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Secretary of state calls meeting to seek alternatives to inventory tax
By THE STAR STAFF
Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera Santana announced Monday that she will convene a meeting today with Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, the Puerto Rico Mayors Federation and representatives from the private sector with the goal of reaching a consensus on possible alternatives for replacing the inventory tax.
Rivera Santana noted that private companies have several proposals to present and emphasized that all perspectives will be carefully evaluated.
“Municipalities are very important for providing direct services to the people, and continuing to eliminate funds they already receive creates a situation where the government must identify how those resources can be replaced,” stated the former mayor of Gurabo.
The discussion comes amid a heated debate over Puerto Rico’s inventory tax, a levy on the value of goods held by businesses that municipalities rely on for revenue. Earlier this year, House Bill 420 sought to freeze and eventually eliminate the tax, a move strongly supported by the private sector, which argues that the tax inflates costs, discourages inventory stocking, and undermines competitiveness. Business leaders claim its repeal would strengthen supply chains and reduce shortages during emergencies.
However, the governor vetoed the bill in October, citing fiscal concerns. Eliminating the tax without a replacement would leave municipalities with a $314 million shortfall, threatening essential services. Mayors have warned that any repeal must include a viable substitute to protect local budgets, while business groups continue to push for reform, calling the tax outdated and burdensome compared to most U.S. jurisdictions. González Colón has since tasked Rivera Santana with leading efforts to identify alternative revenue sources and build consensus among stakeholders.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau launched its “Not One More Bullet in the Air” campaign on Monday with an event at Plaza Carolina that included the premiere of a new song performed by singer-songwriter Alex Javier Esteras with the Police Band.
“One injury, one death is one too many. We cannot let our guard down,” said Police Superintendent Joseph González, who acknowledged the support of organizations, agencies, and media outlets in disseminating the preventative message.
During the event, the public heard testimonies from families affected by the illegal practice of firing shots into the air on New Year’s Eve. Among them was Carlos Negrón Santiago, father of Karla Michelle, who died in 2011 after being struck by a stray bullet.
The initiative, established by Law 404 of 2000, has sought to curb a problem that resulted in 42 injuries and three deaths
between 2000 and 2003. Although there was a six-year period without fatalities, between 2010 and 2011 two minors died: Javier Cancel Flores and Karla Michelle Negrón.
From 2000 to 2024, 93 injuries and five deaths related to celebratory gunfire during New Year’s Eve celebrations were recorded.
Puerto Rico is the only place in the world that legally recognizes December as “No Gunfire in the Air Month” and Dec. 31 as “No Gunfire in the Air Day.” Firing into the air is a felony punishable by a fixed five-year prison sentence, which can be increased to 10 years if there are aggravating circumstances.
The campaign will run until Jan. 7 with information booths in shopping malls, public service announcements, and talks in communities and schools. The effort will encompass all 13 police districts and divisions, such as Community Relations and the Police Athletic League.
The confidential hotline 787-343-2020 is available to report related incidents. Emergencies can be reported to 911.
Puerto Rico Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera Santana
Dominican community leader calls for resignation of island’s general consul
By THE STAR STAFF
Dominican community leader Luis Aguasvivas has issued an urgent call to the government of the Dominican Republic to dismiss Rosendo Arsenio Borges, the neighboring island nation’s current consul general in Puerto Rico, citing what he described as a “clear lack of commitment, complete absence of action, and failure to support” Dominicans affected by recent immigration raids.
Arsenio Borges did not answer requests for comment.
Aguasvivas on Monday condemned the consul’s inaction during what he characterized as aggressive raids, indiscriminate detentions, and alleged abuses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The community leader asserted that Borges has not appeared to provide moral support, legal
assistance, guidance, or any institutional presence for families impacted by the crackdown.
He further criticized the consulate’s silence and noted that no emergency summit has been convened with the immigrant community, nor have there been meetings with Puerto Rico’s governor or the creation of a special protection committee for Dominicans residing on the island.
While acknowledging that the Dominican community respects the U.S. government’s sovereign right to enforce immigration policies, Aguasvivas denounced what he called “abuses, intimidation, and mistreatment of hardworking families” allegedly being used as a campaign tactic to discourage migration. The actions, he said, have “crossed all boundaries of humanity.”
Since early 2025, Puerto Rico has seen an unprecedented surge in immigration en-
deportation orders. Officials estimate that about 20,000 people live without legal status on the island, and nearly 1,000 immigrants have been detained this year, with fewer than 12% having criminal records. According to previous reports, three-quarters of those arrested are Dominican nationals, reflecting the community’s vulnerability in Puerto Rico, where Dominicans have long been integral to the local economy and culture.
By THE STAR STAFF
Seeking alternatives that help solve the growing crisis stemming from the closure of landfills and the low recycling rate on the island, District 20 (Cabo Rojo, San Germán and Hormigueros) Rep. Emilio Carlo Acosta drew attention to House Bill (HB) 630 on Monday.
The bill, filed by the lawmaker earlier this year, aims to transform the management of discarded tires in Puerto Rico.
“Through this bill we seek to strengthen the local recycling industry, create fairer conditions for transporters and provide sustainable solutions for municipalities, while promoting the use of recycled products in road construction and rehabilitation work financed by the [central] government and municipalities,” the legislator said.
Among the proposed changes, the measure seeks to amend Articles 4 and 9 of Act No. 412009, and Article 52 of Act No. 416-2004, in order to transform the management of discarded tires in Puerto Rico.
“One of the key aspects of the measure is the establishment of a minimum requirement for collected tires that must be processed and recycled in local facilities,” Carlo Acosta said.
“The proposal also contemplates recognizing the carriers of discarded tires as eligible to charge fees for their services, in addition to creating a clear and functional mechanism for such transactions.”
The lawmaker stressed that the proposal not only addresses an urgent environmental problem, but also represents an opportunity to promote innovation, reduce dependence on landfills and generate green jobs.
forcement under directives from Washington. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations office in San Juan has adopted aggressive tactics, including surprise raids at workplaces, hotels and construction sites, as well as door-todoor operations targeting individuals with
Critics say the raids often involve racial profiling and deceptive tactics, leaving families terrified and disrupting schools, clinics and workplaces. Because Puerto Rico lacks permanent detention facilities, detainees are flown to the U.S. mainland, separating them from their families and legal counsel. Local advocacy groups have launched hotlines and legal aid programs to respond to what they describe as a humanitarian crisis.
Lawmaker: Discarded tire recycling & management bill’s time has arrived USPS opens letter adoption for Operation Santa
By THE STAR STAFF
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Monday that it has begun letter adoptions for Operation Santa, an initiative that allows individuals and groups to fulfill the wishes sent by children and families during the holiday season.
“We invite the public to join us in spreading joy by adopting a letter,” said Sheila Holman, vice president of marketing
“The country is finally talking about a problem that has been denounced for years, the lack of control in the handling of discarded tires, the mountains of accumulated tires and the situation that this creates for the state to recycle,” Carlo Acosta said. “HB 630 not only recognizes this crisis, it addresses it head-on and with concrete actions.”
He emphasized that the bill represents a concrete opportunity to optimize the management of discarded tires and promote the circular economy on the island.
“We cannot continue to export the problem or lose millions in economic opportunities,” the legislator said.
HB 630, filed by Carlo Acosta on May 12 of this year, was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee on May 15, the date on which it was also included in the first reading
of the lower chamber. Currently, the measure is pending evaluation in that committee as part of its legislative process.
for the USPS, in a written statement. “Each year we receive more letters than adopters, so if you have the opportunity, we encourage you to participate.”
According to the statement, this year’s program includes a special emphasis on adopting family letters through a feature that allows teams, offices or community groups to coordinate with each other to fulfill all the requests from a single household.
Those interested should visit USPSOperationSanta.com,
create an account, verify their identity, and select the available letters. They can then purchase gifts themselves or through the online catalog and mail them. The Postal Service recommends mailing packages before Dec. 13 to ensure timely delivery. The team feature allows one person to form a group, invite other participants, and coordinate the adoption of all the letters from a single family. The team leader can see which letters remain unadopted and take responsibility for completing them to ensure everyone receives an adoption.
Dominican community leader Luis Aguasvivas (X via Aguasvivas360)
Rep. Emilio Carlo Acosta
By THE STAR STAFF
Rep. Tatiana Pérez Ramírez has introduced House Bill 969, seeking to amend Law 106-2017, known as the “Law to Guarantee Payment to Our Pensioners and Establish a New Defined Contribution Plan for Public Servants.” The proposal would allow the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Employees Association (AEELA by its initials in Spanish) to serve as an alternative administrator for the Defined Contribution Plan, according to a statement issued Monday.
The new legislation would amend the law to allow the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Employees Association to serve as an alternative administrator for the Defined Contribution Plan.
The measure also amends Law 9-2013, which governs AEELA, to create a new membership category. The move would enable current and former public employees from retirement systems -- including System 2000, the Hybrid Defined Contribution Program (Law 3-2013), and Plan 106 -- to remain affiliated with AEELA and continue benefiting from its services even after leaving public service.
“For years, public servants have raised legitimate concerns about the lack of guidance and oversight in managing their accounts under external private entities,” Pérez Ramírez said. “AEELA has proven to be a solid, reliable, and transparent institution that has served public employees with excellence for over a century without relying on taxpayer funds. It’s time to offer them the option to have their savings and contributions managed by a local entity with proven integrity.”
Law 106-2017 established the new defined contribution plan and the Retirement Board, granting participants exclusive ownership of their individual contributions. However,
account management was assigned to external entities, creating uncertainty and distrust among public employees.
The proposed legislation aims to provide greater security and financial autonomy by allowing employees to voluntarily transfer their defined contribution accounts to AEELA. The institution has offered economic stability, secure credit, insurance programs, social benefits, and annual dividends to more than 147,000 members for over 100 years.
“This proposal recognizes AEELA’s historic value and strength while reinforcing trust in Puerto Rican institutions,:” the lawmaker added. “It also promotes the protection of individual savings and encourages financial independence for our public servants.”
Pérez Ramírez emphasized that the measure seeks to safeguard public employees’ savings and promote responsible, local management of retirement funds, reaffirming the Legislature’s commitment to economic stability for active and retired government workers.
“This legislation not only provides a safer option but represents an act of justice and respect for those who have dedicated their lives to public service,” she said. “Public servants deserve trust, transparency, and local options that protect the fruits of their labor.”
Bill would allow AEELA to manage public employee retirement accounts Vector control unit is first organization in PR to receive public health award
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (Unit), a program of the Science, Technology and Research Trust, has been recognized with the Public Health Excellence Award at the 2026 Research! America Advocacy Awards.
The award honors the critical role played by individuals and organizations in research, communication and public-private partnerships to address public health threats that endanger the safety and well-being of communities. It is the first time the award has been given to an organization in Puerto Rico, marking a historic milestone for science and public health in the archipelago.
Dr. Grayson Brown, executive director of the Unit, will accept the award on behalf of the organization during the official ceremony on March 10, 2026, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
“This recognition is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and passion of the entire Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit team,” Brown said. “It is an honor to represent Puerto Rico on this national stage.”
Since its creation in 2016 in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Unit has distinguished itself through its work in increasing capacity for the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
“This award represents a milestone for Puerto Rico and for the Science, Technology and Research Trust,” said Lucy Crespo, CEO of the Trust. “We are incredibly proud to see how the dedication and commitment of the Vector Control
Unit have been recognized nationally. This achievement reaffirms our mission to drive innovation and strengthen public health for the benefit of our communities.”
Among the Unit’s achievements are: the development of the first comprehensive vector surveillance and control system in Puerto Rico, integrating geographic information system technology; the establishment of laboratories equipped to perform molecular testing on vectors to provide scientific evidence to support public health decision-making; and the implementation of integrated vector management projects that combine surveillance, vector control with diverse technologies, and community participation.
The recognition reflects the Unit’s commitment to protecting community health and strengthening preparedness against dengue, Zika, chikungunya and other emerging viruses.
The Unit’s associate director, Dr. Julieanne Miranda, stated that “this historic recognition reflects our team’s unwavering commitment to protecting public health in Puerto Rico.”
