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By THE STAR STAFF

Labor and Human Resources Secretary María del Pilar Vélez Casanova released a study on Thursday revealing that approximately one in four adults between 60 and 64 years old remained active in the workforce during the 2024 calendar year.

“Puerto Rico is an aging society, and this change has direct implications for the labor market,” Vélez Casanova said in a written statement.

The report indicated that in 2024, the non-institutionalized civilian population aged 60 and over was estimated at 963,000 people, representing an increase of 56,000 compared to 2020 and 35.1% of the non-institutionalized civilian population aged 16 and over.

In terms of labor force participation, the rate for people aged 60 and over was 10.4%. Employment for this group was estimated at 98,000 people, equivalent to 8.5% of total employment, while the unemployment rate was 2.1%.

Furthermore, the analysis by gender reflected that older men maintained higher levels of labor force participation, while the participation of women showed a gradual increase, associated with cultural changes and greater employment opportunities for this segment of the population.

The labor participation rate for people aged 60 and over was 10.4% in 2024.

The study also indicated that 863,000 people aged 60 and over remained outside the workforce, mainly due to retirement, household responsibilities, or health conditions. Of that total, 449,000 people were retired in 2024, according to the report.

The report, “People Aged 60 and Over: Employment and Unemployment Status,” based on the Labor Force Survey, can be accessed through the website mercadolaboral.pr.gov.

By THE STAR STAFF

District 13 (Manatí, Florida, Barceloneta and Arecibo)

Rep. Jerry Nieves Rosario, who chairs the Northern Region Committee in the island House of Representatives, conducted a site visit earlier this week pursuant to House Resolution 282 to investigate the actions taken by the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP by its acronym in Spanish) regarding the serious and highly concerning problem of constant landslides and soil erosion on Highway 667 in the Cortés neighborhood of Manatí.

“We are thoroughly investigating the ongoing landslide problems on Highway 667 (between kilometer 6.5 and kilometer 6.8) in the Cortés neighborhood of Manatí, as this poses an imminent danger to our residents and those who travel through the area, since it is their only entrance and exit,” the lawmaker stated. “The other alternate route takes an hour.”

“This problem dates back to Hurricane Maria in 2017, when the mountain began to slide in those sections,” Nieves Rosario noted. “In one of those sections, urgent intervention is needed because the road is on the verge of collapse. This

could cause a road closure, as well as the collapse of the main water line of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, which supplies water to the community.”

District 13 Rep. Jerry Nieves Rosario said that along one of the sections of PR-667 in Manatí that has been subject to landslides “urgent intervention is needed because the road is on the verge of collapse. This could cause a road closure, as well as the collapse of the main water line of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, which supplies water to the community.”

High court upholds advocate’s powers to impose fines for gender discrimination

By THE STAR STAFF

Women’s Advocate Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez announced a legal victory on Thursday after the Puerto Rico Supreme Court upheld the authority of the Office of the Women’s Advocate (OPM by its initials in Spanish) to investigate, oversee and impose administrative fines in cases involving labor rights violations and gender-based discrimination in both public agencies and private entities.

The ruling, issued in case CC-20250009, stemmed from an OPM investigation launched on behalf of a pregnant worker who claimed she was removed from her job after informing her employer of her pregnancy.

The Supreme Court’s decision reaffirms that the OPM holds the legal power to enforce

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the commonwealth’s public policy on gender equality and workplace protections.

Piñeiro Vázquez emphasized that the decision strengthens the office’s mandate to ensure women’s rights are protected across all sectors.

“With this ruling, the Supreme Court recognizes that the OPM has the authority to monitor, investigate, and impose fines on government agencies and private organizations that violate public policy or infringe upon the rights of women as guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of Puerto Rico,” she said.

The case highlights the administration’s broader commitment under Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to promote women’s economic empowerment and dismantle systemic

barriers that limit women’s full participation in the workforce.

Piñeiro Vázquez added that the OPM’s enabling statute grants the office a clear mandate extending to “any association, organization, institute, or natural or legal person in [or for] which a woman works,” ensuring that the reach of justice extends to all workplaces.

“We will not allow the OPM to be made ineffective in an area as impactful as labor rights,” she said. “Stripping our investigative powers would contradict legislative intent and the public policy that inspired the office’s creation. Today, we reaffirm that the OPM has full authority to order corrective actions against any individual or entity that denies, obstructs, violates, or harms the rights and benefits of women.”

legislators: 11.5% tax on solar panels wasn’t sought by fiscal board

By THE STAR STAFF

Popular Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers said Thursday that the 11.5% tax on solar panels and equipment was not a request from the Financial Oversight and Management Board, but rather a proposal from the administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón.

“We confirm to the country that our position is that a proper tax reform should be implemented, one that lowers taxes for the working class, without new taxes,” Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz said in a written statement.

Hernández Ortiz, the PDP minority leader in the Senate, and Héctor Ferrer Santiago, his counterpart in the House of Representatives, met with the oversight board’s executive director, Robert Mujica, to discuss the tax changes announced by the governor and which are currently under legislative review.

Also participating in the meeting were the alternate

minority leaders Sen. Marially González Huertas and Rep. Domingo Torres. According to reports, the process is in its initial stages, so there is still room to make adjustments that will benefit taxpayers.

“The Board will approve the proposed tax changes if they meet the established parameters,” Ferrer Santiago said. “The goal is a neutral impact, which is a requirement of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). In order to evaluate it, we need information from the government, which has not yet been provided.”

He added that there is currently no certainty regarding the numbers presented and that the Legislative Assembly will evaluate the bill in its entirety.

“Jenniffer González’s administration must provide the country and the Legislature with complete and detailed information on where they will generate the funds for the tax relief,” the PDP leader in the House said.

“Jenniffer González’s administration must provide the country and the Legislature with complete and detailed information on where they will generate the funds for the tax relief,” said Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santiago, second from left, the Popular Democratic Party Minority Leader in the island House of Representatives.

Bill filed to shore up regulation of non-surgical aesthetic services

By THE STAR STAFF

As a result of a legislative investigation that revealed serious regulatory deficiencies and significant risks to public health, Sen. Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez has filed Senate Bill (SB) 971, a measure that seeks to create the “Law for the Comprehensive Regulation of Aesthetic Services and Serum Therapy in Puerto Rico.”

The filing follows the findings obtained in public hearings held by the Senate Health Committee, as part of Senate Resolution 107, previously introduced by Morales Rodríguez to investigate public policy and the implementation of both public and private health services on the island. During the

investigative process, specific attention was given to the notable proliferation of illegal or unauthorized practices related to dermatology, aesthetic procedures, and the administration of serum therapy, many of them performed by individuals without the academic training or credentials required by law. The public hearings highlighted the serious effects such practices have on patients’ health, including severe medical complications, infections, adverse reactions, and the use of medications and products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The deceptive promotion by individuals and establishments falsely presenting themselves as healthcare professionals was also documented, taking advantage of regulatory gaps and the

absence of a uniform legal framework defining responsibilities and competencies.

“This problem is neither isolated nor anecdotal. We are facing a critical situation that puts people’s lives and health at risk,” Morales Rodríguez said. “... Senate Bill 971 is a responsible and necessary response to close legal loopholes, protect patients, and restore seriousness and rigor to these services.”

SB 971 establishes, for the first time in Puerto Rico, a comprehensive regulatory framework for non-surgical aesthetic services and intravenous therapy. The measure clearly defines what constitutes a regulated aesthetic procedure, who can perform it, under what conditions, and with what level of professional supervision.

Regulations for confiscating slot machines go into effect

By THE STAR STAFF

Regulations establishing the procedure for the confiscation of slot machines operating illegally in Puerto Rico went into effect on Thursday, after being adopted by the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau.

“The promulgation of these regulations responds to an obligation imposed by law and reaffirms our commitment to implementing clear, fair, and uniform processes in the oversight of gambling machines,” Gaming Commission Executive Director Juan Carlos Santaella Marchán said in a written statement.

The Regulations for the Confiscation of Gambling Machines, identified as Regulation No. 9718, establishes the rules applicable to the confiscation, custody, preservation, and disposal of slot machines operating in violation of the law. It also details the stages of the administrative process, including the seizure of the machines, the right to appeal, and the handling of confiscated property.

Operating a gaming machine without a valid license and sticker constitutes a misdemeanor, with penalties that may include up to six months in jail, fines of up to $10,000, or both, in addition to the revocation of other permits.

The regulations clarify that no additional financial burdens are imposed on businesses, as the applicable fines

and penalties stem from existing legislation. Furthermore, it provides for the creation of a special fund that will be financed by income generated from fees, fines, administrative penalties, and other charges related to the relevant procedures. The confiscated machines will be transferred to a warehouse under the control of the Gaming Commission.

According to reports, the first $12 million collected from gambling machines will be allocated to the General Fund. Once that amount is reached, 55% of the revenue will be deposited into the Police Retirement Trust, as stipulated in Law 42-2020.

Santaella Marchán warned that anyone operating a machine without a valid license and sticker commits a misdemeanor, with penalties that may include up to six months in jail, fines of up to $10,000, or both, in addition to the revocation of other permits.

The official urged citizens to confidentially report businesses operating in violation of the law through the official website of the Gaming Commission, under the Gambling Bureau-Route Machines section.

UPR Agricultural Extension to offer home garden course in Arecibo

By THE STAR STAFF

The Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) will offer a home garden course in Arecibo on four dates in February and March aimed at people interested in learning how to establish and maintain a garden at home, even with just little land available.

“For this offering, we have already allocated space at the Institute for Women’s Development in the Los Caños sector of Arecibo,” Arecibo Mayor Carlos Ramírez Irizarry said on Thursday. “The instructor for the workshop is Professor Mirelis Soto Vélez, an agricultural agent.”

The theoretical and practical workshop is designed to be easy to understand and apply, even for those unfamiliar with home gardening. It can be easily implemented in small spaces

such as multi-family dwellings.

With ongoing inflation and the reality of food insecurity, creating a home garden, whether in pots or on small plots of land, is becoming increasingly common. Some of the benefits of maintaining a home garden include improved health through physical activity, access to more nutritious and flavorful food, enhanced food security, and cost savings, as detailed by Prof. Myrna Comas Pagán in the curriculum guide “Home Gardens: A Guide to Family Food Security.”

The available dates are Fridays, Feb. 13, 20 and 27, as well as Friday, March 6, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Those interested can register through the link: https://forms. office.com/r/ct9UJEYM2S. For more information or to confirm availability: 787-652-0065 ext. 3307 / 3304 or email mirelis. soto@upr.edu.

The theoretical and practical workshop is designed to be easy to understand and apply, even for those unfamiliar with home gardening. It can be easily implemented in small spaces such as multi-family dwellings.

Inter-agency pact aims to deter fraud in use of federal reconstruction funds

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Thursday that the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) has formalized a collaborative agreement with the Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau to strengthen oversight of federal reconstruction funds and improve fraud detection.

The agreement outlines strategies to prevent and identify fraud involving funds allocated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It also establishes information-sharing protocols to streamline investigations into potential misuse of FEMA money.

“Combating corruption in all its forms is one of the commitments in our Program of Government,” González Colón said in a written statement. “A coordinated effort among investigative agencies brings us closer to effective and preventive oversight. This agreement is a commitment to transparency, a commitment to zero tolerance for corruption, and a message that law-enforcement agencies will not wait for referrals to take action.”

COR3 Executive Director Eduardo Soria Rivera said the collaboration reinforces existing mechanisms to identify and penalize anyone who misuses reconstruction funds.

“As the coordinating entity for FEMA funds, COR3 has the responsibility to ensure that the money is used with integrity

and for its approved purpose,” Soria Rivera said.

Police involvement will be key, officials said, because once a potential fraud scheme is identified, the Police Bureau is responsible for gathering evidence for analysis and possible prosecution by the Justice Department.

Police Superintendent Joseph González said the partnership will help agencies work more efficiently against fraud.

“This agreement with COR3 and Justice allows us to work together to prevent, detect and quickly process any scheme that attempts to divert funds meant for Puerto Rico’s recovery,” he said. “The message is clear: zero tolerance for fraud. Every FEMA dollar is for rebuilding essential infrastructure and serving the people.”

