said. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
The solo performance was just an appetizer before a full-scale Black Sabbath reunion, which capped a whole day of tributes from some of the most famous names in hard rock. Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Slayer and others all paid tribute to Black Sabbath and worked covers of the band’s hits into their sets. From afternoon until night, the crowd threw devil horns, moshing and headbanging.
In the days leading up to the gig, Osbourne’s fans had crisscrossed Birmingham to take photos in front of sights associated
Then, from behind a sign onstage reading “Back to the Beginning,” the band’s original members suddenly appeared, together for the first time since 2005, with Osbourne sitting once again on his bat throne. The group launched into “War Pigs,” a doomy anti-war anthem from 1970. “Generals gathered in their masses,” Osbourne wailed. “Just like witches at black masses.” The crowd, 45,000 strong, wailed along.
The band played a short four-song set, ending with a rapid rendition of “Paranoid.” “God bless you all!” Osbourne shouted. Then, as fireworks exploded overhead, and the stage rotated to take Osbourne out of view, the emotional crowd chanted his name: “Oz-zy! Oz-zy! Oz-zy!”
Anshul Doshi, back, and a family contingent that traveled from India for a Black Sabbath reunion concert. (Ellie Smith/The New York Times)
A balloon in the likeness of Ozzy Osbourne overlooks fans entering the Villa Park soccer stadium ahead of a Black Sabbath reunion concert that was billed as the last for the now 76-year-old “Prince of Darkness,” in Birmingham, England, July 5, 2025. Fans crossed continents for a chance to pay their respects to Osbourne, a figure of almost religious significance in the heavy metal world. (Ellie Smith/The New York Times)
Fans outside Villa Park soccer stadium ahead of a reunion concert at the venue that was billed as the last for Ozzy Osbourne, their now 76-year-old lead singer, in Birmingham, England, July 5, 2025. (Ellie Smith/The New York Times)
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 14
It came from outside our solar system, and it might be big
By KENNETH CHANG
For only the third time, astronomers have found something passing through our solar system that looks like it came from outside the solar system.
This interstellar object, with a temporary, cumbersome designation of A11pI3Z, is still pretty far from the sun, located between the orbits of the asteroid belt and Jupiter.
The first known interstellar object was Oumuamua, which raced through the solar system in 2017. In 2019, Borisov, a comet of interstellar origin, passed by.
Last Tuesday, a telescope in Chile spotted what initially looked like an unknown asteroid on a highly eccentric path that might come close to Earth’s orbit. The telescope is one of five around the world that are part of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, which is a NASA-funded project that watches for space rocks that might be on a collision course with our planet.
The observation was submitted to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which maintains a catalog of small space bodies in the solar system. Other skywatchers quickly took a look.
“Follow-up observations on July 1 and 2 began to reveal that its orbit might be unusual, possibly interstellar,” said Larry Denneau, a co-principal investigator for ATLAS, which was developed by the University of Hawaii.
Then, an amateur astronomer, Sam Deen, spotted A11pI3Z in photos that ATLAS had taken in late
In an undated image provided by David Rankin/Saguaro Observatory, A11pl3Z captured by David Rankin, an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona. For only the third time, astronomers have found something passing through our solar system that looks like it came from outside the solar system. (David Rankin/Saguaro Observatory via The New York Times)
June. The additional sightings allowed more precise calculations of the trajectory.
“Now we’ve got dozens and dozens of observations from loads of different people,” said Matthew Payne, director of the Minor Planet Center. “And so it’s like becoming almost 100% certain that it’s interstellar.”
The object is surprisingly bright. Although it cannot be seen by the naked eye, modest-size telescopes can spot it.
“This is the most interesting question in my mind right now,” said Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard. “What accounts for its very significant brightness?”
That is especially intriguing if the surface turns out to be dark, like that of a rocky asteroid. In that case, the object would have to be big, about 12 miles wide, to reflect the amount of light observed. That would be larger than the asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, which unleashed the mass extinction that killed off the dinosaurs.
Finding an interstellar object that big would be a surprise, Loeb said. It would possess about 10 million times the mass of Oumuamua, he said.
Because small bodies are much more bountiful than large ones, the existence of a 12-mile-wide interstellar object would
imply that astronomers should have also seen millions of Oumuamua-size ones.
