GOOD MORNING
By THE STAR STAFF
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera announced on Tuesday the allocation of $5,514,978 to the Puerto Rico Department of Health to strengthen maternal and child health services through funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
“This allocation is not simply a number; it is a statement of priorities,” Hernández Rivera said in a written statement. “It is a recognition that every Puerto Rican mother and child deserves access to dignified, accessible, and quality healthcare.”
According to the information provided, the grant will strengthen essential public health initiatives and impact the provision of services aimed at mothers, infants, and communities throughout the island.
Regarding the use of the funds, the resident commissioner said the grant comes from the Maternal and Child Health Services program under the HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration and will cover the period from Oct. 1 of this year to Sept. 30, 2027. The resources will support prenatal care, pediatric services, vaccination efforts and community education
on preventive health, according to the information provided.
Regarding the program’s scope, Hernández Rivera emphasized that the project will be led by the island Health Department and that its priority is to ensure that Puerto Rican families receive equitable treatment in federal programs.
“The health of our children in federal budgets must be a central priority,” he said. “From our office, we will continue to announce every federal allocation that benefits Puerto Rico.”
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Rep. Estrella Martínez Soto (District 27 of Coamo, Santa Isabel, Aibonito, Juana Díaz and Salinas) urged all residents of her district to support non-profit organizations (NGOs) in the district during this holiday season.
“There are numerous non-profit organizations dedicated to providing support and services to the community,” the legislator said. “Their main objective is to help the most vulnerable sectors and foster social, educational, athletic, and economic development. They are grassroots and secular organizations. It’s a good idea that this holiday season we make an effort to support them. By strengthening them, we strengthen our community.”
Martinez Soto offered a directory where citizens can find more information and select the NGO that best suits their interests: https://www.prteconline.com/files/1013/5534/4893/
Directorio_Oorganizaciones_Sin_fines_de_Lucro.pdf. By definition, these are entities, incorporated or unincorporated, are dedicated to providing services that, under a legal provision, qualify for an income tax exemption.
“A 2022 publication by Estudios Técnicos for the organization Philanthropy Puerto Rico indicates that nearly 700,000 people in Puerto Rico are served annually by NGOs. That is, one in five people in the country,” Martínez Soto said in the statement. “41.3% of these entities’ income comes from individual donations, 25.9% from self-sustaining programs or services, and 22.1% from fundraising activities. 16.7% comes from local, state, and municipal grants.”
“Non-profit organizations are vital to our communities, and I reiterate my call to support them, whether financially or through volunteer work, which is also greatly appreciated,” the lawmaker said. “It is the best way to fulfill the mission of generosity toward our fellow human beings.”
Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera (Facebook via REP. PABLO JOSE HERNÁNDEZ RIVERA)
Civil Rights Commission urges veto of bill granting legal personhood to the unborn
By THE STAR STAFF
Arguing that it raises constitutional deficiencies, limits women’s rights and capacity over their own bodies, and has serious implications for Puerto Rican law by granting legal personhood to the unborn, the Civil Rights Commission (CDC) requested on Tuesday that Gov. Jenniffer González Colón veto Senate Bill (SB) 504.
The bill proposes amending Articles 67, 69, and 70 of the Civil Code to recognize the legal personhood and capacity of the unborn child from the moment of conception and at any stage of gestation within the womb.
The measure, co-sponsored by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz and Sens. Joanne Rodríguez Veve, Brenda Pérez Soto and Wilmer Reyes Berríos, SB 504 was introduced on April 7 of this year and approved in the island Legislature on Nov. 13.
“The measure creates conflicts between the rights of women and the embryo,” reads Resolution 002, approved by the board of commissioners of the public agency, which
seeks to persuade the governor, as a woman, not to sign the legislation. “It deprives them [women] of their constitutional rights due to pregnancy. It limits the exercise of their reproductive capacity, creating a conflict between women’s rights and the recognition of the rights of the unborn child. It grants the unborn child legal personality and capacity at any stage of pregnancy, with all the rights of born offspring.”
CDC Director Ever Padilla Ruiz said the bill requires extensive discussion and consideration, as several of the issues raised by some of the agencies whose opinions were sought have not yet been resolved.
“Our request is that you veto the bill,” Padilla Ruiz said. “Without a doubt, this measure, which passed the House of Representatives by default, creates a clear conflict between the rights of women and pregnant people and the unborn child, representing a constitutional challenge with implications in multiple areas of law that have not even been considered.”
The CDC director noted that the discussion about the legal personhood and capacity
of the unborn child from the moment of conception “is not new.”
“This discussion has involved numerous studies and publications in legal journals,” he said.
According to the CDC resolution, SB 504 raises serious concerns about the hierarchy of constitutional rights it establishes. It raises legal implications that resonate in multiple areas of law, not only in the Civil Code, but throughout the entire legal system, beginning with serious constitutional questions about the full capacity of women and pregnant people, with implications in matters of criminal law, family law, inheritance law, obligations and contracts, tax law and commercial law. “The fundamental rights of citizens are ultimately the responsibility of the government, as such rights are an essential part of the Constitution and the laws,” Padilla Ruiz said. “The legislative record does not reveal a rigorous analysis of the consequences of this measure. The bill should have been the subject of a deep and broad discussion among all sectors of our society to reconcile the legitimate conflicting interests.”
The official expressed hope that the governor, as a woman and a mother, and in light of International Human Rights Day, which is today, will make the responsible decision to veto the bill.
DDEC deputy secretary tapped to lead Roosevelt Roads redevelopment
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Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard, who is also chairman of Roosevelt Roads Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) board of directors, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi as the LRA’s new executive director.
Negrón Reichard emphasized that the appointee’s solid track record in public administration, the management of federal funds, and the execution of strategic projects will be crucial in driving the continuity and expansion of the transformation underway at the former U.S. Naval Station Roosevelt Roads and the Municipality of Ceiba. Ríos Pierluisi will continue to serve concurrently as DDEC deputy secretary, thereby strengthening the integration between public policy on economic development and the investment projects being carried out at Roosevelt Roads, the DDEC secretary said.
Negrón Reichard said further that Ríos Pierluisi’s appointment represents a firm step toward consolidating the government’s strategic vision for Roosevelt Roads and the eastern region of Puerto Rico. He added that the appointee’s experience leading complex operations, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and implementing administrative reforms makes him the ideal candidate to lead the new phase. He said the appointment was
unanimously ratified by the board of directors, which is confident that Ríos Pierluisi’s leadership will allow for continued acceleration of the economic development that Puerto Rico and the Ceiba region need.
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, who recommended Ríos Pierluisi for his capabilities and commitment to public service,
noted that Roosevelt Roads is one of the projects with the greatest potential for Puerto Rico, with the capacity to attract investment, create jobs, boost new industries, and significantly transform the region. She also stressed that her administration has an unequivocal commitment to ensuring that economic development reaches all communities, especially in areas requiring priority attention, such as Ceiba.
Ríos Pierluisi has extensive experience in leadership positions within the public sector. He has served in key roles at DDEC and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, where he has overseen complex operations, economic development strategies, administrative restructuring processes, management of federal funds, and negotiations with local and international companies. His legal background, which includes directing the DDEC Legal Division and advising on legislative and regulatory matters, adds a comprehensive perspective to the design and execution of economic development projects, Negrón Reichard noted.
Upon his appointment, Ríos Pierluisi expressed his commitment to working alongside the community, the private sector, and government agencies to ensure Roosevelt Roads continues to develop as an engine of investment, jobs and opportunities. He emphasized that his focus will be on executing with discipline, efficiency, and a strategic vision to contribute to the well-being of the eastern region and the economic development of Puerto Rico as a whole.
Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi, back row center, has extensive experience in leadership positions within the public sector.
Civil Rights Commission Director Ever Padilla Ruiz (Instagram via ever.padillaruiz)
Governor joins former President Bush at Dallas literacy forum
By THE STAR STAFF
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón joined forces with other governors in Dallas earlier this week as part of an invitation extended by former President George W. Bush to the Governors’ Forum on Reading.
“For Puerto Rico, improving reading and literacy is not simply an educational aspiration; it is essential for workforce readiness, economic growth, and a competitive future,” the governor said in a written statement. “Literacy is the gateway to opportunity. Since taking office in January of
this year, I have been committed to strengthening schools and expanding bilingual education so that the children of Puerto Rico acquire a solid command of both Spanish and English, skills that open doors nationally and internationally. For us, bilingualism is a strategic asset.”
“Parents must be partners in this effort. Families deserve transparency, accountability, and the freedom to participate in their children’s learning,” the governor added. “Schools must welcome parents, not treat them as outsiders. Rebuilding our economy requires a skilled workforce with strong reading, math, and critical thinking skills.”
The forum began with a private meeting between governors, former President Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. In the afternoon, discussions began on topics related to literacy, such as The Power of Governors to Lead on Reading, moderated by former Florida governor Jeb Bush; Leading on Reading to Strengthen State Economies; and Literacy as a Federal Priority, among others. Some of the moderators included officials from the U.S. Department of Education, governors, former governors, members of bipartisan public policy centers, Harvard University professors, and subject matter experts.
DNER rangers spread anti-celebratory gunfire message at traffic intersections
By THE STAR STAFF
As part of an effort to prevent incidents associated with celebratory gunfire during Christmas festivities, members of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Ranger Corps were stationed at numerous intersections across the island in the early morning hours of Tuesday to distribute informational materials to drivers. The brochures also urged citizens to refrain from using fireworks, especially during New Year’s Eve.
“Our governor, Jenniffer González, has been emphatic that we must all join this effort to prevent any tragedy caused by stray bullets during the Christmas holidays,”
DNER Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez said. “In line with this initiative, this morning, members of the Ranger Corps, including Commissioner Nelson Cruz, were stationed at various intersections [...] to distribute informational materials to promote the ‘No Bullets in the Air’ campaign and the prohibition of fireworks.”
