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By THE STAR STAFF
The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the Senate held a press conference Monday morning to denounce what they described as a deliberate decision by the administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz to impose a new charge on electricity bills, despite having three alternative options to avoid passing pension costs associated with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority on to consumers.
“Recently, the country was hit with the shocking news that electricity bills would increase by two cents per kilowatt-hour to cover pension payments for retired employees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA),” said Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, the PDP minority leader in the upper chamber. “Through a formal request for information, we asked the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) what alternatives were considered by the energy czar and the governor’s administration to avoid this increase.”
According to the response from the P3A, the proposed increase stems from a requirement in the Fiscal Plan certified by the Financial Oversight and Management Board.
The Popular Democratic Party minority delegation in the island Senate denounced what they described as a deliberate decision by the administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz to impose a new charge on electricity bills, despite having three alternative options to avoid passing pension costs associated with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority on to consumers.
currently being sent but not used for their intended purposes,” she said.
“This charge was not a decision made by the government of Puerto Rico, but rather a fiscal mandate from the board,” Hernández Ortiz said the agency told the PDP.
The minority leader criticized the administration’s stance, saying, “In other words, Governor Jenniffer González’s government chose to shift all responsibility for the increase onto the federal board, blaming it for raising electricity rates to fund PREPA retirees’ pensions.”
The PDP delegation sent a letter to the oversight board on Oct. 30 requesting confirmation on whether the increase originated from the entity. As of Monday, they were still awaiting a response, Hernández Ortiz said.
The P3A’s reply also revealed that the government had other options that would not have resulted in higher electricity bills, he added.
“What we don’t understand is why these alternatives weren’t considered,” the senator said.
Alternate minority leader Marially González Huertas outlined one such option: a 10% reduction in the operational budgets of LUMA Energy, the electric power transmission and distribution system operator and power plant operator Genera PR, redirecting those funds to pension payments.
“This could be done simply by identifying inefficiencies and cost overruns in these companies and cutting funds that are
Sen. Josian Santiago Rivera, chairman of the Senate Municipal Affairs Committee, pointed to another possibility.
“The government itself has acknowledged that PREPA transferred $496 million from its reimbursement accounts to cover LUMA’s operational expenses. If the government were to demand that LUMA repay those funds through monthly installments -up to $25 million per month -- this would strengthen PREPA’s liquidity and allow those funds to support the retirement system.”
Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde presented a third alternative: a shortterm loan to cover pension obligations for fiscal year 2025. She also noted that since pensions are classified as “legacy debt” under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act, commonly known as PROMESA, a judicial restructuring process in federal court could lead to a sustainable agreement that ensures pension payments without burdening consumers.
Former Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago emphasized the significance of the two-cent increase.
“Retiree advocacy groups have been clear: it is not necessary to raise electricity rates to fund pensions. The government must consider other options,” he said.
“Clearly, the government had other alternatives, and we’ve laid them out here,” Hernández Ortiz said. “But they chose the one that hurts our people the most -- passing the cost onto consumers. Today, they owe the country an explanation.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón unveiled the new maritime transportation terminal in Ceiba on Monday. The project, which is 72% complete, will be dedicated to passenger service to the offshore island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, and will feature covered waiting areas and parking for some 500 vehicles.
“This is the answer that the residents of Vieques and Culebra have been waiting for for years,” González Colón said at the site. “It is a terminal exclusively for handling passenger traffic to and from Vieques and Culebra, with waiting areas, restrooms and covered access to the ferries.”
The governor noted that the project began in April of last year, represents an investment of $46.7 million, and is projected to begin operations next summer, once the rear park-
ing area is completed. The building, she said, will have three levels, commercial areas, a resilient design to resist hurricane-force waves, and a four-level parking garage with 367 spaces plus an additional 100.
González Colón said the new terminal is part of a public investment exceeding $200 million and includes the acquisition of new vessels, among them the “Borinqueña,” with a capacity for 393 passengers and cargo, and the multipurpose barge “Cucubano” for transporting supplies and construction materials to the island municipalities.
“We are going to move away from the leasing model to reduce operating expenses and guarantee a safe and predictable service,” the governor said.
Vieques Mayor José “Junito” Corcino Acevedo expressed his gratitude for the project, noting that for years residents had used temporary facilities.
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón noted that the ferry terminal project, which began in April of last year and represents an investment of $46.7 million, is projected to begin operations next summer. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón)
“We finally have a proper terminal for the residents of Vieques, for visitors, and for the residents of Culebra,” he said. “Today we see a modern, comfortable and practical building, not the tent where water leaked
underneath.”
Culebra Mayor Edilberto Romero Llovet emphasized that the modernization of the maritime system will allow the municipality to sustain the increase in tourism and the transport of materials for projects on the island.
“Now, with this new structure and the new vessels, we believe that we are on the right track to continue progressing for the island municipalities of Culebra,” he stated.
The governor said the new boats were built for the open sea conditions between Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra, and that the system achieved a 92% on-time performance rate for departures and arrivals. She added that the vessels are owned by the Puerto Rico government and will be integrated into the operation managed by the private operator HMS under a public-private partnership model.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Municipality of Carolina has taken a significant step forward in its environmental sustainability efforts with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art baler for its Solid Waste Recycling and Packaging Plant. The new equipment, which replaces the aging baler on the plant’s northern line, is now fully integrated into the Carolina Sanitary Landfill System.
Carolina Mayor José Aponte Dalmau announced the investment of $987,797 in the advanced baler, highlighting its role in modernizing the municipality’s waste management infrastructure.
“We are launching a modern baler that enhances our process of classifying, separating, and compacting household waste generated in Carolina,” Aponte said. “This is part of our
commitment to reducing our environmental footprint and improving how we manage the waste we produce.”
Carolina’s waste management system is unique in Puerto Rico, offering free, doorto-door garbage collection followed by a meticulous process of separation, recycling and disposal. Recyclable materials such as aluminum, cardboard, high-grade paper and newspaper are identified and processed separately. Non-recyclable waste is compacted into dense cubes known as “bales” and disposed of in a specially engineered landfill cell.
The landfill cell is designed with environmental safeguards, including soil protection liners, gas extraction systems, and leachate management. Liquid byproducts from waste decomposition are collected and transported twice daily to a water treatment facility oper-
ated by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority. Gaseous byproducts, primarily methane, are captured and safely converted into carbon dioxide and water through a controlled burning process.
“This is what sets us apart,” Aponte emphasized. “We are not a dump. We are a system. Here, all waste is processed before final disposal. We classify, separate, and recycle. What cannot be reused is compacted and disposed of in a cell that meets the highest environmental standards.”
With the new baler, Carolina can now compact up to 2,340 pounds of waste per bale, markedly increasing the system’s efficiency and extending its operational lifespan. The municipality is also the only one in the region using a “bale field” system, which reduces waste volume and maximizes recycling efforts.
“We are proud to be pioneers in the region,”
Aponte added. “This technology not only helps us meet federal and local environmental standards but also allows us to provide a more efficient waste collection service to our residents.”
By THE STAR STAFF
LUMA Energy personnel announced early Monday that the trailer transporting the new transformer for the Sabana Llana electrical substation in Carolina had to be stopped on the Barbosa Avenue exit toward Piñeiro Avenue
in Río Piedras due to problems with the hydraulic system.
The personnel in charge of the transport aimed to complete the repairs later Monday, and it was expected that the movement could resume without further delays on Monday night.
“As part of the coordination efforts, we are working with
the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) and the Puerto Rico Police to minimize the impact on traffic in the area and ensure the safety of all drivers,” LUMA officials said in a press release. “We urge customers traveling this route to exercise caution in the area while we work on the situation.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández held a largescale telephone town hall with Puerto Rico residents to address the ongoing federal government shutdown, bipartisan efforts in Congress to end it, and the urgent need to protect essential programs such as SNAP, WIC and veterans’ benefits. The event connected 14,416 constituents across the island, with an additional 2,200 viewers tuning in via Facebook Live -- a clear sign of growing public concern over the shutdown’s effects on daily life.
“After 40 days of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, I heard directly from the people,” Hernández Rivera said. “Mothers worried about losing access to SNAP and WIC, teachers and Head Start directors unsure if they can keep classrooms open, and students who rely on Pell Grants to continue their education.”
“These testimonies are a powerful reminder that we cannot normalize government shutdowns,” he added. “Behind every statistic are families who feel the impact every single day. As
the Senate moves toward a bipartisan agreement to reopen the government, I will keep fighting to ensure Puerto Rico is included in every measure and that our programs do not stop.”
During the call, Hernández Rivera provided updates on bipartisan negotiations in the U.S. Senate aimed at restoring government operations and maintaining essential services. He emphasized that the proposal remains under discussion and must be approved by both chambers of Congress.
Hernández Rivera also highlighted his legislative efforts, including the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act, which he helped shape to explicitly include Puerto Rico’s Nutritional Assistance Program, known locally as PAN by its acronym in Spanish, in both the House and Senate versions. The measure would safeguard food assistance for more than 1.2 million island residents during any federal shutdown.
Additionally, he co-sponsored the Pay Our Troops Act, which ensures continued pay for members of the Armed Forces and National Guard while the government remains closed.
Attendance at the town hall more than doubled compared to the first session held on Oct. 16, reflecting the growing anxiety
among U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico as the shutdown stretches past the 40-day mark.
“The people of Puerto Rico are paying attention, and they deserve answers,” Hernández Rivera said.
By THE STAR STAFF
Acyclist was seriously injured after being struck by a motorcycle in an accident that occurred at 4:30 a.m. on Monday on Highway PR-2, kilometer 51.5, in the jurisdiction of Manatí.
According to the police, the motorcyclist was identified as Efraín Román Canales, 42, a resident of Barceloneta, who was driving a white Suzuki Hayabusa 1300 motorcycle without a valid license or the required endorsement to operate that type of vehicle.
The police detailed that, while Román
Canales was traveling from Barceloneta toward Manatí, he struck the cyclist, who was traveling in the same direction. The man, still unidentified, fell to the pavement and was transported to Manatí Medical Center, where his condition was described as critical.
The motorcycle driver also fell to the
pavement and sustained minor injuries. A breathalyzer test was administered, which came back negative at 0.00%.
The case was referred to Prosecutor Carmen Santiago, who ordered the motorcycle impounded for inspection. An investigation was underway.
By THE STAR STAFF
Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes, along with school commissioner Danaliz Dávila Fuentes and Frankie López, aka “Hambo,” a well-known radio personality, welcomed Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés to visit the three stations
of the “Edu Gaming Loíza” project in the northeastern coastal municipality on Monday.
There they observed the growth and active participation of young people in the innovative educational initiative.
During the visit, all children and young people in the municipality were encouraged to register and take advantage of the last opportunities to be part of this unique experience.
“Edu Gaming Loíza offers a space where education meets technology, entertainment, and esports,” Nazario Fuentes said. “Participants between the ages of 10 and 18 will be able to learn more about the discipline of esports, learn about digital content production and creation, and above all, have fun while acquiring new skills.”
The project is part of the municipal initiative “Loíza Has Value,” a community project that seeks to promote values and healthy coexistence through seven activities, including banners with 15 key values, workshops for children, and the creation of peace spaces in schools.
“The goal is to strengthen values in the community, such as peace, unity, and solidarity, promoting healthy coexistence,” the mayor noted. “We offer game workshops for children that combine education and technology (EduGaming) to reinforce values in students.”
Joel Osorio Chiclana, the president of the Municipal Legislature, said “we in the legislative body gave our approval and also promoted this well-thought-out and structured project.”
“Likewise, it promotes the development of spaces for reflection in schools, in addition to the community impact to reinforce messages of peace and non-violence, door-to-door, for approximately 13,000 families,” he said. “In May 2026, there will be a large-scale event to reinforce the initiative.”
The mayor added that Edu Gaming Loíza will continue on two additional dates, both Saturdays, Nov. 15 and 22. Registration is free for Loíza students and is done online through the link https:// edugamingpr.com.
Nazario Fuentes, an educator by profession with a doctoral degree in professional counseling, stated that “it is through quality education that we will achieve the progress of new generations.”
The Municipality of Loíza’s commitment to public education transcends fiscal challenges, the mayor emphasized.
“In September 2021, we inaugurated the municipality’s first bilingual school, the Alianza Cacica Yuíza Public School, which serves kindergarten through third grade,” the mayor said. “It was four years after Hurricane Maria that we launched this project, which we continue to work on with great care and attention, investing in the future of our children.”
By ASHLEY AHN, MICHAEL GOLD and CATIE EDMONDSON
The end to the longest U.S. government shutdown ever was in sight Monday, the day after eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks and provided the votes to advance a plan to fund most federal agencies through January.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the majority leader, urged his colleagues not to “pointlessly” drag out the process after a 60-40 vote late Sunday that exposed a rift among Democrats but cleared the way for the Senate to move toward a final vote in the coming days.
“People have suffered for long enough,” he said on the Senate floor. He was pressing to secure the agreement that would be needed from all 100 senators to move forward before the end of the day.
Even if that were to happen, the government would be unlikely to reopen before Wednesday. The package must pass the Senate and then go to the House for its approval before being signed by President Donald Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he would give his members, who have been on an extended recess and have not held a vote since Sept. 19, 36 hours to return to Washington after
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday morning, Nov. 10, 2025. “You need to begin right now in returning to the Hill,” Johnson said in remarks directed to members of the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)
Senate approval. They should begin the process of returning to Capitol Hill “right now,” he said.
The plan did not include Democrats’ central demand, the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are slated to expire at the end of the year, drawing an angry backlash from many in the party.
Even so, the votes Sunday by the eight members of their caucus suggested there was enough support to end the gridlock that has
shuttered the government for weeks, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, millions of Americans at risk of losing food assistance and millions more facing air-travel disruptions.
The compromise measure includes a spending package that would fund the government through January, as well as three separate spending bills to cover programs related to agriculture, military construction and legislative agencies for most of 2026. The package also includes a provision that would reverse layoffs of federal workers made during the shutdown and ensure retroactive pay for those who have been furloughed.
Here’s what else to know:
— Democrats bitterly divided: Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, opposed the package. Several top Democrats in the House, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader, said they would not back the deal, although they would have no chance of defeating it if Republicans in that chamber hold together. The senators who voted with the Republicans could afford to take a political hit: Two are retiring, and others are not facing reelection next year.
— Health insurance subsidies: Moderate and progressive Democrats alike expressed
anger that their colleagues had backed down from the party’s demand for an extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies that are slated to expire at the end of the year. Democrats had for weeks called on Republicans to agree to permanently extend the subsidies in exchange for their votes to reopen the government. Schumer scaled back that demand Friday by proposing an extension of the health tax credits for a year, but Republicans immediately rejected the idea. Thune instead promised to allow a vote in December on extending the expiring health insurance tax credits, but that measure faces long odds in the Republican-led Congress. — Travel disruptions: Airlines braced for further chaos this week, despite the progress in the Senate. More than 1,400 flights were canceled Monday, more than 5.5% of scheduled trips. The reductions are expected to rise to 6% on Tuesday, 8% on Thursday and 10% on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said the cuts were needed to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers, who have been working without pay for more than a month.