A11pI3Z could turn out to be an interstellar comet like Borisov, the second interstellar object observed. For a comet, the brightness comes from sunlight bouncing off a plume of gas and dust, and the nucleus would be considerably smaller.
“If we find that it’s a comet, nothing surprising here,” Loeb said.
Loeb offered one other possibility. “The final possibility, and I’m getting more speculative here, is that it makes its own light,” he said. “Probably unlikely, but this is what comes to my mind.”
When Oumuamua was discovered in 2017, Loeb speculated that it could be an alien artifact because of its unusual shape, like a cigar or a disc, and because it seemed to be pushed by a force other than gravity. He has since proposed a possible alien origin for odd material found on the seafloor of the Pacific.
Whether it is a comet or a rock is a question that should be answered within a few days as larger telescopes point to A11pI3Z.
If it is a comet, astronomers will see a tail. Astronomers will also have months to study it. Analysis of specific colors emitted could identify elements and molecules on its surface. Loeb said infrared measurements by the James Webb Space Telescope could measure how much heat is coming off the surface.
“If the object is tumbling, we would see the surface area changing over time,”Loeb said, “and by that, infer, in three dimensions, the shape of the object. That’d be very exciting.”
In contrast, the smaller Oumuamua faded out of view after only a few weeks, leaving many of its mysteries unsolved.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will soon begin scanning the full sky every three to four days, should find more interstellar objects, even farther away. This will provide a more complete view of the interstellar objects passing through our solar system.
Something that no one will need to worry about is A11pI3Z hitting Earth. In October, when it makes its closest pass to the sun, it appears that A11pI3Z will still be outside the orbit of Mars. In addition, Earth will be on the other side of the sun, so there will be more than 200 million miles of buffer between Earth and A11pI3Z.
If A11pI3Z turns out not to be a comet, astronomers could be left with a lot of perplexing puzzles to solve.
“The good thing about this object is, because it’s bright, it will give us so much data that nobody would be able to deny it,” Loeb said. “If it has anomalies, nobody can shove them under the carpet of conventional thinking.”
He added, “Science is about discovering things you don’t expect. It’s the opportunity to stay a child and learn something new. And I love it.”
The San Juan Daily Star
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO ISMAEL SANTIAGO CARABALLO; RAMONITA ROMAN RIVERA
Peticionarios EX - PARTE
Civil Núm.: PO2025CV01561.
Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: Persona desconocida o persona ignorada, colindantes, dueños anteriores, herederos, causahabientes, y cualquier otra persona natural o jurídica con interés que crea tener algún derecho real sobre esta propiedad o que crea ser perjudicada con la inscripción solicitada. Por la presente se notifica que Ismael Santiago Caraballo y Ramonita Román Rivera han presentado una Petición ante este Honorable Tribunal para que se declare a su favor el dominio del siguiente inmueble:
RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno identificada como el Solar 1A, sita en el Barrio Consejo de Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, compuesta de Quinientos treinta y dos metros cuadrados con novecientos setenta (532.9704 mc), equivalente a cero cuerdas con ciento treinta y cinco milésimas de cuerda (0.1356 cdas); En lindes por el NORTE, con José H. López Merced; por el SUR, con José H. López Merced; por el ESTE, con José H. López Merced; y por el OESTE, con camino Municipal. Consta edificada una propiedad de dos (2) planta en cemento dedicada a vivienda. Catastro finca de procedencia: 337-000-010-25-000.