Among the traffic intersections where the agency’s rangers distributed informational brochures were locations in Ponce Playa, as well as the Ponce Town Center shopping mall, the intersection near the Walmart entrance in Isabela, the Guayana Mall, Plaza del Atlántico in Arecibo, the Salinas shopping center, and the area where the DNER headquarters are located, among others.
“I want to thank the members of the Ranger Corps who, since the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, have been at the traffic lights, not only distributing this important material, but also talking with drivers,” Quiles Pérez said.
“This interaction is very important to us.”
Law 168 of 2019, better known as the “Puerto Rico Weapons Law,” details in Article 7.04 that an educational campaign must be conducted every year, beginning on Nov. 15, to promote the prohibition of celebratory gunfire and the consequences of engaging in it.
Since 2001, some five people have died as a result of stray bullets during New Year’s Eve celebrations, while 93 others have suffered some type of injury.
Museum of Entomology and Tropical Biodiversity reopens after remodeling in Río Piedras
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Museum of Entomology and Tropical Biodiversity Director Rosa Amelia Franqui announced the reopening of the facility on Tuesday during a ceremony held at the North Botanical Garden in Río Piedras, where the museum’s scientific and educational value for Puerto Rico was highlighted.
“Although it originated at the Agricultural Experiment Station of the College of Agricultural Sciences at RUM [the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus], this museum belongs to everyone: it is a legacy for all of Puerto Rico, it is our first science museum,” Franqui said in a written statement. “And its mission implicitly includes expanding knowledge of our fauna, as well as preserving it and inspiring respect for it in others, because it has always been my philosophy: what you can understand, you can respect, and what you can respect, you can preserve.”
The entomologist noted that the museum houses more than 52,000 invertebrate specimens, including rare groups and unique species not found in other collections worldwide.
“The first question we always ask ourselves when facing challenges is, ‘What am I working with?’” Franqui said regard-
ing the scope of the collection. “In our case, knowing the identity of the species is the first step in solving the problem or enabling alternatives.”
The former Food Technology Laboratory building of the Agricultural Experiment Station has been transformed into a space with exhibition halls, laboratories, and specialized areas to preserve the collection, which was started in 1910. The remodeling provides a permanent home for the historical and scientific collection, according to the information provided.
“This reopening signifies the beginning of a new cycle of scientific and academic activities in facilities specially designed to preserve and study insects and tropical biodiversity at the University, for the enjoyment of the public,” Agricultural Experiment Station Deputy Director Carlos A. Flores Ortega said regarding the academic impact.
The Museum of Entomology and Tropical Biodiversity houses more than 52,000 invertebrate specimens, including rare groups and unique species not found in other collections worldwide.
Trump insists tariffs will buoy
By DAVID E. SANGER
On President Donald Trump’s proclaimed “Liberation Day” in April, when he announced the tariffs that have upended global trade, he vowed that “jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” The imposition of taxes on imports, the president promised, “will pry open foreign markets and break down foreign trade barriers,” leading to lower prices for Americans.
So far it has not worked out that way, forcing Trump to move to contain the economic and political damage.
At the White House on Monday, the president announced $12 billion in bailout money for America’s farmers who have been battered in large part by his trade policies.
Tariffs continue to put upward pressure on prices, putting the Trump administration on the defensive over deep public concern about the cost of living. On Tuesday, the president was to go to Pennsylvania for the first of what the White House calls a series of speeches addressing the “affordability” problem, which last week he dismissed as “the greatest con job” ever conceived by Democrats.
the economy. For now, he’s on damage control.
President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. China, the United States’ main economic and technological competitor, released figures earlier this week showing that it continues to run a record trade surplus with the rest of the world.
(Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
China, the world’s second-largest economy and the United States’ main economic and technologic competitor, released figures Monday showing that it continues to run a record trade surplus with the rest of the world, even as its overall trade and surplus with the U.S. narrows. That suggests Beijing is quickly learning how to thrive even in a world in which the United States becomes a tougher place to do business.
And there is scant evidence to date of any wholesale return to American towns and cities of the manufacturing jobs lost to decades of automation and globalization.
Trump insists that his signature decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 is working, or will soon. He continues to blame his predecessor, Joe Biden, for every economic woe, though the argument is getting thinner and thinner as he approaches, in just six weeks, his first anniversary in office.
He finds himself in roughly the place Biden did in early 2024: Telling the American people that they are doing great, when many don’t feel that way. He has dismissed talk of high prices at grocery stores, insisting they are coming down. But inflation edged upward in September, to about a 3% annual increase, almost exactly where it was when his predecessor left office.
Manufacturing jobs have continued to decline gradually this year, with losses of roughly 50,000 since January. (Such numbers contributed to the dismissal in July of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after Trump announced that downward revisions to the official jobs reports were “rigged.”)
Not surprisingly, Trump tried Monday to portray the $12 billion in emergency relief for farmers as a victory, another piece of evidence — at least to him — that his decision to impose the highest tariffs on American imports since 1930 are working, or will soon.
In recent weeks, he has promised to use the tariff income flowing into the country to cut a government check of $2,000 for every taxpayer (“not including high income people!” he exclaimed on Truth Social in November). Last week, he declared at a Cabinet meeting that “at some point in the not too distant future, you wouldn’t even have income tax to pay.”
The numbers don’t quite add up: The U.S. has collected about $250 billion in tariff revenue this year — a bit shy of the $2.66 trillion in federal individual income taxes in the 2025 fiscal year.
The president has promised that tariff revenue will pay down the national debt, now at $38.45 trillion. Over the summer, he told lawmakers that other deals he is striking — some in return for lowering tariffs — would reduce some drug prices by 1,500%, a piece of mathematical gymnastics that left some in his audience mystified.
The numeric magic continued Monday, when Trump said he was using some of those tariff revenues as a “bridge payment,” to tide American farmers over Chinese until purchases resume, a commitment Trump says he extracted from President Xi Jinping when they met in late October.
The repeated use of the word “bridge” by the president and his top economic aides seemed intended to signal to Americans that they just needed to hold on, and the promised benefits from tariff plan would pay off.
“This money would not be possible without tariffs,” he told a small group of farmers and rice refiners who were brought into the White House for the event. “The tariffs are taking in, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we’re giving some up to the farmers because they were mistreated by other countries, for maybe the right reasons, maybe wrong reasons.”
He was skipping by the fact that the imposition of the tariffs, primarily on China, led to a Chinese boycott of American farm goods. And now, to stem the bleeding for a core constituency, he was boasting that he was using tariffs receipts to compensate them. (Most of the payments will come through the Agriculture Department’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program, and are not directly funded by tariff income.)
“They hated the farmers,” Trump said of the Biden administration. “I love the farmers.” He told them that when he talks to Xi, soybean purchases are the first thing he brings up, and his Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, assured the group that soybean purchases come before geopolitical concerns on those calls.
In fact, economists note, the problem he is trying to address with the farm bailout is symptomatic of the slow squeeze others are feeling as the effects of the tariffs seep into the economy.
“The farmers problem is not entirely government-grown, but there is a big trade policy aspect to it,’’ said Scott Lincicome, director of general economics at the Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning think tank that has objected to Trump’s moves toward state-directed capitalism.
“Prices are depressed because the Chinese boycotted our farm goods much of the year,” he noted. “But fertilizer, machinery, those costs have remained elevated, and subject to tariffs. You’ve heard Caterpillar and John Deere complain,” he said, referring to two of the biggest manufacturers of farm equipment, which Trump said Monday he would also help by paying them tariff revenues.
The president added that he was going to eliminate environmental requirements for the machinery, which he said made them “so complicated you can’t fix them,” but would demand in return that the price of the equipment had to be lowered.
Lincicome said that the tariffs have also introduced a new level of “unprecedented, crippling and truly insane complexity” to operating businesses. It has only gotten more confusing as Trump has slashed some tariffs — on imported beef, for example — to mitigate supermarket prices.
“Americans just hate chaos,” he concluded. “No one wants this constant churn.”
New York archdiocese will negotiate sex-abuse settlement for 1,300 accusers
By LIAM STACK
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said earlier this week that it was raising at least $300 million as it moved to negotiate a settlement that would benefit roughly 1,300 people who have said they were sexually abused as minors by its priests and lay staff members.
The archdiocese said it had agreed with representatives of the accusers on a mediator and had begun to raise money by cutting costs and selling assets, including its headquarters and other real estate.
Jeff Anderson, a lawyer who represents 300 people who have filed abuse claims against the archdiocese, said Monday that the archdiocese had taken “a step in the right direction,” but cautioned that the matter was far from settled.
“There is no agreement at all — what we do have is a proposal for a process by which you go into a mediation,” Anderson said. But, he added, “This is the first time the archdiocese has shown willingness to engage in any kind of process to bring all of this toward resolution.”
“Any time the church shows a willingness to engage in serious negotiation, all of us who represent survivors are eager to work together toward that end,” he said. “We are hopeful that we can and that we will.”
It was not clear that the two parties would agree to $300 million as the size of the settlement; the final number to be paid to accusers could be higher or lower.
The announcement of the mediation was made in a letter published Monday by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who said that archdiocese officials had met in recent weeks with lawyers to discuss the contours of a global settlement between the church and its accusers.
“As we have repeatedly acknowledged, the sexual abuse of minors long ago has brought shame upon our church,” the cardinal wrote in an email to roughly 300,000 Catholics across New York. “I once again ask forgiveness for the failing of those who betrayed the trust placed in them by failing to provide for the safety of our young people.”
Dolan said the archdiocese and representatives of its accusers had agreed to enlist Daniel J. Buckley, a retired judge from California, as a neutral mediator.
Buckley previously helped negotiate a similar settlement between the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and more than 1,000 people who had accused its personnel of abuse, the cardinal said.
The announcement in New York came on the same day that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans said it
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would pay at least $230 million to hundreds of abuse survivors as part of a negotiated settlement approved by a federal bankruptcy judge in Louisiana.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond told reporters he was “pleased that this is at the end of this process,” but acknowledged that many of the survivors still struggled with the trauma of abuse. “It’s very important that they hopefully, through this process, find some closure,” he said.