— Food stamp benefits: The Trump administration told the Supreme Court in a filing Monday that it would continue to pursue its case to withhold full federal funding for food stamps amid the government shutdown.
By TONY ROMM and ABBIE VANSICKLE
The Trump administration on Monday said it would return to the Supreme Court in yet another attempt to halt full federal funding for food stamps, signifying the latest twist in a winding saga that has imperiled the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
The administration revealed its intentions just hours after an appeals court refused to block the decision of a lower court judge, who had previously ordered the government to finance benefits completely this month for the roughly 42 million people who receive aid to buy groceries.
The move came as Congress inched closer to reopening the government, offering a glimmer of hope that lawmakers might finally put an end to the wrangling over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The program has faced extensive disruption and delay in recent weeks as a result of President Donald Trump’s refusal to fully finance the program.
If the government reopens, D. John Sauer, the solicitor general, said the administration’s emergency request to the Supreme Court would
not be needed. Otherwise, he said, the government “still intends to pursue a stay” to halt the order requiring full SNAP payments.
For all of the persistent legal uncertainty, the developments Monday offered a pathway to resolving the weekslong battle waged by cities, states, religious groups and nonprofits, which have been trying to spare low-income Americans from severe financial hardship while much of Washington remains largely inoperative.
Despite having ample funds in reserve, the Trump administration has refused to supply the money required to help roughly 1 in 8 Americans purchase groceries. Its position has offered a stark contrast with the other ways Trump has rearranged the budget during the shutdown, including his work to reprogram billions of dollars to pay the officers conducting mass deportations.
In doing so, the Trump administration has even sought to threaten and penalize some states that have tried to furnish benefits to residents in full. At one point over the weekend, the government demanded that these states needed to immediately “undo” that work and threatened
them with financial punishment if they did not, prompting a broad outcry.
On Monday, a judge in Massachusetts granted a request by more than two dozen states to temporarily block the federal government from carrying out that directive. Before a hearing in
that case, scheduled for later Monday, many state officials sharply rebuked the Trump administration for continuing the fight. They said the decision to appeal — on a day when the Senate was making progress on a funding deal — was especially punitive and harmful.
By ANN E. MARIMOW
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.
The court, without comment, declined the petition, filed by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who gained national attention in 2015 when she defied a court order and refused to issue same-sex licenses because of her religious beliefs.
She had asked the Supreme Court to reverse an order that required her to pay more than $300,000 to a couple denied a marriage license — and to overturn the same-sex marriage ruling from 2015.
At least four of the nine justices would have needed to vote to hear Davis’ case and revisit the marriage precedent, a major step that many legal experts had said they were not expecting the court to take.
Still, the justices’ consideration of Davis’ petition had set off alarms among gay Americans, who were already reeling from the Trump administration’s targeting of programs and funding that benefit LGBTQ+ individuals.
Gay Americans and their allies had been on alert since the Supreme Court’s conservative majority eliminated the nationwide right to abortion after 50 years, showing a willingness to undo long-standing legal precedent. In that decision, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote separately to urge reconsideration of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which recognized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Polls show that same-sex marriage now has broad public support. More than three dozen House Republicans helped pass legislation in 2022 that required states and the federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages.
Mary Bonauto, the lawyer who argued the Obergefell case before the Supreme Court, praised the court’s action. “Today, millions of Americans can breathe a sigh of relief for their families, current or hoped for, because all families deserve equal rights under the law,” she said in a statement.
Even as many LGBTQ+ people celebrated the Supreme Court’s action, advocates and their lawyers said supporters of same-sex marriage should be vigilant about future attempts to overturn the 2015 precedent.
“Let’s not be naïve: Our opponents are well resourced
A demonstrator waves a pride flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2015. The Supreme Court on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
and determined,” Kevin Jennings, the CEO of Lambda Legal, said in a statement. “Now is not the time to let down our guard.”
The composition of the Supreme Court has changed significantly since the court’s 5-4 decision in 2015 and moved to the right with the addition of three justices nominated by President Donald Trump.
Still, recent statements and writings from some of the conservative justices suggest a majority of justices may not be eager to revisit the landmark ruling in future cases.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett described in her recent memoir certain fundamental rights the court has recognized, including the “rights to marry, engage in sexual intimacy, use birth control and raise children.” She distinguished those from rights that she wrote are the subject of “complicated moral debate” and more open to interpretation by the court, including matters involving suicide and abortion.
In an opinion in 2020, Justice Neil Gorsuch made a similar point about rights the court had recognized that people have relied on to order their lives.
He cited so-called “reliance interests,” such as signing a contract, purchasing a home — or entering into a marriage.
Since the court’s 2015 decision, more than 800,000 same-sex couples have married and are raising nearly 300,000 children.
Even so, Richard W. Garnett, a law professor and the director of the Notre Dame Program on Church, State & Society, said the petition from Davis was always a long shot that attracted outsized media attention.
“The case does not actually present, in a square and clean way, the question the coverage has suggested it does,” he said in a statement. The coverage, he said, “tells us more
about the ongoing campaign to stir up public feeling regarding the court than it does about live constitutional questions.” Davis became a symbol of religious opposition to same-sex marriage after the Supreme Court’s decision in 2015. She spent five nights in jail after she was found in contempt of court for defying a federal order to issue licenses to same-sex couples.
David Ermold and David Moore, a Kentucky couple, sued Davis after they had been refused a license and prevailed at trial in 2023. Davis was ordered to pay the couple $360,000 in damages and lawyers’ fees.
She appealed the judgment, claiming First Amendment protection from liability and asserted that the court had wrongly recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and should reverse its decision in Obergefell.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Davis in March, citing a recent Supreme Court decision that found public officials acting in their official capacity are not protected by the First Amendment.
Public officials cannot “wield the authority of the state to violate the constitutional rights of citizens if the official believes she is ‘follow[ing] her conscience,’” wrote Judge Helene N. White, a nominee of President George W. Bush. In a concurring opinion, Judge Chad Readler, a nominee of President Donald Trump, quoted an earlier ruling that said Davis had taken “the law into her own hands.”
Mathew Staver, a lawyer for Davis, asserted that the Obergefell opinion was “egregiously wrong from the start” and said his organization, Liberty Counsel, would continue to work to reverse it.
“It is not a matter of if, but when the Supreme Court will overturn Obergefell,” he said in a statement.
By DAVID FRENCH
Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, must be confused.
Last month, he turned to the most reliable move in the Republican crisis-management playbook, and it didn’t work. On Oct. 30, three days after his friend Tucker Carlson released a softball interview with Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and perhaps the most notorious fan of Adolf Hitler in American public life, Roberts posted a video online that decried cancel culture.
“We will always defend truth,” Roberts said. “We will always defend America, and we will always defend our friends against the slander of bad actors who serve someone else’s agenda.”
“That includes Tucker Carlson,” Roberts continued, “who remains — and as I have said before — always will be a close friend of the Heritage Foundation. The venomous coalition attacking him are sowing division. Their attempt to cancel him will fail.”
It’s hard to overstate how much this approach tends to work in the modern Republican Party. The hatred of the left — and of conservatives who are critical of Donald Trump — is so overwhelming that even the most basic acts of moral hygiene are considered weak or woke, or worse.
Even if you are uncomfortable with the words or actions of your fellow Republicans, there is relentless pressure to swallow
your tongue. There should be no enemies to your right. The left is the true existential threat to the United States.
When Roberts, who was also a guiding force of Project 2025, recorded his video, he could be forgiven for thinking that neither Carlson nor Fuentes was particularly toxic on the right. After all, Carlson spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention and at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, and he hosts one of the top rated podcasts in the nation.
Fuentes, for his part, dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago along with Kanye West in 2022, and Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at Fuentes’ America First Political Action Conference that same year.
But Roberts miscalculated. His statement tore the Heritage Foundation apart. Facing a staff revolt, he issued a new statement more clearly condemning Fuentes (but still leaving Carlson alone), and when that didn’t quell the uprising, he held an all-staff meeting that quickly degenerated into an airing of grievances, with some Heritage employees eviscerating Roberts and passionately condemning the moral decline of the conservative movement and others — often with equal emotion — standing by his side.
Roberts remains Heritage’s president and has vowed to stay, but senior foundation employees have resigned, the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism has severed its ties with the group, and vast segments of the right are in open revolt against both Roberts and Carlson.
Readers might be a little bit stumped. Wait, this is what’s splitting the right? A podcast conversation? It’s not that dialogues like this don’t matter (they do), but after everything that America has seen and endured since 2015, why now?
The answer is rooted in part in the unstable bargain that millions of conservatives made with themselves and with America to keep supporting Trump.
Nicholas Fuentes, the notorious white nationalist social media personality, in his streaming studio on Sept. 8, 2025. An increasing number of conservatives fear that their movement has been and is being completely redefined -- not just in President Donald Trump’s image, but in Fuentes’ and rightwing podcaster and former TV host Tucker Carlson’s as well. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
the Jeffrey Epstein files. There was immense fury on parts of the right, but much of it was directed at Attorney General Pam Bondi and not at Trump, the man who now calls the lingering Epstein scandal a “Democrat hoax.”
But this approach suffers from a fatal flaw. A movement, especially one that verges on an outright cult of personality, is defined by its leader, not by its rank and file. And when the leader is lawless and depraved, then efforts to contain his influence while preserving his power are doomed to fail.
The proof is everywhere. Throughout the Trump era, many of the most prominent voices of right-wing America have only become shriller, angrier and, yes, more racist and more antisemitic. The right-wing media universe is culturally different in 2015 than it was in 2025 — substantially so.
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First, as a bit of background, Trump’s rise not only eviscerated the idea that there should be any kind of character test for participation in Republican politics, it also resulted in an aggressive, vicious purge from the party and the movement of anyone who attempted to hold Trump accountable for depravity and lawlessness. Some of us have even been told that we’ve abandoned our Christian faith for opposing Trump.
Many of the conservatives who remained didn’t want to abandon the president, but they also didn’t want to completely abandon decency, either. So they chose a third way. Trump receives special dispensation (witness the much more muted response to Trump’s dinner with Fuentes, especially among Republican lawmakers), but standards still apply to everyone else. Other Republicans have to toe the line.
The most consequential example of Republicans refusing to hold Trump accountable is, of course, the second impeachment conviction vote in 2021. Mitch McConnell punted Trump’s political future to the Biden Department of Justice and Republican primary voters. We know how that worked out.
You could see this dynamic in play more recently in the response to the Trump administration’s about-face on releasing
The balance of power has flipped upside down. The fringe has become mainstream, and the mainstream has become fringe.
And now, with the end of Trump’s presidency coming into view, there is an increasing number of conservatives who fear that the movement has been and is being completely redefined — not just in Trump’s image, but in Carlson’s and Fuentes’ as well. And now some of these conservatives are speaking up.
A great deal is riding on their ability to win this fight. Trump will not be president for a third term, and the question of who will represent the Republican Party in the years to come is of immeasurable importance.
Making the problem worse, the fight for the future of the Republican Party is taking place only after many of its most thoughtful and decent members have been excommunicated. Millions upon millions of Republicans have been told that these brave men and women — Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, to name just three — are traitors to the cause.
The Republican rank and file have also been conditioned to dismiss moral arguments against MAGA as sanctimonious and complaints about Republican racism and antisemitism as inherently leftist. Hearts are hardened, ears shut.
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SAN JUAN – La Universidad Albizu celebró su septuagésima colación de grados en el Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, otorgando títulos universitarios a 655 nuevos profesionales en psicología, patología del habla y lenguaje, terapia del habla y otras disciplinas de la conducta humana.
Con esta colación de grados la Universidad Albizu reafirmó la misión institucional de formar líderes comprometidos con la salud mental, el bienestar social y el desarrollo humano dentro y fuera de Puerto Rico.
Uno de los aspectos más sobresalientes de la celebración fue el reconocimiento especial a siete estudiantes de la República Dominicana, quienes completaron a distancia la maestría en neuropsicología y otros desórdenes del desarrollo. Este logro es fruto del convenio que la Albizu mantiene con el Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología de la República Dominicana, alianza que continúa ampliando las oportunidades de formación avanzada para profesionales del Caribe y América Latina. La ceremonia contó con la presencia del vicecónsul
de la República Dominicana, Lcdo. Juan de la Cruz, representando al Cónsul el Hon. Rosendo Arsenio Borges Rodríguez, quien destacó la importancia del acuerdo académico y el impacto de estos programas especializados en su país.
“Cada estudiante de la Universidad Albizu representa una historia de esfuerzo, disciplina y vocación de servicio. En un momento histórico para la salud mental en Puerto Rico y el mundo, nuestros profesionales salen preparados para transformar vidas, atender necesidades urgentes y aportar al bienestar de sus comunidades. Nos llena de orgullo ver cómo nuestra misión se expande más allá de las fronteras del país con alianzas académicas que fortalecen el talento del Caribe,” expresó el doctor Nelson E. Soto, presidente de la Universidad Albizu.
Los graduados, provenientes del Recinto de San Juan y del Centro Universitario de Mayagüez, completaron exitosamente programas de bachillerato, maestría y doctorado en áreas como Ciencias en Patología del Habla y Lenguaje, Ciencias en Consejería Psicológica, Psicología Escolar, Psicología Clínica, Psicología Industrial Organizacional, Autismo y otros Desórdenes del Neurodesarrollo, y Neu-
ropsicología y otros programas avanzados en salud mental y ciencias del comportamiento.
La actividad reunió a miembros de la Junta de Síndicos, así como a rectores, decanos, directores de programas académicos, facultad, personal administrativo y cientos de familiares que acompañaron a los nuevos profesionales.
La Universidad Albizu reafirma su compromiso de continuar ampliando programas de alta demanda y ofreciendo una educación centrada en la formació ética y científica.
FAJARDO – Para facilitar la creación de nuevos comercios en la zona este, el Municipio de Fajardo celebrará el jueves, 13 evento Impulsa tu sueño: ¡Emprende hoy!, una jornada de orientación dirigida a ciudadanos interesados en establecer o fortalecer su propio negocio. La iniciativa busca ofrecer, en un solo espacio, la asesoría de distintas agencias estatales y municipales para agilizar los procesos y apoyar el desarrollo económico local.
“Hay mucho interés por emprender, pero muchos ciudadanos sienten que el proceso para abrir un negocio es complicado y lleno de obstáculos. Por eso, decidimos actuar y reunir en un mismo lugar a todas las agencias que pueden orientar y facilitar esos pasos. Queremos que la gente de Fajardo y de los pueblos vecinos vea que sí se puede, que el gobierno municipal está para ayudarlos a convertir sus ideas en proyectos reales que impulsen la economía y generen empleos”, explicó el alcalde José Aníbal “Joey” Meléndez Méndez.
El evento contará con la participación de varias agencias gubernamentales, entre ellas, el Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio, OGPe, el Programa Conexión Laboral, Comercio y Exportación, el Banco de Desarrollo Económico y la Administración de Servicios Generales. También participará el equipo del Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Departamento de Hacienda, Departamento del Trabajo, Negociado de Bomberos y el Departamento de Salud.