Research!America, based in Arlington, Virginia, is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 that
leads the promotion and advocacy of medical, scientific, and health research in the United States. Its mission is to advocate for policies and resources that drive scientific innovation, improve public health, and strengthen preparedness for emerging threats. Through partnerships with academic, governmental and private institutions, Research!America works to ensure that science remains a national priority.
Among the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit’s achievements are: 1) the development of the first comprehensive vector surveillance and control system in Puerto Rico, integrating geographic information system technology; 2) the establishment of laboratories equipped to perform molecular testing on vectors to provide scientific evidence in support of public health decision-making; and 3) the implementation of integrated vector management projects that combine surveillance, vector control with diverse technologies, and community participation.
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In pulpits and pews, Catholic churches urge compassion for immigrants
By MARK BONAMO, DAVE PHILIPPS and POOJA SALHOTRA
The Rev. Alex Santora ascended to the pulpit of the Church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph, looked out at the people gathered beneath stained glass and soaring gothic columns that were created largely by Irish immigrants in the 19th century, and told a story of a local immigrant in modern times.
The man came from Cuba more than 40 years ago, started a business and raised a family. But he had gotten into some minor legal trouble in the 1980s. And this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement came for him. He had to close his business, lay off his workers and leave the country.
“In the last 10 months, we’re hearing about a lot of pain, people whose lives are abandoned and ruined, and not just a few,” Santora told parishioners at the church in Hoboken, New Jersey, during Mass on Saturday evening.
In humble rural churches and tall urban cathedrals across the country this weekend, Catholic priests and parishioners reflected on the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Some said that the roundup of hundreds of thousands of people, which has disproportionately affected Catholic congregations full of immigrants, goes against Christian teachings.
Just a few miles from Our Lady of Grace, Santora said, about 1,000 immigrants were being held in a detention center. “This is not what Jesus Christ would want,” he told his flock. “It’s immoral.”
The Trump administration says that its immigration enforcement campaign will break deportation records by the end of the year. Teams of agents, often using military-style equipment, have raided factories, construction sites and apartment blocks and detained people at schools, churches and big-box stores.
The Department of Homeland Security said in late October that it had deported 527,000 “illegal aliens” this year and pushed another 1.6 million to leave the country voluntarily. A record 66,000 immigrants were in federal detention, according to the agency. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in October, “This is just the beginning.”
As the administration has stepped up its deportation efforts, though, the Catholic Church has gotten louder in its criticism. The
sees children. When walls are built, she builds bridges,” Boller said. “She knows that her proclamation in the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself.”
Other churches chose not to address the topic directly Sunday. Still, some parishioners said they welcomed the bishops’ strong statement.
Charlotte Lesslie, 20, attended Mass with her parents at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Clemson, South Carolina.
“I felt like it was good stating just that every human being deserves dignity and deserves love and deserves to be treated like they were made in the image and likeness of our Lord,” she said. “They weren’t saying that any one person is bad, but just that maybe some of the things that are going on aren’t really what is asked of us as people, as Christians.”
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Wednesday issued a special message — the first since 2013 — opposing what it called the “indiscriminate mass deportation of people.”
“We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants,” the bishops wrote. “We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”
At the end of their message, they said, “We pray for an end to dehumanizing rhetoric and violence, whether directed at immigrants or at law enforcement.”
DHS said it was focused on “removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from American communities, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug dealers and more.”
The agency said that 70% of arrests were of immigrants charged with or convicted of a crime in the United States. But an analysis of federal data by The New York Times shows that fewer than 40% had a criminal conviction, and only about 8% had been convicted of a violent crime.
In Hoboken, Santora pointed around the church, speaking about how Our Lady of Grace was built by immigrants more than a century ago.
“Their nickels, dimes and quarters built this church. They employed all the people who designed, engineered, constructed and furnished it,” he said.
“We know that immigrants have built our
country, and they fuel our economy,” he added.
At the Church of St. Mary in nearby Rutherford, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, 73, was presiding over a Sunday afternoon Mass after returning from the U.S. Council of Bishops meeting. After Mass, he described the moment when the bishops agreed to the content of their letter about the immigration crisis as the greatest show of unanimity he’d ever seen in the body. “And when the final vote count was flashed up on the screen in the meeting hall, people spontaneously stood up and applauded,” he said.
“We’re concerned about what we see going on in the country,” the cardinal added. “While we certainly do not deny the obligation of a state to regulate its borders, everyone from the Holy Father and several Holy Fathers down have made it quite clear that having laws isn’t enough. They have to be based on compassion and justice.”
Across the Hudson River in New York City, at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Manhattan, the Rev. Kenneth Boller also addressed the bishops’ letter during Mass.
“The church is like a mother. When the world sees threats, she
At St. Thomas Mission in Brownsville, Texas, the Rev. Joel Flores did not directly mention the letter. But he said in an interview before Mass that there was nothing new in the bishops’ statement about immigration, adding, “It’s a statement the church has been making since its conception.”
“Any institution which does something against the value of human life is worthy of the church making a statement,” Flores said.
Deportations have put his parish in the Rio Grande Valley, which has a high number of Spanish-speaking immigrants, on edge. Flores said there has been a significant drop in the number of people attending Mass in recent months because parishioners fear they will be picked up by federal agents.
“There’s a system that is deporting or potentially deporting people indiscriminately,” he said. “People are asking questions like, why me, or why them, or am I next?”
Rev. Alex Santora delivers a homily about immigration and Christianity at the Church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph in Hoboken, N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. Immigration was on the minds of priests and parishioners following a letter from the nation’s Catholic bishops decrying how immigrants are being treated. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
US airport flight restrictions lifted
By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN
The leaders of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Sunday that they were ending flight restrictions at 40 airports that were imposed just over a week ago during the government shutdown, citing improved staffing levels among air traffic controllers.
In a statement, they said the FAA’s safety team had recommended the return to normal operations, which would begin at 6 a.m. Monday.
The decision “reflects the steady decline in staffing concerns,” FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said.
“Controllers have returned to their posts and normal operations can resume,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, praising President Donald Trump’s leadership. “Now we can refocus our efforts on surging controller hiring and building the brand-new, state of the art air traffic control system the American people deserve.”
But according to new numbers from the aviation data company Cirium, most of the airports that were subject to the flight restrictions had not been in full compliance with them for days. And as of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, when the restrictions specified flight reductions of 3%, just 0.25% of flights at the airports had been canceled.
The FAA said that it was “aware of reports of noncompliance by carriers over the course of the emergency order,” was reviewing them and would decide whether to enforce fines against the operators.
Duffy and Bedford imposed flight restrictions at 40
Passengers at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Nov. 7, 2025, the first day of reduced operations at 40 airports around the country. The leaders of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Sunday, Nov. 16, they were ending flight restrictions at 40 airports that were imposed just over a week ago during the government shutdown, citing improved staffing levels among air traffic controllers. (Andrew Leyden/ The New York Times)
airports Nov. 7, citing a rise in so-called staffing triggers, or delays forced by too many controller absences at an air
traffic facility, among other worrisome data. The government shutdown had, at that point, lasted for more than five weeks, during which air traffic controllers had been forced to work without pay.
Airlines were first told to reduce traffic to and from those 40 airports by 4%, with plans to expand the cuts to 10% by last Friday. But last Wednesday, just hours before Trump signed a spending package that ended the shutdown, Duffy and Bedford announced they would freeze the restrictions at 6%. On Friday afternoon, they lowered the cuts to 3%, pledging to monitor the situation to see whether air traffic could return to normal.
In the days before Duffy and Bedford’s announcement, staffing triggers dropped. The FAA reported six triggers Friday, eight Saturday, and only one Sunday. That is a significant improvement over the previous weekend, when there were 45 staffing triggers on Nov. 7, 81 on Nov. 8 and 43 on Nov. 9.
But with the improvement in safety indicators, it appears that some airlines began to treat the FAA’s restrictions as more of a suggestion than a rule, despite the agency’s threat to fine airlines up to $75,000 for every flight operated above the mandated limits.
The Cirium data suggests that most of the 40 airports fell short of the cuts airlines were required to make beginning Wednesday, the day the shutdown ended. On Saturday, when the 3% restrictions took effect, only two airports — Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Portland International Airport in Oregon— met the mark. On Sunday, none did.
Acting FEMA administrator is out, injecting uncertainty at agency in limbo
By SCOTT DANCE and MAXINE JOSELOW
David Richardson has resigned as acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, injecting even greater uncertainty into the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the federal role in disaster response.
Karen Evans, a senior political appointee at FEMA who earlier this year led an overhaul of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will take over as acting FEMA administrator Dec. 1, according to the Homeland Security Department, which oversees both agencies. Evans, like Richardson, lacks experience in emergency management, which is a legal requirement to lead FEMA. Evans has played a central role in the Trump administration’s efforts to cut costs at FEMA, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
Earlier this year, Evans rejected many FEMA spending requests before they could reach the desk of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has imposed a requirement that she personally approve any expense over $100,000, the three people said.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Homeland Security Department, said Richardson was returning to the private sector and thanked him for his work “refocusing the agency to deliver swift resources to Americans in crisis.”
President Donald Trump has suggested eliminating or overhauling FEMA, with an eye toward shifting more responsibility for disaster response to the states. The administration is expected to release a report in the coming weeks detailing its plans to reshape FEMA’s role in disasters across the country.
That report “will inform this administration’s ongoing efforts to fundamentally restructure FEMA, transforming it from its current form into a streamlined, mission-focused disaster-response force,” McLaughlin said in a statement.
Evans, who had worked in the first Trump administration, was previously national director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a private initiative focused on building the country’s cybersecurity workforce, and worked in information technology for her own company, according to her LinkedIn profile. She served as the chief information officer at the Office of Management and Budget during the George W. Bush administration.
Richardson, who served in the Marines, was named to the role of acting FEMA administrator in May, replac-
ing Cameron Hamilton, who was pushed out a day after telling members of Congress that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated. His resignation was first reported by The Washington Post.
When he was tapped for FEMA, Richardson was the assistant secretary at the Homeland Security Department’s office for countering weapons of mass destruction. Richardson maintained both jobs.
After Richardson joined FEMA, some of his employees expressed concern about his lack of experience. He told employees in June that he did not know the United States had a hurricane season — a comment that unnerved FEMA employees who heard it. The agency later said Richardson was joking.
On his first full day as acting administrator, Richardson told the agency’s employees that if any of them tried to obstruct his agenda, “I will run right over you.”
In a statement responding to Richardson’s resignation, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said, “good riddance.”
“Americans deserve a FEMA leader with at least the most basic core competencies in emergency management, something David Richardson never demonstrated,” Pallone said.
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The power grab that embodies Trumpism
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The Constitution gives the authority to tax and spend not to the head of state, but to the elected representatives who are closest to the people: the members of Congress. Money is power, and the founders of this country feared that a president would turn into a monarch if he alone could dictate how the government uses the federal Treasury.
President Donald Trump, however, has tried to take Congress’ constitutional power and make it his own. He has repeatedly ignored laws passed by the House and the Senate to spend money, or not spend it, based on his whims and agenda. He has violated the law at least six times, according to the Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog agency. That total does not include the government shutdown, when he continued to disregard the law.
The moves are part of a strategy designed chiefly by Russell Vought, Trump’s budget director and an author of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 document, which laid out a potential agenda for a second Trump term. The moves also fit with Trump’s broader strategy to push the United States away from its democratic traditions and concentrate power in a single person — him. Alarmingly, congressional Republicans have stood by while Trump has executed this power grab. Trump’s abuses of spending power fall into three categories. First, he has refused to spend money that Congress allocated. He avoided allocating foreign aid with a maneuver known as a
pocket rescission, and he withheld funds for electric vehicles, libraries and museums, preschools, other schools, grants for scientific research, and emergency response operations.
Second, Trump has spent money that Congress has not allocated. During the shutdown, he paid military troops and some other federal workers without congressional approval. He used private funds from a billionaire supporter for some of the payments, setting a dangerous precedent. Earlier in his term, he declared an emergency to divert funds for the military to his border crackdown.