The Archdiocese of New York is the country’s second largest, with 2.5 million Catholics spread across a territory that includes Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and the city’s northern suburbs.
It enjoys a prestigious public and political profile by virtue of its location in the country’s largest city, with its leader, Dolan, appearing frequently on Fox News. He delivered the opening prayer at President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
But the archdiocese has struggled to respond to the roughly 1,700 sexual abuse claims that have been filed since the state Legislature passed the Child Victims Act in 2019 and the Adult Survivors Act in 2022.
Both laws created “look-back windows” that allowed people to file civil claims for sexual abuse even if the statute of limitations on their cases had long passed. Those laws unleashed a flood of claims that led to financial ruin for some religious groups and helped drive six of the eight Catholic dioceses in New York to file for bankruptcy.
Before the passage of those laws, the archdiocese addressed abuse claims past the statute of limitations through an
independent program established in 2016. But abuse survivors and their advocates criticized the program as an effort by the church to handle an embarrassing crisis in-house.
On Monday, Dolan said the archdiocese had “made a series of very difficult financial decisions” to raise what he hoped would be more than $300 million to fund an eventual settlement.
Those included reducing its operating budget by 10%, firing employees and selling “significant real estate assets,” including its longtime headquarters on First Avenue in Manhattan. The building was sold last year for more than $100 million, Bloomberg reported.
The cardinal said the church’s efforts to settle sexual abuse claims had been hindered by its long-running legal battle with its insurance provider, Chubb, which has declined to pay settlements to accusers under its policies.
A spokesperson for Chubb said Monday that the insurer had contributed toward the archdiocese’s legal defense costs, but that it would not pay for any settlements that were the result of concealed criminal activities, including child abuse and the failure to stop it.
“The insurance that the archdiocese bought covers accidents; it does not provide compensation for knowingly allowing a pattern of abuse to persist for many years,” the company said. “There’s a reason insurance doesn’t cover this kind of behavior, as it would reward those who facilitate criminal conduct rather than those who take vigilant steps to mitigate risk and protect children from abuse.”
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Sidestep politics and feed hungry kids
By MAUREEN DOWD
Billy Shore always seemed too sweet to be in politics. I met him way back when pols and officials had the decency to creep away if they were caught doing something shameful.
Shore was an aide to Gary Hart in the Senate and in his presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988. Hart dropped out in 1987 after a sex scandal but later got back in the race, pursuing a lonely quest with his wife, Lee, and a handful of reporters (including me). Shore was also Bob Kerrey’s chief of staff in the Senate and helped with his losing presidential run in 1992.
But even before his two candidates came a cropper, Shore had another passion: eradicating hunger. In 1984, when a brutal famine in Ethiopia was killing hundreds of thousands, he founded Share Our Strength, a hunger relief organization, with his sister, Debbie Shore.
“Knowing that I was going to spend another four years on the road doing campaign stuff, I also wanted to have a more immediate, direct, hands-on way of trying to make a difference,” Shore, now 70, said last week at his Washington office.
He realized he’d rather help hungry children than politicians hungry for the White House. He used to wrangle reporters on the campaign trail. But he decided he would rather spend an afternoon, as he once did,
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wrangling 101 children, including 20 from a homeless shelter, dressing them up in blackand-white spotted costumes and taking them to see the movie “101 Dalmatians.”
Lately, Shore is more focused on striped rodents than spotted dogs. Actor and Share Our Strength patron Jeff Bridges had put him in touch with the producer of the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies who was producing a Chipettes cover of “Golden,” the hit from “KPop Demon Hunters,” and wanted all proceeds to go to the organization.
The organization, which began in the basement of a row house on Capitol Hill, is now an intrinsic part of the fight against hunger across the United States, waged at the local, state and national levels. In 2010, it started its “No Kid Hungry” campaign. That is a mission that everyone agrees with yet one we somehow fail to achieve in an America larded with billionaires cavorting in a new tech-driven Gilded Age. Billionaires who are, Shore said, only “giving away a very small percentage of their revenue.”
Hunger, Shore added, “is a solvable problem, relative to so many other things we care about. You don’t even need facts or figures. People know it intuitively.”
Here’s a shocking figure anyhow: According to the latest data, from 2023, nearly 50 million Americans, including 1 in 5 children, are food insecure.
The Trump administration’s Dickensian gutting of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown this fall showed how easy it is for millions of Americans to slip back into choosing between heating their houses and feeding their families.
Shore said that there is no ideological bent to his operation. “I think both parties are almost equally to blame,” he said. “I think people at the bottom of the economic ladder are just politically invisible. They’re voiceless. And even a lot of my favorite politicians don’t pay attention to them the way I wish they would.”
Given President Donald Trump’s flickering interest in affordability and attacks on food assistance programs, Shore said “the saving grace” is that a lot of his work is done at the state and local levels. He said about the Trump White House press secretary-turned-Arkansas governor: “Sarah Huckabee Sanders is one of our biggest champions.”
Shore splits his time between Washington and the rocky shores of Kennebunkport, Maine, where he joined the all-volunteer fire department seven years ago at the urging of his son because, he said wryly, the fire chief wanted to “lower the average
age of the department.” That inspired him to start writing a book framed around the question “What if we responded to a child trapped in poverty the way the fire department responds to a child trapped in a burning building?”
“One of the things that’s really impressed me since I’ve been a firefighter is this mentality of ‘Do whatever it takes,’ rather than ‘Let’s study it for six months,’” Shore said.
Please help support Share Our Strength’s fight. When you’re talking about hungry kids, by all means, let’s do whatever it takes.
This article is part of New York Times Opinion’s Giving Guide 2025. The author has no direct connection to the organizations mentioned. If you are interested in any organization mentioned in the guide, please go directly to its website. Neither the authors nor the Times will be able to address queries about the groups or facilitate donations.
Share Our Strength, which began in the basement of a rowhouse on Capitol Hill, is now an intrinsic part of the fight against hunger across the United States. (Poan Pan/The New York Times)
Presidente Cameral entrega sobre 500 compras de alimento a familias de escasos recursos
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RÍO GRANDE – El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Carlos ‘Johnny’ Méndez, hizo entrega, junto a personal de la Oficina de Ayuda al Ciudadano de dicho cuerpo legislativo, de unas 500 compras de alimentos perecederos a familias de escasos recursos económicos que residen en diversos sectores del municipio de Río Grande.
“El objetivo de actividades como esta es impactar, de forma directa, a nuestra gente, supliendo alguna de sus necesidades apremiantes. Por eso llegamos aquí, hasta la Plaza del Barrio Palmer en Río Grande, para asistir a sus residentes durante estas fiestas navideñas con alimentos perecederos que puedan utilizar en la confección de sus comidas. No podemos olvidar que existe necesidad y tenemos la obligación de ayudar”, señaló Méndez, quien también representa el Distrito
#36, el cual comprende los municipios de Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Vieques y Culebra.
La repartición se desarrolló en la plaza de Palmer, junto al alcalde, Angel ‘Bori’ González.
Las familias impactadas por este evento de ayuda directa residen en los sectores de La Barcelona, Carola, Las Vegas, Palmer, Parcelas Figueroa, Zarzal, Vietnam, Estancias del Madrigal y partes de la urbanización Rio Grande Estates, entre otros.
Méndez aprovechó el evento para dialogar con decenas de residentes de los antes mencionados sectores sobre sus necesidades e inquietudes.
La iniciativa es parte del programa de impacto comunitario ‘Estoy Aquí por Ti’, desarrollada por la Oficina del Presidente Cameral y la cual está enfocada en mejorar la calidad de vida de las comunidades a través de Puerto Rico con programas de impacto directo en ayudas y servicios.
Nuevo programa destinará 100 millones de dólares a compradores de primera vivienda
ral crítica”, dijo Álvarez, en declaraciones escritas.
LA FORTALEZA – El director ejecutivo de la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda, Ricardo Álvarez, anunció el martes el Programa de Asistencia Directa al Comprador HBA-MIT, una iniciativa con un presupuesto de 100 millones de dólares dirigida a apoyar a hogares elegibles en la adquisición de viviendas ubicadas fuera de zonas de alto riesgo.
“Este programa fortalece las oportunidades de vivienda segura y resiliente al atender necesidades de mitigación aún insatisfechas para familias de ingresos bajos y moderados, casos de necesidad urgente y la fuerza labo-
En cuanto al diseño del programa, Vivienda informó que las solicitudes abrirán en enero de 2026 y permanecerán disponibles hasta agotar los fondos. En esa etapa, los solicitantes serán evaluados conforme a composición familiar, nivel de ingresos, categoría de necesidad y otros criterios aplicables. Del total asignado, cincuenta y cinco por ciento se destinará a casos de necesidad urgente y cuarenta y cinco por ciento a familias de ingresos bajos y moderados, según la información provista.
Respecto a los requisitos, la agencia explicó que el programa está dirigido a personas o familias que no sean propietarias de vivienda y cuyos ingresos sean inferio-
res al ochenta por ciento del AMFI en la categoría LMI, o hasta ciento veinte por ciento en casos de necesidad urgente. Los participantes deberán obtener un préstamo hipotecario, ocupar la propiedad por un mínimo de cinco años y adquirir viviendas localizadas fuera de áreas de alto riesgo.
En cuanto al proceso operacional, Vivienda detalló que la evaluación incluirá determinación de elegibilidad, aprobación del préstamo, análisis de la propiedad, determinación de la asistencia y cierre. La agencia y la Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda afinan los detalles para garantizar un lanzamiento ágil en enero de 2026, según se informó.
Traspasan antigua cárcel municipal al Centro de Estudios
Avanzados para convertirla en su nueva sede
SAN JUAN – El alcalde de San Juan, Miguel Romero Lugo, informó el martes el traspaso de la antigua cárcel municipal de Puerta de Tierra al Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, que la convertirá en su nueva sede tras la firma de la escritura autorizada por el municipio.