“El desarrollo económico no ocurre por casualidad; requiere planificación, alianzas y voluntad de ayudar a nuestra gente a progresar. Desde el gobierno municipal hemos asumido el compromiso de apoyar a quienes desean emprender, brindándoles herramientas, orientación y acompañamiento en el proceso. Queremos que los fajardeños sepan que cuentan con nosotros para abrir y hacer
crecer sus negocios, porque cada nuevo emprendimiento significa más empleos, más movimiento comercial y más oportunidades para nuestro pueblo”, puntualizó el alcalde.
El ejecutivo municipal agradeció el respaldo del senador por el Distrito de Carolina, Héctor J. Sánchez Álvarez, quien colabora en la celebración del evento. “Este esfuerzo es posible gracias al trabajo conjunto entre el municipio y la oficina del senador Sánchez Álvarez, quien comparte nuestra visión de apoyar al pequeño comerciante y abrir más oportunidades para los emprendedores del este”, sostuvo.
“Agradezco al alcalde Joey Meléndez por abrir este espacio que une esfuerzos del gobierno municipal y el Senado en beneficio de los emprendedores de la región este. Impulsar a nuestra gente a desarrollar sus ideas de negocio es fundamental para fortalecer la economía local y crear nuevas oportunidades. Continuaremos respaldando iniciativas como esta, que facilitan el proceso de emprender y demuestran que cuando trabajamos juntos, logramos grandes resultados para nuestra gente”, sostuvo por su parte el senador Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez.
La actividad es abierta a todo el público y ofrecerá espacios de orientación directa con personal de las agencias, materiales informativos y apoyo técnico para quienes deseen iniciar su negocio o expandir uno existente.
By ANNIE CORREAL
They had come on planes and buses, in pedicabs and on scooters. Some navigated the crowd in wheelchairs or pushed babies in strollers.
They were there, in Mexico City’s central plaza, to see the singer known as the “Divo of Juárez,” or simply “Juanga,” a nickname used by millions of fans with all the familiarity of cousins.
Juan Gabriel — in his time as famous as Bad Bunny is today — has been dead for nearly a decade. But on Saturday, he drew more fans to the screening of a 1990 concert than most performers attract when alive: More than 170,000 people thronged the plaza, known as the Zócalo, according to city officials.
For some, the show was a chance they had thought would never come.
“This is the dream of those of us who never got to see him in person,” said Cristian León, 33, who works in his family’s hardware business in Mexico City.
“I always wanted to see him, but I never had the money,” said Carmen Sandoval, 37, who came from the state of Veracruz, where she sells motorcycle parts.
Enriqueta Cañas Torres, 56, a street cleaner at the Zócalo, said she would be “sweeping and watching the concert” — and waiting for a song that was sure to make everyone cry.
Saturday’s screening of Juan Gabriel’s landmark concert in the vaunted Palacio de Bellas Artes coincided with the release of a Netflix documentary series, “Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will,” which tells the story of the artist’s rise from obscurity and poverty in a Mexico-U.S. border town to global stardom.
Before he was Juan Gabriel, he was Alberto Aguilera, born in 1950 and raised in Juárez. Left at a home for children by his widowed mother
who defied traditional notions of masculinity.
Juan Gabriel never spoke openly about his sexuality. Asked point-blank if he was gay by a television interviewer, he delivered a now-iconic reply: “They say that what is seen need not be asked, son.”
“He’s my idol,” said Alan Cruz, a 25-yearold public servant. “In Mexico, homosexuality wasn’t accepted. But he was accepted by important people. He changed culture. He changed music.”
Cuevas, the director, said: “In the 1970s, the ’80s, Mexico was totally close-minded, machista, conservative. And suddenly this figure appears who begins to liberate himself — and gradually to conquer all these audiences and all these social classes.”
That, she said, was the importance of Juan Gabriel: “He’s a transgressor, a provocateur.”
him without getting hung up on tabloids’ questions about his private life.
“It didn’t matter,” she said. “What mattered to us was what he transmitted through his songs, what he wanted people to understand.”
That message, many fans agreed, was about love and how it transcends borders.
Beatríz Velasco Hsieh, 62, left the state of Jalisco for California as a teenager, she said. To return to this upswelling of Mexican pride — at what she called a “very sad moment” for immigrants in the United States — was more emotional than she had words for, she said.
“It’s a feeling so big it doesn’t fit in your chest,” she said.
when he was 5, he escaped seven years later with the hope of finding her and winning her love.
He also found music.
One of his first songs, “No Tengo Dinero” — “I Have No Money” — was clearly autobiographical, and spoke to other Mexicans who knew what it was to struggle. It became a major hit in 1971, and was ultimately translated into several languages.
“His songs became anthems,” the director of the documentary, María José Cuevas, said.
The series draws on Juan Gabriel’s personal archive — opened for the first time to a producer, Laura Woldenberg — which includes some 2,000 hours of video, cassette recordings of the singer improvising lyrics, even the scraps of paper where he first jotted down his biggest hits.
But even as Juan Gabriel sold millions of albums and won legions of fans across Latin America, one thing proved elusive: entry into Mexico’s so-called temple of high culture, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, a grand concert hall not far from the Zócalo that had long been the preserve of symphonies.
For his fans, Saturday’s show, produced by Netflix and Mexico City’s government, was a chance to celebrate the moment when he took that final step — despite outraged editorials and protesting opera singers — appearing at Bellas Artes in a sequined mariachi suit and singing along with the National Symphony Orchestra, to both shock and delight.
As he performed, he whispered witty asides into the microphone, never forgetting, said Patricia Huerta, a 54-year-old teacher from the state of San Luis Potosí, that he was “a man of the people.”
Nearby, a boy lifted a photograph of Juan Gabriel. Vendors sold key chains and photos featuring his dimpled face, along with snacks like churros and elotes. Fans rocked children and lap dogs.
Above them all, a Mexican flag the size of a swimming pool rippled in the wind.
For some in the crowd, this was an opportunity to experience a Juanga concert — the dancing and singing, the eruptions of energy and applause — not for the first time, but for the last.
“Adoration,” was all Teresa de Jesús Pérez Castillo, 73, said from her wheelchair.
When the song that was sure to make everyone cry, “Amor Eterno,” began to play, everyone cried, even the event’s security guards.
It was the ballad that Juan Gabriel wrote after his mother died, and it played at his funeral and at the funerals of the loved ones of many of those gathered. It was what mariachi bands sang when they traveled to Uvalde, Texas, to comfort families in the wake of the 2022 school shooting there.
Beyond his music, the series explores the seismic effect on Mexican culture of a superstar
“Eternal love,” the crowd of thousands sang again and again, in unison with the singer on screen. “Eternal love — and unforgettable.” A mariachi band, Mariachi Sol de Acapulco, plays a tribute song to the Mexican singer and songwriter Juan Gabriel in front of his portrait at a restaurant, in Mexico City, Aug. 29, 2016. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)
Maria Columba Rodríguez, 66, who long ran a fan club in the capital, said devotees embraced
With an end to the U.S. government shutdown potentially on the horizon, investors who feared more economic fallout breathed easier and turned to an expected flood of delayed data to shed more light on growth and the likely path for interest rates.
Markets on Monday welcomed the prospect of a federal reopening. Stocks are recouping some of their losses from last week, following news late on Sunday that the U.S. Senate reached a compromise and moved forward on a measure aimed at getting the government back to business and ending the disruption that began on October 1.
Investors had been growing concerned that an even more protracted shutdown, which had already become the longest in U.S. history, would hurt travel and consumer spending heading into the holiday season.
“The shutdown is having an increasingly negative impact on the U.S. economy the longer it lasts,” said Angelo Kourkafas, senior global investment strategist at Edward Jones.
“The worst-case scenario in terms of the government shutdown would have been if it went throughout Thanksgiving... so that lifts one of the headwinds.”
Leading the stock market rebound were technology shares that had been hit particularly hard in recent days over rising concerns about expensive equity valuations.
Signs of increasing optimism about a resolution were evident in foreign exchange markets, where risk-sensitive currencies including the Australian dollar rose, while safe-haven U.S. Treasuries fell, driving yields higher.
Investors initially expected the economic fallout of the shutdown to be minimal, with much of any lost spending recouped when the government reopened and federal employees returned to work.
But more worrisome signs had emerged recently. For example, a report last week showed U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to near a 3-1/2-year low in early November.
The shutdown “did start to hit the real economy pretty meaningfully here over the last couple of weeks,” said Matthew Miskin, co-chief investment strategist at Manulife John Hancock Investments. Its ending “is likely to help the economy into year end and minimize downside risk.”
The end of the shutdown is also expected to alleviate a tightening of liquidity conditions recently seen in money markets, which has caused repurchase agreements (repo) interest rates to rise over the past few weeks.
“The end of the shutdown may also help ease the recent liquidity squeeze at commercial banks, as government ‘liquidity’ balances will be drawn down and then re-enter the private credit system,” Thierry Wizman, global FX and rates strategist at Macquarie Group said in a note.
Investors were also eager to clear a “data fog” that has been in place since the shutdown began, with the government not releasing critical reports that both investors and
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Sunday’s Senate compromise means the shutdown could end this week though it was unclear when Congress would give its final approval.
Data covering September, including that month’s employment report, will likely be released fairly quickly once the government reopens because those releases were likely close to being ready for publication before the shutdown started, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.
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But the pace of releases after that “is less clear,” she said.
“I think the government agencies will make every attempt to make up all the lost data,” Vanden Houten said. “But we can’t rule out that maybe some will just have to be skipped or that we get more than one month of an indicator at a time.”
Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the central bank’s meeting last month had suggested that a lack of data due to the shutdown could make policymakers more cautious about cutting interest rates at their next meeting in December. Fed funds futures on Monday afternoon were pricing in a 63% chance the central bank eases by a quarter percentage point on December 10.
By JASON GUTIÉRREZ
High waves whipped up by Typhoon Fung-wong swamped Sinbanali, a seaside village near the Philippine capital of Manila, forcing residents to flee their homes amid torrential rain.
Ivy Villamor said the storm’s menacing howls, plus images of destruction caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi just last week, paralyzed her with fear.
“We did not want to be swept to sea, so we rushed here,” she said over an “evacuation breakfast” of instant noodles, hot dogs and eggs provided by the city of Bacoor. “The winds howled, and the rains were nonstop. Like it was the end of the world.”
She described the noise as “probably louder than an airplane.”
Villamor, 34, shared her meal with her 11-year-old daughter Nicole, who said that her father, Jayson, went back home to check if their hut was still standing. They were among the nearly 1,000 villagers who had rushed to Bacoor Elementary School, which serves as an evacuation center, on Sunday night.
Categorized as a super typhoon by the state weather bureau, Fung-wong made landfall Sunday evening in Aurora province, on the country’s main island of Luzon.
Authorities had already preemptively moved 1.3 million people out of harm’s way, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directly appealing to the residents to follow emergency protocols.
Perhaps because of this, Fung-wong’s death toll of two was significantly lower than that of Kalmaegi, which killed more than 200 people earlier this month. Still, about 1,000 homes had been damaged by Fung-wong, said the Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator, Bernardino Rafaelito Alejandro IV. Jessica Amposta said she did not wait for village elders to call for an evacuation plan. She and her partner, Richard Marivelez, a construction worker, bundled up their children, ages 5 to 9, before the storm’s landfall.
“We’re used to it. This is a bad cycle of events for us,” Amposta said, recalling that the family had been evacuated three times in the past year. “The heavy rains were scary. The water rose quickly, and the monitors said it was waist-deep in our home in a matter of hours.”
“I just prayed and prayed. But we are still luckier than Cebu, because we are alive,” Amposta said, referring to another part of the Philippines that Kalmaegi pummeled with deadly flooding.
Analyn Benairez, 25, was initially reluctant to evacuate.
“We held out as long as we could. But when the rains did not cease, we just had to,” Benairez said, clutching a small backpack that contained her 4-year-old son’s clothes. “At first, we didn’t want to leave, but we remembered what happened in Cebu. I thought of my son. If the waters come, we’re in trouble because none of us know how to swim.”
Her husband Jerome, who was recently let go from his job as a bus conductor, said they had prepared as much as they could, and listened to local authorities who had traveled around the area a day before Fung-wong made landfall. By the time they evacuated, he said, the waters had already reached his waist, but were receding. “Hopefully, we’ll be
Typhoon Fung-wong in Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Categorized as a super typhoon by the state weather bureau, Fung-wong made landfall Sunday evening in Aurora province, on the country’s main island of Luzon. (Wikipedia/TheNuggeteer)
home later and begin cleaning our home,” he said.Alejandro, the civil defense official, said 132 villages had been flooded. “There have been reported storm surges in coastal communities, then a number of landslides,” he added.
Some areas in Aurora province remain “isolated due to landslides,” he said, but added that cleanup work would happen immediately.
He said the government had deployed nearly 1,000 searchand-rescue teams in anticipation of Fung-wong, the 21st storm to hit the Philippines this year.
“While Typhoon Uwan has exited our landmass, it will continue to bring rains to Luzon, and our operations to help local government units and their constituents continue,” he said, using the Philippine name for the storm. He added that there was “still danger” in certain areas.
El peticionario, Ornar De León, Presidente de la Asociación Náutica del Mar, cuya dirección postal es PO Box 366741, San Juan PR 00936-6741, ha solicitado al Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) la renovación del Permiso de Operación UIC-07-12-013-RM, para un sistema de inyección subterránea (SIS) Clase VC-I, bajo las disposiciones del Reglamento para el Control de la Inyección Subterránea (RCIS), y la Ley Federal de Agua Potable Segura, según enmendada 42 USC 300f et seq. (LFAPS).
El SIS 001 consiste de una planta de tratamiento secundaria (Modelo IV-400) con una capacidad de tratamiento de 9,105.00 galones por día y dos (2) lechos de percolación de 68.0 pies de largo por 20.0 pies de ancho, con un área de percolación total de 2,720.0 pies cuadrados, para la disposición de aguas sanitarias provenientes de la instalación. El referido SIS, está ubicado en la PR-3301, Km. 2.6 Int. Sector El Combate, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Luego de realizada la evaluación correspondiente de los documentos sometidos, el DRNA tiene la intención de emitir la Renovación del Permiso de Operación para la instalación antes indicada, en conformidad con los requisitos del RCIS y de la LFAPS.
Esta notificación se hace para informar que el DRNA, ha preparado el borrador del permiso de forma tal que el público interesado pueda someter sus comentarios con relación al mismo. El permiso contiene las condiciones y prohibiciones necesarias para cumplir con los requisitos reglamentarios aplicables.
El público puede evaluar copia de la solicitud de permiso que sometió el peticionario ante el DRNA, el borrador del permiso y otros documentos relevantes en la Oficina Regional de Mayagüez cuya oficina está localizada en la Carr. PR-2, Km 164, Edificio Plaza Monserrate, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Copia de dichos documentos pueden adquirirse en la Oficina de Secretaría localizada en el Edificio de Agencias Ambientales Cruz A. Matos, San José Industrial Park, Ave. Ponce de León 1375, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00926 o en la Oficina Regional de Mayagüez, entre las 8:00 am y las 4:00 pm de lunes a viernes o escribiendo a la siguiente dirección: Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San José Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00926.
Las partes interesadas o afectadas pueden enviar sus comentarios o solicitar una vista pública por escrito al Gerente del Área de Calidad de Agua, Directora de la Oficina Regional de Mayagüez y al Secretario del DRNA, respectivamente, a la dirección antes indicada.
