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ABRE Puerto Rico’s newer classification system, introduced in 2023, which replaced traditional letter grades with the aforeuerto Rico’s municipal governments are showing uneven mentioned descriptive categories: Exceptional, Healthy, Aveprogress in their financial stability, according to new rage, Deficient and Unsustainable. The organization says the data released Monday by ABRE Puerto Rico in the 12th change helps the public better understand each municipality’s edition of its Municipal Fiscal Health Index. fiscal condition and the opportunities for improvement. The annual report, designed to evaluate the fiscal Despite the progress, several indicators point to growing condition of the island’s municipalities and promote more pressures. Forty‑three percent of municipalities reported transparent and sustainable public management, highlights spending more than they earned in their general funds, up improvements in debt handling and reduced reliance on cen- from 39% in 2023. Nearly a quarter saw their general fund tral government funds, even as several warning signs persist. balances decline — more than double the previous year’s The 2024 results present a mixed panorama. While figure. Eighteen percent ended 2024 with negative general municipalities continue to strengthen their debt management fund balances, continuing a gradual upward trend. Seven perand reduce dependence on intergovernmental transfers, other cent of municipalities saw decreases in net assets, compared indicators — including fund balances, operational results and with just 1% in 2023. net assets — point to vulnerabilities that could undermine At the bottom of the Index, 10 municipalities were long‑term fiscal stability. classified as Unsustainable: Caguas, Juncos, Toa Baja, Santa “We see municipalities that over time have strengthe- Isabel, Río Grande, Loíza, Florida, Lajas, Maricao and Mauned their fiscal health, reduced the weight of their debt, and nabo. Municipalities in this category typically show multiple become less dependent on central government funds,” said red flags across the Index’s 13 indicators, including persistent Ángel Sierra, executive director of ABRE Puerto Rico. “At the deficits, shrinking fund balances, negative year‑end balances same time, the data alerts us to areas that require attention and deterioration in net assets. ABRE Puerto Rico notes that to ensure those improvements can be sustained long term.” these trends signal structural challenges that could affect Only 4% of municipalities allocated more than 15% of essential services, limit investment capacity and increase their general fund revenues to debt service, down from 6% vulnerability to economic shocks. the previous year. The share of municipalities receiving more Eleven municipalities saw their ratings fall compathan 40% of their general fund revenues from the central red with last year, including Río Grande, Cidra, Bayamón, government also fell from 7% in 2023 to 4% in 2024. Carolina, Isabela, Comerío, Barceloneta, Lajas, Las Marías, Eleven municipalities improved their fiscal classifi- Aguada and Salinas. Four municipalities — Camuy, Guánica, Morovis and cations compared with the previous year, including Cayey, Barranquitas, Patillas, Fajardo, Vieques, Luquillo, Manatí, Villalba — could not be evaluated because they had not Hatillo, Ponce, Juana Díaz and Gurabo. Barranquitas and published their 2023 financial statements at the time the Vieques moved from Average to Exceptional, while Cayey, data was collected. Sierra emphasized that the Index is not meant to simFajardo and Hatillo advanced from Healthy to Exceptional. Patillas showed one of the most notable rebounds, climbing ply rank municipalities but also to serve as a tool for better from Unsustainable to Average. governance. Aibonito once again ranked first overall, repeating “Its true value lies in identifying where we stand, its top performance from 2023. It recognizing what is working, and was followed by Utuado, Culebra, making visible the areas that need Barranquitas, Vieques, Fajardo, attention each year,” he said. “FisCayey and Hatillo — all classified cal transparency gives citizens and as Exceptional. Cataño and Lares governments better tools to propose, rounded out the top 10 with Healthy design and execute solutions.” ratings. The Municipal Fiscal Health Of the 74 municipalities with Index is part of ABRE Tu Municiavailable financial information, pio, a project launched in 2015 to eight achieved Exceptional fiscal provide accessible financial inforCity Hall (Casa Alcaldia) in Patillas. The performance, 13 were rated Healthy, mation to Puerto Rico residents. southeastern coastal town showed one 21 Average, 22 Deficient and 10 The evaluation uses 13 indicators of the most notable rebounds in the most Unsustainable. In total, 42 municicovering fund balances, revenues palities — about 57% — fell within recent Municipal Fiscal Health Index is- and expenditures, assets and liabithe Average, Healthy or Exceptional sued by ABRE Puerto Rico, climbing from lities, long‑term debt, debt service, Unsustainable to Average. (Wikimedia changes in net assets and reliance categories. This year’s edition continues Commons/The Eloquent Peasant) on intergovernmental funds. By THE STAR STAFF

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Fajardo reservoir continues to drop as House speaker calls for shoreline dredging evaluation By THE STAR STAFF

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he water level at the Fajardo reservoir, which supplies the municipalities of Ceiba, Fajardo, Luquillo and Río Grande, continued its downward trend on Monday, registering a drop of 0.07 meters compared with Sunday. The reservoir now stands at 46.7 meters, just over two meters away from the threshold that would trigger scheduled service interruptions under the “adjustments” designation. In response to the rapid decline, Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez urged the government’s Drought Committee, led by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a dry shoreline dredging operation in the reservoir’s exposed basins. “We are facing a historic drought, not only in Puerto Rico but across the United States, Central America, Europe and Asia,” Méndez said. “In our case, the Fajardo reservoir, one of the most modern and managed by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority [PRASA], has dropped to levels we have not seen. Its basins are exposed, which facilitates shoreline dredging to add capacity. We encourage the Drought Committee to assess whether this reservoir should be added to the list, along with Carraízo and La Plata, for shoreline dredging operations.” Méndez, who represents District 36 (Río Grande, Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Vieques and Culebra), added that officials should visit the site to determine the conditions of the reservoir and estimate how much additional water capacity could be gained through dredging. Shoreline dredging, also known as dry dredging, involves removing sediment, debris, vegetation, solid waste and accu‑ mulated mud from the slopes and margins of reservoirs. The operations can only be carried out when the basins are exposed, a condition that typically occurs during prolonged droughts. According to Monday’s Drought Index, 73.4% of Puerto Rico is experiencing some level of dry conditions. In Fajardo, 100% of the municipality is under the designation of extreme drought. The reservoir, which covers 4,455 acres, began construction in August 2000 and was completed in 2006.

The water level at the Fajardo reservoir, which supplies the municipalities of Ceiba, Fajardo, Luquillo and Río Grande, had fallen to 46.7 meters as of Monday morning, just over two meters away from the threshold that would trigger scheduled service interruptions under the “adjustments” designation. On July 31, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed Admin‑ istrative Bulletin OE‑2026‑05, declaring a state of emergency due to declining reservoir levels caused by the ongoing drought. The declaration streamlines permitting processes and facilitates shoreline dredging and other mitigation efforts. Dry dredging at Carraízo to require Army Corps of Engineers permits It was announced at Monday’s meeting of the Drought Committee at La Fortaleza, meanwhile, that the island govern‑ ment will need to obtain permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) before beginning dry dredging operations at the Carraízo reservoir in Trujillo Alto, even though officials had initially been informed that such authorizations would not be necessary. “It is understood that, regardless of the interpretation given at the time, the Army Corps of Engineers has stated that the nec‑ essary permits are required, and efforts will be made to secure them as soon as possible,” engineer Carlos Ignacio Pesquera

said in response to questions from the press. PRASA Executive President Luis Reinaldo González Del‑ gado noted that officials from the public corporation and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources had pre‑ viously visited the dam alongside representatives from USACE, “and the initial information we received was that [a permit] would not be required.” The federal requirement adds an extra step before the start of the announced work to remove sediment exposed by the drop in the reservoir’s water level. During the press conference, Pesquera did not provide a new start date for the dredging, stating only that the government would work to expedite the permitting process. The project is part of measures adopted to increase available capacity at Carraízo during the drought, which has resulted in the reservoir being subject to a service interruption schedule. The Drought Committee reported on Monday that reser‑ voir levels continue to drop and that weather forecasts for the next two weeks do not predict enough rainfall to bring about a significant recovery. Primary reservoirs in east are hardest hit With little or no rain on the horizon, the majority of the island’s reservoirs keep seeping toward dryness, with water levels at the main reservoirs in the eastern part of the island steadily dropping, while lesser reservoirs in the west are holding their own. According to PRASA, one of the island’s main reservoirs, Lake Carraizo in Trujillo Alto, like Fajardo also lost 0.07 meters Sunday, falling to 37.45 meters, keeping it just above the “Control” stage of 37.00 meters, in the lower range of the “Adjustments” stage. The stage below “Control” is “Out of Service,” at 30 meters. Puerto Rico’s other principal reservoir, La Plata in Toa Alta, is doing somewhat better. At 44.28 meters early Monday, it was at the lower end of the “Observation” stage, which is the stage above “Adjustments.” Cidra Reservoir, meanwhile, in the town of the same name, at 400.10 meters had fallen out of the “Observation” stage and into the “Adjustments” stage. Not all the news is bad. Of PRASA’s 19 reservoirs, 13 are in the upper reaches of the “Secure” range, with only the Adjuntas reservoir at the “Overflowing” stage.

Bill introduced to place Roberto Clemente statue in US Capitol By THE STAR STAFF

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ov. Jenniffer González Colón highlighted on Monday the introduction of a biparti‑ san bill in the U.S. House of Represen‑ tatives to authorize the permanent placement of a statue of Roberto Clemente in the United States Capitol. “I thank my friend, Congressman Gus Bilirakis, for reintroducing the legislation I was proud to draft and champion during my time in Congress to honor Roberto Clemente with a statue

in the United States Capitol,” the governor said in a written statement. “Clemente was a hero and a pioneer whose commitment to serving others and helping those most in need made him a source of inspiration and pride for Puerto Rico and the rest of the United States. This bill would ensure that Clemente’s life and legacy are permanently honored in our nation’s Capitol, and I look forward to working with Congressman Bilirakis to see this initiative through to final passage.” The measure, H.R. 10121, was introduced by Bilirakis (R-Fla.); it revives an initiative that

González Colón promoted as resident commis‑ sioner under bill number H.R. 4065. The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) and Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), as well as Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera. If passed, the legislation would authorize the creation of a statue of Clemente for permanent display in the U.S. Capitol in recognition of his athletic career, humanitarian work and advocacy for equality.

Bilirakis stated that the introduction of the bill aims to recognize both the baseball player’s contributions to the sport and his service to oth‑ ers. The congressman announced the measure to coincide with Clemente’s birthday. Clemente posthumously received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1973 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003. Major League Baseball also annually presents an award bearing his name to the player who distinguishes himself through his character, community service, and contributions both on and off the field.