“Nos enorgullece respaldar a una institución que lleva décadas aportando al conocimiento y al enriquecimiento
cultural de Puerto Rico. Este traspaso no solo honra su historia, sino que asegura su futuro como referente académico y centro de investigación para las próximas generaciones”, dijo Romero Lugo, en declaraciones escritas.
En cuanto a la transferencia, el municipio otorgó la estructura por el valor simbólico de un dólar mediante la Ordenanza Número diecinueve de la Serie dos mil veinticinco a dos mil veintiséis. Según lo establecido, la administración municipal reconoce y promueve el desarrollo de entidades educativas, científicas y culturales que apor-
tan al patrimonio del país, según la información provista. Respecto a la importancia del edificio, la Junta de Síndicos del Centro destacó que la institución contará por primera vez con una sede propia en su trayectoria próxima a cumplir cincuenta años. “Transformar una antigua cárcel en un espacio para el conocimiento y la libertad intelectual simboliza nuestra misión y renueva nuestro compromiso con el país, nuestra diáspora y la región caribeña”, expresó Reynaldo Alegría, presidente de la Junta de Síndicos.
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WThe consumer discretionary index rose 0.30%, lifted by a surge of nearly 8% in Tesla Inc. The electric car maker has rebounded over 60% in 2023 after losing two-thirds of its value last year.
Money market traders are betting on at least two more 25 basis point rate hikes this year, with interest rates seen peaking at 5.28% by July.
Also adding to the investor angst were hawkish remarks by Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan. Barkin said the Fed needs to prioritize quashing inflation over risks to U.S. economic growth.
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Wall Street had an upbeat start to the year, lifted by renewed interest in volatile growth stocks battered in 2022 as the Fed raised rates aggressively to bring steep prices under control.
The rally, however, stalled last week following signs of a tight labor market and hawkish commentary from Fed policymakers.
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The S&P 500 is up about 8% so far in 2023, while the Nasdaq Composite Index has rebounded about 14%.
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The S&P 500 declined 0.03% to end at 4,136.17 points.
all Street stocks ended mixed on Tuesday after U.S. consumer price data for January offered little to change expectations about the Federal Reserve’s path forward on interest rate hikes.
U.S. consumer prices accelerated as Americans continued to be burdened by higher rental housing costs, suggesting that the Fed will maintain its fight against inflation.
“Inflation remains elevated, albeit it appears to be slowing,” said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis. “Looking at today’s price action, I think it might be a little bit of profit-taking on the heels of strong year-to-date performance.”
Of the 11 S&P 500 sector indexes, seven declined, led by real estate, down 1.08%, followed by a 0.95% loss in consumer staples.
The Nasdaq gained 0.57% at 11,960.15 points, while Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.46% to 34,089.40 points.
Shares of Boeing Co rose 1.3% to their highest in over a year after Air India unveiled a deal to buy 220 of its passenger planes.
Coca-Cola Co slipped 1.7% despite a strong full-year profit forecast.
Marriott International Inc rose 4% after the hotel operator forecast first-quarter earnings above Wall Street estimates as it benefited from strong travel demand.
Palantir Technologies soared more than 21% after the data analytics firm forecast its first profitable year.
Of the more than half of S&P 500 firms that have reported results, nearly 69% have beaten profit expectations, as per Refinitiv on Friday. However, analysts expect fourth-quarter earnings to fall 2.8% from a year earlier.
Across the U.S. stock market, decliners outnumbered advancers by a 1.1-to-one ratio.
The S&P 500 posted 10 new highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 75 new highs and 76 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was relatively light, with 10.7 billion shares traded, compared to an average of 11.8 billion shares over the previous 20 sessions.
Golden Globe nominations confirm the allure of Warner Bros.
By NICOLE SPERLING
Golden Globes voters made it clear Monday why Netflix and others want to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, as the famed studio scored 16 nominations across both film and television categories for the first of Hollywood’s annual awards shows.
Warner Bros. received multiple nominations for its two big film contenders: “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” which received the most nominations of any film, with nine. In television, “The White Lotus,” from the HBO division of Warner Bros., dominated with six nominations. Netflix, which announced its plans Friday to acquire the studio and its streaming business, pulled in 13 of its own nominations, most notably for “Frankenstein” and “KPop Demon Hunters.”
Yet the big winner Monday was the little indie studio Neon, which received 21 overall nominations, the most of any studio. Its list includes four best picture nods for films “It Was Just an Accident,” “The Secret Agent,” “Sentimental Value” and “No Other Choice” — all international features. Their inclusion confirms the international makeup of the Globes’ voting body, a group of more than 300 foreign
Best Motion Picture, Drama
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
“Blue Moon”
“Bugonia”
“Marty Supreme”
“No Other Choice”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle After Another”
Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Arco”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2”
Cinematic and Box Office
Achievement
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
journalists that does not overlap with the more than 10,000 members that choose the Academy Awards. Yet because the Golden Globes ceremony airs in early January, it is often looked at as a bellwether for the rest of the award season.
This year’s show, which will be televised by CBS on Sunday, Jan. 11, and will stream on Paramount+, will arrive as Hollywood is in the midst of a seismic reorganization, prompted by Netflix’s intent to purchase Warner Bros.’ stu-
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” “Sinners”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”
“Zootopia 2”
Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
“It Was Just an Accident,” France
“No Other Choice,” South Korea
“The Secret Agent,” Brazil
“Sentimental Value,” Norway
“Sirat,” Spain
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Tunisia
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Julia Roberts, “After the Hunt”
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing
Machine”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Lee Byung-Hun, “No Other Choi-
dio and streaming assets. Directors, producers and theater groups are already expressing concern that Netflix will abandon the studio’s storied history of debuting films in theaters. To complicate matters, on Monday morning Paramount initiated a hostile takeover bid for all of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Neon overwhelmed the drama category with three of the six pictures (“It Was Just an Accident,” “The Secret Agent” and “Sentimental Value”). Only Netflix’s “Frankenstein” and Warner Bros.’ “Sinners” made it into the mix. Fo -
ce”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”
Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”
Best Director, Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One
Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, “Hamnet”
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
Ludwig Goransson, “Sinners”
Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
Kangding Ray, “Sirat”
“Sinners”
“The White Lotus”
cus Features’ “Hamnet” rounded out the category.
In comedy or musical, the Globes omitted “Wicked: For Good” and “Jay Kelly,” which was considered a shoo-in. (Both George Clooney and Adam Sandler were recognized for their roles in Netflix’s “Jay Kelly.”) Rather, the group chose A24’s “Marty Supreme,” Warner Bros.’ “One Battle After Another” and Neon’s “No Other Choice.”
Netflix’s “Wake Up Dead Man,” the third movie in the “Knives Out” trilogy, also received no love from the Globes. Rather, “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan Hawke as the lyricist Lorenz Hart, was nominated, as was Focus Features’ “Bugonia” and Netflix’s “Nouvelle Vague.” Notably, both “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” were directed by Richard Linklater, although the director was not nominated for his work on either film.
In television, the Globes ignored two of Netflix’s biggest series, “Wednesday” and “Stranger Things,” opting instead for smaller television shows like the streaming giant’s “The Diplomat” in drama and “Nobody Wants This” in comedy. (Jenna Ortega was nominated in the acting category for “Wednesday.”) Apple TV dominated in drama, with three of the six shows: “Pluribus,” “Slow Horses” and “Severance.” “The Pitt” and “White Lotus,” both from HBO Max, rounded out the drama category.
In comedies, things felt very familiar, with the usual suspects like “Hacks,” “Abbott Elementary” and “The Bear” receiving nominations. “The Studio” from Apple TV and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” were also recogni-
Max Richter, “Hamnet”
Hans Zimmer, “F1”
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Dream as One,” “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Golden,” “KPop Demon Hunters”
“I Lied to You,” “Sinners”
“No Place Like Home,” “Wicked: For Good”
“The Girl in the Bubble,” “Wicked: For Good”
“Train Dreams,” “Train Dreams”
Best Television Series, Drama
“The Diplomat”
“The Pitt”
“Pluribus”
“Severance”
“Slow Horses”
“The White Lotus”
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
“Nobody Wants This”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“The Studio”
zed.
This year, there is one notable change to the nominations. For the first time, the Golden Globes will honor the podcast industry with a best podcast award. The list of nominees includes a few faces familiar with the Golden Globe stage like Amy Poehler (“Good Hang With Amy Poehler”) and Jason Bateman (“SmartLess”). The influencer Alex Cooper, the host of “Call Her Daddy,” and the self-help guru Mel Robbins of “The Mel Robbins Podcast” were also nominated, along with NPR’s “Up First” and Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert.”
The Golden Globes will also include a cinematic and box office achievement award for the third time, in its continued attempt to reward more populist movies and goose ceremony ratings by luring high-wattage celebrities to attend what they deem “Hollywood’s Party of the Year.” The first winner was “Barbie.” Last year, the first installment of “Wicked” won the prize. This year, “Wicked: For Good” is a contender, along with “F1: The Movie,” from Apple and Warner Bros.; Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters”; and two other Warner Bros. movies, “Sinners” and “Weapons.” The Globes chose to honor “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” from Paramount Pictures, “Zootopia 2”
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television
“Adolescence”
“All Her Fault”
“The Beast in Me”
“Black Mirror”
“Dying for Sex”
“The Girlfriend”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Helen Mirren, “MobLand”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Diego Luna, “Andor”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants
from Disney and “Avatar: Fire and Ash” from 20th Century instead of “Superman” from Warner Bros.’ DC Studios division.
The 2025 telecast, which honored “Emilia Pérez” and “The Brutalist” in film and “Shogun,” “Hacks” and “Baby Reindeer” in television, drew an average of 9.3 million viewers, a respectable showing compared to a few years earlier, when the show was on life support after a number of controversies threatened to destroy it completely. In January, comedian Nikki Glaser will return as master of ceremonies after her debut appearance earlier this year earned strong reviews.
