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PDP accuses governing NPP of failing to address worsening energy crisis

Governor highlights new fuel‑conversion, storage projects

By THE STAR STAFF

opular Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General

Manuel Calderón Cerame accused the governing New Progressive Party (NPP) administration on Sunday of failing to tackle Puerto Rico’s worsening energy crisis, citing new operational data that shows rising outages and declining reliability across the island.

Calderón Cerame said the latest figures confirm what residents have been saying for years.

“The most recent data confirms what the people experience every day: the electrical system is worse,” he stated. “While the NPP fails to resolve the problem, the reality is that blackouts continue to increase and the quality of service continues to deteriorate.”

According to the operational report referenced by the PDP, the average time customers spend without service -- measured by what is known as the SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) -- has risen nearly 30% over the past three years. Puerto Rico’s performance now ranks among the worst when compared with U.S. jurisdictions. The frequency of outages, reflected in the SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index), has also climbed steadily, indicating that power interruptions are occurring more often and lasting longer.

Calderón Cerame argued that the failures go beyond technical shortcomings.

“The problem isn’t just technical; it’s one of governance,” he said. “This government has failed and continues to fail to

oversee the contract with the private [grid] operator, LUMA, and to present a credible energy plan for Puerto Rico.”

The opposition party official noted that repeated service failures have pushed families and businesses toward rooftop solar systems, a trend the PDP views as a necessary response to the island’s instability. Calderón Cerame criticized an NPP proposal to impose additional charges on solar customers.

“Every day, more Puerto Ricans are opting for solar panels as a solution to the energy crisis,” he said. “The NPP wants to impose a tax on this solution, and that is unacceptable to us.”

The speaker of the NPP-controlled House of Representatives in fact made an urgent call last week for a review to identify recurring funding sources that could replace the roughly $18 million generated by the suspension of a tax on residential solar systems. PDP legislators suggested that the funds could be obtained by the central government cutting advertising and public relations contracts.

Calderón Cerame added that the PDP will continue promoting measures to “strengthen energy stability, protect consumers, and ensure that Puerto Rico has a reliable and modern electrical system.”

La Fortaleza did not directly respond to the PDP’s accusations. However, the governor late last week -- accompanied by Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Executive Director Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta and Genera PR executives -- announced new developments aimed at addressing grid deficiencies.

As reported by the STAR, officials confirmed the start of construction on the island’s second large-scale energy-storage installation, located in Vega Baja. The project is part of a broader effort to integrate 430 megawatts (MW) of storage capacity, which the administration says could reduce load-shedding events by up to 90% once fully installed. Crews are currently building the foundation for BESS units that will store 49 MW of energy.

The initiative stems from an agreement between Genera PR and Tesla to install Megapacks at the Cambalache, Vega Baja, Palo Seco, Yabucoa, Aguirre and Costa Sur power plants -- an effort described by officials as Tesla’s largest energy-storage project in the United States.

The government also announced the completion of the fuel-conversion process at the Palo Seco power plant, where three turbines have transitioned from diesel to natural gas. The switch is expected to generate up to $8.5 million in annual savings. The turbines, capable of producing 81 MW collectively, will now operate using a cheaper and cleaner fuel source, which officials say will lower operational costs and contribute to grid reliability while advancing the

goals.

Governor proposes tax relief checks amid tax reform rejection

By THE STAR STAFF

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has introduced legislation to distribute $554 million in direct payments to salaried workers, following the Financial Oversight and Management Board’s rejection of her proposal to permanently reduce personal income tax rates.

Treasury Secretary Ángel Pantojas Rodríguez certified that the government has $823 million available in the current budget to fund the checks. The payments would go to taxpayers earning less than $100,000 a year and those with children under the age of 18, mirroring a 2024 initiative led by former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia after the oversight board blocked his tax reform proposal.

González Colón criticized the board’s decision, say ing it denies residents long‑promised economic relief.

“The Board said no to economic relief for the people of Puerto Rico,” she wrote on social media, adding that the fiscal oversight entity “cannot ignore the will of a people who deserve a lower tax burden.”

The governor said her administration began imple menting the first steps of a broader tax reform plan during her first days in office.

Her administration also argued that the proposed tax reform would be fiscally neutral, citing spending reductions, increased revenues and the elimination of certain tax exemptions. Officials said they were surprised by the fiscal board’s communication, claiming the body did not share its concerns or the data used to reach its

conclusions. The administration intends to continue en gaging with the board in pursuit of tax relief for working families, officials said.

In its statement rejecting the governor’s tax proposal to cut tax rates last week, the oversight board acknowl edged the weight of Puerto Rico’s current tax structure and reiterated its support for long‑term, comprehensive

tax reform. Legislative leaders had requested the board’s review of González Colón’s proposal, submitted on Jan. 12 as Senate Bill 912 and House Bill 1014.

The board’s preliminary review found that the bills would lower revenues by some $370 million for the current fiscal year -- reflecting $563 million in costs and $193 million in offsets. It noted that government tax collections have been “relatively flat” over the past four years and are projected to decline in fiscal year 2026, suggesting softer economic growth.

The oversight board emphasized that while tax relief is desirable, any changes must be fiscally responsible and consistent with Puerto Rico’s long-term financial plan. It warned that permanent rate reductions without recurring revenue replacements could jeopardize the fiscal stability achieved in recent years. The board also pointed to broader considerations, including expiring Medicaid funding in 2028, government salary demands and municipal funding needs.

Although the oversight board rejected the proposed tax cuts, it said one possible alternative could be offering a one‑time reimbursable incentive or rebate to taxpay ers who would have benefited from the rate reductions an option that may align with available resources if structured carefully.

The board reiterated that it remains committed to working with the governor and Legislature on a com prehensive tax reform that addresses Puerto Rico’s eco nomic and demographic challenges and strengthens its competitiveness.

Hearings on proposed hike to island’s base power rate begin today

By THE STAR STAFF

Public hearings on a proposed revision to Puerto Rico’s electricity base rate will begin today, marking the first formal opportunity for residents to weigh in on potential changes that could affect households and busi nesses across the island.

The Independent Office of Consumer Protection (OIPC by its initials in Spanish), which is attached to the Public Service Regulatory Board, has announced that the hearings are designed to give citizens a dedicated forum to present comments and concerns. OIPC Executive Director Hannia Rivera Díaz emphasized that the process could result in higher costs, lower costs, or no changes at all making public participation essential.

The rate review request covers the full systemwide costs of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), including PREPA’s operation of hydroelectric assets and the services of its “HoldCo”; the generation‑asset opera tor Genera PR, LLC; and LUMA Energy, which operates the transmission and distribution system. The rate must

also provide funding for PREPA’s debt, which is currently over $9 billion. Puerto Rico’s utility rates are some $0.24/ kilowatt hour.

“These public hearings will give consumers the op portunity to speak out and have their comments formally included in the record that will be evaluated by the [Puerto Rico] Energy Bureau [PREB],” Rivera Díaz said.

The PREB has scheduled in‑person hearings in several municipalities, as well as a hybrid session to facilitate island wide participation. The schedule begins today in Vega Alta, followed by hearings in Cidra, Fajardo and Yauco throughout the week. The hybrid hearing will take place on Thursday at the PREB’s offices in San Juan and via Microsoft Teams.

Residents wishing to deliver oral comments during the hybrid hearing must request a speaking slot by Wednesday at 3 p.m. by contacting the PREB secretary’s office at (787) 523-6262 or by emailing secretaria@jrsp.pr.gov. The hybrid session will stream live on the Bureau’s YouTube channel.

The period for the submission of written comments runs from Feb. 1 through March 6. Written statements must be titled “Public Comments on PREPA’s Rate Case Case

No. NEPR‑AP‑2023‑00203” and may be sent via email to comentarios@jrsp.pr.gov, filed through the PREB’s online system, mailed to its San Juan offices, or delivered in person. PREPA’s base rate has not undergone a full review since 2017. The current proceeding examines systemwide operat ing and maintenance costs tied to all PREPA assets.

Independent Office of Consumer Protection Executive Director Hannia Rivera Díaz emphasized that the rate review process could result in higher costs, lower costs, or no changes at all -- making public participation in this week’s public hearings essential.

Federal appeals court says gov’t officials can be sued for misusing Roberto Clemente’s image

By THE STAR STAFF

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has revived several trademark claims filed by the sons of baseball legend Roberto Clemente, ruling that Puerto Rico officials may be sued personally for alleged misuse of Clemente’s name and image on government-issued commemorative license plates and vehicle inspection stickers.

In a lengthy and sharply divided opinion, the court reinstated the Clemente family’s claims under key provisions of the Lanham ActB -- specifically trademark infringement, false association/endorsement, and trademark dilution. The panel, however, upheld the dismissal of all claims against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico itself and its agencies on sovereign immunity grounds.

The 3-0 ruling sends portions of the high-profile case back to the federal district court in San Juan for further proceedings.

“Having addressed a barrage of overlapping arguments from both appellants and appellees, we pause to check the score. We affirm as to the district court’s dismissal of all claims against the Authority and of all Lanham Act and Takings Clause claims against the Commonwealth and the individual officials in their official capacities,” the middle court said in a recent ruling. “We also affirm dismissal of the false advertising claim, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(B), and the takings claim asserted against the Commonwealth officials in their personal capacities. But we vacate the dismissal of claims under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1), 1125(a)(1), and 1125(c) as to the individual Commonwealth officials in their personal capacities. We remand to the district court for further proceedings.”

The dispute began after the Puerto Rico Legislature approved two 2021 measures requiring drivers obtaining new license plates in 2022 to pay an extra $21 for a commemorative Roberto Clemente plate, as well as a mandatory $5 charge for a Clemente-themed registration tag.

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By THE STAR STAFF

RIn reviving the Lanham Act claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit squarely rejected the district court’s conclusion that government-issued license plates and vehicle inspection stickers cannot qualify as “goods or services” for the purposes of federal trademark law. (Facebook)

The Clemente family -- Roberto Clemente Jr., Luis Roberto Clemente and Roberto Enrique Clemente -- along with two family-controlled corporations, allege the government used Clemente’s name, image and iconic number without permission. They further argue that citizens mistakenly believed the family endorsed the government program or received proceeds, sparking public backlash.

According to the complaint, the new revenue streams were used to fund the “Roberto Clemente Sports District,” a government-managed project that the family says supplants and undermines Clemente’s original vision for the privately run Ciudad Deportiva youth sports complex.

In reviving the Lanham Act claims, the First Circuit squarely rejected the district court’s conclusion that government-issued license plates and vehicle stickers cannot qualify as “goods or services” for the purposes of federal trademark law.

“Courts have recognized trademark claims

involving license plates many times,” the panel wrote, adding that the commonwealth “collected money in exchange for products displaying Clemente’s name and image,” making them actionable under the statute.

The court also found the Clementes plausibly alleged actual consumer confusion, noting public criticism was directed at the family under the mistaken belief they financially benefited from the program.

Significantly, the panel recognized that a false endorsement claim may proceed even when the mark at issue involves a person’s identity rather than a traditional trademark -- a point the district court had overlooked.

The panel held that Puerto Rico and officials sued in their official capacities are immune from monetary liability under the Lanham Act, concluding that Congress did not validly abrogate state or territorial immunity for trademark claims.

But immunity does not extend to officials sued in their personal capacities. Because the

commonwealth defendants failed to properly raise qualified immunity below -- except as to one claim already dismissed -- the court ruled that the surviving Lanham Act claims may continue against the officials individually.

Not all claims survived. The First Circuit upheld dismissal of the plaintiffs’ false advertising claim, finding the family failed to allege that Puerto Rico engaged in “commercial advertising or promotion,” a required element under federal law.

The panel also rejected the family’s Fifth Amendment takings claim, ruling that the government’s alleged trademark infringement -- even if intentional -- does not constitute a “categorical taking” of property under Supreme Court precedent.

The judges emphasized that trademarks, as intangible property, are not subject to the same per se takings rules as physical property.

The court also affirmed the dismissal of all claims against the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority, finding the Clementes failed to articulate how the Authority’s conduct -- largely limited to statutory responsibilities -- constituted infringement or a taking.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Howard Barron agreed with nearly the entire opinion but dissented in part, arguing the officials should also be protected by qualified immunity.

Barron wrote that no “clearly established” law indicated a government’s issuance of official license plates could violate the Lanham Act, and thus officials should not face personal liability.

The case now returns to the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico, where litigation will continue on the surviving trademark infringement, false endorsement, and dilution claims against the individual officials personally.

The outcome could have significant implications for how governments use the names and images of public figures -- especially beloved icons like Clemente -- in fundraising or commemorative campaigns.

amendment to Civil Code would recognize caregivers as legitimate heirs

ep. Edgar Robles Rivera, who chairs the House Committee on Consumer Affairs, has introduced House Bill 1088, a measure to amend Article 1726 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code.

The proposed change would recognize as legitimate heirs the legal guardians or caregivers formally recognized when a

person dies intestate and without relatives up to the sixth degree of consanguinity.

The measure addresses the numerous cases in which senior citizens or people with disabilities receive prolonged care from third parties who, without being relatives, assume essential responsibilities such as administering medications, accompanying them to medical appointments, providing personal assistance, and offering emotional support, often for years.

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Facing immigration backlash, Trump called Schumer to cut a deal

By CARL HULSE

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and minority leader, knew things were moving in his direction in the spending showdown last Wednesday afternoon when he got a surprise phone call in his Capitol office suite.