Abogada de la parte Peticionaria
LCDA. CAREN A. RUIZ PEREZ
RUA 19,900 #5 Luz Celenia Tirado San Germán, P.R. 00683
TEL. (787) 264-4444 ruizcaren@yahoo.com
Y se le notifica a usted, que este Tribunal ha ordenado se le cite para que de verse perjudicado por la inscripción que se solicita pueda oponerse oportunamente a este expediente de dominio; advirtiéndole que de no presentar oposición dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde la publicación de este edicto, los promoventes podrán obtener que se apruebe esta solicitud de Expediente de Dominio y se mande a inscribir a su nombre, en el Registro de la
Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Ponce II, el dominio del predio de terreno anteriormente descrito. De no tener representación legal, puede acceder a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación del presente escrito. Por tanto, libro la presente en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico hoy día 23 de junio de 2025 bajo mi firma y sello oficial. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DELIA APONTE VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
ALEXIS CABRERA GARCÍA; MARÍA MILAGROS VÁZQUEZ NIEVES EX-PARTE Peticionarios Civil Núm.; BY2025CV02022. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, SUCN. DE ANSELMO CABRERA CABRERA, P/C DE SU HIJO ANSELMO CABRERA CABRERA, HC 74 BOX 5654 Y P/C DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ERNESTO CABRERA CABRERA, COMPUESTA POR ERNESTO JUAN CABRERA ORTEGA HC 72 BOX 4061, NARANJITO, PR 00719, LUZ ENEIDA CABRERA ORTEGA, HC 72 BOX 4061, NARANJITO, PR 00719 Y CARLOS RAÚL CABRERA ORTEGA, HC 74, BOX 5659, NARANJITO, PR 00719. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de
justificar e inscribir a favor de la Promovente, el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: “RÚSTICA”: Predio de terreno ubicado en el barrio Guadiana del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, compuesta de OCHOCIENTOS OCHENTA Y CUATRO PUNTO TRES MIL SETECIENTOS SETENTA Y UNO METROS CUADRADOS (884.3771 m.c.), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO DOS MIL DOSCIENTOS CINCUENTA CUERDA (0.2250 cda). En lindes por el NORESTE y SURESTE, en seis alineaciones distintas que suman sesenta y tres punto setecientos ochenta y tres metros, con camino municipal asfaltado; por el SUROESTE, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero, cinco, uno metros, con terrenos propiedad de Eneida Narváez; y por el NOROESTE, en cuatro alineaciones distintas que suman veinticuatro punto cuatrocientos tres metros, con terrenos propiedad de Ernesto Cabrera. Alega la parte Peticionaria que adquirió la finca descrita mediante documento privado para el 30 de diciembre de 2015. Es abogado de la parte Peticionaria: LIC. JORGE M. DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 852, NARANJITO, P.R. 007190852, TELEFONO: (787) 8694042, jorgemdiazrodriguez@ gmail.com. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres veces durante el término de veinte días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, Sucn. Anselmo Cabrera Cabrera y Sucn. Ernesto Cabrera Cabrera, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, entre ellos los colindantes, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y manejo 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 posición en la secretaría del tribunal. Por tanto, libro la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA
INTERINA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN JOSÉ LUIS HERNÁNDEZ
FERRER; ROSA LYDIA RIVERA PÉREZ
EX-PARTE
Peticionarios
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01919. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, DOMINGO SANTIAGO O SU SUCESIÓN, IGLESIA CASA DE ORACIÓN Y ENRIQUE CUEVAS.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de los Promoventes, el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca, la cual inicialmente tenía una cabida de: “RÚSTICA”: Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Anones del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS TRENTA PUNTO TRES MIL NOVECIENTOS CINCUENTA Y SEIS METROS CUADRADOS (3,930.3956 mc), equivalentes a UNA CUERDA (1.0000 cda). En lindes por el NORTE, con camino de uso público; por el SUR, con Domingo Santiago; por el ESTE, Domingo Santiago y por el OESTE, Iglesia Casa de oración. Luego de mensurada la propiedad la cabida al día de hoy es la siguiente: “RÚSTICA”: Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Anones del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CINCO MIL CUATROCIENTOS CINCUENTA Y NUEVE PUNTO MIL CUATROCIENTOS TRES METROS CUADRADOS (5,459.1403 mc), equivalentes a UNO PUNTO TRES MIL OCHOCIENTOS NOVENTA CUERDA (1.3890 cda). En lindes por el NORTE, con camino municipal y Enrique Molina; por el SUR, con Herminio Nieves, Miguel A. Beltrán, Enrique Cuevas, y Enrique Molina; por el ESTE, con Herminio Nieves, Andrea Fuentes, Pedro Fuentes y Eleuteria Alicea y por el OESTE, con Herminio Nieves, Enrique Molina y Emelina Matos. Alega la parte Peticionaria que adquirió la finca descrita mediante Resolución de declaratoria de herederos del 25 de febrero de 2005 y Relevo de Hacienda del 28 de marzo de 2023. Es abogado de la parte Peticionaria: LIC. JORGE M. DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 852, NARANJITO, P.R. 00719-0852, TELEFONO: (787) 869-4042, jorgemdiazrodriguez@gmail.com. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique
la pretensión por tres veces durante el término de veinte días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, entre ellos los colindantes, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y manejo 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 posición en la secretaría del tribunal. Por tanto, libro la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 25 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV01881. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: PERSONAS IGNORADAS, PEDRO MORALES Y ENCARNACIÓN SANABRIA O SU SUCESIÓN, MANUEL PADILLA Y ÁNGELA MORALES O SU SUCESIÓN, JUSTINO NIEVES HERNÁNDEZ O SU SUCESIÓN, HC 73, BOX 4775, NARANJITO, PR 00719, ANTONIO BÁEZ BERRÍOS O SU SUCESIÓN, HC 74, BOX 6180, NARANJITO, PR 00719, JESÚS NIEVES O SU SUCESIÓN, CARMELO NIEVES O SU SUCESIÓN, JESÚS ORTIZ O SU
SUCESIÓN
Y JESÚS VÁZQUEZ VÁZQUEZ, 3680 VEGA CREEK DR., ST. CLOUD, FL 34772. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de los Promoventes, el dominio que tienen sobre la siguiente finca, la cual inicialmente tenía una cabida de: “RÚSTICA”: Parcela de terreno radicada en el barrio Achiote del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, compuesta de DOSCIENTOS CINCUENTA METROS CUADRADOS, en lindes por el NORTE, con Jesús Nieves; por el SUR, con carretera que conduce al Fondo del Saco y Jesús Nieves; por el OESTE, con Carmelo Nieves y por el ESTE, con Jesús Ortiz. Luego de mensurada la propiedad la cabida al día de hoy es la siguiente: “RUSTICA”: Predio de terreno radicado en el barrio Achiote del término municipal de Naranjito, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de TRESCIENTOS TREINTA Y OCHO PUNTO SEIS MIL DOSCIENTOS CATORCE METROS CUADRADOS (338.6214 mc), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CERO OCHOCIENTOS SESENTA Y DOS CUERDAS (0.0862 cdas). Colindando por el NORTE, en una distancia de dieciséis punto cero, cuarenta y dos metros, con Justino Nieves Hernández; por el SUR, en un punto común, con Antonio Báez Berríos; por el ESTE, en tres distancias que suman treinta y seis punto ochocientos cuarenta y nueve metros, con la carretera estatal número ochocientos ochenta y cuatro y por el OESTE, en seis distancias que suman treinta y ocho punto quinientos veinticuatro metros, con Antonio Berríos. Alega la parte Peticionaria que adquirió la finca descrita mediante documento privado del cual se desconoce su paradero para el año 1962. Es abogado de la parte Peticionaria: LIC. JORGE M. DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, PO BOX 852, NARANJITO, P.R. 00719-0852, TELEFONO: (787) 869-4042, jorgemdiazrodriguez@gmail.com. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres veces durante el término de veinte días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, Justino Nieves Hernández o su sucesión, Antonio Báez Berríos o su sucesión, Pedro Morales y Encarnación Sanabria o su sucesión, Manuel Padilla y Ángela Morales o su sucesión, Pedro Morales y Encarnación Sa-
nabria o su sucesión, Manuel Padilla y Ángela Morales o su sucesión, Justino Nieves Hernández o su sucesión, HC 73, Box 4775, Naranjito, PR 00719, Antonio Báez Berríos, HC 74 Box 6180, Naranjito, PR 00719, Jesús Nieves o su sucesión, Carmelo Nieves o su sucesión, Jesús Ortiz o su sucesión y Jesús Vázquez Vázquez, 3680 Vega Creek Dr., St. Cloud, FL 34772, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, entre ellos los colindantes, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte días a partir de la última publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y manejo 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 posición en la secretaría del tribunal. Por tanto, libro la presente en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR CAROLINA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. JOSÉ MANUEL MONTAÑEZ AYALA t/c/c JOSÉ M. MONTAÑEZ AYALA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2019CV01527. (406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 27 de abril de 2022, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia Enmendada del 5 de mayo de 2025 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución Enmendado de Ejecución del 6 de mayo de 2025, en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 5 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Carolina, Sala Superior, en la Avenida 65 Infantería, Carretera Número Tres (3), Kilómetro 11.7 (Entrada de la Urbanización Mansiones de Carolina) Carolina, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda
de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización Villa Fontana, situada en el Barrio Sabana Abajo de Carolina, que se describe con el #24 de la manzana “GL”, con área de 279.30 m.c. En lindes por el NORTE, con la calle #29, distancia de 13.30 metros; por el SUR, con los solares #6 y #7, distancia de 13.30 metros; por el ESTE, con el solar #25, distancia de 21.00 metros; por el OESTE, con el solar #23, distancia de 21.00 metros. Enclava una casa. Inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 187 de Carolina, Finca 6767 (antes 12927) Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 5 del tomo 187 de Carolina, Finca 6767 (antes 12927) Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. Inscripción 5ta. La modificación de hipoteca consta tomo Karibe de Carolina, Finca 6767 (antes 12927) Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección I. Inscripción sexta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: VILLA FONTANA, GL24 VÍA 25, CAROLINA, PR 009833914. Número de Catastro: (20) 088-006-491-24-001. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $24,583.36. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, día 12 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $16,388.91. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el 19 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $12,291.68. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $17,408.16 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.5% anual desde el 1 de abril de 2022 hasta su completo pago, más $16.20 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $4,560.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el con-
BUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; WELLS FARGO BANK; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2025CV01943. Sala: 802. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE
CORPORATION Y WELLS FARGO BANK, como posibles tenedores o personas que hayan adquirido algún derecho sobre el pagaré o la hipoteca 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 febrero de 2010, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de AAA Concordia Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $210,000.00, intereses al 5.56% anual y vencimiento el 2 de julio de 2010, ante el Notario Luis O. Dávila Alemán. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 74, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de febrero de 2010, ante el Notario Luis O. Dávila Alemán, inscrita al sistema Karibe de Caguas, Finca número 29414, inscripción 11a, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 29414 inscrita al folio 145 del tomo 878 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. 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. AAA Concordia Mortgage Corporation es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Wells Fargo Bank fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado 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 electró-
nica: 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, hoy 17 de junio de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. AAA CONCORDIA MORTGAGE
CORPORATION; WELLS FARGO BANK; JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2025CV01943. Sala: 802. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., 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 febrero de 2010, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de AAA Concordia Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma de $210,000.00, intereses al 5.56% anual y vencimiento el 2 de julio de 2010, ante el Notario Luis O. Dávila Alemán. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 74, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 27 de febrero de 2010, ante el Notario Luis O. Dávila Alemán, inscrita al sistema Karibe de Caguas, Finca número 29414, inscripción 11a, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 29414 inscrita al folio 145 del tomo 878 de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Sección I. 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. AAA Concordia Mortgage Corporation es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Wells Fargo Bank fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado 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, hoy 17 de junio de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. ZAIDA AGUAYO ÁLAMO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SUCESION DE NELSON WHARTON OCASIO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HU2023CV00476. (Salón: 208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE NELSON WHARTON OCASIO, A SU ULTIMA DIRECCION CONOCIDA: PARCELA #566 COMUNIDAD RURAL DAGUAO, CALLE 18, NAGUABO, PUERTO RICO 00718 Y 5173 BO. DAGUAO, NAGUABO, PUERTO RICO 00718. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de junio 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 30 de junio de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 30 de junio de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
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BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. RICHARD PAGAN FRANCO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CG2024CV03800. (Salón: 705). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. REGGIE DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZRDIAZ@BDPRLAW.COM. CENTRO MEDIACION CONFLICTOS - CMC-AIBONITO@ PODERJUDICIAL.PR. A: RICHARD PAGÁN FRANCO, SU ESPOSA WANDA JOSEFINA
TORRES RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - URB. HACIENDAS DE TENA, M11 CALLE MAJAGUA, JUNCOS, PR 00777; 90 CALLE MAJAGUA, HACIENDAS DE TENA, JUNCOS, PR 00777-3034. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de junio 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 30 de junio de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 30 de junio de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. YAMAIRA RÍOS CARRASCO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2019-HB1