“It Was Just An Accident”
This”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for
Sex”
Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series of Motion Picture Made for Television
Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”
Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Jude Law, “Black Rabbit”
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role
Carrie Coon, “White Lotus”
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy or Television
Bill Maher, “Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?”
Brett Goldstein, “Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life”
Kevin Hart, “Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”
Kumail Nanjiani, “Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts”
Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Mortality”
Sarah Silverman, “Sarah Silverman: Postmortem”
Best Podcast
“Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard”
“Call Her Daddy”
“Good Hang With Amy Poehler”
“The Mel Robbins Podcast”
“Smartless”
“Up First”
— Compiled by Shivani Gonzalez
Trump calls Europe ‘decaying’ and suggests ‘size will win’ in Ukraine war
By AMELIA NIERENBERG
President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that Europe was weak and its nations were “decaying,” days after the Trump administration issued a strategy paper that indicated that the United States should no longer guarantee the continent’s security.
The president’s comments, made in a wide-ranging interview with Politico, widened a dispute between Trump and his European counterparts over Europe’s future and how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Trump said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who has rejected parts of a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire, would have to “get on the ball” and start “accepting things.” Zelenskyy’s army is losing the war, Trump said, suggesting that it was time for him to compromise in the ceasefire talks.
Trump’s interview was published a day after the leaders of Britain, France and Germany met with Zelenskyy in London to show their support for Ukraine and discuss alternative ceasefire plans. Zelenskyy reiterated after that meeting that Ukraine would not budge from its long-standing opposition to handing over land to Russia, a require-
President Donald Trump walks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine at the White House in Washington, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. Trump said in an interview published on Dec. 9 that Europe was weak and its nations were “decaying,” days after his administration issued a strategy paper that indicated that the United States should no longer guarantee the continent’s security. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
ment of Trump’s proposed peace plan.
Trump also accused Zelenskyy of not having read a new draft of the U.S. peace plan. “It would be nice if he would read it,” Trump said. “You know, a lot of people are dying. So it would be really good if he’d read it.”
Several elements of the U.S. peace plan — which was published last month
— echoed demands made by the Kremlin, prompting alarm across Europe.
Trump suggested that a Russian victory would be inevitable, in part because the country is much larger than Ukraine. Russia, he said, has the “upper hand. And they always did. They’re much bigger. They’re much stronger,” Trump said. Even though he said he gave Ukraine a lot of cred-
it for bravery, “At some point, size will win.”
Trump called for elections in Ukraine, accusing the country’s leadership of “using war not to hold an election.”
“They talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it’s not a democracy anymore,” he said.
Trump also would not rule out a U.S. ground invasion of Venezuela, which he has repeatedly threatened with military action inside the country and accused of sending drugs and criminals to the United States. As for President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, whom the Trump administration has labeled the head of a terrorist organization: “His days are numbered,” Trump said, according to the interview transcript.
Later, Trump said he had watched footage of the Sept. 2 military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that killed survivors of a previous attack on the boat, which the administration has said was involved in drug trafficking. “It’s not pretty,” Trump said. Lawmakers in Congress have been debating whether the second strike was a war crime.
“Nobody wants to drive boats to America loaded up with drugs anymore,” Trump said. “And we’re gonna hit ’em on land very soon, too.”
Strong earthquake off Japan’s coast leaves dozens injured
By CHRISTINE HAUSER, HISAKO UENO and JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
Apowerful earthquake off the coast of northern Japan on Monday night prompted a tsunami warning and left more than 30 people injured, authorities said.
The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.6, caused buildings to sway and bridges to shake, according to local news outlets. There were no reports of deaths or major damage, and by Tuesday morning, the Japanese government had lifted the tsunami warning.
“We are continuing to work to understand the damage,” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at a news conference Tuesday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the earthquake occurred off Aomori prefecture on Japan’s main island, Honshu, after 11 p.m. local time Monday, and that it was followed by a series of aftershocks Tuesday,
including one with a magnitude of 6.6.
On Monday night, the meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for Aomori, Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures and tsunami advisories for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Residents were told to evacuate to high ground. All warnings and advisories were lifted by about 6 a.m. Tuesday.
At a port in Iwate prefecture on the island of Honshu, tsunami waves of more than 2.2 feet were detected.
Waves of more than 1.3 feet were observed in Mutsu-Ogawara port in Aomori prefecture and Urakawa in Hokkaido. A tsunami less than 1 foot high was observed in the town of Erimo in Hokkaido.
The earthquake caused a small water leak at a nuclear fuel processing plant in Aomori, authorities said, but the leak was contained and Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said there were no safety concerns.
In Hachinohe City, on Honshu, fires and power outages occurred, prompting emergency calls, and a high school was opened as an evacuation shelter, said Minoru Kihara, the chief Cabinet secretary.
About 800 households in Iwate prefecture on the island lost power, he said. Expressways and rail services were disrupted.
NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, said staff members at a hotel in Aomori reported that multiple people were injured.
Kenta Kobayashi, a reporter in Tomakomai, a city in Hokkaido, said he felt strong shaking. “I could not stand without holding something,” he said.
Tsunami advisories and warnings are regularly issued after earthquakes in Japan. Last month, the meteorological agency briefly issued a tsunami advisory when a 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu.
Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president pardoned by Trump
By ANNIE CORREAL
The Honduran attorney general announced Monday night that he had issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump and released from prison in the United States.
In a social media post, Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez said he had instructed the government and Interpol to execute the warrant against Hernández, citing charges of money laundering and fraud connected to a case involving his first presidential campaign more than a decade ago.
“We have been wounded by the tentacles of corruption and by the criminal networks that have deeply scarred the life of our country,” Zelaya said in announcing the warrant on the social platform X.
The charges that Hernández faces in Honduras stem from what is known as the Pandora Case. Prosecutors say that between 2010 and 2013, a corrupt network of lawmakers and others diverted public funds through private foundations, then funneled those funds into political campaigns — including Hernández’s 2013 campaign.
Zelaya noted that his announcement coincided with International Anti-Corruption Day, Dec. 9. His social media message included a document dated Nov. 28 — the day Trump first mentioned his plan to pardon Hernández — in which a Honduran Supreme Court justice asked Interpol to “carry out an immediate arrest,” including if Hernández was released by U.S. authorities.
Hernández’s lawyer, Renato Stabile, said that announcing the warrant was “obviously a strictly political move” by the governing Libre Party, whose candidate is trailing as ballots are counted from the recent presidential elec-
tion. Zelaya was nominated to his post by the Libre Party, which has long been opposed to Hernández.
Hernández’s current whereabouts is unclear. He served as president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, a period marred by corruption scandals. He was at the center of a fraught election in 2017, when he secured a second term, despite a constitutional ban on reelection. His victory then was contested, protests broke out and the military was deployed in a bloody period that left nearly two dozen people dead.
Less than a month after leaving office in 2022, Hernández was arrested and later extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking and weapons charges. When he was sentenced to 45 years in prison, U.S. authorities said he had played a central role in “one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking
conspiracies in the world.”
Trump formally pardoned Hernández on Dec. 1, and he was released from a federal prison in West Virginia last week.
The pardon came after Hernández sent Trump a letter portraying himself as a victim of “political persecution” by the Biden administration and comparing his fate to that of Trump.
Hernández’s cause was taken up by figures like Roger Stone, a conservative political operative and Trump ally. Stone, who played a role in delivering the letter to Trump, claimed that Hernández was a victim of a conspiracy tied to the U.S. government.
Trump said that “many friends” had made the case for the pardon.
“He was the president of the country, and they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country,”
Trump told reporters. “And they said it was a Biden administration setup. And I looked at the facts, and I agreed with them.”
Last year, Hernández was convicted and sent to prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and for possessing and conspiring to possess “destructive devices,” including machine guns.
The U.S. judge in his case, P. Kevin Castel, had called Hernández “a two-faced politician hungry for power” who masqueraded as an anti-drug crusader while partnering with traffickers. U.S. prosecutors asked the judge to make sure Hernández died behind bars.
Hernández’s rumored connections to drug traffickers had escalated after his brother, a former lawmaker, was arrested in the United States on drug-trafficking charges in 2018. A lead investigator in that case was Emil Bove, then a prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and later one of Trump’s personal lawyers.
During Hernández’s own trial, prosecutors asserted that he had received millions in bribes from drug traffickers, including $1 million from Joaquín Guzmán, the notorious former leader of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico known as “El Chapo,” who is imprisoned in the United States.
Hernández denied that he had trafficked narcotics, offered police protection to drug cartels or taken bribes.
As right-wing figures such as Stone pushed for Hernández’s pardon this year, Trump’s former campaign manager was among those advising a candidate in the presidential election, Nasry Asfura, who is a member of Hernández’s party, the National Party. Trump also endorsed Asfura.
The results of the closely fought election have not yet been called, but Monday night, Asfura had inched ahead of his nearest rival, with 97% of the ballots counted.
President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 26, 2018. President Donald Trump formally pardoned Hernández on Dec. 1, 2025. Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
Who is Andrew Farkas, who owned a marina with Jeffrey Epstein?
The American Yacht Harbor club on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Feb. 2, 2020. The American Yacht Harbor sits just a few miles north of the private island in St. Thomas that was the grim epicenter of Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking operation. (Gabriella N. Baéz/The New York Times)
By DEBRA KAMIN
Few people wield more power in New York City real estate than Andrew Farkas.
In the last few years, Farkas’ company has acquired the Sheraton Times Square, the third-largest hotel in New York City, for $373 million and has listed the Lexington Hotel, a historic property whose guests have included Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, for $275 million. Developers and brokers refer to him as “the legend of real estate.”
Farkas, 65, is the founder of Island Capital, a merchant bank, and has also been a powerful political benefactor, especially to former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, to whom he has donated millions and whom he employed in a lucrative role when Cuomo was out of office. He is also friendly with President Donald Trump and has invested in projects of Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.