Jack Smith defends Trump investigations before lawmakers

By GLENN THRUSH and ALAN FEUER

Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who investigated Donald Trump, appeared before lawmakers Thursday to defend his decision to indict Trump twice after he left office in 2021. It was Smith’s first and perhaps only chance to make his case in an official forum.

“No one should be above the law in this country, and the law required that he be held to account,” Smith said in his opening remarks. “So that is what I did.”

The hearing poses significant risks to Smith, who has said he believes Trump and his appointees will seize on the smallest misstep to investigate, prosecute and humiliate him. But it also provides him with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge Trump’s justification for deploying the Justice Department to pursue his enemies: that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds.

A television displays Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted Donald Trump, testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. The appearance provided Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Republicans berated Smith, repeatedly accusing him of participating in a Democratic conspiracy to destroy Trump.

But they offered no new evidence to support that claim, and spent much of their time rehashing political arguments and grilling Smith about his decision to seek a court order for metadata about phone calls Trump and his allies made to nine lawmakers as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Smith and his team interfered in the “democratic process by seeking to muscle a candidate for a high office,” Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, said in his opening statement.

The witness denied those claims, offering calibrated and mostly emotionless replies that contrasted with the high-volume attacks and defenses emanating from the dais.

Before sitting at the witness table, Smith smiled and nodded at four law enforcement officers who were attacked by the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol — Michael Fanone, Daniel Hodges, Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn.

Smith’s remarks represent the summation he was never allowed to deliver in a courtroom and conclude that Trump “engaged in criminal activity” that undermined democracy and the rule of law.

In his statement, Smith accused Trump of “engaging in a criminal scheme to overturn the results” of the 2020 election.

The path that led to Smith’s testimony mirrored a tortuous legal and political odyssey that began in 2023, when he filed the first federal criminal charges against a former president. It ended the next year when Trump won the presidency, intent on exacting vengeance on those who had prosecuted him.

For all their public denunciations of Smith, House Republicans had been privately reluctant to give him a public forum to make his case against Trump, after courts threw out charges against him in Florida and the District of Columbia.

Thursday’s testimony follows months of back-and-forth. Lawmakers debated how to proceed, and Smith demanded

that he be given the right to defend his team. Lawmakers and Smith’s lawyers also wrestled over what the former special prosecutor was allowed to talk about (the election interference indictment in Washington) and what he was not allowed to discuss (many details about the document-retention case sealed by a Trump-appointed judge in Florida).

Jordan scheduled the public hearing following closeddoor testimony by Smith on Dec. 17, an appearance that struck even his Republican critics as sure-footed and free of the type of misstep that might have led to a criminal prosecution on the grounds that he deceived or stonewalled Congress.

Republicans, led by Jordan and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have suggested that Smith was motivated by partisan politics and have placed him at the center of what they have said was a conspiracy to weaponize the Justice Department against Trump and his allies.

The FBI, now run by a Trump ally, Kash Patel, has scoured its vast holdings to root out negative information about those who once investigated Trump and his supporters, an undertaking critics have called an opposition research operation.

On the eve of Smith’s appearance, the bureau continued to selectively release portions of Smith’s files to impugn him and the work of his team.

This time, the disclosure was made to conservative journalist John Solomon. On Wednesday morning, he cited FBI documents in reporting that prosecutors working for Smith had paid thousands of dollars to online sleuths to help them look for video evidence tying Trump supporters who attended the president’s rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, to the subsequent riot at the Capitol.

The work of the sleuths, often known as sedition hunters, was widely used to bring criminal cases against hundreds of the rioters. But Patel told Solomon that Smith’s payments for their help amounted to “a stunning abuse of bureau authorities.” Patel also vowed to disclose the ma-

terial to Congress, raising the possibility that Smith would be questioned about the sedition hunters Thursday.

The last time Smith testified — in the closeddoor session — he spoke freely about the charges he filed accusing Trump of seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But he was more constrained in commenting on the other criminal case he brought, which charged Trump with illegally holding on to reams of classified materials after leaving the White House in 2021.

He will face the same prohibition in his testimony Thursday given that the expansive report he wrote about the documents case remains under seal because of an order issued by Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee who oversaw the proceeding.

Her order expires Feb. 24, but Trump has been trying to prevent the report from seeing the light of day. On Tuesday, his lawyers asked Cannon to permanently keep it under wraps, arguing that its release would “improperly endorse” Smith’s “unlawful investigation and prosecution” of the case and “irreparably harm President Trump.”

Smith was appointed in late 2022 to oversee the investigations, but he dropped both cases after Trump was elected to a second term, citing court rulings that prevented prosecution of a sitting president.

The House Judiciary Committee has already made a criminal referral of one of Smith’s top deputies, Thomas Windom, to the Justice Department for not fully answering similar questions. Windom, now Smith’s law partner, has denied wrongdoing.

Ex-Uvalde officer found not guilty of endangering children in mass shooting

By EDGAR SANDOVAL

More than three years after a gunman massacred 21 people at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, a former school police officer was found not guilty of abandoning or endangering children.

Adrian Gonzales, the first officer to arrive at the school, was facing 29 counts of abandoning and endangering children, 19 for the dead, 10 more for survivors, after seven hours of deliberations Wednesday.

The verdict delivered a devastating blow to families of the victims and survivors who have clamored for accountability for the delayed police response on May 24, 2022.

During the three-week trial, prosecutors argued that Gonzales, 52, failed to stop the gunman despite a witness alerting him to his whereabouts moments before the assailant stormed two connected classrooms.

Defense lawyers persuaded the jury that Gonzales had done the best he could with the information he had and that at least three other officers had arrived seconds later and also failed to stop the gunman. They also presented evidence that Gonzales had rushed into the building minutes after arriving, but retreated with the other officers after shooting had begun.

Some members of the victims’ families cried and shook their heads in disappointment in the courtroom after the verdict was read, but did not otherwise react. Gonzales hugged defense attorneys after he learned of his fate and wiped tears from his eyes.

Bill Turner, a special prosecutor, told the jury during closing arguments of the much-anticipated trial that Gonzales had failed to act within the first two minutes of the attack, which is the time he believed most of the children and teachers died. Some of the children were shot more than a dozen times, some at close range, an expert for the prosecution testified.

“You can’t stand by when a child is in danger,” Turner told the jury during closing arguments. “Police officers have a special duty.”

“Stop the killing. Stop the dying, even if you are the only one there,” he added.

During his closing arguments, Jason Goss, a lawyer for the defense, argued that Gonzales was singled out for the inaction of many other officers that day. “He was acting. He was trying. None of those officers are in that chair,” Goss said, pointing at his client.

The mass shooting took place at around 11:30 a.m., days after the gunman, Salvador Ramos, just shy of his 18th birthday, purchased two AR-15-style rifles and more than 1,700 rounds of 5.56-mm hollow-point bullets. He made his way to two connected classrooms, 111 and 112, and unleashed a barrage of gunfire while some victims repeatedly called 911 for help.

A tactical team, led by federal Border Patrol agents, eventually confronted and killed the gunman.

Two teachers were also killed in the attack but Gonzales did not face charges in connection with their deaths.

The Uvalde police response has become a lesson in what not to do during active shooter situations. Police departments in Texas and elsewhere have revised their training, including more aggressive tactics that ask officers confronting an active shooter to risk their own safety to protect civilians.

In all, about 370 officers were involved in the police response that day in Uvalde. Dozens crammed into a school hallway, near the two classrooms under siege, but most officers remained outside the campus. Only two officers have been charged, though others were fired or left their jobs.

Leaving the courtroom Wednesday, Jesse Rizo, whose 9-year-old niece died in the massacre, said that not only was the gunman a monster, but Gonzales was, too, for failing to stop him. “They failed us over and over,” he said.

An emotional Gonzales spoke briefly after the verdict, thanking God and his lawyers. “He put them on my path,” he said, holding back tears. He said he was not ready to address the families of the victims.

The convictions of officers who fail to follow protocols for mass shootings are a rarity. A jury in Parkland, Florida, in the trial of a former sheriff’s deputy, Scot Peterson — who was also charged with child neglect and other crimes for not confronting the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in 2018 — also found him not guilty.

Turner called at least two witnesses to the stand who testified that Gonzales had received active shooter training and was also a co-instructor of a similar course.

A second officer, former school police chief Pete Arredondo, is expected to face trial later this year on similar charges as Gonzales did. Arredondo is accused of treating

Memorials honoring the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Sept. 30, 2024. More than three years after a gunman massacred 21 people at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, a former school police officer was found not guilty of abandoning and endangering children. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)

the incident as one involving an assailant barricaded inside, which meant trying to negotiate a surrender, and not an active shooter situation, which requires a more immediate and aggressive response. He has pleaded not guilty.

Earlier in the trial, the prosecution played a long video of an interrogation of Gonzales that took place a day after the massacre. In it, Gonzales described following the sounds of gunfire and finding a distressed school employee who told him that a man in black was headed toward Robb Elementary.

Gonzales told the investigator that in the moments after he arrived at the school, he focused on the woman under duress and not on the gunman’s movements.

“It was my mistake, but it’s just the adrenaline rush going and, you know, shots fired and stuff like that,” he told the investigator.

In the video, Gonzales said he waited for three other officers to enter the school, but all of them retreated after the gunman shot two of them from inside the classrooms.

“Everybody flew back, you know, so I think he got hit,” he said of one of the officers. “We kind of moved back.”

“Never went in until I got coverage,” Gonzales said, referring to police backup. He did not shoot at the gunman, he said, because he “never saw him.”

He then described breaking windows to help children evacuate.

Melodye Flores, a teacher at Robb Elementary at the time, told the jury that she was outside when she alerted an officer she assumed to be Gonzales of the gunman’s location.

“I said that he was heading into the fourth-grade building, and we needed to stop him,” Flores told the jury. “We needed to go in and stop him before he went in.”

“He just stayed there,” she said of the officer.

Nico LaHood, another lawyer for the defense, poked holes in Flores’ recollection of the events, including that she mistook the assailant’s rifle for a handgun. She also told investigators that Gonzales was wearing khakis and a white shirt and had a beard. He was cleanly shaven that day and wore a blue school police uniform.

LaHood maintained that Gonzales, with only a handgun, was insufficiently armed to challenge a gunman wielding a semiautomatic rifle, and that he did not have a “line of sight” to shoot the gunman, even after he was told of his movements. Putting himself in harm’s way would had distracted the responding officers, not the gunman, LaHood told the jury.

“If you are injured or killed, you’re no good to people that you’re trying to help,” he said.

Some family members attending the trial became emotional listening to the harrowing testimony and seeing crime scene images and their children’s autopsies. The judge overseeing the case, Sid Harle, asked officers to remove the sister of one of the teachers killed, Velma Lisa Duran, after she burst into screams Tuesday afternoon.

The trial got off to a rocky start, after a former teacher disclosed information during testimony that had not been shared with the defense. The revelation threw the case into legal chaos, with the judge overseeing the case, Sid Harle, ordering the jury to disregard her testimony.

Please, world leaders, don’t appease America

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

President Donald Trump pounces on weakness, but retreats from strength. That’s one reason for Europe’s present troubles: For too long it was weak both toward Russia in the East and toward the new menace arising in the West.

That’s certainly Trump’s perception. “I think they’re weak,” Trump said last month of European leaders, and he had a point. They fawned over him and meekly surrendered as he steamrolled them with tariffs.

Trump was preying upon that weakness as he threatened to seize Greenland and effectively destroy NATO, while warning of a new trade war if Europe resisted. In Davos on Wednesday, perhaps reacting to European pushback, he backed off somewhat: “I don’t have to use force” to acquire Greenland, he said. “I won’t use force.” Later in the day he withdrew, at least for now, the threat to impose new tariffs on Europe over the Greenland dispute.

Earlier, he had posted a map showing Greenland, Canada and Venezuela all as part of the United States.

It has come to this: Canadian military planners reportedly are gaming how they might repel a U.S. invasion with guerrilla tactics similar to those used by Afghan fighters.

