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By THE STAR STAFF
Consumer Affairs (DACO by its acronym in Spanish)
Secretary Valerie Rodríguez Erzo filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the San Juan Court of First Instance to declare unconstitutional a clause that prevents consumers from filing claims for damages against LUMA Energy.
“Today I am here before the Court of First Instance because we have just filed a very important case in favor of all Puerto Ricans and all consumers,” Rodríguez Erzo said in a public statement. “Over the past four years, thousands have filed complaints against LUMA for the disastrous electrical system and its negligence, but this company has relied on an immunity clause granted to them by the Energy Bureau in 2021.”
The disputed clause -- Section 4.1(g) of the contract between the government of Puerto Rico and LUMA Energy -- exempts the company and its employees from liability for claims for damages caused by failures in the electrical system, even in the case of negligent acts. According to the document filed by DACO, the immunity was granted administratively, without legislative intervention, which, according to the agency, violates the Constitutions of Puerto Rico and the United States.
“DACO has the legal standing to bring this case,” Rodríguez Erzo stated. “We ask the court to declare this clause and the resolution that authorized it unconstitutional, as it takes away consumers’ right to claim damages when there is negligence.”
The secretary argued that the immunity clause makes LUMA an entity “with carte blanche not to respond” and that not even the former Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority enjoyed that type of legal protection. The lawsuit also alleges that the immunity was granted without going through the Legislative Assembly, as required by law for provisions that limit citizens’ rights.
“This type of immunity has never been seen in any other jurisdiction in the United States,” Rodríguez Erzo said. “Puerto Ricans cannot be deprived of their right to file a claim when a private entity, which has received billions in public funds, acts negligently and causes harm to third parties.”
In its lawsuit, DACO requests that the immunity clause be declared void and that all citizens be allowed to file claims in court for damages related to interruptions or fluctuations in electrical service.
In civil lawsuit K AC2025CV05155, DACO asks the court to declare Section 4.1(g) of the contract entitled Puerto Rico Transmission and Distribution System Operation and Maintenance Agreement, signed between the government of Puerto Rico and LUMA Energy, unconstitutional and void. The clause prevents consumers from claiming damages caused by ordinary negligence attributable to the company, its
personnel, or contractors.
The lawsuit also challenges the validity of the Final Resolution and Order of May 31, 2021, issued by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau, which allowed the challenged clause to be formalized without the approval of the Legislative Assembly.
DACO argues that such legal protection grants a private entity immunity that is contrary to the constitutional principles of separation of powers and due process of law. The agency maintains that the only valid way to grant this type of immunity is through legislation passed by the Puerto Rico Legislature. The lawsuit includes case law and constitutional doctrine, in addition to expressly citing the negative effect of the immunity on consumers’ right to claim for damage to their belongings and property. It also points out that, according to LUMA’s admission in a public hearing in the House of Representatives, the company has received more than 1,800 complaints, but is not addressing them due to the clause that protects it from liability.
DACO’s pleas include a declaratory judgment and express recognition of consumers’ right to file claims for damages against LUMA for ordinary negligence, as part of the protection framework that must prevail in favor of the public interest.
LUMA reacts
“We have learned about the lawsuit filed against PREPA and LUMA today by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO). Once we receive the official notification, we will address it with the seriousness and responsibility it deserves through the Court,” LUMA Energy said in a statement. “Our commitment is to continue working for the benefit of our customers, despite the significant challenges we face in operating a fragile and deteriorating electrical system, which for years has lacked the necessary maintenance and investment.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Hours after LUMA Energy President & CEO Juan Saca blamed the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) for the deteriorating reliability of the electrical system, Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz fired off an 81-page missive listing things the private operator of the utility’s transmission and distribution (T&D) system has done wrong and threatening to cancel its operation and management agreement (OMA).
The letter is a Notice of Disputes, listing 10 disputes and a detailed exposition of the nature of those disputes, together with the corresponding formal demands served upon LUMA.
“Therefore, (the Public-Private Partnerships Authority [P3A]), as the Administrator of the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) OMA, demands the immediate commencement of the Dispute Resolution Procedures concerning each dispute,” the letter states. “Should LUMA fail to remedy these violations within the contractually prescribed windows, PREPA and P3A will pursue every remedy the T&D OMA allows -- including, if necessary, termination of the agreement -- to protect public funds, restore reliable electric service, and hold LUMA fully accountable.”
One of the disputes consists of LUMA exhibiting systemic deficiencies in cash flow reporting, reconciliation of federal expenditures, and timely submission of requests for reimbursements.
Another area of dispute is LUMA’s persistent and material breaches of its contractual obligations, which the letters says have culminated in a liquidity crisis for PREPA and a direct threat to the continuity of public electrical service. Despite being responsible, under the T&D OMA, for securing sufficient revenues and timely reimbursements for federally funded projects, LUMA has failed to do so, the P3A said.
Another area is LUMA’s failure to fix problems caused by outages and yet another is LUMA’s persistent and material noncompliance with its audit and financial reporting obligations.
In response, Saca said “we recognize this step as the formal beginning of a process to address issues that have to be resolved and that we have publicly addressed on multiple occasions.”
“We welcome this structured process and are ready to begin the negotiation period, as set out by the OMA,” the LUMA CEO said.
“The tools contained in the contract are designed to resolve these types of disputes in favor of our 1.5 million customers.”
Earlier in the day, Saca had submitted the fourth-quarter fiscal year 2025 report to the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) as further evidence of the negative impact that PREPA’s years of underfunding of the energy system has had.
“We have said this on multiple occasions: no electric system can operate efficiently or advance without ongoing investments in critical infrastructure,” Saca said in a written statement. “We urge PREPA and the relevant entities to act immediately and allocate the necessary funds to improve the service our people deserve.”
According to the report, over the past 12 months, customers experienced a 12% increase in the duration of power outages and a 2% increase in frequency, as a result of PREPA’s $190 million to $350 million in operating funds. On Monday, LUMA filed its performance metrics report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Q4 FY 2025) with the PREB. The Q4 metrics report clearly shows the significant and undeniable impact PREPA’s withholding of funds from LUMA’s critical operations accounts is having on two critical metrics: the length and number of service interruptions, Saca said. As highlighted in the report, he said, FY 2025 metrics for outage duration and outage frequency increased by 12% and 2% when compared to the previous 12 months.
“We want to be very clear -- this report is further proof of the profound negative effects on electricity customers due to years of PREPA’s underfunding of Puerto Rico’s energy system,” Saca reiterated. “While our entire LUMA team is determined to build a better energy future that Puerto Ricans expect and deserve, our efforts to address outages and improve the reliability of the grid are being severely limited by the continued lack of proper funding by PREPA.”
Saca went on to detail the consequences of the underfunding.
Over the past 12 months, he said, customers experienced a 12% increase in the duration of outages and a 2% increase in the frequency of outages compared to the previous 12 months (FY 2024). During FY 2025, daily operating accounts funding critical projects were underfunded by an average of more than 70%. PREPA’s continued underfunding of key accounts, and the lack of funds to pay for everyday operations, has resulted in LUMA shifting critical resourc-
es away from areas critical to improving reliability, the Q4 metrics report said. For example, starting in January of this year, LUMA has been forced to shift 25% of its operational workforce, whose responsibility is to support outage response, system maintenance and customer complaints. These workers were assigned to FEMA-funded projects, such as the Smart Meter Initiative, streetlight upgrades, and pole replacements. While important, those initiatives do not improve the stability and reliability of the electric system, the official said.
The Q4 FY 2025 performance metrics report and the specific declines in the frequency and duration of reliability are further proof of the need for sustained and additional investment in the energy grid, Saca said. To address this ongoing challenge, LUMA submitted earlier this month a comprehensive investment plan to the PREB which, if approved, would represent the largest investment for the energy system in decades. The new investments would fund significant actions to strengthen system reliability and resiliency. LUMA’s proposed investment plan would result in a reduction in outages, and lead to tens of millions of fewer customer interruption minutes prevented by 2028. Without these critical investments, coupled with PREPA’s continued
underfunding of LUMA’s operations, LUMA estimates that the average customer could experience an estimated seven outages per year, with an average duration as high as 20 hours, the CEO said.
Despite confronting an array of challenges, LUMA continues to make progress across key priorities, Saca pointed out.
The private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system increased miles of vegetation maintenance completed by 12%; increased distribution line inspections by 93%, transmission line inspections by 59%, and substation inspections by 81%; reduced the OSHA Severity Rate, or average number of days lost per incident, by 59%, and the OSHA DART Rate, or average number of days away, restricted or transferred, by 20%; reduced in-person wait times under 8 minutes and maintained an average speed to answer calls of less than two minutes; and connected more than 9,300 rooftop solar customers, adding 74 megawatts of clean, renewable energy to the grid.
LUMA has also installed more than 10,300 grid automation devices on critical infrastructure to make outage impacts smaller and shorter, preventing more than 99 million customer interruption minutes over the past 12 months, Saca noted.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH) has released the results of the labor surveys for June, which indicate positive signs of stability and growth in the labor market on the island.
According to data from the Worker Group Survey, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is estimated to be 5.5%. The figure remains stable compared to the previous month and reflects a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from June 2024, when it was recorded at 5.7%.
Additionally, the labor force participation rate increased to 45.1%, which is a rise of 0.1 percentage points compared to May 2025 and an increase of one percentage point from the same month last year, when it was at 44.1%. The number of employed individuals reached 1,170,000 in June, representing an increase of 2,000 compared to May and 27,000 more than in June 2024.
“The stability we have achieved in the unemployment rate, along with the rise in the number of employed individuals and labor force participation, confirms that Puerto Rico is moving in the right direction,” Labor Secretary María del Pilar Vélez Casanova said. “These results are not coincidental; they reflect concrete initiatives and the commitment of our governor, Jenniffer González Colón, to promote quality jobs and working conditions that contribute to the economic
According to data from the Department of Labor and Human Resources’ Worker Group Survey, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June is estimated to be 5.5%. The figure remains stable compared to the previous month and reflects a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from June 2024.
stability of our people.”
“At the Department of Labor, we remain dedicated to supporting this development through actions that directly impact our workers, such as strategic alliances with employers, training programs, and incentives for job creation and retention, among others,” the official added. “Our goal remains clear: to close gaps, improve the quality of employment, and integrate more people into a robust and resilient workforce.”
The total working population was estimated at 1,238,000
in June, an increase of 2,000 compared to May and 26,000 compared to June 2024. The estimated number of unemployed individuals stood at 68,000, which marks a year-over-year decrease of 1,000.
In contrast, the results of the Nonfarm Wage Employment Survey indicated that seasonally adjusted wage employment was at 964,000 in June, reflecting a slight decrease of 800 jobs compared to the previous month. However, compared to June 2024, wage employment showed a solid increase of 9,800 positions.
The sectors that experienced growth included government (800 jobs), trade, transportation, and utilities (400 jobs), and mining, logging, and construction (100 jobs). Conversely, declines were observed in professional and business services (1,500 jobs), manufacturing (200 jobs), information (100 jobs), education and health services (100 jobs), recreation and lodging (100 jobs), and other services (100 jobs). The finance sector remained unchanged.
Year-over-year, significant increases in wage employment were noted in recreation and lodging (3,400 jobs), mining, logging, and construction (2,100 jobs), education and health services (2,100 jobs), trade, transportation, and utilities (2,100 jobs), government (1,100 jobs), finance (1,000 jobs), and other services (200 jobs). In contrast, the manufacturing and professional and business services sectors saw declines of 1,500 and 700 jobs, respectively.
By THE STAR STAFF
Luis Alemañy, president of SJT Manufacturing and vice president for Puerto Rican Industries at the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, is urging local manufacturing companies to learn about and engage with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA).
The act aims to strengthen the U.S. economy by prioritizing products and materials manufactured in the United States, including Puerto Rico. Enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov. 15, 2021, BABAA established a preference policy for purchasing domestically sourced products for all federal financial assistance related to infrastructure projects, starting May 14, 2022. The requirement mandates that all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in covered infrastructure projects be produced in the United States.
“Build America, Buy America presents a significant opportunity for Puerto Rican manufacturers to enter value chains that were previously dominated by international suppliers,” Alemañy said. “In practical terms, it requires all public works projects or procurements for public use, funded by the government (regardless of the source of funding), to prioritize the use of construction materials and products manufactured in the United States.”