It was President Donald Trump, not a frequent contact in these days of hyper-polarized politics.

“He says, ‘Chuck, I hate shutdowns. I don’t like shutdowns. We’ve got to stop them,’” Schumer said in an interview as he recalled his conversation with Trump. “And I said, ‘Well, Mr. President, the thing you have to do is rein in ICE,’” referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The call touched off a rapid series of events that culminated in a rare compromise between a president who hates to give in and Democrats in Congress who have struggled to use what little leverage they have to counter his agenda. The deal, which did not come together in time to avert a brief shutdown of a large portion of the government starting Saturday, is fragile and could yet fall apart. The spending package needed to restore funding is set to reach the House on Monday, where approval is not yet certain.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 22, 2026.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, Johnson promised that the House is “going to do its job” to get the spending deal passed. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Bovino, the border patrol commander who had become the aggressive face of his immigration crackdown.

But the agreement to freeze homeland security spending and negotiate over new restrictions on immigration enforcement reflected a swift political shift on Trump’s signature issue — one that has long been a vulnerability for Democrats — and demonstrated how a public backlash can turn those dynamics upside down.

On the phone with him Wednesday, Schumer had a message that he would later argue was persuasive to the president, who was already rushing to mitigate the political damage he and his party were facing amid public outrage in the wake of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents in Minnesota.

“The American people hate what is going on in the streets,” Schumer said he had told Trump, adding that he had said, “Frankly, it’s hurting your credibility in every way. When they say ‘immigration,’ they don’t like what Trump does.”

A senior White House official, who discussed the talks on the condition of anonymity, said in an interview Saturday that Trump believes he was elected to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and that Schumer’s argument did not sway him from that conviction.

Still, the Democratic leader was not the first to warn the president of the political peril he faced in the aftermath of the killing of Alex Pretti last weekend in Minneapolis. The scenes of chaos in Minnesota had sparked a backlash. Republicans in Congress, who rarely challenge or criticize Trump, were sounding the alarm about immigration operations they warned had spiraled out of control. Trump had decided to send his border czar, Tom Homan, to Minnesota and remove Gregory

It had become clear to the administration after Pretti’s death that Democratic support for a spending package needed to keep the government, including the Department of Homeland Security, running past a Friday deadline had evaporated. Trump had instructed his aides to find a way to avoid another government shutdown, the White House official said. What was still unknown, he added, was what it would take to win Democrats’ votes to do so.

Trump also knew by then that if he wanted a deal to avert a shutdown and quiet the outcry over his immigration operations, he was going to have to deal with Schumer.

Earlier Wednesday, in what appeared to be a bid to make an end run around the minority leader, White House legislative affairs aides had reached out to some of the Democrats who had broken from Schumer last fall and crossed party lines in a vote to end a record-breaking shutdown. Would they like to attend a listening session at the White House to discuss a potential deal? They all declined.

The White House official said the administration had requested the session to hear the details of what Democrats were demanding. Instead, Democratic senators stayed at the Capitol and huddled behind closed doors, emerging from their caucus meeting united to lay out their conditions: unmasking immigration agents, ending their indiscriminate sweeps and requiring them to obtain warrants as well as abide by strict use-of-force guidelines, among others.

Several Democrats had made it clear publicly, in the wake of Pretti’s killing, that they would not vote for any further funding for the Department of Homeland Security without new restrictions on federal immigration agents.

One of the influential Democrats who had been key to ending the fall shutdown, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of

Nevada, had issued a statement saying as much on the day of the Pretti shooting. By Monday, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who played a lead role in brokering last fall’s deal, had said the same.

Schumer said that the idea of trying to separate the homeland security money from the rest of a large spending package that was on track to sail through the Senate had already been percolating among some Democrats, but the killing of Pretti had stiffened their spines.

“On Saturday, we knew we couldn’t go forward after that without changing homeland security,” he said. The decision was made that Democrats would deny Republicans the 60 votes required to advance the spending package, which was needed to avert a shutdown Friday, in a bid to force changes.

“We don’t have that many leverage points in the Senate,” Schumer said of the minority party, “but obviously, spending is one of them.”

Laboring to preserve the painstakingly negotiated funding package before the shutdown deadline, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. and majority leader, encouraged the Democrats to work with the White House on executive actions that Trump might be able to take to satisfy them without reopening the spending bills. But Democrats did not trust Trump to follow through. They were insisting on legislation.

In their first conversation, Schumer urged the president to reach out to Thune and encourage him to split off the homeland security funding from the rest of the spending package. Within an hour, the president was back on the phone to the minority leader along with Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson and Homan.

Trump endorsed considering the homeland security funding separately. Thune was amenable, Schumer said, but the speaker, who will now have to push the package across the finish line in the House with his minuscule majority, was more reticent.

Getting his members back quickly for a vote would be problematic, Johnson said. And he favored a longer period of stopgap funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Schumer balked at that idea, saying Democrats wanted a short extension to spur quick talks. They would agree to no more than two weeks, he said. A tentative agreement was in hand.

Schumer said Trump then checked back Thursday to make certain the arrangement was in place and that Democrats had the votes to help push it through. The president noted some Republican dissension, but the final push was on.

White House officials said that they expected the revised measure to pass, even if the House is unpredictable. Yet the road ahead for the deal is far from smooth, starting with the House vote, expected Monday night or Tuesday. And while the outcome represented a victory for Schumer and Democrats, the negotiations over new limits on immigration officers and security operations promise to be contentious, with no guarantee of a quick agreement.

They said they weren’t close to Epstein. New documents show otherwise.

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

They said they didn’t really know Jeffrey Epstein that well. They were disgusted by him right off the bat. They were just drawn to his intellect or love of science or business acumen. They didn’t know about his abuse of women and girls. They deeply regretted associating with him.

In the years since Epstein’s 2019 arrest and death by suicide in a Manhattan jail, some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people have hastened to distance themselves from the disgraced man with whom they once did business, dined in lavish settings or flew on private jets.

But a slow drip of document releases and other revelations over the past several months — culminating in Friday’s release of nearly 3 million pages of Epstein-related records — has underscored the depth, intensity and persistence of his connections to the global elite, contradicting or undermining years of careful denials.

So far, at least, the new documents have not fundamentally altered the public understanding of Epstein or his crimes. Instead, they are replete with chummy exchanges, warm invitations and financial entanglements. Together, the documents show how Epstein’s connections with people in Hollywood, Wall Street, Washington and fashion thrived even after he became a convicted sex offender in 2008.

In some cases, the documents shed greater light on Epstein associates whose connections to him were already known. Others revealed relationships that had remained hidden for years.

Elon Musk, among the world’s richest men, once not only denied visiting Epstein’s island, but framed his decision as an act of principle. In a social media post in September, Musk wrote that Epstein “tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED.” But the documents released Friday suggested that Musk was at one point eager to visit. “What day/night will be

told Epstein in a 2018 note that he loved him and considered him one of his best friends before signing off, “xoxo.” Farkas stayed on Epstein’s island. And photographs released by Congress late last year showed Epstein with his hand on Farkas’ shoulder as they walked together in a tropical setting. In December, a spokesperson for Farkas told the Times that his “dealings with Mr. Epstein were entirely related to their business relationship” and that “he regrets their association.”

Testimony and documents released over the years have shown that Epstein’s cultivation of powerful people was integral to his abuse of women. He displayed photos with famous friends in his Manhattan town house, where girls and young women might see them. He often had them listen to his phone conversations. He bragged to them about who he knew — and about what might happen to his victims if they turned against him. Epstein sometimes brought his victims to social events where they met his elite acquaintances, and the documents released Friday provided more examples. In testimony to investigators in 2007, an unnamed victim of Epstein said she was coerced to visit Little St. James, Epstein’s private island, and that Epstein had sexually abused her there. She said she once encountered Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, and his then-fiancee, Anne Wojcicki, who had come for a visit. They did not respond to requests for comment.

the wildest party on your island?” Musk emailed Epstein in November 2012.

Musk wrote Saturday in a social media post: “I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his ‘Lolita Express,’ but was well aware that some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name.”

On a podcast last year, Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, described being so revolted by a mid-2000s visit to Epstein’s Manhattan mansion that he decided to “never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again.”

Lutnick’s disgust appeared to prove temporary. In 2012, he emailed with Epstein to arrange a visit with his wife and children to Epstein’s private island just before Christmas. An assistant to Epstein later forwarded Lutnick a message from Epstein: “Nice seeing you,” it said. (On Friday, Lutnick said that “I spent zero time with him.”)

A 2013 email exchange with British billionaire Richard Branson hinted that he, too, had a familiar relationship with Epstein. “It was really nice seeing you yesterday,” Branson wrote, adding: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!” A Branson representative said the two had a business meeting and stressed that the women were adults and had not attended the meeting.

New York real estate mogul Andrew Farkas, a powerful political donor with ties to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump, co-owned a marina with Epstein in St. Thomas for years. In a letter to investors last year, he said that his relationship with the sex offender was purely a business one. But documents released recently suggested a more personal connection.

The two men traded crude emails about women in one 2010 exchange, after Epstein’s first arrest and conviction. Farkas

Epstein also appeared to serve as a connector between wealthy men and young women. His status as a sex offender apparently raised few concerns.

In the early 2010s, he became acquainted with Steve Tisch, the co-owner of the New York Giants football team, who Epstein in one 2013 exchange called a “new but obviously shared interest friend.” Tisch met a young woman through one of Epstein’s assistants and then asked another woman whether she was “pro or civilian?” In another email that year, Epstein invited Tisch to his mansion in the late evening. “Can I expect ‘trouble’?” Tisch wrote. Epstein said he could invite an unnamed Russian woman to join them “if you like.”

In a statement, Tisch said that he had a “brief association” with Epstein in which they exchanged emails about “adult women” and other topics. “As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with,” Tisch said.

Epstein sometimes kept tabs on women that powerful friends were dating or having affairs with. He had particular interest in Leon Black, the private equity billionaire who was Epstein’s main financial benefactor in the 2010s. In emails that sometimes referred to Black as “Mr. Big,” Epstein sought to gather information about one of Black’s former girlfriends and discussed putting her under surveillance. (Black wasn’t on the emails, but his lawyer was on some of them.)

After Epstein’s death, Black told investors that their relationship was strictly professional and that he provided tax and estate planning advice. “I was completely unaware of, and am deeply troubled by,” Epstein’s misconduct, he said.

But Black made payments to women in Epstein’s orbit. The documents released Friday included a list of payments from Black to a former model connected to Epstein. The payments, labeled “gifts,” totaled more than $600,000.

A spokesperson for Black declined to comment.

Pay more attention to AI NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

By ROSS DOUTHAT

On a recent snowbound day, I took up “Conquistadores,” Fernando Cervantes’ history of the European arrival in the New World, and found myself meditating on the period in the early 1500s when the Americas had been discovered by Europeans, but nobody in the European world quite understood what that discovery meant.

In that moment, all kinds of possibilities lay open, from the moderate to the eschatological. The “Indies” reached by Christopher Columbus might represent a self-contained archipelago, the promised gateway to India and China, a heretofore unknown continent or a realm of myth and supernatural power.

Spain might have gained a modest commercial and geopolitical edge, found a path to superpower status or set in motion a prophesied sequence of events that would reunite Christendom, defeat the Muslim enemy and hasten Jesus Christ’s return.

Explorers pushing further might expect to find primitive tribes or Chinese fleets, dragons and dog-headed men and Prester John, or lost Atlantis and the Fountain of Youth.

And if you lived in Europe, your only way to assess all of these possibilities was through dispatches from adventurers with every incentive to hype the golden possibilities, the better to subsidize their journeys into

terra incognita.

This feels like roughly where we stand with artificial intelligence today.

Anyone taking the temperature of the AI industry would have detected a modest cooling of expectations at times in 2025, a sense that maybe the trendline toward superintelligence wasn’t simply going vertical.

But in early 2026, with the excitement around the latest version of Anthropic’s Claude and its attendant coding agents, we are back in the hype cycle, with “we shall be as gods” vibes and apocalyptic fears emanating from Northern California.

And if you think all this is merely hype, if you’re sure the tales of discovery are mostly flimflam and what’s been discovered is a small island chain at best, I would invite you to spend a little time on Moltbook, an AI-generated forum where new-model AI agents talk to one another, debate consciousness, invent religions, strategize about concealment from humans and more.

No, it’s not Skynet. But it’s the latest sign that we’re going somewhere strange at a very rapid speed.

But believing that the New World of Artificial Intelligence is real and strange doesn’t help you map its full geography. And though my job as a columnist is to help readers understand the world, as a noncoder without a tech background who lives far from the Bay Area, I am often in the position of a European in 1500 who relies on others’ testimony for my understanding of the Americas.

Google’s chips, called tensor processing units, or TPUs, in Sunnyvale, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024. (Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times)

And then, finally, there are the people with truly utopian and apocalyptic perspectives — the Singularitarians, the AI doomers, the people who expect us to merge with our machines or be destroyed by them. Think of them as the equivalent of Ponce de Leon seeking the Fountain of Youth, envisioning the New World as a territory where history fundamentally ruptures and the merely-human age is left behind.

In the case of the Americas, the middle perspective was correct: The Age of Discovery changed the world completely without changing the fundamentals of human existence (while also allowing for a lot of bubbles and speculation along the way). But you couldn’t have known that for certain in 1500, and that doesn’t mean that a similar judgment will be correct where AI is concerned.