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Dignity Project unveils anti‑corruption legislative package By THE STAR STAFF

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he Dignity Project (Proyecto Dignidad) rolled out a broad anti‑corruption agenda on Monday, presenting a list of bills aimed at increasing transparency, curbing political influence in government contracting, regulating lobbying and closing loopholes that allow private interests to exert undue pressure on public decision‑making. The package includes House Bills (HB) 1358, 1359, 1361, 1362 and 1367, all introduced by at‑large Rep. Lisie Burgos Muñiz, the party’s spokesperson in the Legislature, along with support for HB 42, which would establish a formal lobbying registry. The conservative minority party also endorsed a mul‑ tisector initiative led by political consultant Jorge Colberg to prohibit the use of public funds to pay for lobbying services tied to government projects. “Puerto Rico doesn’t need more speeches against corrup‑ tion,” Dignity Project (DP) President Nilda Pérez Martínez said, emphasizing that transparency and accountability must transcend partisan lines. “It needs clear controls that prevent corruption before it happens.” HB 1361 would require any individual or entity seeking a government contract to submit a sworn statement disclosing all political donations and coordinated expenditures made in the previous four years. Once a contract is finalized, contractors would be barred from making political contributions for the duration of the agreement. “The public contracting process must respond to merit and the best interest of the people, never political influence,” Burgos Muñiz said in a statement. HB 1358 targets corruption schemes involving newly

Dignity Project President Nilda Pérez Martínez created companies with no track record. The measure would prohibit government entities from awarding contracts to firms with fewer than four years of incorporation and less than three years of experience in the relevant service area. Any contract granted in violation of the rule would be considered void, and services rendered would be deemed “graciously offered,” with no right to payment. HB 1359 seeks to modernize oversight of legislative spending, setting a $5,000 annual cap on official travel re‑ imbursements and eliminating outdated allocations such as the $2,500 telephone stipend. It also reduces postal spending limits and requires photographic evidence for mileage reports. Any unused funds would be redirected to the Special Fund for Remediable Catastrophic Illnesses.

HB 1367 clarifies that federal grants, reimbursements, incentives, and other U.S. government resources administered in Puerto Rico must be treated as public funds under the island’s criminal code, ensuring they receive the same legal protections as local government monies. HB 1362 would impose a two‑year cooling‑off period before former legislators and certain high‑ranking executive officials can work as lobbyists. Intentional violations would constitute a felony, carrying a year of imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. “The public service cannot become a platform to later market contacts or privileged access,” Burgos Muñiz said. The DP also backed HB 42, which would create a public registry of lobbyists and entities engaged in lobbying activ‑ ities. The measure aims to ensure that the public can easily identify who is attempting to influence laws, regulations or government decisions. Additionally, the DP endorsed Colberg’s proposal to ban the use of public funds for lobbying related to government projects. “If a project is paid for with public money, those resources must be used for the project itself, not to finance influence operations,” Pérez Martínez said. The DP described its anti‑corruption agenda as a preven‑ tive framework built on four pillars: transparency in lobbying, separation between public contracts and political donations, restrictions on post‑government lobbying, and protection of public funds. “The corruption fight cannot depend on which party is in power,” DP Electoral Commissioner Juan Gabriel Zayas Monge said. “It has to become a permanent rule of our system.”

State Insurance Fund union ratifies strike vote, warns of escalating labor dispute By THE STAR STAFF

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he union representing employees of the State Insurance Fund Corporation (CFSE by its initials in Spanish), the equivalent of the workmen’s compensation fund, ratified a strike vote over the weekend, signaling a sharp escalation in a long‑running labor dis‑ pute with the agency’s administration. The CFSE Employees Union (UECFSE by its initials in Spanish) confirmed that its membership approved the measure during an extraordinary assembly, arguing that years of stalled negotiations and unresolved operational issues have left workers with no alternative. “The ratified vote is a firm and unequivo‑ cal message: workers are tired of waiting and of hearing promises that never translate into solutions,” UECFSE President Raymond Valentín Matta said in written remarks. He noted that the union has repeatedly

presented its demands “responsibly,” but the lack of concrete responses has forced members to prepare to use the tools afforded to them under the law. Among the unresolved matters cited by the union are the implementation of the longdelayed Classification and Retribution Plan, the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement, the distribution of uniforms, more than 2,400 pending grievances, and what they describe as a significant number of unfilled positions. According to the union, admin‑ istrative delays have worsened workloads and undermined service delivery across the corporation. “These issues have been waiting far too long for attention,” Valentín Matta said. “While the administration delays solutions, it is employees who face heavier workloads and who sustain the corporation’s services every day. We demand concrete answers, verifiable commitments, and compliance dates.”

The union emphasized that it remains willing to participate in a serious process that produces real solutions but warned it will not accept further delays or “unproductive meetings.” Valentín Matta added that CFSE Administrator Enid Ortiz Rodríguez “still has the opportunity to act responsibly and prevent this conflict from escalating.” The UECFSE said it will soon announce the coordinated actions it plans to undertake, including timelines and mechanisms for executing the strike vote authorized by its membership. Ortiz Rodríguez stated later on Monday that she has no information to validate the alleged ratification of the strike vote and gave assurances that services are continuing as normal. “Despite the Union president’s ambiva‑ lence, I recognize the commitment and dedi‑ cation to service of the majority of its members, who know firsthand the needs of our injured

workers and work daily to address them,” Ortiz Rodríguez said in a written statement. According to the administrator, union‑ ized employees who attended the meeting indicated that the matter was put to a vote but failed to gain the support of the membership present; instead, it was made contingent upon consulting workers from all regions. Ortiz Rodríguez maintained that some 178 of the union’s 1,219 members participated. The CFSE administrator’s statement did not include a reaction from the union regarding that account. The public corporation and the union have been engaged in collective bargaining negotiations since Feb. 11. Meetings are held every other Wednesday, while the remaining dates are reserved for union caucuses. Regarding the new Classification and Compensation Plan, the administrator said it remains under review by the Financial Oversight and Management Board.

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How a progressive Democrat in Florida gave her party new hope — and new fears were able to generate much enthusiasm in Florida were also Black: Andrew Gillum, who almost won the 2018 governor’s race, and Barack Obama, who won lorida, of all places, just became the stage Florida in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. where Democrats will act out their national Nixon’s victory has led to some friction inside existential drama dividing the insurgent left the party. and pragmatic center. Nikki Fried, the party chair, did not call Nixon Progressive maverick Angie Nixon’s upset win until Friday, three days after the election. A unity rally in the Democratic Senate primary last week jolted that had been planned for Saturday near Orlando, Florida politics, reshaping the dynamics of what had when Vindman was the expected Senate nominee, appeared to be a predictable race into one fraught was scrapped after Nixon won, in part because she with uncertainty — and, perhaps, opportunity. had not been aware of the rally beforehand and the Democrats, who have struggled for relevance date did not work for her. Some Democratic activover the past few election cycles in the state, were torn by a familiar mix of fear and excitement. ists had perceived that the party showed favoritism Would Nixon’s unexpected nomination hurt the toward Vindman during the primary campaign, party’s centrist nominee for governor, David Jolly, which it denied. a former Republican? Or would it bring a sudden In an interview Friday, Fried was circumspect shock of energy that the party had not experienced about Nixon’s win. in nearly a decade? “It’s going to be an interesting dynamic,” she State Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, campaigns “‘Can you both win on the same ballot?’” Jolly in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. Nixon, a state lawmaker from said of having Nixon and Jolly atop the ticket. “The said in an interview Thursday, repeating what many Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist voters are looking for fighters. They want to know have asked him since the primary Tuesday. “I don’t primary opponent. Now comes the hard part. (Saúl Martínez/The New York Times) that someone hears them.” know. I mean, this is fascinating.” Eunic Epstein-Ortiz, Nixon’s campaign manThe tug of war between Democratic moderates ager, said in a statement that the nominee had heard and increasingly left-wing progressives has defined this year’s tional security official, lost in the heavily Democratic Broward from leaders across the state and country supporting her after midterm primary elections across the country. Candidates County, where he lives, though he won in neighboring Palm her win. from the party’s left flank and democratic socialists have Beach County. Both counties have high concentrations of Jewish “Right now, the Angie Nixon campaign for U.S. Senate is notched significant victories in blue and purple states. Few voters, who have been trending away from the Democratic solely focused on continuing their 67-county strategy needed had predicted that red Florida would display that tension in Party as it has grown more progressive. to defeat Ashley Moody this November,” Epstein-Ortiz said. Nixon did not run a campaign centered on Israel or its top-of-the-ticket races. Nixon’s campaign said it raised $1 million in the first 48 Republicans seized on Nixon’s relatively new affilia- foreign policy, but she supported a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip hours after her win — more than she had raised in the entire and publicly called out Palestinian deaths. Whether she will primary — though that was still far less than the $8 million tion with the Democratic Socialists of America to cast every win over Jewish Democrats who backed Vindman remains that Moody has in the bank. down-ballot Democrat as out of touch in a state that has in question. On Thursday, Nixon received the endorsement of Sen. leaned more and more toward the right over the past decade. “Her outreach to the Jewish community has not been Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and democratic The GOP remains favored to win statewide races: Registered good,” Richard Stark, a former state lawmaker and member socialist whose presidential campaign she worked on in 2016. Republicans outnumber Democrats by 1.5 million in Florida, of the Florida Democratic Party Jewish Caucus who supported Sanders joined Nixon and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a and President Donald Trump won the state by 13 percentage Vindman, said at Vindman’s campaign event Tuesday night. progressive from Orlando, on a call Thursday night with 1,200 points in 2024. Vindman’s supporters and his campaign were stunned people, according to her campaign. The campaign said some “If I told you last year that Florida would have a nominee by Nixon’s 12-percentage-point victory. Campaign finance 40,000 people have signed up to volunteer for Nixon. to the United States Senate that was a self-declared socialist, reports show that the campaign paid two pollsters. The cam“Her and David make such a great ticket,” Frost, who would you believe me?” Sen. Ashley Moody, the Republican incumbent, said at rally in Tampa on Thursday. “Not a joke!” paign never released internal polls, but it appeared clear that had endorsed both candidates before the primary, said in an Attacks like that have forced Nixon and Jolly to spend they had thought Vindman was ahead because he never took interview. “It showcases and resembles our big tent as Florida Democrats.” much of their time since Tuesday on defense, doing television on Nixon more directly. Instead, he mostly ignored her. Longtime Democratic activists credited Nixon with caminterviews to push back against the socialist label, which has proved especially difficult for Democrats to fend off in South paigning across the state, even if it meant showing Florida, home to many Latin Americans who fled left-wing up to what Jolly called “chicken lunches” with 15 or 20 party stalwarts. Often, Jolly said, he and Nixon governments. LIMPIEZA Y MANTENIMIENTO DE EXTERIORES Nixon, a state representative from Jacksonville, has were the only candidates in attendance. SERVICIOS DISPONIBLES: Nixon and Jolly are friendly, despite their been an unabashed progressive in Florida politics for the past Limpieza de patios y terrazas Lavado máquina a presión decade, which is how most Democratic voters know her. She policy differences. Democratic activists see poLavado de autos joined the DSA only in June. The group did not endorse her, tential advantages to their unlikely partnership, Limpieza de exteriores y including the ability to appeal to different portions and their positions do not neatly align. alrededores of the electorate to broaden support for the ticket. “I’m a capitalist who believes that we need some strong Servicio en Caguas Nixon has also proved herself to be a formidaregulations,” Nixon told NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW” on Cotizaciones disponibles ¡AGENDA HOY! Joel González Thursday. Moody, she added, “knows that I’m not a socialist.” ble organizer who knows how to gin up excitement among voters. The last Democratic candidates who 787-983-2354 Nixon’s primary opponent, Alex Vindman, a former naBy PATRICIA MAZZEI

