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New Fortress Energy fails to file Nasdaq report amid fiscal challenges
By THE STAR STAFF
New Fortress Energy (NFE), the parent company of Genera PR, the operator of the local utility’s power plants, was recently served with a non-compliance notice by Nasdaq after the company failed to file its 10-Q form for the first quarter of 2025 on time.
The move follows a tumultuous period for the energy firm, which has faced significant financial challenges in recent months.
The latest notification has prompted a group of noteholders from New Fortress Energy, the parent company of Genera PR, the private operator of the local energy utility’s power plants, to hire the law firm Paul Weiss for what may be a refinancing.
Paul, Weiss previously advised an ad hoc group of New Fortress Energy Inc. noteholders as the liquefied natural gas company completed two debt and equity transactions totaling $2.7 billion.
That transaction was a private exchange of $1.5 billion of new senior secured notes due 2029 for more than two thirds of each of New Fortress Energy’s outstanding senior secured notes maturing in 2026 and 2029. This followed the funding of $1.2 billion of new senior secured notes due 2029, completed on November 26. The $2.7 billion of new senior secured notes will trade as a single class.
However, the company has continued to struggle, and last week, it received a notice from Nasdaq due to the delayed filing of its 10-Q form for the quarter ending March 31, 2025.
New Fortress Energy recently conducted a $1 billion asset sale in Jamaica, with the proceeds expected to pay down existing debt. Nevertheless, the company’s recent financial performance has raised concerns among investors, with its capital structure suffering following a steep decline in earnings and the suspension of its first lien leverage and fixed charge coverage tests for the second quarter of 2025.
Despite these challenges, New Fortress Energy has stated that it is working diligently to finalize the 10-Q form and plans to file it as soon as possible. However, the Nasdaq notice has only added to the mounting pressure on the company. The 10-Q is a quarterly report that public companies file with the Securities Exchange Commission, containing financial statements and other information about their performance for the first three quarters of the fiscal year.
Dignity Project objects to ruling allowing nonbinary option in birth certificates
By THE STAR STAFF
isie Burgos, a spokeswoman for the Dignity Project, publicly opposed a federal court ruling on Monday that requires the Demographic Registry to include a nonbinary option on birth certificates.
She argued that the ruling contradicts President Trump’s policies against diversity and does not align with the local legal framework that seeks to identify gender as an ideological concept.
“I recognized the dignity of everyone to live their own lives but not to impose their views on others who do not share it,” she said.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by six nonbinary individuals born in Puerto Rico, who allege that the Commonwealth’s current Birth Certificate Policy violates their right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Since 2018, transgender individuals in Puerto Rico have been allowed to amend the gender marker on their birth certificates, transitioning from
male to female or from female to male. However, the plaintiffs in this case identify as non-binary, meaning their gender identity is neither male nor female. They sought a gender marker on their birth certificates that accurately reflects their true identity, as is the right of all individuals.
“The current Birth Certificate Policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico arbitrarily distinguishes between binary and non-binary individuals, subjecting non-binary individuals to unfavorable treatment without justification. In such cases, it is the duty of federal courts to intervene to ensure equal protection for all individuals under the law. Therefore, the plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is granted,” stated Judge María Antongiorgi-Jordán.
The judge emphasized that Puerto Rico’s existing birth certificate policy lacks a rational basis and thus violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. She ordered, “Defendants are hereby instructed to promptly amend their Application for Gender Change form to include an option to select an ‘X’ as the gender marker on their birth certificates.”
DDEC announces streamlining of permit procedures to facilitate business operations in PR
By THE STAR STAFF
In a joint press conference, Governor Jenniffer González Colón, Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) Sebastián Negrón Reichard, and Assistant Secretary of the Permit Management Office (OGPe) Norberto Almodóvar, announced a comprehensive package of reforms aimed at transforming various permitting procedures to facilitate the opening, operation, and expansion of businesses on the island. These measures, effective July 1, are part of a public policy designed to create a more agile, reliable, and competitive business environment.
The transformation includes regulatory, operational, and technological changes intended to reduce the burden on businesses, modernize procedures, and enhance the legitimacy of processes. These reforms address structural flaws in the previous system, redistribute responsibilities, and establish new oversight and validation tools.
“Puerto Rico needs a permitting system that aligns with the talent, initiative, and capability of our people to do business. These reforms respond to the public’s demand for a government that listens, simplifies, and meets their needs,” said Governor Jenniffer González Colón. “We are moving away from punitive bureaucracy toward a modern, agile, and responsible system, where the government plays its part and businesses can concentrate on growth.”
Among the key changes is the automation of notifications to businesses prior to the expiration of inspections or licenses.
This will enable operational continuity without the need to initiate new procedures each year. Additionally, each permit will have a unique transaction number, ensuring a consolidated digital file for easier tracking. The requirement for inspections of residential administrative offices that do not pose public health or safety risks has also been eliminated, benefiting thousands of small businesses and professionals.
Another significant reform is the formal transfer of responsibility for conducting inspections to the State within a 90-day period. If the inspection is not completed within that timeframe, the business will not incur charges, reversing the previous “prepayment without service” model. The system will also integrate artificial intelligence to validate unstructured documents and will strengthen procedural legitimacy through mandatory validation of the credentials of Authorized Professionals and Inspectors. Additional changes include the automatic creation of permit scrolls once the process is completed and the publication of a new Professional Regulation Regulation, which has been updated for the first time since 2014.
DDEC Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard emphasized that this reform is part of a broader strategy to position Puerto Rico as a competitive destination for investment and business development.
“Transforming the permit system is not just about making existing processes more efficient; it is about redesigning those that have failed. It aims to tackle punitive bureaucracy at its roots. These measures correct distortions, eliminate redundancies, and, most importantly, restore trust between the State and the business
Police concerned about rising pedestrian deaths as they crack down on illegal motorcycle racing
By THE STAR STAFF
Police Commissioner Joseph Gonzalez expressed concern Monday about the increase in pedestrian deaths on the country’s roads, while an overall decrease in fatal accidents has been reported.
“This week, three cases of pedestrians being struck on roads were reported. One occurred on PR-18, another on PR-22, and a third on PR-2 in Mayagüez. The only area where we are ahead in fatal accidents is precisely pedestrians,” González said at a press conference.
González explained that so far there have been 102 traffic fatalities, 20 fewer than last year. “The police are doing their job, but it’s essential that pedestrians take action. Many cases are due to driver negligence, but also to poor pedestrian decisions,” the commissioner added.
Captain Elvis Zeno Santiago, director of
the Highway Patrol Division, detailed recent operations against motorcyclists who disrupt traffic. “We conducted operations in Cataño, Maunabo, Arecibo, and Aguadilla. We arrested people for controlled substances and cited those who were collecting bets and sellers without permits,” explained Zeno Santiago.
Zeno Santiago commented that he’s noticed changes in the attitude of motorcyclists.
“We used to see large-scale races. Thank God, we don’t see them as much anymore, and that shows that the call for safety is bearing fruit,” he expressed.
Police reported that 12,614 road interventions were carried out last week, resulting in 114 arrests. Of these, 103 were for drunk driving.
González concluded that, although murders and fatal accidents have decreased, there is still work to be done. “The work to make Puerto Rico safer doesn’t just belong to the police, but to everyone,” González concluded.
The reforms respond to the public’s demand for a government that listens, simplifies, and meets their needs, said governor Jenniffer González Colón.
sector,” Negrón Reichard stated. “Now it is the government’s turn to act with the same agility that has always been expected from the citizenry.”
Moreover, it was announced that the DDEC and the Department of Health will establish a collaborative agreement to delegate low-risk inspections to OGPe, allowing the Department of Health to focus on higher-priority cases. From now until July 1, an intensive orientation phase will be activated for citizens, merchants, and interagency staff to ensure a smooth transition and full utilization of the new tools.
Purchasing Manufacturing index decreases in April
By THE STAR STAFF
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector decreased to 53.6 in April 2025. A reading above the threshold of 50 suggests an expansion in the manufacturing sector with respect to the previous month. Employment increased with respect to the previous month. Production, New Orders, Employment and Suppliers Delivery were at or
above the threshold level of 50. In a supplemental survey of manufacturing establishments, the biggest challenges faced by companies during the past month were: operations (uncertainty 25%, supplier deliveries 8%, sales 8%, costs 8%, own inventories 8%, lead time 8%, outsourcing 8%), utilities (unreliable utilities 17%), and human resources (employment 17%). The Puerto Rico Manufacturing-Purchasing Managers Index (PRM-PMI) has been at or above the threshold level in 112 of the 179 months since the survey was first undertaken.
In April, the New Orders PMI decreased to 57.1, staying above the threshold for four consecutive months. A reading above 50 suggests that new orders at manufacturing establishments in April were higher than in March. The Production PMI decreased to 57.1 in April, staying above the threshold for four consecutive months. A reading above 50 indicates that manufacturing production in April was higher than in March.
In April, the Employment PMI increased to 60.7, staying above the threshold for two consecutive months. The Own Inventories PMI increased to 42.9, staying below the threshold for three consecutive months. The Supplier Deliveries PMI remained the same at 50.0 in April, staying at or above the threshold for five consecutive months.
Governor assures she will seek funding for ASES
By THE STAR STAFF
Governor Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón stated on Monday that she will await confirmation from Justice Secretary Lourdes Lynnette Gómez Torres to evaluate a possible referral regarding the multi-million dollar deficit of the Health Insurance Administration (ASES), which was not reported during the transition hearings.
González Colón explained that the $109 million deficit arose because the previous administration’s actuary failed to consider four new benefits included in the health card. “There is a meeting today with the Speaker of the House and the Director of Management and Budget to inform them of these changes. We will work with the Fiscal Oversight Board,” she stated. She insisted that they will seek the necessary funds to address the deficit and meet their budget commitments. “We are going to get the money and we are going to deliver. We are going to have a balanced budget, much to the chagrin of the Popular Party delegation that wants Puerto Rico to default,” the governor stated.
Earlier, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the Senate held a press conference where they claim the governor lied about the agency’s situation. “Last Thursday, May 29, the
governor appeared before the Legislative Assembly to deliver her State of the State Address and claimed that she was freeing Puerto Rico from the dependence of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico(FOMB) and that she had managed to maintain a balanced budget. The governor highlighted thirteen (13) proposals or initiatives that may not materialize today because the budget is not balanced. $109 million is missing from ASES,” said spokesperson Luis Javier Hernández.