He noted that while some segments of the local con-
struction sector have taken advantage of the incentive, there is still considerable potential for other sectors and industries to benefit. Despite the Puerto Rico government announcing the opportunity through the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resilience in January 2024, few sub-recipients of federal funds under the Hazard Mitigation and FEMA Public Assistance programs have fully embraced it, Alemañy said.
“There is a significant lack of awareness within both the private sector and the government regarding the requirements and benefits of this program,” he said. “As a representative of the industrial sector, I want to ensure that local industries can harness these available federal funds. Therefore, through the Industrial Association, I will help identify alternatives to guide and connect qualifying manufacturing SMEs.”
Alemañy encouraged local companies with domestic production capabilities to evaluate how they can align their operations with BABAA requirements to access new government-funded supply chains.
“This legal framework has a direct and strategic impact on the island’s manufacturing sector,,” he said. “For example, at SJT Manufacturing, we are producing hundreds of electrical components for a client with a global presence located in Puerto Rico. These products, which were manufactured in Saltillo and Monterrey, Mexico, for decades, are now developed and produced in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. This shift has generated millions in revenue and created both direct and indirect jobs.”
The program not only benefits the construction sector -- where at least 55% of metal components must come from the United States -- but also opens opportunities for complementary industries, such as electrical, electronics, plastics, and other manufacturing areas, the executive said. Alemañy emphasized that the key to benefiting from the BABAA program lies in strict adherence to domestic manufacturing requirements, proper registration of components and materials, and including those requirements in all government contracts related to public works.
By KENNETH CHANG
Apublic letter from NASA employees earlier this week urges leaders of the space agency not to carry out deep cuts sought by the Trump administration.
“We are compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety, scientific advancement and efficient use of public resources,” the employees wrote in the letter. It is addressed to Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, whom President Donald Trump appointed this month as acting NASA administrator.
Cuts to NASA programs have been arbitrary and in defiance of priorities set by Congress, the NASA employees said. “The consequences for the agency and the country alike are dire,” they wrote.
In an email statement, Bethany Stevens, the NASA press secretary, said NASA would never compromise on safety. “Any reductions — including our current voluntary reduction — will be designed to protect safety-critical roles,” she said.
“To ensure NASA delivers for the American people, we are continually evaluating mission lifecycles, not on sustaining outdated or lower-priority missions,” Stevens said.
Upheaval within NASA continued Monday, when Makenzie Lystrup, director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, announced she was “stepping aside” on Aug. 1. In an email sent to center employees at 12:45 p.m. and shared with The New York Times, she did not give a reason for her departure. Cynthia Simmons, the center’s deputy director, will take over as acting director.
“I am honored to have been part of this incredible journey with you,” Lystrup wrote.
The NASA letter follows similar letters of criticism by federal employees at the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, said he welcomed respectful dissent, but the EPA placed 144 employees who signed that agency’s letter on leave.
“We’re scared of retaliation,” said Monica Gorman, an operations research analyst at Goddard. She said that staff members “go to the bathroom to talk to each other, and look under the stalls to make sure that no one else is there before we talk.”
Gorman is one of 287 current and former NASA employees who signed the letter, although more than half did so anonymously. More than 15,000 people work at the space agency. Prominent scientists outside of NASA, including 20 Nobel Prize winners, also offered their names in support.
The NIH letter inspired some people at NASA to put together a similar effort. The NIH letter writers had called their dissent the “Bethesda Declaration” — the agency is in
Bethesda, Maryland — and the NASA letter writers called theirs the “Voyager Declaration,” in honor of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, the two NASA space probes launched in the 1970s that continue to function as they fly through interstellar space.
“One of the messages that NASA management has been passing down to every employee is that no one is coming to save us, including Congress,” said one of the organizers of the letter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear for retaliation. “So the Voyager Declaration is one effort to raise our voices and speak out to save ourselves,” the person added.
The letter is framed as a “formal dissent” — an official process at NASA for registering disagreements that managers may not want to hear. It was part of changes instituted at NASA after the losses of the Columbia and Challenger space shuttles when concerns of some engineers were brushed aside.
Stand Up for Science, a nonprofit organization that has organized opposition to the Trump administration’s cutbacks of science research, has helped coordinate the letters to the three agencies.
In its budget request to Congress in June, the Trump administration proposed slashing NASA’s budget by almost 25%. NASA’s science mission directorate, which includes earth science, solar system missions and astrophysics, would face a cut of 47%, to $3.9 billion from $7.3 billion. Nineteen currently operating science missions, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Juno mission at Jupiter and the two Orbiting Carbon Observatories, would be turned off and discarded.
In her statement, Stevens said, “The reality is that President Trump has proposed billions of dollars for NASA science, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to communicating our scientific achievements.”
Congress does not appear to agree with making draconian cuts. A Senate subcommittee proposed providing $7.3 billion for NASA’s science mission directorate for fiscal year 2026, the same amount as the current year. Its counterpart in the House of Representatives was less generous, proposing $6 billion for the science missions.
While NASA has so far avoided widespread layoffs, thousands of employees have left or are planning to leave under early retirement and buyout offers.
“Some I know have left because they want to make space for other younger people to stay,” Gorman said.
One complaint of the letter writers is that NASA leaders have made decisions based on the president’s proposed cuts, without waiting to see what Congress will provide.
Another concern is that even if Congress provides money for science missions, the administration could refuse to spend it.
Last week, in a letter to Duffy, two Democratic members of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology — Reps. Zoe Lofgren of California and Valerie Foushee of North Carolina — accused NASA of illegally implementing Trump’s priorities.
“Congress directs NASA to spend money on certain missions, programs and priorities; and Congress sets the policies that NASA must implement,” Lofgren and Foushee wrote. “These congressional actions are not friendly requests. They are the law.”
By GLENN THRUSH
Afederal judge in Kentucky earlier this week sentenced a former Louisville police officer involved in the fatal raid of Breonna Taylor’s home to nearly three years in prison, in a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, which had requested he serve only one day behind bars.
In November, a federal jury in Kentucky convicted the former officer, Brett Hankison, of one count of violating Taylor’s civil rights by using excessive force in discharging several shots through her window during a botched drug raid in 2020. Even though none of the 10 shots he fired hit Taylor, Hankison, who is white, was the only officer to be charged for his actions during the botched operation.
The killing of Taylor, 26, in her home became a focal point for the national outrage over police violence against Black people amid a spate of similar acts of violence around the same time, most notably the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. Taylor’s killing in particular brought national attention to “no knock” warrants, which allow police to burst into homes without warning.
A Breonna Taylor memorial in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 2, 2020. Since the death of George Floyd, a national movement promised sweeping justice reform. So far, police prosecutions have resulted in a mixed bag of convictions, acquittals, and a mistrial. (Xavier Burrell/The New York Times)
The lingering bitterness surrounding Taylor’s death, and a renewed sense of injustice incited by the Trump administration’s extraordinarily lenient sentencing request, spilled over into protests outside the federal courthouse in Louisville in the hours before the sentencing on Monday.
Last week, Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, asked the judge in the case, Rebecca Grady Jennings, to sentence Hankison to a single day in prison — essentially the brief time he had served when he was charged, and three years of supervised release.
The request was intended to send the message that the department planned to abandon its long-standing efforts to address racial disparities in policing — and to reorient the civil rights division to pursue President Donald Trump’s culture war agenda at the expense of its founding mission of confronting race-based discrimination.
Jennings, whom Trump appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in his first term, took issue with the department’s extraordinary sentencing request. But she also settled on 33 months, a punishment far short of the maximum sentence of life in prison allowable by law.
Sentencing requests are typically filed by career prosecutors who worked on the case. The filing last week was signed by Dhillon, a political appointee who is a veteran Republican Party activist with close ties to Trump, and one of her deputies.
Shortly after the department made its request public, the family’s legal team issued a statement describing Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, as “heartbroken and angry.”
The legal proceedings stemming from Taylor’s killing, which brought intense scrutiny on the Louisville Metro Police Department, have been drawn out over years of dramatic court battles. In 2023, a judge declared a mistrial
in Hankison’s trial on federal civil rights charges after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. He was previously acquitted of similar state charges.
The case fueled months of protests across the country and in Louisville. The city’s police chief was fired amid the demonstrations, and a 2023 report by the Justice Department found that the department had shown a pattern of discriminating against Black people, as well as a pattern of other abusive behavior.
Investigators found instances of police officers subduing residents with neck restraints, choke holds and even dog attacks, and using excessive and escalating force. The report also said officers made unlawful stops and searches based on invalid warrants.
A judge initially signed off on a warrant for Taylor’s apartment, but the officers were later instructed to announce themselves. Whether they actually did has long been in dispute.
The warrant to raid Taylor’s apartment was based on shoddy surveillance. Three officers were charged by federal prosecutors with knowingly including false information in an affidavit to get a judge to approve the raid. One of them, Kelly Goodlett, pleaded guilty in 2022. The case against the two other officers, Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, is still open. Prosecutors argued that Hankison did not have legal justification to use deadly force when he fired through a window and sliding glass door covered by blinds during the raid, ultimately hitting a neighboring apartment. Police were seeking evidence that Taylor’s former boyfriend was selling drugs when they barged through her door on March 13, 2020. Her boyfriend at the time of the raid, Kenneth Walker, opened fire on the officers as they entered, later saying that he believed they were intruders.
Two officers, Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly, immediately returned fire and shot and killed Taylor. Those two officers — who were also white — were never charged; prosecutors argued that they had been justified in their actions.
By DAVID FRENCH
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is turning civil rights enforcement upside down.
Last week, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, asked a federal judge to sentence a former Louisville police officer named Brett Hankison to one day in prison. Last year, a Kentucky jury convicted Hankison of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights when he fired multiple rounds from his handgun into her apartment on the night the police killed her.
The Taylor case was one of a series of dreadful killings of unarmed Black Americans that helped touch off America’s racial reckoning in 2020. It was also a paradigmatic example of the way flawed systems interact with reckless police conduct to create fatal injustice.
In the early morning hours of March 13, 2020, police officers gathered outside Taylor’s apartment door. They had obtained a no-knock search warrant based on allegations that a suspected drug dealer named Jamarcus Glover had received packages at Taylor’s home. Glover and Taylor once had a relationship, but Taylor was not the target of the warrant.
The police on the scene were instructed to knock, even though they had a no-knock warrant. And here’s where the stories of witnesses start to diverge. Officers at the scene say they knocked and announced that they were the police. The
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In fact, in initial statements made after the raid, not a single neighbor reported having heard the police identify themselves. One witness initially said the police did not announce themselves, but later changed his story and claimed he heard the police identify themselves.
Taylor was in the apartment with her boyfriend, a man named Kenneth Walker. He testified that they were startled by a loud pounding on the door, and he said he never heard the police announce themselves. Concerned that the pounding might be coming from an intruder, he grabbed his gun, which he owned lawfully, and approached the door.
At that point, the police chose to forcibly enter the home and broke the door down. Walker, fearing a home invasion, fired and hit an officer. The police returned fire. They didn’t hit Walker, but they did hit Taylor, fatally wounding her. The injustice is staggering. She was innocent, she was unarmed, and she was gunned down in her own home.
So far, the story is more tragic than criminal. The police were serving a lawful search warrant. Walker was a lawful gun owner, and Kentucky’s so-called castle doctrine gave him a legal right to use deadly force if he had “reason to believe” that a person was unlawfully and forcibly entering his home.
At the same time, the police officers had their own legal right to return fire. Obviously, if a police officer is shot at, he can fire back to preserve his life. If that was the entirety of the case, then no charges should have been filed against anyone — not against Walker, who thought shadowy figures had just broken down Taylor’s door, and not against officers who were under fire.
In one of the terrible quirks of American law, because each of them was exercising his right to self-defense, the officers and Walker were essentially engaged in a legal gunfight.
But not Brett Hankison. As Rukmini Callimachi, my newsroom colleague, reported in 2020, Hankison “shot blindly into Breonna Taylor’s apartment from dozens of feet outside in the parking lot.” He fired 10 shots, three of which passed through the wall and slammed into a neighboring apartment, where a pregnant woman lived with her son and partner.
Hankison’s bullets didn’t hit Taylor, but his indiscriminate use of force violated her rights. The Louisville police department fired him in June 2020, and the termination letter said that his actions that night were “a shock to the conscience.”
Kentucky state prosecutors brought a wanton endangerment case against Hankison, but a state jury acquitted him of the charges in March 2022. Federal prosecutors obtained a civil rights indictment against Hankison, claiming that he had violated Taylor’s civil rights through the use of excessive force.