Demandante Vs. RF MORTGAGE; URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC.; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO Demandados SUCESION MARTHA ORTIZ TIRADO COMPUESTA POR MARTHA ROMAN ORTIZ, MILAGROS ROMAN ORTIZ; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Parte Con Interés Civil Núm.: BY2025CV02318. Sobre: SUSTITUCIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE, LLC.; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION MARTHA ORTIZ TIRADO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. En dicha demanda se reclama SUSTITUCION DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO de el pagaré otorgado el 31 de marzo de 2011, ante la Notario Rosa E. Permuy Calderón, a favor de RF MORTGAGE, por la suma
principal de $201,000.00, con intereses al 5.060% anual, vencedero el 4 de marzo de 2087 y otros créditos accesorios, testimonio número 3,762. Para garantizar el pago de dicho pagaré se constituyó hipoteca voluntaria mediante la escritura número 234, otorgada el 31 de marzo de 2011, ante la Notario Rosa E. Permuy Calderón, sobre el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 42-B en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad rural Monserrate del barrio Bajura BY2025CV02318 07/05/2025 03:06:01 pm Entrada Núm. 1 Página 1 de 3 del término municipal de Vega Alta, con una cabida superficial de 0.3552 cuerdas, equivalentes a 1396.44 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela número 42 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela número 41 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con las parcelas número 42-C, 42-A y 41-B de la misma comunidad; y por el OESTE, con la calle Golondrina. Enclava una casa destinada para vivienda y construida en concreto teniendo como dimensiones 36 pies de ancho al Norte y al Sur por 28 pies de largo, al Este y al este.” Finca número 4214, inscrita al folio 110 del tomo 309 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La hipoteca antes descrita consta inscrita al folio 111 del tomo 309 de Vega Alta, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III, inscripción 10ª. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: HTTPS:// WWW.PODERJUDICIAL. PR/INDEX.PHP/TRIBUNALELECTRONICO/[poderjudicial. pr] salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA BAJA
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Demandante V. FÉLIX LUIS DÁVILA MARTÍNEZ, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESION DE FELIX LUIS DAVILA MARTINEZ Demandado
Civil Núm.: TB2025CV00276. Sobre: PARTICIÓN HEREDITARIA. EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., S.S. A: FÉLIX LUIS DÁVILA MARTÍNEZ, JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE, demandados desconocidos cuya dirección se desconoce. Se les notifica por este medio que en el caso del epígrafe se solicita la Partición y Adjudicación de Herencia de los bienes de la herencia de LA SUCESION DE FELIX LUIS DAVILA MARTINEZ. Este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le(s) cite a usted(es) por edicto que se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general. Pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este Edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal y notifique copia de la Contestación de la Demanda a las oficinas de LCDO. EDUARDO SANCHEZ JAUREGUI-JIMENEZ, 366 CALLE ESCORIAL, CAPARRA HEIGHTS, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00920; Tel (787) 603-1178, email: edusjj@gmail. com, Abogado de la Parte Demandante, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su Rebeldía y dictar Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado sin más citarle(s) ni oírle(s). EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y con el Sello del Tribunal. DADA hoy 25 de junio de 2025 en San Juan, Puerto Rico. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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What we’re hearing on Lionel Messi’s future: Inter Miami contract talks, links to Argentina and the 2026 World Cup
By FELIPE CARDENAS / THE ATHLETIC
The world that surrounds Lionel Messi is one that is filled with speculation — certainly nothing new for a superstar athlete of his caliber.
Messi has been in the United States for two years with Inter Miami, thousands of miles away from his home country, Argentina, where a media frenzy that tracked his every move was often toxic up until 2022. After Messi led his nation to World Cup glory in Qatar that year, the reporting became much friendlier, but that has not stopped many in his homeland from guessing how his final years as a professional soccer player might unfold.
Within 24 hours of Miami’s elimination from the Club World Cup, Messi’s future with his MLS club became a talking point. Pundits in Argentina hypothesized that the 38-year-old Messi would consider leaving MLS for a more competitive league. And according to at least one report, contract negotiations between Messi and Miami had stalled.
It is true that Messi’s Miami contract expires at the end of 2025 and that he has not yet signed a renewal. But he is still expected to extend his stay in MLS at least through 2026, according to a person close to the player, speaking anonymously to protect relationships.
In Messi’s world, though, it does not take much to stir the pot.
Even before the Club World Cup, and after Miami had conceded 15 goals in five matches in May, Argentine columnist and broadcaster Ariel Senosiain described Messi’s club as “a franchise that does not even remotely do justice to his unparalleled career.”