Fortunately, the shock of Trump’s Greenland demands may finally be leading world leaders to awaken to the American threat. (How weird even to type that!)

“Until now, we tried to appease the new president in the White House,” Prime Minister Bart De Wever of Belgium said Tuesday. “We were very lenient, also with the tariffs, we were lenient, hoping to get his support for the Ukraine war.”

“But now so many red lines are being crossed,” he added. “Being a happy vassal is one thing, being a miserable slave is something else.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk made a similar point on social media: “Appeasement is always a sign of weakness,” he wrote. “Europe cannot afford to be weak — neither against its enemies, nor ally. Appeasement means no results, only humiliation.”

President Emmanuel Macron of France called Trump’s latest tariff threats “unacceptable.” He added, in a statement that notably equated the menace from Trump to that of Vladimir Putin: “No intimidation or threat will influence us — neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland.”

The dangers of appeasement should, of course, have been fully absorbed by Europeans in the 1930s. As Winston Churchill warned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after the Munich agreement with Hitler in 1938: “You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war.”

President Richard Nixon and other conservative Americans likewise counseled the importance of standing up to communists by quoting a supposed instruction by Lenin: “Probe with bayonets. If you encounter mush, proceed; if you encounter steel, withdraw.”

own way forward.

“When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself,” he said, describing this as a “rupture” with the past. “But let’s be clear-eyed about where this leads. A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable.”

He’s right, and that is indeed the world that Trump is leading us all into. It’s a tragedy for Americans as well as our former allies.

That’s why it’s important that Europeans respond to new Trump tariffs, if he revives them, with retaliatory tariffs and their “bazooka” sanctions on American service companies. Indeed, it seems probable that Trump dialed back threats of force and of new tariffs because of the hostile reaction, including from the stock market.

I reached out to Chris Patten, one of the European figures I most respect — a former senior figure in Britain’s Conservative Party, then governor of Hong Kong and later Europe’s foreign policy chief and chancellor of Oxford University. Patten returned my call just as a particularly erratic Trump was telling a news conference that America had never been more respected, and he could hear Trump’s voice in the background.

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Leaders who pushed back at Trump did better than the Europeans. One is China’s president, Xi Jinping, who retaliated aggressively against Trump’s tariffs by curbing exports of rare earth minerals — forcing Trump to back off. Indeed, Trump has since then been unusually conciliatory toward Beijing, allowing sales of advanced chips and quietly accepting China’s bullying of Japan and Taiwan.

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The other is Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. His predecessor, Justin Trudeau, had been conciliatory, but the result was mockery from Trump and calls for Canada to become America’s 51st state. Carney from the outset was polite but resistant, and Trump has been somewhat more respectful toward Canada since, even as Ottawa has pursued new partnerships elsewhere.

Just last week, Carney reached a landmark trade deal with China that laid the groundwork for much closer economic ties. Some Americans are angry, but Carney said bluntly that China is now a “more predictable” trade partner than the United States. And Trump, instead of erupting with venom, calmly accepted the Canada-China deal.

“Middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu,” Carney said in a quite brilliant speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. He did not shake his fist or indulge in insults, but he indicated that the United States was no longer trustworthy and that Canada would find its

“You’re listening to those rambling mendacities,” he said, “of the demented leader of the free world.” Those are the words of a temperate British conservative who has been an outspoken fan of America throughout his career, yet who is today aghast at the sight of the United States destroying its soft power worldwide. Patten hopes European leaders will be willing to stand up to Trump because, “sooner or later, he has to be stopped.”

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PROPUESTA ENMIENDA AL MAPA DE CALIFICACIÓN DEL MUNICIPIO DE LAS PIEDRAS

Para conocimiento del público en general y de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Número 75 de 24 de junio de 1975, conocida como “Ley Orgánica de la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico”; la Ley Número 38 del 30 de junio de 2017, conocida como “Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Uniforme del Gobierno de Puerto Rico”; y la Ley 107-2020, conocida como el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico”, según enmendadas, la Junta de Planificación informa la celebración de la vista pública virtual para presentar la propuesta enmienda con número 2025-50-JPZ-0043 al Mapa de Calificación y/o Geodato del Municipio de Las Piedras.

La vista pública se llevará a cabo de modo virtual por medio de la aplicación TEAMS:

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Todo ciudadano que interese participar podrá acceder a la vista en el enlace antes mencionado. También puede acceder por el Código QR que se encuentra al final de este Aviso. Deberá apuntar al cuadro con la cámara del teléfono móvil y será redirigido directamente a la vista pública.

ASUNTOS A DISCUTIRSE:

Petición número 2025-50-JPZ-0043 propone enmendar el Mapa de Calificación del Municipio de Las Piedras en el predio identificado con número de catastro 279-009-395-14 de un Distrito R-B a C-I, el cual ubica en la Carretera Estatal PR 204, Km. 3.2 interior, Barrio Montones, del Municipio de Las Piedras.

EXPOSICIÓN DELCASO Y DISPONIBILIDAD DE DOCUMENTOS: Los Avisos de Vista Pública, el Mapa identificando el predio propuesto a enmendar y Memorial Explicativo que forman parte de la propuesta enmienda estarán disponibles 15 días con antelación a la celebración de la Vista Pública, a partir del 4 de febrero de 2026 en la Casa Alcaldía del Municipio de Las Piedras len la Oficina Central de Gerencia de Permisos del Departamento de Desarrollo y Comercio; en la Oficina Regional de Humacao de la Oficina de Gerencia de Permisos del Departamento de Desarrollo y Comercio ubicada en Carretera Desvío Sur Piso 3, Ave. Boulevard del Rio Humacao, Humacao, P.R. 0079lly en la Oficina de la Secretaría de la Junta de Planificación, ubicada en el Piso 16 del Centro Gubernamental Roberto Sánchez Vilella, Edificio Norte, Avenida José De Diego, esquina Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro, Parada 22, Santurce y en la página de Internet de la Junta de Planificación www.jp.pr.gov

El expediente de la propuesta enmienda estará disponible para su inspección pública por cita, que puede solicitar, mediante correo electrónico a comentgriosj1;2@jJ2.J2r.govo por teléfono 787- 723-6200 ext. 16637, en la Oficina de la Secretaría de la Junta de Planificación, ubicada en el Piso 16 del Centro Gubernamental Roberto Sánchez Vilella, edificio Norte, Avenida José De Diego, esquina Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro, Parada 22, Santurce.

INVITACIÓN AL PÚBLICO:

Se invita al público en general, organismos gubernamentales y municipales a participar en la vista pública y a ofrecer sus comentarios.

Según dispuesto en la Ley Núm. 38-2017, supra, se concede un término de treinta (30) días, contados a partir de la fecha de publicación de este aviso para presentar sus comentarios por escrito vía correo electrónico a: comentariosjp@jp.pr.gov. La Junta de Planificación acusará recibo de estos comentarios recibidos por la vía electrónica durante los próximos dos (2) días laborables, contados a partir de la fecha de su recibo, conforme a lo dispuesto en la Sección 2.1 de la Ley Núm.38-2017, según enmendada..

Asimismo, se podrán presentar comentarios en la Oficina de la Secretaría de la Junta de Planificación, ubicada en el Piso 16 del Centro Gubernamental Roberto Sánchez Vilella, edificio Norte, Avenida José De Diego, esquina Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro, Parada 22, Santurce, en horario de 8:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m. y de 1:00 p.m. a 4:30 p.m. Además, mediante correo postal a la dirección: Apartado 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00940-1119.

Se hace pasar por gestor y estafa dinero con falsas ayudas del gobierno

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UTUADO

– La Policía informó el jueves que Jean Varela Pérez enfrenta cargos criminales en ausencia por apropiación ilegal, fraude y falsedad ideológica, tras supuestamente hacerse pasar por gestor y cobrar dinero a cambio de ayudas del gobierno que nunca tramitó.

Según informaron las autoridades, los hechos ocurrieron el 4 de septiembre de 2025, cuando el imputado, residente de Aguada, se presentó ante el querellante como gestor de ayudas gubernamentales y le solicitó dinero para realizar los alegados trámites.

La Policía precisó que el perjudicado entregó novecientos dólares por las supuestas gestiones, y posteriormente se percató de que nunca se realizó trámite alguno y que había sido víctima de fraude.

El caso fue investigado por agentes adscritos al Plan Integral de Seguridad del Área de Utuado y consultado con la fiscal Amanda Cancel, quien autorizó la radicación de cargos por apropiación ilegal, fraude y falsedad ideológica, conforme al Código Penal.

La Uniformada detalló que la prueba fue presentada ante la jueza Nadja Banuchi Ramos, del Tribunal de Utuado, quien encontró causa para arresto en ausencia y fijó una fianza global de un millón quinientos mil dólares.

La Policía exhortó a quien tenga información que ayude en el esclarecimiento de casos a comunicarse al 787-343-2020, o escribir a través de X en @PRPDNoticias o en Facebook en www.facebook.com/ prpdgov

Senador anuncia Feria de Vacunación de Mascotas en Aguadilla

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AGUADILLA

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– El senador por el Distrito de Mayagüez-Aguadilla, Jeison Rosa Ramos, anunció que el próximo viernes, 30 de enero de 2026, se celebrará la Feria de Vacunación de Mascotas en las instalaciones del Aguadilla Shark Roller Rink. Bajo la premisa de que cuidar a los animales es un acto de responsabilidad colectiva que fortalece la salud pública, esta iniciativa busca facilitar el acceso a servicios veterinarios esenciales para las familias del distrito. Los servicios comenzarán a ofrecerse desde las 10:00 a.m. y se extenderán hasta las 2:00 p.m. Los asistentes podrán vacunar a sus mascotas por un costo de $5.00, pago que deberá realizarse mediante efectivo, giro o cheque certificado a nombre del secretario de Hacienda. Además, se ofrecerá el servicio de desparasitación de forma gratuita y cada mascota recibirá un certificado

Sobre la importancia de esta actividad, el senador Jeison Rosa Ramos expresó que “el compromiso de su oficina es velar por el bienestar integral de las comunidades, lo cual incluye necesariamente el cuidado de los animales de compañía. Esta feria es una oportunidad valiosa para que los ciudadanos aseguren la salud de sus mascotas a un costo accesible, promoviendo así una convivencia más segura y saludable para todos los residentes del área oeste”.

Se informó que los servicios se brindarán estrictamente por orden de llegada hasta que se agoten las vacunas disponibles. Para garantizar la seguridad de todos los presentes, se requiere que los perros asistan con su debida correa y bozal en caso de ser necesario, mientras que los gatos deberán ser transportados en sus respectivas jaulas o cargadores.

Pianist Ramos Santana, PRSO to pay homage to Spain

By PEGGY ANN BLISS

Special to The STAR

When piano fans in Puerto Rico find themselves in company with Hispanophiles, one thing can put them on Cloud 9 faster than anything: the island’s most esteemed classical pianist interpreting a masterful fusion of both elements by Spain’s most revered composer Manuel de Falla with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO).

This Saturday’s eighth concert in the PRSO’s current cultural season will also feature an orchestra tribute to Spain by a French composer considered by de Falla to have captured the spirit of Spain better than many native composers.

José Ramos Santana will interpret the most beloved keyboard piece from the Iberian peninsula: “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” (Noches en los jardines de España) under the baton of Chilean musical director Maximiano Valdés.

The Manhattan-based Ramos Santana, who has not performed with the PRSO since the recent COVID-19 pandemic, has made this lush tone poem his own many times throughout the world.

But nothing made him prouder than to be invited to substitute for the towering Barcelona-born interpreter of this beloved masterpiece, Alicia de Larrocha (1924-2009), when she was forced to cancel in New Mexico. That substitution with the Albuquerque Symphony some three decades ago was particularly serendipitous, because from his early years Ramos Santana had admired de Larrocha and the Hispanic repertoire she so ardently defended during her almost 80

regional societies in the world.

Ramos Santana, known to his fans as “Kiko,” has performed with many of the great orchestras all over the world, but still finds time to teach in the Steinhardt School of Music at New York University and the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C.