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A dying community’: An energy crisis worsened by the war strains Alaska By ANNA GRIFFIN

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ne hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, at the end of the Elliott Highway in the center of Alaska, Sabie Jervsjo has done everything she can to lower her energy bills. She replaced the incandescent light bulbs in her Manley Hot Springs home with LEDs, installed motion sensors and switched appliances from electricity to propane. She’s teaching her grandchildren to turn off the lights and decide what they want before opening the refrigerator. But no amount of conservation can solve the problem that Jervsjo and tens of thousands of other Alaskans are facing. A state rich in oil is in the middle of an energy crisis worsened by a war on the other side of the planet. More than 190 rural communities in Alaska depend on diesel for electricity and heat. Alaska pumps more than 400,000 barrels of crude oil a day, but much of the diesel burned in remote villages comes from crude drilled and refined in other parts of the world. Higher global oil prices boost state revenue, but they also drive up energy, heating and transportation costs in places that can least afford them. Rural Alaskans are “having to choose between feeding their families and having a warm home,” said Dominique Pride, a deputy director for research at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power in Fairbanks. “We wouldn’t accept that in New York or Miami,” she added. “Why is it OK up here?” The strain is coming in a heated political moment: One of the state’s senators, Dan Sullivan, a Republican, is locked in a tight race with a former Democratic representative, Mary Peltola, that could determine control of the Senate next year. Alaska’s lone House seat is competitive, and 17 people are running to be Alaska’s next governor. The high cost of living in rural Alaska is an issue in every race. State lawmakers in Juneau, about 885 miles south of Jervsjo’s home, have spent months fighting over a proposed 800-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the “Railbelt” around Anchorage, where most Alaskans live. But that project would do nothing for farther-flung communities like Manley Hot Springs, which sits 155 miles west of Fairbanks at the edge of Alaska’s remote, rural interior. The road to Manley is called a highway, but the pavement gives way to gravel and dirt about 80 miles before it ends at the Tanana River. Gold miners came first. Wealthy tourists followed for the hot springs. At its peak, around 5,000 people lived in the area. Now, about 75 year-round residents remain. “It’s not a place you stumble across,” said Pam Redington, whose father-in-law helped found the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She arrived in 1977 with two children and 57 sled dogs. Like most rural Alaska communities, Manley is powered by a microgrid, with two diesel generators maintained by a staff of two, who also answer late-night

outage calls and clear fallen trees after storms. Only one works full time. Even with a state subsidy, electricity in Manley is among the most expensive in the country. “You’re always thinking ahead: If I do this, it will cost me this. If I do this other thing, it will cost less,” said Heather Redington, Pam Redington’s daughter. “Every choice matters.” A few years ago, Jervsjo’s household used around 700 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, shy of the national average. That cost her between $500 and $600 each bill. Now, she tries to stay below 300 kilowatt-hours a month, enough to bring her bill down to $300 or even $250. In the winter, Jervsjo cooks on a wood stove. “It’s everything I do, everywhere I go,” she said of her extreme conservation. “It’s the only way to afford to live.” That requires real sacrifice in a place that sees only a few hours of twilight in winter and where wolves recently carried off a family dog. Business owners, who aren’t covered by the state’s residential subsidies, have it even worse. John Dart farmed in Manley for 18 years but was paying more than $1 per kilowatt-hour — the average U.S. business pays 13 cents, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and the average commercial rate in Alaska is about 26 cents.

An aerial view of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, July 23, 2026. Diesel generators produce the electricity for small towns and hamlets like Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. Prices are soaring with no end in sight. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)

Dart’s monthly electric bill exceeded $1,000. Combined with $7-a-gallon diesel for his delivery truck, even his experiments in geothermal heating weren’t helpful enough. He and his wife let their farm go fallow this summer. “I can’t lose tens and tens and tens of thousands of dollars,” he said. Electricity is only half the equation. Heating is largely unsubsidized in rural Alaska, and Manley homeowners typically burn hundreds, sometimes thousands, of gallons of diesel each winter. That’s where the wars in Iran and Ukraine have brought the biggest pain. Every family must truck iWhen much of rural Alaska was electrified in the second half of the 20th century, building on military power grids from World War II, diesel generators were the obvious choice as they were inexpensive, reliable and easy to maintain. Few questioned whether villages scattered across Alaska should depend almost entirely on a product that had to be imported and, in many cases, delivered by seasonal barge or airplane. Now some reminisce about the days before electricity. “We got along without it,” Jervsjo said. “We could do it again if we had to.” State agencies, utilities and nonprofits are experimenting with solar, wind and hydroelectric projects and battery storage to reduce diesel use and extend generator life. In late 2023, TDX Power installed a solar array with battery storage in Manley. In the sun-filled summer, the system can power the village for more than half a day while the diesel generators sit idle. But residents mostly notice what hasn’t changed: high power bills and frequent outages. The vast hinterlands hold the nation’s most promising sources of fossil fuel and rare earth minerals, vital to high-tech, military contractors and even the auto industry. Miners, drillers and the military will need villages in hardto-reach places as base camps, just like the miners who first settled in Manley. “This is not just about doing the right thing,” said Ben Mallott, president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, which serves 192 federally recognized tribes and 152 village corporations. “Having those communities in there, it’s a national security matter.” Their continued existence isn’t guaranteed. Built in 1903, the Manley Roadhouse is still the social hub of Manley Hot Springs, cluttered with photos of old sled dog races and taxidermied animals. A mining crew surveying soil for future projects around Manley has made the roadhouse its home for much of this summer. Still, Pam Redington, now 80, worries about the town’s future. Most residents are older, there are few full-time jobs, and the local school closed in 2019 because Manley didn’t have the 10 children needed to meet the state minimum. High energy prices, with no relief in sight, are one more reason to leave. “In a way, it’s a dying community,” Redington said. “I’m worried we’re going to have to put up a sign that says, ‘Last person out, shut off the light.’”

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’ve spent my career watching officials maneuver and scheme, often in absurd ways, to get closer to presidents. But I’d never seen anything like the photo of Natalie Harp dashing after President Donald Trump’s golf cart in Scotland three years ago. I’d also never heard of a staffer jumping into the trunk of an SUV, as Harp did, when she was denied a seat in the motorcade. The hit horror movie “Obsession,” about a man who wishes for more adoration from a young woman, who falls under his spell and maniacally provides it, is playing out on Pennsylvania Avenue. Like others, I winced when I first heard Sen. Jon Ossoff, the Georgia Democrat, refer to how Trump liked to “travel with Natalie.” Was he gratuitously turning a salacious spotlight onto a White House aide? But as it turns out, with three little words, Ossoff pulled a string and unraveled something really dark and deranged at the innermost circle of Trump’s White House. The president’s proclivity for surrounding himself with sycophants — and attractive young blondes — is well known. But this relationship is pathological, and a source of great irritation among other courtiers. It is Trump distilled to his essence: cult leader and his most rabid follower, narcissist and his most flattering mirror. The daughter of a devoutly Christian real estate broker who died by suicide during the pandemic, Harp idolizes Trump with a rare fervor. As one of his social media facilitators, she is with

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The vitriolic MAGA response to Ossoff, the usual risible blockbuster, “Regime Change,” Trump told his staff that Harp caricature of macho bullying, had a suspicious “doth protest too was the only one who loved him as much as his wife and kids much” aroma. The White House called Ossoff a “cringeworthy, did. “She’ll never leave me,” he would tell other staffers. feminine theatre kid” and Trump mocked him as Pee-wee Harp first came to his attention in 2019 when she spoke Herman (showing that he has lost his touch for nasty but on Fox News about how Trump had helped save her life with effective nicknames). the Right to Try Act, which she said had allowed her to get After Kristen Holmes, the CNN White House correspondent, experimental treatment for bone cancer. asked Trump about Ossoff’s critique, the White House tweeted Before she began to work on Trump’s restoration in 2022, a creepy warning: “Someday, your children will come across Harp was an anchor at the far-right OAN and spread the gospel your disgusting and inhumane question. They will be sickened that the election was stolen. This winter, she was the one who and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive. posted the sickening video depicting Trump as the king of the It’s quite troubling.” jungle and the Obamas as apes. But the troubling thing was the tone of Harp’s adoring letters The Harp saga reflects a truly weird fact about Trump. to the man she addresses as “Mr. President,” released by The The 80-year-old president got elected, governs, provokes and Daily Beast, in which she talks about her fragile emotional state seeks revenge using social media, and he was surrounded — forgetting to eat or sleep and getting hurt by others’ critical by bootlicking tech titans at his inaugural. But he still needs remarks. someone young and online to sit beside him and type his posts. “I want things to always be right between us,” she writes, Their online symbiosis raises the question of whether all those adding, “I’m sorry I lost my focus. You are all that matters to strange capitalizations are his or hers. me. I don’t want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Ossoff impaled Trump with his Natalie Harp-oon last Guardian and Protector in this Life.” weekend during a speech in Atlanta. The senator was lambasting She frets in another that she works so hard for him that she the commander in chief for his erratic, pathetic handling of the looks like “a hunchback who didn’t have time to freshen up.” Iran war: “While he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil She pleads, “We shouldn’t have to talk about work all the time!!” reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings. He golfs and pines to “hear every conversation” he has. and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants Harp quotes a line from “Pride and Prejudice” to say that to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently it would have been hard to lose her father if she had not had defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.” After so someone so “worthy” to turn to in Trump. “And, I will add,” she many years of flailing around, trying to figure out how to get signs off, “it is I who is unworthy.” under Trump’s skin, as he has grown ever more destructive and It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s unhinged, Democrats are not in the mood to follow Michelle amazing. And he agrees. Obama’s dictum, “When they go low, we go high.” They were happy to drag Natalie into the fray. But it was the MAGA megaphone that did in Natalie. 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Reconstrucción de infraestructura eléctrica beneficiará a más de 2,400 clientes en Cupey Como parte de la iniciativa, la empresa reconstruirá infraestructura en los municipios de Aibonito, Carolina, Utuado y otras zonas de San Juan a beneficio de sobre 10,600 clientes POR EL STAR STAFF

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AN JUAN – LUMA completó un importante proyecto de reconstrucción permanente en Cupey, San Juan, como parte de los esfuerzos financiados con fondos federales aprobados para modernizar la infraestructura afectada por el huracán María que beneficiará a sobre 2,400 clientes. Como parte de los trabajos, desde la salida de la subestación de Villa Betina en San Juan, se reemplazaron 18 postes en estado de deterioro junto con nuevos aisladores, herrajes y sobre dos millas de conductor. Además, los antiguos postes de 45 pies fueron sustituidos por nuevas estructuras de 50 pies, con capacidad a resistir vientos de hasta 160 millas por hora.