Third, the president has taken steps that effectively overturn Congress’ spending decisions. In these cases, he has not added or subtracted federal funds, but he has taken other steps that make it so an agency cannot carry out the mission that Congress envisioned for it. He has gutted the Department of Education with layoffs, making it impossible for the agency to do things, such as protect students’ civil rights, that Congress appropriated funds for it to do. He has taken similar steps with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In some of these instances, courts have attempted to stop Trump, but his policies remain in effect while the cases wind through the courts. In too many other instances, the Supreme Court has unwisely endorsed Trump’s approach. (It allowed his cuts to foreign aid, for example, asserting that the president has broad authority over foreign policy.) Either way, the result is an expansion of presidential power and a weakening of the Legislature that should alarm anybody who shares the American founders’ suspicion of centralized power.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 10, 2025. “Today’s Supreme Court has been far too tolerant of Trump’s steamrollering of Congress,” The New York Times editorial board writes. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
the sort of spending powers Trump has claimed for himself. Democrats, after all, typically like to use government power ambitiously. Imagine a Democratic president who allocates money to health insurance subsidies, clean energy programs or preschool classes without congressional approval. Or imagine a president who refuses to spend money that Congress had allocated for oil exploration, immigration enforcement or corporate subsidies. That future president would be able to cite Trump as a precedent.
If Congress refuses to act, the courts will need to do more. Lower court judges have already done an admirable job, ruling against Trump’s spending decisions on foreign aid, food stamps and more. Judges appointed by presidents of both parties have written detailed decisions that explain the illegality of Trump’s actions. They have called them out for what they are, using words like “arbitrary,” “capricious” and “disingenuous.” In one ruling, a judge cited a previous decision from Justice Anthony Kennedy: “Liberty is always at stake when one or more of the branches seek to transgress the separation of powers.”
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Trump and his supporters can fairly argue that they did not start the trend of executive overreach. In response to gridlocked and disagreeable congresses, previous presidents have sought to expand their powers in ways that violated the spirit, if not the text, of federal laws. President Joe Biden’s attempt to forgive student loans, in the face of opposition in Congress that included even a few Democrats, is one example.
Yet Trump is different. He has gone much further than previous presidents, which explains why the Government Accountability Office has found he violated the law six times in the span of a few months. Regardless, “He started it” is not a reasonable justification for a child’s misbehavior, much less a president’s.
Republicans have done little to confront Trump’s abrogation of Congress’ spending powers. They have largely refused to criticize his actions. They have chosen not to block his executive and judicial nominees, which they could use as leverage to get the president to respect the constitutional order. They have failed to pass new bills that would emphasize their constitutional role in setting taxing and spending. These moves would raise the political costs of Trump’s actions by signaling that this issue is not narrowly partisan. It is constitutional. The country’s founders envisioned a legislature that was a primary center of power in its own right, rather than subservient to an executive.
It would be a useful exercise for Republicans in Congress to envision how a future Democratic president might use
Today’s Supreme Court has been far too tolerant of Trump’s steamrollering of Congress. It has stood by while Trump effectively cancels, after the fact, the agreements lawmakers make to pass a budget. What’s the point of the appropriations process if the president can just undo it? The justices have fresh opportunities to return our system to order, including in the ongoing case about Trump’s tariffs. They should do so.
Ciencias Médicas lanza nuevo ciclo de su red de investigación clínica y traslacional
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SAN JUAN – El Recinto de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico presentó el lunes el nuevo ciclo de la red académica para investigación clínica y traslacional, respaldado por una subvención de veinticinco millones de dólares otorgada por el Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Generales para el periodo de 2025 a
2030.
“Esta estructura es un componente de suma importancia para el Recinto y la comunidad científica, pero su norte es no quedarse a nivel de la academia, sino impactar directamente a la gente”, dijo la rectora del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Myrna Quiñones Feliciano, en declaraciones escritas.
La presidenta de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Zayira Jordán Conde, indicó que el nuevo ciclo reafirma el liderato institucional en la investigación científica y fortalece la capacidad del sistema universitario para atender necesidades de salud basadas en evidencia. “La colaboración entre nuestras instituciones demuestra que Puerto Rico cuenta con el talento y la infraestructura para avanzar en áreas críticas”, añadió.
De acuerdo con el comunicado, el esfuerzo es liderado por el Recinto de Ciencias Médicas en colaboración con la Universidad Central del Caribe y Ponce Health
Sciences, e integrará servicios, recursos y adiestramientos dirigidos a fortalecer la investigación clínica y traslacional durante los próximos cinco años.
El Departamento de Salud, representado por el subsecretario Luis Olmedo, expresó que la renovación de la subvención consolidará una plataforma científica alineada con prácticas internacionales y permitirá acelerar intervenciones costo efectivas. El funcionario destacó que la iniciativa coincide con los esfuerzos de la gobernadora Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón para modernizar la capacidad investigativa del país.
El evento incluyó presentaciones de las investigadoras principales, Evangelia Morou y Valerie Wojna, quienes detallaron los nuevos recursos y oportunidades disponibles para la facultad y la comunidad científica. La actividad también reconoció al neurólogo Carlos Luciano por su trayectoria y rol previo en la dirección del programa desde 1999.
Santa Isabel avanza al Final Four del Béisbol
Femenino en su temporada debut
entrada.
SAN JUAN – Las Ponys de Santa Isabel lograron el lunes su clasificación al Final Four de la Liga de Béisbol Femenino (LBF), en su primer año como franquicia, tras barrer en dos juegos a las Estrellas del Guamaní de Guayama, subcampeonas de la pasada temporada. Santa Isabel dominó la miniserie con marcadores de 7-4 y 5-3. En el primer encuentro, Iadmar Torres obtuvo la victoria en relevo tras trabajar cuatro entradas sin permitir anotaciones, mientras Leslianie Báez aportó dos carreras impulsadas y dos anotadas. Las Ponys aseguraron el triunfo con un ramillete de tres vueltas en la séptima
En el segundo juego, Yaritza De Jesús lanzó toda la ruta para completar la barrida.
Con el pase a semifinales, Santa Isabel se une a las Artesanas de Las Piedras y a las Taínas de Utuado como tres de los cuatro equipos que estarán en el Final Four.
La otra miniserie entre las Poetas de Juana Díaz y las Maceteras de Vega Alta quedó emparejada. Juana Díaz ganó el primer partido con un sencillo de oro de Natalia del Valle en la séptima entrada, 4-3, mientras Vega Alta reaccionó al día siguiente con victoria de 5-1 detrás del trabajo completo de Marangelis Barbosa, quien solo permitió un hit.
Policías municipales repelen agresión en Isla Verde
POR CYBERNEWS
ISLA VERDE – La Policía informó el lunes que agentes municipales de Carolina repelieron una agresión en hechos ocurridos en la madrugada frente al hotel Courtyard by Marriott, en la avenida Isla Verde. Según las autoridades, un sargento municipal se encon-
traba detenido en la vía mientras atendía una situación relacionada con un hoyo en la carretera, cuando observó a un individuo a bordo de un Toyota Yaris realizando varios disparos. Al intentar intervenir, el conductor huyó, lo que provocó un seguimiento por varias vías del área de Carolina. Durante la persecución, el individuo realizó otro disparo y el oficial repelió la agresión. El sospechoso resultó herido y fue arrestado en la avenida Campo Rico. En el lugar recibió atención de paramédicos y luego fue transportado a un hospital, donde su condición fue descrita como estable.
La investigación quedó en manos de agentes del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales de Carolina, en coordinación con personal del Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales.
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Peter Watkins, provocateur with a movie camera, dies at 90
By J. HOBERMAN
Peter Watkins, a British filmmaker and artistic provocateur whose movies blurred the line between documentary and fiction, most powerfully in “The War Game,” his Oscar-winning 1965 evocation of a nuclear attack that the BBC deemed “too horrifying” to air, died Oct. 30 in Bourganeuf, France. He was 90.
His death, in a hospital, was announced on his website by his wife, Vida Urbonavicius. He had spent much of the last quarter-century in central France.
In Watkins’ sprawling output of movies — including stories about a pop star used by the government to manipulate political opinion, the bloody French uprising of 1871 and, in a 14-hour epic, the Cold War arms race — the unifying principles were an utmost distrust of authority and the threat of civic annihilation, a legacy of a London childhood forged in the face of wartime blitzkrieg.
Watkins had shown early promise as an amateur filmmaker before the BBC hired him in 1962. Two years later, he delighted producers with a short feature on the Battle of Culloden, the decisive engagement of the 18thcentury Jacobite uprising in Scotland in which the Scottish army was routed by the Duke of Cumberland. Shot with nonprofessional actors as if by a TV news crew, “Culloden” was widely acclaimed and led the BBC to commission Watkins to make a movie dramatizing the effects of a nuclear strike.
The film was more than the state-funded BBC had bargained for. Factual yet apocalyptic over 48 minutes, “The War Game” imagined a 1 megaton Soviet warhead exploding above the city of Canterbury in a blinding flash, unleashing a flesh-melting firestorm, widespread radiation sickness and a complete breakdown of law and order.
Considered “too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting,” a BBC news release said at the time, “The War Game” was shelved for 20 years, although it was shown elsewhere, winning a special award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival and collecting the Academy Award for best documentary feature.
The New York Times reported that many in British government were opposed to showing the film not so much because it was “too horrible” but because it was viewed as “political propaganda that served the interests of those opposed to Britain’s having a nuclear deterrent.”
The experience left Watkins deeply mis-
In Watkins’ sprawling output of movies the unifying principles were an utmost distrust of authority and the threat of civic annihilation. (Instagram via icarusfilms_)
trustful of a broadcast system that he called mass audiovisual media, or MAVM.
Watkins resigned from the BBC and never forgave it for acceding to what he considered political censorship.
In addition to his stark subject matter, Watkins’ work was distinguished by two innovations: the use of television documentary techniques in depicting a historical event and the recruitment of nonactors with divergent viewpoints, disagreements that would become a spontaneous element of a film.
Watkins’ lone American production was a mock documentary, “Punishment Park” (1971). Based on the most extreme interpretation of actual internal security legislation passed by Congress during the Red Scare, the film envisioned a desert detention center where political prisoners had the option of running from their captors as a kind of televised blood sport, all of it intercut with a televised political trial.
For the film, Watkins used pro- and antiwar Americans, assigned them roles and had the camera operator, Joan Churchill, document the result. Writing in the Village Voice in 2005, critic Michael Atkinson called “Punishment Park” “the most radioactive portrait of American divisiveness and oppression ever made.”
Similarly, in casting “La Commune (Paris 1871),” released in 2000, Watkins cast nonactors — both sympathetic leftists and antipathic conservatives — to dramatize the rebellion that left tens of thousands of Parisians dead. He gave the history lesson a powerful immediacy by filming it as if rendered by rival news crews — one for a government newscast and the other for a communard guerrilla newsreel.
The film was described by Dave Kehr in his Times review as “at once a provocative account of a neglected episode in social history, a call to arms against the contemporary injustices of capitalism, a critique of the mass media and an experiment in collective filmmaking that recalls the heady days after France’s last mass rebellion in May 1968.”
In his later years, Watkins wrote and lectured about the state of the media, the inherent biases and distortions in television news and the universal dominance of Hollywood film language that he termed “the monoform,” elaborating his career-long critique of cinema and television as inherently authoritarian mediums.
Peter Ralph Watkins, the older of two sons, was born Oct. 29, 1935, in Norbiton, on the outskirts of London, to George and Peggy (Nibbs) Watkins. His father was a bank teller, and his mother was a secretary.
After completing his national service in the British army, Watkins studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before settling in Canterbury. There, while working in advertising, he directed an amateur theater group and cast its members in his early short films. Some of these, notably one concerning the U.S. Civil War, received national distribution, and he was recruited by the BBC, just as two older amateur filmmakers, Ken Russell and John Schlesinger, had been before going on to distinguished directorial careers.
After leaving the BBC over the “The War Game” episode, Watkins turned to satire and “swinging London” with his first commercial film, “Privilege” (1967). A faux documentary starring Paul Jones, the lead singer for the rock band Manfred Mann, it told the story of a pop star who is used by the government to exert social control. Time magazine deemed the spectacle of a “society still outwardly human, groveling in stupor before a cheap messiah,” as bleak as the world portrayed in “The War Game.”