But a 127-slip marina he owned in the U.S. Virgin Islands has put the billionaire real estate investor in a new and troubling spotlight. His co-owner was Jeffrey Epstein, whose private island served as the grim center of a sex-trafficking operation that was just a few miles south of the marina.
Through a spokesperson, Julie Wood, last Tuesday, Farkas addressed his association with Epstein publicly for the first time.
He said the relationship was always entirely a business one. “He regrets their association and condemns Epstein’s crimes,” Wood added.
On Wednesday, in another release of files, House Democrats shared 10 photographs and four videos of Epstein’s home on the secluded island. Accusers have said he brought teens and girls as young as 11 to the property for sexual abuse.
Farkas’ name appears in Epstein’s personal emails, which were among the documents and electronic correspondence released earlier by Congress in large batches.
Farkas does not appear to write any emails himself in the correspondence that was released, but Epstein invokes his name when writing to others. He wrote “my friend Andrew Farkas,” when he told a visitor that she could hitch a ride on Farkas’ plane.
The emails do not suggest Farkas was involved in criminal behavior or impropriety. But they reveal a window into one of Epstein’s longest business partnerships and shed light on a St. Thomas business deal of Farkas, involving the marina.
Island Global Yachting, a luxury harbor company, began in 2005 when Farkas founded the marina business. It eventually grew to include marinas around the world. In 2007, as part of that growth, Farkas bought the St. Thomas marina, American Yacht Harbor.
Though the first explosive allegations of abuse and trafficking against Epstein had
already made headlines, Farkas offered Epstein a deal to split the ownership on the marina a few months later. Epstein operated his businesses from an office in St. Thomas from 2013 up until his death in 2019, a move that earned him more than $300 million in tax breaks from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the decade after they struck up a business partnership, Epstein and Farkas had regular phone calls, documents and daily schedules show. Sometimes they met in person for breakfast in New York — on a Friday in October 2014, Epstein’s house manager, Jojo Fontanilla, was sent to McDonald’s to get four Egg McMuffins for them to share while they talked.
Epstein’s stake in the marina was essentially unknown until 2018, when Jennifer Doelling, the chief financial officer of Island Global Yachting, revealed it during a deposition for a tax audit lawsuit.
After news of the partnership leaked out, Farkas sent an email in 2019 to Island Capital board members.
“The situation is regrettable. Had we been aware of the vile and unspeakable allegations made recently, IGY never would have entered into this transaction,” he wrote.
Epstein was first charged, on a single count of prostitution, in 2006, one year before the marina deal became final, although allegations had been swirling for years. The victim in the charge had been 14 years old. He pleaded guilty to that charge in 2008.
Farkas added in the email to the board that Epstein had been only a passive investor in the project, and that negotiations for the ownership split had begun before he was charged with any crimes.
The Epstein estate has said it sold Epstein’s stake in Island Global Yachting in 2021. The next year, Farkas sold the company for $480 million.
The marina was a small part of Farkas’ portfolio, which is grounded in New York. He is the scion of a family that built the department store chain Alexander’s, which for much of the second half of the 20th century was a touchstone of working-class life in New York.
Farkas built his own empire buying up troubled rental properties and transforming them into cash flow; his rise coincided with that of Cuomo.
The two men became partners of
sort, with Cuomo earning more than $2.5 million as vice president at Island Capital when he was not in office. Farkas served as finance chair for several of Cuomo’s campaigns, including his successful 2010 bid for governor. This past year, during Cuomo’s failed mayoral bid against Zohran Mamdani, Farkas gave $250,000 to an anti-Mamdani political action committee.
Farkas also tried to team up with Cuomo on a marina in Puerto Rico. (That project fizzled.)
During the heat of this fall’s mayoral election, Mamdani’s campaign released an attack ad that highlighted the failed Puerto Rico partnership and tied it to Epstein.
“Farkas’ previous partner on luxury marinas in the Caribbean?” the candidate said to the camera. “Jeffrey Epstein.” Rich Azzopardi, a spokesperson for Cuomo, said in a statement that the ad “was nothing more than a pathetic stunt that, much like the rest of Mamdani’s campaign, had not an ounce of substance behind it.”
Cuomo and Epstein did not have a relationship, he said.
In the statement through Wood, his spokesperson, Farkas distanced himself from Epstein, saying the two had been business partners, not friends.
The emails show, however, that Epstein clearly considered the developer an ally until the end.
Weeks before he was arrested by federal agents on sex trafficking charges and just months before he died by suicide in a jail cell, Epstein — always focused on image rehabilitation — wanted to give a donation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
For years, Epstein had touted his donations to MIT to burnish his image, giving $850,000 between 2002 and 2017. But with allegations against him piling up, the university had rejected his latest gift of $25,000. So in May 2019, wanting to salvage things, he dashed off an email to an MIT official.
And he dropped the name of a friend.
“I can have Andrew Farkas” give the gift on my behalf, Epstein wrote, noting that Farkas had also given contributions, in his own name, to Harvard University.
Eight minutes later, he wrote again. “How should Farkas give the money?” It appears the contribution was never made, and Epstein was arrested weeks later.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA
TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA
HERIBERTO LÓPEZ
LÓPEZ Y FRANCISCA
SANTIAGO MALDONADO; LA SOCIEDAD DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Peticionarios EX-PARTE
Civil Núm.: AG2025CV01953. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS.
A: LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS; SUCESIÓN JOSÉ RUIZ
ESTEVES; EFRAÍN MUÑIZ PÉREZ Y BRENDA
VÉLEZ CAMARGO O SUS HEREDEROS; JUAN ANTONIO MUÑIZ
SANTIAGO Y JOSEFINA CRUZ PÉREZ O SUS HEREDEROS; MAXIMINO MÉNDEZ ROSA Y NILDA MORALES ECHEVARRÍA O SUS HEREDEROS; A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por el peticionario para adquirir su domino sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través de SUMAC, al cual puede acceder utilizando la dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de
expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor del peticionario en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Sita en el Barrio Robles del término municipal de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, compuesta de MIL TRESCIENTOS CUARENTA Y TRES (1,343.00) METROS CUADRADOS; en lindes al Norte, con la carretera municipal; al Sur, con la carretera cuatrocientos cuarenta y seis (446); al Este, antes con Francisco Muñiz, hoy, Ana Delia Ramos Pérez y Gilberto Monroig Rosa; y al Oeste, antes con Georgina Pérez, hoy, Misael Nieves Morales. Contiene una estructura en concreto para uso residencial. Número de catastro: 072-055551-43-000. La abogada de los peticionarios es la Lcda. Janice Soto Cardona, HC 5 Box 54748 San Sebastián, PR, 00685; Teléfono: 787-896-2022. Se le informa que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 10 DE JULIO DE 2026, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de 20 días a contar de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por el peticionario, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, PR, a 21 de noviembre de 2025. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. RAFAEL EDUARDO DE ROJAS BRITO, SANDRA MARGARITA ROGER MARIÑO y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV05738. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO.
AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ
COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 24 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: unit week (50) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B806 of HACIENDA DEL MAR., Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit B-806 and includes the right to use such unit during the (50TH) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the (50TH) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club.
Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-806, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18,216 inscrita al folio móvil tomo 105 de Vega Alta, inscripción 2da en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el
importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $14,700.02 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B 806-50. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de diciembre de 2025. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR
OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. LEI HOLDINGS, INC. Demandado
Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00045. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Solar: UNIDAD A-702 SEMANA 48. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, in a distance of thirty six feet and five inches (36’5’’) with building north exterior wall. Sur, in a distance of thrity six feet and five inches (36’5’’) with the corridor. Este, in a distance of twenty fivefeet and ten inches (25’10’’) with unit dash seven hundred one (A701). Oeste, in a distance of twenty six feet and ten inches (26’10’’) with unit A dash seven hundred three (A-703). This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A-702 and includes the right to use such unit during the 48th week of each year until December 31, 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the 48th saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a sucesor Club o a sucesor Club notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A-702, the use of said unit during described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period on time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owner of Vacation Club right in the Ha-
cienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club right in resort throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this Vacation Club Regime and such other affiliated resort, as more fully described in the deed of dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15,383 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo móvil hoja 84 de Vega Alta, inscripción 4ta en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $17,693.15 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 702-48. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:10 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces
por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de diciembre de 2025. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR #352.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. JOHN PAUL MOONCOTCH; MARY JO MOONCOTCH; Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado Civil Núm.: VB2024CV00561. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 20 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: B-705 SEMANA 8. Cabida: 101.45 Metros Cuadrados. Apartamento: B-705 SEMANA 8. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned Unit B-705 and includes the right to use such unit during the 8 week of
each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12.00 noon on the 8 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit B-705 the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation. Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Hacienda del Mar finca 14167 al folio 186 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15207 inscrita al folio móvil 1 del tomo 81 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $12,737.38 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B 705-08. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:20 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere,
continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de diciembre de 2025. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
Demandante V. VÍCTOR MANUEL DÍAZ COLÓN; LUZ DELIA ROMERO LUCCA y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS
Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03194. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. AVISO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 25 de noviembre de 2025 por la Secreta-
ría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Propiedad Multivacacional: unit week (29) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A-206 of HACIENDA DEL MAR., Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific Vacation Club Right is coupled with a special property right to the Unit A-206 and includes the right to use such unit during the first (29) week of each year until December 31, of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:00 noon on the FIRST (29) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in Unit A-206, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in the resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the Facilities and common expenses of vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 12876 inscrita al folio 26 del tomo 236 de Vega Alta, inscripción 1ra en el Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners’ Association, Inc., el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $16,156.09 por concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad A 206-29. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 18 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2025, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este
Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remanente. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja. Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente aviso se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares son, por ejemplo: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente aviso bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1ro de diciembre de 2025. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR #352. ***
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN PASEO CARIBE COMMERCIAL, LLC
Demandante Vs. GEORGE, LLC Y GEORGE AZIH
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV03507. Sobre: SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO Y COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO
POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: GEORGE AZIH - 2067 CALLE ESPAÑA, UNIDAD #3, OCEAN PARK, SAN JUAN, PR 00911. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del tribunal y notificar copia de Ia 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 Ios 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! hogar, el inciso de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquiera otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante, la representación legal cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:
BUFETE FORTUÑO & FORTUÑO FAS, C.S.P. LCDO. JUAN C. FORTUÑO FAS RUA NUM.: 11416 PO BOX 3908, GUAYNABO, PR 00970
TEL: 787-751-5290, FAX: 787-751-6155
E-MAIL: ejecuciones@fortuno-law.com Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 3 de diciembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MICHELLE RIVERA RÍOS, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
ANA RUIZ LAMBOY T/C/C ANA LYDIA RUIZ LAMBOY Parte Demandante Vs PABLO QUIÑONES
PÉREZ Y ROSA ROMÁN Y LA SOCIEDAD DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y/O SUS POSIBLES HEREDEROS Y/O LEGATARIOS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SS2025CV00817. Salón: 0002. Sobre: DOMINIOCONTRADICTORIO / ACCIÓN
DECLARATIVA DE USUCAPIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PABLO QUIÑONES
PÉREZ Y ROSA ROMÁN Y LA SOCIEDAD DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS Y/O SUS POSIBLES HEREDEROS Y/O LEGATARIOS; FULANO DE TAL Y SUTANO DE TAL COMO PERSONAS CON INTERÉS SOBRE LA PROPIEDAD OBJETO DE PRESENTACIÓN - DIRECCIÓN
DESCONOCIDA.