Los comentarios por escrito o la solicitud de vistas públicas deberán ser sometidos al DRNA, no más tarde de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso. La fecha límite para someter comentarios puede ser extendida si se estima necesario o apropiado para el interés público. La solicitud para una vista pública deberá señalar la razón o las razones que en la opinión del solicitante ameritan la celebración de la misma. De realizarse una vista pública los interesados o afectados tendrán una oportunidad razonable para presentar evidencia o testimonio sobre si se emiten o deniegan los permisos, si el Secretario determina que dicha vista es necesaria o apropiada.
By DAVID GELLES and BRAD PLUMER
In Spain, intense heat waves and floods have claimed thousands of lives in recent years. In Namibia, higher temperatures have resulted in drought and widespread hunger. And in Haiti, Hurricane Melissa, which was made more violent by global warming, last week killed more than 40 people.
World leaders shared vivid stories about the increasingly severe effects of a warming planet on Friday, the second day of the United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil.
“Forests are vanishing, water levels are rising and, in turn, peoples’ livelihoods are being disrupted,” Salah Jama, the deputy prime Minister of Somalia, said. “In a nutshell, we are living on a planet in crisis.”
Politicians, diplomats, scientists and business executives are gathering for the event, known as COP30, during another year of record heat and extreme weather that scientists say is being worsened by human-caused climate change.
This week, the United Nations announced that the world was far off-track from keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, compared with preindustrial levels. That was a goal that virtually every country agreed to 10 years ago as part of the Paris climate agreement.
Instead, with heat-trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation continuing to rise, the world is on track to warm by roughly 2.8 degrees Celsius. Scientists have said that every additional fraction of a degree of warming brings greater risks from heat waves, wildfires, drought, storms and species extinction.
The United States is one of the few countries in the world not attending the summit. President Donald Trump routinely dismisses the threats posed by climate change and is promoting fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, while penalizing the renewable energy in-
dustry.
The environment minister of the small island nation of Tuvalu, Maina Vakafua Talia, referred to Trump directly. “Tragically, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases has withdrawn from the Paris agreement,” he said. “Mr. President, this is a shameful disregard for the rest of the world.”
Over more than a dozen hours of speeches, other leaders of countries around the globe focused on the very real consequences of rising temperatures.
“All we have to do is look outside our front doors to witness the impacts of climate change,” Kalani Kaneko, foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, said. “The sea rises, the coral dies and the fish stock leaves our shores for cooler waters.”
In Kenya, millions have been affected in recent years by cycles of extreme drought and devastating floods. “As I traveled here, we’re still searching for scores of people who went missing after a landslide affected one part of our country,” Kithure Kindiki, the Kenyan vice president, said at the summit. “Such incidents have become common.”
Hallo Mustafa Al Askari, the Iraqi environment minister, spoke of the challenges facing a country where temperatures routinely approach 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit).
“Water scarcity has become an existential challenge in Iraq along side waves of drought, desertification and sand and dust storms,” he said. “The crisis threatens biodiversity, agriculture and undermines the livelihoods of local communities.”
And Bernadette Arakwiye, the Rwandan environment minister, spoke of floods in 2023 that killed 130 people and inflicted $200 million in damage in 24 hours. “This was not an isolated tragedy, but another example of how much damage can be done in one single climatic event,” she said.
At a time when international cooperation is flagging and many countries are more fo -
cused on issues like trade and energy security, officials are hoping to use the U.N. summit to direct global attention to the dangers of climate change and the benefits of switching to cleaner forms of energy.
“There’s a real focus in these first few days on going back to basics, that climate change is real and it matters,” said Kaysie Brown, the associate director for climate diplomacy and geopolitics at E3G, a European research and advocacy group. “That basic message can’t be taken for granted.”
In between the warnings were calls to overhaul the modern economy
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain said his country was working with other nations to place additional taxes on premiumclass air travel and the use of private jets. “This is only fair,” he said. “Everyone needs to pay their due.” He added that he hoped to stop using public funds to finance new fossil fuel projects.
Many leaders also called for rich nations to make more money available to developing countries.
“We must reform the current global financial architecture to make capital more accessible and affordable for climate action in the developing world,” Kindiki of Kenya said.
The pleas for more money come at a time when aid is tough to come by. The amount of financial assistance that rich nations give to poor ones to adapt to storms, heat waves and other perils of climate change dropped 7% in 2023, according to the U.N. Environment Program.
A charitable fund for helping poor countries recover from extreme disasters, announced years ago, has not yet raised $1 billion and is not yet operational. But on Thursday, a new fund for protecting forests that promises financial returns to countries that contribute money raised more than $5 billion.
The debate over financing also comes as the Trump administration has sought to undermine global climate policies.
People walk by the Hangar Convention Center in Belém, Brazil on June 25, 2025, venue of the COP30 global climate summit this month. World leaders shared vivid stories about the increasingly severe effects of a warming planet last Friday, the second day of the summit. (María Magdalena Arrellaga/ The New York Times)
nization was shocking,” he said. “It cannot happen again.”
World leaders also used their time to talk about issues beyond climate change. As often happens in international forums, geopolitical rivalries and grievances loom over every discussion, making it more difficult for countries to reach consensus.
Shina Ansari, the Iranian vice president, assailed the attacks on her country this year by the United States and Israel.
“This act not only violates international law and constitutes war crimes, but has also caused extensive and lasting environmental destruction,” she said.
Surangel Whipps Jr., the president of Palau, and Talia of Tuvalu called on Taiwan to be more fully integrated into the U.N. process.
President Xiomara Castro of Honduras took aim at Israel on Thursday, the first day of the summit. “Genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip cannot go unpunished,” she said.
Kaneko of the Marshall Islands condemned efforts by nations, including the United States, to scuttle a treaty that would have limited emissions from the shipping industry.
“The behavior last month around the International Maritime Orga-
Edgars Rinkevics, the president of Latvia, spoke out against President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday. “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine seeks to reshape the global order through conflict,” he said. “It takes human lives and inflicts harm on nature for no good reason.”
And Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, on Thursday criticized the Trump administration’s military buildup in the Caribbean. “We have the threat of invasion,” he said. “Invading Venezuela, or maybe threats to invade Colombia, invade Cuba.”
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
Thousands of flights were canceled this past weekend after federal restrictions on flying were put in place at the nation’s busiest airports. And the cuts are expected to grow in the coming days, threatening to wreak further havoc for airlines and travelers as Thanksgiving approaches.
The Federal Aviation Administration required airlines to cut flights by 4% at 40 busy airports starting Friday, citing the need to improve safety and relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who have worked without pay since the federal government shutdown began last month.
At one point Saturday, 18 out of 22 controllers in Atlanta did not show up to work, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“It’s only going to get worse,” Duffy said. “I’d look to the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you’re going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle.”
Airlines tried to weather the restrictions throughout the weekend by making careful cuts, but the disruptions grew each day and will become harder to manage as the restrictions rise to 10% by Friday and possibly even higher.
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights each day from Friday through Sunday at airports serving major cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. The cuts were concentrated among flights offered by three of the largest carriers, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, which dominate many of those busy airports.
American canceled about 740 flights Friday and Saturday, or more than 6.5% of its schedule for those days, according to Cirium, an aviation data firm. Delta canceled about 640 flights across both days, or more than 7.3% of its schedule, while United cut more than 450 flights or more than 5.2% of its schedule.
But the disruption was worse Sunday. More than 2,000 flights had been canceled by midafternoon, making it the year’s fourth worst day for cancellations, behind a handful of days in January when storms disrupted flying, according to Cirium. Delta had canceled more than 14% of its schedule by midafternoon Sunday, while American and United had each canceled more than 9%.
Delays have also been on the rise throughout the weekend, affecting more than 8,300 flights as of Sunday afternoon.
Canceled
Throughout the first few weeks of the shutdown, controller staffing had a limited effect on cancellations, according to the trade group Airlines for America, which represents the largest passenger and cargo airlines. Through Oct. 29, the nation’s six largest passenger airlines canceled fewer than a dozen flights because of controller staffing problems, it said, citing an analysis of FAA data through Saturday.
Since then, though, those airlines have canceled more than 1,200 flights because of controller staffing problems. On Friday alone, 865 flights were canceled for reasons related to controller staffing, about 87% of which were because of the FAA directive to reduce flying at the 40 busy airports.
In a social media post, Duffy said that private jets were also being diverted from busy airports to smaller ones to better accommodate commercial flights.
On CNN, Duffy said that an average of four controllers retired daily before the shutdown, but that number is now up to 15 to 20. He also said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had offered the help of military reservists trained as air traffic controllers, but Duffy said he wasn’t sure if he would be able to use them.
Thousands of travelers were affected by the weekend disruptions, but airlines benefited somewhat from the timing of the cuts.
Planes are generally less full in early November because many people reserve travel for later in the month, around Thanksgiving. That gave the airlines the flexibility to trim on busy routes, moving passengers from canceled flights to others still operating between the same destinations.
Airlines also focused cuts on less popu-
lar regional routes, dropping flights linking tiny airports with larger cities. Flights to small, regional airports can typically accommodate about 50 to 75 passengers, while flights between big cities can often carry twice as many people, if not more. While American cut more than 5% of its schedule Friday, for example, only about 2% of its passengers that day were on affected flights.
Most of the weekend disruption was caused by staffing shortages and the reduction in flying, but airlines were also dealing with more routine problems. At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, for instance, flights were delayed more than half an hour, on average, Sunday afternoon because of runway construction. A snowstorm was forecast for the evening, which could bring further disruption.
American, Delta and United outsource many regional flights to subsidiaries or other carriers such as SkyWest Airlines and Republic Airways, the two operators most affected by the cuts.
By midday Sunday, more than 290 SkyWest flights had been canceled, amounting to about 11% of its schedule for the day, according to FlightAware, an aviation data firm. Republic canceled about 260 flights, or about 23% of its schedule.
Those two airlines mostly operate flights for American, Delta and United and are typically still paid for canceled flights, though they may face added costs to move planes and crews into place for other flights. In a statement Saturday, SkyWest said that cancellations were “being managed days in advance” and that the company continues to operate “the vast majority” of its flights.
Still, most routes, even regional ones, retained at least some service through the weekend, though there were a few examples of carriers dropping routes with one or two flights. (On Sunday, for instance, United cut its only round-trip flight from its hub in Newark, New Jersey, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.)
But airlines generally avoided cutting more congested flights between hub airports or to destinations abroad. Most cuts were carried out by U.S. airlines, though a handful of flights were canceled by international carriers. Many airlines allowed customers to change flights or request refunds, even if they had restrictive, nonrefundable tickets.
Because of the disruptions, some travelers were reconsidering flying, exploring other options, including renting cars, taking buses or trains or just staying home.
Airlines are well practiced at managing flight cancellations caused by myriad fac-
tors, such as bad weather, staffing shortages and technological outages. In deciding which flights to cancel, crisis teams use software to help identify candidates to cut and consider a range of factors, including how cancellations will affect the placement of customers, pilots and planes. But there are limits to how much disruption the industry can handle.
“The airlines’ challenges will worsen as the Thanksgiving holiday period approaches,” the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said in a research note Friday. Thanksgiving is among the busiest travel periods of the year and will “leave little room for airlines to reaccommodate displaced passengers, amplifying revenue loss and customer service costs,” the note said.
The industry escalated calls for an end to the government shutdown, the longest in history, as the flight limits took effect at the end of the week. Airlines for America said that more than 4 million passengers had already experienced delays or cancellations caused by air traffic controller staffing problems since the shutdown began in early October.
“We implore Congress to act with extreme urgency to get the federal government reopened, get federal workers paid and get our airspace back to normal operations,” the group said Friday. A record 31 million people are expected to travel over about a dozen days around Thanksgiving, it added.
The FAA said it was reducing flights to improve safety and relieve air traffic controllers who had been overworked for years, but were under particular stress after working for more than a month without pay.
Some lawmakers and experts questioned the measure, asking the agency to share the data justifying its decision. But others welcomed the proactive approach.
“Pressures are building in the system,” Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said in a social media post last week. “This is safety management, the very foundation of our aviation system, and it’s the right thing to do.”
A.I.
By BRIAN X. CHEN
Last spring, Shiri Melumad, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, gave a group of 250 people a simple writing assignment: Share advice with a friend on how to lead a healthier lifestyle. To come up with tips, some were allowed to use a traditional Google search, while others could rely only on summaries of information generated automatically with Google’s artificial intelligence.
The people using AI-generated summaries wrote advice that was generic, obvious and largely unhelpful — eat healthy foods, stay hydrated and get lots of sleep! The people who found information with a traditional Google web search shared more nuanced advice about focusing on the various pillars of wellness, including physical, mental and emotional health.
The tech industry tells us that chatbots and new AI search tools will supercharge the way we learn and thrive, and that anyone who ignores the technology risks being left behind. But Melumad’s experiment, like other academic studies published so far on AI’s effects on the brain, found that people who rely heavily on chatbots and AI search tools for tasks like writing essays and research are generally performing worse than people who don’t use them.
“I’m pretty frightened, to be frank,” Melumad said. “I’m worried about younger folks not knowing how to conduct a traditional Google search.”
Welcome to the era of “brain rot,” the slang
term to describe a deteriorated mental state from engaging with low-quality internet content. When Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, named brain rot the word of the year in 2024, the definition referred to how social media apps like TikTok and Instagram had people hooked on short videos, turning their brains into mush.
Whether technology makes people dumber is a question as old as technology itself. Socrates faulted the invention of writing for weakening human memory. As recently as 2008, many years before the arrival of AI-generated web summaries, The Atlantic published an essay titled, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Those concerns turned out to be overblown.
But the growing wariness in academia of the impact of AI on learning (on top of older concerns about the distracting nature of social media apps) is troubling news for a country whose performance in reading comprehension is already in steep decline.
This year, reading scores among children, including eighth graders and high school seniors, hit new lows. The results, gathered from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, long regarded as the nation’s most reliable, gold-standard exam, were the first of their kind to be published since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education and drove up screen time among youths.
Researchers worry that evidence is mounting of a potent link between lower cognitive performance and AI and social media. In addition to recent studies that found a correlation between the use of AI tools and cognitive decline, a new study led by pediatricians found that social media use was associated with poorer performance among children taking reading, memory and language tests.
Here’s a summary on the research so far, and how to use AI in a way that boosts — rather than rots — the brain.
When we write with ChatGPT, are we even writing?
The most high-profile study this year about AI’s effects on the brain came out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where researchers sought to understand how tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT could affect how people write. The study, which involved 54 college students, had a small sample size, but the results raised important questions about whether AI could stifle people’s abilities to learn.
(The New York Times has sued OpenAI and its partner, Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement of news content related to AI systems. The two companies have denied those claims.)
For part of the study, students were asked to write an essay ranging from 500 to 1,000 words, and they were divided into different groups: One group could write with the help of ChatGPT, a second group could look up information only with a traditional Google search, and a third group could rely only on their brains to compose their assignment.
The students wore sensors that measured electrical activity in their brains. The ChatGPT users showed the lowest brain activity, which was unsurprising since they were letting the AI chatbot do the work.