Opening the program will be “Elegia andina” (Andean Elegy) by contemporary U.S. pianist and composer Gabriela Lena Frank. In a search for her mother’s Peruvian roots over quarter of a century ago, she found material that influenced her use of traditional folk instruments and her own special techniques with conventional flutes and percussion.

Frank’s first work for orchestra premiered in 2000. Her pilgrimage to the Andean nation was a quest to discover, in her own words, “how much Latina and how much gringa” she had in her.

The concert will close with Felix Mendelssohn’s “Third Symphony,” known for its unique progression from minor to major keys. Although the 40-minute piece, played attacca, or without interruption between movements, opens in A minor, it progresses through four movements to the major key.

years on the stage.

Also on the program is French impressionist composer Claude Debussy’s “Iberia: Orchestral Images Suite No. 2,” representative of the European infatuation of all things Spanish in the 19th century as seen by Spain’s nearest neighbor.

“I have played this piece many times throughout the world,” said the Puerto Rico native in a text talk with the STAR this week. Nevertheless, he has been practicing the three-movement piece that he first approached decades ago as if it were a world premiere. “Noches,” as Ramos Santana affectionately refers to his signature piece, “is based on the Asturian culture,” exemplified, he notes, by the “cante jondo” (deep song) of the third and final movement “In the Gardens of the Cordoba Rocky Mountain Range.” This most serious form reflects the centuries of marginalization and hardship suffered by the Roma (Gypsy) people of southern Spain. It represents the purest and most intense of the Romani dances, with roots from the Arabic, Hebrew and Byzantine cultures.

So admired by serious artists were these unique songs and dances that in 1922 de Falla joined forces with the great Spanish poet Federico García Lorca to create a flamenco competition in Granada to preserve the genre.

Faithful to his own roots, Ramos Santana is the founder of the Puerto Rico International Piano Festival held annually at the Puerto Rico Conservatory and has collaborated with sculptor and entrepreneur-cum-hostess Jan D’Esopo on initiatives by the Steinway Society of Puerto Rico to support local pianists. D’Esopo, the owner and artistic soul of The Gallery Inn in Old San Juan, has been a longtime fan and collaborator with the pianist, who has given several intimate concerts in the boutique bed and breakfast, which boasts six Steinways and provides a headquarters for one of the very few Steinway

And in another rare irony, the Hispanic flavor of the program and a significant anniversary have been overlooked. The STAR has learned that Maurice Ravel’s originally programmed warhorse “Bolero” has been scrapped due to extra instrumentation, although this has not been confirmed. While the excessive royalty costs for the United States expired only three weeks ago, the 17-minute piece requires excessive extra expenditure for rare instruments like the oboe d’amore and extra musicians for what has been identified as perhaps the most performed of short pieces in the world orchestra repertoire.

Ironically, this is a year celebrating the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, perhaps the reason for including the piece, which has not had excessive exposure in Puerto Rico.

Either way, Mendelssohn, born more than two centuries ago, made sure the evening would end on a major note.

The concert will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Pablo Casals Symphony Hall at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in Santurce.

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Stocks rise as dollar dips after Trump’s walk-back of Greenland threats

MSCI’s global equities gauge was higher on Thursday and the dollar dipped as investors showed signs of relief a day after U.S. President Donald Trump dropped tariff threats against eight European countries and ruled out seizing Greenland by force.

Trump said on Thursday that the details of a U.S. agreement over Greenland are still being worked out after he stepped back from threats to seize the Danish territory.

In an interview on Fox Business Network from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said any deal would allow the U.S. “total access” to Greenland, including for the military, “at no cost.”

Data from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis showed the U.S. economy grew a bit faster than initially thought in ⁠the third quarter and corporate profits were also revised higher.

The upwardly revised 4.4% annualized growth rate in U.S. GDP was the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2023, while U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in November and October.

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week, suggesting the labor market likely maintained a steady pace of job growth in January.

But after the sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks earlier in the week on Greenland concerns, investors were taking U.S. economic data in their stride on Thursday as they digested Trump’s turnaround from earlier threats, said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments in New Vernon, New Jersey.

“Overwhelming all other news is the Greenland story, and the suggestions that are now withdrawn of military action or tariffs,” ⁠Meckler said. “The market tends to react to emergencies, and it seems the emergency aspect of this is over for now.”

Meckler noted, however, that Thursday’s trading was “more a relief rally ... than an understanding whether there’s a material change in the world economic order and how the U.S. is going to interact with its traditional trading partners.”

On Wall Street at 2:40 p.m. (1940 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 410.15 points, or 0.83%, to 49,484.06, the S&P 500 rose 49.23 points, or 0.72%, to 6,924.85 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 246.26 points, or

1.06%, to 23,469.79.

MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe rose 8.76 points, or 0.85%, to 1,037.41.

Earlier, the pan-European STOXX 600 index closed up 1.03%.

In currencies, the safe-haven U.S. dollar was lower after Trump’s turnaround on Greenland, and was little changed by U.S. economic data.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.53% to 98.36.

The euro was up 0.53% at $1.1744 while against the

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Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.11% to 158.43. Sterling strengthened 0.47% to $1.3488.

In U.S. Treasuries, benchmark yields rose but remained confined to a narrow range, as investors prepared for bouts of volatility and awaited clarity on the Greenland framework deal being negotiated between the U.S. and European leaders.

“A little bit of the policy shock has been taken off the table, but only for the moment. And it is a relief, but at the same time, it increased the market’s wariness around the potential for this to happen again,” said Tony Rodriguez, head of fixed income strategy at Nuveen.

After Trump’s ultimatum, Greenland talks include sovereign US bases, no drilling for Russia

By JIM TANKERSLEY, LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN

Negotiations to resolve the future of Greenland have focused in recent days on proposals to increase NATO’s presence in the Arctic, give America a sovereign claim to pockets of Greenland’s territory and block potentially hostile adversaries from mining the island’s minerals.

Those elements, described by eight senior Western security and diplomatic officials, offer the fullest picture yet of the contours of a potential Greenland compromise that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday without details. His move appeared to at least temporarily defuse an American-made transAtlantic crisis over the Danish territory.

Critically, the proposals under discussion would stop short of Trump’s goal of transferring ownership of all of Greenland to the United States from Denmark, according to the officials, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy. The officials cautioned that many details have yet to be finalized.

It is unclear if these discussions will ultimately yield agreement over the territory. Denmark, which publicly opposes ceding ownership of any Greenlandic land, may not agree to the plans on the table. Still, the officials said they were hopeful that they could simultaneously address Trump’s stated concerns about securing the Arctic against possible threats from Russia and China while holding to Europe’s “red line” that Greenland was not for sale.

To do that, the proposals would:

— Create a significant new NATO mission in the Arctic. Multiple officials have dubbed this mission “Arctic Sentry,” in a nod to similarly named NATO missions in the Baltic Sea and Eastern Europe that are meant to counter an increasingly aggressive Russia.

— Update a pact signed between Denmark and the United States in 1951. The pact gives the U.S. military wide access to Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, for operations including the construction and operation of military bases. U.S. officials have said they are concerned that this access could be curbed or ended if Greenland were to obtain independence. NATO officials have discussed expanding the 1951 pact with a new agreement that

would effectively create pockets of American soil in the territory.

— Such an agreement would likely be modeled on a “sovereign base area” agreement in Cyprus, where Britain’s military bases are regarded as British territory. That would give the United States greater control over the land than it currently exerts over U.S. embassy sites. Trump and other officials have said that territory in Greenland could prove important for his plans to build a so-called Golden Dome missile defense system for the United States, which could include components stationed in Greenland.

— Restrict non-NATO member countries, particularly Russia and China, from obtaining rights to mine the rare-earth minerals that lie deep under Greenland’s ice sheet.

All of those plans have been under discussion inside NATO over the last year, as a direct response to Trump’s stated ambitions. Since returning to the White House in 2025, Trump has described publicly, with increasing intensity, his desire to own Greenland. Denmark, with equal intensity, has insisted it would not sell, with Danish leaders saying that the island’s fate is up to Denmark, not NATO. Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said Thursday he was not in favor of giving the United States sovereignty over military bases there. “We are ready to discuss a lot of things,” Nielsen said, adding, “Sovereignty is a red line.”

The idea of giving the U.S. a sovereign claim to its bases in Greenland, similar to Britain’s bases in Cyprus, was raised among NATO and Western military officials Wednesday, according to two officials, one of whom was present in those discussions. Asked for comment, Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, the top NATO commander in Europe, said in a brief conversation with The New York Times on Thursday that the idea was discussed as a matter for political leaders to resolve rather than the military.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark did not respond to a request for comment. But in a public statement Thursday, posted on social media, she appeared to accept some of the details under discussion while rejecting others, including the idea of transferring ownership of any part of Greenland.

“We can negotiate on everything political; security, investments, economy. But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty,” the statement said.

Trump gave almost no details of the agreement Wednesday evening in brief interviews

with reporters in Davos that followed it or in his public statements on social media.

Asked about the proposed agreement, Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Italian chair of the NATO Military Committee, said at a press briefing Thursday that officials were “at the very early stage” of creating a framework for securing the Arctic and Greenland.

Grynkewich said that “We’ve done no planning yet” for the joint Arctic operations. He added: “We have not received political guidance to move out.”

There was a spreading sense of relief Thursday among European leaders that the escalating crisis over Greenland had been defused.

In a speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Trump ruled out using military force to take the island but raised the specter of imposing economic pain on allies if he didn’t get what he wanted.

Then, that evening, he abruptly announced he had reached a deal with Rutte, and he called off the tariffs he had planned to impose on imports from Denmark and many of the European countries that had risen to its defense over Greenland.

Some European leaders Thursday welcomed Trump’s announcement and expressed optimism that it would eventually result in a victory for Arctic security and NATO unity.

“We will protect Denmark, Greenland, the north, from the threat posed by Russia,” Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany, said in a speech at Davos on Thursday morning.

“We will uphold the principles on which the trans-Atlantic partnership is founded, namely sovereignty and territory,” Merz said. “We support talks between Denmark, Greenland, the United States on the basis of these principles.”

Trump’s rift with Europe is clear. Europe must decide what to do about it.

By STEVEN ERLANGER and JEANNA SMIALEK

The depth of the rift between President Donald Trump and Europe was on full display Wednesday as Trump delivered remarks in Davos, Switzerland, airing his disdain for Europe’s immigration policies, its regulations and its strident unwillingness to give him Greenland, which he insists the United States must own.

For months, Europe has been looking to find a diplomatic answer to de-escalate the crisis. Hope for such an off ramp came late Wednesday, when Trump posted on Truth Social to announce that he and Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary-general, were working on a deal that could resolve the dispute over Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. He suggested that tariffs he had previously threatened to impose on European nations starting Feb. 1 would no longer kick in.

But neither he nor NATO provided any details of what that framework might look like, and there is no guarantee that such a deal will be finished. A member of the Danish parliament from Greenland called the deal into question in a social media post, saying it had created “total confusion.”

The dust had not yet settled Wednesday night. But one thing was clear. Trump’s comments throughout the day underscored just how little the United States and Europe — long the closest of allies — now have in common.

“While we may no longer be literally staring down the barrel of a gun on the trans-Atlantic relationship, we are still in a very rocky place,” said Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at Bruegel, a research institute in Brussels.

“We are fundamentally at odds, in a way that can only reflect the very different values between most governments in Europe and the Trump administration,” he added.

European leaders, many of them shocked by Trump’s threats to take over the sovereign territory of an EU member and NATO ally, must still come together on what they might or should do if Trump changes his position again — and about the trans-Atlantic relationship more broadly.

On Thursday evening, leaders from across the 27-nation European Union were to gather in Brussels to discuss the perilous state of Europe’s relationship with the United States. They may have discussed the contours of the plan Trump alluded to in his social media post. They were sure to debate how they should approach

President Donald Trump is interviewed by Borge Brende at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Trump’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

this new and more hostile era, especially when Russia is still waging war in Ukraine.

Trump had announced over the weekend that he intended to apply levies of 10% on several European nations that have recently sent troops to Greenland as part of a NATO exercise. Although he has suspended those tariffs, it is unclear if that will last.