However far-fetched the premise, Watkins did understand the power of celebrity. Two years after making “Privilege,” he wrote to John Lennon of the Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, telling them that “people in your position have a responsibility to use the media for world peace.”
His letter, by Lennon’s account, helped inspire the couple’s 1969 anti-war campaign, which began with their celebrated Bed-In for Peace.
By then, Watkins had left England. Begin-
ning with “The Gladiators” (1969), a Swedish production that imagined a world order based on televised war games, his subsequent films were all made abroad.
His second Scandinavian production, “Edvard Munch” (1974), made for television but released theatrically, was his most personal and, after “Culloden,” most highly regarded film. An essay with actors that uses the tropes of a documentary film — including direct-tocamera interviews, contrapuntal voice-over and cinema verite zooms — “Edvard Munch” was as concerned with Munch’s condition as a misunderstood artist as much as his art.
Times movie critic Vincent Canby wrote of “Edvard Munch” that none of Watkins’ previous works “quite prepares us for the moving, complex, beautifully felt portrait of the great Norwegian artist.”
In 1987, Watkins made his most ambitious film, the 14-hour documentary “Resan” (1987), known in English as “The Journey.” Shot in 10 countries, the movie used conversations with families and peace activists to warn against the arms buildup of the Reagan era and a renewed nuclear threat. It was intended to be a tool for consciousness raising, shown by and discussed in groups.
In addition to his wife Vida, whom he married in 1992, Watkins is survived by two sons, Patrick and Gérard, from his first marriage, to Françoise Letourneur, which ended in divorce; his brother, Paul; and two grandchildren.
In a film course Watkins taught at Columbia University in the late 1970s, he screened D.W. Griffith’s racist epic “The Birth of a Nation” (1915), Sergei Eisenstein’s celebratory socialist docudrama “October: Ten Days That Shook the World” (1928) and Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi-glorifying “Triumph of the Will” (1935), all of which he considered propaganda.
He then asked students to consider those films alongside documentaries, news reports and Hollywood Westerns, as well as his own “Culloden.”
“Is not the serious filmmaker in a doublebind situation, given the inevitable indoctrinating effect of his or her work?” Watkins asked in his class syllabus. “Does the filmmaker have the right to subject a captive audience to his or her vision, especially if there is no potential for a return dialogue? Is there a difference between propaganda for the ‘good’ and for the ‘bad’?”
Addressed in theory as well as practice, those questions were raised throughout Watkins’ singular career.
Stocks
Wall Street indexes fall 1%; investors brace for jobs data, Nvidia results
U.S. stocks were about 1% lower on Monday as investors considered the health of the consumer ahead of quarterly results from retailers this week and a long-delayed U.S. jobs report, while they also braced for earnings from Nvidia later this week.
Losses accelerated in afternoon trading, with the S&P 500 trading below its 50-day moving average, a key technical marker, and on track to close below that level for the first time in months.
Results this week from retail giants Walmart, Home Depot and Target will round out the quarterly earnings season.
Shares of Home Depot, due to report on Tuesday before the bell, were down 1.1%.
Investors eagerly awaited the September jobs report, which is due to be released on Thursday after the long U.S. government shutdown ended last week.
Investors are waiting for two big things: “a look at the consumer ... and Nvidia’s earnings,” said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of 50 Park Investments in New York, noting that “you have a consumer that is potentially getting weaker, not stronger.”
Also, he said, “we have got the market consolidating a very big rally from the April low.”
Nvidia, the world’s largest company by market value, which is at the heart of Wall Street’s artificial intelligence trade, is due to report after the bell on Wednesday. Its shares were down 2.6% on Monday and were the biggest drag on the Nasdaq and S&P 500.
Stocks have been pressured this month by concerns that AI exuberance has driven up valuations to expensive levels.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 475.06 points, or 1.01%, to 46,675.00, the S&P 500 lost 65.25 points, or 0.97%, to 6,668.98 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 237.41 points, or 1.03%, to 22,663.18.
Among the day’s gainers, Google parent Alphabet rose 3% to a record high after Berkshire Hathaway revealed a stake of $4.3 billion in the company.
Berkshire also further reduced its stake in Apple, whose shares were down 1.9% on Monday afternoon.
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Among other declining shares, Dell Technologies dropped 9.4% after Morgan Stanley double-downgraded its rating on the AI server maker to “underweight” from “overweight.”
Investors also digested views on the outlook for stocks next year. Brokerage Morgan Stanley expects U.S. stocks to outperform peers next year and prefers global equities over credit and government bonds.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 3.13-to1 ratio on the NYSE. There were 81 new highs and 208 new lows on the NYSE.
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U.S. packaging company Sealed Air Corp said on Monday it agreed to be bought by private equity firm CD&R for $10.3 billion, including debt, in a deal that will take the company off the stock market.
Under the agreement, Sealed Air shareholders will receive $42.15 in cash per share, a nearly 13% premium to its closing price on November 11.
Sealed Air, which was founded in 1957 as an experiment in interior design, is best known for its protective packaging material, Bubble Wrap.
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Bangladesh court sentences former prime minister to death
By SAIF HASNAT and ANUPREETA DAS
The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death Monday, a triumph for the interim government that promised to deliver justice for the hundreds of unarmed protesters killed during a brutal crackdown last year.
Even though it’s unlikely Hasina will be extradited from India, where she lives in exile, the ruling was a celebratory moment for many Bangladeshis. Hundreds of people waited outside the country’s Supreme Court with bated breath as the judges read the summary of the 453-page judgment, which took 2 1/2 hours. Then, when the verdict came, they celebrated on the heavily policed streets of Dhaka, the capital, on Monday afternoon.
The decision by the International Crimes Tribunal, a Bangladeshi court, is significant because it fulfills one of the promises made by the interim government of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate, who was tasked with rebuilding Bangladesh. But Yunus, 85, has many other promises to fulfill, including holding free and fair elections that are acceptable both to Bangladesh’s main political parties and the international community.
The challenge is pressing, because the Yunus government has already come under scrutiny for alleged human rights violations amid ongoing political chaos and a rise in religious extremism. Yunus also has to balance his country’s relationship with India, its large neighbor and a close ally of Hasina. She has lived in exile there since fleeing Bangladesh last year after protests swelled over the killing of civilians.
“Understanding why people risk everything for genuine representation — and creating systems worthy of that trust — is essential,” Yunus said in a statement, referring to those who were killed in the student revolution that started as peaceful protests against a quota system for government jobs. The verdict offered “vital, if insufficient” justice, he said, and promised to rebuild trust between citizens and their institutions.
“Bangladesh is now rejoining global currents of accountability,” Yunus said.
Yunus has set elections for February. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Jamaat-e-Islami party and the newly formed National Citizens Party are expected to put up candidates. But Yunus has been steadfast in his refusal to let politicians from Hasina’s Awami League party, the country’s biggest, run for election. The current stance of his government is that Awami League members have to first face trials for allegations of atrocities and that cases against them must be dealt with.
The Bangladesh Election Commission removed the Awami League from the official list of registered political parties, and it is barred from carrying out any activities in Bangladesh under the country’s anti-terrorism laws. However, party supporters called for a protest Tuesday after the
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 23, 2022. Hasina was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death Monday, a triumph for the interim government that promised to deliver justice for the hundreds of unarmed protesters killed during a brutal crackdown last year. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
verdict.
In a statement Monday, Hasina said she “wholly” denied the accusations made by the tribunal. She called the verdict politically motivated and delivered by a “rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate.” She said that the trials were conducted to “scapegoat” the Awami League.
The Indian government said it “remains committed” to the best interests of Bangladeshis and that it would work “constructively with all stakeholders.”
A United Nations fact-finding mission estimated that about 1,400 people were killed during the protests.
Dhaka had been on edge in the days leading up to the verdict, with vehicles set on fire and bombings reported in various parts of the city of about 25 million. Police arrested dozens of supporters of Hasina’s Awami League party in recent days, although it was unclear whether any of the arrests were in connection with the bombings. About 15,000 police and paramilitary personnel were deployed to maintain security in Dhaka on Monday.
Yunus’ government has come under fire from human rights organizations, which have accused it of using anti-terrorism laws to suppress dissent and crack down on Awami League members.
“The interim government should not be engaging in the same partisan behavior that Bangladeshis had to endure
under Sheikh Hasina, whether it is stuffing the prisons with political opponents or shutting down peaceful dissent,” Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
International rights groups have urged Bangladesh’s interim government to stop politically motivated arrests, especially of Awami League members, and to reform the security forces accused of past abuses.
The verdicts were the first to be handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal in connection with the July killings. Many other people are being tried by the same court, which was set up decades ago by Hasina herself to hear allegations of crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence war in 1971.
Hasina’s former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, who was last reported to be in India, was sentenced to death after being convicted on the same charges. Her former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who is in Bangladesh and provided help to investigators, was given a lesser sentence, five years in prison.
While some cheered the verdicts, there were also fears that they could spur fresh violence and sow political chaos before elections. Since the revolution, Bangladesh has remained unstable and prone to bouts of violence, with two of its major parties bickering about adopting a so-called July Charter. The document on democratic changes, signed by all major political parties, is the outcome of recommendations provided by several reform committees Yunus set up. One included strengthening the constitution so that it cannot be easily bent again to the desires of a specific leader.
Differences center on the timing of a referendum for putting the July Charter in place before the upcoming election. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and several others want the referendum to take place with the national election in February, arguing that it would ensure genuine popular consent for the charter’s proposals, which include constitutional amendments.
But Jamaat-e-Islami, the third-largest political party, wanted to hold the referendum before the election to provide strong legitimacy for the charter ahead of the new parliament. Yunus made the final decision: The referendum for how the provisions of the charter will be carried out will be on the same day as the election.
Trump-style candidate heads to runoff in Chile’s election
By EMMA BUBOLA and JOHN BARTLETT
José Antonio Kast, the main conservative contender in Chile’s presidential election and a candidate who has borrowed liberally from President Donald Trump’s playbook, secured second place in voting Sunday, advancing to a runoff that polls predict he will win.
If the polls prove correct, Chile will join a series of Latin American countries, including Argentina and Bolivia, that have shifted to the right in recent years.
With right-leaning candidates splitting the conservative vote, a Communist Party member, Jeannette Jara, came first in Sunday’s election, with about 27% of the vote, with more than 50% of votes counted.
Kast followed close behind, with 24%, according to Chile’s National Electoral Service. The other conservative candidates gathered about 45% of the vote, a share that political analysts say Kast is best positioned to inherit in the runoff next month.
“This is a first triumph,” Kast said Sunday. “Let’s keep going.”
Four years ago, Kast ended up losing the election to the progressive candidate, Gabriel Boric, who won the presidency in the runoff. This time, analysts said, growing concerns among voters on crime have fueled the right.
Chilean voters have become anxious over a surge in immigration and violence tied to transnational criminal networks. In what has long been one of Latin America’s safest countries, the presidential candidates have been striving to outdo one another in
promising harsh crackdowns.
Kast has pitched a network of security cameras, ditches and walls through thousands of miles of sparsely populated desert to stop migrants entering Chile as part of a “border shield.”
At a recent Kast rally at a concert hall in Santiago, some of the attendees wore MAGA hats.
“The reason Kast exists is Trump,” said one of them, Maximiliano Sánchez, 24. “He started this movement, this ideology.”
Kast, the brother of a former minister during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, emerged in 2017 defending parts of Pinochet’s legacy and opposing abortion. But he recently set aside many of his most divisive proposals to focus on crime and illegal immigration.
“Our second round will be between a Communist candidate and one from the extreme right who four years ago seemed unreasonable, but now seems reasonable,” said Eduardo Engel, an economist who advised Boric before the runoff four years ago.
The runoff between two candidates standing at opposite ends of the political spectrum reflects a profoundly polarized Chile. Jara and Kast offer radically different visions for a country that has long been viewed as a success story for neoliberal economic policies, with widespread deregulation and privatization.