Alternate minority leader Marially González Huertas recalled that González promised subsidies for care centers for seniors, shelters for minors, recruitment of social workers, recruitment of 800 police cadets, and $387 million for municipalities. The bad news is that these promises are subject to a balanced budget. Why do we say this? Because the day before, on May 28, the Oversight Board informed the government, in a letter addressed to the Office of Management and Budget, that after a review of the amendment they carried out to the Vital Plan Contract for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, a 21.06% increase in health insurance rates was proposed. That represents a mismatch of approximately $109 million.
Senator Josian Santiago Rivera stated that “there is no way Governor Jenniffer González dares to blame Pedro Pierluisi’s
previous administration for lying to her when her own transition team had acknowledged the deficit that needed to be addressed. Now, in order to excuse her lack of sincerity to the government of Puerto Rico, the governor now says she will refer authorities to the director of ASES during the Pedro Pierluisi administration, Roxanna Rosario Serrano. Last Saturday, in an interview with the press, Rosario Serrano explained
that she left the agency on December 31. “At that time, the agency was functioning and operating with the budget known as 2024-2025. All of the agency’s budgets are always worked on with the approval and endorsement of the Fiscal Control Board. In other words, when I left the agency, the budget that was operating was a balanced budget, as I reported at the transition hearings,” the former director of ASES stated.
Safety fences will be required in private swimming pools to prevent drowning of minors
By THE STAR STAFF
To prevent child drownings in private swimming pools, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Legal Committee, José “Che” Pérez, filed House Bill 691, which requires the installation of an alarmed security fence on every residential property with a swimming pool where a child under six years of age sleeps.
“Over the past few years, there have been almost constant reports of children dying or being hospitalized due to drowning in swimming pools, especially in residential settings. This reality highlights the urgency of establishing effective preventative measures to avoid further accidents involving children, which often result in irreparable neurological damage or loss of life. Therefore, we believe this bill addresses a real and pressing need,” commented the Representative at Large.
Just over a week ago, a three-year-old boy died after drowning in a pool in the Río Piedras area.
The measure, filed on May 20, creates the new “Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act in Puerto Rico,” to establish as a minimum safety standard that all private residential
properties, including those intended for rental, that have a swimming pool, and where one or more minors under six years of age spend the night or reside, must have a security fence with an approach alarm.
The legislation also orders the Institute of Forensic Sciences to develop an intervention protocol in cases where a child under six years of age dies from apparent drowning in a swimming pool.
The New Progressive Party legislator indicated that there are multiple jurisdictions with similar security systems.
In France, the Raffarin Law of 2003 made it mandatory to install safety fences in all swimming pools, both public and private. Since its implementation, the number of children drowning in swimming pools has decreased by 75 percent.
Similarly, in Florida, the Department of Health has identified accidental drowning as the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4. Amid growing concern about this problem, legislators passed a law requiring safety fences in all swimming pools. Arizona has also taken steps in this direction, adopting Statute § 36-1681, which aims to prevent child drownings through specific safety requirements for residential swimming pools.
PDP delegation in the Senate held a press conference where they claim the governor lied about the agency’s situation.
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A man attacked a march for Israeli hostages in Colorado. Here’s what to know.
Attendees hold Israeli flags and signs reading “Christians and Jews united against hate” during a vigil near the Capital Jewish Museum, where two Israeli Embassy aides were killed on Wednesday night, in Washington, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The attack on an event in Boulder, Colo., for Israeli hostages on Sunday afternoon was the latest on the Jewish community, following two others in recent weeks involving assailants who expressed anger over the war in Gaza. (Caroline Gutman/The New York Times)
By YAN ZHUANG and MPOKE BIGG
Authorities said they were investigating an attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday as an act of terrorism, after a man used a “makeshift flamethrower” to attack demonstrators marching peacefully in support of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip.
Eight people were hospitalized with burns and other injuries, and two of them were in serious condition, officials said. The suspect was arrested.
The attack may intensify deep unease in the Jewish community in the United States. In recent months, two Israeli embassy aides were murdered in Washington, and a man set fire to the residence of Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is Jewish.
Who was attacked?
The injury victims — four men and four women, who range in age from 52 to 88 — were participating in a weekly event called Run for Their Lives that is held in cities around the world. It is designed to call attention to the hostages taken by Hamas militants in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel.
The police began to receive calls about an emergency at the Pearl Street pedestrian
mall at 1:26 p.m., Boulder’s police chief, Steve Redfearn, said at a news conference on Sunday evening. Witnesses said a man threw an incendiary device into the crowd, according to authorities. The man yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack, according to Mark D. Michalek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Denver field office.
Lisa Effress, who was eating lunch nearby, said that she ran to the scene and saw smoke, people who were half-dressed and dazed, and discarded clothes that had been used to extinguish flames.
“It was horrible,” Effress said.
The victims were hospitalized with injuries ranging from minor to serious. At least two of them were flown by helicopter to a burn unit in Denver.
Who is the suspect?
The suspect was identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman of Colorado Springs. Soliman, 45, was taken into custody after witnesses pointed him out, and was booked on multiple charges in the Boulder County Jail on Sunday.
Video verified by the news agency Storyful showed a man, shirtless and holding two bottles, shouting while patches of grass
burned in front of the county courthouse and bystanders helped injured people.
Soliman was booked on charges including first-degree murder and using explosives or an incendiary device while committing a felony, and was being held on $10 million bond. The charges do not necessarily equate to any that prosecutors may decide to file.
Earlier, Michael Dougherty, the district attorney for Boulder County, said that authorities would decide what charges to file against Soliman in the coming days.
What are the authorities saying?
The FBI was investigating the attack as an act of terrorism, Redfearn said, adding that the preliminary facts made it “clear that this is a targeted act of violence.”
Late Sunday, the police and the FBI had cordoned off a residential block in Colorado Springs with patrol cars. They let a woman enter a home identified as the attacker’s.
There was no immediate indication that Soliman was linked to any particular
group or network, Michalek said.
The attorney general of Colorado, Phil Weiser, a Democrat, said in a statement that the attack “appears to be a hate crime given the group that was targeted.”
How have officials responded?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said in a statement that the assailant had attacked in “cold blood” and called on U.S. authorities to prosecute the perpetrator to the fullest extent possible.
Describing the attack as an act of antisemitism, Netanyahu said: “This attack was aimed against peaceful people who wished to express their solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas, simply because they were Jews.”
Mayor Aaron Brockett of Boulder said in an interview on Sunday night that he was outraged and saddened by the attack. “These were Jewish community members who were on a march for peace and for hostage return, and they were brutally attacked,” he said. “It’s disgusting and appalling.”
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$105 million reparations package for Tulsa Race Massacre unveiled by mayor
By AUDREA D.S. BURCH
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, killed up to 300 Black residents and destroyed a neighborhood. More than a century later, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package Sunday, the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.
Monroe Nichols, the first Black mayor of Tulsa, unveiled the project, named Road to Repair. It is intended to chip away at enduring disparities caused by the massacre and its aftermath in the Greenwood neighborhood and the wider North Tulsa community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The centerpiece of the project is the creation of the Greenwood Trust, a private charitable trust, with the goal of securing $105 million in assets — including private contributions, property transfers and possible public funding — by next spring, the 105th anniversary of the attack.
The plan does not include direct cash payments to the two last known survivors of the massacre, who are 110 and 111 years old. But such payments could be considered by the trust’s board of trustees, according to Michelle Brooks, a city spokesperson.
Nichols, who announced the creation of the trust fund at a gathering in Tulsa to commemorate the city’s first Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, said a plan to restore Greenwood — a neighborhood that was so prosperous before the attack that it inspired the name Black Wall Street — was long overdue.
“One hundred and four years is far too long for us to not address the harm of the massacre,” Nichols said in an interview before the announcement. He added that the effort was really about “what has been taken from a people, and how do we restore that
as best we can in 2025, proving we’re much different than we were in 1921.”
Unlike some similar efforts by cities, states and universities across the country to establish reparations, the plan in Tulsa directly addresses the impact of a specific historical event.
The movement for reparations — addressing slavery and the country’s history of racism — gained traction in 2020, when the murder of George Floyd prompted a nationwide conversation about racial injustice. Many of the proposals are still being explored, though large segments of the U.S. population oppose reparations, as the Trump administration purges the federal government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
On the state level, Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, the nation’s sole Black governor, recently vetoed legislation that would have created a commission to study reparations. The state of California apologized last year for the discriminatory treatment of Black Americans and approved some reparations initiatives, but stopped short of financial restitution.
Evanston, Illinois, became the first U.S. city to establish a reparations program in 2021, distributing housing grants meant to make up for past discriminatory housing practices. The program is funded by the city’s cannabis
sales tax and by real estate taxes. Last year, the city was sued by a conservative organization, which argued that the program was unconstitutional because it discriminated against non-Black residents. The case is pending.
In Tulsa, the Greenwood Trust resources will be divided into three general areas: a $24 million housing fund for homeownership and housing assistance; a $60 million cultural preservation fund for building improvements and cleaning up blight; and $21 million for land acquisition and development, small business grants and scholarships. As part of the program, the city intends to release 45,000 pages of historical documents related to the 1921 massacre, including Greenwood property records.
Nichols will act as a spokesperson for the trust, but fundraising will be handled by an executive director whose salary will be paid by private funding. The City Council would have to approve any public money or city-owned land used by the trust. Nichols acknowledged that residents might not support a project that uses public funds.
Nichols said he has been working on a framework to address the disparities created by the massacre, with help from the city’s legal department. He reviewed other proposals from local community organizations and a city commission and discussed the
general plan with City Council members and descendants of the massacre victims. One of the points that stayed with him from those talks, he said, was the destruction not just of what Greenwood was, but also what it could have been.
“You would have had the center of oil wealth here and the center of Black wealth here at the same time,” he said, referring to the area. “That would have made us an economic juggernaut and would have probably made the city at least double in size.”
Back then, Greenwood was filled with restaurants, theaters, hotels, grocery stores and houses. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob descended on the district and burned it to the ground. Some 1,250 homes were destroyed and 35 blocks were razed.
A federal report issued in January recast the massacre as “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, not the work of an uncontrolled mob.
The toll was devastating beyond the death and destruction. To many historians, civil rights lawyers and activists, that single event entrenched economic, educational and health disparities in Greenwood and North Tulsa for generations.
Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck, left, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, Public oversight committee member and a descendent of massacre survivors, Brenda Nails-Alford and others view an excavation site located at Oaklawn Cemetery during the search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 9, 2024. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, killed up to 300 Black residents and destroyed a neighborhood. (Joseph Rushmore/ The New York Times)
Over decades, the survivors, descendants of Greenwood residents and their supporters have demanded justice from the city of Tulsa and other government entities. In 2021, the city apologized for its role in the massacre. The last two known survivors, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, sought reparations through the courts. The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed their case last June.