“Este proyecto representa un paso importante dentro de la reconstrucción del sistema eléctrico de Puerto Rico. Estamos reemplazando infraestructura y líneas deterioradas que fue severamente impactada tras el paso del huracán María, con equipos más resilientes y confiables para beneficio de nuestros clientes”, expresó Juan Oyola, gerente regional de Operaciones Región San Juan de LUMA. El proyecto, que cuenta con una inversión de $2.8 millones en fondos federales, ofrece un servicio más confiable y resiliente a clientes de sectores como Urb. El Mirador, Colinas de Cupey, Cupey Gardens, Alturas de Cupey, Riveras de Cupey y Mansiones de Río Piedras. En el pasado, estas comunidades habían experimentado interrupciones recurrentes en el servicio eléctrico debido al deterioro de la infraestructura y el impacto acumulado de eventos atmosféricos. Como parte de la iniciativa, la empresa ejecutará trabajos similares de reemplazo o instalación de cerca de 270 postes y conductores en otros municipios de la isla, incluyendo Aibonito, Carolina, Utuado y otras zonas de San Juan a beneficio de sobre 10,600 clientes. Esto permitirá mejorar el servicio a los clientes de la zona central

y norte. Estos trabajos forman parte de los esfuerzos de reconstrucción y modernización del sistema eléctrico para fortalecer la confiabilidad del servicio y reducir interrupciones asociadas a infraestructura deteriorada.

AAA advierte que huelga durante emergencia por sequía afectaría sus operaciones POR CYBERNEWS

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A FORTALEZA – El presidente ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA), Luis Reinaldo González Delgado, advirtió el lunes que una huelga de la Unión Independiente Auténtica (UIA) durante la emergencia por sequía tendría consecuencias sobre las operaciones diarias de la corporación pública. “Ciertamente el tener a los compañeros de la UIA en un periodo de huelga durante este evento de emergen-

cia, porque vamos a ponerlo debidamente y categóricamente establecido, estamos en una emergencia, tiene un efecto en lo que es el día a día de la Autoridad”, dijo González Delgado a preguntas de la prensa. El funcionario hizo un llamado a considerar las condiciones que enfrenta el sistema de agua mientras continúan las interrupciones programadas en sectores abastecidos por Carraízo y aumenta la extensión de la sequía. González Delgado sostuvo además que la con-

troversia relacionada con el plan de clasificación y retribución de los empleados no constituye, desde la perspectiva de la administración de la AAA, una negociación colectiva. “Esto no es una negociación colectiva, como quizás algunos en la Unión creen. Esto es la implementación de un plan de clasificación y retribución aprobado por la Junta de Control Fiscal”, expresó. Según González Delgado, el plan también corresponde a los trabajadores representados por la UIA.

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AN JUAN – La procuradora de las Mujeres, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez, convocó el lunes a patronos y profesionales de recursos humanos de los sectores público y privado a participar en dos capacitaciones virtuales gratuitas sobre el cumplimiento de leyes laborales. “Como parte de la Ruta al Cumplimiento, reafirmamos nuestro compromiso de orientar y preve-

nir para asegurar el bienestar de toda nuestra fuerza laboral. Queremos facilitarles a los patronos y al personal de recursos humanos, tanto en la empresa privada como en el gobierno, todas las herramientas necesarias para proteger los derechos en Puerto Rico”, expresó Piñeiro Vázquez en declaraciones escritas. Las orientaciones se ofrecerán el 2 y 3 de septiembre, de 9:00 de la mañana a 4:00 de la tarde, como parte de la campaña Ruta al Cumplimiento: En el Em-

pleo, desarrollada junto al Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos. El programa comprende el Código de Lactancia, la prevención del discrimen laboral por embarazo, lactancia o género, el protocolo para manejar situaciones de violencia doméstica en el empleo y las normas de seguridad y salud ocupacional. Las personas interesadas pueden registrarse en www.mujer.pr.gov o mediante el código QR incluido en el afiche oficial de la campaña.

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A surfer, the ocean and a pas de deux born on the waves

Caitlin Simmers, a world champion surfer, in New York, July 13, 2026. Now 20, Simmers was just 18 when she became the youngest women’s world surfing champion in 2024. (Photos by OK McCausland/The New York Times) By GIA KOURLAS

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or his ballet “Ondine” (1958), the great British choreographer Frederick Ashton spent hours studying the surge and swell of ocean waves. “I wanted the movement to be fluid like the rhythm of the sea rather than the ballet steps,” he once said. The role of Ondine, a water nymph, was created for Margot Fonteyn, a rare ballerina whose effortless dancing and floorskimming pointe work could create the illusion she was gliding on water. Now there is surfer Caitlin Simmers, another kind of water nymph who actually does dance on waves. Or that’s how it feels. With little hesitation, her small, agile frame zips through water like a mercurial ballerina whipping across the stage in tight, rapid-fire turns. Her light feet, her undulating torso, her sensitivity to the fluctuations of an unsteady surface and her speed are all part of the delicacy of her power. She is also fearless. Her clarity comes from her deep

center of gravity, which allows her to slice up and down waves like a silken ribbon or skitter past a rough patch of water in order to live out the highlight of surfing: getting barreled. “It’s where you’re covered by the wave, and everything is in slow motion,” she said in a video interview from her hometown, Oceanside, California. “You feel extreme peace even though you’re in the most scary situation you’ve ever been in, navigating your way through this little door of ocean.” Now 20, Simmers was just 18 when she became the youngest women’s world surfing champion, in 2024. What’s most striking about her style is its seamless flow. When she rides through water, it’s as if she’s filling every note of a musical phrase. Ephemeral, visceral and daring, surfing can be an art, motion turned into magic. Simmers takes that a step further by matching her personal rhythm to that of the sea. Just as George Balanchine ballets allow you to see the music, Simmers, through her crisp fluidity, shows you that waves have different tones, different sounds. No two are alike. “You can’t take off on a wave and be like, This is how it’s going to look,” Simmers said. “Sometimes you stumble, and your stumble can be the reason the rest of the wave was the most beautiful, unpredictable thing you’ve ever done. You had to

improvise to do something new.” She continued: “That’s the most beautiful part. Any move you make, that’s the first time it’s ever going to happen and the last.” Simmers, on a break from the Women’s Championship Tour, visited Rockaway Beach in New York City’s Queens borough this summer for the first time. She was recognized on the street, even on a quiet Monday when the waves were woefully weak. Simmers is, of course, an athlete. But in women’s surfing, which is undergoing a generational shift, she is also an artist, an Ondine for our time. She approaches surfing much in the way that Alysa Liu approaches figure skating. There are competitions, including the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, where Simmers is a strong contender to make the team and win a medal. But winning isn’t everything. Surfing is a dance, and waves are music. She loses herself in them. “When I am dancing with my friends or I’m dancing alone in my room, the best moments are when I’m not thinking about it, and it’s just happening and my body is moving,” she said. “And that’s like the same exact thing with surfing. I feel the same emotions. There’s no conscious thought. When I get off a wave that was really good, I can’t really remember what happened, but I know that that’s what I was meant to do.”

Simmers is featured in “Now Days,” a 2026 documentary by Red Bull highlighting a vibrant contingent of young female surfers. She stands out for how she links maneuvers, or what surfers call technical elements. It is akin to the way a dancer tackles accents and phrasing — steps aren’t choppy or disjointed, but coordinated like long sentences with choreographed twists and turns. Waves are a force of energy, and for Simmers, a wave is a way to express herself. “You could just go top to bottom the whole time and do turns like boom, boom, boom — repetitively and just abuse the wave like you’re the alpha of it, you’re dominating it,” she said. “Or you can try to react to the wave in a way that’s with you.” She started making connections between surfing and dance a couple of years ago while staying with a friend in a cabin in Northern California. One evening, she flipped through a book with illustrations of surfers. In one picture, a surfer is perched on a board with a leg bent forward in a dancer’s attitude position. A quote by the spiritual teacher Ram Dass accompanies it: “Either you do it like it’s a big weight on you, or you do it as part of the dance.” At that time, she was heading into the last stages of a competition for the world title in 2024. She was in first place and feeling that she had everything to lose and nothing to gain. “A lot of people were getting in my head, like You’ve got to win this, you got to win this,” Simmers said. She lost her first heat and was inconsolable. Then she remembered the quote. It became her mantra that day. “The waves were perfect,” she said. “So I was like, You get to go out on these clean, beautiful waves. You get to go whirl around on the ocean.” She told herself that even if she lost, she would “get second in the world,” she said. “You’re 18 years old, and that’s incredible. So just be proud of yourself, and carry yourself like there’s no one on the beach watching.” She won. But she learned something important that day. “I realized that surfing is dancing,” she said. “I was trying not to feel the weight of all these other expectations. I was just doing it, dancing on the waves.”