While Jara, 51, who was a minister in Boric’s government, wants to increase an “active” role for the state in the economy, much of the right is promoting the libertarian economic policies of Argentine President
A grave in Copiapó, Chile, for those killed in 1973 under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, on Oct. 14, 2010. Polls show right-wing candidates drawing the most support, but a recent compulsory voting law could bring a surge of new voters, adding uncertainty.
Javier Milei. He came into office pledging to attack inflation by slashing government spending and transforming the country’s economy.
Four years ago, Boric’s pitch of increasing the presence of the state in Chile’s market-based economic model resonated with voters after widespread social unrest. Protesters demanded improvements in living standards and radical change in a rich but deeply unequal country.
This time, the focus has shifted away from left-wing talking points.
“Social rights, diversities, cultural diversities, the relationship with Indigenous people, all of this disappeared,” said Patricio Fernández, a prominent Chilean journalist. “It is like we are in another world.”
Polls found that 63% of adults said violent crime was among their highest priorities.
“Chile did not use to be like this,” Gloria Romero, 67, a retiree from Santiago, said at the Kast rally in Santiago. “We are so unsafe, and we are scared.”
At the rally, Kast described what he said was a country in acute crisis, railed against criminals terrorizing the population and praised Chile’s security forces. Jara has also said she plans to strengthen law enforcement capabilities in an effort to combat crime.
Analysts said that compulsory voting, which Chile reintroduced in 2023, also contributed to the right’s political prospects.
“It is a huge change,” said Claudia Heiss, a Chilean political scientist. “It is an angry electorate.”
At a recent rally, Johannes Kaiser, a candidate who had positioned himself to the right of Kast, asked how many were attending their first political event, or were becoming involved with politics for the first time. A multitude of hands shot up.
Jara and her opponents to the right also have radically different views regarding the brutal military dictatorship that governed Chile from 1973 for nearly two decades, committing human rights abuses, and torturing and murdering people. Hundreds disappeared during that era.
While Jara has condemned the Pinochet dictatorship, some of her opponents have voiced a nostalgia for those times. Kast has distanced himself from the human rights abuses, but once said that he believed that if Pinochet were still alive, he would vote for him.
Outside his campaign’s headquarters, many supporters celebrated the results Sunday.
“The right brings order and security with it,” said Stephanie Gutiérrez, 29, who works in car sales.
(Víctor Ruiz Caballero/The New York Times)
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How fraudsters use cryptocurrency ATMs to target victims
By CAMERON FOZI, CHLOE ROSENBERG and REENO HASHIMOTO
Mary Handeland, a real estate agent in Grafton, Wisconsin, found a match on a dating app last year. He said that his name was Mike and that he was an engineer for a defense contractor in Texas.
Within two months of texting and talking, Mike told Handeland, 71, that he loved her. Then he asked her for money.
Handeland was instructed to deposit cash into machines known as cryptocurrency ATMs. Often found inside grocery stores, gas stations and smoke shops, the kiosks resemble conventional ATMs but convert cash into cryptocurrency.
In 19 transactions starting last October, Handeland deposited $98,300 into the machines. All of it vanished — as did Mike, who turned out to be a fiction.
“I don’t even know what happened to me,” Handeland said. “The way you’re manipulated, it’s almost like you’re in some kind of vortex.”
Handeland’s experience puts a spotlight on cryptocurrency ATMs, which have proliferated across the country and come under scrutiny as a tool for scammers. Crypto ATM operators are in at least 28,000 locations, according to data from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. That is more than twice the number of Wells Fargo ATMs.
The kiosks, which are run by companies such as Bitcoin Depot, CoinFlip and Athena Bitcoin, help people convert cash into cryptocurrencies at physical locations. After their cash is deposited, the companies send the money to cryptocurrency accounts, which are akin to digital mailboxes for cryptocurrency. The ATM operators charge fees for processing transactions.
But the kiosks have become a hub for financial crimes, according to law enforcement. Last year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center tallied nearly 11,000 complaints about the machines that totaled $246.7 million in losses. And in the first seven months of this year, about $240 million were lost in fraud involving cryptocurrency ATMs, according to FBI estimates.
The ATMs are just one corner of illicit activity in the cryptocurrency industry, which has long been embroiled in money laundering schemes and scams. But the machines stand out because they are easily accessible and can be used to target the most vulnerable people, said Aidan Larkin, CEO of Asset Reality, which builds tools to help law enforcement seize as-
Mary Handeland at her home in Grafton, Wis., on Nov. 15, 2025. In 19 transactions, Mary Handeland deposited $98,300 into crypto A.T.M.s. All of it vanished. (Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times)
sets like cryptocurrency.
“For less sophisticated victims who don’t have technology experience, cryptocurrency ATMs are the easiest way to extract value from them,” he said.
From 2024 to the first half of 2025, cryptocurrency ATMs were linked to illicit transactions at a rate that was more than 17 times higher than the broader crypto industry, according to TRM Labs, a crypto analytics company.
The machines began appearing in cafes, convenience stores and gas stations in the 2010s after the advent of bitcoin. Among the ATM operators was Bitcoin Depot, which was founded in 2016 by Brandon Mintz, then a recent college graduate. To broaden access to bitcoin, he wanted to establish networks of the kiosks, helping people who do not have bank accounts or who have trouble buying cryptocurrency through other ways, Mintz has said.
In 2023, Bitcoin Depot went public through a deal with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The company has more than 9,000 ATMs, it said, and is the largest such network in North America. Since its inception, it has processed $3.3 billion in 4 million transactions.
Once the machines convert cash into cryptocurrency, though, the digital currencies can be shuttled to jurisdictions beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement as part of scams. Victims rarely recover their losses, law enforcement said.
California, Illinois and more than a dozen other states have clamped down on the ATMs. Some have capped transaction volumes and fees that cryptocurrency ATM operators charge.
When California debated whether to institute caps on cryptocurrency ATMs in 2023,
Alexander Gammelgard, then the president of the California Police Chiefs Association, warned of the dangers of the kiosks.
They “empower international criminal organizations to steal funds from California residents without the involvement of any bank or other financial institution that could help law enforcement agencies catch the criminals and recover stolen property,” Gammelgard wrote in a letter to a state lawmaker supporting the proposed regulations.
That year, California passed a suite of regulations that cap cryptocurrency ATM transactions at $1,000 a person a day and fees at $5 or 15% of the transaction amount, whichever was greater.
Many cryptocurrency ATM operators have said scams are a small portion of transactions. Chris Ryan, chief legal officer of Bitcoin Depot, told Texas lawmakers this year that scams made up 2% to 3% of its total U.S. transactions. In a statement, the company said that its priority was to protect consumers and that it had one of the industry’s most comprehensive compliance programs.
Byte Federal, which operates more than 1,200 cryptocurrency ATMs, said transactions from reported scam victims were 1.2% of transactions from July 2024 through the first half of this year. Paul Tarantino, the company’s CEO, said Byte Federal called customers ages 60 and older when they registered to use the machines to alert them of possible scams and stopped more than 80% of them from conducting a transaction.
Many cryptocurrency ATM operators have also posted scam warnings on their machines and required customers to attest they are depositing money into their own cryptocurrency accounts, not those managed by others.
They also said they worked with law enforcement.
Sung Choi, the chief operating officer of Coinme, which makes software for ATMs, said the Seattle-based company had gotten better at identifying and stopping potentially fraudulent transactions but that criminals were still able to find ways around its scam-prevention measures.
“As much as we try, criminals are very good at what they do, and they seem to generally be a step ahead,” Choi said.
Athena Bitcoin said that it worked to prevent fraud, but that it does not control users’ decisions — just as a bank is not responsible if someone withdraws money and sends funds to someone else. CoinFlip said it works to prevent fraud and has high standards of compliance and transparency.
For scam victims who are directed to use the kiosks, the consequences can be devastating. In 2022, Connie Ruth Morris, a retired nurse in Amarillo, Texas, began receiving texts from someone claiming to be Brazilian actor and singer Daniel Boaventura after she joined an online fan group for him.
After several days of texting, the person proclaimed his love for Morris, now 72. He asked her to send money through cryptocurrency ATMs to help him pay off personal debts and to buy a home together.
Morris, who had been married for more than 45 years, agreed. Over about six months, she said, she deposited approximately $300,000 through cryptocurrency ATMs. She also sent four iPhones and a $200 gift card.
In May 2023, Morris informed her husband she was leaving him for Boaventura. Her son said she had been tricked.
By then, much of their family’s nest egg was gone. Morris and her husband have since divorced.
“I was so brainwashed that I lost touch with reality,” she said. “I was always the one that would help my son and grandkids, and I can’t do that anymore.”
Walking a few thousand steps a day may reduce Alzheimer’s risk
By DANA G. SMITH
Walking a few thousand steps a day can slow cognitive decline in older adults who are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published this month. Getting about 3,000 to 5,000 daily steps was advantageous compared with doing less physical activity; the benefit peaked around 5,000 to 7,500 steps.
The link between exercise and dementia is well established, and many neurologists say physical activity is one of the best ways to reduce the odds of developing the condition. The new study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, sheds light on what might be playing out in the brain and who could benefit most from exercise.
“We’ve known for several decades that physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia,” said Kirk Erickson, chair of neuroscience at the AdventHealth Research Institute, who was not involved with the research. What the new study has done that is “really quite important and quite unique,” he said, is identify how exercise might be influencing some of the proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.
The study followed nearly 300 older adults between the ages of 50 and 90 for an average of nine years. None of the participants had cognitive impairment at the start of the study, but about 30% had considerable buildup of the protein amyloid-beta in their brains.
Amyloid buildup, often referred to as plaques, is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s. But prior research has shown that roughly 10% of 50-year-olds and 44% of 90-year-olds have amyloid plaques without signs of cognitive impairment.
“What differentiates those people from people that do develop cognitive decline over time?” said Dr. Jasmeer Chhatwal, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, who led the research, which sought to find “baseline characteristics that predict that.”
When the participants enrolled in the study, they received a pedometer they wore for a week, to establish their average daily step count. They underwent cognitive testing annually and PET scans every few years to look for amyloid plaques and the accumulation of another protein related to Alzheimer’s, called tau.
Researchers think that in Alzheimer’s disease amyloid builds up first, and that triggers “tangles” of tau to form inside neurons and spread through the brain. It is primarily those tangles, not the amyloid plaques, that cause brain cells to malfunction, resulting in cognitive impairment.
The number of steps someone took each day didn’t appear to affect their amyloid levels, but it did correlate with the amount of tau tangles they developed and if they experienced cognitive decline. Among the participants with more amyloid in their brains, those who got little to no physical activity developed more tangles and had worse cogni-
tion after nine years. Walking 3,001 to 5,000 steps a day corresponded to less tau accumulation and slower cognitive decline. People who took more than 5,000 steps a day fared even better, but getting more than 7,500 steps did not confer an additional benefit.
People with minimal amounts of amyloid in their brains did not see any changes in either tau or cognition related to their step count. Chhatwal said that may be because those individuals were unlikely to experience significant tau buildup, or cognitive decline, since they didn’t have high levels of amyloid to begin with.
Erickson cautioned that these results are observational, so it’s possible that another factor explains the connection between physical activity, cognition and tau.
What’s more, because the participants only wore a pedometer for one week at the beginning of the study, their daily step counts could have increased or decreased over the years.
Judy Pa, a professor of neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, called the new research “fascinating.” But she pointed out that the study included a relatively small number of participants, most of whom were white and well educated. “Can we replicate it in a multiethnic cohort?” she said.
The number of steps needed to see a benefit is consistent with other research on physical activity in older adults, said Amanda Paluch, an associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who was not involved in the new study. In research she conducted, older adults had a lower risk of dying from multiple causes if they got roughly 6,000 steps per day.
One way physical activity may protect against cognitive decline is by increasing blood flow to the brain. That keeps neurons oxygenated and nourished so they can function optimally. Improved vascular health can also help the brain rid itself of the toxic proteins that start to accumulate. Exercise reduces inflammation in the brain, too, and inflammation is closely linked to Alzheimer’s.
Virtually everyone who exercises will experience these brain benefits to some degree. But the new research suggests that people who are at the greatest risk of cognitive decline may stand to gain the most.
People with preexisting amyloid plaques can see an acceleration of disease progression if they’re sedentary, Chhatwal said. “But the good news is that even kind of moderate levels of activity” are protective.