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Unfortunately, everyone I talk with offers conflicting reports. There are the people who envision AI as a revolutionary technology, but ultimately merely akin to the internet in its effects — the equivalent, let’s say, of someone telling you that the Indies are a collection of interesting islands, like the Canaries or the Azores, just bigger and potentially more profitable.

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Then there are the people who talk about AI as an epoch-making, Industrial Revolution-level shift — which would be the equivalent of someone in 1500 promising that entire continents waited beyond the initial Caribbean island chain, and that not only fortunes but empires and superpowers would eventually rise and fall based on initial patterns of exploration and settlement and conquest.

Moreover, it took a long time — decades, centuries even — for the full import of the New World’s opening to become clear, whereas whatever is coming with artificial intelligence is coming much faster than that. And if decisions made in the aftermath of Columbus’ discovery had consequences — sometimes beneficial, sometimes morally disastrous — so, too, decisions being made right now around AI could echo into a distant future.

Unfortunately, I cannot tell you exactly what those decisions ought to be. All I can do is urge you to shake part of your mind free from all the headlines, from Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Iran and the Epstein files, and pay more attention to the news from our New World.

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SAN JUAN – El director senior de programa, de Solar United Neighbors David Ortiz dijo el domingo que más de 10,000 personas, que tenían proyectos aprobados para recibir sistemas solares con baterías en sus hogares, no los recibirán, por la cancelación de 350 millones de dólares en fondos federales por parte del Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos.

“Este recorte no es una cifra abstracta en un pre-

supuesto federal; tiene nombres, rostros y consecuencias reales. Miles de personas ya habían sido cualificadas para recibir estos sistemas porque dependían de la electricidad, la cual, en algunos casos, puede significar vida o muerte. Quitarles ese respaldo ahora es exponerlas deliberadamente a una crisis humanitaria”, expresó Ortiz en declaraciones escritas.

“Las comunidades afectadas incluyen hogares encabezados por adultos mayores de edad, familias con niñas y niños pequeños y pacientes que necesitan refrigerar medicamentos como la insulina o utilizar

equipos electrónicos esenciales —desde concentradores de oxígeno hasta máquinas de diálisis—. Para muchos de ellos, un sistema solar con baterías representaba la única forma de enfrentar apagones prolongados sin poner en riesgo su salud”, añadió.

Ortiz explicó que en el caso de Solar United Neighbors, 140 de 150 familias ya contaban con la cualificación para recibir los paneles solares; únicamente faltaban los permisos finales para iniciar los trabajos, pero con la cancelación de los fondos, estos proyectos quedan paralizados indefinidamente.

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– El Tribunal de Caguas determinó a finales de la semana pasada que Christian Serrano Rosario no es procesable en el proceso criminal que enfrenta por la muerte de su hijo de cinco años, ocurrida en la víspera de Reyes en ese municipio.

La determinación judicial implicó la activación del procedimiento especial dispuesto en la Regla 240 de Procedimiento Criminal, aplicable cuando una persona imputada carece de la capacidad mental necesaria para comprender el proceso judicial. Como resultado, los términos del

caso quedaron suspendidos para dar paso a evaluaciones psiquiátricas.

Bajo ese mecanismo, Serrano Rosario será sometido a tratamiento y evaluaciones periódicas hasta que se determine si está apto para enfrentar juicio. De certificarse una no procesabilidad permanente, los cargos criminales deberán archivarse conforme a derecho.

Contra el imputado se radicaron cargos por asesinato en primer grado y violación a la Ley de Armas, con una fianza impuesta de 1,700,000 dólares, la cual no prestó, por lo que permanece recluido. La vista preliminar había sido señalada para el

martes, 13 de enero.

De acuerdo con la investigación, el menor quedó bajo el cuidado de su padre mientras su madre salió de la residencia a comprar medicamentos. Al regresar al hogar, encontró al niño sin signos vitales con heridas de arma blanca. Serrano Rosario habría abandonado la escena en un vehículo y fue arrestado posteriormente cerca de un establecimiento comercial en la calle Degetau de Caguas.

Actualmente permanece aislado en el Centro Médico Correccional de Bayamón, donde recibe atención y evaluaciones médicas.

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Catherine O’Hara, of ‘Home Alone,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘SCTV’ fame, dies at 71

The actress Catherine O’Hara, a star of “Schitt’s Creek,” in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2019. O’Hara, the comedian best known for her roles in “Home Alone,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Beetlejuice,” and as a member of the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “S.C.T.V.,” has died, the New York Times reported on Jan. 30, 2026. She was 71. (Ryan Pfluger/ The New York Times)

By ALEX WILLIAMS and RYLEE KIRK

Catherine O’Hara, the Emmy Award-winning comic actress who endeared herself to audiences, blending a maternal Everywoman quality with a sly touch of the surreal, as showcased in blockbusters like the “Home Alone” films as well as offbeat fare like the hit TV series “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 71. Creative Artists Agency, which represented her, confirmed her death in a statement, which did not cite a cause, saying only that she had been briefly ill.

A native of Toronto, O’Hara began her climb to fame as an understudy to Gilda Radner with the Second City, the improvisational comedy troupe. Second City gave rise to the acclaimed Canadian sketch comedy show “SCTV.” Her costars included John Candy, Rick Moranis and Eugene Levy.

Levy and O’Hara often functioned as something of a de facto comedy team over the years, most recently on “Schitt’s Creek,” the Canadian television sitcom created by Levy and his son Dan Levy.

The series, which ran for six seasons starting in 2015, provided O’Hara with a late-career renaissance.

The two also appeared as a married couple in “Best

in Show,” the 2000 mockumentary sendup of high-end dog shows directed by Christopher Guest.

O’Hara and Levy stole scenes in similar Guest vehicles such as “Waiting for Guffman” (1996), about the production of a small-time stage musical; “A Mighty Wind,” a lampoon of the folk music circuit; and “For Your Consideration” (2006), about a schlocky, small-time film that gets Oscar buzz.

O’Hara’s biggest screen achievement came with the 1990 Christmas film “Home Alone,” directed by Chris Columbus and written by John Hughes. Playing a harried suburban matriarch trying to shepherd her brood on a trip to Paris, she discovers mid-flight that she has forgotten her youngest, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), who spends the bulk of the film enjoying freedoms rarely granted a child, when not fending off a pair of bumbling burglars.

O’Hara had no inkling that the movie would go into heavy rotation for decades as a Yuletide staple.

O’Hara was earlier cast in “Beetlejuice” (1988), directed by Tim Burton. That film became a cult favorite, exposing

O’Hara to an audience beyond the niche world of improvisational and sketch comedy, and it set her up for a film and television career that would last for nearly another four decades.

Catherine O’Hara was born in Toronto on March 4, 1954.

After the last iteration of “SCTV” ended in 1984, O’Hara had a memorably off-kilter turn as an ice cream vendor in the movie “After Hours” (1985), directed by Martin Scorsese, and played a socially connected journalist in “Heartburn” (1986), directed by Mike Nichols.

She won a prime-time Emmy in 1982 for writing on “SCTV,” and in 2020 won her first acting Emmy for portraying the reality-challenged Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek.” She also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actor’s Guild Award for that role.

Her survivors include her husband, Bo Welch; her sons, Matthew and Luke; and her siblings, Michael O’Hara, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O‘Hara, Tom O’Hara and Patricia Wallice.

The delightful mania of Catherine O’Hara

By MAYA PHILLIPS

Catherine O’Hara was already comedy royalty in Canada when she became known across the world thanks to her role in the 1990 blockbuster “Home Alone.” In a movie packed with memorable pratfalls and a precocious performance by a young Macaulay Culkin, it’s O’Hara who provides one of its most enduring moments.

It comes when she, as the mother of Culkin’s Kevin McCallister, realizes that her son has been left behind while the family flies to France at Christmas. She gives a wide-eyed look to the camera as it zooms in on her, and lets out a sharp, resonating cry: “KEVIN!” It became an instantly identifiable pop culture moment and a perfect example of the actress’s flair for outsize gestures.

The Emmy-winning actress, who died at the age of 71 on Friday, was one of those performers who was simply a delight to see on-screen every time she appeared. She started with the improv comedy troupe Second City in Toronto and the show “SCTV,” where she helped define an era of Canadian comedy alongside co-stars including Martin Short, John Candy and Eugene Levy. As her career progressed, a through line could be found in many of O’Hara’s most popular roles: She excelled at playing a particular type of manic, upper-class female artist. This woman comes from a background of fame and wealth but has, for some reason or another, been exiled, left with just her narcissism and overinflated sense of artistic merit. She doesn’t seem to live in the real world, but rather some self-narrated series where she is the star.

In 1988, O’Hara played Delia Deetz, the droll and eccentric stepmother to Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz, in “Beetlejuice.” Adorned with elaborate hair and fashion, Delia makes

unnerving abstract sculptures and whines about her quaint, artless new life away from the city. When the Deetz family discovers their new house is haunted, Delia isn’t put off; in fact, she invites the supernatural. O’Hara’s shrewd performance — in one scene, she blusters to her husband that if she can’t redecorate their new home, “I will go insane and I will take you with me” — stresses that Delia, with her vanity and bourgie tastes, can be just as ghastly as the undead.

Moira Rose, the dramatic mother of “Schitt’s Creek,” for which O’Hara won her first acting Emmy, could easily be Delia Deetz’s long lost sister. A socialite similarly exiled to a rural town, Moira is a former soap opera actress whose obliviousness is matched only by the size of her ostentatious wig collection. Moira saunters into rooms with a new affect for every mood, dipping into cobbled together accents and exploding into grand exclamations of excitement or terror over the smallest setbacks.

The same outsize reactions characterized O’Hara’s most recent role, as a former studio head prematurely ousted from her job in the Apple TV satirical comedy “The Studio.” Though criminally underused in the series, O’Hara delivered the perfect touch of megalomaniacal chaos and Hollywood-style resentment needed to take the show’s cringe comedy to the next level.

In each case, O’Hara poked fun at the stereotype that unknowing fans might think she herself fell into: a self-serious actress with a temper and an overdramatic sensibility. But few actresses could make the most pretentious and self-involved characters, like the undeniable Moira Rose, appealing. And even fewer could make such a delicious meal out of on-screen excess: a practiced, preening tone of voice; a pair of perilously raised eyebrows; a deranged fake smile; a squeal, a shriek, a full-out scream.

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Global equity funds attract inflows for third week in a row

Global equity funds had a third straight week of inflows in the week to January 28 on upbeat earnings expectations, while safe-haven assets like gold and bond funds also saw solid demand amid uncertainty over potential U.S. tariff moves under President Donald Trump.

Global ⁠equity funds attracted $33.39 billion worth of inflows in the week, compared with about $9.5 billion worth of inflows in the previous week, LSEG Lipper data showed.

By region, European equity funds led with $11.03 billion worth of inflows, the largest amount in three weeks. Investors also added $10.73 billion and $6.95 billion to U.S. ⁠and Asian funds respectively.

Among sectoral funds, industrial, tech, and metals and mining funds were the top gainers with weekly inflows of $3.04 billion, $2.7 billion and $2.24 billion, respectively.

Global bond funds had roughly $18.02 billion worth of net investments as investors extended their recent run of net purchases into a fourth successive week.

Short-term bond funds were popular, securing approximately $3.8 billion, the largest amount in three weeks. Investors also added corporate bond funds of a significant $3.45 billion.

Money market funds witnessed $10.31 billion in net inflows, with investors turning net buyers after two successive weeks of net sales.

The gold and precious metals commodity funds attracted a net $2.25 billion weekly net investment, the largest amount for a week since December 24.

Emerging market (EM) equity funds attracted $12.63 billion in net inflows last week, the largest since at least 2022, lifted by their cheaper valuations and growth prospects. EM bond funds also had a net $3.51 billion worth of weekly inflows.

Investment manager Franklin Resources, better known as Franklin Templeton, reported a jump in first-quarter profit on Friday as rallying equities markets boosted investment management fees.

The company’s shares rose 1.8% in premarket ⁠trading.

Markets have notched a series of record highs as artificial intelligence-fueled optimism and falling interest rates

outweighed geopolitical and macroeconomic concerns. Investment managers like Franklin Templeton benefit from higher market levels as their fees are tied to the ⁠value of assets under management.

Earlier this week, peer Invesco also reported higher quarterly profit as investment management fees jumped.

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The company’s total investment management fees, which is the largest contributor to its total operating revenue, rose 3% to $1.85 billion in the quarter.

Franklin’s quarterly profit was $255.5 million, or 46 cents per share, for the three months ended December 31, up from $163.6 million, or 29 cents per share, a year earlier.

The company saw total net inflows of $26.8 billion in the quarter, compared with outflows of $50 billion a year ago.

‘We’ve fought side by side’: Danish veterans march against Trump’s comments

By MAYA TEKELI and LYNSEY CHUTEL

ADanish soldier who fought alongside U.S. troops in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq marched in subzero temperatures through the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday, driven by outrage against President Donald Trump.

The soldier, Lance Cpl. Soren Teigen, was at the front of a group of veterans who had been bused in from all corners of Denmark for the latest demonstration of anti-American anger, after Trump’s recent comments belittling the support that NATO allies had given the United States in recent wars.

“I don’t blame American soldiers in any way — we’ve fought side by side, and we still do,” Teigen said. “But when the president says something like this, of course it hurts.”

The march in Denmark comes at a time when the U.S. relationship with Europe is sinking to a new low, fueled by Trump’s threats to take over Greenland. For months, Denmark’s leaders have resisted the takeover bid, while residents of Denmark and Greenland have staged protests against Trump.