The first federal trial ended in a hung jury. The Biden Department of Justice tried him again and secured a conviction in November.
In her filing requesting a one-day sentence, Dhillon argued that the “jury’s verdict will almost certainly ensure that defendant Hankison never serves as a law enforcement officer
again and will also likely ensure that he never legally possesses a firearm again.”
In other words, he’s suffered enough.
It’s hard to read those words — dripping with sympathy for an officer who wrongly used deadly force, endangering innocent people in two different apartments — at the same time that the Trump administration has been sending immigrants who’ve been convicted of no crimes at all into indefinite confinement in brutal and inhumane conditions overseas.
Here’s the key point: Trump’s corruption of justice isn’t just individual; it’s categorical. We have grown accustomed to him rewarding his loyalists and punishing his critics. That he fired the prosecutors who worked on his federal criminal cases while pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters represents a textbook case of individual favoritism.
The Trump administration’s abuse of the civil rights division is something else entirely. It had already initiated a “litigation freeze” on filing new civil rights cases, and it had indicated that it was even going to reconsider previous settlements and consent decrees intended to address police misconduct.
There is nothing inherently wrong with a new administration evaluating the actions of the old, but if that evaluation is resulting in perverse miscarriages of justice — as it is in Hankison’s case — then the very purpose of the civil rights division is being subverted, right before our eyes.
Civil rights laws are designed in part to protect innocent citizens — including, of course, innocent citizens from minority communities — from unjust government officials. Here, the legal world is turned upside down. The Justice Department is using its civil rights division to protect an unjust government official who violated the civil rights of an innocent individual. It’s hard to describe how thoroughly Trump is disrupting and corrupting our system of justice. At every turn, the pattern is the same. His friends catch a break, and his foes get the boot. The same week that Dhillon intervened on behalf of Hankison, the Trump administration fired Maurene Comey, an assistant U.S. attorney who helped prosecute Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Sean Combs.
Comey wasn’t given a detailed explanation for the termination, but she’s the daughter of James Comey, the former director of the FBI, one of Trump’s most hated foes.
The judge in Hankison’s case, Rebecca Grady Jennings — a Trump appointee — does not have to accept Dhillon’s recommendation. She has the power to hold the line and impose a just sentence for Hankison’s criminal acts.
Even if she does the right thing, though, we can’t rely only on judges to preserve our system of justice. That isn’t how the system is supposed to work. Each branch of government has its own constitutional obligations. In the best of times, even a good president has too much power to be adequately restrained by the judicial branch alone.
But these are not the best of times. Donald Trump is determined to transform America’s system of justice into his personal political weapon, and now Breonna Taylor’s family bears the fresh pain of a new and terrible miscarriage of justice.
SAN JUAN – Ante la firma del ‘Acta de Genios de 2025’ (Genius Act), la cual establece la primera regulación de las criptomonedas en los Estados Unidos, el presidente de la Comisión de Gobierno de la Cámara de Representantes, Víctor Parés, anunció el inicio del proceso de evaluación para presentar legislación a nivel local que sea cónsona con el nuevo marco regulatorio.
El Acta Genios requiere que la emisión de las criptomonedas estables sean respaldadas ‘dolar por dolar’ en reserva. El objetivo principal de esta legislación, con apoyo bipartita, es crear la infraestructura para hacer de las monedas estables una forma práctica de uso en el mundo digital.
“Esta ley federal es un paso histórico para crear un mercado real de las criptomonedas estables que se asemeje al uso del dólar, viabilizando así un mayor intercambio en una estructura segura. Ante esto, nuestro
equipo se encuentra evaluando las disposiciones del Acta Genios con el propósito de impulsar legislación que maximice el alcance de esta nueva ley federal en Puerto Rico”, comentó Parés el martes.
El estudio encomendado por el Representante del Partido Nuevo Progresista incluye la evaluación de la
nueva ley, su impacto en la Isla, las posibles aplicaciones de la misma, las lagunas en la vigente legislación local sobre el asunto, si alguna, seguridad en las transacciones y los modelos de implementación y capacitación, entre otros.
“Este es un mercado billonario que, con esta nueva ley, se va a expandir exponencialmente. Lo que buscamos es que Puerto Rico se inserte en este mercado con mayor alcance, pues esto representaría mayores ingresos y la creación de nuevos comercios y empleos para nuestra gente. Como saben, he impulsado la implementación de nueva tecnología como los vehículos aéreos no tripulados y los algoritmos de inteligencia artificial, las criptomonedas tienen el potencial de generar un nuevo sector y el Acta Genios es la zapata de este despunte económico”, añadió el también Representante por el Distrito #4 de San Juan.
Se estima que el mercado de monedas estables supera los $250,000 millones.
CAMUY
– Para aliviar la carga económica de comerciantes y ciudadanos, el alcalde de Camuy, Gabriel “Gaby” Hernández Rodríguez, anunció el martes el inicio de un programa de amnistía contributiva municipal, vigente hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2025, que permitirá saldar deudas con beneficios fiscales significativos.
“Con esta medida queremos brindar una ventana de alivio fiscal a nuestros ciudadanos y a la vez permitir que el municipio recupere fondos que pueden invertirse en servicios esenciales para nuestra gente. Estamos siendo proactivos, responsables y empáticos con quienes atraviesan situaciones económicas difíciles”, expresó Hernández Rodríguez, quien también preside la Federación de Alcaldes.
La iniciativa ofrece descuentos de hasta un 75% sobre el monto adeudado, eliminación de recargos, intereses y penalidades acumuladas, así como planes de pago flexibles
para facilitar la regularización de las cuentas. Los ciudadanos y empresas podrán acogerse a esta amnistía para saldar deudas relacionadas con la patente municipal, el IVU municipal, arbitrios de construcción, licencias de negocios ambulantes, contribución sobre la propiedad y deudas por servicios en cementerios municipales.
La amnistía permitirá que tanto personas naturales como jurídicas, desde pequeños comerciantes hasta propietarios de vivienda, puedan saldar sus compromisos sin la presión de los cargos acumulativos. El alcalde informó que los planes de pago podrán estructurarse según la capacidad de cada contribuyente, con el objetivo de fomentar la participación y el cumplimiento voluntario. Para información adicional y orientación, las personas pueden comunicarse con el Departamento de Recaudaciones Municipales al 787898-2160, extensión 1131, de lunes a jueves entre 8:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m. o escribiendo al correo electrónico recaudaciones@camuycity.pr.gov.
By GAVIN EDWARDS
Ozzy Osbourne, who achieved enormous success as a pioneer of two disreputable but popular entertainment genres, heavy metal music and reality television, died Tuesday. He was 76.
His family announced the death in a statement, which did not say where he died or specify a cause. He had been treated in recent years for a rare genetic condition called Parkinsonism, with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease, exacerbated by his chronic drug abuse.
Although Osbourne repeatedly announced his retirement over the years — he called a series of live dates in 1992 the “No More Tours” tour and a 2018 series “No More Tours II” — he gave his final concert this month, at a festival in his hometown, Birmingham, England, in his honor. Seated on a black throne, visibly moved by the enthusiasm of the crowd, he closed out his career by reuniting the original lineup of his heavy metal group Black Sabbath.
As the lead singer of Black Sabbath, Osbourne was one of the inventors of heavy metal. As a solo artist, he became a remarkably durable star, with 13 platinum albums and the nickname “Prince of Darkness.”
But he achieved even wider fame for his rock ’n’ roll excess, including an onstage
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Ozzy Osbourne performs during a 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts, at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Oct. 30, 2009. Osbourne, who achieved massive success as a pioneer of two popular entertainment genres, heavy metal music and reality television, died on July 22, 2025. He was 76. (Chad Batka/The New York Times)
incident in which he bit the head off a bat.
The hit MTV reality show “The Osbournes” presented a comedic counterpoint to his infamy and his taste for satanic imagery; revealing himself as the befuddled patriarch of a chaotic but loving family, he became a TV star.
“All the stuff onstage, the craziness, it’s all just a role that I play, my work,” Osbourne insisted in an interview with The New York Times in 1992. “I am not the Antichrist. I am a family man.”
Born John Michael Osbourne in Birmingham on Dec. 3, 1948, he was the fourth of six children of John Thomas Osbourne, a toolmaker who worked the night shift at a power plant, and Lillian (Levy) Osbourne, who worked the day shift at an auto-parts factory. The Osbournes were crammed into a small working-class home; when Ozzy was young, it had no indoor plumbing.
An indifferent student with undiagnosed dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, Ozzy dropped out of school at age 15 and had a series of short-lived jobs, including 18 months at a local slaughterhouse. After he was fired from that job (for fighting), he had a brief career as a burglar; when he was arrested, his father declined to pay the fine, and Ozzy spent three months in prison, which led him to abandon his criminal ambitions.
His father did, however, buy a PA sys-
tem so Ozzy could pursue his dream of being a rock singer. That system, plus a flyer reading “Ozzy Zig Needs Gig,” got him into a band in 1968 with three young Birmingham musicians: bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward and guitarist Tony Iommi.
After some false starts, including a stint as a blues band called Earth, the group embraced the logic that people paid to be scared at horror movies, and the young musicians renamed themselves Black Sabbath, inspired by a Boris Karloff film with that title. They also used the name for one of their early songs, which laid out their sonic template:
deafening volume and grinding tempos, with Osbourne yowling about portents of doom.
Anthems for the alienated
The quartet released its debut album, also called “Black Sabbath,” in 1970, and followed with seven more over the next eight years. The band’s music was largely reviled by critics and snubbed by radio stations, but its albums were consistently certified platinum, and songs like “Paranoid,” “Iron Man” and “War Pigs” became anthems for generations of disaffected youth.
Osbourne was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo performer in 2024. When he inducted Black Sabbath, Lars Ulrich of Metallica praised the group’s “huge hymns of doom.” “When it comes to defining a genre within the world of heavy music,” he said, “Sabbath stand alone.”
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins told the Times in 2025: “I first heard Black Sabbath’s ‘Master of Reality’ when I was 8 years old and have been chasing that sound as a musician ever since. What drew me to them was this sense of cosmic ennui and a shadowy warmth that is only theirs.”
Songwriter and author John Darnielle, who released an Osbourne-themed EP with his band the Mountain Goats and published a novel about Black Sabbath, said in an interview for this obituary, “Ozzy’s vocal tone is distinctive, for sure, but I think the main thing is that his vocal lines just relentlessly shadow the chord progression with an insistence most singers would probably avoid so
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they can look more clever.” He added that Osbourne “found a way to make singing lead heavy, without trying to belt like a blues singer, which is what most of his contemporaries did.”
Osbourne had long drunk to excess, but as Black Sabbath became successful he could afford a wider variety of intoxicants, and he enthusiastically pursued all of them. As he wrote in his autobiography, “I Am Ozzy” (2009), “Over the past 40 years I’ve been loaded on booze, coke, acid, quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list.” Throughout his career he frequently announced his sobriety, only to backslide into addiction.
When not touring with Black Sabbath, he lived in the British countryside with his wife, Thelma, in a home he nicknamed Atrocity Cottage. “People would come to stay with us,” he wrote in his autobiography, “and they’d never be the same again.” His every whim was indulged, no matter how foolish; after repeatedly failing his driving test and tired of riding to the local pub on his lawn mower, he bought a horse.
Black Sabbath fired Osbourne in 1979, shortly after he fell asleep in the wrong hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, and woke up — reportedly 24 hours later — to discover that he had missed a concert. The band continued with a series of other vocalists, most notably Ronnie James Dio.
Osbourne, meanwhile, holed up in a Los Angeles hotel room, wallowing in his bad habits — until Sharon Arden, the brassy daughter of his manager, Don Arden, came to bawl him out for having stolen an envelope of cash from her (he spent it on drugs). The next day, she returned and offered to manage him. After he accepted, father and daughter sued each other; they remained estranged for decades.
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Arden married on the Fourth of July in 1982, a date he said he chose so he wouldn’t forget his anniversary.
55 million sold
In 1980, Osbourne released a gleefully apocalyptic solo album, “Blizzard of Ozz,” containing his trademark song, “Crazy Train.” It was a hit. He toured and recorded relentlessly, becoming a bigger star than ever and eventually selling more than 55 million albums worldwide.