Walking for exercise in New York, June 1, 2024. A new study suggests exercise may be especially beneficial for older adults at higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease. (Nicholas Sansone/The New York Times)
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November 18, 2025 15
A cheapskate’s guide to Costa Rica
By ELAINE GLUSAC
Amid a September downpour in a beach town on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, I was reminded that I’d bet on poor odds. Locals had assured me their rainy season, from May through November, consisted of bright mornings and afternoon showers followed by clearing skies, at least most of the time.
Still, the rewards for risking rain were substantial, including low prices, fewer crowds and more availability. I learned this first hand as I was forced to cancel my trip to the Central American country twice in the past year, moving it from high-season February to less expensive May and finally rock-bottom September. Consider the car I rented from Vamos Rent-aCar at the airport in the capital of San José. I paid $237 for a week, more than $400 less than my estimate in February.
(A note on currency: many businesses use U.S. dollars, others use Costa Rica colones — 500 colones is roughly $1 — and many accept both.)
Costa Rica has developed a reputation for being expensive in recent years, particularly as luxury resorts transformed the northern Guanacaste province. Tours that fly around the country to avoid its slow roads add to that impression. And Costa Rica is in demand; in 2024, 2.9 million visitors set a postpandemic tourism record.
So, in addition to traveling in the low season, I set out to see Costa Rica from the ground instead of the air. Adopting a destination-dupes approach, I designed a six-night itinerary around Costa Rica’s billboard attractions — cloud forests, waterfalls, beaches, coffee farms and national parks — just not the most popular versions.
Volcanoes and coffee farms
I started out with the closest destination to the San José airport, the Poás Volcano region, less than an hour’s drive.
Lush coffee trees climbed the hillsides as I approached Hacienda Doka, a 150-acre coffee farm established in the 1920s. The sole participant in an afternoon tour ($28), I walked the fields to the chirping of blue-gray tanagers and the plunk of ripe guavas falling from the trees. In an eco-friendly cycle, the birds, explained my guide, Jonathan Alfaro, eat the fruit from the trees that shade the coffee plants.
After a walk through a butterfly garden filled with fluttering blue morphos, the tour ended with a tasting of seven coffee varieties in the gift shop. I found even the darkest roast smooth (and pricey; a bag of beans cost nearly $18).
Back down one mountain road, up another and through a barnyard temporarily blocked by
a herd of Holsteins, I arrived at Poas Volcano Lodge, a 12-room boutique where highland temperatures fell to about 60 degrees overnight, prompting wood fires in the lounge and restaurant.
The property offered forest trails, a library filled with birding books and my stylishly rustic room with beamed ceilings and plush bedding ($104, including breakfast). Dinner (fish and chicken entrees, 8,600 colones, or about $17) was additional but breakfast was substantial with eggs cooked to order and gallo pinto (rice and beans).
The sky was clear as I drove to nearby Poás Volcano National Park ($15 entry; many national parks require reservations and payment at the park service website).
Steam billowed above the crater — one of the largest in the world — where a team of park scientists flew a research drone, explaining that Poás had erupted the day before in an ash plume.
Birds of the cloud forest
The 50-mile trip to San Gerardo de Dota took me south through the capital to the cloud forests of the Talamanca Mountains, a lesserknown alternative to forests like Monteverde in the north.
To reach the valley cut by the Savegre River, I turned off the main highway onto a steep, single-lane road — potholed, rocky and often missing guard rails — that led precipitously to the river bottom.
Simple lodges and cabins along the river cater to birders aiming to glimpse the resplendent quetzal, a showy bird in the trogon family with a red breast, turquoise neck, green wings and long emerald plumes that flow like ribbons.
In the past, I’ve stalked the quetzal in Panama and southern Costa Rica, each time taking long hikes into tangled forests. In this case, I arranged with my hotel, the Savegre Hotel Natural Reserve & Spa, to engage Melvin Fernandez, who runs the Quetzal Experts guide service, to lead me to them at dawn the next morning ($102 for two hours).
Near a sign warning of “Turistas en la via” (tourists in the road), we spied our first of eight quetzals.
“You are lucky,” Fernandez said. “In February, you will have 150 people on this road looking for the quetzal.”
The Savegre lodge ($125 a night, including breakfast) sits on its own 1,200-plus-acre reserve with hiking trails and a mountain deck for bird-watching.
In addition to quetzals and forest trails, the valley offered another attraction: river trout, served widely, including fried whole at Mir-
iam’s (7,000 colones) and sautéed over pesto noodles (11,500 colones) at the tranquil Alma de Árbol restaurant near the hotel.
Waterfalls, beaches and wildlife
After adding a rufous-browed peppershrike sighting to my life list the next morning, I left San Gerardo for the coast, traveling south in the mountains and eventually west, descending toward the Pacific and a 20-degree weather warm-up, bound for the beach town of Dominical about two hours away.
The route went past Nauyaca Waterfalls, a two-tiered cascade creating a natural swimming pool in the Barú River.
Visitors can park roughly two miles from the cataract ($5 parking fee) and take a 4-wheeldrive truck shuttle ($32) or, as I chose, hike in ($10).
The muddy trail was a rocky, rutted road. But what the sweaty trek lacked in charm, the roughly 200-foot falls made up for in splendor, dropping into a churning pool that I edged into from riverside boulders.
In nearby Dominical, I checked into Tropical Sands Dominical Eco Inn to find welcoming service and loads of charm. My room ($75) featured a hand-painted mural of toucans, and the lush garden included a pavilion strung with hammocks.
After a walk around the tiny town, bounded by the Barú River, the ocean and the highway, I was hooked on Dominical’s bohemian, friendly vibe and unimpeded access to the uncrowded beach. Later, when word got around that a sloth was sleeping in a tree in the garden of La Junta restaurant, the hostess eagerly waved me in and pointed him out.
“This is the gateway to the Osa Peninsula and it’s still very wild and not overbuilt,” said Amy Bovis, the co-owner of Tropical Sands, naming the remote area about two hours’ drive south of Dominical.
I signed up for a four-hour whale-watching tour with Ballena Aventura ($89, including park admission and snacks) in the nearby town of Uvita, gateway to Marino Ballena National Park, where nine miles of beach — including a sandbar in the shape of a whale’s tail — border a marine sanctuary.
I spent most of a day in the park, spying pods of pantropical spotted dolphins, whales
and a pair of olive ridley turtles mating (or “having fun,” according to our guide), followed by encounters with a troop of acrobatic whitefaced monkeys and a lethargic sloth among the palm trees.
Where the Crowds Are
On my last day, I visited a marquee draw, Manuel Antonio National Park ($16), traveling about an hour north along the coast.
It’s hard to dodge the crowds at Manuel Antonio, but arriving early helps. Most of the wildlife, including coatis, toucans and sloths, were active within just a few hours of the park’s opening at 7 a.m.; by noon I had hiked every trail.
The howler and white-faced monkeys grew active with the heat, entertaining beachgoers who had made the Sunday trip to the park’s inviting blond strands.
Most of them were day-trippers. It was so quiet at my hotel, Costa Verde ($128 for a garden view room), that the clerk upgraded me to a deluxe ocean-view room at no charge.
In Manuel Antonio, my experience of the rainy season with passing showers, met a sodden reality in a ceaseless downpour that caught me out to dinner (shawarma plate, 7,500 colones, at Falafel Bar Manuel Antonio) a mile from my hotel.
All in all, the soaking was a small price to pay for sizable savings and generous elbow room.
The gift shop at Hacienda Doka in Costa Rica in October 2025. (Toh Gouttenoire/The New York Times)
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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
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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
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López Rosa, Saba López
Rosa, Auroara López
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Rosa, María Nilda López
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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 certifi-
cado 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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RIVERA COMPUESTA POR FULANO Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIONES DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM): Y AL PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: El Alguacil que suscribe, certifica y hace constar que en cumplimiento de Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, procederé a vender en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América. Todo pago recibido por el (la) Alguacil por concepto de subastas será en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del (de la) Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Todo derecho, título, participación e interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: URBAN: Apartment number eight (8). Horizontal Property. Residential two level apartment of regular shape, located at Building “Higuero of Parque Centro Condominium” New San Juan Center, Hato Rey Ward, Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Said apartment has an area of one thousand eighty eight point sixty nine square feet (1,088.69 s.f.), equivalent to one hundred one point fourteen square meters (101.14 m.) and its boundaries are as follows: Lower level: at the NORTH, in seventeen feet four and a half inches (17’ 4 1/2”) with open space, on the SOUTH, in twenty feet, ten and a half inches (20’ 10 ½”), with open space. At the EAST, in eight feet eight inches (8’-8”), with apartment number seven (7), four feet six inches (4’-6”), with common space, four feet (4’0”), with apartment number seven (7) and twelve feet two inches (12’-2”), with common stairs. At the WEST, in twenty seven feet (27’0”), with open space. Upper level: at the NORTH, in seventeen feet four and a half inches (17’- 4 ½”), with open space. At the SOUTH, in twenty feet ten and a half inches (20’-10 ½”), with open space; at the EAST, in ten feet, three inches (10’-3”), with apartment number seven (7), two feet eleven inches (2’-11”), with common space, four feet one inch (4’1”) apartment number seven (7), and twelve feet
two inches (12’-2”), with common stairs; and at the WEST, in twenty seven feet (27’-0”), with open space. This apartment comprises: at the first level: hall, kitchen, one closet, dining, living, toilet and metal stairs up to the second level and two balconies; at the second level, hall three bedrooms, five closets and bathrooms. A parking space pertaining to this apartment, located at the West side of the building second floor. The entrance to the apartment is located at the North boundary, conecting with the building common stairs. Le corresponde a este apartamento un porcentaje equivalente a 0.0044248% en los elementos comunes generales. Finca número 32,997, inscrita al folio 221 del tomo 1154 de Río Piedras Norte. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección II de San Juan. La propiedad objeto de ejecución está localizada en la siguiente dirección: Condominio Parque Centro Higüero, Apartamento #08, San Juan PR 00918. Se informa que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravamen posterior, una vez sea otorgada la escritura de venta judicial y obtenida la Orden y Mandamiento de cancelación de gravamen posterior. (Art. 51, Ley 210-2015). En relación a la finca a subastarse, se establece como tipo mínimo de licitación en la Primera Subasta la suma de $81,667.42, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la Escritura de Hipoteca #29, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 22 de junio de 2015, ante el notario Roberto C. Latimer Valentín, e inscrita al folio 98 del tomo 1636 de Río Piedras Norte, finca número 32,997, inscripción 6ta. La PRIMERA SUBASTA, se llevará a cabo el día 25 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mis oficinas sitas en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, el tipo mínimo para la primera subasta es la suma de $81,667.42. Si la primera subasta del inmueble no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 3 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo sitio y servirá de tipo mínimo las dos terceras partes del precio pactada para la primera subasta, o sea, la suma de $54,444.94. Si la segunda subasta no produjere remate, ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 10 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar y regirá como tipo mínimo de la tercera subasta la mitad del precio
pactado para la primera, o sea, la suma de $40,833.71. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo, para con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor, a saber: La suma de $73,542.44, la cual se desglosa a continuación: una suma principal de $66,062.02, más intereses a razón del 5.50% anual, desde el 1 de junio de 2024, hasta el presente y los que se continúen acumulando hasta su total y completo pago, más una suma principal diferida (piggyback) por la suma principal de $7,480.42, la cual no genera intereses, más los cargos por demora que se corresponden a los plazos atrasados desde la fecha anteriormente indicada a razón de la tasa pactada de 5% de cualquier pago que éste en mora por más de quince (15) días desde la fecha de su vencimiento, más adelantos para el pago de seguros y contribuciones, entre otros; más una suma de $8,166.74, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, 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. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 22 de octubre de 2025. MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ
MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #251.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT A/C/C LA ADMINISTRACION DE HOGARES DE AGRICULTORES
Demandante Vs. HÉCTOR MANUEL DÍAZ ALEJANDRO E IRIS YOLANDA GRILLASCA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2025CV00829. 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 Bayamón, 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 11 de agosto de 2025, y según Orden y Mandamiento del 30 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: RÚSTICA: Lote 5; Predio de terreno ubicado en el Barrio Santa Olaya, del término municipal de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de 752.6391 metros cuadrados, equivalentes a 0.19149 cuerdas; colinda por el NORTE, con lote Número Seis a segregarse, en una distancia de 47.4983 metros; por el SUR, con el lote Número Cuatro, a segregarse, en una distancia de 37.0808 metros; por el ESTE, con terrenos propiedad de Segundo Montañez, en Cuatro alineaciones de 3.6538 metros, 9.4910 metros, 8.6398 metros y 1.666 metros; por el OESTE, con camino dedicado a uso público en Dos alineaciones de 2.0717 metros y 14.1805 metros. Finca Número 73,837, inscrita al folio 51 del tomo 1,802 de Bayamón Sur. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección I de Bayamón. Dirección Física: BARRIO SANTA OLAYA, LOTE 5, CARR. 830 KM 5.2, BAYAMÓN PR 00956. Se anuncia por medio de este edicto que la PRIMERA SUBASTA habrá de
cimiento, más una suma equivalente a $15,000.00, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más cualquier otra suma que resulte por cualesquiera otros adelantos que se hayan hecho la demandante, en virtud de las disposiciones de la escritura de hipoteca y del Pagaré hipotecario. Para más información, a las personas interesadas se les notifica que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal, durante las horas laborables. Este EDICTO DE SUBASTA, se publicará en los lugares públicos correspondientes y en un periódico de circulación general en la jurisdicción de Puerto Rico. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los referentes, 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. Se procederá a otorgar la correspondiente Escritura de Venta Judicial y el Alguacil pondrá en posesión judicial al nuevo dueño, si así se lo solicita dentro del término de veinte (20) días, de conformidad con las disposiciones de Ley. Si transcurren los referidos veinte (20) días, el tribunal podrá ordenar, sin necesidad de ulterior procedimiento, que se lleve a efecto el desalojo o lanzamiento del ocupante u ocupantes de la finca o de todos los que por orden o tolerancia del deudor la ocupen. Expedido en Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 21 de octubre de 2025. HÉCTOR E. MÁRQUEZ NERIS, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #875.