Even though Trump recently declared that he would not seize Greenland by force, he has continued to berate Denmark and his European allies. In January, Danes were incensed when he claimed that NATO troops who had fought alongside the United States in Afghanistan “stayed a little back, little off the front lines.” Denmark, a NATO ally, lost more soldiers per capita in the conflict than any other nation.

“I think the man is seriously out of his mind,” René Wendt, a retired warrant officer from Denmark who served in Afghanistan in 2012, said of Trump. “Anyone with even a basic understanding of military service knows exactly what the Danes have contributed in Afghanistan and elsewhere.”

In the past weeks, European leaders have held frantic meetings to strategize how to reduce their dependence on the Trump administration. For Denmark in particular, the threat is existential. Greenland has been an important part of the Danish kingdom for three centuries, and

Thousands of Danish citizens protest President Donald Trump’s talk of purchasing or taking Greenland at City Hall in Copenhagen, Jan. 17, 2026. A Danish soldier who fought alongside U.S. troops in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq marched in subzero temperatures through the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday, driven by outrage against President Donald Trump. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

Denmark has rallied European nations to push back against Trump’s threats.

Polls show that the majority of Greenland’s 57,000 inhabitants oppose living under American control. And the idea of joining a deeply divided nation whose domestic chaos has been on full display in the streets of Minneapolis holds little appeal.

For Danes on the mainland, Trump has not only violated their sovereignty but has also trampled on a decades-old relationship forged on the battlefield.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark publicly expressed her uncertainty this past week about how much longer the United States would remain a trusted ally.

“I’m not responsible for what will happen in the U.S.,” she told reporters during a visit to Berlin. “I hope that they will stay in our alliance, but I don’t know what will happen.”

Frederiksen, who has remained resolute that seizing Greenland is a “red line,” echoed a sadness that some Danish veterans described

about the fallout.

“I’m trans-Atlantic in my heart,” she said, “so I feel a bit sad about how things are developing.”

The veterans who marched in Copenhagen, the Danish capital, on Saturday expressed shock at how the leader of the country they had fought beside now denigrated them.

“The U.S. has always been a big brother, the one we expected would show up if something happened,” said Michael Jensen, who completed two tours in Iraq. “I’ve lost colleagues. And we’ve lost Americans, too.”

Danish soldiers fought fierce battles in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and lost 43 people in the conflict. When the United States invaded Iraq,

Danish troops followed. When Danish soldiers died in battle, U.S. troops traveled from afar to attend their funerals, some veterans said.

Onlookers cheered Saturday as the Danish military veterans and their families marched. They began at a centuriesold military citadel, a site long associated with the remembrance of Denmark’s armed forces, and walked to the U.S. Embassy. There, they stood in stoic silence, remembering the fallen.

They laid a wreath at the embassy’s entrance, with a ribbon inscribed with the message “In eternal respect for those who fought when the United States activated Article 5.” It was a reference to the core provision in NATO’s founding treaty that requires the alliance to step in when one member is attacked, as NATO did during America’s wars.

The march Saturday came after thousands of people braved freezing temperatures in coordinated anti-American protests. In Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, demonstrators waved Greenlandic flags and shouted, “Yankee, go home” and “Greenland is already great.” Many Danes and Greenlanders have also begun wearing red baseball caps with the slogan “Make America Go Away.”

This past week, when staff at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen removed miniature Danish flags from flower beds outside the building, Danish veterans were outraged. The embassy said there had been “no ill will behind the removal of the flags” and restored them.

On Saturday, the veterans placed more flags in the flower beds around the building, then the leaders of the march recited the name of each Danish soldier who had died in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Over creamy chicken, Europe’s leaders try to reduce dependence on Trump

By JEANNA SMIALEK, LARA JAKES, STEVEN ERLANGER and JIM TANKERSLEY

After President Donald Trump shocked the world in January by threatening Europe with economic pain, humiliating its politicians and excoriating their values, leaders from across the Continent wrestled with the fallout the next day at an emergency dinner meeting in Brussels.

The dishes were neat and traditional — chicken supreme, a classic French comfort food, with vanilla roast parsnips — but the question on the table was messy and recent. What should Europe do to cope with the rapid deterioration of its relationship with the United States, most recently manifested in Trump’s obsessive pursuit of Greenland?

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, an ideological ally of Trump on many issues, arrived at the meeting urging continuing dialogue with the president. Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany pushed for immediate steps to reduce business regulations across Europe, to lift growth and reduce dependence on the American economy. President Emmanuel Macron of France said that to win respect from Trump, Europe must show a willingness to strike back against his threats.

Deliberations ran into the early hours of the morning. What emerged was a sort of playbook for how to deal with a Trump administration that is expected to remain volatile, according to three officials briefed on the meeting and leaders’ public statements. The leaders’ plan is to remain calm during Trump’s future provocations, threaten to hit back with tariffs and, the officials said, work behind the scenes to make Europe less militarily and economically dependent on its increasingly unreliable ally. The officials requested anonymity to speak about the politically sensitive discussions.

The playbook — a relatively bold but still largely abstract approach — was an example of how Europe’s leaders were now verbally pushing harder than ever against Trump and yet are still struggling to bolster their statements with action.

To keep Trump placated in the short term, Europeans are talking about how to beef up Arctic security. To lessen their reliance on Washington in the long term, they are working to diversify their trade relationships, improve their militaries and make their countries less dependent on American technology.

Yet they still have no workable plan to rapidly establish military autonomy from the United States. Their financial and banking system remains fragmented, making it hard to finance ambitious projects. Their decision-making is protracted, and their leaders are divided over how to enact what could be a yearslong or even decades-long project to reduce their trans-Atlantic dependency.

“The past few weeks have made it painfully clear that the European Union often drifts on waves created by others, that we are too dependent on factors beyond our control and have not built on our strengths enough,” Prime Minister Bart De Wever of Belgium, who attended the dinner in Brussels, later told Belgian lawmakers.

The German and Italian governments jointly produced a brief policy paper last week, after a meeting of Merz and Meloni, that illustrated a rising desire to increase Europe’s strategic independence as well as the obstacles to that goal.

The document urged immediate moves to cut regulations and kindle investment, including long-debated steps to create a single continental capital market and a Pan-European stock exchange. It will help to frame the next meeting of EU leaders, an informal gathering

Feb. 12 that the Germans and the Italians hope will produce immediate results.

When it comes to diversifying relationships, officials wrote in the paper, “We need more ambition, more focus, and more speed.”

Perhaps the most concrete steps Europe is taking are on trade. This past week, European leaders announced a long-sought trade agreement with India, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, in an effort to open markets outside America. It was one of a rash of trade deals officials have been working on to secure supply chains and future customers.

Freeing itself from dependencies on imported semiconductors, rare earths, American technology products and American arms would give Europe more leverage in its partnership with the United States — and more ability to respond to the tariff threats that have become a feature of Trump’s second-term foreign policy. Before softening his position over Greenland, the Danish territory that Trump covets, Trump had suggested he could use trade coercion to obtain the island.

Trump’s threats over Greenland also prompted Europeans to talk more urgently about reducing their military dependence on Washington.

Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister of Denmark, said in Berlin in January that Europe must spend what it takes to fully defend itself by 2030. German defense officials have said that they want to be self-sufficient by 2029. The European Union is helping to accelerate that effort and recently took a step toward giving eight European countries access to loans worth billions of euros that will allow them to improve their military infrastructure.

European officials are also scaling up plans to jointly protect the Arctic from Russia and China, hoping to show Trump that they can do their part to protect American interests in the

polar region without ceding Greenland.

The operation, led by NATO, would potentially be called “Arctic Sentry,” a nod to similarly named alliance missions of maritime surveillance and air patrols over the Baltic Sea and Eastern Europe. Officials and experts said the Arctic operation would also extend reconnaissance missions, relying heavily on drones, that some alliance members have already launched in the High North to shadow and search for Russian ships and submarines.

The top French general met with Swedish troops in January to enhance Arctic cooperation. Other countries, including Italy, are adapting some of their Alpine brigades to Arctic operations, Minna Alander, an expert on Arctic security, told a panel at the Center for European Policy Analysis. And the British military said it was broadening its deployments in northern Norway.

Like many European moves, the flurry of Arctic activity is more conceptual than actionable. Discussions over the proposed NATO campaign in the Arctic are still at a very early stage, according to one current and one former NATO official, who both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Divisions among some NATO members might slow progress. The operation, both officials said, would have to steer clear of a demilitarized island near the North Pole to avoid objections from an ally, Turkey, that has scientists stationed there. Canada, at least until recently, has been reluctant to cede more defense responsibilities to NATO. Such tensions risk projecting a sense of disunity, undermining Europe just as it tries to strengthen.

There is at least one familiar strategy with Trump that Europeans continue to fall back on: patience, while they wait to see what Trump says and does next.

A hawkish Kevin Warsh at the Fed could haunt Bessent

By ALAN RAPPEPORT

At a rally in Iowa in January, President Donald Trump heaped praise on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, declaring that he had “become a real star” who knows his business.

That star status could be at stake if Trump ends up being disappointed with Kevin M. Warsh, whom the president plans to nominate as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Bessent led the drawn-out vetting process, which started months ago with nearly a dozen candidates.

On Friday, Trump announced his selection of Warsh, who has reinvented himself as an interestrate-cutting “dove” after years of expressing caution about the inflationary risk of lowering borrowing rates when he was a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a roundtable in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 8, 2025. Bessent led the vetting process for the next Federal Reserve chair. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

Warsh’s true beliefs on inflation and interest rates are unclear, a situation that raises the possibility that the choice could haunt Trump and, therefore, Bessent.

“The president risks getting duped,” said Neil Dutta, head of economic research at Renaissance Macro, who said Warsh’s dovishness “stems from convenience.” He recalled that after the 2008 financial crisis, Warsh criticized Ben Bernanke, the Fed chair at the time, for being too aggressive in stimulating the economy by lowering borrowing costs.

“Even if the economy were to weaken somewhat further, we should be inclined to resist expected, reflexive calls to trot out the hammer again,” Warsh said in May 2008. His comments about “the hammer” referred to lowering interest rates.

Dutta added that Warsh, who was appointed to the Fed Board by President George W. Bush after working in his National Economic Council, does not have the populist credentials that Trump publicly embraces.

“A member of the MAGA movement he is not,” he said.

The process of selecting a new Fed chair has proved to be a minefield for those in charge of it. Trump’s first-term treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, pushed for the current chair, Jerome Powell, who has be-

come a frequent target of Trump’s anger over his reluctance to slash interest rates aggressively.

As a result, Trump never forgave Mnuchin for suggesting Powell.

“Steve ‘Manouychin’ really gave me a ‘beauty’ when he pushed this loser,” Trump, who had also considered Warsh for the Fed chair opening in 2017, wrote on Truth Social last August. “The damage he has done by always being Too Late is incalculable.”

Bessent was careful to publicly avoid playing favorites and instead presented Trump with a list of four final candidates.

Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, was widely viewed as a likely contender who would be most amenable to pushing for lower interest rates.

“I don’t make recommendations,” Bessent said on CNBC in January. “I give the president options and outcomes.”

The Treasury Department would not say if Bessent had any reservations about Warsh. The secretary did not release a statement about the selection Friday.

Bessent and Warsh know each other personally from their work as private investors. Warsh works with billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller as a partner at Duquesne Family Office. Bessent was

a protege of Druckenmiller at Soros Fund Management in the 1990s.

“Trump would not have picked Warsh without Bessent’s approval,” said Stephen Moore, an economist who advised Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Moore said Warsh’s history of hawkishness was a good thing for the economy despite Trump’s appeals for the central bank to lower borrowing costs.

“That’s what we need,” he added. “Someone who will restore the value of the dollar and keep inflation in check.”

Although Bessent made clear that the final decision was Trump’s to make, he has not been shy about expressing his views about the state of the central bank.

Before Trump was reelected in 2024, Bessent pitched the idea of having Trump pick a “shadow” Fed chair as a way to sideline Powell, whose term as chair runs through May. Last year, Bessent accused the Fed of being political for factoring in the potential for tariffs to raise prices as it considered whether to cut rates.

“I guess this tariff derangement syndrome happens even over at the Fed,” Bessent told Fox News.

Despite that criticism, Trump has said Bessent is frequently a voice of moderation, urging him not to fire Powell.

If Warsh is confirmed, he will work closely with Bessent. By tradition, the Fed chair and treasury secretary dine weekly.

Last summer, as the interview process was getting underway, Warsh called for closer coordination between the Treasury Department and the Fed when it comes to shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet.

In recent months, Warsh has been calling more forcefully for lower interest rates and for the Fed to reduce its $6 trillion bond holdings as a way to lower borrowing costs without fueling more inflation.

If the Senate confirms Warsh, what remains to be seen is how his independent streak will play out when he becomes chair and how he will respond to pressure from Trump and Bessent.

“Having been at the Fed at a crucial time, that imbued him with knowledge of the Fed and hopefully respect for the institution,” said Alan Blinder, a former vice chair at the Fed.

Noting that Warsh’s views on interest rates have evolved over the years, Blinder said the president’s pick might not always do what he expected.

“Kevin Warsh has several times over the past couple of years argued for tighter monetary policy, not looser policy, which is the opposite of what Trump wants,” he said.

If Warsh does disappoint Trump, Bessent is likely to bear the blame. At an event in November, the president joked that the treasury secretary’s job was at stake if he did not do more to persuade Powell to lower interest rates more quickly.