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driving up federal debt service costs. But yields on count at the Federal ⁠Reserve provides one source. the longer-dated maturities had largely retraced Tapping that account would spare the need to fithose drops by the end o​ f the week. They were nance the buybacks by issuing new, shorter-dated Treasuries, but would eat into the nation’s cash redown modestly on Monday. Bessent also warned countries on Monday to serves. Unlike the Fed, the Treasury does not have the cut business ties to Iran, threatening them with secondary sanctions if ⁠they ⁠failed to do so, while ability to create money at will, so it needs to pay stopping short ⁠of imposing severe penalties. He​ for the buybacks from existing cash resources or warned that a major sanctions announcement re- borrow the funds. Any additional borrowing would lated to a bank would happen later this week. need to be done at shorter maturities so as not to He has not indicated the funding source for the upend the goal of the buybacks, which is to boost Treasury buybacks, b​ ut the Treasury General Ac- liquidity in the market for longer-dated bonds.

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US unveils campaign to cripple Iran’s economy, but offers few details By ALAN RAPPEPORT

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he Trump administration on Monday announced what it called its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures that are intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world. The move is a shift by the United States in favor of confronting Iran with economic warfare as negotiations to end the military conflict continue to sputter. The war with Iran remains a drag on the global economy, one that has pushed energy prices higher and eroded President Donald Trump’s approval ratings. The Trump administration has billed the effort as the coming of an economic apocalypse for Iran. But the announcement Monday did not make clear how the measures would further disrupt Iran’s economy or whether they would be severe enough to get Iran to end its nuclear program and allow oil to move freely through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump, who carried out a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran during his first term, enacted a package of measures called Operation Economic Fury aimed at Iran earlier this year. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent characterized the announcement as D-Day, but later acknowledged it was more of a warning shot that would begin a period of “quiet diplomacy” with counterparts around the world. Speaking at the Treasury Department, Bessent labeled the initiative Operation Economic Outcast, and vowed that the United States would “tighten the noose” around Iran by imposing sanctions on every source or facilitator of its revenue. The campaign is intended to exert pressure on other coun-

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2026. The Trump administration announced on Monday, Aug. 24, what it is describing as its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures that are intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) tries, including potentially China and Russia, that continue to trade with Iran or help it evade U.S. sanctions. “This is a sustained campaign to collapse every last option for Iran,” Bessent said. “The campaign we begin today will gather force with every day that follows, and it will not end until this regime stands alone.” The new Iran sanctions include more than 60 entities, individuals and vessels around the world that allow Iran to procure nuclear and missile technology, Bessent said. The Treasury Department is also imposing sanctions on Iran related to digital assets, gold and the aviation sectors that Iran

uses to help finance its economy. Bessent said that waves of additional sanctions, including on a large financial institution, would be announced in the coming days and weeks. Much of the work of isolating Iran, he added, will take place through private negotiations with other countries to compel them to cut ties with Iran. The Treasury secretary said the United States did not have a set timeline for such talks, but that it did not have “infinite patience.” The threat of the new sanctions already appeared to be yielding results, with the United Arab Emirates announcing last week that it is halting all trade and financial transactions with Iran. The United States has a unique ability to use sanctions as a diplomatic tool because of the status of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Because the dollar is used in most of the world’s financial transactions, the Treasury Department has the ability to cut individuals and businesses off from much of the global financial system. However, overuse of these tools has the potential to push countries away from using dollars and could create chaos across the world economy. Bessent suggested that the United States was giving other nations an opportunity to sever their relationships with Iran before embarking on broader “secondary” sanctions. “We are giving everyone the opportunity to remedy bad behavior,” Bessent said. In an acknowledgment that a barrage of new sanctions aimed at countries around the world could have unwanted consequences, Bessent added: “Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?” The most complicated of the diplomatic negotiations will be with China, which is the

largest buyer of Iranian oil and has a financial system that is largely insulated from the threat of U.S. sanctions. Asked about sanctions on Chinese banks, Bessent said, “No one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions” but did not address China specifically. The United States is in a fragile trade truce with China and its president, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with Trump next month. The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on independent Chinese refineries that buy Iranian oil, but it has refrained from imposing large-scale sanctions on Chinese financial institutions that facilitate such transactions. “Until we see actions against more meaningful countries and companies continuing to trade with Iran, it’s just words,” said Daniel Tannebaum, a partner at Oliver Wyman and senior fellow at The Atlantic Council. “Ideally quiet diplomacy is playing out between Trump and Xi to make a deal to pull China from Iran, but that’s a big question in terms of how much influence President Trump has there.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that Iran would not bow to an escalating pressure campaign by the Trump administration, after one of the country’s top security chiefs threatened reprisals against countries that joined the United States’ “economic war.” Esmaeil Baghaei, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said Monday that the Trump administration was merely “repeating methods that have proven unsuccessful” in the past. “Iran will certainly use all multilateral capacities to counter economic sanctions,” he told reporters at a news conference. Ordinary Iranian civilians, he added, would bear the cost of U.S. sanctions.

US military kills 2 people in attack on boat in Pacific By ERIC SCHMITT

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he U.S. military killed two men in a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific that it said was transporting narcotics, U.S. Southern Command announced early Monday. It was the first such strike by the military since June 21. The United States began a campaign of boat strikes last year in the run-up to the military operation that seized Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela. The military has

continued the operations in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, killing at least 223 people in 67 strikes that it said were involved in the narcotics trade. But narcotics experts say the boat strikes have failed to slow the smuggling of cocaine from South America to the United States. According to Brown University, the costs of the operation were at $4.7 billion as of March 31. Legal specialists also have said the strikes are illegal extrajudicial killings because the

military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians — even suspected criminals — who do not pose an imminent threat of violence. Southern Command provided little detail about the strike that took place Sunday but noted that intelligence reports said the vessel was trafficking narcotics and traveling on a route used by drug smugglers. “Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a lowprofile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pa-

cific,” Southern Command said in a statement, referring to a new military unit set up to expand the Pentagon’s war against drugs in cooperation with regional allies. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the head of Southern Command, said in the statement on social media announcing the strike: “When I ordered the establishment of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, it was precisely for this purpose: to accelerate, synchronize, and execute lethal actions against these destabilizing narco-terrorist networks.”

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Morovis entrepreneur Otero Rivera seeks CUD presidency By THE STAR STAFF

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heila Otero Rivera, a well‑known businesswoman from Morovis and founder of MaxBilling-Puerto Rico, announced on Sunday her candidacy for president‑elect of the United Retailers Association (CUD by its acronym in Spanish). The election will take place during the organization’s Annual Convention and Assembly of Members at the Wyndham Grand Río Mar in Río Grande on Sunday, Sept. 13. Otero Rivera, who currently leads the CUD Women’s Committee, said she decided to heed a call from members who encouraged her to pursue the position. “I am responding to the call made by CUD members, and I am ready to assume the role of president‑elect in the upcoming regulatory election process,” she said. “I bring eighteen years of experience, corporate leadership, team‑driven vision, and a long history of active participation

in the initiatives of Puerto Rico’s small and mid‑sized businesses.” She emphasized that her work with the Women’s Committee has allowed her

Sheila Otero Rivera, founder of MaxBilling-Puerto Rico

to highlight the skills, talent and determination of Puerto Rican women leading businesses, companies and service organizations. Historically, she noted, the CUD has been an institution that opens doors for women who want to participate in the island’s business and entrepreneurial agenda. A member of the CUD board of directors, Otero Rivera is also a communicator, writer, and a recognized leader in medical billing. She built MaxBillingPuerto Rico from the ground up, specializing in ambulance‑service billing and serving more than 50 municipalities. Her involvement in multiple community and business committees has centered on promoting women’s leadership in initiatives that strengthen commerce and improve quality of life for Puerto Rico’s 3.2 million residents. “This is the moment to help our population understand that women know how to manage Puerto Rico’s businesses and enterprises,” Otero Rivera said. “The

Washington Post ordered to rehire fired columnist By BENJAMIN MULLIN

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private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired in September over her social media posts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It also ordered the company to compensate her with back pay. Sarah Miller Espinosa, the arbitrator, said in a written decision Thursday that the Post “did not have good and sufficient cause” to terminate Attiah and “violated” its labor agreement, according to a copy of the decision shared with The New York Times by Attiah’s lawyers. “The Washington Post failed to establish the grievant engaged in gross misconduct,” Espinosa wrote. In a statement, Attiah said that she hoped the decision “sends a message to journalists and media institutions everywhere that freedom of expression is always worth fighting for.” She said that she was “willing to go back” to her work at the Post, which she called “one of the world’s most

storied newspapers.” “This decision confirms what we’ve said from the start: I was doing my job as an opinion writer, and this was wrongful termination,” she said, adding that she was “relieved to finally have that record set straight” A spokesperson for the Post said the company respects the arbitration process and declined to comment further. The decision is the result of a yearlong fight between the Post and Attiah, who last year accused the company of violating its labor agreement and social media policy when it fired her for posts she said were within her purview as an opinion columnist. A clause in the agreement allows employees to submit disputes for arbitration. Arbitration is generally considered binding in most disputes, though courts have occasionally overturned decisions after courtroom findings of fraud or other improprieties. The Post’s labor agreement says arbitration is binding, though both the company and the employee retain their legal rights.

The Washington Post said in its termination letter that Attiah’s posts about Kirk had harmed “the integrity” of the organization and violated standards requiring employees to use social media with civility and respect. Attiah’s remarks about Kirk’s assassination, which she posted to the social network Bluesky on Sept. 10, the day he was shot, responded to the outpouring of grief after the shooting. “Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is … not the same as violence,” Attiah wrote in one of the posts. The Post’s opinion section has been in flux since early last year, when Jeff Bezos, the newspaper’s owner, moved to reorient the section to focus on “personal liberties and free markets.” Some readers canceled their subscriptions and accused Bezos of attempting to curry favor with the Trump administration. Lawyers for The Washington Post and Attiah made their arguments before Espinosa in June during a hearing that included

CUD has played an important role by supporting empowerment workshops and initiatives that strengthen our economy. We have worked to provide the best tools so that every woman entrepreneur can find her niche and the support needed to make her business dream a reality.” Her platform includes what she describes as a hybrid program designed to foster initiatives where men and women advance together, ensuring shared and sustained growth for the island’s businesses. She also highlighted the CUD’s value as a business‑coaching resource for members seeking operational and fiscal stability. Otero Rivera encouraged CUD members to attend the convention and take full advantage of the organization’s benefits. Author of the motivational book “Auténtica,” Otero Rivera met all requirements established by the CUD Nominations Committee, which issued an official certification allowing her to run for the position. testimony from Attiah; Adam O’Neal, then the opinion editor at The Washington Post; and Wayne Connell, the company’s chief human resources officer. Attiah was represented by Democracy Defenders Action, a progressive nonprofit co-founded by the lawyer Norman Eisen, and by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. In his testimony, O’Neal said he saw Attiah’s posts the morning after Kirk died and sent them to Connell, according to a transcript of the hearing obtained by The New York Times. “Karen’s social media feed yesterday and today is beyond the pale, completely unacceptable for someone associated with Opinions,” O’Neal wrote, according to the transcript. Soon after, O’Neal and Connell met with Will Lewis, then the CEO of The Washington Post, to discuss the posts, according to the transcript. They ultimately decided to fire Attiah. During her testimony, Attiah defended her social media posts, saying that they were part of her work for The Post, “commenting on our discourse on political violence,” Attiah said, according to the transcript. In a statement, Eisen called the decision “a landmark victory for one of our nation’s crusading journalists.”