As Osbourne’s fame grew, his excessive behavior kept pace. He bit the head off a live dove at a record-company conference. He bit the head off a dead bat during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa. (It had been thrown onstage by a fan; Osbourne said he assumed it was a rubber toy.) He pelted audiences with raw meat. When he ran out of drugs, he snorted a line of ants. Wearing his wife’s dress, he drunkenly urinated on the Alamo — possibly his most expensive transgression, since it meant he couldn’t perform in San Antonio for years.
While many fans were thrilled by these rock-star anecdotes, Osbourne’s erratic actions when he was intoxicated had real victims: sometimes animal (armed with a shotgun at his British estate, he slaughtered an entire henhouse and a family of cats), sometimes human. (He gave his first wife a black eye and, after trying to choke his second wife, Sharon, woke up in a cell, charged with attempted murder; believing he was
remorseful, she dropped the charges.)
Tragedy struck in 1982. While Osbourne slept in his parked tour bus in Leesburg, Florida, his lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads, went for a joyride with makeup artist Rachel Youngblood in a plane flown by the bus driver, Andrew Aycock. The plane buzzed the bus twice, and on the third pass, crashed into it, killing everyone on the plane. After a few days Osbourne soldiered on, eventually settling on Zakk Wylde as his guitarist.
A song he had written with Rhoads about his own alcoholism, “Suicide Solution,” put Osbourne at the center of a lawsuit in 1986, when the parents of a California teenager claimed the song had induced him to kill himself. The suit was dismissed.
Undaunted, Osbourne returned to suicidal imagery in his 1989 duet with Lita Ford, “Close My Eyes Forever,” his only Top 10 single on the American pop charts. His only other Top 40 single in the United States was the sentimental power ballad “Mama, I’m Coming Home,” which reached No. 28 two years later.
When Osbourne wanted to play the Lollapalooza festival in 1995, he was rebuffed; irked, the next year Sharon Osbourne began Ozzfest, which became a long-running, lucrative summer package tour featuring hard-rock and heavy-metal acts, per-
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sisting until 2018. The headliner was usually Osbourne himself, sometimes reuniting with Black Sabbath.
Although Osbourne styled himself as a menacing banshee, offstage he was a genial homebody. Devoted fans had known this at least since 1988, when the Penelope Spheeris documentary “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years” featured a gregarious Osbourne making scrambled eggs while wearing a leopard-print kimono.
The rest of the world discovered that side of his personality in 2002, when the TV series “The Osbournes” began, showing the loving (but often beeped for profanity) home life of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and their teenage children Jack and Kelly. (Another daughter, Aimee, chose to stay away from the cameras.)
Although he periodically complained that he was supposed to be the Prince of Darkness, the show, which lasted until 2005, featured him befuddled by TV remote controls, house cats and bubble machines. It was the most popular show MTV had ever aired and inspired dozens of celebrities to allow cameras into their homes, hoping for the same quantum leap in their fame.
“One day we were normal,” Kelly Osbourne told Rolling Stone in 2002, “and the next day we were the most famous family in America.”
As Osbourne shuffled around his home in Beverly Hills, California, viewers could see that he had a noticeable tremor. He eventually discovered that he had Parkinsonism. His health worsened after a near-fatal accident in 2003, when he flipped an allterrain vehicle on his property in England. “I’d been taking lethal combinations of booze and drugs for decades,” he reflected in his autobiography, “but it was riding over a pothole in my back garden at two miles an hour that nearly killed me.”
Despite those setbacks, Osbourne continued to parlay his unlikely fame into a wide series of ventures. He starred in a flop variety show, “Osbournes Reloaded”; filmed a history-themed TV series with his son, “Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour”; and even wrote an advice column for Rolling Stone.
Survivors include his wife and their children; three children from his first marriage; Jessica, Louis and Elliot; and numerous grandchildren.
Osbourne remained devoted to his family and grateful for his success. But he said he knew exactly how he would be remembered:
“Ozzy Osbourne, born 1948. Died, whenever. He bit the head off a bat.”
By ANATOLY KURMANAEV
Russian and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet in Istanbul today, ostensibly for the latest round of talks aimed at ending their war, according to Turkish and Ukrainian officials.
Both Ukraine and Russia have downplayed expectations for the meeting, which would be the third time their representatives have met since the Trump administration persuaded the warring nations to sit down together in May.
“There is no basis to expect any magical breakthroughs,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday. “This is highly unlikely in the current situation.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said Monday that his chief negotiator and head of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, would meet the Russians on Wednesday. The government of Turkey, the host of the talks, confirmed that timing.
Russia has offered fewer details. Peskov said the meeting was expected to take place this week, without disclosing the dates or the names of its representatives.
Russia and Ukraine both have reasons to use the talks to resolve low-level issues like prisoner exchanges that score political points at home without offering significant compromises that could persuade their opponents to lay down arms.
Russia is making moderate gains on the battlefield, giving it an incentive to
Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on May 20, 2025. Russian and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet in Istanbul today, ostensibly for the latest round of talks aimed at ending their war, according to Turkish and Ukrainian officials. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
keep fighting. Ukraine, for its part, may be emboldened by renewed military support from the United States and Europe, which it hopes will allow it to hold off the Russian offensive and get a better deal in the future.
Peskov said Tuesday that the exchanges of prisoners and bodies of dead soldiers that took place after the previous rounds of talks proved that the peace process had already been a success. That implied that President Vladimir Putin of Russia wants to continue discussing lim-
ited deals that don’t affect the fighting, in which Russia has the upper hand.
In particular, Russia has been eager to deliver to Kyiv the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers that its forces have collected from the battlefield, because of the exchanges’ potential to undermine Ukraine’s official casualty numbers and strain its finances. Families of soldiers killed in combat are entitled to large compensation in Ukraine, provided the death can be proved.
Russia claims to have delivered more than 7,000 bodies to Ukraine since June,
although Ukraine has disputed the number and said that some may not be the remains of its troops.
Peskov said Tuesday that Russia remained committed to achieving the goals that it set at the beginning of the war in 2022. His comment indicates that the Kremlin’s representatives could continue to press its maximalist demands of swallowing a large part of Ukraine’s territory and curtailing its sovereignty.
Kyiv has categorically rejected these conditions, which include a ban on NATO membership and withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the land claimed by Russia, not all of it currently in Russian hands.
The government of Ukraine is likely to be encouraged by promises of renewed military support from the United States. President Donald Trump announced this month that his government would supply billions of dollars worth of additional advanced weapons to Ukraine, a sharp turnaround from his earlier threats to abandon the U.S. ally.
Zelenskyy said Monday that the meeting in Istanbul this week would focus on the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia from the occupied territories, and on arranging a personal meeting between him and Putin. He has said repeatedly that only such a meeting could lead to peace.
Peskov on Tuesday rejected the proposal outright. The Russian government considers Zelenskyy illegitimate and has refused to negotiate directly with him.
By JENNY GROSS
Air India said Tuesday that it had concluded inspections of its fleet of Boeing planes and had not found any problems with the locking mechanisms of their fuel switches, a feature that has become a focus of scrutiny after a deadly crash.
Last month, 260 people were killed, including 19 on the ground, after a Londonbound Air India Boeing 787-8 jet went down seconds after takeoff in the western
Indian city of Ahmedabad.
The investigation into the crash’s cause may take months or years, but a preliminary report by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the plane’s fuel switches, which control the supply of fuel to the engine, had changed position seconds before the crash.
Whether intentional or accidental, it appeared unlikely that the switches were moved without human involvement, safety experts said. Fuel switches have locking mechanisms that are designed to prevent
accidental movement.
Last week, regulators in India ordered that airlines inspect all the fuel switches on their Boeing planes. In a statement Tuesday, Air India, the nation’s flagship carrier, said that it had “completed precautionary inspections on the locking mechanism” of the switches. “In the inspections, no issues were found with the said locking mechanism,” it said.
In the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171, the fuel control switches for both engines moved from the “RUN” position to
“CUTOFF” one after the other, about a second apart. The fuel supply stopped, and the aircraft began to lose altitude.
According to the Indian investigation bureau’s initial report, “one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so.”
About 10 seconds after the fuel was cut off, the switches were moved to turn the fuel back on, but the plane did not regain power quickly enough to stop its descent, the report found.
By JEANNA SMIALEK
President Donald Trump’s pledge to “Make America Great Again” appears to be having an unexpected side effect: He is bringing Europeans together again.
The European Union was in bad shape around the time Trump was first elected to office. Public trust in the bloc was at a historic low, Britain had just voted to leave, and the European economy was struggling to recover from the global financial crisis, which had set off a series of debt-related meltdowns across the continent.
But things slowly started to improve from around 2016. In recent months, sentiment around the European Union has picked up further. Trust ratings are approaching a twodecade high. EU leaders are striking trade deals with fast-growing economies like Indonesia, standing up a defense plan that has garnered partnerships with nations including Canada, and even Britain recently struck a deal to reset relations.
The bloc still has very real problems. Its population is aging and economic growth remains slow. Populist detractors who criticize it loudly have been gaining momentum, and it is grasping for ways to revitalize competitiveness. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has come under fierce criticism as she tries to overhaul the bloc’s budget.
But even in member states like Denmark, which has long been skeptical of the EU’s budget and border policies, feelings toward the bloc have turned decidedly more positive.
“Support toward the EU has never been higher,” Marie Bjerre, Denmark’s minister for European Affairs, said in an interview.
About 74% of Danes said that they trusted the European Union in a recent public
ed that the United States would not come to the aid of countries that he felt were not contributing enough to their own security.
All of that has pushed Europe further from America — and closer together.
“There’s a creeping awareness that all of the European countries are small at the end of the day,” Fleck said. “That Europe needs to stick together and pool resources.”
He noted that the rehabilitation of Europe’s image has taken time, and was down to many factors.
In the face of Russia’s increased aggression and America’s insistence that European governments do more on defense, EU member states are trying to rapidly step up their military spending. But as countries have struggled to find room in their strapped national budgets to ramp up drone and howitzer purchases, the European Union has stepped in.
The shared interest in increasing Europe’s defenses is not the only issue that is bolstering Brussels’ brand. When it comes to Trump’s trade threats, the European Union is playing an even more pivotal role.
opinion survey conducted for the European Commission, up from 63% five years ago. That shift is far from isolated: Across member states, citizens are feeling more trusting toward the EU, continuing a trend that outside polls have found.
The turnaround is not solely because of Trump. The bloc’s work in organizing a response to the coronavirus pandemic, including securing vaccines, helped to bolster its popularity. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 illustrated to many European governments and citizens that their own national security could come under threat.
Yet America’s recent tone toward its longtime allies has also clearly helped to contribute to what Jörn Fleck, a senior di-
rector of the Atlantic Council, a think tank, calls a “rally around the European Union flag.”
“We have always had a very strong relationship with the U.S.,” Bjerre explained. “Now, we are met with unjustified tariffs, and we are even accused of not being a good ally. And of course that resonates, and that is why we’re turning a lot to the EU.”
Since taking office in January, Trump has threatened to invade Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. His administration has called Europeans “pathetic” in leaked exchanges on Signal, the messaging app. Trump has said the bloc was formed to “screw” America.
The president has slapped higher tariffs on European goods, and this month, he threatened to impose a new 30% across-the-board levy that European officials warned would hobble trans-Atlantic trade.
Trump has also demanded that Europe do more to pay for its own defense, and has suggest-
The European Commission negotiates trade deals for all 27 member states. By acting together as the world’s third-largest economy, the bloc has more power than any of its individual countries would have on their own.
While there were initially questions about whether some European states might try to cut side deals with the United States — and Trump administration officials have bemoaned that they cannot talk directly with Germany or other individual governments — European officials have mainly stuck together.
Von der Leyen has also been pitching the benefits of Europe to outside partners, working to sign a flurry of new or improved trade agreements with countries including Mexico, South Korea and Indonesia.
“We in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, we really consider Europe to be very, very important in providing global stability,” President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said last week at a news conference in Brussels, at which he appeared alongside von der Leyen.
“Maybe not many of us would like to admit it openly, but I am here,” he added, in a seeming nod to Europe’s bad run in recent years. “I admit openly we would like to see a stronger Europe.”
By JESS BIDGOOD
In declaring war on The Wall Street Journal over its coverage of his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump tapped his supporters’ distrust of his favorite foe — the news media — in an effort to put down a mutiny within his base, as my colleague Erica Green explained.
It was a familiar move that might have been lifted straight from his playbook in the 2016 presidential campaign.
But this is a very different moment. If Trump’s complaints about the media feel like a throwback to his first term, his actions toward the industry have gone much further than that.