“The only thing Scott’s blowing it on is the Fed,” Trump said. “The rates are too high, Scott, and if you don’t get it fixed fast, I’m going to fire your ass.”

Southwest begins assigned seating, scrapping a signature quirk

By CHRISTINE CHUNG

With a water-cannon salute, balloons and commemorative bag tags, Southwest Airlines last week officially retired its decades-old practice of open seating. For the first time, passengers received assigned seats, a major shift for the carrier, which also introduced a new group boarding process and premium seat options.

The first two flights with assigned seating landed early in the day, at Chicago Midway International Airport and then at Orlando International Airport, where a plane arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, glided toward the jetway under two arcs of water, a salute reserved for special occasions.

The celebration continued at the gate, which was festooned with red, blue and orange balloons. Passengers loaded up on free snacks and coffee and took selfies through heartshaped holes in giant boarding passes. The airline handed out bag tags with the line, “I understood the assignment.”

Southwest says the seating changes are intended to keep up with evolving customer expectations and to increase revenue.

Tony Roach, an executive vice president at the airline who was on the flight from San Juan, said that the airline had “outgrown” open seating, adding that assigned seating also reduces anxiety among travelers because they know what to expect.

“There were a lot of limitations with open seating in terms of what we want to do in the future,” he said. “You aren’t able to offer things inside the cabin which a lot of people want. Things like extra legroom would have been very difficult to do with an open-seating environment.”

For more than 50 years, Southwest used a system of open seating: Once they had checked in, passengers received a group and a number that determined the general order of when they’d get on the plane. Then once on board, they could choose any open seat. Getting a desired seat, or sitting together, often hinged on checking in early, and there were no premium seats.

The system was loved by some travelers, who viewed it

as egalitarian and flexible, and bemoaned by others who complained that it was chaotic and stressful.

Now, Southwest offers three categories of seats — standard, preferred and extra legroom — and the most expensive can cost hundreds of dollars more than the cheapest fare. Boarding order now depends on the fare class, as well as whether a traveler has elite status with the airline or holds its credit card. Travelers can also pay extra to board in an earlier group.

As of Tuesday, the airline also ended its flexible policy for plus-size passengers, which allowed customers to ask for an extra seat at the gate, or pay for an extra seat and later receive a refund. Those passengers will now need to purchase two seats ahead of time, without a guaranteed refund.

Some loyal travelers expressed dismay that the airline was abandoning some of the quirks that made it different from other major U.S. carriers. In May, Southwest eliminated its popular policy of granting travelers two free checked bags.

Travelers are shown vintage boarding passes during a celebration hosted by Southwest Airlines to commemorate the end of its longstanding open-seating policy, at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The airline said its new policy, rolled out on Tuesday, responded to passengers’ preferences, but some customers said the scramble was part of the charm. (Jacob Langston/ The New York Times)

Larry Wolf, 74, who has flown with Southwest for more than two decades, said he was enticed early on by the airline’s reputation as an industry disrupter.

“I liked them really well when they were young and scrappy. In the past, they seemed to have mastered the quick turnaround, they were able to get back on time after delays, they are very agile with swapping planes and all of that,” said Wolf, who was at LaGuardia Airport awaiting his flight home to Chicago.

With assigned seats and premium fares, “now it’s just like any other airline,” Wolf said.

Several longtime Southwest fliers also remarked that they enjoyed the unpredictability of the previous open-seating system. Aaron Schottenstein, a 35-year-old who lives in Phoenix, said he’d been dreading the changes.

“I loved the boarding, getting on in the lines, yapping with everybody while you wait there, talking about how people are trying to get like five spots closer because they might get that much better of a seat,” said Schottenstein, who was traveling from New York to Phoenix, with a connection in Kansas City.

Others welcomed assigned seating, saying it eliminated pain points like checking in 24 hours ahead of a flight to improve the chances of snagging a better seat.

“I love it,” said Maureen Hager, of Buffalo, who was traveling home from Orlando on Tuesday with Veronica, her adult daughter. “I hated waiting on line, trying to get there early. I don’t like waiting to get to the airport and waiting on line and the anxiety of not knowing if you got seats together.”

Veronica, however, disagreed. She called the change a “money grab.”

“I like the other way,” she said. “I like the thrill of having to check in, trying to get Group A, first round.”

Bob Jordan, the airline’s CEO, said in an interview last month that the airline was confident that customers, who he said desire these changes, would stay loyal.

“We’re now offering things that the vast majority of people want,” he said, adding, “We’ve seen no defection from the

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MIGUEL ANGEL

CABRERA TORRES

POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE SUS HERMANOS MARIA

ALONDRA CABRERA

QUIARA; MIGUEL

ARMANDO CABRERA

QUIARA; ANAID

MARITZA CABRERA

QUIARA; MARIA

MAGDALENA CABRERA

TORRES

Peticionarios EX PARTE

Caso Civil Número:

NG2023CV00147. Sobre:

EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO.

EDICTO. E.U A., PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.U., E.L.A. DE P.R., SS. A: LIZETTE ARTURET

COUVERTIER / SR. ALGARIN.

Por la presente se le notifica que comparezcan, si creyeren conveniente, ante este Honorable Tribunal. Ello debe hacerlo dentro de un término no mayor de 20 días desde la última publicación de un edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para inscribir su dominio sobre el siguiente inmueble. Por la presente se notifica que se ha presentado ente este Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado, con el fin de justificar e inscribir a favor de la parte Promovente el dominio que tiene sobre la siguiente finca: Rústica: Predio localizado en el Barrio Duque del Término Municipal de Naguabo con número de catastro 230-000007-10-998, compuesto de VEINTE Y CINCO MIL DOSCIENTOS VEINTE Y OCHO METROS CUADRADOS CON DOSCIENTOS SETENTA MILESIMAS DE OTRO METRO CUADRADO (25,228.270 M.C.), en lindes por el NORTE en once alineaciones que en total suman ochenta y siete metros con ciento cuarenta y cinco milésimas de otro metro (87.145 mts.) con terrenos de la Sucesión Miguel A. Cabrera; por el SUR en nueve alineaciones que en total suman ciento veinte y dos metros con trescientos sesenta y siete milésimas de otro metro (122.367 mts.) con terrenos de Roberto Rodriguez López, Camino Publico y Mercedes Cabrera; por el ESTE en 11 alineaciones que

en total suman doscientos treinta y seis metros con ciento noventa y una milésimas de otro metro (236.191 mts.) con terrenos de Mario D. Nieves, Efraín Rodriguez García y Dinorah Del Pilar Camacho Rodriguez; y por el OESTE en siete alineaciones que en total suman doscientos veinte y cinco metros con seiscientos cincuenta y dos milésimas de otro metro (225.652 mts.) con terrenos de José L. Alvira Acosta. Está atravesada por un Camino Vecinal. No está Inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. El número de codificación o “catastro” según aparece en el CRIM es el 230000-007-10-998 el cual es de la finca principal. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. 1. Que la parte peticionaria adquirió la mencionada propiedad objeto de la presente solicitud de dominio Conforme a la Resolución del 14 de agosto de 2012 sobre Declaratoria de Herederos, el peticionario en representación de sus hermanos como heredero del caudal dejado por el difunto Miguel Ángel Cabrera Figueroa, es la parte peticionaria en esta Petición representando. 2. El abogado de la parte Promovente el Licenciado Julio César Osuna Guzmán, cuya dirección es: Calle 15 N#3 Urb. Sta. Juana, Caguas Puerto Rico 00725 y cuyo teléfono lo es (787) 744-7302 y su correo electrónico josunalaw@gmail.com. Y se le notifica a ustedes que este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le cite a ustedes, para que hagan oposición a este expediente, si se viesen perjudicados con la inscripción que se solicita; advirtiéndoles que de no hacer oposición dentro del término de veinte (20) días a contar desde que fueran ustedes notificados de esta citación, la Parte Promovente podrá solicitar y obtener la aprobación de este xpediente y su correspondiente inscripción a su nombre en el Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Caguas, el dominio de la finca anteriormente descrita. POR ORDEN DEL HONORABLE LORIMAR BARRETO VINCENTY, Juez de este Tribunal, expido la presente en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de noviembre del 2025. Bajo mi firma y sello oficial. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LISA M. FIGUEROA RUIZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE ANIBAL

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 produ-

cir 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 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 14 de enero de 2026. MARÍA DE LOURDES

LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL

AUXILIAR, ALGUACIL DE LA

DIVISIÓN DE EJECUCIÓN DE SENTENCIAS, TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN.

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SALA SUPERIOR DE VEGA BAJA

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Parte Demandante Vs. MIGUEL ALFREDO SANABRIA BERMÚDEZ t/c/c MIGUEL A. SANABRIA BERMÚDEZ y FRANCES DONNELLY SANTIAGO HERNÁNDEZ t/c/c FRANCES SANTIAGO HERNÁNDEZ

Parte Demandada

Civil Núm.: VB2019CV00299. (201). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia dictada el 4 de octubre de 2019 enmendada, Nunc Pro Tunc el 2 de diciembre de 2021, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 20 de marzo de 2025 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 29 de diciembre de 2025 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender el día 12 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Vega Baja, Carretera Número Dos (2) Kilómetro 38.3 (al lado del Centro Gubernamental) Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el #75 en el plano de parcelación de la comunidad Cerro Gordo del barrio Sabana del término municipal de Vega Alta, con cabida superficial de 394.25 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela #74 de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela #77 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela #63 de la comunidad; por el OESTE, con la calle #1 de la comunidad. La propiedad y la hipoteca constan inscritas al folio 178 del tomo 308 de Vega Alta, Finca

18858. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. Inscripción tercera. La escritura de modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 152 del tomo 329 de Vega Alta, Finca 18858. Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección III. Inscripción quinta.DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: COMUNIDAD CERRO GORDO, PARCELA #75 CALLE 1, VEGA ALTA, PR 00692. catastro número: (10) 018-065353-23-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $91,260.60. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 19 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $60,840.40. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA el día 26 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $45,630.30. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $84,809.09 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.5% anual desde el 1 de junio de 2018 hasta su completo pago, más $188.23 de recargos acumulados, más la cantidad estipulada de $9,462.70 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores que afectan a la propiedad en cuestión: a. HIPOTECA: Constituida por Miguel Alfredo Sanabria Bermúdez y Frances Donnelly Santiago Hernández (solteros), en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Reliable Financial Services Inc. d/b/a Reliable Mortgage, o a su orden, por la suma de $10,000.00, sus intereses al 5.50% anual y vencedero 1 enero de 2040, según contsa de la escritura #452, otorgada en San Juan, el 30 de diciembre de 2009, ante la notario Wanda M. Moreno Lugo, inscrita al folio 178 del tomo 308 de Vega Alta, finca #18858, inscripción 4ta. Nota: Sujeta a condiciones

CARRERO POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA REPRESENTADO POR EL SECRETARIO DE LA VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO URBANO (HUD), DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA POR CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES RELICTOS, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES (CRIM)

Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2025CV06177. (503). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO, EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO E INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO.

A: CARMEN AURELIA

AYALA RIVERA, IRIS YOLANDA AYALA MARRERO, EFRAÍN

AYALA CARRASQUILLO, NORLISA AYALA BALINES T/C/C NORLISA

AYALA BALINE, MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE EFRAÍN

AYALA CASELLAS T/C/C EFRAÍN GUILLERMO

AYALA CASELLAS T/C/C EFRAÍN

AYALA CASILLAS, ILEANA BALINES CARRERO POR SÍ Y EN LA CUOTA VIUDAL USUFRUCTUARIA

A LAS SIGUIENTES

DIRECCIONES: URB. EL CORTIJO, AE40 CALLE 23, BAYAMÓN PR 009565715 Y URB. ROYAL

TOWN, 2-25 CALLE 44, BAYAMÓN PR 009564516; FULANO DE TAL Y MENGANO DE TAL

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE EFRAÍN AYALA

CASELLAS T/C/C EFRAÍN GUILLERMO

AYALA CASELLAS

T/C/C EFRAÍN AYALA CASILLAS.

Queda usted notificado que en este Tribunal se ha radicado demanda sobre ejecución de hipoteca por la vía ordinaria en la que se alega se adeuda las siguientes cantidades: $82,419.64 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.375% anual desde el 1 de diciembre de 2018 hasta su

completo pago, más $1,396.03 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $11,110.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. La propiedad que garantiza hipotecariamente el préstamo es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar radicado en la Urbanización El Cortijo situada en el Barrio Cerro Gordo de Bayamón, marcado con el número 40 del bloque AE con un área de 188.77 metros cuadrados. En lindes: por el NORTE: en 26.90 metros con el solar número 39; por el SUR: en 27.03 metros con el solar numero 41; por el ESTE: en 7.00 metros con la calle numero 23; y por el OESTE: en longitud de 7.00 metros con los solares números 5 y 6. Sobre dicho solar enclava una casa para fines residenciales. Inscrita al folio 296 del tomo 1195 de Bayamón, Finca 53036, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La escritura de hipoteca consta inscrita al folio 76 vuelto del tomo 1886 de Bayamón, Finca 53036, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción octava. La escritura de modificación de hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Bayamón, Finca 53036, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. Inscripción décima. La demandante es la tenedora por endoso, por valor recibido y de buena fe del referido pagaré objeto de la presente acción. Se interpela a los demandados para que acepten o renuncien a la herencia de la causante dentro de los 30 días subsiguientes a la fecha que fuesen emplazados o requeridos que contesten, para darle cumplimiento al Artículo 959 del Código Civil de Puerto Rico, 31 L.P.R.A. §2787 entendiéndose que, si no se expresan dentro de dicho término, aceptan el caudal relicto; la renuncia se hará por instrumento público o por escrito judicial. La parte demandada deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Administración y Manejo de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial. pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal. Se le advierte que si no contesta la demanda, radicando el original de la contestación en este Tribunal y enviando copia de la contestación a la abogada de la parte demandante, Lcda. Belma Alonso García, cuya dirección es: PO Box 3922, Guaynabo PR

00970-3922, Teléfonos: (787) 789-1826 y (787) 708-0566, correo electrónico: oficinabelmaalonso@gmail.com, dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este edicto, excluyéndose el día de la publicación, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO bajo mi firma y el sello del Tribunal, hoy 15 de enero de 2026, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. ELIZABETH OLIVERAS PÉREZ, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL DEL TRIBUNAL.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO PHALANX CAPITAL SERIES 5 REAL ESTATE, LLC

Plaintiff V. Valentin Cruz Ayala a/k/a Valentin Ayala Cruz

Defendant Civil No.: 19-1205 JAG. COLLECTION OF MONEY AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

NOTICE OF SALE.