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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition Electronically FILED by Supe- should not be granted. If no rior Court of California, County written objection is timely filed, of Riverside on 05/07/2026 the court may grant the petition 08:28 AM without a hearing. case Number CVME2606444 NOTICE OF HEARING 0000166570335 - Jason B. a. Date: 9/10/2026. Time: 8:00 Galkin, Executive Officer/Clerk AM. Dept.: M205. of the Court By Jennifer Smith, 3. a. A copy of this Order to Clerk. Show Cause must be publisNC-120 hed at least once each week for ATTORNEY OR PARTY V\/ four successive weeks before ITHOUT ATTORNEY STATE the date set for hearing on the BAR NUMBER: 303252 petition in a newspaper of geNAME: Robert Rettenmaier neral circulation: (for other peFIRM NAME: Law Offices of titioners) printed in the county Robert Rettenmaier, PC in which petitioner resides or, if STREET ADDRESS: 250 N no county, in the local subdiviGolden Circle Drive, Suite 104 sion or territory where petitioner CITY: Santa Ana STATE: CA resides. ZIP CODE: 92705 Date: 05/07/2026 TELEPHONE NO.: (714) 853- Judicial Council of California 8959 FAX NO.: (657) 900-2296 NC-120 [Rev. January 1, 2023) E-MAIL ADDRESS: rretten ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEmaier@rettenmaierlaw.com CHANGE OF NAME ATTORNEY FOR (name): Code of Civil Procedure,§ 1277

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Katherine Louise Krug and Jonathan Wesley Swanson

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE STREET ADDRESS: 27401 Menifee Center Drive MAILING ADDRESS: 27401 Menifee Center Drive CITY AND ZIP CODE: Menifee, CA 92584 BRANCH NAME: Menifee Justice Center PETITION OF (name of each petitioner): Katherine Louise Krug and Jonathan Wesley Swanson on behalf of Athena North Swanson, A minor FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CVME2606444. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSECHANGE OF NAME

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JORGE MALDONADO VÁZQUEZ & ELIZABETH VEGA DE JESÚS Peticionarios Vs

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Civil Núm.: BY2026CV03782. Sala: 500. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO.

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les conviene, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de 20 días a partir desde que fueron notificados de esta CITACIÓN, y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la siguiente finca: RÚSTICA: Predio de terreno identificado como SOLAR (A) radicado en el Barrio Cibuco, del término municipal del Corozal, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de OCHOCIENTOS TREINTA Y CUATRO METROS CUADRADOS CON CUATRO MIL SEISCIENTOS OCHO DIEZMILÉSIMAS DE OTRO METRO CUADRADO (834.4608 MC.). En lindes por el NORTE; en dos (2) alineaciones que suman cincuenta y cinco punto dieciocho (55.18) metros con el Sr. Miguel A. Ortiz Nevárez; por el SUR; en dos (2) alineaciones que suman diecinueve punto noventa y ocho (19.98) metros, con camino de acceso que lo separa de la Sra. Gladys Maldonado Vázquez; por el ESTE; en dos (2) alineaciones que suman veintiocho punto setenta y cuatro (28.74) metros, con el Sr. Efraín Maldonado Vázquez; y por el OESTE; con cuatro (4) alineaciones que suman treinta y seis punto cero dos (36.02) metros con camino de acceso que lo separa del Sr. Jaime Maldonado Vázquez. Enclava una vivienda de hormigón y bloques de un nivel, tres (3) habitaciones, un (1) baño, sala, cocina, comedor y marquesina. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Catastro: 110-000-007-40-000 (finca principal). Debe 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 secretaria del tribunal. En Corozal, Puerto Rico, hoy 31 de julio de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.

EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS (787) 603-1178. Se le informa, E.E.U.U., EL ESTADO LIBRE además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. el 8 de septiembre de 2026, a A: LAS PERSONAS las 9:00 de la mañana, medianIGNORADAS Y te videoconferencia, a la cual DESCONOCIDAS A usted puede comparecer asisQUIENES PUDIERA tido por abogado y presentar oposición a la petición. Este PERJUDICAR LA edicto deberá ser publicado INSCRIPCIÓN DEL tres (3) ocasiones dentro DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA en del término de veinte (20) días, PARTE PETICIONARIA en un periódico de circulación EN EL REGISTRO DE LA general diaria, para que comPROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA parezcan si quieren alegar su QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA que se mencione en el mismo, PERSONA EN GENERAL se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme QUE CON DERECHO a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de PARA ELLO DESEE Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se OPONERSE A ESTE le apercibe que de no compaEXPEDIENTE. recer los interesados y/o partes POR LA PRESENTE se les citadas, o en su defecto los notifica para que comparezcan, organismos públicos afectados si lo creyeren pertinente, ante en el término improrrogable de este Honorable Tribunal dentro veinte (20) días a contar de la de los veinte (20) días contados fecha de la última publicación a partir de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá de este edicto a exponer lo que conceder el remedio solicitado a sus derechos convenga en por la parte peticionaria, sin el expediente promovido por más citarle ni oírle. En Bayala parte peticionaria para ad- món, Puerto Rico, a 16 de julio quirir su dominio sobre la finca de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANque se describe más adelan- JURJO, SECRETARIA REGIOte. Usted deberá presentar su NAL. LUISA I. ANDINO AYALA, posición a través del Sistema SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL Unificado de Manejo y Adminis- TRIBUNAL. tración de Casos (SUMAC), al LEGAL NOTICE cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electróniAVISO ca: https://unired.poderjudicial. A ACREEDORES DE pr, salvo que se represente por DON JUAN JOSE derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación SOLDEVILA BARTOLOME en la secretaría del Tribunal. SOBRE FORMACIÓN DE Si usted deja de expresarse INVENTARIO EN SEDE dentro del referido término, el NOTARIAL Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉvalor de la parte peticionaria RICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE en su contra, sin más citarle LOS E.E.U.U., ESTADO LIni oírle, y conceder el remedio BRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO solicitado en la petición, o cual- RICO, SS.

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casa de madera y zinc utilizada para residencia de una sola familia. Inscrita al tomo KARIBE finca número 14032 de Bayamón Norte Sección Tercera del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. EDUARDO SANCHEZ JAUREGUI JIMENEZ, 366 Ave Escorial, San Juan, PR 00920; Tel.

A: Ramón Maldonado Rivera y Carmen Vázquez Rivera t/c/c Carmen Rivera Vázquez t/c/c Carmen Maldonado, dueños anteriores, o sus herederos, cesionarios o causahabientes, por ignorarse sus nombres, TO ALL INTERESTED existencia o paradero. PERSONS: quier otro, si el Tribunal, en el A: ACREEDORES DE DON Las personas ignoradas y 1. Petitioner (name): ejercicio de su sana discreción, JUAN JOSE SOLDEVILA desconocidas a quienes Katherine Louise Krug lo entiende procedente. RÚSBARTOLOMEI. pudiera perjudicar la TICA: Parcela de terreno en el and Jonathan Wesley POR LA PRESENTE se les noBarrio Juan Sánchez de Bayainscripción del dominio Swanson on behalf of tifica que se ha iniciado la premón, con una cabida de tres mil a favor de la parte paración del inventario en sede Athena North Swanson, A ochocientos setenta y nueve notarial del caudal relicto del minor filed a petition with peticionaria en el Registro punto noventa y ocho metros causante Juan José Soldevila de la Propiedad de la this court for a decree (3,879.98) metros cuadrados. Bartolome. Se les requiere para Colindante por el NORTE, con finca que más adelante changing names as que toda reclamación con los carretera estatal número ciense describirá y a toda follows: correspondientes comprobanLEGAL NOTICE to sesenta y siete; por el SUR, Present name a. Athena North tes bajo juramento sea presenpersona en general que con Camino Santa Barbara; por LIBRE ASOCIADO Swanson to Proposed name: tada y dirigida al peticionario con derecho para ello ESTADO el ESTE, con R. Medianilla & DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUSeneca North Swanson. conducto de su abogada a desee oponerse a este NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Sons Inc.; por el OESTE, con por 2. THE COURT ORDERS that la siguiente dirección y dentro Expediente de Dominio. SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYA- Juan Israel Ortiz. Enclava una del plazo de treinta (30) días all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard

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LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de JOHN CHRISTIAN HESSLER AND SANDRA SCHULTZ HESSLER , sobre la unidad A202 semana 45 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FORTYFIFTH (45th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A dash Two Hundred Two (A-202) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A dash Two Hundred Two (A-202) and includes the right to use such unit during the Forty-fifth (45th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Forty-fifth (45th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A dash Two Hundred Two (A-202) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts,

as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de AMAURY RODIGUEZ RAMIREZ AND WANDA ENID TORRES CORDERO, sobre la unidad A403 semana 41 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FORTY-ONE (41) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A dash four Hundred Three (A-403) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime,

located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A dash Four Hundred Three (A-403) and includes the right to use such unit during the Fortyone (41) week of each year until December thirty first (31st ) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Forty-one (41) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A dash (A-403) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante continuarán subsistentes, en-

14 tendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de LINDA LEFFERT, sobre la unidad A502 semana 7 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK SEVENTH (7th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A dash Five Hundred Two (A-502) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A dash Five Hundred Two (A-502) and includes the right to use such unit during the Seventh (7th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Seventh (7th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A dash Five Hundred Two (A-502) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis,

and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de JOHN CHRISTIAN HESSLER AND SANDRA SCHULTZ HESSLER, sobre la unidad A505 semana 16 que a continuación se describe: --VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK SIXTEENTH (16th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A dash Five Hundred Five (A-505) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation

The San Juan Daily Star

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A dash Five Hundred Five (A-505) and includes the right to use such unit during the Sixteenth (16th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Sixteenth (16th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A dash Five Hundred Five (A505) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de JORGE LUIS RIVERA LAPORTE AND MAGALI MATINEZ CRUZ, sobre la unidad A605 semana 33 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK THIRTYTHIRD (33rd) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit A dash Six Hundred Five (A-605) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A dash Six Hundred Five (A-605) and includes the right to use such unit during the Thirty-third (33rd) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Thirty-third (33rd) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A dash Six Hundred Five (A-605) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis,

and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de FARID MICHEL SAADA, sobre la unidad B308 semana 5 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FIFTH SEVENTEENTH (5th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Three Hundred Eight (B-308) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of

the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Three Hundred Eight (B-308) and includes the right to use such unit during the Fifth (5th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Fifth (5th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Three Hundred Eight (B308) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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.

Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de MOHAMAD SALIM JAMAL AND AIDA JAMAL, sobre la unidad B309 semana 49 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FORTY-NINETH (49th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Three Hundred Nine (B-309) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Three Hundred Nine (B-309) and includes the right to use such unit during the Forty-nineth (49th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Forty-nineth (49th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Three Hundred Nine (B-309) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of

this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,869.70 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de ASHOK KUMAR MEHRA AND ANNE FERRELL MEHRA, sobre la unidad B311 semana 5 que a continuación se describe: --VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FIFTH (5th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Three Hundred Eleven (B-311) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right

The San Juan Daily Star is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Three Hundred Eleven (B-311) and includes the right to use such unit during the Fifth (5th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Fifth (5th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Three Hundred Eleven (B-311) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. ---This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presen-

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

te aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de AMAURY RODRIGUEZ RAMREZ AND WANDA ENID TORRES CORDERO, sobre la unidad B312 semana 29 que a continuación se describe: VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK TWENTYNINETH (29th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Three Hundred Twelve (B-312) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Three Hundred Twelve (B-312) and includes the right to use such unit during the Twenty-nineth (29th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Twentynineth (29th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Three Hundred Twelve (B-312) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of

this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. ---This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,954.10 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de MOHAMAD SALIM JAMAL AND AIDA JAMAL, sobre la unidad B411 semana 21 que a continuación se describe: --VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK ONE (1) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Four Hundred Eleven (B411) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled

with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Four Hundred Eleven (B411) and includes the right to use such unit during the First (1st) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the First (1st) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Four Hundred Eleven (B411) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. ---This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,869.70 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presen-

te aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de CHESTER CHIN, M.D. AND LEILANI GEE CHIN, sobre la unidad B508 semana 44 que a continuación se describe: --VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK FORTY-FOURTH (44th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Five Hundred Eight (B-508) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Five Hundred Eight (B-508) and includes the right to use such unit during the Forty-fourth (44th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Forty-fourth (44th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Five Hundred Eight (B-508) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts,

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as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. ---This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,869.70 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presente aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc.

LEGAL NOTICE

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. 301 Carr 693 Dorado PR, 00646

Yo, Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, en representación de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., LP HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de la sección 13-104, de la Ley Número 204 del 28 de diciembre de 2016, según enmendada, se venderá el día 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 a las 9:00 A.M. en los Predios Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. en Dorado Puerto Rico, al mejor postor, y por dinero en efectivo, el interés indiviso de 100% titularidad de AMAURY RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZ AND WANDA ENID TORRES CORDERO, sobre la unidad B612 semana 25 que a continuación se describe: --VACATION CLUB RIGHT: UNIT WEEK TWENTY-FIFTH (25th) Vacation Club Right corresponding to unit B dash Six Hundred Twelve (B-612) of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime, located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with

a special property right to the above mentioned unit B dash Six Hundred Twelve (B-612) and includes the right to use such unit during the Twenty-fifth (25th) week of each year until December thirty first (31st) of the year two thousand seventy (2070), such week commencing at twelve noon (12:00pm) on the Twenty-fifth (25th) Saturday of each calendar year and ending at twelve noon (12:00pm) of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club or a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B dash Six Hundred Twelve (B-612) the use of said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Hacienda del Mar Vacation Club Regime and other owners of the timeshare or Vacation Club Rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation Club, may use the unit to which this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club’s right may use units of this Vacation Club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Hacienda del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the Vacation Club Regime. ---This Vacation Club Right has been assigned a share of one fifty two hundredth (1/52) of two point six three one three two (2.63132%) in the facilities and common expenses of the Vacation Club Regime.” El acreedor es Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc., con dirección física y postal que aparece arriba en este aviso. Esta venta se hará para satisfacer el balance pendiente de $2,901.51 en concepto de cuotas de mantenimiento adeudadas por el titular de referencia, cuya cuantía será el precio mínimo del remate. Todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento de ejecución estarán de manifiesto en las oficinas de Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. durante horas laborables. Se entenderá que todo licitador en la subasta pública extrajudicial acepta como bastante la titulación a ser adjudicada y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del acreedor ejecutante 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. Y, para la concurrencia de los licitadores, se expide el presen-

te aviso de subasta. Firmada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 12 de agosto de 2026. Gretchen Raya Rodríguez, Hacienda del Mar Owners Association, Inc. ***

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Demandante Vs.

RAUL JESÚS VIERA ZAYAS, IRIS MERCEDES BOSCH FREIRE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandados Civil Núm.: VB2025CV00326. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: A-606 SEMANA 30. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit A-606 and includes the right to use such unit during 30 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 30 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A-606, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners

16 of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13637, inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 57 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $21,327.32, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad A606, semana 30 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: SUBASTA: Se celebrará el día 15 DE OCTUBRE DE 2026, A LAS 10:45 DE LA MAÑANA. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción

del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de agosto de 2026. ALG. FREDDY OMAR RODRÍGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

RAUL JESÚS VIERA ZAYAS, IRIS MERCEDES BOSCH FREIRE Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00326. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: A-606 SEMANA 30. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right

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to the above mentioned unit A-606 and includes the right to use such unit during 30 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 30 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit A-606, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 13637, inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 57 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $21,327.32, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad A606, semana 30 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 10:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante

los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

FELIX ANGEL RODRIGUEZ PIÑERO, M.D., t/c/c Felix Angel Rodríguez Piñeiro, MARIA SOLEDAD PAGAN, t/c/c/ María de la Soledad Pagán Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00327. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO . EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico,

Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-210 SEMANA 16. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-210 and includes the right to use such unit during 16 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 16 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-210, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14140, inscrito al folio 56 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14697 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 71 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de

la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $14,744.62 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de la unidad B210 semana 16 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 10:55 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLA-

ZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

SHELLEY ZIEFF ADAMS t/c/c SHELLEY ADAMS

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00672. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-211 SEMANA 52. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-211 and includes the right to use such unit during 52 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 52 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-211, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such

other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the Facilities and common expense of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la Finca número 14141 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 20778, inscrito en sistema Karibe, según inscripción 3ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $22,083.93 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B211, semana 52 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar.. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:00 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días

The San Juan Daily Star described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of LEGAL NOTICE Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Club Regime to the vacation DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- club regime. This vacation club NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of1.2194% in the faSALA DE VEGA BAJA. cilities and common expenses HACIENDA DEL MAR of the vacation club regime. OWNERS Se separa de la finca 14145, ASSOCIATION, INC. inscrito al folio 76 del tomo 259 DEMANDANTE VS. de Vega Alta. Esta descripción JEANNE de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 17953 inscrito MARIE UPHOUSE en tomo de hoja móvil número DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00410. 101 de Vega Alta, según insSOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. cripción 1ra. La venta se llevará EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, a cabo para con su producto FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribu- Owners Associaton, Inc. el imnal Superior de Puerto Rico, porte de la Sentencia dictada Sala de Vega Baja, al Público en el caso de epígrafe, por la HAGO SABER: Que en cum- siguiente cantidad: $18,489.84 plimiento de un Mandamiento por concepto de principal de de Ejecución de Sentencia que cuotas de mantenimiento de los se me libró con fecha de 4 de elementos comunes corresponagosto de 2026 por la Secreta- dientes a la unidad B309, sería de este Tribunal en el caso mana 4 del complejo vacaciode epígrafe, venderé en pública nal Hacienda del Mar. La fecha subasta y al mejor postor con y hora de la subasta es como dinero en efectivo, cheque de sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará gerente o letra bancaria con el día 15 de octubre de 2026, similar garantía, todo título, de- a las 11:05 a.m. La subasta recho o interés de la parte de- de dicha propiedad se llevará mandada de epígrafe sobre la a efecto en mi oficina situada siguiente propiedad inmueble en el local que ocupa este Triperteneciente a la parte deman- bunal en el Centro Judicial de dada, la cual se describe a con- Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que tinuación: Número de Catastro: el que obtuviere la buena pro ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: de dicha propiedad consignará Apartamento Multivacacional: en el acto del remate el importe UNIDAD B-309 SEMANA 4. de su oferta en moneda legal, CONDOMINIO CLUB VACA- en adición a los gastos de la CIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR subasta, siendo éste el mejor de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 postor. Se entenderá que todo Metros Cuadrados. Located in licitador acepta como bastanthe Sabana Ward of the Munici- te el título del inmueble y las pality of Vega Alta. This specific cargas y gravámenes anteriovacation club right is coupled res y los preferentes al crédito with a special property right del ejecutante, si los hubiere, to the above mentioned unit continuarán subsistiendo, enB-309 and includes the right to tendiéndose que el rematante use such unit during 4 week of los acepta y queda subrogado each year until December 31 of en la responsabilidad de los the year 2070, such week com- mismos sin destinarse a su exmencing at 12:noon on the 4 tinción el precio del remate. Si Saturday of each calendar year se declara desierta la subasta and ending at 12:00 noon of the se dará por terminado el prosame day of the following week, cedimiento, pudiendo adjudicoupled with the membership in carse al demandante la finca the Hyatt Vacation Club o a suc- dentro de los veinte (20) días cessor club. Notwithstanding siguientes, si así lo estimare this specific vacation club right conveniente, por la totalidad de allocation of a right to use a la cantidad adeudada. Los auspecific week in unit B-309, the tos y todos los documentos couse of the said unit during the rrespondientes al procedimien-

entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 to del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

YOLANDA MARGARITA IGARAVIDEZ ORENGO

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00411. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 10 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-310 SEMANA 35. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR

de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-310 and includes the right to use such unit during 35 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 35 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-310, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14146, inscrito al folio 81 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14267 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 65 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $11,289.39 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B310, semana 35 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:10 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la

subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

MARIA R. DEBONIS, t/c/c/ Maria De Bonis

DEMANDADA CIVIL NUM. : VB2025CV00569. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico,

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Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Apartamento Multivacacional: B-311 SEMANA 11. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-311 and includes the right to use such unit during 11 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 11 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-311, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 2.63132% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 12666, inscrito al folio 175 del tomo 232 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16998 inscrito por asiento abreviado al folio 4522 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 5ta. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el

importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $14,634.21, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B311, semana 11 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:15 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de

AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE vs.