Senosiain’s theory was that Messi’s competitive streak, which at times in 2025 has looked more like displeasure, is a result of “the lack of excellence around him,” which in turn has affected his mentality within a less competitive environment. Senosiain pondered
whether the Argentina manager, Lionel Scaloni, was growing concerned about Messi’s situation inside a Miami dressing room that is “cold” compared with the family-like setting of the current world champions.
Other reporters in Argentina suggested that Newell’s Old Boys, Messi’s boyhood club, would be the player’s preferred destination. But Newell’s finished ninth in the latest Apertura tournament after finishing 25th in the final Primera División standings in 2024. That is hardly a more competitive environment, given that Miami has won a trophy or competed among the best teams in MLS since Messi’s arrival.
Furthermore, the quality of Argentina’s first division has waned considerably over the past decade. Brazilian clubs are the powerhouses in South America, as evidenced during this Club World Cup. Palmeiras and Fluminense advanced to the quarterfinals, while Boca Juniors and River Plate, Argentina’s biggest clubs, crashed out in the group phase.
Argentine soccer is still among the most passionate, stress-filled competitions in the world. That alone can raise the level of play. But why would Messi, who played at the top level of the sport for nearly two decades, consider leaving the comforts he enjoys in South Florida for a midtable club that has not won a trophy since 2013?
It may pain Argentines and especially Newell’s supporters to hear this, but for now, Messi’s club loyalties are set in pink and black.
And what about those pining for his return to Barcelona? A possible reunion with the Catalan club gained internet steam last week, too, but that scenario is even more unlikely.
Messi has clashed with MLS referees and opponents, and he has looked irritated with Miami’s struggles in 2025. Even so, by not re-signing yet, it is more likely that Messi is playing the long game and seeking to establish even more leverage over his current employer rather than genuinely eyeing an exit. It is a basic negotiation tactic. Last week, the person within Messi’s inner circle told The Athletic that the Miami captain “knows perfectly well what the goals, motivations and also the challenges
An Argentine family takes photos with a mural of Lionel Messi that is displayed outside of Fiorito, an Argentine restaurant in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Fla., July 12, 2024. Messi has been in the United States for two years with Inter Miami, thousands of miles away from his home country, Argentina, where a media frenzy that tracked his every move was often toxic up until 2022, when he led his nation to glory in the World Cup. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
of coming to Miami are.”
That same person relayed that Messi understood that Miami is “a young club, that it’s a new project, and Messi is there to contribute and to help.”
It certainly appears that Messi has settled nicely in Florida. He has been seen at the Miami academy matches of his sons Thiago and Ciro, beaming with pride alongside his wife, Antonella. He is gracious when local residents see him at a stoplight. He recently paused to sign a jersey for a star-struck fan outside Miami’s training facility. In other words, life is good for the Messi family.
His old club Paris St.-Germain delivered a healthy dose of reality on the field with a 4-0 drubbing in Atlanta, but the fact that Miami was even in the second phase of the Club World Cup was a bit surprising.
In the inaugural match of the competition, Miami struggled against Egyptian champion Al Ahly. The game ended 0-0, and after he tangled with opposing players physically and verbally, Messi was clearly annoyed as he trudged off the field. A win against Porto changed everything for Miami, though: Messi’s free-kick goal led to a 2-1
victory, the first time that an MLS side had defeated a European club in an official competition.
Miami then nearly defeated Palmeiras, which would have sent the club to the top of Group A. But Palmeiras stormed back from 2-0 down to force a draw, and Messi stood at the center circle after the final whistle, ruing what could have been.
Now Miami is shifting its focus back to the MLS regular season and a potential title run. It must have been quite the change to go from facing PSG to setting up a tactical plan to defeat CF Montreal.
And still, Messi remains locked in contract negotiations with Inter Miami over a deal that would keep him in Miami colors through the 2026 World Cup and the opening of the Miami Freedom Park stadium.
“The stars are aligning for something great, for a beautiful future for the club and for Lionel. It’s solely his decision,” Jorge Mas told FDP Radio in April. “I expect that within 60 to 90 days, we’ll have to determine all of this. My hope has always been — and everything we’re doing — is to see Messi play at our new stadium in 2026. Hopefully, that happens.”