But the most striking revelation arose after the students finished the writing exercise. One minute after completing their essays, the students were asked to quote any part of their essay. The vast majority of ChatGPT users (83%) could not recall a single sentence.
In contrast, the students using Google’s search engine could quote some parts, and the students who relied on no tech could recite lots of lines, with some even quoting almost the entirety of their essays verbatim.
“It has been one minute, and you really cannot say anything?” said Nataliya Kosmyna, the research scientist at MIT Media Lab who led the study, about the ChatGPT users. “If you don’t remember what you wrote, you don’t feel ownership. Do you even care?”
Though the study focused on essay writing, Kosmyna said she worried about the implications for people using AI chatbots in fields where retention is essential, like a pilot studying to get a license. More research urgently needs to be done, she said, on how AI affects people’s ability to hold on to information.
Social media may be linked to lower reading scores.
Over the last two years, schools in states like New York, Indiana, Louisiana and Florida have raced to ban cellphones from classrooms, citing concerns that students were distracting themselves with social media apps like TikTok and Instagram. Lending credence to the bans, a study published last month found a potent link between social media use and poorer cognitive performance.
Last month, the medical journal JAMA published a study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Jason Nagata, a pediatrician who led the study, and his colleagues looked at data from ABCD, for Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development, a research project that followed more than 6,500 youths ages 9 to 13 from 2016 to 2018.
All the children were surveyed once a year on how much time they used social media. Every other year, they took several tests. For exam-
ple, a visual vocabulary test involved correctly matching pictures to words they heard.
The data showed that children who reported using a low amount of social media (one hour a day) to a high amount (at least three hours a day) scored significantly lower on reading, memory and vocabulary tests than children who reported using no social media.
As for why social media apps like TikTok and Instagram would harm test scores, the only safe conclusion is that every hour a child spends scrolling through the apps takes time away from more enriching activities like reading and sleeping, Nagata said.
What are some healthier ways to use social media and AI?
Despite findings of a correlation between social media use and cognitive decline, it would be difficult to recommend an ideal amount of screen time for youths, because lots of children spend time in front of screens doing things unrelated to social media, like watching TV shows, Nagata said.
Instead, he suggested that parents enforce screen-free zones, prohibiting phone use in areas like the bedroom and dinner table so that children can stay focused on their studies, sleep and mealtimes.
Meta did not respond to a request for comment. A TikTok spokesperson referred to a webpage with instructions to set up Time Away, a tool for parents to create schedules for when their teenagers are allowed to use TikTok.
As for AI chatbots, there was an interesting wrinkle in the MIT study that presented a possible solution on how people could best use chatbots to learn and write.
Eventually, the groups in that study swapped roles: The people who relied only on their brains to write got to use ChatGPT, and the people who had relied on ChatGPT could use only their brains. All the students wrote essays on the same topics they had chosen before.
The students who had originally relied only on their brains recorded the highest brain activity once they were allowed to use ChatGPT. The students who had initially used ChatGPT, on the other hand, were never on a par with the former group when they were restricted to using their brains, Kosmyna said.
That suggests that people who are eager to use chatbots for writing and learning should consider starting the process on their own before turning to the AI tools later in the process for revisions, similar to math students using calculators to solve problems only after they have used pencil and paper to learn the formulas and equations. Both Google and OpenAI declined to comment.
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By CARL ZIMMER
The discovery of the structure of DNA in the early 1950s is one of the most riveting dramas in the history of science, crammed with brilliant research, naked ambition, intense rivalry and outright deception.
There were many players, including Rosalind Franklin, a wizard of X-ray crystallography, and Francis Crick, a physicist in search of the secret of life. Now, with the death of American geneticist James Watson at 97 on Thursday, the last of those players is gone.
That wrenching drama ultimately changed how we conceived of life, and of ourselves. As the discovery of DNA recedes into history, it becomes difficult to even imagine how people thought about life before that breakthrough.
In earlier centuries, natural philosophers would write about a mysterious “vital force” inside of cells that set life apart from inanimate matter. Physicians noticed hereditary afflictions carried down through the generations, but they had no idea of how that happened.
“The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859 in “The Origin of Species.”
Darwin went on to tackle that mystery and failed to solve it. He imagined that particles streamed from cells throughout the body into the sperm and eggs that gave rise to the next generation.
Gregor Mendel, planting peas in his garden at about the same time, came closer to a solution. He discovered that his plants inherited colors and other traits in reliable ratios. But he could only speculate about the factors they passed down to their offspring.
In the early 1900s, biologists rediscovered Mendel and envisioned those factors as genes. Some believed that genes were merely a mathematical abstraction, while others thought they were physical molecules.
But they couldn’t agree on which of the many molecules in the cell were genes. Some thought they were proteins. Others looked instead to a mysterious substance we now call DNA.
James Watson, who helped discover the double-helix structure of DNA, in the Library of the Human Genome at the Wellcome Collection in London, June 20, 2007. The discovery of the structure of DNA in the early 1950s is one of the most riveting dramas in the history of science, crammed with brilliant research, naked ambition, intense rivalry and outright deception. (Jonathan Player/The New York Times)
The work that Watson and others carried out in the early 1950s offered a strangely simple vision for how life works.
DNA was made of two strands twisted around each other, each decorated with four molecular units called bases — a four-letter alphabet for writing genes.
The crucial step by which a cell turned into two cells was to split those strands apart, and then to add on a second strand to each of them, faithfully copying the script of the original.
That discovery unlocked more revelations. In the 1950s and 1960s, Crick and other researchers worked out the code by which cells use the genes encoded in their DNA to build proteins.
Other scientists showed how mistakes slip into the sequence of DNA — mutations triggered by radiation and chemicals, for example, or errors that cells made as they copied their own genes.
Those mistakes could cause devastating genetic disorders. But they were
also the raw material for natural selection. At last, scientists had found a molecular basis for Darwin’s theory of evolution.
In 1990, Watson became the first leader of the U.S. government’s effort to sequence the human genome, the 3 billion base pairs contained in a cell.
He only lasted in the job for two years, but the work went on without him.
In 2001, over a decade after the project began, scientists finally created the first rough draft of a human genome — an error-riddled collage of several individuals.
Genome sequencing became faster and cheaper in the years that followed. Today, a person’s genome can be accurately sequenced in a matter of hours.
With the cost of genome sequencing having plummeted to a few hundred dollars, doctors regularly get the genomes of their patients sequenced to check for inherited diseases. Geneticists can probe our evolutionary past by resurrecting the genomes of our ancestors who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Watson may have played a crucial part in opening up the modern age of molecular biology, but he embraced some ideas about heredity that existed long before he recognized the double helix.
Into his 90s, he spoke both publicly and privately about his conviction that Black people had genes that made them less intelligent than white people.
The remarks led Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which had appointed him as director in 1968, to sever all ties with him in 2019. “The Laboratory condemns the misuse of science to justify prejudice,” it said in a statement.
That prejudice reaches back centuries. In the 1400s, white European Christians began conceiving of themselves as a distinct group of people, superior to other groups. Noble families in Spain proudly declared their ancestry was free of Jewish blood. Native Americans and Africans were considered natural slaves.
In the 19th century, early American anthropologists claimed scientific justification for racism in the shapes of skulls. And in the early 1900s, some American scientists asserted that the new science
of genetics provided even more justification. Based on that belief, they lobbied for laws to prevent interracial marriages and to allow the sterilization of people deemed unfit.
The genome sequencing that Watson helped make possible has given scientists a very different view of humanity. In 2023, for example, the National Academies of Sciences recommended that scientists not use race as a category in genetic studies. They pointed out that traditional racial categories are poor proxies for genetic diversity.
Studies on DNA have pinpointed certain genes that have an influence on some measures of intelligence. But the variation in each gene’s DNA sequence only accounts for a tiny amount of the variation in people’s test scores. That’s true of many traits, from height to the risk of heart disease.
To understand how our DNA shapes our lives, we have to address the question of how our experience interacts with it. And scientists are still struggling to answer that question.
Even DNA itself continues to baffle scientists. If you could stretch out the 3 billion base pairs in a single human cell, they would measure over 6 feet in length. But we can’t think of DNA as just a simple line of text containing nothing but recipes for proteins.
In fact, our protein-coding genes make up just a tiny fraction of our DNA, while the rest is a confusing wilderness of genetic on/off switches and parasitic bits of DNA, many of which come from viruses that infected our ancestors.
And in order to squeeze that 6 feet of DNA into a single cell, it has to be coiled up in exquisitely complex tangles that change shape from one second to the next. Some scientists are trying to reconstruct the three-dimensional movements of DNA to better understand how cells use it to make the molecules they need to stay alive.
With enough hard work, scientists will solve many of these mysteries of DNA. But it will take decades rather than a few years, and the drama will require a cast of scientists far bigger than the one Watson belonged to.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
SUCESIÓN DE RAFAEL
ÁNGEL HERNÁNDEZ
GONZÁLEZ T/C/C
RAFAEL A. HERNÁNDEZ
GONZÁLEZ Y RAFAEL
HERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ
COMPUESTA POR PERENCEJA DE TAL Y PERENCEJO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; SUCESIÓN DE ÁLIDA
ROSA OCEJO BRIGANTI
T/C/C ÁLIDA R. OCEJO
T/C/C ÁLIDA T. OCEJO
T/C/C ÁLIDA R. OCEJO
BRIGANTI T/C/C ÁLIDA
ACEJO DE HERNÁNDEZ
T/C/C ÁLIDA ACEJO
BRIGANTI COMPUESTA
POR MENGANO DE TAL Y CIRIACO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS Y/O PARTES CON INTERÉS EN DICHA SUCESIÓN; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2021CV04209.
Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E. U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. Yo, SHARO K. CORDERO CONTY, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guaynabo, al público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 8 de septiembre de 2025, por la Secretaria de este Tribunal, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente y/o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propie-
dad perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar número 3 del bloque “H” del Urbanización Villa Clementina en el Barrio Frailes del Municipio de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, compuesto de 703.75 Metros Cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en 45.682 metros con el solar número 2; por el SUR, en 48.139 metros con el solar número 4; por el ESTE, en 15.47 metros con la Calle Margarita; y por el OESTE, en 16.242 metros con terrenos de la Urbanización. Finca Número 13,570, inscrita al folio 30 del tomo 207 de Guaynabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Dirección física: 3H Calle Margarita, Urb. Villa Clement ina, Guaynabo, PR 00969. La finca 13,570 está gravada con la siguiente hipoteca cuya ejecución se solicita en la subasta objeto de este edicto: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Popular Mortgage Inc. o a su orden, por la suma principal de $247,000.00 con intereses al 7% anual, vencedero el 12 de marzo de 2027, constituida mediante la escritura número 22, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 17 de enero de 2007, ante la notario Namyr I. Hernández Sánchez, e inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1386 de Guaynabo, finca número 13,570 inscripción 8va. La propiedad esta afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: A. Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $247,000.00, con intereses al 7% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 23, otorgada en San Juan, el día 17 de enero de 2007 ante la notario Namyr I. Hernández Sánchez, inscrita al folio 221 vuelto del tomo 1386 de Guaynabo, finca número 13,570, inscripción 9na. B. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 18 de octubre de 2021, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número BY2021CV04209, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico; versus Sucesión de Rafael Ángel Hernández González también conocido como Rafael Hernández González, compuesta por su heredero conocido Rafael A. Hernández Ocejo, Fulano(a) de Tal, Sutano(a) de Tal, como miembros desconocidos y/o partes de interés en dicha sucesión, Sucesión Alida Rosa Ocejo
Briganti, también conocida como Alida R. Ocejo , Alida T. Ocejo, Alida R. Ocejo Briganti, Alida Acejo de Hernández y como A lida Ocejo Briganti, compuesta por su heredero conocido Rafael A. Hernández Ocejo, Menganito(a) de Tal y Sutanito(a) de Tal, coma miembros desconocidos y/o partes con interés en dicha Sucesión; Estados Unidos de América, Centro de Recaudaciones de lngresos Municipales (CRIM), Departamento de Hacienda, por la suma de $524,415.10, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales o en su defecto la venta en Pública Subasta, anotado el día 3 de marzo de 2022, al tomo Karibe de Guaynabo, finca número 13,570 , Anotación “A”. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Banco Popular de Puerto Rico; por la hipoteca de $247,000.00 total o parcialmente. 1. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, total o parcialmente el importe de la Sentencia emitida el 9 de mayo 2025, notificada y archivada en autos el 13 de mayo de 2025. El importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, asciende a las siguientes cantidades: $524,415.10, la cual incluye las intereses y recargos pactados contractualmente hasta el 31 de octubre de 2021. Los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Los cargos por servicio y las primas de seguro continúan acumulándose hasta el pago total de la obligación. Además, la parte demandada adeuda las créditos accesorios y los adelantos hecho en virtud de la escritura de hipoteca; y los costos, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalentes a $24,700.00. El precio mínimo de licitación con relación a la antes descrita propiedad y la fecha y hora de cada subasta es como sigue: PRIMERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 2 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO:
$247,000.00. SEGUNDA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 9 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO:
$164,666.66. TERCERA SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 16 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. PRECIO MÍNIMO:
$123,500.00. Las subastas de dicha propiedad se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de
Guaynabo, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a las gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor.En cualquier momento luego de haberse comenzado el acto de la subasta, el Alguacil podrá requerir de las licitadores que le evidencien la capacidad de pago de sus posturas. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas o gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante las acepta y queda responsable de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se le apercibe a las tenedores de gravámenes posteriores al que se ejecuta que, para proteger cualesquiera derechos que tengan sobre el inmueble, deberán comparecer a la subasta, pues de no hacerlo así y de no igualar el precio de venta del gravamen hipotecario que se ejecuta, el Tribunal ordenará la cancelación de todos las gravámenes posteriores. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquiere libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Si se declara desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el manta del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Los autos y todos las documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Guaynabo, durante horas laborables. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico una vez por semana por un término de dos (2) semanas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre cada publicación. Se fijará además, en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colec-
turía de dicho Municipio. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a su dirección que obra en autos. Una vez efectuada la correspondiente venta judicial, otorgare la escritura del traspaso al licitador victorioso, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida par la Sentencia. Colocaré al licitador victorioso en posesión física de la Propiedad mediante el lanzamiento de los ocupantes en el término legal de veinte (20) días desde la fecha de la venta en pública subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el Tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante o ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. El Registrador de la Propiedad cancelará, libre de derechos, todo gravamen posterior a la fecha en que se otorgó la hipoteca que ha sido ejecutada mediante esta acción, y procederá a la inscripción de la venta a favor del comprador en subasta libre de todo gravamen posterior a la fecha en que se otorgó la hipoteca que ha sido ejecutada mediante esta acción. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala de Guaynabo. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a 1 de octubre de 2025. SHARO K. CORDERO CONTY, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante Vs. ORLANDO NIEVES MUÑOZ, SU ESPOSA GEMA MAGALI MALAVÉ MALAVÉ Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: AR2024CV02301.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO ANUNCIANDO PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe, funcionario del Tribunal de la Sala Superior de Camuy, Puerto Rico, por la presente anuncia y hace saber al público en general que en cumplimiento con la Sentencia dictada en este caso con fecha 10 de julio de 2025, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 26 de septiembre de 2025 librado por este honorable Tribunal, procederé a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal con todo título derecho y/o interés de la parte demandada sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar número once (11) del Bloque L, radicado en la Urbanización Extensión Colinas deHatillo, situada en el Barrio Santa Rosa del término municipal de Hatillo, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de doscientos noventa y cinco punto uno cero cero metros cuadrados (295.100m.c.); colindando por el NORTE, en 22.700 metros lineales, con el solar número diez (10) del Bloque L; por el SUR, en 22.700 metros lineales con el solar número doce (12) del bloque L; por el ESTE, en 13.00 metros lineales, con la calle número cuatro (4); y por el OESTE, en 13.00 metros lineales, con el solar número cuatro (4) del Bloque L. Enclava una casa. Finca Número 22,156, inscrita al folio 90 del tomo 335 de Hatillo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de Arecibo. Dirección Física: URB. EXT. COLINAS DE HATILLO, L-11 CALLE COLINAS, HATILLO, PR 00659. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de celebrarse el día 2 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina sita en el edificio que ocupa el Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Camuy. Siendo ésta la primera subasta que se celebrará en este caso, será el precio mínimo aceptable como oferta en la Primera Subasta, eso es el tipo mínimo pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca para la propiedad, la suma de $78,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta primera subasta por dicha suma mínima, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 9 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar antes señalado
en la cual el precio mínimo serán dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $52,000.00. De no haber remanente o adjudicación en esta segunda subasta por el tipo mínimo indicado en el párrafo anterior, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA en el mismo lugar antes señalado el día 16 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo aceptable como oferta será la mitad (1/2) del precio mínimo pactado en la escritura de hipoteca, la suma de $39,000.00. Si se declare desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Con el importe de esta venta se habrá de satisfacer el balance de la sentencia dictada en este caso el cual consiste en el pago de $67,185.75 de principal, más intereses convenidos al 6.2500% anual más recargos hasta su pago, más el pago de lo pactado en la sentencia para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados. Se dispone que una vez celebrada la subasta y vendido el inmueble relacionado, el alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial a los nuevos dueños dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la celebración de la Subasta. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del demandado/deudor la ocupen. El Alguacil de este Tribunal efectuará el lanzamiento de los ocupantes de ser necesario. Si la subasta es adjudicada a un tercero y luego se deja sin efecto, el tercero a favor de quién se adjudicó la subasta solo tendrá derecho a la devolución del monto consignado más no tendrá derecho a entablar recurso o reclamo adicional alguno (judicial o extrajudicial) contra el demandante y/o el acreedor y/o inversionista, dueño pagaré y/o su abogado. Si se anula la venta, el comprador tendrá derecho a la devolución del depósito de la venta judicial menos los honorarios y costos incurridos en el proceso de venta judicial. No tendrá ningún otro recurso contra el acreedor hipotecario
ejecutante ni la representación legal de éste. Por la presente, también se notifica e informa a Fulano de Tal y Sutano de Tal, personas desconocidas que puedan tener derechos en la propiedad o título objeto de este edicto. La Venta en Pública Subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga y 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 eso fuera necesario, a los efectos de cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha Subasta. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes. Se entenderá que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante horas laborables y para la concurrencia de los licitadores expido el presente Edicto que se publicará en un periódico de circulación diaria en toda la Isla de Puerto Rico por espacio dos (2) semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana y se fijará, además, en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Alcaldía y la Colecturía de Rentas Internas del Municipio donde se celebrará la Subasta y en la Colecturía más cercana del lugar de la residencia de la parte demandada. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente que firmo y sello, hoy día 16 de octubre de 2025. ÁNGEL DE J. TORRES PÉREZ, ALGUACIL SUPERVISOR PLACA #770, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAMUY. ***
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN JENNIFER FIGUEROA CRUZADO
Demandante Vs. KEVIN ALVAREZ OLMEDA Demandado Civil Núm.: TO2025RF00103. Sobre: PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NOR-
TEAMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: SR. KEVIN ÁLVAREZ OLMEDASE DESCONOCE.