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LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAGUAS.
Island Portfolio Services, LLC como agente de Fairway Acquisitions Fund, LLC
PARTE DEMANDANTE VS. JOSE L DE LEON GARCIA
PARTE DEMANDADA
CIVIL NÚM. JU2025CV00081. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDIC-
TO. Estados Unidos de América El Presidente de los Estados Unidos El Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. SS:
A: JOSE L DE LEON GARCIABO PLACITA SEC
HERNANDEZ CARR 31 R 946 KM 1.8, JUNCOS PR 00777-9771 / HC-01 BOX 5912 JUNCOS 00777
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Natalie Bonaparte Servera cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección natalie.bonaparte@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de octubre de 2025. IRASEMIS DIAZ SANCHEZ, Secretario(a). VIONEETTE ESPINOSA CASTILLO, Secretario(a) Auxiliar. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ MONSERRATE CRUZ TORRES Peticionaria EX - PARTE
RAMON LUIS CRUZ TORRES, también conocido por RAMON LUIS CRUZ y por RAMON CRUZ TORRES Causante
Civil Núm.: MZ2025CV01787. Sobre: DECLARATORIA DE HEREDEROS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNINDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: RAMON CRUZ MARTINEZ, BERNARDO CRUZ, quienes nacieron en los Estados Unidos; desconociendo sus fechas y lugares de nacimiento, circunstancias personales, dirección física y postal, números de teléfono y/o correos electrónico; y FULANO
DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL y/o Cualquier otra persona de nombre desconocido con grado de consanguinidad, parentesco o afinidad y con interés en los bienes y pasivos del caudal relicto de la Sucesión de Ramon Luis Cruz Torres también conocido por Ramon Luis Cruz y por Ramon Cruz Torres o a los que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho, cuyas circunstancias personales y direcciones son desconocidas y se desconoce la fecha, lugar de nacimiento y/o fecha y lugar de fallecimiento; y paraderos; habiendo nacido fuera de Puerto Rico.
Por la presente se le notifica a usted que la parte peticionaria Monserrate Cruz Torres, ha presentado ante este Tribunal petición de declaratoria de herederos, solicitando la concesión del siguiente remedio: Se dicte Resolución declarando a Ramon Cruz Martínez y Bernardo Cruz, como los únicos y universales herederos de RAMON LUIS CRUZ TORRES, también conocido por RAMON LUIS CRUZ y por RAMON CRUZ TORRES quien falleció intestado el 4 de marzo de 2023 en la ciudad de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Representa a la parte peticionaria la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDA. MARGGIE RODRIGUEZ PEREZ
RUA NUM. 20,363 #182 CALLE RAMON EMETERIO BETANCES SUR MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO 00680
TEL. (787)265-1111
e-mail: mrplawoffices@gmail.com
Se le apercibe que conforme al Artículo 552 del Código de Enjuiciamiento Civil de Puerto Rico, 32 L.P.R.A. sec. 2301, la peticionaria de epígrafe anuncia el fallecimiento de RAMON LUIS CRUZ TORRES, también conocido por RAMON LUIS CRUZ y por RAMON CRUZ TORRES el 4 de marzo de 2023 en la ciudad de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Por lo que se hace un llamado a FULANO DE TAL, FULANA DE TAL y/o Cualquier otra persona de nombre desconocido con grado de consanguinidad, parentesco o afinidad y con interés en los bienes y pasivos del caudal relicto de la Sucesión de Ramon Luis Cruz Torres también conocido por Ramon Luis Cruz y por Ramon Cruz Torres o a los que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho, para que comparezcan a reclamar dentro de un plazo de treinta (30) días a contar de la publicación del edicto. El presente edicto se publicará
UNA VEZ, en un periódico de circulación diaria general en la Isla de Puerto Rico. Que de no comparecer los REQUERIDOS que se crean con igual grado o mejor derecho a reclamar dentro del plazo de treinta (30) días a contar de la fecha de la publicación del edicto, apreciadas las pruebas, se dictará el auto, según lo previsto por la ley del caso, haciendo declaración de las personas con derecho a la herencia sin más citarle ni oírle. Por haber la peticionaria acreditado las gestiones para conocer la identidad y circunstancias personales de los herederos, y no conociendo las mismas; se le ha relevado del cumplimiento de notificación en el término reglamentario de diez (10) días contados a partir de la última publicación del edicto para enviarle la copia de la PETICION, ORDEN, EMPLAZAMIENTO Y PUBLICACION DEL EDICTO. Deberán comparecer a través del SISTEMA Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual podrán acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su comparecencia en la secretaria del Tribunal. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 3 de noviembre de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. YAHAIRA TORRES MATÍAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante V. RAÚL ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ GUZMÁN
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2025CV00357. (Salón: 201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDREA CAROLINA CHAVES FIGUEROA - LCDA. CHAVESFIGUEROA@GMAIL.COM. KARINA PAOLA CINTRON NEVAREZ - CINTRONKP@GMAIL.COM. A: RAÚL ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ GUZMÁN. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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 12 de noviembre de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 12 de noviembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
US BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF CVI CGS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST I
Demandante V. SUCN JORGE LUIS BAUZO MORALES Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2022CV03318. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARREROPRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM. A: LESLIE ANN BAUZO RIVERA, BRENDA BAUZO RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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 edic-
SAN JUAN
to. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de noviembre de 2025. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 13 de noviembre de 2025. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE PEDRO ENRIQUE LUGO VIALIZ T/C/C PEDRO LUGO VELIZ (Parte Demandante) Vs MIRIAM FRANCESCHINI GONZALEZ (Parte Demandada) Civil Núm.: PO2025RF00979. Sobre: DIVORCIO RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, AL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: MIRIAM FRANCESCHINI
GONZALEZ - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA. Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado con el fin de obtener Sentencia sobre Divorcio Ruptura Irreparable. Representa(n) a la parte demandante, el/la (los) abogado(a)(s) cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: f/: Yolanda Cappas Rodríguez RUA Núm. 18,908 CAPPAS LAW OFFICE HC 2 BOX 7884 Guayanilla, PR 00656 Tels. (787) 601-5661 / (787) 677-0199 E-mail: cappaslaw@gmail.com, ycappas@yahoo.com
Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto, radicando el original de la contestación ante el tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandada, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Por ORDEN del Honorable Verónica A. Pagán Torres, Juez de este Tribunal, expido la presente en la ciudad de Ponce, Puerto Rico, hoy, 6 de noviembre de 2025, bajo mi firma y sello oficial. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR. MARY ANN LEÓN ROSARIO, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE
CASLA REALTY PR, LLC.
Demandante V. John Doe Y OTROS
Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV06385. (Salón: 902 CTVTL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GORMAN ANTHONY HATCHER SANTAELLA - HATCHER@ PIRILLOLAW.COM. OMARA MÉNDEZ BERNARDOMENDEZ@PIRILLOLAW.COM.
A: JOHN DOE JANE ROE, COMO POSTBLES TENEDORES DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 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 13 de noviembre de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 13 de noviembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. LUCRECIA PAGÁN MORALES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN JONATHAN
ORTIZ TORRES
Parte Demandante V. LISA YVETTE ALAMO
Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: SJ2025RF01388. Acción Civil De: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EMPLAZAMIENTO. ESTADOS UNIOOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: LISA YVETTE ALAMO - 181 CORLIS ST. PROVIDENCE, RHODE
ISLAND, ESTADOS UNIDOS 02904. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera 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.
Nombre del Abogado: YESSICA M. GUARDIOLA MARRERO RUA: 15125 Dirección: PO BOX 79723, CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICO, 00984-9723 Tel: 7876031507 / Fax: 7877200070 Correo Electrónico: lcdaguardiola@gmail.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 7 de octubre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ISABEL ORTIZ CRUZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. JOSÉ RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ RAMOS
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CA2025CV02532. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN DE VEHÍCULO DE MOTOR (10 L.P.R.A. § 2423). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOSÉ RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ RAMOS.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda Enmendada en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 009364908; Tel. (787) 622-2323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda Enmendada radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior, Sala de Carolina, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda Enmendada sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda Enmendada a sus últimas direcciones conocidas: Urb. Country Club, GS65 Calle 210, Carolina, PR 00982; y P.O. Box 51599, Toa Baja, PR 00949. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 6 de noviembre de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. IDA FERNÁNDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. LUIS A.
MILLÁN
MALDONADO
Demandado
Civil Núm.: FA2025CV00753. 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: LUIS A. MILLÁN MALDONADO.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, Rivera-Munich & Hernández Law Offices, P.S.C.; P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 6222323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda radicando el original de la misma a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal Superior, Sala de Fajardo, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. En un término de diez (10) días a partir de la publicación de este Edicto, la parte demandante le notificará por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias del Emplazamiento por Edicto y de la Demanda a sus últimas direcciones conocidas: 180 Carr. 194 Apt. 350, Fajardo, PR 00738; y P.O. Box 552, Yabucoa, PR 00767. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a 07 de noviembre de 2025. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. NERYSA ALEXANDRINO ROSARIO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR AURELIO
COTTO TRINIDAD
Peticionario
EX-PARTE
Civil Núm.: CG2025CV01555. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE
LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.
A: SUCESION SANTOS COTTO TRINIDAD Y SUCESION GALO COTTO TRINIDAD.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha presentado ante este Tribunal el expediente arriba titulado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir en el Registro de la Propiedad de Caguas, Puerto Rico, a favor de la parte peticionaria el derecho de dominio que alega tener sobre la finca que se describe a continuación:
RÚSTICA: Parcela radicada en el Barrio Cañaboncito, de Caguas Puerto Rico. Mide veinte metros de frente por veinticinco metros de fondo, iguales a una superficie de quinientos metros cuadrados. Colinda por el Norte con Blas Cotto, separado por camino; Sur con Juan Cotto Rivera; Este con Juan Cotto Rivera; y Oeste con Luis Cotto Trinidad. No consta inscrita. La abogada de la parte peticionaria es la Lcda. Xiomara Méndez Báez, PO Box 6463, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00726; Tel. 787286-6666. También, se le informa que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 1 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025 A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, de manera presencial, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Se le notifica a usted que este Tribunal ha ordenado su citación, para que presente oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndole que de no hacerlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fuera usted notificado de esta citación, la parte peticionaria podrán solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este expediente de dominio y la correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Caguas, el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Petición, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Por Orden de este Tribunal, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 23 de septiembre de 2025.
IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ENEIDA ARROYO VÉLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA DE GUAYAMA COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO CRISTÓBAL RODRÍGUEZ HIDALGO
Parte Demandante Vs MILTON LUIS LEBRON RIVERA
Parte Demandada
Civil Número:
GM2025CV00707. 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: MILTON LUIS LEBRON RIVERA - 8 EL LEGADO EDIF 8 APT 811, GUAYAMA, PR 007230475 - O SEA, LA PARTE DEMANDADA ARRIBA MENCIONADA.
POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica que la parte demandante, ha presentado ante este Tribunal demanda contra usted por Cobro de Dinero. Representa a la parte demandante el abogado cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consignan de inmediato: LCDO. RAMON MAURAS VALENTIN Apartado 474 Coamo, Puerto Rico, 00769 Teléfono (787) 825-5051
Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. En Guayama, Puerto Rico, a 5 de noviembre del 2025. MARISOL ROSADO
RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARMEN J. VEGA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.
MARIA MILAGROS
ROMERO LEON
Demandante V. DILBAG SINGH
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2025RF00696 (Salón: 705). Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALBA MELÉNDEZ ROMEU ALBAMROMEU@GMAIL.COM.
A: DILBAG SINGH (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 17 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 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 12 de NOVIEMBRE de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. F/ORIA IVETTE
SANTANA CARO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO MELISSA ROSARIO
RODRIGUEZ
Demandante V. EL BANCO DE DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO PARA PUERTO RICO; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA
Demandados Civil Núm.: LU2025CV00186. 307. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE
AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. 1. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de El Banco de Desarrollo Económico Para Puerto Rico o a su orden, por la suma principal de $46,000.00, intereses al 12% vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 10, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 8 de marzo de 2000, ante el Notario Carlos F. Padin Perez, inscrita al folio 150 del tomo 945 de Bayamón, inscripción 8va, sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: 2. 52, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de marzo de 2013, ante el Notario Antonio A. Hernandez Almodovar e inscrita al folio 201 del tomo 273 de Luquillo, inscripción 7ma, sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización River Edge Hills, localizada en el Barrio Sabana del Municipio de Luquillo, Puerto Rico, que se describe en el Plano de Inscripción de la Urbanización con el número, área y colindancia que se relacionan a continuación: Número de solar: Bloque A, lote número treinta y seis (A-36). Área del solar: seiscientos noventa y seis punto nueve mil doscientos noventa y nueve diemilésimas de metro cuadrado (696.9299 m.c.). En lindes: por el NORTE, en cuarenta y seis punto ochenta metros (46.80 m.), con el lote A guión treinta y cinco (A-35); por el SUR, en cuarenta y cinco punto noventa y cinco metros (45.95 m.), con el lote A guión treinta y siete (A-37); por el ESTE, en quince punto cero cero metros (15.00 m.), con la Calle Río Mameyes; y por el OESTE, en quince punto cero dos metros (15.02), con Colinas de Luquillo. El inmueble antes descrito contiene una casa de concreto reforzado, diseñada para una sola familia. Número 12,601, inscrita al folio 52 del tomo 267 de Luquillo. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Fajardo. La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en
la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto que se publicará una vez en un periódico de circulación diaria general de Puerto Rico. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr/sumac/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Debe notificar con copia de ella a la abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Lizbet Aviles Vega, Urb. Los Sauces, Calle Pomarrosa #222, Humacao, PR 00791; Tel. (787) 354-0061, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto, apercibiéndole que de no hacerlo así dentro del término indicado, el Tribunal podrá anotar su rebeldía y dictar sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy día 24 de octubre de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. SANDRA L. PADILLA RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN CAPITAL TITLE SERVICES, INC
Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO; FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO; JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE SOLICITA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV09785. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. Salón: 503. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES Y CUALESQUIER PERSONA DESCONOCIDA CON POSIBLE INTERÉS EN
LA OBLIGACIÓN CUYA CANCELACIÓN POR DECRETO JUDICIAL SE
SOLICITA.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe. 1. En este caso la parte demandante ha radicado una Demanda para que se decrete judicialmente el saldo de un (1) pagaré hipotecario a favor de de DORAL MORTGAGE COPORATION, $50,000.00, con intereses al 7 1/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de octubre de 2008, constituida mediante la escritura número 739, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 27 de septiembre de 1993, ante el notario Raúl Rivera Burgos, e inscrita al folio 179 del tomo 632 de Monacillos, finca número 21,184, inscripción 6ta sobre la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar que corresponde al número 4 del plano de la Urbanización Belisa de Belisa Development Corp., preparado por el Ingeniero Civil Ramón D. Espada, licencia número 2,114 en marzo de 1951, radicado en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, compuesto de 402.59 metros cuadrados. Colindando por el NORTE, en 15.85 metros, con Francisco Sein; por el SUR, en 15.85 metros, con la Calle San Luis de la misma urbanización; por el ESTE, en 25.30 metros, con solar número 2 de la misma urbanización; y por el OESTE, en 25.49 metros, con el solar número 6 de la Urbanización Belisa Development Corp. Contiene este solar una casa de concreto de una sola planta, dedicada a vivienda. Enclava una segunda planta residencial de hormigón armado y bloques que tiene un tamaño de 28’ 9” de ancho por 62’ de largo, la cual se compone de 3 cuartos dormitorios, sala, comedor, cocina, laundry, terraza y 2 servicios sanitarios que fue donada a favor de Ivette del Carmen Montañez Marín, divorciada, con valor de $16,600.00, constituida mediante la escritura número 71, otorgada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el día 11 de julio de 1977, ante el notario Juan Marín Hernández, e inscrita al folio 178 del tomo 632 de Monacillos, finca número 21,184, inscripción 5ta. Finca Número 21,184 (antes 11,843), inscrita al folio 176 del tomo 632 de Monacillos. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección III de San Juan La parte demandante alega que dicho pagaré ha sido saldado según más detalladamente consta en la Demanda radicada que puede examinarse en la Secretaría de este Tribunal. Por tratarse de una obligación hipotecaria y pudiendo usted tener interés en este caso o quedar afectado por el remedio solicitado, se le emplaza por este edicto
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Moca overcomes 3-1 deficit to win BSNF title
By THE STAR STAFF
The Explosivas of Moca completed an against-the-odds comeback from a 3-games-to-1 deficit on Sunday night to become champions of the Women’s National Superior Basketball (BSNF by its initials in Spanish) League, defeating the Atenienses of Manatí 78-69 in Game 7 of the finals at Dr. Juan Sánchez Acevedo Coliseum in Moca.
The Explosivas, led by Samantha Fuehring on offense, established an 18-10 lead in the first quarter. India Pagán scored Manatí’s first seven points to keep the Atenienses (Athenians) within striking distance.
Moca led 29-19 with 5:02 remaining in the second quarter, then went on a run capped by a three-pointer by Fuehring and a tip-in by Leigha Brown to extend the lead to 39-23 with 1:16 left. Veteran Pamela Rosado responded with a drive to the basket and Jessica Jackson hit a jumper after a pair of Moca free throws to make it 41-27, but a layup by Brown with 23 seconds left extended the Explosivas’ lead back to 16, 43-27, heading
into intermission.
In the first half, Moca benefited greatly from the contributions of Gabriela Ortega, who sank three three-pointers coming off the bench. Fuehring led the Explosivas with 11 points, while Pagán led the way for Manatí with nine points, followed by Rosado with eight.
Moca turned up the intensity early in the third quarter, and two three-pointers from Taya Corosdale extended the hosts’ lead to 52-33 with 5:06 remaining. A little over three minutes later a three-point play by Brown gave the Explosivas their largest lead, 61-37. The Atenienses scored nine points in the final 1:37 of the period to trail by 17, 63-46.
Manatí maintained its momentum in the fourth quarter and made significant progress. The rally was spearheaded by two baskets from Pagán, along with a three-pointer by Jackson that pulled the Atenienses to within 12 points, 65-53, with 8:26 left in the game.
Fuehring again stepped up, however, sinking two threepointers to extend the Explosivas’ lead back to 16, 71-55, with
Moca’s Leigha Brown finished with 13 points and six assists and was named the Most Valuable Player of the finals.
5:44 remaining. But Rosado again responded with a fast-break layup that triggered a 10-1 run as Manatí pulled to within seven points, 72-65, with 1:03 left in the game.
It was too little too late. The Atenienses were forced to foul, and Moca scored its final six points on free throws to seal the victory.
Fuehring led the Explosivas with 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Hillary Martínez had 17 points. Rosado led all scorers with 27 points for the Atenienses, and Pagán added 20. Brown, who finished with 13 points and six assists, was named the Most Valuable Player of the finals.
Santurce takes first game of COPUVO finals
By THE STAR STAFF
The Cangrejeras of Santurce won the first match of the 2025 Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish) finals series on Sunday, defeating the Amazónicas of Trujillo Alto in three sets at Colegio Universitario of San Juan.
Santurce dominated the match with scores of 25-22, 25-19 and 25-13.
The first set began with Trujillo Alto leading 8-6 at the first technical timeout after an attack by Camelia Meléndez that went out of bounds. However, Santurce responded immediately and took the second technical timeout leading 16-15 after a defensive play by Paola Matos went out of bounds. A block by Gabriela Colón on Génesis Collazo sealed the 25th point for the home team.
Leandra Mangual of Santurce was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the match.
In the second set, the Cangrejeras started strong and earned the first technical timeout, 8-6, with a precise attack by Lyansca Correa. A net violation by Ivania Ortiz allowed Santurce to extend their lead and take the second technical timeout, 16-14. The set was closed out by Leandra Mangual, who attacked against the block to secure the 25-19 victory.
The third set was completely controlled by Santurce. Meléndez set the offensive pace as the Cangrejeras took an 8-4 lead to the first technical timeout, and Mangual again stood out, extending the advantage to 16-10. The action concluded with an impressive block by Xayrians Hernández that sealed the victory for the capital city team.
Mangual was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the match, while Matos stood out for the Amazónicas.
The second match of the best-of-five final series will be held tonight at Rubén Zayas Montañez Coliseum starting at 8.
Arroyo, Yabucoa, Ceiba & Dorado open COLICEBA
By THE STAR STAFF
The Bucaneros of Arroyo, Azuareros of Yabucoa, Marlins of Ceiba and Guapos of Dorado finished with victories on Sunday, at the start of the COLICEBA Carnival series. The four teams lead their respective series 2-0, while placing the Guayacanes of Guayanilla, Ganduleros of Villalba, Jardineros of Aibonito and Atléticos of Barranquitas on the brink of elimination.
Arroyo defeated the Guayacanes 6-0 and 10-1. In the first game, Yadiel Rolón delivered a brilliant pitching performance,
going eight innings, allowing only three hits and striking out four, to secure the shutout. In the second game, left-hander Orlando Díaz pitched six scoreless innings, striking out three, to earn the win.
The Azucareros, meanwhile, defeated the Ganduleros 6-2 and 5-4. In the first game, pitchers Christian Rivera and Roy Geigel combined to secure the victory. In the second game, Yadiel Santana and Jonathan Oquendo stood out, with Oquendo hitting a home run and both driving in two runs.
The Marlins defeated the Jardineros 8-7 and 5-1. In the first game, Ceiba took the lead in the bottom of the eighth
Carnival with 2 wins
inning to secure the victory. In the second game, Joel Alvira pitched eight innings and struck out eight.
The Guapos edged the Atléticos 3-2 in the opener and rallied to win the nightcap 12-8 in extra innings. In the first game, Andrés Santiago pitched 6.1 innings and struck out seven batters to earn the win. In the second game, Dorado scored five runs in the 10th inning.
The best-of-five Carnival Series will continue this Friday, which opens the final weekend of this phase, in which the four teams that will qualify for the national semifinals will be determined.
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