Randle attended Sunday’s announcement of the reparations package with LaDonna Penny, 53, a granddaughter. In an interview, Penny said she was ecstatic about the trust.
“Restoration and reparation,” she said. “That’s what happened today.”
Deborah Hunter, 74, a poet and spoken word artist, was there, too. She’s a descendant of four grandparents who were survivors of the massacre. Decades ago, on the 50th anniversary of the massacre, Hunter said she asked her sole grandmother who was still alive about what happened. Even then, she said, “she still didn’t want to talk about it.”
Hunter said she hoped part of the $105 million would be spent on some of the things that the massacre had stolen from Greenwood: “We are missing jobs and safe streets on this side of town,” she said, “and of course, we need funding for the arts.”
Trump’s tariffs and tax bill may derail US battery industry
By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT
The robots were doing practice runs.
It was the day before production was set to begin, and every few seconds, machines folded a stack of paper-thin battery cells into a metallic sheath. Then they sealed the pouch around the edges.
This tightly choreographed assembly line is the result of yearslong American efforts to match China’s industrial policy in areas such as battery manufacturing. Ultimately, the batteries produced at this Michigan factory by LG Energy Solution, a South Korean company, will help balance the supply and demand for power on U.S. electric grids.
The silver-colored pouches — roughly the size of two computer keyboards set end to end — will be placed into large battery containers that can be more than 20 feet wide. In the past few years, electric utilities and other energy companies have begun spending billions of dollars to install scores of such big batteries around the country in parking lots, at old industrial sites and on what used to be farmland.
The batteries play an increasingly central role in the electricity business, especially in states like California and Texas, which have lots of solar and wind farms that produce energy at relatively low cost but only some of the time. The batteries serve as a sponge, soaking up energy when a lot of it is available and dispensing it when homes and businesses need it most.
But President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China may knock this fledgling industry off course. Another threat is brewing in Congress, where House Republicans, with Trump’s blessing, have passed a budget bill that analysts say would drastically restrict access to subsidies for making and using rechargeable batteries.
Tristan Doherty, chief product officer for LG Energy Solution’s U.S. energy storage unit, Vertech, compared tariffs to a drug that can be deadly at high concentrations.
“The dose makes the poison, right?” Doherty said during a recent visit to the LG factory in Holland, Michigan. “A little bit of tariff metered out on the right time scale, at the right level, can get us to a much better place. But too much too fast can kill us.”
What happens to the companies that make batteries and install them on American grids will affect how quickly the country is
able to meet rising power demand and how much that energy will cost.
Without such batteries, utilities would have to invest a lot more in expensive power plants and transmission lines to be prepared for scorching summer afternoons or frigid winter mornings when power use soars. Such spending would drive up electricity prices significantly, energy experts say.
Trump’s tariffs on China have already caused battery costs to rise sharply for U.S. buyers. When U.S. tariffs on Chinese batteries topped 150% for a monthlong period starting in April, companies stopped importing cells from China, executives said.
LG has made batteries for vehicles at its Michigan factory for more than a decade. At the beginning of May, the plant also began making batteries typically used to store energy. The storage batteries use iron and phosphate and go by the name LFP. China makes nearly all LFP batteries.
Most U.S. electric cars, by contrast, use batteries made up of materials such as nickel and cobalt, which are more expensive than iron and phosphate but can store more energy, enabling cars to travel several hundred miles on a charge.
The Trump administration temporarily lowered tariffs on China in mid-May, to 30%, though batteries face additional levies. But the legislation that Republicans ad-
vanced would also make it harder to claim lucrative subsidies for making and installing batteries.
If the Republican budget bill took effect in its current form, it would be “something of a kill switch” for the tax credits available for making batteries, said Antoine Vagneur-Jones, an analyst at BloombergNEF. It also would quickly end tax credits for installing them on the grid.
Businesses are worried. Tesla, which sells energy storage systems in addition to cars, warned in April that the levies would have an “outsized” effect on its energy business, which relies on Chinese batteries. That was before Trump partly rolled back tariffs on China for 90 days.
Trump and his aides have expressed strong opinions about the energy sector. They love oil, gas and critical minerals but have dim views of electric vehicles and wind and solar energy. Batteries appear to occupy something of a middle ground.
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, seemed ambivalent about them in a March interview with The New York Times. “Batteries have a role. Solar is growing rapidly,” he said. “These are things of interest. I think we’re just a little bit more sober about it.”
Asked for comment for this article, the Trump administration did not directly address batteries but criticized wind and solar energy.
“The wind and solar industries in the United States have lived on more than three decades of subsidies,” an administration spokesperson said. “Despite those subsidies, those energy sources still don’t come close to the affordability, reliability and security found in other sources of energy such as nuclear, coal and natural gas.”
The science behind LFP batteries was developed in the 1990s by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. But it was China that recognized the technology’s commercial promise. Most manufacturers in the United States make batteries with nickel and cobalt.
“For a long time, we were not paying too much attention here in the U.S.,” said Arumugam Manthiram, a University of Texas engineering professor whose research helped pave the way for LFP batteries.
One company, A123 Systems, briefly produced LFP batteries in the United States, only to file for bankruptcy protection in 2012. A Chinese automotive supplier eventually bought most of the company’s assets. Around that time, the company now known as LG Energy Solution, one of the world’s biggest battery manufacturers, began making cells for cars in Holland. Its light gray factory is less than 10 miles from Lake Michigan.
LG had planned to expand the factory to supply Toyota’s vehicles. But electric vehicles are not taking off as quickly in the United States as many companies anticipated. Electricity demand, on the other hand, is rising rapidly. As a result, the company changed its expansion plan and outfitted a new wing of the factory for LFP production, a $1.4 billion undertaking.
While China remains the primary source for the components of LFP batteries, LG expects that its cells from Holland will not have any Chinese ingredients by early 2026, Doherty said. If successful, it would be the culmination of a long decoupling from a country that controls much of the supply chain for battery materials.
Still, the Republican tax bill remains a big concern. Without tax credits, it would not be profitable for LG to make cells in the United States at current battery prices, Doherty said.
“This all just creates more uncertainty,” he said. “Investment, especially big investment, hates uncertainty.”
Outside LG Energy Solution, a South Korean battery manufacturer in Holland, Mich., April 30, 2025. The factory is one of just a few in the United States making the kind of batteries used in most large energy storage systems. (Brittany Greeson/ The New York Times)
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Dollar slides on trade and tax fears
The U.S. dollar plunged anew to its lowest level in six weeks on Monday as June got underway, with U.S. tariff concerns back on the boil after last week’s legal confusion and military tensions rising across the globe.
The euro led the charge, undaunted by the prospect of another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank on Thursday. Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will travel to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday as trade talks between Europe and America are watched closely.
With markets still on edge about elements of the U.S. fiscal bill going through the Senate that give the administration the option of taxing companies and investors from countries deemed to have ‘unfair foreign taxes’, the dollar is vulnerable to worries about foreign capital flight.
But the attention on Monday seemed back on the tariff push, with an assumption President Donald Trump will push through levies one way or another despite the legal pushback last week.
The greenback was hit after the weekend by Trump’s plan to double duties on imported steel and aluminum to 50% from Wednesday and as Beijing hit back against accusations it violated an agreement on critical minerals shipments.
It was also a weekend of significant geopolitical tensions and bellicose warnings. Gold crept higher.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that the threat from China was real and potentially imminent as he pushed allies in the Indo-Pacific to spend more on their own defence needs. The Ukraine-Russia war continued to rage, with Ukrainian drones hitting dozens of Russian bombers deep inside Russian territory. The Gaza conflict shows no sign of ending.
Major countries are building armaments at pace. Britain will expand its nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet as part of a defence review, one designed to prepare the country for modern war and counter the Russian threat.
Oil prices jumped by about 3% on Monday after producer group OPEC+ kept output increases in July at the same level as the previous two months.
In a big week for U.S. labor market data, there was some encouragement on the interest rate front.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday that rate cuts remain possible in the second half of the year. Given that a rise in inflation pressures tied to Trump’s import tax increases is unlikely to be persistent, “I support looking through
any tariff effects on near term-inflation when setting the policy rate,” Waller told a gathering in South Korea.
Elsewhere, China’s manufacturing activity shrank for a second month in May, as expected.
Stocks in Poland .WIG20 fell 1.4%, after nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country’s presidential election.
Ahead of Monday’s bell, U.S. stock futures were down about half a percent, with stocks in Europe and Japan down too. U.S. Treasury yields nudged back higher.
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decision in Europe, with the European Central Bank widely expected to lower rates for the eighth time in the cycle and the euro rising regardless.
While the European Central Bank keeps cutting interest rates, the euro keeps rising, as a transatlantic capital reversal upends relative rate shifts and threatens to force the ECB into further easing.
The ECB is widely expected to lower its main borrowing rate on Thursday to 2%, half what it was at its peak a year ago and less than half the Federal Reserve equivalent. It’s also back to what the central bank broadly considers a ‘neutral’ level, meaning it neither spurs nor reins in the economy.
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Ukraine-Russia peace talks raise hopes but yield little progress
By CONSTANT MÉHEUT, IVAN NECHEPURENKO and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on Monday for peace talks, a day after trading some of the most intense air attacks of the war, but the discussions appeared to produce little result beyond an agreement to exchange a limited number of prisoners of war and the bodies of fallen soldiers.
Russia and Ukraine had been expected to discuss their respective conditions for a peace deal, or at least a ceasefire, in the second round of negotiations since the two sides resumed direct dialogue two weeks ago.
But while Kyiv had shared its peace terms with Moscow ahead of the meeting, Russia did not reciprocate and presented its terms only during Monday’s talks, officials from both countries said. The Ukrainian delegation said it would need several days to review Moscow’s proposal, delaying further discussion.
“We couldn’t react to the Russian proposals quickly,” Serhii Kyslytsia, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, told reporters after the talks, which lasted less than 90 minutes and took place at a five-star hotel on the European side of the Bosporus.
The only concrete outcome of Monday’s talks was an agreement to exchange all gravely ill and wounded prisoners of war, as well as those under the age of 25. The total number of those prisoners is unclear. Both sides also announced a mutual agreement to exchange the bodies of 6,000 fallen soldiers each.
As with the previous meeting in Istanbul, substantive negotiations toward a peace agreement appeared to have been deferred, complicated by the two sides’ entrenched positions and the changing situation on the battlefield. Ukraine’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, who headed his country’s delegation, said he hoped to reconvene for a new meeting before the end of June.
Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, would not say if the Russians would come back for another round of talks.