The mere possibility set off a panicked flurry. European ambassadors met for an emergency gathering Sunday to discuss the development, and many European leaders called Trump directly. Thursday’s summit was called in response to the threat.

The discussion was likely to touch on the state of play after the gathering in Davos, including Rutte’s discussion with Trump. Leaders were also to vet what to do next.

Even if the tariff issue is resolved, and even if the Greenland matter is resolved, Trump’s aggressive push for the island — and his language about Europe in recent days and weeks — have exposed a serious rupture forming between the partners that is far from healed. Europe is grappling with a changed reality, after decades in which it relied on a stable relationship with the United States for both trade and security.

“The shift in the international order is not only seismic — but it is permanent,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European

Commission, said Wednesday morning.

A senior European official, speaking anonymously to discuss sensitive diplomatic matters, appealed for a bit of calm, noting that Trump recently threatened to sanction any country that did business with Iran but has not done so until now.

The lesson, he suggested, was to keep Europe’s powder dry, not to overreact and escalate needlessly with a key ally, and push for diplomacy. To that end, he said the bloc should be ready to retaliate — to have leverage — but should not react unnecessarily.

The European Union already has a 93 billion-euro ($107 billion) list of U.S. goods prepared that it is poised to hit with retaliatory tariffs after Feb. 6. The list was finalized last year in response to Trump’s earlier trade war, and it will snap into place automatically unless EU officials take proactive moves to suspend it — making it a natural first step, should retaliation prove necessary.

Trump also had his usual harsh words for NATO during his speech Wednesday, asserting that NATO allies would not come to the aid of the United States if attacked.

But the only time Article V of the NATO treaty, the commitment to collective defense, was ever invoked was to aid the United States after it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.

NATO troops fought alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan for a decade, and Denmark itself had more soldiers die per capita in Afghanistan than the United States did.

Still, at Davos, Rutte praised Trump for pushing member states to spend more on their own defense, which has strengthened the alliance.

Asked if he could imagine NATO without the United States, he said simply, “No.”

The United States “is by far the most powerful nation on earth, and the president of the United States is the leader of the free world,” he said, adding, “And you cannot envision NATO without the leader of the free world being an integral part of that organization.”

Rutte also touched on the most pressing security issue for Europeans, which is Russian aggression against Ukraine — right on the EU’s borders — and not an icy island in the Arctic.

“The risk here is that we focus, of course, on Greenland, because we have to make sure that issue gets solved in an amicable way,” Rutte said on a panel in Davos.

“Ukraine should be our No. 1 priority, and then we can discuss all the issues, including Greenland,” he said.

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Uber faces growing pressure over sexual assault record

By EMILY STEEL

Uber faces mounting scrutiny across the country as lawmakers, investors and others move to hold the ridehailing giant accountable for a pervasive pattern of sexual violence during rides.

In California, a proposed ballot initiative would make ride-hailing companies legally responsible for sexual misconduct and assault against drivers and passengers. On Wall Street, the New York state comptroller is leading a shareholder push for Uber’s board to release a “transparency report” detailing its oversight of passenger safety.

And in Washington, Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., sent a letter to Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s CEO, denouncing the company for prioritizing its “bottom line” over safety. Dingell said in an interview that she wanted to hold a congressional hearing and explore legislation on the issue.

All three actions cite New York Times reporting that found Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022 — far more than what the company has publicly disclosed. Uber executives have long been aware of the extensiveness of sexual violence, the Times found, yet they repeatedly prioritized expanding their business over introducing stronger protections.

The Times also found that Uber’s background checks approved drivers with many types of criminal convictions, and that the company allowed many drivers with records of complaints to keep driving — until passengers accused them of serious sexual as-

sault.

“There is no trade-off that should be acceptable to Uber, considering the devastating impact of sexual assault,” Dingell said in the letter.

Uber has said it is one of the safest ways to get around, with the vast majority of its trips in the United States — 99.9% — occurring without an incident of any kind.

Matt Kallman, an Uber spokesperson, said in a statement that the company had had “several constructive meetings” with Dingell and her staff and would “continue to answer any of their questions about our approach to safety.”

He described the California proposal as a “retaliatory measure” from the Consumer Attorneys of California, a lobbying group, in response to a separate ballot initiative from Uber that would limit how much automobile accident victims could receive via litigation for their medical expenses, and how much attorneys could earn in fees for those cases.

Kallman said Uber had been “exceptionally transparent about safety on our platform” and had released three safety reports that detailed serious incidents during rides, but he added that the company “will continue to engage with the comptroller’s office on their proposal ahead of our shareholder meeting later this year.”

This wave of attention compounds existing pressure on Uber, which already has faced a consumer fraud investigation by New Jersey’s attorney general and a separate inquiry by a House oversight subcommittee into its sexual assault safety protocols.

The company is also fighting more

A billboard in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2026. From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of how Uber protects its passengers. (Tag Christof/The New York Times)

than 3,000 lawsuits in federal and state courts from passengers who claim that they were sexually assaulted or harassed by Uber drivers.

Many of those lawsuits were consolidated in federal court, which allows for certain procedural matters from similar cases to be presented before the same judge while each case is tried individually. The first trial in those proceedings began in Phoenix this month.

Uber has argued that it is not responsible for the misconduct of its drivers, whom it considers independent contractors rather than employees.

The verdict could affect how the other cases play out. In a trial in California state court in September, the jury found that Uber

was not responsible for a sexual assault that a woman said she experienced during a 2016 ride.

The ballot initiative concerning sexual assault would make Uber liable for the misconduct of its drivers, regardless of their status as contractors. The measure was cleared this month for circulation; if it gains enough signatures to reach the state ballot in November and wins approval, it will reclassify ride-hailing companies as “common carriers” — the same legal category as taxis and trains — which would require them to protect passengers and warn them of known dangers.

The law also would require ride-hailing companies to publish monthly reports on sexual misconduct and sexual assaults, and notify passengers of a driver’s known risks before they accept a ride. And it would mandate fingerprinting for prospective drivers, a measure Uber has long lobbied against.

The Consumer Attorneys of California said it had raised more than $50 million for this and two other ballot measures as part of its fight against the Uber-backed initiative.

Kallman described Uber’s proposal as “seeking to limit the amount attorneys can collect from people injured in car crashes.”

“We believe Californians deserve a system that prioritizes victims over billboard lawyers,” he added.

Nicholas Rowley, a lawyer involved in the Consumer Attorneys of California effort, said Uber was trying to shift the narrative away from its sexual assault problem. “It’s a long time coming,” he said. “Uber’s known, and Uber’s done nothing, so it will be a righ-

Heart disease and stroke behind quarter of all deaths in US

PLANNING BOARD

GOVERMENT OF PUERTO RICO NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING

AVISO VISTA PÚBLICA

February 19, 2026 SUBJECT

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAS PIEDRAS

For the knowledge of the general public and in accordance with the provisions of Law Number 75 of June 24, 1975, known as the “Organic Law of the Planning Board of Puerto Rico”; Law Number 38 of June 30, 2017, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”; and Law 107-2020, known as the Municipal Code of Puerto Rico,” as amended, the Planning Board notifies that a virtual public hearing will be held to present the proposed amendment, petition number 2025-50-JPZ-0043 to the Zoning Map and/or Geodata of the Municipality of Las Piedras. The public hearing will be held virtually through the TEAMS app:

DATE TIME LINK February 19, 2026 1:30 PM VP Virtual Las Piedras 2025-50-JPZ-0043 www.jp.pr.gov

Any person interested in participating can access the hearing at the link above. You can also access the hearing using the QR Code found at the end of this Notice. You will need to point your mobile phone camera to the QR Code, and you will be redirected directly to hearing.

ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED:

Petition number 2025-50-JPZ-0043 proposes to amend the Zoning Map of the Municipality of Las Piedras in the property identified with cadastre number 279-009-395-14 from District R-B to C-I, this property is located at Carretero Estatal PR 204, Km. 3.2 interior, Barrio Montones, del Municipio de Las Piedras.

PRESENTATION OF THE CASE AND AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS:

The Public Hearing Notices, the Map identifying the property subject to the zoning amended and the Explanatory Memorial that are part of the proposed amendment will be available 15 days prior to the Public Hearing, starting on February 4, 2026 at the Mayor’s Office of the Municipality of Las Piedras Hall; at the Central Office of the Permit Management, Office of the Department of Development and Commerce; at the Regional of Humacao of the of the Permit Management, Office of the Department of Development and Commerce located at Carretero Desvio Sur Piso 3, Ave, Boulevard del Rio Humacao, Humacao, P.R. 00791. And at the Office of the Secretary of the Planning Board, located on the 16th floor of the Roberto Sanchez Vilello Government Center, North Building, Jose De Diego Avenue, corner of Expressway Roman Baldorioty de Castro, stop 22, Santurce and on the Planning Board website www.jp.pr.gov

The proposed amendment file will be available for public for review by appointment, which you can request by email at comentariosjp@jp.pr.gov or by phone at 787- 723-6200 ext. 16637, at the Office of the Secretary of the Planning Board, located on the 16th floor of the Roberto Sanchez Vilello Government Center, North Building, Jose De Diego Avenue, corner Expressway Roman Baldorioty de Castro, stop 22, Santurce.

INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC:

The general public, government and municipal agencies are invited to participate in the public hearing and provide comments.

As provided in the Law No. 38-2017, any comments must be submitted within 30 days of this notice, in writing via email to: comentariosjp@jp.pr.gov. Planning Board will acknowledge receipt of comments received electronically within two (2) business days from the date of receipt, as provided in Section 2.1 of Act No. 38-2017, as amended.

Likewise, comments may be submitted in person to the Office of the Secretary of the Planning Board, located on the 16th floor of the Roberto Sánchez Vilella Government Center, North Building, José De Diego Avenue, comer of Expressway Román Baldorioty de Castro, Parada 22, Santurce, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Also, by mail to the address: Apartado 41119S, an Juan, Puerto Rico, 00940-1119.

EDGARDO VAZQUEZ RIVERA ACTING SECRETARY

LCDO. HECTOR MORALES MARTÍNEZ PRESIDENT

By NINA AGRAWAL

Despite gains in treatment, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for nearly 3 in 10 fatalities — 916,000 — in 2023, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Heart Association.

It outnumbers deaths from the second- and third-leading causes — cancer and accidental injuries — combined.

The statistics are a sobering reminder that there is “a lot of work to do” when it comes to prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke, said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, a professor of cardiology at Boston University and former president of the association, who was not involved in the new report.

Heart disease, which includes heart attack and heart failure, has been the leading killer of Americans for more than a century. Things started improving in the 1970s; less cigarette smoking, new medications for high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and interventions like stents and bypass surgery contributed to a major decline in deaths over decades.

But progress slowed around 2010, as mortality from types of heart disease other than heart attack increased and risk factors like obesity and Type 2 diabetes increased. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to care and increased the short- and long-term risks of heart attack, said Dr. Sadiya Khan, a preventive cardiologist at Northwestern University and vice chair of the committee that wrote the new report. Deaths from cardiovascular disease surged to 932,000 in 2021 and to 942,000 in 2022.

The new report examined numbers from 2023, the latest year for which data was available. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases totaled 916,000, including about 680,000 deaths from heart disease and 180,000 from stroke, Together, these two causes account for more than a quarter of all U.S. deaths.

Getting back to prepandemic levels is a win, Khan said. But the rates of conditions that drive cardiovascular diseases are on the rise. And while cigarette smoking is down to about 11% of U.S.

adults, e-cigarette use is increasing in adults, the report said.

Most notably, Lloyd-Jones said, the obesity epidemic “has worked its way through the population for the last 40 years,” increasing the risk factors for heart disease.

Close to half of all adults in the United States have high blood pressure, which is often driven by obesity. High blood pressure can lead to heart failure and contributes to the accumulation of plaque and hardening of the arteries, which can result in heart attack or stroke. But less than a quarter of people with high blood pressure have it well controlled through diet, exercise or medication, according to the report.