Over the past six months, Trump has undertaken a muscular and precise attack on the media’s pressure points. He has sought to dismantle Voice of America, the federally funded news agency that provides coverage to countries with limited press freedom, and persuaded his allies in Congress to cut funding for public broadcasting after decades of similar efforts sputtered out.
The tactics go well beyond cutting government funding, with the administration seeking to find — and use — every
lever it has, just as it has in its attacks on certain universities. It has flexed its power over seemingly parochial matters — such as when some reporters at legacy media organizations including The New York Times lost their desks at the Pentagon to friendly right-wing media outlets, or by removing the Journal from the press pool on a coming trip to Scotland — and over bigger ones, too.
When Trump took office, his handpicked chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, quickly revived complaints about 2024 election coverage by ABC, CBS and NBC that had been dismissed by the outgoing chair, and he said the outcome of a “news distortion” complaint about CBS could affect his agency’s review of a merger proposed between Paramount, CBS’s parent company, and Skydance. Those moves, my colleague Jim Rutenberg observed this year, recall Richard Nixon’s crackdown on the press after he won reelection — and they may succeed where Nixon failed, just as Trump failed in his first term.
“He is using the levers of government much more effectively as he has in other ways during this administration,” said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, a lawyer who specializes in media regulations and
is the senior counselor for the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. “He has learned that he can enlist the Justice Department and an extremely compliant FCC chair to increase the leverage. And that is a big change.”
The other change, of course, is the way media companies have reacted as they reckon with a punishing environment. ABC settled a defamation case brought by Trump before he even took office, surprising legal observers who believed it would have been difficult for the president to prove his case in court. Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, instructed the paper’s opinion operation to narrow its purview, contributing to an exodus of writers there.
And Paramount, of course, agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit Trump brought over a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS — and then the network decided to take one of its most prominent Trump crit-
ics, Stephen Colbert, off the air.
CBS has blamed the bad economics of late-night TV for its cancellation of “The Late Show,” but there has been broad speculation, including from Democratic lawmakers, that politics played a part.
“Many people feared that once Trump started getting these unwarranted settlements — ABC, that kind of thing — these things build on each other,” Schwartzman told me. “I think it has made him feel empowered.”
Trump was not able to pressure the Journal to spike its story about him and Epstein with his threats of a lawsuit. And he may not be able to goad the news organization, which is run by his billionaire frenemy Rupert Murdoch, into a premature settlement. Given his apparent success at pressuring others in the industry, Trump may be frustrated more than ever by coverage in news outlets that retain their independence.
Investors have begun to de-risk their equity portfolios and buy more investment-grade corporate bonds as U.S. stock indices near new record highs, in turn pushing corporate borrowing costs to their tightest levels since 1998 for the second time in eight months.
Credit spreads have recovered since they were forced sharply wider on April 2, or ‘Liberation Day’, when President Donald Trump announced trade tariffs and the market became uneasy about corporate fundamentals in a potential environment made susceptible to inflationary pressures and slower economic growth.
The average investment-grade bond spread last stood at 80 basis points (bps), which is just 3 bps away from its lowest point of 77 hit in 1998 and had previously touched last November, according to ICE BAML data. It had touched 121 bps, or its highest since November 2023, in the days after Liberation Day.
The recovery has come on the back of optimism, confirmed by recent corporate earnings, that the highest-rated companies had used the past year to reform balance sheets by paying down debt, avoiding costly acquisitions, and were prepared for an economy impacted by the inflationary impulse of tariffs or a trade war.
“The sharp tightening of credit spreads seen since Liberation Day is based on perception that trade and tariff risks have peaked. . .it also can be attributed to investors’ confidence in US corporate fundamentals,” said Edward Marrinan, credit strategist at SMBC Nikko Securities.
The Federal Reserve’s reluctance to cut interest rates substantially, with inflation still stubbornly above preset targets, has also kept corporate bond yields high enough to attract strong demand from yield-focused investors like insurance companies and pension funds.
But worries that corporate valuations are nearing a peak have also prompted some investors to shift money from equities to investment-grade corporate bonds, adding an extra level of pressure on credit spreads, said bankers.
This heightened investor demand coupled with an overall market shift out of equities into debt could push spreads tighter in the coming months, said Michael Levitin, managing director and co-head of liquid credit at asset management firm MidOcean Partners.
“For the first time that I can think of in my career, we’re seeing a shift out of equities into debt,” he added, noting it
was driven by those beginning to realize they may not get the same return out of equities as they did before.
“We have had more conversations, interest in credit strategies and investment-grade fixed income given the run-up in equities,” said Nick Elfner, co-head of research at Breckinridge Capital Advisors.
About $10 billion has moved out of domestic equity funds and ETFs since the beginning of 2025, at the same time as over $180 billion has flowed into taxable bond funds and ETFs, according to data from the Investment Company Institute. This reflects the added demand for fixed income, Elfner noted.
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Companies in the meantime are taking full advantage of this rush of demand for their bonds and raising new debt, while paying little to no new-issue premium as order books are heavily oversubscribed.
The average new issue concession on nearly $51 billion of corporate bonds issued in July was a measly 2 bps with order books covered by over four times, according to Informa Global Markets data.
To be sure, analysts and strategists expect this dream run in spreads to reverse, albeit gradually, in the second half, especially if the current optimism about the tariff impact on credit fundamentals is found to be misplaced.
The San Juan Daily Star
By MAGGIE ASTOR
It takes round-the-clock care to keep 10-year-old June Rice alive.
Her ileostomy bag needs to be emptied multiple times a day, and the exposed end of her intestine must be inspected. Her body has to be regularly repositioned in her wheelchair so that she won’t get sores. Her saliva needs to be suctioned from her mouth to prevent aspiration, and her food and medication must be administered through a gastric tube.
June has rare diseases that affect her intestines and brain. Her parents do what they can for her, but they have jobs and two other children — they can’t do it all. What allows June to live at home, go to school and hang out with friends is a Medicaid program in Utah that provides in-home nurses, a type of benefit called home- and community-based care.
That care means she doesn’t have to live in a nursing home or other medical institution, said her mother, Courtney Demmitt-Rice.
“We would do anything to keep that from happening,” she said. “But your body can only give so much.”
Medicaid is best known as a program for low-income people, but it is also a key vehicle by which disabled Americans of varying income levels receive health care that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive. June is one of about 4.5 million Americans who depend specifically on its home- and community-based care services, which often come through specialized programs known as waivers.
That 4.5 million includes many older Americans who are on Medicare too but can’t get the home care they need through that. But it also includes many working-age adults, and about 14% of the total are 18 or younger, according to health research group KFF.
Now many of these Americans, and their families, fear the services could be at risk because of the roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending cuts to come over the next 10 years, part of the sweeping policy bill that President Donald Trump signed into law this month.
“Everyone’s just bracing for impact,” said Alison Chandra, a pediatric nurse who provides home care for June. Federal law deems most homeand community-based services as optional, so they are often targeted when states have to tighten their belts. When temporary Great Recession increases in Medicaid funding expired in the early 2010s, for example, every state reduced home care by limiting enrollment or lowering spending on existing recipients.
The White House and congressional Republicans said people with disabilities would not be affected by the cuts; the Trump administration maintains that states can balance their budgets just by reducing hospital reimbursements for Medicaid services. Theo Merkel, a policy adviser to Trump, said claims of a threat to home care were “intentionally misleading.”
But health care experts disagree. They said that lower hospital reimbursements would be insufficient for many states, and that cuts to home- and community-based care were a real possibility.
“It’s not accurate to argue that every state can simply make up any funding gaps by cutting hospital reimbursement only,” said Dr. Benjamin Sommers, a
physician and professor of health care economics at Harvard University. He called it “wishful thinking.”
Any reductions could affect disabled people’s ability to live with loved ones, go to school, hold jobs, enjoy public activities and contribute to their communities.
Health care experts anticipate cuts to home- and community-based care in some states because the new law limits provider taxes. Almost every state taxes hospitals, then uses the revenue to pay the hospitals for treating Medicaid patients. That increases Medicaid spending on paper and triggers more federal matching funds, which states use to cover various Medicaid services.
The 22 affected states where provider taxes are higher than the new law’s cap — 3.5% of net patient revenue — will lose federal money. The White House argued that this would not affect home- and community-based care because states could make up the difference by paying hospitals less for Medicaid services, reducing the rates to match those of its sister program, Medicare.
Experts said the White House’s argument was unrealistic. Not all states pay higher prices for Medicaid than for Medicare, and even for those that do,
the numbers don’t add up, Sommers said. Many states will have to find money somewhere else, too, and each state will have to choose whether that somewhere is home- and community-based care or another part of their budget.
Adrianna McIntyre, an assistant professor of health policy and politics at Harvard, noted that many hospitals were going to lose revenue from other parts of the law, too, and said cutting their payments could force some to close.
The law technically allows states to expand home- and community-based care to some people who weren’t previously eligible. However, Alice Burns, a Medicaid expert at KFF, said that provision “does nothing to address the fiscal pressures states will face” from the law overall.
Reductions could come in several forms. States could place further restrictions on who qualifies for coverage, cover fewer hours of care or lower pay for home health workers. Or they could eliminate waiver programs altogether. Even at existing funding levels, hundreds of thousands of people are on waiting lists for waivers, and those lines could get longer.
Disabled adults and families of disabled children said any cuts would have a profound effect on their lives. For many, home- and community-based care is the difference between living in an institution and a life comparable to peers who don’t have a disability.
Even if the care for these children is not affected, states could cut services for new applicants. Pay reductions could also drive away home-care providers, making waiting lists for care even longer.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ.
COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO
Parte Demandante VS SUCESIÓN JUAN RADAMÉS SOTO JUSTINIANO, COMPUESTA POR
KAREN SOTO, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
Parte Demandada CIVIL NÚM. MZ2023CV00481.
SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA). AVISO DE SUBASTA. A: SUCESIÓN
JUAN RADAMÉS SOTO JUSTINIANO COMPUESTA POR KAREN SOTO, FULANO DE TAL, SUTANO DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM)
El Alguacil que suscribe anuncia y hace constar que, en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaría de este Tribunal, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la parte demandada sobre el inmueble que a continuación se describe: RÚSTICA: PREDIO #2: Porción de terreno radicada en el Barrio Caín Alto del término municipal de San Germán, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de 2,970.8097 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 0.756 cuerdas. Colindando por el NORTE, con el predio #3 a segregarse conforme al plano de inscripción; por el SUR y ESTE, con la carretera Estatal #361; y por el OESTE, con los predios #3 y #2 a segregarse conforme al plano de inscripción. Finca número 19,431 inscrita al folio 175 del tomo 610 de San Germán, última inscripción según libro tercero. Catastro número 285-077-02633-000. La dirección física del inmueble antes mencionado es: Bo. Caín Alto, Carr. 361
Km. Hm. 6.1 en San Germán. CARGAS Y GRAVÁMENES
Por su procedencia: Se halla libre de cargas. Por sí: HIPOTECA: Constituida por el titular registral, en garantía de un pagaré a favor de La Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Sabaneña, o a su orden, por la suma de $21,000.00 con intereses al 8.25% anual y vencimiento el 1ero de abril de 2032. Constituida por la Escritura #50, otorgada en Sabana Grande, el 19 de marzo de 2012, ante el notario Miguel A. Sanabria, e inscrita al folio 175 vuelto del tomo 610 de San Germán, finca 19431, e inscripción tercera. LA PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 5 de agosto de 2025; a las 9:30 de la mañana en la oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Mayagüez, la cantidad mínima a aceptarse en la primera subasta será de $21,000.00. Dicha venta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el balance que refleja el préstamo hipotecario por la suma de: $19,893.54 de los cuales $18,085.04 corresponden a principal y la suma de $1,808.50 de honorarios de abogado equivalente al 10% del principal adeudado. El anuncio para la venta en pública subasta se hará conforme a los dispuesto en la Regla 51.7 de Procedimiento Civil de Puerto Rico y las disposiciones aplicables de la Ley Hipotecaria de Puerto Rico en el Registro de la Propiedad y su Reglamento. Si en la primera subasta no se produjese la venta del inmueble antes descritos, la SEGUNDA SUBASTA se efectuará el día 12 de agosto de 2025; a las 9:30 de la mañana en la oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Mayagüez y la cantidad mínima aceptada será de $14,000.00. Si en esta segunda subasta no se produjese adjudicación, entonces la TERCERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 19 de agosto de 2025; a las 9:30 de la mañana en la oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Mayagüez y el tipo mínimo de subasta a aceptarse será de $10,500.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento y se le adjudicará al demandante la finca objeto de este procedimiento, dentro de los diez (10) días subsiguientes a dicha tercera subasta por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera mayor. Para mejor información las personas interesadas pueden examinar los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante las horas laborables. Este edicto de subasta se publicará una vez por semana por espacio de dos semanas en un diario de circu-
lación general en Puerto Rico y en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Que se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante continuarán subsistente. Se entenderá, que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se expresará que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. El abogado de la parte demandante, Lcdo. José Francisco Giraud Mejías, PO Box 277, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681, teléfono: 787-265-0334 / 787-265-0335. DADA en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, hoy 9 de julio de 2025. CALIXTO RIVERA GHIGLIOTTY, ALGUACIL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ. ***
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, POR SI Y COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS EXPEDIENTES DE DORAL BANK (HOY CERRADO POR EL FDIC
Demandante V. FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS RECORDS DE DORAL BANK (HOY CERRADO POR EL FDIC) Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2025CV00840. (Salón: 507). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
ANTONIO A. HERNÁNDEZ ALMODÓVAR - AHERNANDEZ@ RMMELAW.COM. A: LUIS RODRIGUEZ BIGAS; JOHN DOE Y 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 15 de julio 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 16 de julio de 2025. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 16 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE MAYAGÜEZ
OLGA SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ
RAFAEL ANGEL
SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ
FELIX SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ
PETICIONARIOS
EX – PARTE
Civil Núm.: MZ2025CV00987. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: Persona desconocida o persona ignorada, colindantes, dueños anteriores, herederos, causahabientes, y cualquier otra persona natural o jurídica con interés que crea tener algún derecho real sobre esta propiedad o que crea ser perjudicada con la inscripción solicitada. Por la presente se notifica que Olga Santiago Rodríguez, Rafael Ángel Santiago Rodríguez y Feliz Santiago Rodríguez han presentado una Petición ante este Honorable Tribunal para que se declare a su favor el dominio del siguiente inmueble: RUSTICA: Predio de terreno sito en el barrio Guamá del término municipal de San Germán, Puerto Rico, de una cabida superficial de 906.9435 metros cuadrados equivalentes a 0.2308 cuerda, colindante por el NORTE y OESTE, con terrenos de José N. Vélez Rosado; por el ESTE, con terrenos de Herminia Ramos Quiñones, y por el SUR, con un camino ve-
cinal de uso público. Contiene una casa edificada en cemento dedicada a vivienda. Catastro numero 56-310-069-238-16000.