Russia and Ukraine are talking under pressure from President Donald Trump, who has alternatively cajoled and chided the leaders of both countries. But Russia and Ukraine have been holding firm, with neither expected to present conditions in
Russian delegation exuded confidence, saying that they were “satisfied with the results” of the talks, which they described as “organized at the initiative of Russia’s President.”
In recent days, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine dampened expectations for the new round of discussions, confirming only on Sunday afternoon that a Ukrainian delegation would travel to Istanbul.
He said on Monday that Kyiv’s delegation was “ready to take the necessary steps for peace” with Russia. In remarks from Lithuania ahead of a NATO meeting, Zelenskyy said that those steps should begin with “a ceasefire and humanitarian actions, the release of prisoners and the return of abducted children.”
the discussion that are acceptable to the other side.
As negotiations sputter, attacks on the battlefield have intensified. The Russian army appears to have launched a new offensive, advancing at the fastest pace since last fall and opening a new front in the northeastern Sumy region of Ukraine. It has also bombarded Ukrainian cities with some of the biggest drone and missile attacks of the war, including a barrage of 500 drones and decoys on Sunday.
Ukraine, for its part, has adapted and evolved in the face of a much larger military with deeper resources. Ukrainian drones, in an ambitious, coordinated attack — apparently launched from within Russia — struck air bases deep inside Russia this weekend.
Video verified by The New York Times showed that the assault damaged or destroyed some of the long-range bombers Russia has used to fire missiles at Ukraine, in what was described as “a black day for Russian long-range aviation” by a prominent, pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger. Moscow said that several aircraft were hit, but that the full extent of the damage has yet to be assessed.
The peace talks of recent weeks, the first since the early months of the war in 2022, have been clouded by political the-
atrics. Ukraine and Russia have attempted to set the tempo and terms of the talks without angering the White House, which has threatened to withdraw from the negotiations to end the war.
Trump has accused both sides of intransigence, trying to pressure them into negotiations. Last week, following a Russian attack on Kyiv, Trump lashed out at President Vladimir Putin, describing him on social media as having “gone absolutely CRAZY.” Trump said that he was considering imposing additional sanctions on Russia, but has not acted so far.
During the first round of talks in Istanbul in mid-May, top U.S. officials met with the Ukrainians and Russians separately, but left it to Turkey to mediate direct talks, making for a complicated diplomatic dance.
Afterward, the Ukrainians accused the Russians of issuing threats and provocations by saying they were ready to fight for many years and to invade more Ukrainian regions. The
Ukraine said it submitted to Russia on Monday a list of all Ukrainian children who were abducted. Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Putin who headed the Russian delegation, said Russia would study the list, while seeking to mock Ukrainian claims, saying that these children had not been kidnapped but “rescued from a war zone.” The list includes 339 names, he said.
Ukraine’s goal in the negotiations remains to secure a ceasefire first, before moving to negotiations for a broader peace deal. A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations, said its proposals included provisions for a ceasefire on land, at sea and in the air, with monitoring to be carried out by international partners.
Russia has signaled that it was not interested in a temporary ceasefire, but rather in solving the “root causes” of the war — Kremlin parlance for wide-ranging demands like a formal commitment to not expand NATO eastward, the recognition of its territorial gains, shrinking Ukraine’s military and other conditions that have been flatly rejected by Kyiv.
A woman walks past damaged buildings in Kupiansk, Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2025. Russia and Ukraine were meeting in Istanbul on Monday, June 2, for peace talks, the second round of negotiations since the adversaries resumed direct dialogue two weeks ago. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
Gaza ceasefire negotiations hit a new impasse over an old dispute
By PATRICK KINGSLEY
Through nearly 20 months of war in the Gaza Strip, a changing carousel of mediators and negotiators have tried — and failed — to reach a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel. William J. Burns and Brett McGurk led the way for the Biden administration, before Steve Witkoff tried on behalf of President Donald Trump.
Whoever the mediator, one intractable dispute has consistently prevented a deal. Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire that would essentially allow the group to retain influence in postwar Gaza. Israel wants only a temporary deal that would allow it to renew its failed efforts to defeat Hamas.
Now, once again, that fundamental difference is the main obstacle to a new truce. After a renewed flurry of mediation from Witkoff and his team last week, Hamas sought stronger guarantees that any new ceasefire would evolve into a permanent cessation of hostilities.
Although the proposed new deal would officially last for 60 days, Hamas pushed for a clause that guaranteed “the continuation of negotiations until a permanent agreement is reached.” That wording would technically allow for the 60-day ceasefire to be extended indefinitely, scuppering Israeli hopes of returning to battle.
Hamas’ demand drew a familiar response from Israel. “Hamas’ response is totally unacceptable and is a step backward,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
This new version of an old dispute has not immediately collapsed the negotiations. Egypt and Qatar, the two main Arab mediators, released a joint statement Sunday in which they pledged “to intensify efforts to overcome the obstacles facing the negotiations.”
Even as Witkoff condemned Hamas’ response, saying that it “only takes us backward,” he suggested on social media that talks over the details of a truce could “begin immediately this coming week” if the group softened its position.
Hamas subsequently said it was ready “to immediately begin a round of indirect negotiations to reach an agreement on the points of contention.” But, as ever, it included a caveat: those negotiations must lead “to a permanent ceasefire and a full withdrawal of the occupation forces.”
As has been the case throughout the war, much
will depend on the United States’ willingness to push Israel and Hamas to reach a compromise. It was Trump’s pressure that convinced Netanyahu to accept a temporary truce in January. Netanyahu then broke the ceasefire two months later after consulting the Trump administration, a White House spokesperson said at the time.
It is hard to foresee an imminent breakthrough unless one side crosses the red lines that they have consistently set since the final weeks of 2023. Israeli officials have suggested they could agree to a permanent truce if Hamas disarmed and its leaders left Gaza for exile. While some Hamas officials have expressed openness to some kind of compromise over their weapons, the group has publicly rejected the premise.
In the meantime, Palestinian civilians in Gaza face growing hardship, amid continuing Israeli airstrikes, widespread food shortages and a chaotic start to a new Israeli-backed aid distribution scheme. And in Israel, the families of hostages held in Gaza are no closer to seeing their loved ones. More than 4,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed
fighting in March, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
On both sides, internal dynamics could prove decisive in shaping what happens next. Growing dissent against Hamas could encourage the group to agree to a temporary truce to shore up its short-term control over Gaza. A rise in looting, as well as Israel’s assassination of key Hamas leaders, have highlighted the group’s weakening grip on the territory.
In Israel, Netanyahu’s coalition could collapse if he agrees to end the war. But it is unclear if he can drag out the conflict indefinitely. The Israeli military is mainly staffed by reservists who have spent much of the past 20 months away from their day jobs and families.
Many of them are exhausted and, if the war continues, there are growing concerns that a significant number will refuse to serve as often or for such long stretches. That would make it hard for Israel’s military leadership to staff ground operations, let alone implement a full occupation that would require tens of thousands of troops to sustain.
Israeli military strikes on Gaza have added to the suffering of Palestinian civilians as cease-fire talks have dragged on.
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Trump’s big budget bomb
By EZRA KLEIN
For reasons I will not pretend to understand, we live in an age when the only truly bipartisan idea is that landmark legislation demands triple-B alliteration. President Joe Biden’s signature proposal was Build Back Better. Now, President Donald Trump has yoked his presidency — and all of us — to his “big, beautiful bill.”
Let me suggest another name for it. I’ll even stay on trend: Big Budget Bomb.
It’s always possible things will change. But as of now, the damage this bill will do to the budget if it detonates is hard to properly convey — in part because the size of this thing is hard to properly convey.
And the budget, to be honest, is where the problems this bill would cause only begin. But we have to start somewhere.
When you’re thinking about the size and cost of legislation, you have to keep in mind two different sides: how much the bill costs, either through new spending or tax cuts, and how much of that cost is paid for — versus added to the debt.
The Inflation Reduction Act was expected to cost about $500 billion over 10 years, and it paid for all of that spending — and more — through tax increases. The
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Affordable Care Act was expected to cost about $1 trillion over 10 years — all of it, again, paid for. Trump’s 2017 tax reform bill, when you added everything up, left an estimated $1.5 trillion of tax cuts unpaid.
But the Big Budget Bomb exists in a class by itself. Even a naive analysis, one that buys into some very obvious Republican budget tricks, finds that this bill cuts taxes and raises spending by $4 trillion over 10 years — but only pays for about $1.7 trillion of that.
Once you add interest on all that new debt — and we’re paying really high interest rates on that nowadays — the Big Budget Bomb puts more than $3 trillion on the national credit card over the next decade.
But let’s not fall for dumb budget tricks. The bill is full of tax cuts the Republicans have slapped expiration dates on. The way it’s written right now, it wipes out taxes on overtime, tips and car loans, but only for four years. That will all expire in 2028. But we know they have no intention of allowing those tax cuts to expire. They want to run in 2028 on the fear that Democrats will let them expire.
Republicans use this trick a lot. If you look back at those 2017 tax cuts from Trump’s first term, they used the same gimmick. And in this very bill, Republicans are canceling all those expiration dates.
I’d used the old “Fool me once” line, but I wasn’t fooled on this last time, and I’m not going to pretend to be fooled on it this time. But I do think it’s at least a little bit funny that the Republicans want budgetary credit for using that expiring tax-cut trick in the very same bill in which they’re also deleting their last set of expiration dates. One thing you’ll never hear me say about Trump’s Republican Party is that it lacks chutzpah.
According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget — Washington’s saddest advocacy group — if you take seriously the permanence that the Republicans are actually seeking, the Big Budget Bomb will add about $5 trillion to the debt over the next decade. That is an insane number.
Do you remember when Trump promised to balance the budget?
That happened in March. So, here I’ve been talking about what the bill does to the budget. But there’s this other question, too — maybe the more important one: What is it trying to accomplish?
Five trillion dollars is a lot of debt, but if it would lead us to invent commercialized nuclear fusion or perfect a drug that would double our healthy life span, then fine. It’s worth it.
But here’s what this bill does in the real world: It cuts taxes mostly for richer people. It cuts Medicaid and food stamps. Republicans are also allowing some Obamacare
subsidies to expire. And so the estimate is that between all this, 13 million people will lose health insurance.
It’s also grimly exact. The bill has $1.1 trillion in tax cuts for people who make more than $500,000 a year. And it has $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. It is a straight transfer from people who cannot afford food and medical care to people who can afford to fly first class.
The bill also guts the tax credits that support the wind, solar, electric vehicle and nuclear power industries. China will be thrilled by that.
So when you think about this bill, you should think about risk. This is a bill that increases our risk of a fiscal crisis. What if all these other countries we’re alienating and all these investors we’re scaring stop buying our debt — even as we are creating trillions more in debt we need them to buy?