And about 14% of adults have diabetes, a majority of which is Type 2. An additional 37% have prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are slightly elevated but have not yet developed into diabetes.

An estimated 10 million people who have diabetes don’t know it, according to a national nutrition survey, and less than half of people with diabetes have their blood sugar well controlled. Chronically high blood sugar levels damage large and small arteries and contribute to heart attack, stroke, dementia and kidney disease.

Doctors’ understanding of cardiovascular disease — and therapies to treat it, including new drugs for obesity, diabetes, cholesterol and heart failure — has improved, Khan said. But more can be done to screen eligible patients for conditions like diabetes and kidney disease, and to educate people about ways to prevent cardiovascular disease, she said.

The new report also examined whether patients were receiving the best care. For example, the report found that few people with a certain kind of heart failure participate in cardiac rehabilitation, though it has been shown to improve quality of life.

Such data, Khan said, can help clarify the answer to an important question about the future of cardiovascular disease: “Are we at the inflection point where we’re going to continue to make progress or not?”

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE AGUADILLA

EDELMIRO MORALES

RIVERA Y BRUNILDA ACEVEDO LÓPEZ; Y LA SOCIEDAD DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA ENTRE

AMBOS

Peticionarios EX-PARTE

Civil Núm.: AG2025CV02055. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: SUCESIÓN DE ANTONIO RIVERA, JOSEFINA RIVERA

Y/O POSIBLES HEREDEROS; A LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS; A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCION DEL DOMINO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MAS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRA Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se le notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por el peticionario para adquirir su domino sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través de SUMAC, al cual puede acceder utilizando la dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Si usted deja de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor del peticionario en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si

el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Sita en el Barrio Pozas del término municipal de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de CUATROCIENTOS DIECINUEVE PUNTO OCHOCIENTOS OCHENTA Y UN METROS CUADRADOS (419.8881 m.c.), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO MIL SESENTA Y OCHO DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE CUERDA (0.1068 cda.); colindando al NORTE, con Josefina Rivera y punto que converge con camino municipal; al SUR, con Elba Román González y punto que converge con la Sucesión de Antonio Rivera; al ESTE, con la Sucesión de Antonio Rivera y punto que converge con Josefina Rivera; y al OESTE, con camino municipal que conduce a la carretera cuatrocientos noventa y siete y punto que converge con Edelmiro Morales Rivera. Contiene una edificación de concreto, de una sola planta, destinada a vivienda, que mide treinta y cinco pies de frente por treinta y tres pies de fondo y contiene balcón sala-comedor, cocina, tres cuartos dormitorios, un baño y marquesina anexa de los mismos materiales. Número de catastro: 128-070-697-21001. La abogada de los peticionarios es la Lcda. Janice Soto Cardona, HC 5 Box 54748 San Sebastián, PR, 00685; Teléfono: 787-896-2022. Se le informa que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 28 DE AGOSTO DE 2026, A LAS 2:00 DE LA TARDE, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Se le apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de 20 días a contar de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por el peticionario, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Aguadilla, PR, a 9 de enero de 2026. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. NILDA TORRES ACEVEDO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. EDWIN CABRERA LOZADA

Demandada Civil Núm.: TA2024CV00818. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE

CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA Y A LOS TENEDORES DE GRAVÁMENES POSTERIORES.

YO: EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER:

Cumpliendo con un Mandamiento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Toa Alta, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se encuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2026 A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA el siguiente bien mueble: Marca: FORD. Modelo: RANGER. Núm. de serie: 1FTER4H6MLD67280. Año: 2021. Tablilla: 1082274. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte demandante al 7 de junio de 2024 la cantidad en perdida de $45,091.14, más intereses a razón del 8.25% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una cantidad equivalente al 30% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado según pactado, en este caso $13,527.34. Sobre el vehículo. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judicialmente para que su desembolso esté condicionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los interesados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra localizada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebración, para inspeccionarlo físicamente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas interesadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subastarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momento. La forma de pago deberá ser

en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el vehículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuere mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conocimiento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la publicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visibles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de enero de 2026.

EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante V. WILLIAM

OTERO MAISONET

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: CA2024CV03680. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL PUBLICO EN GENERAL; A LA PARTE DEMANDADA

Y A LOS TENEDORES DE GRAVÁMENES

POSTERIORES.

YO: EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR,

Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Caguas, al público en general: CERTIFICO Y HAGO SABER: Cumpliendo con un Mandamiento de Venta de Ejecución de Sentencia del Secretario del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos, el cual se encuentra en el Lote de Firstbank localizado en: Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, el día 13 DE FEBRERO DE 2026 A LAS 10:15 DE LA MAÑANA el siguiente bien mueble: Marca: SUBARU. Modelo: FORESTER. Núm. de serie: JF2SKAEC6PH455573. Año: 2023. Tablilla: KCL-171. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer hasta donde sea posible, para responder por las siguientes cantidades a la parte demandante al 7 de junio de 2024 la cantidad en perdida de $45,091.14, más intereses a razón del 8.25% los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una cantidad equivalente al 30% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado según pactado, en este caso $13,527.34. Sobre el vehículo. Por tal razón dicho producto será consignado judicialmente para que su desembolso esté condicionado a la ulterior resolución por el Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe. Se apercibe a todos los interesados que el vehículo objeto de la subasta se encuentra localizada en el Centro Industrial Rio Cañas, Calle North, Lote 1516, Carr. 175, Entrada Carrraízo, Caguas, Puerto Rico, por lo que todo aquel que quiera participar de su subasta podrá pasar por dicha localización, en horas laborables, previo a su celebración, para inspeccionarlo físicamente. La subasta se llevará a cabo el día y a la hora señalada habiendo las personas interesadas inspeccionado o no el mencionado bien. En adición, por la presente se informa que siendo la propiedad a subastarse un bien mueble no habrá tipo mínimo en la misma, por lo que el vehículo será adjudicado al mejor postor en ese momento. La forma de pago deberá ser en efectivo, giro o cheque de gerente a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Si se declarase desierta la subasta, se dará por terminado este procedimiento pudiendo adjudicarse el acreedor el vehículo dentro de los diez (10) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada, si ésta fuera igual o menor que

el monto del tipo de la subasta, y abonándose dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta fuere mayor. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado estarán manifiestos en la Secretaría del Tribunal con competencia sobre el caso de epígrafe durante horas laborables. De acuerdo con el mejor conocimiento de la parte demandante, la propiedad antes descrita que ha de venderse en subasta no tiene gravámenes anteriores, ni posteriores. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas preferentes, si alguna continuará subsistente; entendiéndose que el remanente los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad del mismo, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Para la publicación de este Edicto en un periódico de circulación general una vez por semana durante dos (2) semanas consecutivas, y para la colocación del mismo en tres (3) sitios públicos visibles del municipio en que se celebre la subasta, al igual que en el municipio en que reside la parte demandada, libro el presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy 8 de enero de 2026. EDGARDO ALDEBOL MIRANDA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO. BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante v. SALOMON LEVIS GOLDSTEIN; MARIA GEORGINA CHEVERE MOURIÑO

Demandados CIVIL NÚM: GB2019CV00818. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE GARANTÍAS. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS . A: PUBLICO EN GENERAL

El Alguacil del Tribunal que suscribe anuncia y hace constar: A. Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento que me ha sido dirigido por la Secretaria del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Puerto Rico, Sala de Guaynabo, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor de contado y en moneda de curso legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América

y cuyo pago se efectuará en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, todo derecho, título o interés que tenga la Parte Demandada en el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: RUSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Pueblo Viejo de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de cuatro mil trescientos sesenta punto noventa y nueve (4,360.99) metros cuadrados, colindante: por el NORTE, con terrenos de Harold J. Sewell, hoy Roberto Colón; por el SUR, con la calle número cinco (5) de San Patricio Corporation; por el ESTE, con un “Right of Way” de diez punto cero cero (10.00) metros con San Patricio Corporation; y por el OESTE, con el solar número diecisiete (17) de Joaquín Rodríguez Pou, cuyo solar descrito tiene el número dieciocho (18) en el Plano de la Urbanización. Contiene una casa de hormigón reforzado de dos (2) plantas.. Finca mil seiscientos treinta y nueve (1,639), inscrita al folio veintinueve (29) de Guaynabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. Dirección Física: #5 Calle Cerezo, Urb. San Patricio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 00969. B. Que los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado están de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante las horas laborables bajo el epígrafe de este caso. C. 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 ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematente 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. D. Que la propiedad se encuentra afecta a los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: a. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 1 de julio de 2019, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Guaynabo, en el Caso Civil número GB2019CV00818, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico versus Salomón Levis Goldstein, María Georgina Chévere Mouriño y la Sociedad Legal de Bienes Gananciales compuesta por ambos, por la suma de $4,076,877.89, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales o en su defecto la venta en Pública Subasta, anotado el día 8 de marzo de 2021, al tomo Karibe de Guaynabo, finca número 1,639, Anotación

“C. b. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 25 de octubre de 2023, expedido en Centro Judicial de Bayamón, en el Caso Civil número GB2023CV00607, sobre Cobro de Dinero por Concepto de Cuotas de Mantenimiento, seguido por la Corporación de la Comunidad San Patricio, Inc. versus Salomón Levis Goldstein, María Georgina Chévere Morriño y la Sociedad Legal de Gananciales compuesta por ambos, por la suma de $6,971.00, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales, anotado el día 18 de febrero de 2025, al tomo Karibe de Guaynabo, finca número 1,639, Anotación “D”, y última. c. Embargo Federal contra Salomón Levis Goldstein, seguro social xxxxx-6351 y María Chévere Mouriño, seguro social xxx-xx-6351, por la suma de $1,210.49, Notificación número 498463424, según Certificación de fecha 30 de julio de 2024, anotado el día 23 de octubre de 2024, al Asiento 2024-007080-FED del Sistema Karibe. Fecha límite de renovación: 24 de octubre de 2028. d. Embargo Federal contra Salomón Levis Goldstein, seguro social xxx-xx-6351, por la suma de $25,426.79, Notificación número 498462224, según Certificación de fecha 30 de julio de 2024, anotado el día 14 de noviembre de 2024, al Asiento 2024-007079-FED del Sistema Karibe. Fecha límite de renovación: 21 de junio de 2033. E. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para satisfacer a la parte demandante el importe de la sentencia que ha obtenido ascendente a la suma de $4,076,877.89 de principal; $1,637,249.07 de intereses acumulados al 6.375% y los que se acumulen hasta su total y completo pago; $104,505.49 de adelantos de la cuenta “escrow”; $74,344.76 de recargos acumulados; $105.00 de otros cargos, que se acumulan diariamente hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma de 10% del principal, por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado hipotecariamente asegurados. La primera subasta se celebrará el día 3 de febrero de 2026 a las 11:00 AM en la Oficina del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de Guaynabo, por el tipo mínimo de $4,258,915.64. De declararse desierta dicha subasta se celebrará una segunda subasta el día 10 de febrero de 2026 a las 11:00 AM en el mismo lugar antes mencionado. El precio para la segunda subasta lo será 2/3 partes del precio mínimo de la primera, o sea, $2,839,277.09. De declararse desierta dicha segunda subasta, se celebrará una tercera subasta el día 17 de febrero de 2026 a las 11:00 AM en el mismo lugar antes

T/C/C CARMEN BERIA

CLASS DE ZAYAS T/C/C CARMEN B. CLASS DE ZAYAS T/C/C CARMEN

BELIA CLASS OTERO, REPRESENTADA

POR SU APODERADA

ERIKA ZAYAS CLASS; ISAUL CLASS

CASTRODAD Y ANA

ISABEL CASTRODAD ORTIZ T/C/C ANA I. CASTRODAD T/C/C ANA I. CASTRODAD ORTIZ.