Se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la solicitud del epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere que radique en esta Secretaría el original de la contestación a la Solicitud de Privación de Patria Potestad y que notifique con copia de dicha contestación a la Lcda. María Pagán Hernández, P.O. Box 21411, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-1411, teléfono 787-282-6734, abogada de la parte demandante, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Podrá 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 el Tribunal como se explicó anteriormente. Si dejare de hacerlo, podrá dictarse contra usted sentencia en rebeldía concediéndole el remedio solicitado en la demanda. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Bayamón, a 31 de octubre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. WILMARY RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
SHIRLY M.
FELICIANO ALICEA
Demandante V. JAMES
MAULEON RAMOS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CG2025RF00613. (Salón: 601). Sobre: ALIMENTOS - MENORES DE EDAD Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
EDITH MARIE ECHEVARRÍA SUÁREZ - EECHEVARRIALAW@ GMAIL.COM.
WENDOLYN TORRES RIVERALCDA.WENTORRES@GMAIL.COM.
A: JAMES
MAULEON RAMOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de octubre 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 03 de noviembre de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SHEILA ROLDÁN RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Demandante V. BRUNILDA
GONZALEZ FERMIN
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: CY2025CV00184. (Salón: 801). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM. A: BRUNILDA GONZALEZ
FERMIN - BO TOITA CARR 14 KM 66 H 5, CAYEY PR 00736; HC 45 BOX 10444 CAYEY 007369630. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 03 de noviembre 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 03 de noviembre de 2025. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE MAYAGÜEZ SALA SUPERIOR DE AÑASCO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. DAISY CUEBAS RAMOS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AÑ2025CV00061. (Salón: 0001). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.
A: DAISY CUEBAS RAMOS.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de octubre 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 03 de noviembre de 2025. En Añasco, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2025. NORMA
G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. EVELYN PADILLA NIEVES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MUNICIPIO AUTÓNOMO DE VEGA BAJA
Peticionario V. ADQUISICIÓN EN PLENO DOMINIO DE SOLAR: 62, URBANIZACIÓN SAN VICENTE DE VEGA BAJA. CABIDA: 341.58 METROS CUADRADOS. LINDEROS: NORTE, CON EL SOLAR #63, DISTANCIA DE 26.05 METROS. SUR, CON EL SOLAR #61, DISTANCIA DE 26.50 METROS; ESTE, CON LA CALLE #11, DISTANCIA DE 13.00 METROS. OESTE, CON LA CALLE #15, DISTANCIA DE 13.01 METROS. CONTIENE UNA CASA DE CONCRETO CONSTRUIDA PARA UNA FAMILIA. ES SEGREGACIÓN DE LA FINCA 3,220 DE VEGA BAJA; MARÍA LUISA RIVERA DELGADO Y OTROS
Parte con Interés Civil Núm.: BY2025CV03338. Salón: 502. Sobre: EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA (IN REM). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EEUU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: Ramón López Rosa, Sucesión Ramón López
Rosa compuesta por Ramón López Varela, Rigoberto López Varela y personas desconocidas; Ramón López Varela, Rigoberto López Varela, Rolando Irizarry López, Saba López Rosa, Sucesión Saba López
Rosa compuesta por Judith López Varela y Elisa López Varela y personas desconocidas; Judith López Varela, Elisa López Varela, Cristino López Rosa, Sucesión Cristino López
Rosa compuesta por Claudia López, Samuel López, David López y personas desconocidas; Claudia López, Samuel López, David López,
Miguel Ángel López
Rosa, Sucesión Miguel Ángel López
Rosa compuesta por personas desconocidas; Maximiliano López Rosa, Margarita López López, Sucesión Margarita López López compuesta por Joel Montes de Oca López y personas desconocidas, Joel Montes de Oca López, María Luisa Rivera Delgado, Jorge Luis López López, Sucesión
Maximiliano López Rosa compuesta por María Luisa Rivera Delgado y Candelaria Rosa Rodríguez; Candelaria
Rosa Rodríguez, Sucesión Candelaria
Rosa Rodríguez compuesta por: Ramón López Rosa, Saba López
Rosa, Auroara López
Rosa, Andrés López
Rosa, Teodora López
Rosa, Cristino López
Rosa, María Nilda López
Rosa, Agripina López
Rosa, Gladys López
Rosa, Miguel Ángel
López Rosa, Margarita López López, Jorge Luis López López, Florentino López López, Brunilda López López, Nélida López López, Milton Irizarry López, Carmen Irizarry López, Rolando Irizarry López; Nélida López López; Fulano de Tal y Zutano de Tal, representando personas desconocidas y/o sus sucesores y a cualquier otra persona natural o jurídica con interés - Urb. San Vicente 62, Calle 11, Vega Baja, PR 00693. Se les notifica y emplaza que el Gobierno Municipal Autónomo de Vega Baja, en virtud de la Ley General de Expropiación de 12 de marzo de 1903, según enmendada, la Regla 58 de las de Procedimiento Civil, según enmendada, 32 L.P.R.A., Ap. V. R. 58, en todas aquellas disposiciones que sean de aplicación; el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, Ley Núm. 107 del 14 de agosto de 2020, según enmendada; la Ordenanza Municipal Núm. 95, Serie Núm. 2024-2025; ha radicado en esta Secretaría una Petición de Expropiación para la adquisición en pleno dominio sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar: 62, Urbanización San Vicente de Vega Baja. Cabida: 341.58
metros cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, con el solar #63, distancia de 26.05 metros. Sur, con el solar #61, distancia de 26.50 metros. Este, con la calle #11, distancia de 13.00 metros. Oeste, con la calle #15, distancia de 13.01 metros. Contiene una casa de concreto construida para una familia. Contiene una casa de concreto construida para una familia. Es segregación de la finca 3,220 de Vega Baja. La propiedad consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad, Sección IV de Bayamón, bajo la finca número 5,140, tomo 109, folio 237. No hay número de catastro disponible para esta propiedad. Número de parcela: 035-039-138-06-001. El Municipio Autónomo de Vega Baja pretende ceder esta propiedad al Banco de Tierras Comunitarias de Vega Baja (Vega Baja CLB, Inc.) de conformidad con el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico y que dicha entidad gestione la rehabilitación de la propiedad con el fin de atender el problema de escasez de vivienda para sus compueblanos, conforme la Ordenanza Municipal Núm. 95 Serie 2024-2025. No se consignó suma de dinero como compensación justa y razonable dado que el inmueble fue valorado en $77,000.00 y se dedujo la cantidad de $24,204.79 por el concepto de deuda de contribución sobre la propiedad inmueble y se dedujo la cantidad de $111,677.00 por concepto de multas, gastos de limpieza, mantenimiento, gastos necesarios y/o convenientes a los fines de eliminar la condición de estorbo público o gastos de mitigación de una declaración formal de estorbo público, a tenor con la sección 5(a)(5) de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa de 12 de marzo de 1903, según enmendada. Luego de realizadas las referidas deducciones, el Peticionario cuenta con un crédito a su favor por la cantidad de $58,881.79. No habiéndose podido emplazar personalmente a las Partes con Interés antes relacionadas por residir fuera de Puerto Rico y/o desconocerse su paradero o quién le representa, este Tribunal ha ordenado que se emplace por edicto, que se publicará una vez por semana durante tres semanas consecutivas en un periódico de circulación diaria de Puerto Rico. Disponiéndose que la peticionaria deberá de notificar por correo a la persona emplazada en los 10 días siguientes a la publicación del último edicto, por correo certificado con acuse de recibo una copia del emplazamiento y de la demanda a las partes de las cual se tenga la información de la dirección. Se le notifica que, si desea presentar objeción,
o defensa a la incautación de la propiedad, deben ustedes radicar su contestación ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, dentro del término de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la última publicación de este Edicto, debiendo notificar con copia de dicha Contestación a la Parte Peticionaria, a través de: Lcda. Susana M. Pesquera Colom, cuya dirección es: PO Box 20074, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-0074, Teléfono (787) 568-3126, Correo electrónico: spesquera@crhpr.org. Este término será improrrogable y de no contestar en el término señalado el Tribunal le anotará la rebeldía y dictará sentencia en un término no mayor de cinco (5) días, conforme lo dispuesto en el Artículo 4.012 A del Código Municipal de Puerto Rico. Del o los demandados comparecer o contestar la demanda, el Tribunal citará para juicio, el que será celebrado en un término no menor de quince (15) días ni mayor de treinta (30) días de haberse contestado la demanda. Una vez celebrado el juicio el Tribunal dictará sentencia en un término no mayor de cinco (5) días. Expedido por Orden del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 31 de octubre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SANDRA I. BÁEZ HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA MUNICIPAL CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Parte Demandante Vs. OMAIRA
CARMENATES ROJAS
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV09304. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - REGLA 60. Salón: 503. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: OMAIRA
CARMENATES ROJAS. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y
Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box 193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 30 de octubre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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Parte Demandante Vs. ROBERTO DAVID BRUNO MARTÍNEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV09314. Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROREGLA 60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: ROBERTO DAVID BRUNO MARTÍNEZ. Queda emplazado y notificado de que en este Tribunal se ha radicado una demanda en su contra sobre Cobro de Dinero. Se le notifica para que comparezca ante el Tribunal dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga, en el presente caso. Se le notifica que deberán presentar su alegación a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Centro Judicial de San Juan, Sala Municipal, y enviando copia a la parte demandante: Lcda. Karina P. Cintrón Narváez; PO Box
193813, San Juan, PR 00919; kcintron@esqlegalpr.com. Se le apercibe y notifica que si no contesta la demanda radicada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía en su contra y se dictará sentencia en su contra, conforme se solicita en la demanda, sin más citársele ni oírsele. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal a 30 de octubre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. ELIZABETH AGOSTO NÚÑEZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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Demandante V. CHARILIS
SERRANO CABRERA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CZ2025CV00068. (Salón: 101 MUNICIPAL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.
CHARILIS SERRANO CABRERA - HC 3 BOX 16417 COROZAL, PUERTO RICO 00783-9275.