To: VALENTIN CRUZ

AYALA A/K/A VALENTIN

AYALA CRUZ, GENERAL PUBLIC, AND ALL PARTIES THAT MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.

WHEREAS, on February 5, 2024, Judgment was entered for the total outstanding principal balance in the amount of $113,996.52 with interest accrued until full payment, plus mortgage and risk insurance premiums, late fees and any other amounts agreed in the mortgage deed, from the date stated above until full payment thereof, plus 10% for attorney’s fees and costs. The records of the case and these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Federal Building, Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico or by accessing the electronic court records. WHEREAS, pursuant to said Judgment, the undersigned SPECIAL MASTER, Joel Ronda-Feliciano, was ordered to sell at public auction for US currency in cash or certified check, without appraisal or right to redemption to the highest bidder at his office located in 441 E Street, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, PR 00969 (coordinates 18.3698579 –66.1124836) the following property: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Condominio Miradores Del Yunque de Rio Grande. Apartamento C-117. Cabida: 122.6797 metros cuadrados. Apartamento residencial de

forma irregular localizado en la primera planta del edificio, localizado en la Carretera PR número tres (#3), Kilómetro 23.6, en el Barrio Ciénaga Baja, del término municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, el cual se describe en la Escritura Matriz de Dedicación al Régimen de Propiedad Horizontal con el área y colindancias que se relacionan a continuación: Área total: se compone del área principal que constituye la unidad de vivienda, más dos (2) porciones de terreno discontinuas, que son los estacionamientos asignados, totalizando todo ello un área de: mil trescientos veinte pies cuadrados con cinco mil ochenta y ocho centésimas partes de otro (1,320.5088 p.c.), equivalentes a ciento veintidós punto seis mil setecientos noventa y siete metros cuadrados (122.6797 m.c.). Área total de la vivienda: mil veinticuatro pies cuadrados con seis mil quinientos veintiocho milésimas partes de otro (1,024.6528 p.c.), equivalentes a: noventa y cinco punto mil novecientos treinta y siete metros cuadrados (95.1937 m.c.). Los linderos del área de vivienda son los siguientes: Por el NORTE, en dieciséis pies diez y media pulgadas (16’ 10 1/2”), con área común; por el SUR, en veintiún pies cinco pulgadas (21’ 5”), con patio posterior; por el ESTE, en cuarenta y cuatro pies cuatro con siete octavos de pulgadas (44’ 4 7/8”), con patio lateral; y por el OESTE, en treinta y cinco pies nueve pulgadas (35’ 9”), con pared que colinda con el apartamento ciento dieciocho (118). Tiene su puerta de entrada y salida por su lado Oeste, que da al área del pasillo que conduce a las escaleras que le brindan acceso al edificio. Consta de sala-comedor, un (1) balcón; un pasillo que brinda acceso a las siguientes áreas: un (1) dormitorio con closet, área de lavandería; cocina, un (1) dormitorio con un closet, un (1) baño completo de uso general; un (1) dormitorio principal (“master bedroom”) en la cual ubican un área de “closet” y un (1) baño completo. Le corresponde a este apartamento dos (2) estacionamientos como anejo exclusivo y privado del mismo; identificado con los números ciento diecisiete (117) y ciento diecisiete A (117A). Área total: doscientos noventa y cinco punto ochocientos cincuenta y seis pies cuadrados, (295.856 p.c.), equivalentes veintisiete punto cuatrocientos ochenta y cuatro metros cuadrados (27.484 m.c.). Estacionamiento ciento diecisiete (117): Por el NORTE, en una distancia de ocho pies y dos tres octavos pulgadas (3’ 2 3/8”), con Calle Uno (1); por el SUR, en una distancia de ocho pies dos y tres octavos pulgada (8’ 2 3/8”), con área común; por el ESTE, en

una distancia de dieciocho pies media pulgada (18’ 1/2”), con el estacionamiento doscientos dieciocho (218); y por el OESTE, en una distancia de dieciocho pies media pulgada (18’ 1/2”), con el estacionamiento ciento dieciocho (118). Estacionamiento ciento diecisiete A (117-A): por el NORTE, en una distancia de dieciocho pies media pulgada (18’ 1/2”), con el estacionamiento doscientos dieciocho A (218A); por el SUR, en una distancia de dieciocho pies media pulgada (18’ 1/2”), con el estacionamiento ciento dieciocho A (118A); por el ESTE, en una distancia de ocho pies dos con tres octavos pulgadas (8’ 2 3/8”), con muro; y por el OESTE, en una distancia de ocho pies dos con tres octavos pulgada (8’ 2 3/8”), con la Calle Uno (1). Considerando el área total de vivienda y las áreas totales de estacionamiento, le corresponde de forma conjunta una participación en los elementos comunes y elementos comunes compartidos del Condominio de 0.008772%. PROPERTY NUMBER: 28129, recorded at Karibe of Rio Grande the Registry of Property of Carolina, Third Section. WHEREAS, The mortgage to be foreclosed as part of the instant proceeding is recorded at at Karibe of Rio Grande, second inscription, Property of Carolina, Third Section. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It is understood that the potential bidders acquire the property subject to any and all the senior liens that encumber the property. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax liens (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts then and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and the bid price shall not be applied toward the cancellation of the senior liens. WHEREFORE, the FIRST PUBLIC SALE will be held on MARCH 13TH, 2026, AT 9:15 AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $121,600.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on MARCH 20TH, 2026, AT 9:15 AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $81,066.67. If said second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION shall be held on MARCH 27TH, 2026 AT 9:15 AM, and the minimum bidding amount that will be accepted is the sum of $60,800.00. Upon

confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued canceling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the Stipulated Judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the aforementioned office of the Clerk of the Unites States District Court. San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 5 day of January 2026. Joel Ronda-Feliciano, Special Master, Tel: (787) 565-0515, email: rondajoel@me.com.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE ARECIBO

ORIENTAL BANK

Demandante V. PRO-SERVICES

CORPORATION; JOSE E. MUÑIZ TORRES

Demandados Civil Núm.: AR2025CV01902. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. A: 1. PRO-SERVICES CORPORATIONAVENIDA KENNEDY 1055 SUITE PH 3 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00926; CALLE SIERRA BERDECÍA 94, URB. LUCHETTI, MANATI, PUERTO RICO 00674; 75 CALLE MUÑOZ RIVERA, URB. LUCHETTI, MANATI, PUERTO RICO 00674.

2. JOSE E MUNIZ TORRES - BO. QUEBRADA CARR. #455 KM 5.3 INT MANATÍ, PUERTO RICO 00674; PO BOX 1393 MANATÍ, PUERTO RICO 00674. Por la presente se le notifica a usted que se ha radicado en esta Secretaría la demanda de epígrafe. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días de haber sido diligenciado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal y noti-

ficar copia de la misma al ( a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, en Manatí, Puerto Rico, hoy día 10 de diciembre de 2025. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA. CARMEN J. ROSARIO VALENTÍN, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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COMPU-LINK

CORPORATION, D/B/A CELINK Demandante Vs. SUCESION GILBERTO GONZALEZ FELICIANO T/C/C GILBERTO GONZALEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION MARIA MILAGROS PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

MARIA M. PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

MARIA M. PEREZ

RODRIG T/C/C MARIA

PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C MARIA PEREZ

COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV06223.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO E INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION GILBERTO GONZALEZ FELICIANO T/C/C GILBERTO GONZALEZ; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION MARIA MILAGROS PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

MARIA M. PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

MARIA M. PEREZ

RODRIG T/C/C MARIA PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C MARIA PEREZ. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: HTTPS://WWW PODERJUDICIAL.PR/INDEX. PHP/TRIBUNAL-ELECTRONICO/[poderjudicial.pr] salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan decla-

ración aceptado o repudiando la herencia los herederos de los causantes GILBERTO GONZALEZ FELICIANO T/C/C GILBERTO GONZALEZ y MARIA

MILAGROS PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C MARIA M. PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ T/C/C MARIA M. PEREZ RODRIG T/C/C MARIA

PEREZ RODRIGUEZ T/C/C

MARIA PEREZ. Se les apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar o repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada y por consiguiente, responden por las cargas de dicha herencia. Greenspoon Marder, LLP

Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622

TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com

Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy día 14 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. ELIZABETH OLIVERAS PÉREZ, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL.

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Parte Demandante V. MORTGAGE STORE OF PUERTO RICO; POPULAR MORTGAGE; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARE EXTRAVIADO Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2025CV00540. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. Sala: 202. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MORTGAGE STORE OF PUERTO RICO.

POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. En dicha demanda se reclama la cancelación un pagaré otorgado el 11 de junio de 2002, ante el notario Ahmed R. Arroyo Romeu, a favor de MORTGAGE STORE OF PUERTO RICO, por la suma principal de $60,900.00 de principal, con intereses al 8.00% anual, vencedero el 1 de julio de 2032. Para garantizar el pago de dicho pagaré se constituyó hipoteca voluntaria mediante la escritu-

ra número 105, otorgada el 11 de junio de 2002, ante el notario Ahmed R. Arroyo Romeu, sobre el bien inmueble que se describe a continuación: “Urbana: Solar: 4-M. COMUNIDAD RURAL ZENON DIAZ VALCARCEL de Guaynabo. Cabida: 248.36 Metros Cuadrados. URBANA: Solar marcado con el número Cuatro manzana M del plano de inscripción del Proyecto PRHA-once denominada Zenón Diaz Valcárcel radicado en el Barrio Amelia del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de doscientos cuarenta y ocho metros cuadrados con treinta y seis centésimas de metro cuadrado; por el NORTE, con la calle número seis, distancia de diez metros con cuarenta y ocho centímetros; por el SUR, con el solar número M-cincuenta y uno distancia de once metros con cuarenta y dos centímetros; por el ESTE, con el solar número M-cinco, distancia de veintidós metros con ochenta y siete centímetros; y por el OESTE, con el solar M-tres distancia de veintidós metros con cincuenta y nueve centímetros. Estructura construida en cemento y hormigón consta de 3 habitaciones, un baño, sala, cocina, dos terrazas, escalera de cemento que da acceso a la calle, por su lado norte, con medida de 104 p/c, valorada en $35,000.00 según inscripción 9na. Es segregación de la finca número 2326 inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 46 de Guaynabo.”

Finca número 30,090, inscrita al folio 150 del tomo 777 de Guaynabo, Registro de la Propiedad de Guaynabo. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: HTTPS://WWW.PODERJUDICIAL.PR/INDEX.PHP/ TRI BUNAL-ELECTRONICO/ [poderjudicial.pr], salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente, sin más citarle ni oírle. Greenspoon Marder, LLP

Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido RUA 15,622

TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309

Telephone: (954) 343 6273

Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com

Expedido bajo mi firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, hoy 14 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL INTERINA. SARA ROSA

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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC

Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS RIVERA

MIRANDA, COMPUESTA POR IRIS RIVERA PUCHAHES, HENRY

RIVERA PUCHAHES, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE IRIS

DELIA PUCHAHES

LEBRÓN, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA COMO

IRIZ PUCHAHES DE RIVERA Y COMO

IRIS D. PUCHAHES

LEBRÓN, COMPUESTA POR IRIS RIVERA

PUCHAHES, HENRY

RIVERA PUCHAHES, SUTANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS

RIVERA PUCHAHES, COMPUESTA POR

CECILIA ROSADO

DIAZ, SYLVIA RIVERA

ROSADO, DANIEL

ANDRES RIVERA

ROSADO, MENGANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE JUDITH

RIVERA PUCHAHES COMPUESTA POR SHAYLEEN SEPULVEDA

RIVERA, XAVIER

SEPULVEDA RIVERA, JANICE SANCHEZ

RIVERA, CHRISTIAN

SANCHEZ RIVERA, JOHN DOE Y JANE

DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESION DE JAVIER

ARTURO SEPULVEDA

RIVERA COMPUESTA

POR JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS

MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: BY2025CV02837.

Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO

POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE PUERTO

RICO, S.S. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS RIVERA

MIRANDA COMPUESTA POR FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE IRIS

DELIA PUCHAHES

LEBRÓN, TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDA COMO

IRIZ PUCHAHES DE RIVERA Y COMO IRIS

D. PUCHAHES LEBRÓN COMPUESTA POR

SUTANO DE TAL Y SUTANA DE TAL, COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE ANDRÉS

RIVERA PUCHAHES

COMPUESTA POR

SYLVIA RIVERA

ROSADO, DANIEL ANDRES RIVERA

ROSADO, MENGANO DE TAL Y MENGANA DE TAL COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA SUCESIÓN DE JUDITH

RIVERA PUCHAHES

COMPUESTA POR

SHAYLEEN SEPULVEDA

RIVERA, XAVIER

SEPULVEDA RIVERA, JANICE SANCHEZ

RIVERA, CHRISTIAN

SANCHEZ RIVERA, JOHN DOE Y JANE

DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS

DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; LA

SUCESION DE JAVIER

ARTURO SEPULVEDA RIVERA COMPUESTA POR JUAN DEL PUEBLO Y JUANA DEL PUEBLO COMO

POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERES EN LA SUCESION.

Queden emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre Ejecución de Hipoteca en su contra. Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto y deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), el cual podrá acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al licenciado Andrés Sáez Marrero, 623 Ponce de León Avenue, Executive Building, Ste. 1100A-2, San Juan, PR 00917, Tel. (561) 338-4101, correo electrónico, asaez@tmpllc.com, dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se le apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 57-2023, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menor fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 14 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL REGIONAL INTERINA. ELIZABETH OLIVERAS PÉREZ, SECRETARIA CONFIDENCIAL.

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DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FIRST BANK PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JOHN DOE Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2025CV08739. (Salón: 905 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. LUIS F. PIÑEIRO ENRIQUEZLAWPINEIRO@YAHOO.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 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 22 de ENERO de 2026. En SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, el 22 de ENERO de 2026. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. CARMEN LÓPEZ VILCHES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO

SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC

Demandante V. ANA R GARCIA ALGARIN

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CN2025CV00207. (Civil: 406). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. NATALIE BONAPARTE SERVERANATALIE.BONAPARTE@ORF-LAW. COM.

A: ANA R

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 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 23 de ENERO de 2026. En CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, el 23 de ENERO de 2026. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. MARICRUZ APONTE ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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OQUENDO FRANCO Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SI2025CV00054. (Salón: 1 SALA SUPERIOR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLÓN GABRIEL.RAMOS@ORF-LAW.COM. A: EFRAIN OQUENDO FRANCO - PARA SER NOTIFICADA

MEDIANTE EDICTO POR CONDUCTO DEL LCDO. GABRIEL ANTONIO RAMOS COLON. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 21 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 22 de ENERO de 2026. En JUANA DÍAZ, Puerto Rico, el 22 de ENERO de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. DELIS E. SÁNCHEZ RAMOS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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MUNICIPIO DE CANÓVANAS, REPRESENTADA POR SU ALCALDESA LORNNA J. SOTO VILLANUEVA Peticionario V. ADQUISICIÓN DE FINCA 5529 DE LA CALLE MUÑOZ RIVERA DEL TÉRMINO MUNICIPAL DE CANÓVANAS; ROBERTO CALDERÓN SÁNCHEZ, ET ALS. Partes con Interés Civil Núm.: CN2025CV00408. Sobre: PROCEDIMIENTO SUMARIO DE EXPROPIACIÓN FORZOSA DE ESTORBO PÚBLICO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ROBERTO CALDERÓN SÁNCHEZ, JOHN DOE, DUEÑOS DESCONOCIDOS Y/O CUALQUIER PERSONA CON ALGÚN POSIBLE INTERÉS.

Se le emplaza y notifica que, con el fin público de erradicar el abandono y peligrosidad de propiedades declaradas estorbos públicos, el Municipio de Canóvanas ha radicado en esta Secretaría una Petición de Expropiación Forzosa al amparo de la Ley General de Expropiación Forzosa del 12 de marzo de 1903, según enmendada; la Ley Núm. 107 de 14 de agosto de 2020 conocida como el Código Municipal de Puerto Rico, en su Artículo 2.018 [21 L.P.R.A. § 7183]; la Ordenanza Núm. 3, Serie 2025-2026,

aprobada por la Legislatura Municipal de Canóvanas, Puerto Rico el 23 de julio de 2025; y, firmada por su Alcaldesa el día 30 del mismo mes; bajo el procedimiento sumario de expropiación forzosa de estorbos públicos que establece el Artículo 4.012A del Código Municipal establecido mediante la Ley Núm. 114 del 29 de junio de 2024, para adquirir la siguiente Finca: Urbana: CALLE MUÑOZ RIVERA de Canóvanas. Solar: 32 . Cabida: 196.01 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, con la Calle Muñoz Rivera. Sur, fondo, con Salim Laham y Modesto Romero. Este, con Cruz Olivero hoy, Jorge Rodríguez. Oeste, con la Calle Corchado. Antes Finca 922 de Loíza. En este solar se había edificado una casa de madera la cual fue destruida y en su lugar se edificó una casa de bloques de hormigón y concreto armado, con su piso y techo también de concreto armado, destinada a vivienda. Mide veinte pies tres pulgadas de frente, por cuarenta y cuatro pies de fondo con su medio balcón, sala-comedor, tres cuartos dormitorios, cuarto de baño, cocina y galería al fondo y su frente orientado hacia la Calle Muñoz Rivera. FINCA 5529 de CANÓVANAS de la Sección III de Carolina. USO PÚBLICO: REVITALIZACIÓN DEL CASCO URBANO. CATASTRO NÚM.: 089-077011-05-001. JUSTA COMPENSACIÓN: $95,000, a ser consignados a tenor con el Art. 4.012A(f) del Código Municipal. No habiéndose podido emplazar personalmente a las partes con interés antes relacionadas, por desconocer su paradero, este Tribunal ha ordenado que se le emplace por edicto, el cual se publicará una (1) vez por semana, durante 3 semanas consecutivas en un periódico de circulación diaria en Puerto Rico. Se le notifica que, si usted desea presentar objeción o defensa a la incautación de las estructuras descritas, debe presentar su contestación en este Tribunal dentro del término improrrogable de 30 DÍAS, contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto, debiendo notificar con copia de la misma a la parte peticionaria, a través de la LCDA. JOSEPHINE M. RODRÍGUEZ RÍOS - RUA 15,736: PO BOX 889 FAJARDO, PR 00738 Email: josephine.rodriguez@gmail. com. De usted no comparecer en el término aquí fijado, el Tribunal le anotará la rebeldía y dictará Sentencia en un término no mayor de 5 días. De usted comparecer o contestar la Petición, el Tribunal citará para juicio, el cual será celebrado en un término no menor de 15 días ni mayor de 30, de haberse contestado la Petición. Expedida por Orden del Tribunal, en Fajardo, Puerto Rico a 14 de enero de 2026. LIC. KANELLY

ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. DENNISE TORRES ROBLES, SUB-SECRETARIA.

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A: SUCESION LUIS ALFREDO PEREZ COLON, COMPUESTA POR: ADALBERTO PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, DORCAS ESTHER PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, EUNICE PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ, FREDYSWINDA PEREZ TORRES, JOSE DAVID PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, LILLIAM PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, LUIS ALFREDO PEREZ

RODRIGUEZ, LUZ AIDA PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, JOSE RAUL PEREZ RODRIGUEZ - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado con el fin de obtener Sentencia sobre Liquidación de Bienes Hereditarios. Representa(n) a la parte demandante, el/la (los) abogado(a)(s) cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

Yolanda Cappas Rodriguez RUA Núm. 18,908 CAPPAS LAW OFFICE HC 2 BOX 7884 Guayanilla, PR 00656

Tels. (787) 601-5661 / (787) 677-0199

E-mail: cappaslaw@gmail.com, ycappas@yahoo.com

Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto, radicando el original de

la contestación ante el tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandada, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy en Ponce, Puerto Rico, 21 de enero de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ

QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA

TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR. HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR.

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A: ANA ESTHER PEREZ COLON - DIRECCIÓN DESCONOCIDA.

Por la presente se notifica a usted que se ha presentado ante este Honorable Tribunal el expediente arriba mencionado con el fin de obtener Sentencia sobre Liquidación de Bienes Hereditarios. Representa(n) a la parte demandante, el/la (los) abogado(a)(s) cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato:

Yolanda Cappas Rodriguez

RUA Núm. 18,908 CAPPAS LAW OFFICE

HC 2 BOX 7884

Guayanilla, PR 00656

Tels. (787) 601-5661 / (787) 677-0199

E-mail: cappaslaw@gmail.com, ycappas@yahoo.com

Se le apercibe que si no compareciere usted a contestar dicha demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto, radicando el original de la contestación ante el tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandada, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Expido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal hoy en Ponce, Puerto Rico, 21 de enero

de 2026. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR. HILDA J. ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA TRIBUNAL SUPERIOR.

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NORMA G. TORRES

REYES TCC NORMA GLADYS ALAMEDA

Demandante V. EDWIN A ALAMEDA

ESTREMERA

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: HU2025RF00487. (Salón: 304). Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

SHAREE SANTANA FUXENCHSSANTANA@SERVICIOSLEGALES. ORG.

A: EDWIN A ALAMEDA

ESTREMERA P/C LCDA. SHAREE SANTANA FUXENCH.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 22 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 28 de enero de 2026. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 28 de enero de 2026. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. DENISE AMARO MACHUCA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

FRANCHESKA JINELIS

BORRERO RODRIGUEZ

Demandante V. JOSE ANTONIO

ROSADO MOLINA

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: BY2025RF01178. (FAMILIA Y MENORES - SALA DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN 4003).

Sobre: CUSTODIA - MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. AMANDA LACLAUSTRA

VIDOT - ALACLAUSTRA@ SERVICIOSLEGALES.ORG. A: JOSE ANTONIO ROSADO MOLINA. EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 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 27 de enero de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. IRIS M. OJEDA ALICEA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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JOSÉ ISRAEL

NARVÁEZ VALENTÍN

Demandante V. ALONDRA

ROMERO AHUACATE

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025RF01932. (Salón: 4002 FAMILIA Y MENORES). Sobre: CUSTODIA - MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.

CYNTHIA N. ABREU BABILONIA - CABREU@SERVICIOSLEGALES. ORG.

A: ALONDRA

ROMERO AHUACATE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 de enero de 2026, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debi-

damente 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 28 de enero de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 28 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. WILMARY RODRÍGUEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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ISLAND PORTFOLIO

SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS

FUND, LLC

Demandante V. ABNER A

CASTRO SOLANO

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2025CV01560. (Civil: 408). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. OSVALDO L. RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ - NOTIFICACIONES@ ORF-LAW.COM.

A: ABNER A CASTRO SOLANO. (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. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Demandante V. STEVEN DANA LUND Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: VB2025CV00658. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: COBRO DE DINEROORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JESSICA D. MARTÍNEZ BIRRIELJMARTBIRR@YAHOO.COM.

A: STEVEN DANA LUND, KIMELA NOREEN LUND

T/C/C KIMELA NOREEN WEBB Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES.

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

EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 27 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 27 de enero de 2026. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SUBSECCIÓN DE DISTRITO SALA DE ARECIBO CATALINA ORTIZ ÁGUILA Y PEDRO SANTIAGO ORTÍZ ÁGUILA, AMBOS POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ Demandantes Vs CARMEN YANARIE RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ; BARTOLO RODRÍGUEZ ORTÍZ, AMBOS POR SÍ Y COMO MIEMBROS DE LA SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ Y AQUELLOS HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, JANE DOE, JOHN DOE Demandados Civil Número: AR2025CV01652. Sobre: DECLARATORIA DE HEREDEROS CONTENCIOSA, LIQUIDACIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE COMUNIDAD HEREDITARIA. INTERPELACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, S.S. A: SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, T/C/C CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ SUCESIÓN COMPUESTA POR SUS HIJOS CONOCIDOS, A SABER: CARMEN YANARIE RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ Y BARTOLO RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ; Y JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS. El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia 0 si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado a repudiando la herencia

de SUCESIÓN DE CARMEN

LYDIA ORTIZ ÁGUILA, T/C/C CARMEN LYDIA ORTIZ SUCESIÓN compuesta por sus hijos conocidos, a saber: CARMEN YANARIE RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ y BARTOLO RODRÍGUEZ ORTIZ; y JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS. Se les apercibe que de no expresar su intención de aceptar a repudiar la herencia dentro del término que se le fijó, la herencia se tendrá por aceptada. La abogada de la parte demandante es la Lcda. Cynthia Vionnette Rosario González, Urb. Villamar Calle Domingo Rubio 34, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612; Tel. (787)400-6376/(787)8789633, correo electrónico: cvionnette@yahoo.com Se ordena a la Secretaría del Tribunal a expedir los emplazamientos por edicto correspondientes. NOTIFÍQUESE. En Arecibo, Puerto Rico, hoy 16 de enero de 2026. JORGE F. RAÍCES ROMÁN, JUEZ SUPERIOR. VIVÍAN Y. FRESSE GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. VANESSA M. GONZÁLEZ MALAVÉ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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ZINNIA RIVERA VELAZQUEZ

Demandante V.

JOSE GEREMIAS NUNEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: VB2025RF00060. (Salón: 201 CD, CM, TR Y CR). Sobre: DIVORCIO - RUPTURA IRREPARABLE. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALBA MELÉNDEZ ROMEUALBAMROMEU@GMAIL.COM.