This bill increases the risk any of us face if we can’t afford health care or food for our families. It guts the safety net that millions of us would have relied on for help if Trump’s tariffs were to cause a recession. It pumps tens of billions of dollars into Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities and deportation capacity, so it raises risks faced by immigrants — or anyone else — caught up in the administration’s mass deportation and detention operations.
I’ve been a policy journalist for more than 20 years. I’ve covered more bills than I can count. I cannot remember a more cruel or irresponsible piece of domestic legislation that has been seriously proposed.
And its sins are compounded by its size. If the Republicans’ Big Budget Bomb goes off, we are all in the blast radius.
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El Centro Salud Justicia de Puerto Rico (CSJPR), en colaboración con el Colegio de Profesionales de Enfermería (CPEPR), entregó uniformes con un código QR a profesionales de enfermería del Hospital Ryder de Humacao, iniciativa que forma parte de la campaña educativa “Con-Tacto: Profesionales de la Salud”. “Estos uniformes incorporan una herramienta esencial que permite acceder rápidamente a información clave, guías clínicas y a nuestra microaplicación saludjusticia.com, un recurso vital para la identificación y canalización de estos casos”, explicó la doctora Linda Laras, directora del CSJPR.
Por su parte, Marisel Delgado Ramos, presidenta del CPEPR, subrayó que las enfermeras son las primeras en identificar señales de alerta y reiteró que estos uniformes llevan un mensaje claro de cero tolerancia a la violencia sexual.
La directora médica del hospital, doctora Deana Hallman, reafirmó la importancia de fortalecer la capacitación y el compromiso del personal en la atención a víctimas de violencia sexual.
La campaña también contempla materiales educativos, un conversatorio digital y la microaplicación con geolocalización de hospitales. Para más información, visite www.saludjusticia.com o comuníquese al 787-337-3737.
SIM Palooza Fest regresa a Barranquitas y Corozal con servicios de salud y música
La presidenta de Salud Integral en la Montaña, la doctora Gloria del C. Amador Fernández, anunció el lunes que el SIM Palooza Fest regresa este mes con servicios de salud gratuitos y entretenimiento musical en Barranquitas y Corozal.
“El SIM Palooza Fest se llevará a cabo de 12:00 del mediodía a 6:00 de la tarde el sábado, 7 de junio en el Pabellón de las Artes y la Juventud en Barranquitas y el sábado, 28 de junio en la Plaza Pública Franklin Delano Roosevelt en Corozal”, indicó Amador Fernández en declaraciones escritas.
El doctor Francisco Beltrán Morales, vicepresidente y principal oficial
médico de SIM, explicó que en ambas ferias ofrecerán clínicas de salud, vacunación contra el COVID-19 e influenza, cernimientos y entrega de naloxona, entre otros servicios, para reforzar la prevención y control de enfermedades.
La licenciada Carmen B. Fuentes Albino, presidenta de la Junta de Directores de SIM, subrayó que el evento forma parte de la celebración de los 50 años de la institución y busca unir a la comunidad en un ambiente de salud y alegría.
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Then and now, it’s a thrill to star alongside Stitch
By SARAH BAHR
When Maia Kealoha learned that she was going to play Lilo in Disney’s live-action remake of “Lilo & Stitch,” she sobbed big, fat, happy tears.
“That might be the first time I was quiet in my whole entire life,” she said of the video call with the film’s director, Dean Fleischer Camp, in 2023, when he asked her to be his Lilo.
Kealoha, 8, is a big fan of the original animated film from 2002 about a destructive but adorable alien experiment named Stitch who crash-lands in Hawaii and befriends a young girl named Lilo.
The film, which earned more than $273 million (or $484 million when adjusted for inflation) at the global box office, was one of the first Disney animated movies to be driven by a nonromantic storyline. It also won praise for its strong female characters and nuanced depictions of Hawaii.
“I’ve seen it 1,000 times,” Kealoha, who was born and raised on Hawaii’s Big Island, said in a recent video call. “It’s so good.”
Stitch, unsurprisingly, is her favorite character. The rambunctious blue troublemaker also reminds her of someone she knows: Her 1-year-old brother, Micah Kealoha.
“I relate to Nani sometimes when I have to take the blame for my brother, or just protect him,” she said, referring to the adult older sister who becomes Lilo’s legal guardian after their parents’ deaths. “And sometimes I have to teach him some lessons and how to be good.”
The film was Kealoha’s first time acting onscreen, but for several of her castmates, it was a return to a franchise that has come to encompass three direct-to-video sequels, three television series and a number of theme park rides, as well as oodles upon oodles of Stitch merch.
Among them: Chris Sanders, a director and writer of the original animated film who created Stitch and has voiced him in almost every Disney production to date, and Tia Carrere, who played Nani originally and now returns as a social worker, Mrs. Kekoa, who checks up on Lilo.
“It’s really gratifying to see the amount of excitement surrounding its release,” said Sanders, who recently directed “The Wild Robot” (2024). “The greatest hope was for him to be a character that endures. That’s
something you can’t engineer — whether it happens or not is up to the zeitgeist. So the way it has connected is so exciting.”
It’s particularly poignant to Sanders that it is Stitch, of all the characters from his films, who has proved to have such a lasting presence.
“For him to be this massive in the Disney universe, I’m really proud of, because he’s me,” he said of the lovable misfit and menace. “It’s not a big leap when I write him.”
Carrere was, at 58, too old to play Nani in the live-action adaptation. But the role was a career highlight for her. “It was so important for me to be able to represent Hawaii,” Carrere, who is from Honolulu, said on a recent video call. So she knew she had to be a part of the reboot in any way possible.
She asked about portraying a new character — a supportive neighbor, Tutu, who becomes a surrogate grandmother to Nani and Lilo — but the filmmakers wanted someone a little older (the role eventually went to 72-year-old Amy Hill, who voiced the kindly old fruit vendor, Mrs. Hasagawa, in the animated version).
But they came back with a better offer: Would she like to play Mrs. Kekoa, the now friendly and helpful social worker who takes the place of the intimidating Cobra Bubbles character from the animated film?
“It was perfect, because instead of pla-
ying Nani, I’m playing Nani’s mentor all these years later,” she said.
Though she originally related to Nani, she now also feels for the social worker: In the live-action version, the character was reenvisioned, at Carrere’s suggestion, to be a product of the system herself, more interested in helping Nani navigate it than in taking Lilo from her.
“Back then I was younger, I didn’t have a kid — I was a little all over the place, a little more Nani-like,” said Carrere, who has younger sisters in addition to an adult daughter. “Now it’s interesting to have the parallel as a woman being more in that mentoring role with younger actresses that I work with.”
In the new film, the backstory for Nani (Sydney Agudong) has been expanded: Now, she is a former star student and athlete who had to put her dreams of becoming a marine biologist on hold to take care of Lilo.
Agudong, 24, who is from Kauai, Hawaii, grew up a big fan of the original film, which she watched for the first time when she was 1. She initially had a case of impostor syndrome, unsure how much to draw on Carrere’s portrayal, and how much to put her own stamp on the character. A video call with Carrere shortly after she booked the role, she said, helped guide her.
“She said, ‘You got the role because they saw something in you, and you trus-
ted your instincts, so you need to trust that, and you need to have fun with it,” Agudong recalled, adding that Carrere reminded her that she, too, was a big sister (to actress Siena Agudong) and hailed from Hawaii. “‘You need to own that,’” Agudong said Carrere told her.
The younger actress realized, “She was right, and it gave me a lot of freedom in my artistic expression and in my own identity.”
Nani’s determination in the face of obstacles was relatable in the original, but in the new film, her personal sacrifices are an even greater point of emphasis.
Agudong said she conceived of Nani as a young woman whose thoughts frequently get “stuck in her throat.” She added, “You could see that she was struggling and kicking her feet under the water like a swan, but then still trying to look as graceful as possible, because she has to stick a smile on her face to be able to keep her sister around.”
In addition to a few new characters and the absence of the original big bad, the whale-like Stitch hunter Captain Gantu, there were other changes for the live-action movie. For one, how those who acted alongside the now-CGI-generated Stitch worked. In live shots with the actors, the mischievous blue alien was represented by a tennis ball, a person in a gray suit or a lifelike Stitch puppet, Kealoha said. That must have been a bit of a challenging scene partner, right?
“It was actually easy to imagine that Stitch was there because everyone says I have an endless imagination,” Kealoha said, grinning.
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Kealoha, 8, is a big fan of the original animated film from 2002 about a destructive but adorable alien experiment named Stitch who crash-lands in Hawaii and befriends a young girl named Lilo.
How to save time and money at the airport
By ELAINE GLUSAC
From long lines to overpriced food and scarce seating, airports are rife with pitfalls.
For some people, said Katy Nastro, a travel expert at Going, an app for cheap flights, “airports are like travel purgatory: You’re neither here nor there.”
But technology, advance planning and a few creative strategies can help you parry airport problems.
Calculate Your Transit Time
Your airport journey can begin as early as 24 hours before departure, when you should check in, pay checked bags fees, which will expedite bag drop, and sign up for flight notifications by text to keep up with scheduling.
Next, determine when you should leave for the airport. The rule of thumb is to arrive two hours before departure for domestic flights (three for international), allowing yourself plenty of time to check bags, get through security (especially if you don’t have expedited clearance) and board.
“The biggest challenge with airports is the variability in how long it may take to get there, and to get from curb to gate,” said Gary Leff, the author of the aviation blog View from the Wing.
Use a map app to get a sense of travel time to the airport a week or a few days before departure. Airline websites commonly include security wait times.
If you’re checking a bag, you may need to do so no less than 45 minutes before domestic departures (check your carrier for cutoff times). Add this to your transit time, along with a comfortable cushion.
Expedite Security Clearance
The quickest way through security is to sign up for expedited clearance.
Technology, planning and creative strategies can help you get around the most common airport pitfalls. (Weston Wei/ The New York Times)
Travelers enrolled in TSA PreCheck usually wait 10 minutes or less at security, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Membership, which costs between $76.75 and $85, depending on the enrollment provider, is good for five years.
Global Entry, which speeds travelers through customs screening when they return to the United States, includes enrollment in TSA PreCheck. It costs $120 and is good for five years.
CLEAR allows members to use its lanes in 59 airports around the country to get to the front of the security lines ($199 a year).
Fly Standby on an Earlier Flight
If you do breeze through traffic and security, try to fly standby on an earlier flight, recommends Brian Sumers, who writes the newsletter The Airline Observer.
“Since the pandemic, free standby is back,” Sumers said, noting that even Southwest Airlines, which previously prohibited the practice, offers standby if space is available.