AMBOS MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE ISAUL CLASS OTERO; JUAN OTERO CLASS, JANET OTERO CLASS Y NELSON MARÍN CLASS, LOS TRES MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE SOFÍA CLASS

OTERO T/C/C SOFÍA

CLAS OTERO; ELVIN CLASS VEGA; RODNEY

GABRIEL CLASS

ORTIZ Y MAGDALIZ

CLASS ORTIZ, TODOS MIEMBROS, A SU VEZ, DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR CLASS OTERO

T/C/C HÉCTOR CLAS OTERO

Demandantes Vs. JUAN CARLOS GONZÁLEZ OTERO, SUTANO Y PERENSEJO, PRESUNTOS HIJOS, DESCENDIENTES

Y/O HEREDEROS DE EVELYN OTERO CLASS Y PRESUNTOS HEREDEROS DE SOFÍA CLASS OTERO T/C/C SOFÍA CLAS OTERO, MIEMBRO, A SU VEZ, DE LA SUCESIÓN DE HÉCTOR CLASS OTERO T/C/C HÉCTOR CLAS OTERO

Demandados

Civil Núm.: CA2025CV01675. Sobre: LIQUIDACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA AUTORIZACIÓN DE VENTA DE PARTICIPACIONES; ACCIÓN CIVIL. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR. A: JUAN CARLOS GONZÁLEZ OTERO, con paradero desconocido, SUTANO y PERENSEJO, los últimos dos personas naturales cuyas identidades y paraderos se desconocen, todos como presuntos hijos, descendientes y/o herederos de Evelyn Otero Class y presuntos

herederos de Sofía Class Otero t/c/c Sofía Clas Otero, miembro, a su vez, de la Sucesión de Héctor Class Otero t/c/c Héctor Clas Otero:

POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica que en el caso de epígrafe se ha presentado una demanda solicitando el Tribunal ordene que la comunidad hereditaria que los demandantes y los demandados tienen en la finca número 21,469, inscrita al folio 83 del tomo 530 de Carolina Sur, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección II y en el auto Susuki Aerio 2005, tablilla FRK746, sea liquidada, mediante la venta y cesión de participaciones en dichos bienes. Se les apercibe y advierte a ustedes, como cotitulares o personas con interés propietario o real en la finca arriba mencionada que de no contestar la demanda presentada en este caso, radicando el original de su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: HTTPS:// UNIRED.RAMAJUDICIAL.PR, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva ante la Secretaría del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, y notificando copia de la misma a la parte demandante, por conducto de la licenciada Dalmaris Betancourt Betancourt, a su dirección en Urb. Baldrich 200 Calle Manuel F. Rossy, San Juan, PR 00918, teléfono número (787) 630-1296, dentro de los próximos treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este emplazamiento por edicto, que será publicado una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia, concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle no oírle. Se ordena a los demandados, como presuntos hijos, descendientes y/o herederos de Evelyn Otero Class, que dentro del mismo término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la fecha de notificación, ACEPTEN O REPUDIEN la herencia de la causante Sofía Class Otero, ello en representación de su madre premuerta Evelyn Otero Class. Se les apercibe que de no expresarse dentro del término de (30) días en torno a su aceptación o repudiación de herencia, se tendrá por aceptada. Extendido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 8 de octubre de 2025, en Carolina, PR. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU-

NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAROLINA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. WILFREDO NIEVES MARCANO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CA2025CV02420. (Civil: 403). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: WILFREDO NIEVES MARCANO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 de enero de 2026, 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 enero de 2026. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 16 de enero de 2026. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MYRIAM FIGUEROA PASTRANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE TOA ALTA BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante. V. DAVID BERRIOS SANTIAGO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TO2025CV01089. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: DAVID BERRIOS

SANTIAGO, MIGDALIA

VAZQUEZ REYES. (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 ENERO DE 2026, 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 15 de enero de 2026. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 15 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NERI AIDA SANFELIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

ISLAND PORTFOLIO

SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. REYNALDO G. COLON RUBERT

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV01981. (Salón: 702). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: REYNALDO G. COLON RUBERT.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 14 de enero de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 14 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MIRCIENID GONZÁLEZ TORRES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

GMC BUILDERS, LLC.

Demandante V. TRICORE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC

Demandado CONDADO DUO VANDERBILT SPV, LLC

H/N/C DUO VANDERBILT HOTEL TOWERS SPV, LLC y DUO VANDERBILT HOTEL SPV, LLC. Parte Interesada Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV10880. Sala: 903. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO COBRO DE DINERO, DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU. DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: TRICORE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC.

Queda emplazado y notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre incumplimiento de contrato; cobro de dinero; daños y perjuicios en la que se solicita al Honorable Tribunal que ordene a la parte Demandada TRICORE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC pagar la suma ascendente a $476,913.10 por los trabajos completados por GMC Builders, LLC con relación al proyecto de renovaciones en el Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, más la suma ascendente a $14,640.68 en intereses por mora, más una cuantía adicional de $500,000.00 en concepto de daños y perjuicios y una suma razonable de costas y honorarios. Además, se solicita se se ordene a la Parte con Interés, CONDADO DUO VANDERBILT SPV, LLC H/N/C DUO VANDERBILT HOTEL TOWERS SPV, LLC y DUO VANDERBILT HOTEL SPV, LLC., a que certifique el estatus de los pagos y, en caso de tener fondos pendientes de pago a TriCore, los consigne

en la Secretaría del Tribunal para satisfacer la sentencia a favor de GMC. Se les advierte que este edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y que, si no comparecen a contestar dicha Demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del Edicto, 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, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio así solicitado sin más citarles ni oírles. Los abogados de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Alejandro Bellver Espinosa y la Lcda Alondra Class Hernández, cuya dirección física y postal es: Cond. San Martín, #300, 1605 Ave. Ponce De León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00909; cuyo número de teléfono es (787) 946-5268, y sus correos electrónicos: alejandro@bellverlaw. com y alondra@bellverlaw. com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 9 de enero de 2026. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. GLORIAM MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. DAVID VELEZ

GONZALEZ, ELSIE

ESTHER ACEVEDO RIVERA, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDA COMO

ELSIE E. ACEVEDO

RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD

LEGAL DE BIENES

GANANCIALES

COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados

Civil Núm.: KCD2010-1371. (604). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (VÍA ORDINARIA) “IN REM”. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Al: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL.

A: DAVID VELEZ

GONZALEZ, ELSIE

ESTHER ACEVEDO

RIVERA, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDA COMO

ELSIE E. ACEVEDO

RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD

LEGAL DE BIENES

GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS; MUNICIPIO DE SAN JUAN, POR TENER HIPOTECA EN GARANTÍA DE UN PAGARÉ A SU FAVOR POR LA SUMA DE $13,750.00.

Yo, MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 17 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 4 DE MARZO DE 2026, A LAS 11:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Apartamento Residencial número TRESCIENTOS TRES (303) de forma rectangular, localizado en el piso número TRES (3) edificio A, del proyecto VBC-CIENTO CINCUENTA Y OCHO (VBC-158) Condominio Valle de Berwind, hoy conocido como Torres de Cervantes, que ubica en la calle Elder esquina Calle TREINTA Y SEIS (36) del Barrio Sábana Llana del término municipal de Río Piedras del Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de NOVECIENTOS DIEZ PUNTO CINCO SEIS SEIS DOS (910.5662) PIES CUADRADOS, siendo sus medidas lineales TREINTA Y NUEVE (39) PIES DOS Y UN CUARTO (2 ¼) PULGADAS, de largo por VEINTICUATRO (24) PIES DIEZ Y MEDIA (10 ½) PULGADAS de ancho, en lindes por el NORTE, en DIECIOCHO (18) PIES DOS Y UN CUARTO (2 ¼) PULGADAS con el apartamento número TRESCIENTOS UNO (301);

por el SUR, en VEINTICUATRO (24) PIES DIEZ Y MEDIA (10 ½) PULGADAS, con el apartamento número TRESCIENTOS CINCO (305); por el ESTE, en TREINTA Y NUEVE (39) PIES DOS Y UN CUARTO (2 ¼) PULGADAS, con la pared exterior del edificio; por el OESTE, en TREINTA (30) PIES CUATRO Y UN CUARTO (4 ¼) PULGADAS, con el pasillo. La puerta principal del apartamento tiene acceso al pasillo central del edificio. Esta unidad residencial consta de lo siguiente: sala-comedor, balcón, cocina, baño, pasillo con closet, calentador de agua de treinta (30) galones, nevera, estufa y tres (3) cuartos de dormitorios con su closet cada uno. El valor del apartamento es de Cincuenta y Dos Mil Quinientos dólares ($52,500.00) y tiene un porciento de participación en los elementos comunes de punto cero cero dos tres ocho cinco siete (.0023857) porciento. Le corresponde un (1) espacio de estacionamiento identificado con el mismo número del apartamento. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 933 de Sábana Llana, finca número 24,387, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Quinta (V) de San Juan, inscripción sexta (6ta.). La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: 303 A Cond. Torres de Cervantes, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $25,008.28 de principal, más los intereses acumulados a razón de 7.500% anual computados desde el día 1ro de mayo de 2016, hasta su total saldo, recargos por demora y $4,040.00 por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta será la cantidad de de $40,400.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $26,933.33 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $20,200.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta

y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: HIPOTECA: En garantía de pagaré favor del Municipio de San Juan, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $13,750.00, sin intereses, con vencimiento en 5 años, constituida mediante la escritura número 14, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 11 de febrero de 1997, ante la Notario Myrna Ortiz Rivera, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 1054 de Sabana Llana, finca número 24,387, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Quinta (V) de San Juan, inscripción séptima (7ma.). La propiedad para vender en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno o que figuren como tales en la certificación registral y que podrán utilizar el montante de sus créditos o parte de alguno en sus ofertas. Si la oferta aceptada es por cantidad mayor a la suma del crédito o créditos preferentes al suyo, al obtener la buena pro del remate, deberá satisfacer en el mismo acto, en efectivo o en cheque de gerente, la totalidad del crédito hipotecario que se ejecuta y la de cualesquiera otro créditos posteriores al que se ejecuta pero preferente al suyo. El exceso constituirá abono total o parcial en su propio crédito. EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL, expido el presente Edicto para conocimiento y comparecencia de los licitadores, bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 16 de enero de 2026. MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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CONVENGA, EN EL EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO PROMOVIDO

POR RUBEN VELEZ.

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JUAN ANTONIO

MURIENTE TORRES Y OTROS

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MURIENTE TORRES.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 20 de enero de 2026, 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 21 de enero de 2026. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 21 de enero de 2026. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV05564. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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DEL PUEBLO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 ENERO de 2026. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 16 de ENERO de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NERI AIDA SANFELIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ARROYO SANTIAGO, COMPUESTA POR SU HIJA AMARLETTE

ARROYO GARCIA Y FULANO DE TAL Y ZUTANO DE TAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION DE MARIA CONCEPCION GARCIA MARRERO, COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJAS MARIA DE LOS ANGELES DE JESUS

GARCIA Y AMARLETTE

ARROYO GARCIA Y FULANO DE CUAL Y ZUTANO DE CUAL, COMO HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS Y DESCENDIENTES DE SU HIJA

MARITZA DE JESUS

GARCIA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2019CV06213. (604). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO (EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA). EDICTO DE SUBASTA. AL: PÚBLICO EN GENERAL. A: AMARLETTE ZAMARIE ARROYO GARCIA como miembro de la SUCESION DE ANIBAL ARROYO SANTIAGO; FULANO DE TAL y ZUTANO DE TAL como herederos desconocidos de la SUCESION DE ANIBAL ARROYO SANTIAGO; MENGANO DE TAL y PERENCEJO DE TAL descendientes de MANUEL ANGEL

CORDERO ARROYO y de PATRICIA ALEXANDRA CORDERO ARROYO, descendientes de AMARLETTE ZAMARIE ARROYO GARCIA como herederos desconocidos de la SUCESION DE MARIA

CONCEPCION GARCIA

MARRERO; FULANO DE CUAL y ZUTANO DE CUAL herederos desconocidos de la SUCESION DE MARIA

CONCEPCION GARCIA

MARRERO, como descendientes de su hija MARITZA DE JESUS

GARCIA; AMARLETTE

ZAMARIE ARROYO

GARCIA, a quienes por no conocer sus nombres se denominan FULANO DE CUAL y ZUTANO DE CUAL herederos desconocidos de la SUCESION DE MARIA CONCEPCION

GARCIA MARRERO; LOS DESCENDIENTES DE MANUEL ANGEL

CORDERO ARROYO y de PATRICIA ALEXANDRA

CORDERO ARROYO como miembros de la SUCESIÓN DE MARÍA

CONCEPCIÓN GARCÍA

MARRERO a quienes por no conocer sus nombres se denominan

MENGANO DE TAL y PERENCEJO DE TAL HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES

(“CRIM”); ASOCIACION DE RESIDENTES URBANIZACION

REPARTO DEL PILAR, ROMANY PARK y VILLAS DEL PILAR E. IBERNIA

INC., por tener Sentencia anotada a su favor por la suma de $1,149.06.