Abogada de la parte Peticionaria LCDA. CAREN A. RUIZ PEREZ RUA 19,900 #5 Luz Celenia Tirado San Germán, P.R. 00683 TEL. (787) 264-4444 ruizcaren@yahoo.com Y se le notifica a usted, que este Tribunal ha ordenado se le cite para que de verse perjudicado por la inscripción que se solicita pueda oponerse oportunamente a este expediente de dominio; advirtiéndole que de no presentar oposición dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde la publicación de este edicto, los promoventes podrán obtener que se apruebe esta solicitud de Expediente de Dominio y se mande a inscribir a su nombre, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Mayagüez, el dominio del predio de terreno anteriormente descrito. De no tener representación legal, puede acceder a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. ramajudicial.pr. Este Tribunal ordenó que se publique la pretensión por tres (3) veces durante el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que los que tengan algún derecho real sobre el inmueble descrito, las personas ignoradas a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción, y en general, a todos los que desearen oponerse, puedan efectuarlo dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación del presente escrito. Por tanto, libro la presente en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico hoy día 8 de julio de 2025 bajo mi firma y sello oficial. Lcda. Norma G Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. Evelyn Gonzalez Hernandez, Sec Auxiliar.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE JUANA DÍAZ FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. MERLY JULIANNE VAZQUEZ ALVAREZ
Demandados
Civil Núm.: JD2025CV00405. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: MERLY JULIANNE VAZQUEZ ALVAREZ - 100 CALLE GUAYACAN, URB VALLE HUCARES, JUANA DIAZ PR 00795; HC5 BOX 13578, JUANA DIAZ PR 00795.
De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 6 de junio de 2025, la cantidad de $16,204.42 de principal; más $1,095.84 de intereses acumulados a razón del 13.95% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $901.18 de cargos por demora, más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $20.00 de otros cargos, más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados.. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos
Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882
Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919
Teléfono: (787) 296-9500
Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 2 de julio de 2025. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. GLORIVEE MORALES SÁEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-
NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. PEDRO J. ROSARIO ROSADO
Demandados
Civil Núm.: CA2025CV01458. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PEDRO J. ROSARIO ROSADO - HJ11 CALLE 234, URB COUNTRY CLUB, CAROLINA PR 00982-2658.
De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 25 de abril de 2025, Por el préstamo de auto xxxxxx-xxx-1357 la cantidad de principal de $10,036.76, más $1,310.90 de intereses acumulados a razón del 17.95% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $240.19 de cargos por demora, más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados. Por la tarjeta de crédito xxxx-xxxxxx-9288 la cantidad en pérdida de $851.04, más una suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados.. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia
en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882
Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 2 de julio de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. PETER J. REYES
SUAREZ; YAZMINE L SUAREZ LOPEZ. Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2025CV01117. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: PETER J REYES SUAREZ - URB SERENA LOS PRADOS GG202, CAGUAS PR 00727; HC6 BOX 75004, CAGUAS PR 00725-9545. De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 26 de marzo de 2025, un balance de cancelación de $13,548.76, más los intereses que se acumulen a razón del 5.95% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $100.00 de cargos por demora los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $386.74 de
otros cargos los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 30% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados según pactado.. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919
Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA
y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de junior 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 BAYAMÓN FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. GIOVANNY ESQUERDO SANTOS
Demandados Civil Núm.: CT2025CV00097. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: GIOVANNY ESQERDO SANTOS - 132 CALLE AMPARO, CATAÑO PR 00962.
De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 28 de marzo de 2025, la parte demandada adeuda a
FirstBank por el préstamo de auto xxxx-xx-70913683 la cantidad de $9,022.43 de principal; más $754.83 de intereses acumulados a razón del 11.95% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $262.11 de cargos por demora, más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919
Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO Demandante V. GIOVANNY ESQUERDO SANTOS Demandados Civil Núm.: CT2025CV00097. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: GIOVANNY ESQERDO SANTOS - 132 CALLE AMPARO, CATAÑO PR 00962.
De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), 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. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar Al 28 de marzo de 2025, la parte demandada adeuda a FirstBank por el préstamo de auto xxxx-xx-70913683 la cantidad de $9,022.43 de principal; más $754.83 de intereses acumulados a razón del 11.95% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más $262.11 de cargos por demora, más los que se acumulen hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 5% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados. Además, se solicita se ordene la reposesión del vehículo en controversia y, de no ser suficiente el producto de la venta del mismo para cubrir la suma total adeudada, se solicita la ejecución de la sentencia que en su día se dicte sobre cualesquiera otros bienes del demandado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 0194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 26 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. LUREIMY ALICEA GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR. ZENAIDA DELGADO CORREA
Demandante v. SUCESIÓN RAMÓN DELGADO COLÓN compuesta por Elías Delgado Correa, Ramon Luis Delgado Delgado y Xavier Delgado Del Valle; SUCESIÓN DANIEL DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez, Daniel Delgado Gómez y Christopher Delgado Gómez; SUCESIÓN MOISES DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Mercedes Delgado Resto, Sharilee Delgado Torres y Abel David Delgado Torres
Demandados
CIVIL NUM.: CA2025CV00438.
SOBRE: ACCION CONTRADICTORIA DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. ESTADO LI-
BRE ASOCIADO DE P.R.
A: Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez 4000 Anderson Rd., Apt. 25, Nashville, Tennessee 37217
El Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina dictó la siguiente providencia: “Vista la solicitud para la orden de emplazamiento por edicto, y cónsono con las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, el Tribunal ordena que se cite por edicto al Codemandado Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez. El edicto se publicará conforme a la Regla 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6 (a), mediante la publicación de un solo edicto en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, a los efectos de que presenten cualquier oposición a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a contarse de la publicación del edicto, apercibiéndoseles que de no hacerlo se les anotará la rebeldía sin más citarles ni oírlos. La Parte Demandante deberá cumplir con el requisito impuesto por la Regla 4.6 de enviar por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copia de la demanda y del emplazamiento a su última dirección conocida. Se ordena a la Secretaria expida el correspondiente Edicto. Dada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 18 de junio de 2025.F/HON. ISMAEL
ALVAREZ BURGOZ, (Firmado)
JUEZ SUPERIOR. Se le advierte que, si no comparece al Tribunal en el presente caso, enviando copia de su posición a la abogada de los Demandantes, la Lcda. Lizannette Morales Crespo, PO Box 5272, Carolina, PR 00984-5272, tel. (787)945-5233, dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación, se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a18 de junio de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS
ROBLES, SECRETARIO (A).
AIXA M. MONTES MORALES, SUB-SECRETARIO LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR. ZENAIDA
DELGADO CORREA
Demandante v. SUCESIÓN RAMÓN DELGADO COLÓN compuesta por Elías Delgado Correa, Ramon Luis Delgado Delgado y Xavier Delgado Del Valle; SUCESIÓN DANIEL
DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez, Daniel Delgado Gómez y Christopher Delgado
Gómez; SUCESIÓN MOISES DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Mercedes Delgado Resto, Sharilee Delgado Torres y Abel David Delgado Torres Demandados CIVIL NUM.: CA2025CV00438.
SOBRE: ACCION CONTRADICTORIA DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. A: Daniel Delgado Gómez 139 Crabourne Dr. White Hose, Tennessee 37188
El Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina dictó la siguiente providencia: “Vista la solicitud para la orden de emplazamiento por edicto, y cónsono con las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, el Tribunal ordena que se cite por edicto al Codemandado Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez. El edicto se publicará conforme a la Regla 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6 (a), mediante la publicación de un solo edicto en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, a los efectos de que presenten cualquier oposición a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a contarse de la publicación del edicto, apercibiéndoseles que de no hacerlo se les anotará la rebeldía sin más citarles ni oírlos. La Parte Demandante deberá cumplir con el requisito impuesto por la Regla 4.6 de enviar por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copia de la demanda y del emplazamiento a su última dirección conocida. Se ordena a la Secretaria expida el correspondiente Edicto. Dada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 18 de junio de 2025.F/HON. ISMAEL ALVAREZ BURGOZ, (Firmado)
JUEZ SUPERIOR. Se le advierte que, si no comparece al Tribunal en el presente caso, enviando copia de su posición a la abogada de los Demandantes, la Lcda. Lizannette Morales Crespo, PO Box 5272, Carolina, PR 00984-5272, tel. (787)945-5233, dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación, se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a18 de junio de 2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIO (A). AIXA M. MONTES MORALES, SUB-SECRETARIO
LEGAL NOTICE
wESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR. ZENAIDA
DELGADO CORREA
Demandante v.
SUCESIÓN RAMÓN DELGADO COLÓN compuesta por Elías Delgado Correa, Ramon Luis Delgado Delgado y Xavier Delgado Del Valle; SUCESIÓN DANIEL DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez, Daniel Delgado Gómez y Christopher Delgado Gómez; SUCESIÓN MOISES DELGADO CORREA compuesta por Mercedes Delgado Resto, Sharilee Delgado Torres y Abel David Delgado Torres
Demandados
CIVIL NUM.: CA2025CV00438. SOBRE: ACCION CONTRADICTORIA DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R. A: Mercedes Delgado Resto 29 Stratford PL, Apt. 6A, Newark, NJ 07108
El Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Carolina dictó la siguiente providencia: “Vista la solicitud para la orden de emplazamiento por edicto, y cónsono con las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, el Tribunal ordena que se cite por edicto al Codemandado Ramón Enrique Delgado Gómez. El edicto se publicará conforme a la Regla 4.6 de las de Procedimiento Civil, 32 L.P.R.A. Ap. V, R. 4.6 (a), mediante la publicación de un solo edicto en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, a los efectos de que presenten cualquier oposición a la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a contarse de la publicación del edicto, apercibiéndoseles que de no hacerlo se les anotará la rebeldía sin más citarles ni oírlos. La Parte Demandante deberá cumplir con el requisito impuesto por la Regla 4.6 de enviar por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copia de la demanda y del emplazamiento a su última dirección conocida. Se ordena a la Secretaria expida el correspondiente Edicto. Dada en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a 18 de junio de 2025.F/HON. ISMAEL ALVAREZ BURGOZ, (Firmado) JUEZ SUPERIOR. Se le advierte que, si no comparece al Tribunal en el presente caso, enviando copia de su posición a la abogada de los Demandantes, la Lcda. Lizannette Morales Crespo, PO Box 5272, Carolina, PR 00984-5272, tel. (787)945-5233, dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación, se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPIDO, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Carolina, Puerto Rico, a18 de junio de
2025. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIO (A).