POR EL PRESENTE, se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día de la publicación. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/ 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 a la representación legal de la parte demandante, quien es:
Lcda. Janice Lymarie Soto Cardona RUA 22,690 Colegiada 21,069 HC 5 Box 54748
San Sebastián, PR 00685
Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera #2 bajos San Sebastián, PR TEL. (787) 896-2022; (787) 238-0952
Email: lcdajanicesotocardona@ gmail.com 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. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado (a) en los casos que proceda. EXPEDIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, el 1 de diciembre de 2025. Sarahí Reyes Pérez, Secretaria Regional. Jessica Méndez Romero, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SUBSECCIÓN DE DISTRITO SALA DE ARECIBO CATALINA ORTIZ ÁGUILA Y PEDRO SANTIAGO ORTÍZ ÁGUILA, AMBOS POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ
Demandantes Vs CARMEN YANARIE RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ; BARTOLO RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ, AMBOS POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ
Demandados Civil Número: AR2025CV01652. Sobre: DECLARATORIA DE HEREDEROS CONTENCIOSA, LIQUIDACIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, S.S. A: SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ, COMPUESTA POR CARMEN YANARIE RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ Y BARTOLO RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ.
Se ha radicado en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala Superior de Arecibo, en el caso de epígrafe, una Demanda sobre DECLARATORIA DE HEREDEROS CONTENCIOSA, LIQUIDACIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA, por CATALINA ORTIZ ÁGUILA y PEDRO SANTIAGO ORTIZ ÁGUILA, contra ustedes para que se liquide la comunidad de bienes existente al día de hoy entre las partes de
epígrafe y que se pueda vender el inmueble, que ordene al señor Alguacil comparezca en representación de los demandados de epígrafe en el instrumento sobre compraventa y se pueda presentar dicha sentencia con los documentos complementarios que se incluyen con la presente demanda y así se le ordene al Registrador de la Propiedad que la misma sea inscrita y emita cualquier pronunciamiento que proceda en derecho. La abogada de la parte demandante es la Lcda. Cynthia V. Rosario González y la Lcda. Mitxi i. Molina Santiago, Urb. Villamar Calle Domingo Rubio 34, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612; Tel. (787)400-6376/(787)878-9633, correo electrónico: cvionnette@ yahoo.com y a mitxi.law@gmail. com Se ordena a la Secretaría del Tribunal a expedir los emplazamientos por edicto correspondientes. NOTIFÍQUESE. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 21 de noviembre de 2025. Jorge F Raices Roman, Juez Superior. Vanessa Gonzalez Malave, Sec Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO RAFAEL ANGEL MELENDEZ PACHEXO Y OTROS
Demandante V. NATIONSTAR MORTAGAGE LLC Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: FA2025CV00585. (Salón: 302). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANGEL A. COLÓN COLÓN - LCDO. ANGELCOLON@GMAIL.COM.
A: FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL Y PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de diciembre 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 edic-
to 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 01 de diciembre de 2025. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 01 de diciembre de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LYDIA E. RIVERA MIRANDA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO
JÉSSICA IVELISSE FUENTES MELÉNDEZ
Demandante Vs. JOSÉ FÉLIX FRANCO ROBLES Parte Demandada Caso Núm.: FA2025RF00252. Sobre: DIVORCIO (RUPTURA IRREPARABLE). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO ENMENDADO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOSÉ FÉLIX FRANCO ROBLES - 308 BROOK SIDE APT., LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA 17046. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la Demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) DÍAS de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamicnto, notificando copia de la misma a la abogada 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. “Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal”.
LCDA. HILDA R. FIGUEROA SANTIAGO
165 DIEGO ZALDUONDO FAJARDO, PUERTO RICO 00738 TEL: 787-863-8740
lcda.hrfigueroa@gmail.com
Expedido bajo mi firma y Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 26 de noviembre de 2025. Wanda I. Seguí Reyes, Secretaria Regional. Diana López Figueroa, Secretaria Auxiliar.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
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 su última dirección conocida: Urbanización Valencia, 544 Calle Astorga, San Juan, PR 00923. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 25 de noviembre de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. CARLA RIVERA CLIMENT, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. YESSENIA
GALARZA DONES Y LUIS A. PINTOR JR.
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CG2025CV02731. 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: YESSENIA
GALARZA DONES Y LUIS A. PINTOR JR.
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 Caguas, 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 postales conocidas: HC 30 Box 33019, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico 00754 y 6202 E White Tail Cir #33 Donna TX 78537. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 26 de noviembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. RAFAEL LÓPEZ LEONOR
Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2025CV03298. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: RAFAEL LÓPEZ LEONOR.
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 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 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: Urb. Carr. 187 Km. 20.1 Med Baja, El Trompito, Loíza,
Puerto Rico 00772; y HC 1 Box 3087, Loíza, Puerto Rico 00772. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 26 de noviembre de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MELISSA RIVERA ROMERO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
SUZUKI GOMEZ MANAGEMENT Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2025CV00756. (Salón: 201). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
ANTONIO A. HERNÁNDEZ ALMODÓVAR - AHERNANDEZ@ RMMELAW.COM. A: SUZUKI GÓMEZ MANAGEMENT, INC.; JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 02 de diciembre 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 05 de diciembre de 2025. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 05 de diciembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V.
MIGUEL ANGEL
GALARZA MARTINEZ
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: PO2025CV01611. (Salón: 602 CIVIL SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: MIGUEL ÁNGEL GALARZA MARTÍNEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 03 de diciembre 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 04 de diciembre de 2025. En Ponce, Puerto Rico, el 04 de diciembre de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. HILDA JANESSI ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court.
Jacania F. Cruz vs. Juan C. Trinidad
Docket No. NO25D1005DR
To the above named defendant: The plaintiff has filed a complaint for Divorce Requesting that the court Grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The complaint is on file at the Court.
Norfolk Probate and Family Court 35 Shawmut Road Canton, MA 02021 (781 )-830-1200
An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.
You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon:
Jacania F. Cruz
11 Taffrail Rd. Apt. 4 Quincy, MA 02169 your answer, if any, on or befo-
re 01/02/2026. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.
WITNESS, Hon. Lee Peterson, First Justice of this Court. Date: November 21, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante Vs. JOHN N. GÓMEZ ROSA
Demandado
Civil Núm.: CG2025CV03597. 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: JOHN N. GÓMEZ ROSA.
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 Caguas, 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: Ceiba Norte Sector Sabana 2, 280 Calle 19, Juncos, PR 00777; y HC 3 Box 6967, Juncos, PR 00777. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 1 de diciembre de 2025. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. MARIEL CRUZ RODRÍGUEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
Demandante V. LA SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA ANTONIA GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO MARÍA ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR DEBORAH CRUZ
GONZALEZ, JOSE ANTONIO ORTIZ, JOSEPHINE SIERRA, YOLANDA ROBINSON; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO
POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: HU2025CV00657.
Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: LA SUCESION DE MARÍA ANTONIA
GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO MARÍA ORTIZ
GONZÁLEZ COMPUESTA POR JOSE ANTONIO ORTIZ, JOSEPHINE SIERRA, YOLANDA ROBINSON; FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, 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 licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 623 Ponce de León, Avenue, Executive Building, Ste. 1100A-2, San Juan, PR 00917, Tel. (561)
338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc.com, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. 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. 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. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 24 de noviembre de 2025. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA GENERAL REGIONAL. KEYLA PÉREZ FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA
ZINNIA RIVERA VELAZQUEZ
Demandante Vs. JOSE GEREMIAS NUNEZ
Demandada
Caso Núm.: VB2025RF00060. Sobre: DIVORCIO POR RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: JOSE
GEREMIAS NUNEZ658 E MARKET ST., YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17403.
Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada, en este Tribunal por la parte demandante, una demanda de divorcio contra usted, por la causal de ruptura irreparable, en la cual se solicita que se disuelva el vínculo matrimonial entre las partes. Es abogada del demandante, Zinnia Rivera Velázquez, la Lcda. Alba Meléndez Romeu, cuya dirección postal, electrónica y teléfonos es: P.O. Box 194205, San Juan, PR 00919; Teléfonos: (787) 789-4172 / (787) 245-1194; dirección electrónica: albamromeu@gmail.com. Se le advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez, que
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, dentro del término de treinta (30) días, a partir de la publicación del Edicto, con copia a la abogada de la parte demandante. Si usted deja de presentar la alegación responsiva, dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 1 de diciembre de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA MILTON MARTÍNEZ GAMEZ Demandante V. BANCO POPULAR PUERTO RICO Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2025CV03124. (Civil: 402). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MIGDALIA MOLINA RIVERAMOLINARIVERA.M@GMAIL.COM. A: FULANO DE TAL. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 01 de diciembre 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
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Messi, Inter Miami’s MLS Cup title ends one era, ushers in a more ambitious future
By PAUL TENORIO / THE ATHLETIC
It was nearly two hours after the final whistle sounded on Inter Miami’s first MLS Cup, but Lionel Messi still hadn’t taken off his pink cleats as he stood next to the open door of his black Cadillac Escalade giving an interview.
Messi, the legendary Argentine, wore a gray Inter Miami MLS Cup champions shirt darkened by whatever booze was sprayed in the home team’s locker room. As he finished speaking, he finally slipped the shoes off those magical feet that helped set up all three goals in Inter Miami’s 3-1 win against the Vancouver Whitecaps last Saturday.
Then he drove out of the stadium — away from the first chapter of his Inter Miami story.
Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is an unspectacular temporary venue that was constructed as a stopgap while Inter Miami searched for its permanent home in South Florida. It represents just how early in its existence this club is. Saturday was the end of the team’s sixth season. Messi’s arrival in 2023 took a brandnew organization still searching for a way to marry its ambition to reality and turned it into a global brand.
It felt fitting that the final season at the stadium — and the last game of this first chapter of Messi in Miami — ended with a trophy. It also felt appropriate that it was delivered by Messi’s brilliance.
The first goal opened with him slipping between two defenders with a couple of deft touches, then lifting a little pass to Tadeo Allende to put him into space en route to the goal. Messi then engineered the next two goals, including a brilliant assist where he took the ball off his chest and put the pass through to Allende again out of the air on the next touch.
“Three years ago, I decided to come to MLS, and today we are MLS champions,”
Messi said. “This is the moment I had been waiting for, and that we, as a team, were waiting for. It’s very beautiful for all of us.”
But even with the confetti still glittering on the field, thoughts were pivoting to what comes next. As the team celebrated in front of its fans, Inter Miami’s owner, Jorge Mas, could not wipe the smile from his face.
“This is amazing, I have an overwhelming feeling of gratitude,” he said. “It’s the culmina-
tion of everything we’ve worked for. It’s been superhard to get here. But finally we’re showing the world what’s possible.”
Messi in Miami 1.0 will be remembered for its star power and an imperfect road to the club’s first championship.
The first thrilling month of Messi in MLS in 2023 culminated with a penalty-kick win over Nashville in the Leagues Cup final. Everything had gone nearly perfectly as Miami slalomed through its first competition with a star coming off a World Cup win. When he lifted the Leagues Cup trophy, it felt as though Miami would be unstoppable going forward.
But Messi missed much of the end of the regular season with an injury, and a Miami team that had been in last place in the league when he arrived could not dig fully out of the hole it was in and missed the playoffs. The next season, Miami was dispatched from the CONCACAF Champions Cup in the quarterfinals by Liga MX’s Monterrey and then, after setting the MLS points record and winning the Supporters’ Shield, was stunned by Atlanta United and sent packing in the first round of the playoffs.
Tata Martino resigned as coach because of personal reasons after that defeat, and Inter Miami suddenly felt unmoored. Going into 2025, even with the two trophies in two years, it felt like a crucial point for Miami to prove that Messi was about more than just commercial impact.
The biggest and most important trophies — CONCACAF Champions Cup and MLS Cup — had eluded the team. It needed one to validate the sporting side of the project.
After Vancouver knocked Miami out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup in the spring, those questions got louder. But Inter’s new coach, Messi’s former Argentina and Barcelona teammate Javier Mascherano, insisted that even in loss, the team was learning.
“Greatness comes from big nights, from victories, comebacks and even from mistakes,” he said in May. “We’ll keep pushing because we believe this team can compete.”
In the summer, Miami was the only MLS team to advance out of the group stage of the Club World Cup. Though it fell to Paris Saint-Germain in the knockout stage, the performance overall seemed to buoy the team.
“We leave with pride to have achieved the goal of making it to the top 16 of the tournament,” Messi posted on his Instagram.
Coming out of the summer, the No. 10 looked to be on a mission to get a trophy — especially because it started to feel like the end of an era.
A former Barcelona star, Messi had been surrounded by a familiar collection of old friends and teammates from the Spanish club since arriving in Miami. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets made the move along with him that summer. Luis Suárez joined the next season. But at least two of the three will not be back next year, after Alba and Busquets announced their retirements.
Messi, meanwhile, scored eight goals in his next five games after the Club World Cup. Then, beginning in August, he went on a tear, scoring 11 goals with 10 assists in the final 10 games of the regular season. His playoff form (six goals and nine assists in six games) was arguably better.
Messi made it clear he wanted to send his good friends out the way he did Saturday night — with a title.
“I’m happy they can leave with this title,” Messi said.
Inter Miami has successfully closed the door on the first chapter of its Messi era. But ambition isn’t temporary. So what comes next for a club that proclaims, “It ain’t over”?
Suárez, 38, could return as a reserve, sources with direct knowledge of discussions said. Messi’s Argentina teammate Rodrigo De Paul will occupy a designated player spot next to Messi, one of the two vacated by Busquets and Alba.
But the way Inter Miami exploded through the playoffs could make Inter Miami rethink what the next version of its build looks like. Messi, Suárez and De Paul still deliver star clout. Will Miami look for another big name to fill its third designated player spot? One thing can be certain: The move almost certainly will match the ambition that brought Messi to the club.
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“We say goodbye today to two generational players,” Mas said. “But we’ll reload.”
Miami will enter its next era by opening a billion-dollar stadium. Miami Freedom Park will be a home more befitting of a Messi-led club. Miami will also have a star above its crest when it steps out onto that field next season. It was no coincidence that Messi went to the under-construction stadium to sign a three-year contract extension, and as he put pen to paper he seemed to embrace the next, and likely final, phase of his playing career.
His transition to being an owner of Inter Miami feels as present as ever, and his recent comments indicate his desire to not just push his club forward, but also his league.
In an interview with NBC, Messi spoke about MLS’ need to grow and change. It put the star player in line with the philosophy of a club that has always pushed back against the league’s more conservative approach to spending.
De Paul’s addition to this team as a nondesignated player,
and the workaround needed to pull it off, is proof of that. No doubt Miami will use its success in 2025 as further proof of concept that MLS is a league begging for change — and that the right levels of ambition, spending and star power can help MLS break through the noise.
It’s an idea that feels like it’s building on the risk David Beckham took when he first left Real Madrid to join MLS in 2007. No global stars of Beckham’s age had yet made that kind of leap. His willingness to be the first, and the creation of the designated player rule that came with it, changed the league.
Now, Inter Miami is ushering MLS toward its next iteration, with Messi as the catalyst.
Messi lifting the MLS Cup is an image that will be seen around the world, an advertisement for North American soccer. If Messi in Miami 1.0 was about proving an unrivaled star could help MLS break through globally, Messi in Miami 2.0 is about taking that promise to new heights.
Kevin Rodríguez leads LVSM Week #7 All-Star Team
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation announced the Men’s All-Star Team for Week #7 of the 2025 Men’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSM by its initials in Spanish), highlighting the most outstanding players in each position.
The undisputed star: Kevin Rodríguez (#55, Cafeteros of Yauco), who was named Player of the Week and Best Setter.
Among the most lethal attackers were Pelegrín Vargas (#14, Caribes of San Sebastián) and Clarke Godbold (#22, Changos of Naranjito), while blockers Mark Olsen (#24, Gigantes of Adjuntas) and Abraham Tamayo (#24, Gigantes of Carolina) were responsible for shutting down the opposition.
The Best Opposite Hitter award went to the explosive Jalen Penrose (#14, Plataneros of Corozal), and the back row defense featured the stellar libero Enger Mieses (#1, Caribes).
San Sebastián leads standings at 15-2
In terms of team performance, the Caribes remain firmly at the top with 41 accumulated points, the result of 15 wins and only 2 losses in 17 games played. They are followed by the Cafeteros with 34 points (13 wins, 4 losses), the Plataneros with 32 points (11-6) and the Patriotas of Lares also with 32 points (10-7), in a close battle for the second-tier top spots. Further down the standings are the Gigantes of Carolina with 22 points (7-10), the Changos and the Gigantes of Adjuntas in a tie with 17 points each (5-12), and the Mets of Guaynabo in last place with 9 points (2-15).
Quarterfinal series format
* The teams that finish in the top six positions in the regular season will qualify; the last two will be eliminated.
* The teams that finish in the top two positions will receive a “bye” and advance directly to the semifinals.
* Series A: 3rd place vs. 6th place (home-court advantage for the 3rd place team).
* Series B: 4th place vs. 5th place (home-court advantage for the 4th place team).
* Both series will be played to a maximum of five matches; the first team to win three will advance.
Upcoming matches
Wednesday: Guaynabo at Naranjito (8 p.m.)
Thursday: Lares at Adjuntas (8 p.m.)
Friday: Naranjito at Corozal (8 p.m.), Carmen Z. Figueroa Court; Guaynabo at Yauco (8 p.m.); Carolina at San Sebastián (8 p.m.)
Sunday, Dec. 14: San Sebastián at Naranjito (6 p.m.); Corozal at Adjuntas (7 p.m.); Guaynabo at Lares (5 p.m.); Carolina at Yauco (7 p.m.)
Tuesday, Dec. 16: Yauco at Naranjito (8 p.m.); Carolina at Adjuntas (8 p.m.); Lares at Corozal (8 p.m.); San Sebastián at Guaynabo (8 p.m.).
Answers to the Sudoku and Crossword on page 21
Cafeteros of Yauco setter Kevin Rodríguez