A: CHARILIS SERRANO CABRERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 03 de noviembre 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 06 de noviembre de 2025. En Toa
Alta, Puerto Rico, el 06 de noviembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA, SUHAIL DÁVILA CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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Demandante V. ALEX H OLMEDA PAGAN
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: YB2025CV00075. (Salón: 302). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: ALEX H OLMEDA PAGAN - DIRECCIÓN: BO. AGUACATE SECTOR PARILLA CARR 906 KM 1.5, YABUCOA, PR 00767; HC 2 BOX BOX 8465, YABUCOA, PR 00767. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de noviembre 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 06 de noviembre de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 06 de noviembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. ARSENIA MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
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SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs. JUAN EDGARDO
VILLEGAS SERRANO
T/C/C JUAN VILLEGAS y GLORIA YVETTE
MIRANDA TORRES
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: HU2022CV00307. (208). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía dictada el 29 de febrero de 2024, la cual fuera notificada el 5 de marzo de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia Enmendada del 7 de octubre de 2025 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución Enmendado del 8 de octubre de 2025 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 2 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de Humacao, Sala Superior, en la Avenida Nicanor Vázquez, (frente al Centro de Bellas Artes) Humacao, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América cheque de gerente o giro postal todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad:
URBANA: Solar número 1 en el bloque L de la Urbanización Brisas del Valle localizada en el Barrio Rio del término municipal de Naguabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 499.1850 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE: en 20.347 metros con el solar número 12 del bloque L; por el SUR: en 20.621 metros con la calle número 11 y solar 11 del bloque K; por el ESTE: en 19.881 metros con el solar número 2 del bloque L; y por OESTE: en 29.704 metros con el Remanente. Sobre este solar enclava una residencial de un nivel la cual está compuesta de sala-comedor, cocina, 3 cuartos un baño y marquesina. Inscrita al folio 67 del tomo 239 de Naguabo, Finca 13767. Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al 67 vuelto del tomo 239 de Naguabo, Finca 13767. Registro de la Propiedad de Humacao. Inscripción segunda. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: BRISAS DEL VALLE L1, NAGUABO, PR 00718. catastro número:
(52) 256-011-307-79-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $46,500.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, día 9 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $31,966.66. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 16 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $23,975.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $25,889.98 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.5% anual desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta su completo pago, más $97.02 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $4,650.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: a. HIPOTECA: Constituida por Juan Edgardo Villegas Serrano y Gloria Yvette Miranda Torres (ambos solteros), en garantía de un pagaré a favor de La Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda de Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $20,000.00, sin intereses y vencedero el 10 de junio de 2013, según consta de la escritura número 348, otorgada en San Juan, el 10 de Junio de 2003 ante la notario Irma J. Planadeball Marrero, inscrita al folio 68 del tomo 239 de Naguabo, finca #13767, inscripción 3ra. b. AVISO DE DEMANDA: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Juan Edgardo Villegas Serrano también conocido como Juan Villegas y Gloria Yvette Miranda Torres, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Humacao, en el caso civil número HU2022CV00307, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se re-
clama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $29,399.71 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 9 de marzo de 2022. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Naguabo. Anotación A. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se le advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 2102015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Humacao, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de octubre de 2025. JENNISA GARCÍA MORALES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. WILNELIA RIVERA DELGADO, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #249, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO, SALA SUPERIOR.
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SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE COMPU-LINK
CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK
Demandante Vs. SUCESION NORMA
CELIDE TORRES
MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA CELINA TORRES
MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA C. TORRES
MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA C. TORRES
COMPUESTA POR
NORMA SANTIAGO
TORRES, JOSÉ ANTONIO SANTIAGO TORRES, JOMAR SANTIAGO TORRES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Demandados Civil Núm.: PO2024CV03410. 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: JOSÉ ANTONIO SANTIAGO TORRES, JOMAR SANTIAGO TORRES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION NORMA CELIDE TORRES MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA CELINA TORRES MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA C. TORRES MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA C. TORRES. 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: HTTPS://WWW.PODERJUDICIAL.PR/INDEX.PHP/ TRIBUNAL-ELECTRONICO/ [poderjudicial.pr] salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. 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 la causante NORMA CELIDE
TORRES MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA CELINA TORRES
MELENDEZ T/C/C NORMA C. TORRES MELENDEZ T/C/C
NORMA C. TORRES. 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
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Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de octubre de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. JANICE N. SEGARRA ROSADO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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Parte Demandante Vs. RICKY GARY TREAS, RANDY LEE TREAS Y JOSEPH MICHAEL TREAS
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: HU2025CV01243. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: RICKY GARY TREAS; RANDY LEE TREAS; JOSEPH MICHAEL TREAS. POR LA PRESENTE, se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a:
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manda, copia de la cual le es servida en este caso, 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://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Debe saber que en caso de no hacerlo así podrá dictarse Sentencia en Rebeldía en contra suya, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 10 de octubre de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LYDIA E. RIVERA MIRANDA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. ELBA LUZ DE JESÚS VARGAS, REBECA DELGADO DE JESÚS, DANIEL DELGADO DE JESÚS y EDNA LUZ DELGADO DE JESÚS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2025CV02796. (406). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A La Parte Demandada: ELBA LUZ DE JESÚS VARGAS, A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: URB. JARDINES DE PALMAREJO, AA66 CALLE 4, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-2850, PO BOX 1463, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-1463; REBECA DELGADO DE JESÚS, A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: 30 BROWNS DR., NEW WINDSOR, NY 125537200, URB. JARDINES DE PALMAREJO, AA66
CALLE 4, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-2850, PO BOX 1463, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-1463,; DANIEL DELGADO DE JESÚS A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: 30 BROWNS DR., NEW WINDSOR, NY 125537200, URB. JARDINES DE PALMAREJO, AA66
CALLE 4, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-2850, PO BOX 1463, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-1463; EDNA LUZ DELGADO DE JESÚS A SUS ÚLTIMAS DIRECCIONES CONOCIDAS: URB. JARDINES DE PALMAREJO, AA66 CALLE 4, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-2850, PO BOX 1463, CANÓVANAS, PR 00729-1463, 1300 CALLE 7 APT 111, SAN JUAN PR 00924-4580, 2015 CRESTON AVE APT 4F, BRONX, NY 10453-4210 Y URB. VILLA ANDALUCÍA, J67 CALLE COLMENAR, SAN JUAN PR 009262524.
Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega que se adeuda las siguientes cantidades $64,556.99 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.125% anual desde el 1ro de octubre de 2024 hasta su completo pago, más $147.17 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $5,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar número 66 de la manzana AA, según plano de inscripción del Proyecto de Solares dominado Extensión Jardines de Palmarejo, radicado en el Barrio San Isidro del término municipal de Canóvanas, área superficial de 253.00 metros cuadrados. Colinda por el NORTE: con el solar número 67, distancia de 22.00 metros; por el SUR: con el solar número 65, distancia de 22.00 metros; por el ESTE: con la calle número 4, distancia de 11.50 metros; por el OESTE: con los solares números 36 y 37, distancia de 11.50 metros. Edificación: En el solar antes descrito enclavaba una casa
de asbesto cemento, la cual fue remplazada totalmente por otra casa de hormigón armado y bloques del mismo material, la cual fue construida por los dueños de esta finca, según consta de la Escritura núm. 269, otorgada en San Juan, el 22 de octubre de 1981, ante la notario Minia Gonzalez Álvarez, inscrita al folio 232 del tomo 67 de Canóvanas, finca 3841, inscripción tercera (3ra). Inscrita al folio 230 del tomo 67 de Canóvanas, Finca 3841. Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 1 del tomo móvil 343 de Canóvanas, Finca 3841. Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Inscripción séptima (7ma). La modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Canóvanas, Finca 3841. Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Inscripción novena (9na). La demandante es la tenedora por endoso en blanco, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la Parte Demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo Puerto Rico 00970-3922, Teléfono y Fax: (787) 789-1826 correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 9 de octubre de 2025, en Carolina Puerto Rico. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE HATILLO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante Vs.
SUCESIÓN DE LUIS
ÁNGEL LÓPEZ SOTO T/C/C LUIS ÁNGEL
LÓPEZ T/C/C LUIS
LÓPEZ SOTO T/C/C
ÁNGEL LUIS LÓPEZ
SOTO COMPUESTA POR JOSÉ LÓPEZ REISES Y SANDRA LÓPEZ REISES, MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLE HEREDERO DESCONOCIDO
Parte Demandada
Civil Núm.: CM2024CV00890. (101). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA “IN REM”. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 11 de julio de 2025, la cual fuera notificada el 14 de julio de 2025; la Orden de Ejecución de 24 de septiembre de 2025 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 26 de septiembre de 2025 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender día 8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina del Alguacil, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, ubicado en el Centro de Gobierno de Camuy, Avenida Amador 485, Camuy, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 133 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural Capáez del Barrio Capáez del término municipal de Hatillo, con cabida superficial de 353.09 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con parcela 132 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con parcela 134 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con parcela 127 de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con calle 9 de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio 86 del tomo 277 de Hatillo, Finca 17963. Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II. La hipoteca consta inscrita como asiento abreviado al folio 2023 del tomo 451 de Hatillo, Finca 17963. Registro de la Propiedad de Arecibo, Sección II. Inscripción novena. DIRECCIÓN
FÍSICA: COMUNIDAD JUAN ROSA MORA, (COMUNIDAD RURAL CAPÁEZ), 133 CALLE 9, BO. CAPÁEZ, HATILLO, PR 00659. catastro número: (05) 028-030-322-50-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $81,809.00.
De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 15 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $54,539.33. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, día 22 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $40,904.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma $55,455.73 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 6.50% anual desde el 1 de junio de 2024 hasta su completo pago, más $64.89 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,180.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar:
A. BITACORA: AL ASIENTO 2024-146466-AR02, el 20 de diciembre de 2024, Demanda de fecha 20 de diciembre de 2024, ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Camuy, en el caso civil número CM2024CV00890, seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. la Sucesión de Luis Ángel López Soto, también conocido como Luis Ángel López, como Luis López Soto, y como Ángel Luis López Soto, compuesta por Fulano y Mengano de Tal, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $55,455.73 y otras cantidades, o la venta en pública subasta de la propiedad. Nota: Reasignado el 24 de julio de 2025. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los do-
cumentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Hatillo, Puerto Rico, hoy 6 de octubre de 2025. ÁNGEL DE J. TORRES PÉREZ, ALGUACIL
SUPERVISOR PLACA #770, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HATILLO, SALA SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante Vs. JOSE RUFINO PAREDES
HERNANDEZ T/C/C JOSÉ RUFINO PAREDES, CAROL JANIKA
AGUILERA TRAJO, T/C/C CAROL JANIKA
AGULIERA TREJO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados
Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00852. 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: JOSE RUFINO
PAREDES HERNANDEZ
T/C/C JOSÉ RUFINO PAREDES, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; CAROL JANIKA AGUILERA TRAJO, T/C/C CAROL JANIKA AGULIERA TREJO, POR SÍ Y REPRESENTACIÓN SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES; SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS.
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 009086593, 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 14 de octubre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA DE COAMO ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. FELIX LUIS
OCASIO MATOS
Demandado MADELINE
TORRES COLON
Parte Indispensable Civil Núm.: CO2025CV00385. 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: FELIX LUIS
OCASIO MATOS100 EVERGREEN DRIVE
KIRKLAND, IL 60146.
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 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 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. 572023, 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 Coamo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 22 de octubre de 2025. MAYRA L. CABRERA GARCÍA, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. BERNICE E. SANTIAGO DÍAZ, SUB-SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN COMPU-LINK (COMPULINK CORPORATION DBA CELINK)
Demandante Vs. SUCESIÓN DE LUZ TERESA GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO T/C/C LUZ T. GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO T/C/C LUZ GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO COMPUESRTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES Y LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV08944. Sala: 604. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA - IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO MIEMBROS DE NOMBRE DESCONOCIDO DE LA SUCESIÓN DE LUZ TERESA GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO T/C/C LUZ T. GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO T/C/C LUZ GONZÁLEZ ARGUESO. Yo, MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, a los demandados, acreedores y al público en general con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, por la presente CERTIFICO, ANUNCIO y HAGO CONSTAR: Que el día 9 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, procederé a ven-
der en Pública Subasta, al mejor postor, la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria mediante Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, la cual se notificó y archivó en autos el día 20 de agosto de 2025. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría durante horas laborables. Que, en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el 8 DE ENERO DE 2026, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA; y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 15 DE ENERO DE 2026, A LAS 11:00 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que ha sido liberado por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, en el caso de epígrafe con fecha de 23 de octubre de 2025, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, todo derecho, título e interés que tenga la parte demandada de epígrafe en el inmueble que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento número CINCO guión “I” (5I). Está situado en la esquina Noroeste del Edificio “Conocido como Sky Tower I” en el nivel Cinco (5) saliendo de los elevadores en dirección Norte. Es de forma irregular enmarcado en un rectángulo que mide de ancho Cuarenta Pies con Nueve y Media pulgadas (40’ 9 ½”), por Cuarenta y Tres pies con una y media pulgada (43’ 1 ½”) de profundidad y con un área total de Mil Quinientos Ochenta y Uno punto Noventa y Cuatro (1581.94 p/c) pies cuadrados, equivalentes a Ciento Cuarenta y Seis punto Noventa y Siete (146.97 m.c.) metros cuadrados. Limita por su frente Norte, con terrenos del Condominio y de uso común; por el SUR, con parte del corredor da acceso, conducto de ventilación mecánica, área dedicada a subestación eléctrica y terrenos del Condominio y de uso común; por el ESTE, con corredor de acceso, pared interior medianera que lo separa del apartamento CINCO guion H (5-H) y patio semi-interior del condominio y de uso común; por su frente OESTE, con terrenos del condominio y de uso común. Este apartamento está formado por un pequeño vestíbulo de ingreso, sala-comedor, con balcón, mirando al Oeste, pasillo interior en forma de “L” Cuatro (4) dor-
mitorios con sus respectivos closets, dos (2) baños, linencloset, cocina-lavandería con closet despensa y closet de útiles de limpieza. Le corresponde el espacio de estacionamiento marcado con el número Cinco guión I (5-I). A este apartamento le corresponde una participación de punto Setecientos Cincuenta y Tres por ciento (.753%) en los elementos comunes generales del Condominio Sky Tower I.” Finca número 8,308, inscrita al folio 291 del tomo 254 de Rio Piedras Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección IV de San Juan. Dirección de la Propiedad: Apt. 5 I, Sky Tower I Cond., San Juan, PR 00926. La subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer, hasta donde alcance, el importe de las cantidades adeudadas a la parte demandante conforme a la sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: de $209,735.49 en concepto de principal con interés al 3.496% anual, los cuales continúan acumulándose, así como la cantidad líquida estipulada en los documentos del préstamo para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado en caso de reclamación judicial y que correspondan a intereses y cargos por demora posterior a dicha fecha, y la suma equivalente al 10% de la suma principal original pactada, estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; más recargos acumulados hasta la fecha en que se pague la deuda; más cualquiera suma de dinero por concepto de contribuciones, primas de seguro hipotecario y riesgo, así como cualesquiera otras sumas pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. La hipoteca a ejecutarse en el caso de epígrafe fue constituida mediante la escritura número 606 otorgada el día 5 de octubre de 2009, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Público Laura Mía González Bonilla, y consta inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 664 de Río Piedras Sur. Por la presente se notifica a los acreedores que tengan inscritos o anotados sus derechos sobre los bienes hipotecados con posterioridad a la inscripción del crédito del ejecutante o acreedores de cargos o derechos reales que los hubiesen pospuesto a la hipoteca del actor y a los dueños, poseedores, tenedores de o interesados en títulos transmisibles por endoso o al portador garantizados hipotecariamente con posterioridad al crédito del actor que se celebrarán las subastas en las fechas, horas y sitios señalados para que puedan concurrir a la subasta si les conviniere o se les invita a satisfacer antes del remate el importe del crédito, de sus in-
tereses, otros cargos y las costas y honorarios de abogado asegurados quedando subrogados en los derechos del acreedor ejecutante. Entiéndase: Hipoteca Revertida en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $262,500.00, con intereses al 3.496% anual, vencedero el día 28 de febrero de 2091, constituida mediante la escritura número 609, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 5 de octubre de 2009, ante el notario Laura Mía González Bonilla, e inscrita al folio 181 del tomo 664 de Río Piedras Sur, finca número 8,308, inscripción 5ta. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta del inmueble antes descrito será la suma de $262,500.00 según se establece en la escritura de hipoteca antes relacionada. En caso de que el inmueble a ser subastado no fuera adjudicado en su primera subasta se ordena la celebración de una segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, en la cual, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $175,000.00; desierta también la segunda subasta de dicho inmueble, se ordena la celebración de una tercera subasta en la cual, la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado para la primera subasta, es decir la suma de $131,250.00. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación, entiéndase efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad no está sujeta a gravámenes anteriores y/o preferentes según surge de las constancias del Registro de la Propiedad en un estudio de título efectuado a la finca antes descrita. Una vez efectuada la venta de dicha propiedad, el Alguacil procederá a otorgar la escritura de traspaso al licitador victorioso en subasta, quien podrá ser la parte demandante, cuya oferta podrá aplicarse a la extinción parcial o total de la obligación reconocida por la sentencia dictada en este caso. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Se dispone, conforme con la sentencia dictada en
este caso que, una vez efectuada la subasta y vendido el bien inmueble, los adjudicatarios sean puestos en posesión del mismo dentro del término de veinte (20) días por el Alguacil de este Honorable Tribunal y los actuales poseedores lanzados del referido inmueble. Y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general, se publicará este Edicto de acuerdo con la ley, mediante edicto, en un periódico de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, una vez por semana, por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto de Subasta para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 31 de octubre de 2025. MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA DE SAN JUAN.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE AGUADILLA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. EMMANUEL
VILLARRUBIA ROSAS POR SI Y COMO
REPRESENTANTE DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA CON CRISTINA MARIE RIVERA LUGO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2025CV00532. (Salón: 0002 DISTRITO Y SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GINA H. FERRER MEDINA - LAWOFFICES. GINAFERRERMEDINA@GMAIL. COM.