AIXA M. MONTES MORALES, SUB-SECRETARIO
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
WANDA ORRIOLS FERNÁNDEZ
Demandante Vs. NATIONSTAR
MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A/ MOR. COOPER, U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, JOHN DOE, Y RICHARD DOE
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV03371. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES
DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ OBJETO DE ESTA ACCIÓN SE LES HACE SABER:
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y notifica la radicación de una Demanda de Cancelación de Pagaré Extraviado en la que se solicita la cancelación del siguiente pagaré hipotecario: Hipoteca en garantía de Pagaré a favor del Banco Small Business Administration, o a su orden, por la suma principal de Quince Mil Cuatrocientos dólares ($15,400.00), con interés de 3.437% anual, vencedero a los nueve (9) años y nueve (9) meses, en virtud de la escritura número cuatro (4) del día 10 de enero de 1999, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, ante el Notario Juan Luis Romero Sánchez. Inscripción 15ª de la Finca 4932 de Sabana Llana, Puerto Rico. Dicho pagaré se desconoce de su paradero y ha sido pagado en su totalidad. La referida hipoteca grava el siguiente inmueble: Urbana: Solar: 163. URBANIZACIÓN VILLA DOS PINOS de Sabana Llana. Cabida: 1,000 Metros Cuadrados. Colindando; por el Norte, en treinta metros con el solar número ciento sesenta y dos; por el Sur, en treinta metros con la calle número ocho; por el Este, en treinta y tres metros con treinta y tres centímetros con la calle número dos; y por el Oeste, en treinta y tres metros con treinta y tres centímetros con los solares números ciento setenta y uno, y ciento setenta y dos de dicha urbanización. Contiene un edificio de concreto de una sola planta dedicado a vivienda. Antes finca # 15576 de Rio Piedras. Inscrita al Folio 143 del Tomo 115 de Sabana Llana, Sección
V de San Juan del Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico. El pagaré antes descrito se extravió y se solicita en la Demanda la cancelación del mismo con la ley que se regula la materia. Y habiendo el Tribunal ordenado que se proceda a la notificación de John Doe y Richard Doe, como supuestos tenedores desconocidos del referido Pagaré, expedido el presente EDICTO para su publicación de acuerdo con la ley bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva dentro de 30 días luego de la publicación de este edicto, a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), a la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, o presentarla en la secretaría del tribunal si se representará por derecho propio. Copia de su contestación requiere ser notificada al la Lcdo. Jorge Valldejuli Reyes, abogado de la parte demandante, PO Box 367455, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936, (787) 234-0701, jvalldejuli@ dlvpr.com. Se le apercibe que, de no contestar la demanda en el término antes mencionado, radicando el original de la contestación ante el Tribunal, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Y EL SELLO DEL TRIBUNAL, En San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy 12 de junio de 2025. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NELLY MARTE MARCANO, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE MAYRA ROSA MARTÍNEZ PLANA, OLGA MARGARITA MARTINEZ PLANA, ALMA VIOLETA MARTINEZ PLANA TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO ALMA V. MARTÍNEZ PLANA, CARLOS HIRAM MARTINEZ PLANA, LUIS CÉSAR MARTINEZ PLANA
Demandante V. DALILA MUÑOZ DÍAZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS Demandados Civil Núm.: CG2025CV02217. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE
LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: DALILA MUÑOZ DÍAZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE.
Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: a. un pagaré a favor de Dalila Muñoz Díaz, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $50,000.00, con intereses al 5 % anual, vencedero el 1 de abril del 2015 bajo testimonio número 6348, mediante la escritura número 12, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el día 1 de abril de 1996, el notario Humberto Mercado Montenegro según surge de la inscripción quinta del Registro de la Propiedad y se encuentra inscrita al asiento 918-682-CA02 del tomo Karibe de Cidra finca 11,049. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux # 1353, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 758-3276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://wwwpoderjudicial.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 al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 2 de julio de 2025. Irasemis Díaz Sánchez, Secretaria. Mariel Cruz Rodríguez, Sub-Secretaria.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA
July 23, 2025 18
CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA EMI EQUITY
MORTGAGE, INC
Demandante V. BEEWEE MORTGAGE SAVINGS CORPORATION Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: TO2025CV00661. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANTONIO A. HERNÁNDEZ
ALMODÓVAR - AHERNANDEZ@ RMMELAW.COM. BEEWEE MORTGAGE SAVINGS CORPORATION - ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO. JOHN DOE - ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO. RICHARD DOE - ADJUNTAS, PUERTO RICO. A: BEEWEE MORTGAGE
SAVINGS CORPORATION, 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 18 de julio 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 18 de julio de 2025. En Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, el 18 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO MMG PRCI CR, LLC
Plaintiff V. BMF, INC., ORLANDO MAYENDIA DIAZ, JULIO BLANCO DARCY, HIS WIFE WANDA MENDEZ QUIÑONES AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED THEREIN, ADNREW BERT FOTI
TALLENGER, HIS WIFE, EVA JUDITH PAGAN BURGOS AND THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP CONSTITUTED THEREIN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO (DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA)
Defendants Civil No.: 19-1461 (BJM). Re: COLLECTION OF MONEY, FORECLOSURE OF PLEDGE AND MORTGAGE. NOTICE OF SALE.
TO: BMF, INC., Orlando
Mayendia Diaz, Julio Blanco Darcy, his wife Wanda Mendez Quiñones and the Conjugal Partnership constituted therein, Adnrew Bert Foti Tallenger, his wife, Eva Judith Pagan Burgos and the Conjugal Partnership constituted therein; United States Of America, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Departamento De Hacienda), General Public, and all parties that may have an interest in the property.
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2023, Judgment was entered for the total outstanding principal balance in the amount of $4,392,502.61 with interest accrued until full payment, plus mortgage and risk insurance premiums, late fees and any other amounts agreed in the mortgage deed, from the date stated above until full payment thereof, plus 10% for attorney’s fees and costs. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said Judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda-Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder at his office located in 441 E Street, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR 00969 (coordinates 18.3698579 –66.1124836) the following property: “REMANENTE: SOLAR
“B”: LOTE INDUSTRIAL: Predio de terreno de forma irregular que radica en el Barrio Rio Cañas del término municipal de Caguas, Puerto Rico, con cabida de siete mil ochocientos ochenta y un punto cero novecientos ochenta y tres metros cuadrados (7,881.0983 m2).
En lindes por el NOROESTE, con el solar “A” que se segrega, en distancia de ciento noventa y dos punto cuatro
FAJARDO
mil setecientos cincuenta y cuatro (192.4754) metros por el SUR, con el cauce del Río Cañas en varias alineaciones, en distancia de cincuenta y dos punto cuatro mil cuatrocientos sesenta y nueve (52.4469) metros; y por el NORESTE, con la carretera insular número setecientos noventa y ocho (798), distancia de cuarenta y cinco punto dos mil quinientos noventa y dos (45.2592) metros. Finca número cincuenta y un mil seiscientos sesenta y nueve (51,669) inscrita al folio ciento cincuenta (150) del tomo mil cuatrocientos ochenta y nueve (1489) de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Primera de Caguas. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE will be held on SEPTEMBER 19, 2025, AT 9:00AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $4,104,000.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on SEPTEMBER 26, 2025, AT 9:00AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $2,736,000.00. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on OCTOBER 3, 2025, AT 9:00AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $2,052,000.00. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the Stipulated Judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 15 day of July, 2025. Joel Ronda-Feliciano, Special Master, Tel: (787) 565-0515, email: rondajoel@me.com.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO SALA SUPERIOR DE
CARIBE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Demandante V. FRANCESCA MACHADO APONTE Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: RG2025CV00051. (Salón: 307). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ANDREA CAROLINA CHAVÉS FIGUEROA - LCDA. CHAVESFIGUEROA@GMAIL.COM. A: LUIS RAFAEL MALDONADO MONELL, LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR ÉSTE Y FRANCESCA MACHADO APONTE - HC 3 BOX 22938, RIO GRANDE PR 00745-8869. Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 07 de julio 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 17 de julio de 2025. En Fajardo, Puerto Rico, el 17 de julio de 2025. WANDA SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. LINDA I. MEDINA MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ÁNGEL GABRIEL ROSADO ORTIZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: TO2025CV00738. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GRAVAMEN MOBILIARIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIA-
DO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ÁNGEL GABRIEL ROSADO ORTIZ.
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 Toa Alta, 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 su última dirección postal conocida: HC 4 Box 7371, Corozal, PR 00783. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, a 16 de julio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA BONILLA HERNÁNDEZ, SUBSECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE COAMO SUCESIÓN DE NEIDA ALEJANDRINA REYES GREEN T/C/C NEIDA REYES GREEN COMPUESTA POR JANET CRUZ
GONZÁLEZ TERESA
TANIA GONZÁLEZ LA RED, T/C/C TERESA GONZÁLEZ LA RED
Demandantes Vs SUCESIÓN FRANCISCO FORTI RIVERA
COMPUESTA POR FRANCISCO FORTI PICÓ Y TOMÁS FORTI PICÓ, T/C/C TOMÁS FERNANDO FORTI
Demandados
Caso Número:
CO2024CV00334. Sobre: DIVISIÓN Y LIQUIDACIÓN DE
LA COMUNIDAD DE BIENES HEREDITARIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO Y MANDAMIENTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: SUCESIÓN
FRANCISCO FORTI
RIVERA COMPUESTA POR FRANCISCO FORTI
PICÓ Y TOMÁS FORTI
PICÓ T/C/C TOMÁS FERNANDO FORTI:
Por la presente se les notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita la División y Liquidación de la Comunidad de Bienes Hereditarios entre ustedes y las demandantes de los siguientes bienes: (1) URBANA; Parcela número Doce (12) del Bloque “I” de la Urbanización Las Águilas, radicada en el Bario Idelfonso de Coamo, con una cabida de TRESCIENTOS NOVENTA METROS CUADRADOS (390.00 m/c) en lindes por el NORTE, en treinta metros (30m) con el solar número trece (13); por el SUR, en treinta metros (30 m) con área donde no se puede construir; por el ESTE, en trece metros (13m) con la calle ocho (8) por el OESTE con la carretera estatal número catorce (14). Catastro: 345-091-136-20-001. Enclava una residencia de dos (2) plantas de hormigón armado y bloques. En su planta baja tiene una marquesina, balcón, cuarto de baño y un cuarto. En su planta alta, tres (3) cuartos, sala, comedor, cocina y baño. Inscrita al Folio setenta y siete (77), Tomo ciento cuarenta y cinco (145), finca ocho mil doscientos setenta y dos (8,272) inscripción tercera (3ra) Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas, Demarcación de Coamo BAO103. (2) RÚSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Los Llanos del término municipal de Coamo, con una cabida de CUARENTINUEVE
CUERDAS CON CUARENTISIETE CÉNTIMOS DE OTRA (49.92 cdas), equivalentes a Diecinueve (19) Hectáreas, Cuarenta y Cuatro (44) Áreas, Treinta y Seis punto Cincuenta y Siete (36.57) Centiáreas; colinda por el Norte, con un camino de tierra de la finca Los Llanos de la Sucesión J Serrallés, Inc; por el Sur, con terrenos de la finca Los Llanos de la Sucesión J. Serrallés Inc.; por el Este, con terrenos propiedad de Eduardo Maldonado y de Carlos A. Domínguez y por el Oeste, con terrenos de Manuel Díaz. De esta finca no se han practicado segregaciones. Consta inscrita a favor de Francisco Forti Rivera y su esposa Neida Reyes Green, quienes la adquirieron una participación de 2.07% por compra a Eduardo Maldonado Hernández y esposa Aleja Matos Ríos, por el precio de $7,600.00, según
la escritura número 94, otorgada en Coamo, el 21 de julio de 1984 ante el notario Enrique Corchado Juarbe, inscrita al folio 17 del tomo 163 de Coamo, finca 9792, inscripción segunda. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que notifique dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes de haber sido publicado 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 debe acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica https://uni.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar su contestación ante el tribunal correspondiente notificando copia al abogado del demandante licenciado Luis M. Barnecet Vélez, Urb. Paraíso de Coamo, 608 Calle Paz, Coamo, PR 00769, tel. 787603-2396; email: barnecet@ hotmail.com. SE LE APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. SE ORDENA a los herederos del causante Francisco Forti Rivera, a saber, Francisco Forti Picó y Tomás Forti Picó t/b/c Tomás Fernando Forti, a que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de la notificación, ACEPTEN O REPUDIEN la participación que les corresponda en la herencia del causante Francisco Forti Rivera. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá aceptada. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, Hoy 14 de julio de 2025. MAYRA L. CABRERA GARCÍA, SECRETARIA. MARÍA DEL C. MERCADO, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE PONCE SALA SUPERIOR DE YAUCO EDWARD MADERA OLIVERA Demandante V. EXPARTE Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: PE2023CV00075. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. LUIS M. BARNECET VÉLEZBARNECET@HOTMAIL.COM. FISCALIA DE PONCEFISCALIAPONCE@JUSTICIA. PR.GOV. A: MARGARITA
gestiones realizadas. Banco Financiero de Puerto Rico (hoy Oriental Bank) es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Oriental Bank fue último tenedor conocido del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/ tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvodelgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 25 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA DEL TRIBUNAL CONFIDENCIAL I.