Yo, MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil de este Tribunal, a la parte demandada y a los acreedores y personas con interés sobre la propiedad que más adelante se describe, y al público en general, HAGO SABER: Que el día 17 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina, sita en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, venderé en Pública Subasta la propiedad inmueble que más adelante se describe y cuya venta en pública subasta se ordenó por la vía ordinaria al mejor postor quien hará el pago en dinero en efectivo, giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del o la Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento incoado, estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan durante horas laborables. Que en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación en la primera subasta a celebrarse, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA para la venta de la susodicha propiedad, el día 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA y en caso de no producir remate ni adjudicación, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el 4 DE MARZO DE 2026, A LAS 10:30 DE LA MAÑANA en mi oficina sita en el lugar antes indicado. La propiedad a venderse en pública subasta se describe como sigue: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Seis (6) del Bloque “B” de la URBANIZACIÓN VILLAS DEL PILAR, localizado en el Barrio Monacillos de Río Piedras, Municipalidad de San Juan, Puerto Rico, con un área superficial de QUINIENTOS TREINTA Y CINCO PUNTO NOVENTA Y CUATRO (535.94) METROS CUADRADOS. Colinda por el NORTE, con el solar número Siete (7) del Bloque “B”, en una distancia de TREINTA Y CINCO PUNTO CERO CERO (35.00) METROS; SUR, con el solar número Cinco (5) del Bloque “B”, en una distancia de TREINTA Y CINCO PUNTO VEINTICINCO (35.25) METROS; ESTE, con la Calle número Uno (1), en una distancia de QUINCE PUNTO TRESCIENTOS NOVENTA (15.390) METROS; y por el OESTE, con los solares número Quince (15) y Catorce (14) del Bloque “B”, en una distancia de QUINCE PUNTO TREINTA (15.30) METROS. Sobre este solar enclava una casa de concreto para

fines residenciales. La escritura de hipoteca se encuentra inscrita al folio 83 del tomo 311 de Monacillos Este y el Cinco, Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan, Sección Quinta, finca número 6,833, inscripción novena. La dirección física de la propiedad antes descrita es: B-6 Calle 1, Urb. Villa Pilar, San Juan, Puerto Rico. La Subasta se llevará a efecto para satisfacer a la parte demandante la suma de $158,473.87 de principal, intereses al 5.75% anual, desde el día 1ro de febrero de 2014, hasta su completo pago, más la cantidad de $19,700.00 estipulada para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, más recargos acumulados, todas cuyas sumas están líquidas y exigibles. Que la cantidad mínima de licitación en la primera subasta será la cantidad de $197,000.00 y de ser necesaria una segunda subasta, la cantidad mínima será una equivalente a 2/3 parte de aquella, o sea la suma de $131,333.34 y de necesitarse una tercera subasta la cantidad mínima será la mitad del precio pactado, es decir la suma de $98,500.00. De declararse desierta la tercera subasta se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si esta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el Tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si esta es mayor. La propiedad se adjudicará al mejor postor, quien deberá satisfacer el importe de su oferta en moneda legal y corriente de los Estados Unidos de América en el momento de la adjudicación y que las cargas y gravámenes preferentes, si los hubiese, continuarán subsistentes, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. La propiedad hipotecada a ser vendida en pública Subasta se encuentra afecta al siguiente gravamen posterior: SENTENCIA: Dictada el día 15 de junio de 2015, Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de San Juan, Puerto Rico, caso civil número KCM2014-2647, seguido por Asociación de Residentes Urbanización Reparto del Pilar, Romany Park y Villas del Pilar E. Ibernia Inc., vs. Anibal Arroyo Santiago y María Concepción García Marrero y la sociedad legal de bienes gananciales, por la suma de $1,149.06 más otra sumas, presentado el 13 de octubre de 2015, folio 4 asiento 2 del Registro de Sentencias número 3. La propiedad para vender en pública subasta se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Podrán concurrir como postores a todas las subastas los titulares de créditos hipotecarios vigentes y posteriores a la hipoteca que se cobra o ejecuta, si alguno

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(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 DE ENERO DE 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de ENERO de 2026. En UTUADO, Puerto Rico, el 13 de ENERO de 2026. DIANE ÁLVAREZ VILLANUEVA, SECRETARIA. MARIELA QUILES BORRERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Caso Núm.: CA2025CV00612. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE

DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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A: ELENA JIMENEZ TORRES.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 DE ENERO DE 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 13 de ENERO de 2026. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 13 de ENERO de 2026. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: NJ2025CV00030. (Salón: 501). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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CATALA SAEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 13 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 14 de ENERO de 2026. En BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, el 14 de ENERO de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NEREIDA QUILES SANTANA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Caso Núm.: VA2025CV00067. (Salón: 101 VISTAS MUNICIPALES). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

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EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 14 de ENERO de 2026. En VEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico, el 14 de ENERO de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandado(a)

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(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 12 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 15 de ENERO de 2026. En YAUCO, Puerto Rico, el 15 de ENERO de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. MELISSA RIVERA ROMERO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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Demandante V. RENE LAUREANO MALDONADO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: TB2025CV00242. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: RENE LAUREANO MALDONADO, FULANA DE TAL & LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 15 de ENERO de 2026. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 15 de ENERO de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NERI AIDA SANFELIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JOSE N. RIVERA VELASCO Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: TA2025CV00461. (Salón: 201B). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM.

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EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 15 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 15 de ENERO de 2026. En TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, el 15 de ENERO de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. NERI AIDA SANFELIZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. ALEX R MARTINEZ MALDONADO

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: MT2025CV00369. (Salón: 102 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM. A: ALEX R MARTINEZ MALDONADO. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus-

cribe le notifica a usted que el 14 DE ENERO DE 2026, 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 15 de ENERO de 2026. En MANATÍ, Puerto Rico, el 15 de ENERO de 2026. VIVIAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. ANGÉLICA AYALA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante V. JUAN SUAREZ CRUZ

Demandado(a)

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tados 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 ENERO de 2026. En SALINAS, Puerto Rico, el 16 de ENERO de 2026. MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. KAREN J. ROCHE FIGUEROA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Team Puerto Rico prepares for Caribbean Series in Mexico

By THE STAR STAFF

Team Puerto Rico has been assembled and is already preparing to represent the island in the 2026 Caribbean Series, which will be held from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7 in Jalisco, Mexico.

Under the direction of Omar López, the team from the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, known as La Pro, will have five days of practice, during which three exhibition games will be played. Training will begin next Monday at Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium in Carolina at a time to be announced shortly.

“We are pleased with the selection of the players who were available to join us in Mexico,” said Carlos Berroa, tournament director of La Pro. “They are all committed and focused on this important mission of representing our island.”

The 28-player team roster will consist primarily of players from the league champion Santurce Crabbers (Cangrejeros). The catchers will be Christian Vázquez and Juan Centeno. The infielders include winter league finals MVP Yohandy Morales, Shed Long Jr., Gabriel Cancel, Andrew Velázquez, Isan Díaz, Emmanuel Rivera and Jack López. The outfielders will be Jeremy Arocho, Johneshwy Fargas, Nelson Velázquez and Rubén Castro.

The pitching staff will include Eduardo Rivera, Collin Wiles, Brady Tedesco, Dereck Rodríguez, Daryl Thompson, Roel Ramírez, Andrew Marrero, Gabriel Rodríguez,

Rico will debut on Sunday, Feb. 1 against Mexico Green at 1 p.m. (3 p.m. Puerto Rico time). All of Team Puerto Rico’s games will be broadcast on Wapa Deportes.

Puerto Rico Schedule – 2026 Caribbean Series

Sunday, Feb. 1

Mexico Green vs. Puerto Rico – 3 p.m. Puerto Rico (PR) time

Monday, Feb. 2

Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic – 4 p.m. PR time

Tuesday, Feb. 3

Mexico Red vs. Puerto Rico – 9 p.m. PR time

Wednesday, Feb. 4 Off day

Thursday, Feb. 5

Puerto Rico vs. Panama – 4 p.m. PR time

Andrew Baker, Blane Abeyta, Chavez Fernander, Jordán Morales, David Lebrón, Derek West and Robert Gsellman.

The delegation will depart for Jalisco on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:07 a.m. on American Airlines flight 457, with a layover in Dallas, Texas, where they will arrive at 10:50 a.m. They will then depart for Guadalajara at 12:42 p.m., arriving at 3:27 p.m. (5:27 p.m. Puerto Rico time). Puerto

Friday, Feb. 6

Semifinal 1 – 4 p.m. PR time

Semifinal 2 – 9 p.m. PR time

Saturday, Feb. 7

Final – 9 p.m. PR time

Cafeteros on the verge of LVSM title after another 5-set thriller

By THE STAR STAFF

The Cafeteros of Yauco are just one victory away from dethroning the two-time defending champion Caribes of San Sebastián, after once again prevailing in five sets in the fourth game of the Men’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSM by its initials in Spanish) Finals on Wednesday night.

The scores were 25-18, 25-27, 25-15, 24-26 and 158, the third match of the series to go the distance, all won by Yauco. The Caribes’ only victory, in Game 3, came in four sets.

From the start, the intensity inside Raúl “Pipote” Oliveras Coliseum was palpable. After the match, Juan Felipe Castañeda, the Colombian import for the Cafeteros, described the experience as “an honor that fills me with emotion,” emphasizing that this first experience in Puerto Rico motivates him to continue growing “as a player and as a person.”

Regarding what Yauco needs to close out the series, he insisted that the key is maintaining unity.

“We have to work together, like the big family that we are,” Castañeda said. “Every player is attentive, willing to help. It’s about staying united and taking it one step at a time.”

With the series at 2-1 in favor of Yauco, the Caribes showed signs of life in the fourth set.

When it seemed the Cafeteros would close out the match, San Sebastián reacted with a 6-2 run, coming from behind after being down 17-21. The surge included an attack error by Diego Negrón from zone four that evened the score at 23.

The Caribes took set point at 24-23 with a block on Brandon Rattray and forced a fifth set with an attack by Corey Chavers from zone four for the 26-24 win.

But in the deciding fifth set, Yauco came out with renewed determination. They pulled ahead 6-3 with an attack by Castañeda and never looked back, reaching set point at 14-8 after two errors by the Caribes -- a missed serve by Howard García and an attack by Chavers that went out of bounds -- and closed out the match when San Sebastián failed to complete the final attack.

Afterward, Caribes middle blocker Anthony Negrón, acknowledged that the night wasn’t the best for his team. “Everything went right for them; they played very well,” he said. “We tried to hold on in that fourth set, but in the fifth we didn’t have the same precision and made too many errors.”

Regarding what San Sebastian must do to extend the series, Negrón was clear: “We have to defend our home court on Friday and keep fighting until the end.”

“This isn’t over yet,” he added. “It’s a best-of-seven series; they need one more win, we need more, but we’re going to keep defending like champions.”

The series continues on Friday when the Caribes host Yauco at Luis Aymat Cardona Coliseum at 8 p.m.

LVSM Finals

Upcoming games

Friday: Yauco at San Sebastián (8 p.m.)

Sunday, Jan. 25 (if necessary): San Sebastián at Yauco (7 p.m.)

Tuesday, Jan. 27 (if necessary): Yauco at San Sebastián (8 p.m.)

January 23-25, 2026 23 CARTOONS

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