Bring Your Own Food
Airports are notorious for inflated food prices. A sandwich that might cost $5 at a grocery store can easily run twice that at the airport.
So bring your own meals and snacks. Just make sure they can clear security (for instance, yogurt is considered a liquid, and containers over 3 ounces can be confiscated). Also, bring an empty water bottle to refill after clearing security.
If you can’t BYO, Harriet Baskas, a Seattle-based author who writes the travel blog Stuck at the Airport, recommends browsing food courts and ordering appetizers or kid-size portions to keep costs down.
Pack Your Electrical Needs
Many airports have vastly expanded the availability of electrical outlets to charge devices. But nabbing one can be
competitive, and sometimes the outlets don’t work.
“I’ve merrily worked away while believing my laptop or phone was charging only to discover that the entire bank of powered chairs was unplugged,” Baskas said. “I’ve learned to check first before settling in.”
She recommends taking a multi-outlet cord so you can share a plug with other travelers.
Get around the issue with your own external battery. George Hobica, who founded the flight search engine Airfarewatchdog, takes one powerful enough to charge several devices at once.
Get Some Exercise
Use wait time to stretch your legs. Exercise delivers both physical and mental benefits, and long airport concourses offer convenient walking tracks.
Colleen Lanin, who writes the travel blog Colleen Travels Between and has been covering family travel for 16 years, suggests tiring the kids out with exercise before boarding.
“When my children were young, I paid them a small amount of money for each lap they ran around our backyard before we headed out, and they could spend their earnings on an item at the airport gift shop,” she said.
During layovers, she encourages parents to find a quiet area and play a game of Red Light Green Light or Simon Says. Wait at an Uncrowded Gate
As long as you are monitoring the flight boarding call on an app, there’s no reason to be at a crowded gate where seats are scarce. Find a convenient unoccupied gate and wait there.
Use
Airport Resources
Airport websites will help you find yoga rooms (San Francisco), art exhibits (Philadelphia), live music schedules (AustinBergstrom), outdoor terraces (Denver) or a butterfly garden (Singapore Changi).
Or ask an airport employee for recommendations.
“The folks at the information booths are usually happy to share favorite spots, and you don’t need to be a kid to ask them for crayons and a coloring book or a collectible airport trading card,” said Baskas.
Be Your Own Rebooking Agent
When a flight is delayed or canceled, passengers inevitably start lining up to talk to the gate agent. But log in while you’re waiting. With the airline’s app, you can usually get information more efficiently.
“Typically, customers will have the same access to seats on the app as agents at the desk can see,” Sumers said.
With storms or cascading delays, seat availability can be fluid.
“If you’re vigilant on the app, you may find seats that weren’t available just one minute before,” Sumers added.
Have an Escape Plan
You may not be able to escape an airport, especially during a delay, but you can treat yourself to a break.
Baskas keeps $30 in her wallet to buy a treat like a special dessert or a hardcover book.
“That makes me feel better at the moment and won’t show up on the credit card bill later to remind me of a stressful time,” she said.
The CDC now says healthy kids don’t need COVID shots. Is that true?
By DANI BLUM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer advise that healthy children receive routine COVID-19 shots, a significant departure from its previous approach of suggesting annual shots for everyone age 6 months and older.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the change on the social platform X on Tuesday, citing a lack of data to support vaccines for healthy children. The move echoes his long-standing skepticism about the need to vaccinate children against the virus. Kennedy, who as health secretary oversees the CDC, has repeatedly said that children are at almost no risk from COVID.
It’s true that for many children, a case of COVID will be inconsequential. They might have a runny nose, a cough or other mild symptoms, if any at all, and bounce back within a few days. But some children do become seriously ill and, in rare cases, die from their infections. And data shows that more than 1 million U.S. children have developed long COVID.
That discrepancy is at the root of a continuing debate among medical researchers about just how much of a risk COVID poses to children, and whether they should receive annual vaccines against it.
Children might not benefit as much as adults would from a yearly shot because their immune systems can remember vaccinations for much longer, said Dr. Michael Mina, a former professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who has extensively studied COVID. Another argument against annual shots is that most children in the United States now have some degree of protection from previous infections or vaccinations.
Those in favor of annual vaccines for children stress that protection from vaccines or infections wanes over time, especially as new variants emerge, so they can benefit from another dose. And emerging evidence shows that vaccination may protect against long COVID — although that is far from settled science.
“We know that COVID’s still out there. We can prevent it, and the vaccine has got no appreciable side effects,” said Dr. Chris Forrest, a professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “So I think it’s a totally positive value proposition.”
This added protection may be especially important for children with underlying conditions, and for those who live with relatives who are older or at high risk of severe illness. Ultimately, doctors said, the question comes down to how families make sense of the risk to their children. Here’s what the data shows.
How mild is COVID usually for children?
It is difficult to get good data on what share of pediatric cases are mild, but doctors say that most children develop few symptoms.
Some of the best information on children we have is from 2020, before children had built up widespread immunity from vaccination or infections. A review of studies from that year found that around 4% of children with COVID worldwide de-
veloped severe symptoms, which can include difficulty breathing, high fever and chest pain.
How likely is it that children will be hospitalized with or die from COVID?
Children who have COVID are generally at a low risk for hospitalization. About 234,000 children in the United States were hospitalized with infections between September 2020 and April 2024. Though the virus has led to milder disease over time, children and teenagers still accounted for about 4% of hospitalizations related to COVID between October 2024 and March 2025.
The risk is higher for babies younger than 6 months. From October 2022 to April 2024, young infants were more likely to be hospitalized than any other age group apart from adults 75 and older.
Pediatric COVID deaths are very rare.
Are only children with underlying health conditions falling seriously ill?
In an April appearance on Fox News, Kennedy said that some children with “very profound morbidities may have a slight risk” from COVID but that “most kids don’t.”
But CDC data from July 2023 to March 2024 found that half of children who were hospitalized because of COVID had no underlying medical conditions.
It is true that underlying health conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart disease and chronic lung diseases raise the risk of hospitalization. Children with these and other conditions will still be able to be vaccinated.
But the increase in risk isn’t small. Research has shown that young people with at least one underlying condition are 28% more likely than those with no underlying conditions to end up in critical care with COVID, and are 125% more likely
to die from it. The more underlying conditions a child has, the greater the risk.
A review of data on 183 pediatric COVID deaths from 2020 to 2022 found that 32% of children who died did not have another medical condition.
Does vaccinating pregnant women protect infants?
Kennedy also announced Tuesday that the CDC will no longer recommend that healthy pregnant women be vaccinated against COVID. Pregnant women are at a far higher risk of severe disease from COVID.
Vaccinating pregnant women also reduces the risk that their infants will be hospitalized from COVID. Babies under 6 months are at higher risk of hospitalization from the disease, in part because their immune systems are so fragile, and they are not able to be vaccinated.
What about the risk of myocarditis?
Kennedy has claimed that COVID vaccines have “huge associations” with types of heart inflammation, called myocarditis or pericarditis. The shots have been linked to this issue in rare cases, particularly among adolescent boys. Most instances of myocarditis associated with vaccines have been mild. One analysis of nearly 4 million people who received booster shots found 28 instances of probable or confirmed myocarditis, all of which resolved quickly.
COVID-19 vaccines note the minor risk of heart inflammation to young men on their warning labels. Last month, the FDA told Pfizer and Moderna to broaden that warning to include boys and men between the ages 16 and 25, citing data that showed about 38 cases of heart inflammation per million doses among this age group.
Research has consistently shown that the virus itself is far more likely to cause this inflammation. One review found that the risk of myocarditis after infection was more than seven times greater than the risk after vaccination.
What’s the risk of long COVID?
Estimates of long COVID among children vary widely. But even at the lower end, studies show that around 1% of children in the United States, or roughly 1 million children, have ever had long COVID, broadly defined as symptoms that persist or emerge at least three months after an infection. These include many children who had mild or asymptomatic infections.
The condition commonly causes children to experience fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, and trouble concentrating and sleeping.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer advise that healthy children receive routine Covid shots, a significant departure from its previous approach of suggesting annual shots for everyone age 6 months and older. (Vartika Sharma/The New York Times)
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Demandante Vs. MARIE CARMEN AGENJO AVILES
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2023CV03314. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE
DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 23 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar número 23 de la manzana HH según plano de inscripción del proyecto de solares denominado Extensión Jardines de Palmarejo, radicado en el barrio San Isidro del término municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Dicho solar tiene un área de 286.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con solar número 22 en una distancia de 23.00 metros; por el SUR, con solar número 24 en una distancia de 22.00 metros; por el ESTE, con solares números 28 y 27 en una distancia de 13.00 metros; y por el OESTE,
con calle número 29, distancia de 13.00 metros. Enclava sobre el descrito solar una estructura destinada a vivienda la cual se describe como sigue: Casa de asbesto cemento y aluminio con piso de hormigón armado, techo de asbesto cemento de una sola planta, con un área de piso de 672 pies cuadrados. Tiene sala, comedor, cocina, tres dormitorios, cuarto sanitario y portal.” Finca número 12,502, inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 278 de Canóvanas, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La hipoteca antes descrita consta inscrita al folio vto. 176 del tomo 278 de Canóvanas, finca número 12,502, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III, inscripción 5ª. Propiedad localizada en: JARDINES DE PALMEREJO, HH-23 CALLE 29, CANOVANAS, PR 00729. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $71,668.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 30 DE JUNIO DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $47,778.67, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $35,834.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en
mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 8 DE JULIO DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $53,995.66 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $7,413.09 en intereses acumulados al 30 de septiembre de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 7.50% anual hasta su total y completo pago; más la sumas de $231.92 de “escrow advances”; $386.16 en cargos por demora; $2,140.29 en adelantos; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $7,166.80, para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, los recargos pactados desde la fecha antes indicada, acumulándose mensualmente, y todas estas sumas son líquidas y exigibles. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta.
Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy 28 de abril de 2025. JOSÉ R. CRISTÓBAL, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. HÉCTOR L. PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ, ALGUACIL PLACA #282.
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Parte Demandante Vs. EDUARDO ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ RODRIGUEZ
T/C/C EDUARDO A. RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ Y ADONICA HERNANDEZ STERLING T/C/C ADONICA X. HERNANDEZ STERLING
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV02400. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: EDUARDO ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ T/C/C EDUARDO A. RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ.
Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda de cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca en su contra. Se les notifica que deberán 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.poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de San Juan y enviando copia a la parte demandante: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155
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Se les apercibe y notifica que si no contestan la demanda radicada en sus contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citárseles, ni oírseles. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, a hoy 21 de mayo de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUZ ENID FERNÁNDEZ DEL VALLE, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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Demandante Vs. OSCAR MORALES PEREZ Y DAVID NIEVES ORTIZ
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AR2025CV00285. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: OSCAR MORALES PÉREZ Y DAVID NIEVES
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POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera del hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer
acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970 TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155 E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 21 de mayo de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BRENDA LIZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Demandante V. JOSE RADAMES VELEZ TORRES POR SI Y COMO COMPONENTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES CON JANNETTE GAUD COLON Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PO2024CV02944. (Salón: 406 - CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM. A: JOSE RADAMES VELEZ TORRES, SU ESPOSA JANNETTE GAUD COLON Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de mayo 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 27 de mayo de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 27 de mayo de 2025. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante Vs. DIANELIS PADILLA FIGUEROA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: ECD2010-0224. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 16 de abril de 2025, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 25 de octubre de 2010, notificada el 13 de diciembre de 2010, procederé a vender el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior
de Caguas, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Apartamento número “A” raya cuatro (A-4) de forma irregular localizado en el edificio en el segundo piso del Edificio “A” del Condominio La Línea, localizado en el Barrio Rincón del término municipal de Cidra, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de ciento dieciséis punto noventa y ocho metros cuadrados (116.98 m.c.), equivalentes a mil doscientos cincuenta y ocho punto quince pies cuadrados (1,258.15 p.c.). En lindes por el NORTE, distancia de once punto treinta y siete metros (11.37 mt.), con espacio abierto de uso común; por el SUR, distancia de once punto treinta y siete metros (11.37 mt.), con pared medianera que lo separa del apartamento número A raya cuatro (A-4); por el ESTE, distancia de ocho punto noventa y tres metros (8.93 mt.), con espacio abierto de uso común; y por el OESTE, distancia de trece punto dieciocho metros (13.18 mt.), con espacio abierto de uso común. Consta de sala, comedor, cocina, tres (3) dormitorios, un (1) baño, lavandería, terraza y tres (3) roperos o “closet”. Su puerta de acceso está localizada en el lindero Oeste, entrando por la terraza. La misma da hacia la escalera desde donde tiene acceso a las áreas comunes que dan al estacionamiento. Este apartamento tiene una participación de once punto sesenta por ciento (11.60%) en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio. A este apartamento le corresponde el estacionamiento marcado como “A” raya cuatro (A-4). Inscrita al Tomo Karibe de Cidra, Registro Inmobiliario Digital del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Sección Segunda (II) de Caguas, Finca Número 22,017. Dirección Física: Cond. La Linea, Apt. A-4, Cidra, PR 00739. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $54,916.28 más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones, según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $55,500.00. De no haber adjudicación en la
do como tipo mínimo para dicha segunda subasta, una suma equivalente a las dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de TREINTA Y NUEVE MIL NOVECIENTOS SETENTA Y NUEVE DÓLARES CON TREINTA Y TRES CENTAVOS ($39,979.33) para la finca antes descrita. De no producirse remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta del antedicho inmueble, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes mencionado, el día 16 DE JULIO DE 2025 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA., sirviendo como tipo mínimo para dicha tercera subasta, una suma equivalente a la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de VEINTINUEVE MIL NOVECIENTOS OCHENTA CUATRO DÓLARES CON CINCUENTA CENTAVOS ($29,984.50) para la finca antes descrita. En testimonio de lo cual, expido el presente aviso, el cual firmo y sello, hoy 15 de mayo de 2025, en Caguas, Puerto Rico. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL
AUXILIAR, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE CAGUAS.
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ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1
Demandante Vs. SUCESION RAFAEL
VELAZQUEZ ALICEA T/C/C RAFAEL
VELAZQUEZ
COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION BIENVENIDA
VEGUILLA COLON T/C/C BIENVENIDA VEGUILLA T/C/C BIENVENIDA
VEGUILLAS COLON
COMPUESTA POR
VICTOR VEGUILLA COLON, ELISA VEGUILLA COLON, WILLIAM VEGUILLA COLON; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2025CV00538.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HI-
POTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: VICTOR VEGUILLA COLON, WILLIAM VEGUILLA COLON; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION BIENVENIDA VEGUILLA COLON T/C/C BIENVENIDA VEGUILLA T/C/C BIENVENIDA VEGUILLAS COLON; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION RAFAEL VELAZQUEZ ALICEA T/C/C RAFAEL VELAZQUEZ.
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. 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: http://unired. ramajudicial.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. Greenspoon Marder, LLP
Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de mayo de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CIDRA
B. FERNÁNDEZ & HNOS., INC.
Demandante V. DVR LLC, POR SÍ Y H/N/C ECOMAXX BARRIO PUENTE; Y/O H/N/C ECOMAXX ARECIBO
Demandada
Civil Núm.: CD2025CV00111. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. EDICTO. A: DVR LLC, P/C DE SU AGENTE RESIDENTE, DARÍO RODRÍGUEZBB19 CALLE INVIERNO, URB. HACIENDA
PRIMAVERA, CIDRA, PR 00739; 49 HACIENDA PRIMAVERA, CIDRA, PR 00739; URB. HACIENDA PRIMAVERA, BB19 CALLE INVIERNO, CIDRA, PR 00739; CARR. 119 KM 5.7, BARRIO PUENTE, CAMUY, PR 00627; CARR. #2 KM 80.6, BO. HATO ABAJO, ARECIBO, PR 00612.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Representa a la parte demandante la Lcda. Maristella Sánchez Rodríguez, Delgado & Fernández, LLC, T-MOBILE CENTER at San Patricio, B7 CALLE TABONUCO SUITE 1000, GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO 00968. Tel. (787) 274-1414. DADO en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 7 de mayo de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SALINAS ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE RUBEN MALAVE
MORALES COMPUESTA POR WANDA MALAVE
SANTOS, RICARDO MALAVE SANTOS, RUBEN MALAVE
SANTOS, SUCESION DE IVETTE MALAVE SANTOS COMPUESTA
POR JOSÉ ESCALERA MALAVE Y KIARA ESCALERA MALAVE, JANE DOE Y JOHN DOE Y LA SUCESION DE ANA RIVERA OFRAY COMPUESTA POR MADELINE DE JESUS RIVERA, VICTOR MADERA RIVERA, MENGANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL; CENTRO DE DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA POR CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISION DE CAUDALES
RELICTOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados
Civil N´m.: GM2024CV00961. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO.
A: SUCESIÓN DE RUBÉN MALAVE MORALES COMPUESTA POR WANDA MALAVE
SANTOS - 102 STILLMAN AVE. BROCKTON MA, 02302; SUCESIÓN DE RUBÉN MALAVE MORALES COMPUESTA POR RICARDO MALAVÉ
SANTOS - 28 SKINNER STREET #1, BROCKTON MA, 02302; SUCESIÓN DE RUBÉN
MALAVE MORALES COMPUESTA POR RUBÉN MALAVÉ SANTOS - 201 SPARK STREET #1, BROCKTON MA, 02302; SUCESIÓN DE IVETTE MALAVÉ SANTOS COMPUESTA POR JOSÉ ESCALERA MALAVÉ Y KIARA ESCALERA MALAVÉ - 28 SKINNER STREET #1, BROCKTON MA, 02302; SUCESION DE ANA RIVERA OFRAY COMPUESTA POR MENGANA DE TAL Y FULANO DE TAL, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE RUBEN MALAVE MORALES COMPUESTA POR JANE DOE Y JOHN DOE, COMO MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de ha-
ber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al ( a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera 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. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Salinas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de abril de 2025.
MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. ELIZABETH RIVERA RIVERA, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. HARISH CHANDER DANG, BINITA GHOSH T/C/C BINITA DANG Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00328. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: HARISH CHANDER DANG, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; BINITA GHOSH T/C/C BINITA DANG, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBAS.
Se les notifica a ustedes que se ha radicado mediante el sistema SUMAC una Demanda por la parte demandante HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. solicitando un Cobro de Dinero. Se les emplaza y se les requiere que notifiquen a la Lcda. Jessica Martínez Birriel, GARRIGA & MARINI LAW OFFICES, C.S.P., P.O. Box 16593, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908-6593, teléfono (787) 275-0655, correo electrónico: jmartbirr@yahoo. com, con copia de su contestación a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Dentro del mismo periodo de treinta (30) días ustedes deberán presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si dejaren de contestar podrá anotarse la rebeldía y dictarse contra ustedes sentencia en rebeldía concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarles ni oírles. Además, se les apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se les advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO
MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, a tenor con la Orden del Tribunal, hoy día 7 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA INTERINA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYANILLA ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. NORBERTO MERCADO ORTIZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: GY2025CV00055.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: NORBERTO MERCADO ORTIZ. POR MEDIO del presente edicto se le notifica de la radicación de una demanda en cobro de dinero por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que usted adeuda a la Parte demandante, Oriental Bank, ciertas sumas de dinero, y las costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado de este litigio. El demandante, Oriental Bank, ha solicitado que se dicte sentencia en contra suya y que se le ordene pagar las cantidades reclamadas en la demanda. POR EL PRESENTE EDICTO se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index/php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El abogado de la parte demandante es: Jaime Ruiz Saldaña, RUA número 11673; Dirección: PO Box 366276, San Juan, PR 00936-6276; Teléfono: (787) 759-6897; Corred electrónico: legal@jrslawpr. com. Se le advierte que dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación del presente edicto, se le estará enviando a usted por correo certificado con acuse de recibo, una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda presentada al lugar de
su última dirección conocida: Urb. Villa Del Carmen, 49 Calle Estrella del Mar, Guayanilla, PR 00656; PO Box 5250, Yauco, PR 00698-5250. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de mayo de 2025. Carmen Tirú Quiñones, Secretaria. Samary Rodríguez Estrada, Sub-Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND Demandante Vs. SUCESION EUGENIO CRUZ LAO T/C/C EUGENIO CRUZ COMPUESTA POR RUBEN CRUZ MARTINEZ, GERARDO J. CRUZ MARTINEZ, CLARIBEL CRUZ MARTINEZ, ADALIZ CRUZ RIVERA, JAVIER EUGENIO CRUZ RIVERA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION ADA LIGIA MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA L. MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA MARTINEZ COMPUESTA POR RUBEN CRUZ MARTINEZ, GERARDO J. CRUZ MARTINEZ, CLARIBEL CRUZ MARTINEZ, ADALIZ CRUZ RIVERA, JAVIER EUGENIO CRUZ RIVERA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2025CV00521. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ADALIZ CRUZ RIVERA, JAVIER EUGENIO CRUZ RIVERA; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION EUGENIO CRUZ LAO T/C/C EUGENIO CRUZ; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION ADA LIGIA MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA L. MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA MARTINEZ.