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SALA MUNICIPAL DE CABO ROJO COOPERATIVA DE AHORRO Y CRÉDITO DE CABO ROJO
Parte Demandante Vs
SCOTT SILVA PACHECO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CB2025CV00172. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (REGLA 60). EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESEIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. A: SCOTT SILVA PACHECO.
Se le apercibe que la parte demandante por mediación del Lcdo. José Francisco Giraud Mejías, ha radicado la acción de epígrafe en su contra. Copia de la demanda, emplazamientos y del presente edicto le ha sido enviado por correo certificado a la última dirección postal conocida de récord: 119 Res. Santa Rita, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 00623. En dicha demanda se le reclama la suma de $2,408.43, por concepto de préstamo personal concedido el 10 de julio de 2023 por la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Cabo Rojo. Pueden ustedes obtener mayor información sobre el asunto revisando los autos en el Tribunal. Se le apercibe que tiene usted un término de treinta (30) días para radicar contestación a dicha demanda de cobro de dinero y/o cualquier escrito que estime usted conveniente 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 de epígrafe, pero que de no radicarse escrito alguno ante el Tribunal dentro de dicho término el Tribunal procederá a ventilar el procedimiento sin más citarle ni oírle. Dada en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, hoy 29 de junio de 2025. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA GENERAL, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA MUNICIPAL DE CABO ROJO. MARÍA M. AVILÉS BONILLA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR FIRSTBANK
PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. GUSTAVO
BONILLA RIVERA
Demandados
Civil Núm.: BY2018CV01440. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA
POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA
SUBASTA. Yo, MARIBEL LANZAR VELÁZQUEZ, Alguacil de la División de Subastas del Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala de Bayamón, a la demandada y al público en general,
les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso, por el Secretario del Tribunal, con fecha 22 de mayo de 2025 y para satisfacer la Sentencia por la cantidad de $86,342.23 de principal; dictada en el caso de epígrafe el 23 de abril de 2021 notificada ese mismo día, procederé a vender en pública subasta, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América, todo derecho, título e interés que haya tenido, tenga o pueda tener la deudor a demandada en cuanto a la propiedad localizada en el: Municipio de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, los bienes inmuebles se describen a continuación: Apt. 1001 Edficio Sur, Quintavalle Condominium. URBANA: HORIZONTAL PROPERTY: Quintavalle Condominium. Apartment ten hundred one (1001) - Edificio Sur. Rectangular shaped three bedroom unit with a total construction area of 865.46 square feet, equivalent to 80.40 square meters, distributed in 798.06 square feet, equivalent to 74.14 square meters of enclosed area and 67.40 square feet, equivalent to 6.26 square meters of porch. The main entrance is located on the North side. This apartment is located in Edificio Sur of the Condominium and occupies part of the tenth floor of the building. The maximum length of this unit is twenty five feet five inches and the maximum width is forty four feet four inches. Its boundaries are by the North, in a distance of forty four feet four inches, equivalent to 13.52 meters with exterior common areas; by the South, in a distance of forty four feet four inches, equivalent to 13.52 meters with common wall that separates it from apartment #1002 and the common interiors area; by the East, in a distance of twenty five feet three inches, equivalent to 7.70 meters, with the exterior common areas and by the West, in a distance of twenty four feet one inches, equivalent to 7.34 meters with common wall that separates it from apartment #1004 and the interior and exterior common areas. This unit contains a kitchen, a living room, a dining room, three bedrooms with closet, two bathrooms and a covered porch. Se le asigna a este apartamento el estacionamiento #1 como elemento común limitado. Este apartamento tiene una participación de 0.61792% en los elementos comunes del Condominio. FINCA: #38938 inscrita al folio 160 del tomo 1105 de Guaynabo Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, cuyas cantidades ascienden a
$86,342.33 de principal, a razón de 6.65% de intereses los cual es continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $592.79 de gastos por concepto de cargos por demora los cuales continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda; $15.00 de bad check fees, más costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. El tipo mínimo para la subasta será la suma de tasación pactada, la cual es $108,906.00 para la propiedad descrita. Si no produjere remate o adjudicación la primera subasta, se procederá a una segunda subasta y servirá de tipo mínimo la cantidad de $72,604.00. Si tampoco hubiere remate ni adjudicación en esta segunda subasta, se procederá a una tercera subasta, en ésta el tipo mínimo sería la cantidad de $54,453.00. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse a opción del demandante. Para el lote descrito, la PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a efecto una SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 21 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. De no comparecer postor alguno se llevará a cabo una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 28 DE AGOSTO DE 2025, A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta o subastas antes indicadas se llevarán a efecto en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera lnstancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón. Del Estudio de Título realizado el 21 de mayo de 2025 no surgen gravámenes posteriores. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de las Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, giro postal o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tengan interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el término de dos(2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía y se le notificará además a la parte demandada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente
acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así coma la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores, previa orden judicial dirigida al Registrador de la Propiedad de la sección correspondiente para la cancelación de aquellos posteriores. Y para conocimiento de la demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librada en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a 27 de junio de 2025. Maribel Lanzar Velázquez, Alguacil Placa #735.
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Parte Demandante Vs. JORGE L. RODRIGUEZ POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: AR2025CV00616. 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: JORGE L. RODRIGUEZ POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES QUE COMPONE - SECT EL CANO 56 VIGIA, ARECIBO PR 00612 / BO SANTA ROSA SEC EL GUAYABO CARR 659 KM 3.1 INT DORADO PR 00646 / HC 46 BOX 6181 DORADO PR 00646-2004. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede
acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Gabriel Ramos Colón cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en ARECIBO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de junio de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA DÍAZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. NELSON CORDERO MARTINEZ
Parte Demandada Civil Núm. BY2021CV04664. Sala: 702. 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: NELSON CORDERO MARTINEZ - URB EL CORTIJO E9 CALLE 7, BAYAMON PR 00956-5644 / 1011 SW 73RD AVE MIAMI FL 33144-4507 / 18281 SW 139TH CT MIAMI FL 33177. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación
responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Gabriel Ramos Colon cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@orf-law. com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de junio de 2025. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Parte Demandante Vs. DAVID LAMBOY SANCHEZ
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Players take the field for their first home game as the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Ohio, April 15, 2022. The Guardians and Washington Commanders had seemingly resolved the name matter by selecting new names. Now, thanks to the president of the United States, the issue has come back to the table. (Dustin Franz/The New York Times)
By VICTOR MATHER
In urging two professional sports teams to change their nicknames, President Donald Trump has entered into a dispute that has lasted decades and to most people had seemed to be resolved.
The teams, now known as the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians, wrestled for years over their former names, which referred to Native Americans and which many found offensive. The teams had seemingly resolved the matter by selecting new names. Now, thanks to the president of the United States, the issue has come back to the table.
“The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back,” Trump wrote Sunday on social media. “Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen,” he claimed, without offering evidence. (Surveys have shown that many Native Americans objected to the old names, especially Washington’s.) Trump also suggested that he might intervene in a stadium deal for Washington if it did not change its name back.
This is how we got here.
1914: Cleveland needs a new name
The baseball team in Cleveland had been known as the Naps, after their star player Nap Lajoie. But Lajoie was traded in 1914, and a new
nickname was needed. Baseball writers were surveyed, and the team selected “Indians.” The exact impetus for the choice remains murky.
Cleveland once had a talented player named Louis Sockalexis, a Native American who died two years before the name change, and over the years it has been suggested that the new name was to honor him. But there is little hard evidence for this explanation.
Names based on Indian tribes or imagery were common in the 20th century; the Boston Braves were the 1914 World Series winners.
1933: A new team in Boston
The Washington football team used a slur for Native Americans for decades, actually predating the team’s time there.
When a new team joined the National Football League in Boston in 1932, it initially was known as the Boston Braves. After a year, the team’s owner, George Preston Marshall, changed the name, probably to avoid confusion with the baseball team of the same name.
The new nickname he chose was “Redskins.” For a game against the Bears, Marshall told his players to apply face paint. The name moved with the team to Washington in 1937.
Marshall was also known for being the last NFL owner to integrate his team, doing so only in 1962.
Protests begin
As far back as the 1960s, movements were afoot to push to change uncomfortable and offensive nicknames alluding to Native Americans that had been given to school teams. One of the first to act was Dartmouth College, which dropped its “Indians” nickname in 1974.
Native Americans were at the forefront of the protests, although the movement received outside support, too.
Despite the protests, the Cleveland and Wash-
ington teams did not move to change their nicknames and instead defended them. Washington noted in a statement in 2013 that scores of high schools across the country often used the same nickname with pride. Many, but not all, home team fans vigorously defended the nicknames of the teams they had cheered on for years.
Other professional teams, such as the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chiefs, faced scrutiny both for their nicknames and for their use of pseudo-Native American imagery like a “tomahawk chop” chant among fans.
Change comes
In 2018, Cleveland announced that it would drop its logo, a cartoonish caricature of a Native American known as Chief Wahoo. The team name stayed.
New scrutiny came to the nicknames in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.
In July 2020, Washington announced it was dropping its nickname. (It also removed references to Marshall from its stadium.) After two seasons playing as the generically named Washington Football Team, it adopted the Commanders nickname in 2022.
In December 2020, Cleveland announced it would play one more season as the Indians, then change its name. The new name, Guardians, refers to two giant statues, known as the Guardians of Traffic, on the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland.
Trump objected then, too. “Oh no!” he wrote on social media at the time. “What is going on? This is not good news, even for ‘Indians.’ Cancel culture at work!”
And now in 2025 he has renewed his objections, claiming that “Times are different now than they were three or four years ago.”
Both teams have said the new names are here to stay.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Indios (Indians) of Mayagüez defeated the Leones (Lions) of Ponce 85-78 on Monday night in Game 2 of the National Superior Basketball League (BSN) B Conference finals at Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce, tying the best-of-seven series.
Import center Sam Waardenburg led all scorers with 23 points for Mayagüez, which avenged a loss at home in the series opener.
The score was tied at 21-21 some 10 minutes into the game and remained close until an 8-0 run capped by Georgie Pacheco’s deep 3 turned the tide in favor of the Indios, 36-32, with 3:40 left in the second quarter.
Mayagüez led 46-42 at halftime.
Josué Erazo’s two free throws gave the visitors a 12-point lead,
66-54, with 1:15 left in the third quarter, which closed with the Indios ahead, 66-57.
In the final period, Ponce staged a vigorous comeback and led 74-71 on a drive by Jezreel de Jesús with 5:43 left. However, Nick Perkins’ jumper ended another 8-0 run for the Indios, who led 79-74 with 2:57 left.
Waardenburg was supported on offense by Erazo with 16 points, Pacheco and George Hamilton with 15 each, and Perkins with 11 points and nine rebounds. Hamilton also had 10 assists.
For Ponce, de Jesús and Maurice Kemp each scored 19 points, Matt Mooney had 12, and Chris Negrón 10. Kemp added 17 rebounds. The third game of the series will take place today (8 p.m.) at Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez Sports and Recreation Center in Mayagüez.
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