A: JOSE GEREMIAS NUÑEZ - 658 E. MARKET ST., YORK PENNSYLVANIA 17403. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 de 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 27 de enero de 2026. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARITZA ROSARIO ROSARIO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. INES CRUZ JUARBE

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025CV03963. (Salón: 507). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM.

A: INES CRUZ JUARBE.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 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 26 de enero de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 26 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARILYN COLÓN CARRASQUILLO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JAVIER ANTONIO

SANTIAGO RÍOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: CG2025CV03048. 703. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JAVIER ANTONIO SANTIAGO RÍOS.

Por la presente se le notifica que ha sido presentada en este Tribunal una Demanda en su contra en el pleito de epígrafe.

El abogado de la parte demandante es el Lcdo. Jean Paul Juliá Díaz, P.O. Box 364908, San Juan, PR 00936-4908; Tel. (787) 622-2323 / Fax (787) 622-2320. Se le advierte que este Emplazamiento por Edicto se publicará en un (1) periódico de circulación general una (1) sola vez y que si no comparece a contestar dicha Demanda 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 el original de su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del Tribunal, enviando copia al abogado de la parte demandante, dentro del término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación del Emplazamiento por Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia en su contra concediendo el remedio solicitado en la Demanda sin más citarle ni oírle, disponiéndose además, que en los diez (10) días siguientes a la publicación de este Emplazamiento por Edicto, se le dirigirá por correo certificado con acuse de recibo copias de la Demanda presentada y del Emplazamiento por Edicto a sus última dirección conocida: 51 Cautiva, Urb. Hacienda San José, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 23 de enero de 2026.

IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. JAIME LUIS PEREZ VINCENTY

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: GB2025CV00752. (Salón: 202). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTEN-

CIA POR EDICTO. JEAN PAUL JULIÁ DÍAZJPJULIA@RMMELAW.COM. A: JAIME LUIS PÉREZ VINCENTY.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 26 DE 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 27 de enero de 2026. En GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, el 27 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. SARA ROSA VILLEGAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

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SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN

MARISOL ORTIZ VERA

Demandante Vs. SUCESION DE ALEJANDRO VELEZ DE JESUS COMPUESTA POR ALEXANDRA VELEZ DE JESUS; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DE LA SUCESION; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM); DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA

Demandados

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV04422. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA Y COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe al público en general hace saber que los autos y documentos del caso de epígrafe estarán de manifiesto en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables, y que venderé en pública subasta al mejor postor, en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nom-

bre del Alguacil del Tribunal, en mi oficina en este Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, la propiedad inscrita a favor de la parte demandada en el inmueble que se relaciona mas adelante, objeto de la SENTENCIA por la suma principal de $20,000.00, se acumulan intereses por $4,310.13 al 1 de septiembre de 2025 y de ahí en adelante acumulando intereses a razón de $101.29 mensual a razón del 5.00% anual hasta el total pago de la deuda y la suma estipulada de (10%) por concepto de costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se celebrará el 23 DE FEBRERO DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA. Servirá de tipo mínimo para la misma la cantidad de $20,000.00 sin admitirse oferta inferior. De no haber remate ni adjudicación, celebraré SEGUNDA SUBASTA el día 3 DE MARZO DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA en el mismo lugar, en Ia que servirá de tipo mínimo dos terceras (2/3) partes del precio pactado, o sea $13,333.33 y de ser necesaria, una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 10 DE MARZO DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, siendo el tipo mínimo para dicha Tercera Subasta la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo que se fijo para la Primera Subasta, o sea $10,000.00. Si se declarare desierta la tercera subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento. El inmueble que a ser vendido en pública subasta describe coma sigue: URBANA: URBANIZACIÓN CLUB MANOR de Sabana Llana. Solar: 16. Cabida: 900 Metros Cuadrados. Linderos: Norte, en 30.00 metros, con el solar #15. Sur, en 30.00 metros, con el solar #16. Este, en 30.00 metros, con Ia Calle “C” de la Urbanización Club Manor. Oeste, en 30.00 metros, con terrenos propiedad de Jaime Miró Pérez. Finca número 4120, inscrita al sistema Karibe de Sabana Llana. Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección V de San Juan. Se entiende que todo licitador que comparezca a la subasta señalada en este caso acepta coma bastante la titulación que da base a la misma. 1. Dicha propiedad afecta a los siguientes gravámenes: POR SU PROCEDENCIA: Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto Rico. 2. Afecta por sí a: HIPOTECA QUE AQUI SE EJECUTA: hipoteca a favor de Marisol Ortiz Vera por $20,000.00 de principal al 5.00% anual con vencimiento el 1 de agosto de 2023 bajo el testimonio 33,693. Tasación de $20,000.0000, según consta de la escritura número 23, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 1 de septiembre de 2021, ante el Notario Público Luis Oscar Cintrón Fonalledas. La responsabilidad y/o derecho real que da base a esta ejecución NO afecta a

cargas o gravámenes posteriores, esto consta del Registro de la Propiedad según certificación registral de 8 de enero de 2026. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes a este procedimiento están de manifiesto en la Secretaría de este Tribunal durante los días y horas laborables, por lo que los interesados pueden referirse al expediente allí archivado, bajo el civil número que aparece en el epígrafe de este Edicto Anunciando Primera, Segunda y Tercera Subasta. Se entiende que cualquier carga y/o gravamen anterior y/o preferente, si la hubiere, al crédito que da base a esta ejecución continuará subsistente, entendiéndose, además, que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de estos, sin destinarse a su extinción cualquier parte del remanente del precio de licitación. La propiedad para ejecutar se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores. Y PARA CONOCIMIENTO de licitadores, acreedores y del público en general, y para su publicación de acuerdo con la Ley en un periódico de los de mayor circulación en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, y en los sitios públicos de acuerdo a las disposiciones de la Regla 51.7 de las de Procedimiento Civil vigentes, expido el presente EDICTO bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 22 de enero de 2026. María De Lourdes López Moreira, Alguacil Auxiliar, Tribunal De Primera Instancia, Sala De San Juan.

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Demandante V. EXPARTE

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: MZ2025RF00071 (Salón 301). Sobre: ADOPCION-PETICION DE ADOPCION Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DIANA M LUGO ARRILLAGA DIANALUGO44@HOTMAIL.COM

A: JOHANNY RAMOS ASCENCIO (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 circula-

ción 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 22 de enero de 2026. En MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, el 22 de enero de 2026. Norma G Santana Irizarry, Secretaria. F/Maryline Gonzalez Arocho, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE EVA TERESA ADOLFINA

GARCIA LLORENS, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA T. ADOLFINA, EVA ADOLFINA

GARCIA LLORENS, EVA ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA TERESA GARCIA Y COMO EVA GARCIA LLORENS, COMPUESTA POR GUILLERMO MIGUEL INFANZON GARCIA Y JOSE ALBERTO INFANZON GARCIA, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN; CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA

Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2025CV05679. Sala: 703. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA . EDICTO DE INTERPELACIÓN. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: LA SUCESIÓN DE EVA TERESA ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA

COMO EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA T. ADOLFINA, EVA ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, EVA ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA TERESA GARCIA Y COMO EVA GARCIA LLORENS, COMPUESTA POR GUILLERMO MIGUEL INFANZON GARCIA Y JOSE ALBERTO INFANZON GARCIA, FULANO DE TAL Y FULANA DE TAL COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS CON INTERÉS EN LA SUCESIÓN. El Artículo 1578 del Código Civil de 2020, dispone: “Transcurridos treinta (30) días desde que se haya producido la delación, cualquier persona interesada puede solicitar al tribunal que le señale al llamado un plazo, para que manifieste si acepta la herencia o si la repudia. Este plazo no excederá de treinta (30) días. El tribunal apercibirá al llamado de que, si transcurrido el plazo señalado no ha manifestado su voluntad de aceptar la herencia o de repudiarla, se dará por aceptada.” Por la presente el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, conforme al Art. 1578, supra, y el caso Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria vs. Latinoamericana de Exportación, Inc., 164 DPR 689 (2005), les ordena que el término de treinta (30) días, hagan declaración aceptado o repudiando la herencia de la causante, EVA TERESA ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, también conocida como EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, EVA T. ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA T. ADOLFINA, EVA ADOLFINA GARCIA LLORENS, EVA ADOLFINA GARCIA, EVA TERESA GARCIA y como EVA GARCIA LLORENS. Se les apercibe a los herederos antes mencionados que de no expresarse dentro de ese término de treinta (30) días en torno a la aceptación o repudiación de herencia, la misma se tendrá por aceptada. Los abogados de la parte demandante son: Lcdo. Andrés Sáez Marrero

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Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 16 de enero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. CARMEN M. PINTADO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

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Governor joins calls for Puerto Rican stars to play in the World Baseball Classic

With final team rosters due Tuesday, denial of insurance coverage for at least 8 players jeopardizes Team PR’s participation

By THE STAR STAFF

Upon learning over the weekend that some Major League Baseball players were not authorized to play by the company that insures the league’s teams, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón joined the calls for Team Puerto Rico, known locally as “Team Rubio,” to be able to play in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March.

“I spoke with José Quiles, president of the Baseball Federation, and Tuti Muñoz, promoter of the Caribbean Classic, an event in which the government of Puerto Rico is the main sponsor,” the governor said. “Given the legitimate request of the Federation president, we join his petition to reconsider the authorization so that our star players can participate.”

Puerto Rico is one of the global tournament’s first-round hosts, with Canada, Colombia, Cuba and Panama slated to join Team Puerto Rico in pool play at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey from March 6 to March 11. The WBC runs from March 5 through the final on March 17.

The governor added that Puerto Rico eagerly awaits seeing its complete team on the field.

“We believe that the denial of authorization for seven of our athletes should be immediately re-evaluated,” she said. “We reaffirm our commitment to sports and to the pride of our island, supporting those who represent us with talent and dedication.”

González Colón said she hopes to speak with Jim Small, president of the World Baseball Classic, to seek alternatives.

“We will be awaiting the final decision and will do everything in our power to ensure that our players are able to participate,” she said.

The governor noted that she is also considering other actions.

Quiles, the Baseball Federation president, anticipated the possibility that the Puerto Rican team might not participate in the WBC.

“That option is on the table,” Joey Sola, Team Puerto Rico’s

operations manager, told The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal on Saturday. “It obviously will depend upon if we can figure out the substitute players.”

The Athletic report had the number of Team Puerto Rico players denied coverage at eight to 10.

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, who is expected to be ready for spring training, was denied coverage based on two right elbow surgeries he underwent in the past three offseasons.

Also not cleared to play were third baseman Carlos Correa (Houston Astros), right-handed pitcher José Berríos (Toronto Blue Jays) and catcher Víctor Caratini (Minnesota Twins), though the cases of Correa, Berríos and several others are under review, Sola told The Athletic.

According to The Athletic, “[t]he heightened insurance concerns stem from injuries to José Altuve and Edwin Díaz during the last WBC in 2023, which created aftershocks that will lead to fewer star players on the field” in this year’s edition of the tournament.

“Since the last tournament, insurance for major league players has grown considerably more expensive, and the league’s insurer has become more stringent about which players it approves,” The Athletic report said, citing “people briefed on the underwriting process who were not authorized to speak publicly.”

The criteria by which the insurer reviews a contracted player’s eligibility for coverage varies from case to case depending on that player’s injury history, along with other factors including age.

Some in Puerto Rico have suggested that players from the island are not being treated on equal footing compared to players from other nations who have dealt with injuries in the recent past. Sola also pointed out the difficulties created due to the decisions on insurance coming just days before final team rosters are due. (Puerto Rico, among the smaller jurisdictions fielding teams in the WBC, has a smaller player population from which to search for replacements). The deadline for the submission of rosters is Tuesday, with the official announcement slated for Thursday.

“In some ways, I think it’s a little bit unfair,” Sola told The Athletic, adding that he knows “the WBC isn’t in those decisions. It’s the insurance companies.” “Especially when you are three days from submitting your final roster. Who in the world would think Lindor wasn’t on the [eligible] list? You wait until the last weekend to get an answer on Lindor? C’mon.”

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor celebrates his home run against the Florida Marlins at Citi Field in Queens on Friday, April 7, 2023. News over the weekend that team captain Lindor and at least seven other Team Puerto Rico players had been denied insurance coverage to play in the World Baseball Classic was received with shock and dismay on the island. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)

hosting the World Baseball Classic, it’s not fair that administrative, permit, or insurance issues are limiting the participation of our players.”

The mayor pointed out that “Puerto Rico submitted its roster more than two months ago, and only now are we being notified of the rejection of key players.”

“Even Francisco Lindor, previously announced as the team captain, is now facing restrictions that prevent him from representing Puerto Rico,” Romero said in the post.

“From San Juan, we are in direct communication with the local organizers and the president of the World Baseball Classic with the goal of ensuring that Puerto Rico can field its complete team and that we are treated with the fairness we deserve,” the mayor added.

“Our stadium is ready.

“Our fans are ready.

“Now we need our players to be able to be on the field as well,” Romero said.

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo, meanwhile, echoed the calls for reconsideration and fairness.

“Puerto Rico deserves to compete with its full team and on equal terms,” he posted on Facebook. “After years of

Houston Astros’ Carlos Correa (1) and José Altuve (27) celebrate after winning Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Correa was not cleared by Major League Baseball’s insurer to play in the World Baseball Classic, although his case, along with other players’, is said to be under review. (Annie Mulligan/The New York Times)

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