A: EMMANUEL VILLALBA
ROSAS POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES
COMPUESTA POR ÉSTE Y CRISTINA MARIE
RIVERA LUGO.
(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 30 de octubre 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 03 de noviembre de 2025. En Aguada, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. ERIKA CRUZ PÉREZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC
Demandante V. MERCEDES MATOS DIAZ Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: NG2025CV00033. (Salón: 302). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: MERCEDES MATOS
DIAZ - DIRECCIONES: BO PEÑA POBRE CENTRO CARR 31 KM 11.8, NAGUABO PR 00718; HC 1 BOX 1018, NAGUABO PR 00718. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de noviembre 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 detalladamen-
te 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 03 de noviembre de 2025. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 03 de noviembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DALISSA REYES DE LEÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA BAJA
MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT PUERTO RICO, LLC COMO AGENTE GESTOR DE MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC. Demandante V. TAMARAINES
RAMOND MONTILLA
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TB2025CV00149. (Salón: 101). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. TAMARAINES RAMOND MONTILLA - BO CAMPANILLA 19 CALLE PANGOLA TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO 00949-3804. A: TAMARAINES
RAMOND MONTILLA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 de agosto 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 pue-
de 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 04 de noviembre de 2025. En Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, el 04 de noviembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. GLORYMAR SALDAÑA QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN DLS RETAIL, LLC Demandante V. EL CAMPEÓN RESTAURANTE, LLC.; CECILIA SANCHEZ
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV04635. Sala: (401). INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: EL CAMPEÓN RESTAURANTE LLC. Y CECILIA SÁNCHEZ - DIR: 9 CALLE PALMA REAL, DORADO, PR 00646. Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Fernando J. Gierbolini González; MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Suite 1120, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 620-5300, abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de
la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de octubre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NÉLIDA OCASIO ORTEGA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE ISABELA UNIÓN DE PERIODISTAS, ARTES GRÁFICAS Y RAMAS ANEXAS Demandante V. LUIS O. VALE ZAPATA Demandada Civil Núm.: IS2025CV00126. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: LUIS O. VALE ZAPATA - DIRECCIÓN: PO BOX 261973, SAN JUAN, PR 00926-1973. Por la presente se les notifica que se ha presentado en este Tribunal la Demanda de epígrafe. Se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique a: Lcdo. Miguel J. Simonet García; MONSERRATE, SIMONET & GIERBOLINI, 101 Ave. San Patricio, Suite 1120, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968; Tel: (787) 620-5300, abogados de la parte demandante, con copia de la contestación a la Demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una (1) vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general. Se le apercibe que si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal Superior dentro del término antes indicado, y notificando con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado a favor de la parte demandante sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Isabela, Puerto Rico, hoy día 31 de octubre de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. AIDALIZ M. ROMÁN MERCADO, SUBSECRETARIA.
Fill in the empty fields with the numbers from 1 through 9.
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Every row must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every column must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
Every 3x3 square must contain the numbers from 1 through 9
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2. Put ____ (act pretentiously)
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4. Hair colorers
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20. Slang interjection often written with two zeroes
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36. The Stars and Stripes
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Puerto Rico’s bronze medal was its second medal in the NORCECA Girls’ U-17 Continental Championship. The team won silver in 2023. (NORCECA)
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic in four sets (25-22, 29-27, 11-25 and 25-19) on Sunday afternoon to win the bronze medal at the 2025 NORCECA Girls’ U-17 Continental Championship at the National Gymnasium in San José, Costa Rica.
It was the second medal for Puerto Rico in the tournament, following a silver in 2023.
“It was a tremendous game, we almost lost it … but we deserved it,” Puerto Rico coach Ernesto Ricolt said after the match.
Anna Aquino, who led the team in scoring, added: “This was a team effort. I’m very proud of the team and the coaches who did an excellent job.”
“It feels amazing,” added Aquino, who sealed the victory with the final point. “I also scored the winning point in
the other World Championship qualifier.”
Puerto Rico finished the event with a 3-3 record, while the Dominican Republic went 3-2. The Boricuas had the advantage in attacks (47-38), blocks (9-7) and service points (11-10), although they committed more errors (38-24).
Aquino led Puerto Rico’s offense with 19 points (17 attacks, 2 blocks), followed by Kelysha Domínguez with 15 points (11 attacks, 1 block, 3 aces) and Carinialys Román with 13 (10 attacks, 3 aces). Rayni Mondesi of the Dominican Republic was the top scorer of the match with 25 points.
Team Puerto Rico saw its 2-0 lead in sets falter as it dropped a lopsided third set. After trailing by five points in what would prove to be the decisive fourth set, Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback, tying the score at 18 and taking control from there. Aquino closed the set and the match with a powerful kill shot that careened off Mondesi’s block.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Ponce Lions, Santurce Crabbers and Carolina Giants all notched victories Sunday night in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC by its initials in Spanish).
A home run by Chris Arroyo led the Lions (Leones) to a 2-1 shutout victory over the San Juan Senators.
The Lions improved to 2-1 with their second consecutive win. The Senators (Senadores) remained winless in four outings.
Arroyo’s homer cleared the left-field fence with William Simoneit on base, putting the Lions up 2-0 against Senators starter Jarrod Cande in the top of the third inning.
San Juan scored its lone run after Lions lefthander Omar Meléndez got into trouble. With two outs, Yariel González doubled. Roby Enríquez and Jadiel Sánchez drew walks, loading the bases for the Senators. Then, José Sermo drew the third walk of the inning, advancing
González home to make the score 2-1.
Right-hander Bryant Salgado (1-0) earned the win for the Lions, pitching five solid innings, allowing two hits and striking out three. His teammate Andrew Marrero recorded his first save of the season, striking out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning. The loss went to Cande (0-1) after surrendering Ponce’s runs in three innings.
In another game, the Crabbers (Cangrejeros) defeated the Caguas Criollos 7-3 at Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium in Caguas.
Santurce remained undefeated in its first three games, while Caguas suffered its third loss in as many outings.
It was a game marked by wild pitching on the part of Caguas, whose hurlers issued five walks and hit four batters.
The Crabbers erupted in the top of the fourth inning, collecting five of their eight hits against the Criollos’ erratic starter Harrison Francis. After retiring the first batter of the inning, Francis hit Roy Morales with a pitch, and Rubén Castro reached first base on a fielder’s choice. Santurce center fielder Johneshwy Fargas connected for the first hit, putting runners on the corners, and Shed Long Jr. drove in both with a single that made the score 2-0.
Francis’ troubles continued on the mound after he hit another batter, this time catcher Brian Navarreto. Andrew Velázquez followed with a ground ball that landed just shy of the foul line between home plate and first base. As this was happening, Long Jr. crossed home plate for a 3-0 lead. The Crabbers kept hitting as Jeremy Arocho drove in another run off
Francis, and another RBI by Brian Rey -- off reliever Magdiel Cotto -- extended Santurce’s lead to 5-0.
The fifth inning was much the same. Cotto walked two of the three batters he faced before being relieved by Marvin Gorgas. The righthander promptly allowed a two-run single by Navarreto, and Santurce took a commanding 7-0 lead.
The Criollos broke the deadlock in the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly to left field by Bryan González, making it 7-1. In the following inning, the Criollos’ Nelson Velázquez hit a two-run shot over the left-field fence, bringing the score to 7-3.
The win went to starter Austin Bergner (1-0), who pitched five scoreless innings. The right-hander allowed only two hits, issued two walks and struck out six. The loss was charged to Francis (0-1), who surrendered five runs in three and two-thirds innings.
The Giants, meanwhile, remained undefeated by defeating the Mayagüez Indians 4-2 at Isidoro “Cholo” García Stadium in Mayagüez.
A line drive over second base gave the Giants (Gigantes) their first run, with Yasser Mercedes scoring in the fourth inning. Mercedes had reached base after drawing a walk to start the inning. Two at-bats later, Deniel Ortiz drove in Carolina’s second run, prompting the removal of Indians starter Josimar Cousin. Veteran reliever Héctor Hernández struck out Josh Hatcher before a sacrifice fly by Ryuta Hirose made it 3-0.
In the bottom of the inning, Indians (Indios)
Santurce Crabbers catcher Brian Navarreto playing for the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp earlier this year. Navarreto’s tworun single in the fifth inning gave Santurce a commanding 7-0 lead over the Caguas Criollos on Sunday in Caguas. (Wikipedia)
shortstop Isan Díaz hit his first home run of the season to make the score 3-1.
After Mayagüez loaded the bases in the sixth inning, a ground ball for a force out by pinch hitter Héctor Reyes scored the second run of the game.
Two innings later, a single by Abimelec Ortiz to right field drove in Carolina’s fourth run.
The win went to José Cruz (1-0) for his onethird of an inning of relief. Right-hander Eduardo Rivera was awarded the save. The loss went to Cousin (0-1), who allowed Carolina’s first three runs in three innings.
Carolina completed the first weekend of the LBPRC season at 3-0. Mayagüez fell to 2-2.
Lenny Wilkens during his debut as head coach of the New York Knicks against the Seattle SuperSonics on Jan. 16, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Wilkens, the All-Star NBA point guard of the 1960s and ’70s who became the league’s second-ranking coach in total victories, has died at age 88. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Lenny Wilkens, the All-Star NBA point guard of the 1960s and ’70s who became the league’s second-ranking coach in total victories, forging a Hall of Fame career through five decades in pro basketball, has died. He was 88.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed Wilkens’ death in a statement. The statement did not specify when or where Wilkens died, nor did it cite a cause.
Growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York’s Brooklyn borough, Wilkens began playing basketball in Catholic playground leagues, then played for Boys High School in his senior year.
He became an All-American at Providence College and was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round of the 1960 NBA draft. One of the league’s leading playmakers of his time and a strong defensive presence with a nifty left-handed jump shot, he played for 15 seasons, his first eight with the Hawks, and earned All-Star honors nine times.
Wilkens passed Red Auerbach for most NBA coaching victories when his Atlanta Hawks defeated the visiting Washington Bullets in January 1995 for his 939th win. He seldom had star players, in contrast to Auerbach’s molding of a Boston Celtics dynasty with Bill Russell and a host of fellow Hall of Famers. But his insistence on team play and defensive tenacity brought him acclaim among basketball insiders, including Auerbach, who was on hand for Wilkens’ milestone victory.
Wilkens coached six teams over 32 seasons. He won 1,332 games (and lost 1,155), but his victory total was exceeded by Don Nelson’s 1,335 and Gregg Popovich’s 1,390. In his second coaching go-round with the Seattle SuperSonics (which later became the Oklahoma City Thunder), he took them to the 1979 NBA championship and won.
He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1989 as a player and again in 1998 as a coach. When the NBA celebrated its 50th season in 1996, he was cited as one of its 50 greatest players and top 10 coaches.
A soft-spoken figure, his expression betraying little emotion
as he surveyed the action, Wilkens was a stark contrast to fellow coaches who paced the sidelines, barking instructions.
He might have been overshadowed at times in light of his calm demeanor, but he shrugged that off.
“My personality is not important,” he told The New York Times when his SuperSonics were on the brink of their NBA championship. “I don’t think it has anything to do with the team. I’m as effective as a raving lunatic. Who would you listen to? Yelling and screaming is not my nature. I try to get through to my players in other ways.”
Paul Silas, a Sonics forward on that championship team, described him as “a very, very low‐key guy.”
“Nothing ever seems to excite him,” Silas said. “He doesn’t intimidate players. He never points fingers at individuals, win or lose, which perhaps is his greatest quality.”
His 1979 Sonics had a solid but unspectacular lineup that featured Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams in the backcourt and Jack Sikma, John Johnson, Lonnie Shelton and Silas up front. The team was the underdog in the playoff final against a Washington team led by Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld, both Hall of Famers. The Bullets had beaten the Sonics in the previous season’s final. But in their second matchup, the Sonics captured the championship in five games.
Wilkens was voted NBA coach of the year for 1993-94 when he took the Atlanta Hawks, who were coming off a mediocre season, to a 57-25 record and a division title.
After coaching the SuperSonics for the first time, beginning in 1969, and the Portland Trail Blazers, and playing for both teams, Wilkens coached the Sonics again, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Hawks, the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knicks. He replaced Don Chaney as the Knicks’ coach in 2004 in the midst of a losing season and turned around their fortunes, but they lost in the first round of the playoffs. He resigned in January 2005 when the Knicks floundered once more.
He was an assistant coach, under Chuck Daly, for the gold medal-winning Dream Team of pro stars at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and head coach of the second Dream Team, which won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Leonard Randolph Wilkens was born Oct. 28, 1937, in Brooklyn. “My father was Black and a chauffeur, but he died when I was 5,” Wilkens told Terry Pluto in the NBA oral history “Tall Tales” (1992). “My mother was an Irish Catholic and was left with having to raise five kids. She worked at a candy factory, packing boxes. We also went through a period when we were on public assistance.”
He worked as a grocery stockman when he wasn’t in school and remembered how his mother, Henrietta, “was a strong presence” who kept her family together.
She enrolled him in a Catholic elementary school. The Rev. Thomas Mannion, who had coached him as a youngster, kept in touch and recommended him to Providence, a Roman Catholic college, after his graduation from Boys High (now Boys and Girls High School).
Wilkens, at 6-foot-1, played for three seasons at Providence under coach Joe Mullaney, averaging nearly 15 points a game, and was named MVP of the 1960 National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden. He led the Friars to the championship game, where they were beaten by Bradley University. He graduated with a degree in economics.
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