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. 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: http://unired. ramajudicial.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. El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de los causantes
EUGENIO CRUZ LAO T/C/C
EUGENIO CRUZ Y ADA LIGIA
MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C
ADA L. MARTINEZ SANTIAGO T/C/C ADA MARTINEZ. Se les apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. Greenspoon Marder, LLP
Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com
Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 09 de mayo de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. EREINA AGRONT LEÓN, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. JAVIER E. LOZADA ALBALADEJO
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: GB2024CV00614. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
A: JAVIER E. LOZADA ALBALADEJO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. Alicia Ayala Sanjurjo, Secretaria. María Collazo Febus, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC
COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. CARLOS J. RIVERA LABOY
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TA2024CV00692. (Salón: 500-A). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ
FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: CARLOS J. RIVERA LABOY.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA COLLAZO FEBUS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSBK NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF FINANCE OF STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018 HB1
Demandante V. SUCESIÓN DE PAULA DE JESÚS RUIZ Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: YB2021CV00272. (Salón: 205). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GENEVIEVE LOPEZ STIPESLCDA.GLOPEZ@GMAIL.COM. A: VANESSA ORTIZ DE JESÚS, ABRAHAM ORTIZ DE JESÚS, EDUARDO ORTIZ DE JESÚS, FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRES
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE PAULA DE JESÚS RUIZ T/C/C PAULA DE JESÚS - HC3 BOX 10466, YABUCOA, PR 00767; LOT 2 PR 182
KM 11.0, GUAYABOTA WD, YABUCOA, PR 00767; MARION CORRECTION
INSTITUTION, 3269 NW 105 ST., OCALA, FL 34474; 2010 ROYAL BAY BOULEVARD #114, KISSIMME, FL 34746; 511 MEBBETTE ST., KISSIMME, FL 34741. (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 mayo 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 28 de mayo de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 28 de mayo de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. IVELISSE SERRANO GARCÍA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
Demandante V. ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA G. CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA T/C/C ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA-RAMOS Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CA2024CV03854. (Civil: 409). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PROPIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ILIA CRISTINA RAMÍREZ MARTÍNEZ RAMIREZ@GLSLEGALSERVICES. COM.
A: ROSA GLADYS CÁMARA RAMOS T/C/C
ROSA G. CÁMARA
RAMOS T/C/C ROSA
GLADYS CÁMARA T/C/C
ROSA GLADYS CÁMARARAMOS.
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Parte Demandante Vs. RAFAEL SANTIAGO NUNEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CO2024CV00496. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: RAFAEL SANTIAGO NUNEZ - CALLE SAN JOSE 251 ALTOS, AIBONITO PR 00705; RES LIBORIO ORTIZ EDIF 16 APT 108, AIBONITO PR 00705.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá
presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. 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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en AIBONITO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 2 de abril de 2025. ELIZABETH GONZÁLEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA. MARITZA APONTE RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. HECTOR M. HENRIQUEZ RIVERA
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AÑ2024CV00136. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: HECTOR M. HENRIQUEZ RIVERABO QUEBRADA LARGA CARR 402 KM 2.4 INT, ANASCO PR 00610; RR 03 BOX 9459, AÑASCO PR 00610-9358. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de las treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin mas citarle ni
oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie. bonaparte@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Añasco, Puerto Rico, hoy día 7 de abril de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. LUZ NELDY CHICO ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. SONIA TORRES LOPEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: FL2024CV00059. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SONIA TORRES LOPEZ - HC 3 BOX 3843 FLORIDA PR 00650-9540; 8710 DUNDEE WAY ORLANDO FL 32817-3988; 6450 YUCATAN DR ORLANDO FL 32807-4963.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. 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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731
a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en MANATI, Puerto Rico, hoy día 8 de abril de 2025. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SHEILA RIVERA MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. BRENDA MORALES LOPEZ Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: NJ2024CV00189. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: BRENDA MORALES LOPEZ - BO GUADIANA SEC ALEJANDRO CARR 826 KM 1.6, NARANJITO PR 00719; RR 2 BOX 5654-8, TOA ALTA PR 00719.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. 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 sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Osvaldo L. Rodríguez Fernández cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección notificaciones@ orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 11 de abril de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SAMARY RODRÍGUEZ ESTRADA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Los Angeles made big promises for the Olympics. Can it deliver by 2028?
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JESUS JIMÉNEZ
Los Angeles officials brimmed with confidence a decade ago as they urged the International Olympic Committee to make the city the first in the U.S. to host the Summer Olympics since 1996.
“Follow the sun,” they said in the official bid for the Games in 2015. Los Angeles promised terrific weather, a $1 billion Olympic Village to house athletes, a state-of-the-art transit system that would allow for a car-free Olympics and a ready-to-go network of stadiums and arenas.
But three years before the opening of the 2028 Summer Olympics, those ambitious promises have been scaled back, supplanted by obstacles that are threatening to undercut preparations for an event that would test this city’s wits and resources even in the best of times.
Los Angeles is struggling to recover from the calamitous fires in January, and is girding for a shortage of workers and supplies just as preparations for the Games reach their height. The city government is confronting a projected deficit of nearly $1 billion, and the mayor is facing the threat of a tough reelection campaign.
The Trump administration has been antagonistic to this overwhelmingly Democratic city and state, raising concerns about whether the federal government will come through on all of the $4 billion in funding promised for Olympics security and transportation. Economists fear that a recession may be on the horizon that could, along with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, dampen ticket sales from overseas visitors.
“I assume they are competent enough to pull it off — we have the infrastructure built,” said Joel Kotkin, a fellow in urban studies at Chapman University in Orange County. “But I
can’t for the life of me see why you would want to put your effort there. Given what the city and the region now face, why would you want to put more stress on it?”
The city’s mayor, Karen Bass, and Casey Wasserman, chair of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said they were confident the Games would be a success and a needed boost for the city, as it recovers from the wounds of this past year. “Our goal as an Olympics is to make LA a better city than it was before the Olympics,” Wasserman said.
Still, Bass acknowledged there were reasons for worry: that the fires might divert the attention of city officials from the Olympics; that President Donald Trump might cut off urgently needed funds; that the federal crackdown on immigration, along with the competition for workers, could create a last-minute crunch.
“I think it is appropriate to be concerned,” Bass said in an interview. “It just presents us challenges that we have to overcome. But what I’m often reminded of is the condition of the city in 1984, in ’83, when we were in a very, very serious recession, and the economic outlook was very, very bleak. And we were able to come out of it in a major way.”
The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were widely hailed as a triumph, in no small part because of Peter Ueberroth, the sports executive who was the chair of the Los Angeles Olympics, as well as Tom Bradley, who served as the mayor from 1973 to 1993. Ueberroth was named man of the year by Time magazine based on the success of that Olympics.
From the Super Bowl to the Oscars, Los Angeles has plenty of experience with highprofile spectacles. The city will also host World Cup matches in 2026 and the Super Bowl in 2027. City officials said those would amount to
An airline pilot walks toward Los Angeles International Airport, April 8, 2025. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
a practice run for the monthlong back-to-back Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Summer Games will far exceed those other major events in scope, attendance and duration. The Games will cost close to $7 billion to stage, and are expected to draw more than 10,000 athletes and potentially millions of tourists, all of whom have to be housed, fed and moved to over 40 venues across the vast expanse of the Los Angeles region.
“The Olympics is hosting seven Super Bowls a day for 30 days,” Wasserman said.
The success of 1984 was invoked by Eric M. Garcetti, who was the city’s mayor from 2013 to 2022, as he pitched the Olympics to the world while seeking to reassure many of his constituents that the Games would be a lift for Los Angeles’ economy and global reputation.
But that vision presented by Garcetti and other city officials 10 years ago proved, in many cases, to be more ambitious than the final plan.
The $1 billion Olympic Village, which would have been turned into permanent housing, was abandoned because of its cost; the athletes will instead be housed at dormitories at the University of California, Los Angeles. The volleyball competition will take place at the Alamitos Beach in Long Beach, rather than on the beach at Santa Monica, famous for its pier and Ferris wheel. The Santa Monica city government, facing a projected five-year deficit, backed out.
In their original bid, Los Angeles officials — aware of the city’s reputation for traffic — raised the idea of this being a car-free Olympics. Early plans pledged to have “100% of ticketed spectators travel to competition venues by public transport, walking or cycling.”
Now, Bass and Wasserman have played down the notion of a carless Olympics. “What is meant by that is not that there will be no cars during the Olympics, but that if you want to go to a venue, take public transportation,” Bass said. “It’s going to be too difficult to support a car.”
Some of the transit improvements envisioned a decade ago have not been completed. Monica Rodriguez, a Los Angeles City Council member who traveled to Paris last year for the Olympics and who is a frequent critic of Bass, said the Olympics preparations have been “a little behind.” As an example, she pointed to one unfinished part of the region’s $120 billion rail expansion plan: the East San Fernando Light Rail.
Those transit projects that will be completed, including an electric train, or people mover, on a 2.25-mile track serving Los Angeles International Airport, will meet the Olympic deadline because the original 2024 date of the Games slipped to 2028. (Los Angeles originally bid for the 2024 Games; the IOC, in an unusual dual announcement, gave the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles).
Jules Boykoff, a government and politics professor at Pacific University in Oregon who has written extensively about the Olympics, said that Los Angeles was facing a “triple whammy” as host of these Games: the fires, the budget crisis and the “Trump wild card factor.” Any one of those factors, he said, could complicate preparations for the Olympics.
“Every hour that City Hall staff puts toward the Olympics really doesn’t go toward wildfire recovery,” Boykoff said.
Paul Krekorian, who is overseeing the city’s role in preparing for the Olympics, said the fires would not distract from the city’s efforts. He, too, noted that the nation was mired in the Great Depression leading up to the 1932 Olympics, which Los Angeles also hosted, and a recession before the 1984 Olympics.
“We’re used to having to deal with challenges and succeeding despite that,” Krekorian said.
For Los Angeles officials who are struggling with the city’s own financial problems, a key question is whether Wasserman’s committee will meet its target of raising $7.1 billion in corporate sponsorships, contributions and ticket sales. Should it fall short, the city will be responsible for covering the first $270 million of any gap, with the state — facing its own $12 billion deficit — responsible for the next $270 million.
Wasserman said he had obtained commitments of $5.1 billion from benefactors and corporate sponsors and was confident that the rest of the $7.1 billion would come in ticket sales. Asked about the committee’s fundraising efforts, Bass responded: “We will be ready for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we expect that LA28 will be successful in its fundraising efforts.”
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