EUGENE LEONARD SIEGEL t/c/c EUGENE LEONARD SIEGER, LINDA LEE SIEGEL T/C/C LINDA LEE SIEGER T/C/C LINDA LEE WILKINS Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00675. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 7 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Urbana: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-311 SEMANA 16. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-311 and includes the right to use such unit during 16 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 16 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-311, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout

18 the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14147, inscrito al folio 86 del tomo 2257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 16284 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 90 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $7,495.49 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B311, semana 16 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:20 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción

del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE PONCE.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

DENNIS ORLANDO LÓPEZ PÉREZ, WANDA JOSEPHINE ACOSTA TORO, Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: PO2025CV01959. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 7 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-407 SEMANA 25. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled

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with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-407 and includes the right to use such unit during 25 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 25 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-407, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14149, inscrito al folio 96 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 15098 inscrito por asiento abreviado al folio 3840 del tomo 332 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 4ta. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $5,457.41 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B407, semana 25 de Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:25 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los prefe-

rentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Ponce, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

HOREIS, COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00570. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 7 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-409 SEMANA 10. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-409 and includes the right to use such unit during 10 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 10 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-409, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation LEGAL NOTICE Club Regime and other owners ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO of timeshare or vacation club DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUrights in resorts throughout NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA the world affiliated to the Hyatt SALA DE VEGA BAJA. Vacation club, may use the HACIENDA DEL MAR unit to with this vacation right OWNERS pertains during the above described interval on a first come, ASSOCIATION, INC. first serve reservation basis, DEMANDANTE vs. JONATHAN FRANCIS and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this GREENE, t/c/c Jonathan vacation club Regime and in Franci Greene, such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the MARGARET MARY GREENE Y LA SOCIEDAD Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club LEGAL DE BIENES Regime to the vacation club GANANCIALES GREENE, regime. This vacation club right compuesta por ambos; has been assigned a share of William Joseph Horeis, 1/52 of 1.2194% in the faciliLorraine Catherine Horeis ties and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL separa de la finca 14151, insDE bienes GANANCIALES crito al folio 106 del tomo 257

de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 17075 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 97 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $7,453.34 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B409, semana 10 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:30 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribu-

nal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE VEGA BAJA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE VS.

FREDDIE ÁVILA, RAMONA ÁVILA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00743. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 4 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-412 SEMANA 29. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-412 and includes the right to use such unit during 29 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 29 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-412, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners

of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2575% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del folio 121 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta, finca 14154. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 14319 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 66 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $10,226.00 por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B412, semana 29 del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:35 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC).

The San Juan Daily Star Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

B-508 and includes the right to use such unit during 13 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 13 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-508, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the LEGAL NOTICE Deed of Dedication of HacienESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO das del Mar, a Vacation Club DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Regime to the vacation club NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA regime. This vacation club right SALA DE VEGA BAJA. has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the faciliHACIENDA DEL MAR ties and common expenses of OWNERS the vacation club regime. Se ASSOCIATION, INC. separa de la finca 14156, insDEMANDANTE VS. crito al folio 131 del tomo 257 DIAN ARLENE RUSSO y de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a GINA ANNE RUSSO la finca número 16508 inscrito DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: VB2025CV00665. en tomo de hoja móvil número SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. 92B de Vega Alta, según insEDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, cripción 1ra. La venta se llevará FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ a cabo para con su producto COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribu- satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar nal Superior de Puerto Rico, Owners Associaton, Inc. el imSala de Vega Baja, al Público porte de la Sentencia dictada HAGO SABER: Que en cum- en el caso de epígrafe, por la plimiento de un Mandamiento siguiente cantidad: $9,074.63 de Ejecución de Sentencia que por concepto de principal de se me libró con fecha de 10 de cuotas de mantenimiento de los agosto de 2026 por la Secreta- elementos comunes corresponría de este Tribunal en el caso dientes a la unidad B508, sede epígrafe, venderé en pública mana 13 del complejo vacaciosubasta y al mejor postor con nal Hacienda del Mar. La fecha dinero en efectivo, cheque de y hora de la subasta es como gerente o letra bancaria con sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará similar garantía, todo título, el día 15 de octubre de 2026, derecho o interés de la parte a las 11:40 a.m. La subasta demandada de epígrafe sobre de dicha propiedad se llevará la siguiente propiedad inmue- a efecto en mi oficina situada ble perteneciente a la parte en el local que ocupa este Tridemandada, la cual se descri- bunal en el Centro Judicial de be a continuación: Número de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multi- el que obtuviere la buena pro vacacional: Apartamento Multi- de dicha propiedad consignará vacacional: B-508 SEMANA 13. en el acto del remate el importe CONDOMINIO CLUB VACA- de su oferta en moneda legal, CIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR en adición a los gastos de la de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 subasta, siendo éste el mejor Metros Cuadrados. Located in postor. Se entenderá que todo the Sabana Ward of the Munici- licitador acepta como bastanpality of Vega Alta. This specific te el título del inmueble y las vacation club right is coupled cargas y gravámenes anteriowith a special property right res y los preferentes al crédito to the above mentioned unit del ejecutante, si los hubiere,

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Vega Baja, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.. DEMANDANTE VS.

FRANCISCO MANUEL VAZQUEZ LOPEZ, MARIA ANGELICA CRUZ RIVERA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES, compuesta por ambos

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: SJ2024CV07776. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público

HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 12 de junio de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-608 SEMANA 16. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B608 and includes the right to use such unit during 16 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 16 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-608, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa del Régimen Vacacional Haciendas del Mar, inscrito al folio 161 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta, finca 14162. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18,108 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil 103 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de

la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $12,621.86, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B608, semana 16. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:50 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de San Juan, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLA-

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ZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA.

HACIENDA DEL MAR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DEMANDANTE vs.

SUCESIONES DE VICTORIA CASASNOVAS MATOS Y JUAN LUIS PÁEZ PÁEZ, COMPUESTAS POR MICHAEL ANTHONY PÁEZ CASASNOVAS T/C/C MICHAEL ANTHONY PÁEZ Y STEVEN LOUIS PÁEZ CASASNOVAS T/C/C STEVEN LOUIS PÁEZ

DEMANDADOS CIVIL NUM.: CA2025CV00041. SOBRE: COBRO DE DINERO. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. Yo, FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, Alguacil del Tribunal Superior de Puerto Rico, Sala de Vega Baja, al Público HAGO SABER: Que en cumplimiento de un Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que se me libró con fecha de 10 de agosto de 2026 por la Secretaría de este Tribunal en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor con dinero en efectivo, cheque de gerente o letra bancaria con similar garantía, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada de epígrafe sobre la siguiente propiedad inmueble perteneciente a la parte demandada, la cual se describe a continuación: Número de Catastro: ---. Propiedad Multivacacional: Apartamento Multivacacional: B-611 SEMANA 44. CONDOMINIO CLUB VACACIONAL HACIENDA DEL MAR de Vega Alta. Cabida: 101.42 Metros Cuadrados. Located in the Sabana Ward of the Municipality of Vega Alta. This specific vacation club right is coupled with a special property right to the above mentioned unit B-611 and includes the right to use such unit during 44 week of each year until December 31 of the year 2070, such week commencing at 12:noon on the 44 Saturday of each calendar year and ending at 12:00 noon of the same day of the following week, coupled with the membership in the Hyatt Vacation Club o a successor club. Notwithstanding this specific vacation club right allocation of a right to use a specific week in unit B-611, the use of the said unit during the described time interval is subject to the exercise by the owner of certain priority rights during a fixed period of the time prior to the commencement of said interval. In the absence of such exercise, other owners of vacation club rights in the Haciendas del Mar, Vacation

Club Regime and other owners of timeshare or vacation club rights in resorts throughout the world affiliated to the Hyatt Vacation club, may use the unit to with this vacation right pertains during the above described interval on a first come, first serve reservation basis, and the owner of this vacation club right may use units of this vacation club Regime and in such other affiliated resorts, as more fully described in the Deed of Dedication of Haciendas del Mar, a Vacation Club Regime to the vacation club regime. This vacation club right has been assigned a share of 1/52 of 1.2194% in the facilities and common expenses of the vacation club regime. Se separa de la finca 14165, inscrito al folio 176 del tomo 257 de Vega Alta. Esta descripción de la propiedad corresponde a la finca número 18017 inscrito en tomo de hoja móvil número 102 de Vega Alta, según inscripción 1ra. La venta se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a Hacienda del Mar Owners Associaton, Inc. el importe de la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe, por la siguiente cantidad: $18,674.84, por concepto de principal de cuotas de mantenimiento de los elementos comunes correspondientes a la unidad B611, semana 44, del complejo vacacional Hacienda del Mar. La fecha y hora de la subasta es como sigue: Subasta: Se celebrará el día 15 de octubre de 2026, a las 11:45 a.m. La subasta de dicha propiedad se llevará a efecto en mi oficina situada en el local que ocupa este Tribunal en el Centro Judicial de Vega Baja, advirtiéndose que el que obtuviere la buena pro de dicha propiedad consignará en el acto del remate el importe de su oferta en moneda legal, en adición a los gastos de la subasta, siendo éste el mejor postor. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante el título del inmueble y las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito del ejecutante, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistiendo, entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Si se declara desierta la subasta se dará por terminado el procedimiento, pudiendo adjudicarse al demandante la finca dentro de los veinte (20) días siguientes, si así lo estimare conveniente, por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada. Los autos y todos los documentos correspondientes al procedimiento del caso de epígrafe están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal de Carolina, durante horas laborables. Además, están disponibles en el Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC). Para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda persona

que tenga interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción del gravamen que se está ejecutando, si alguna, y para la concurrencia de licitadores y para el público en general el presente edicto se publicará en un diario de circulación general en el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico dos (2) veces por espacio de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones. Se fijará, además, por espacio de dos (2) semanas mediante avisos por escrito visiblemente colocados en tres (3) lugares públicos del Municipio donde ha de celebrarse la subasta, estos lugares serán: la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la comandancia de la Policía más cercana al Tribunal de Vega Baja. Se notificará a la parte demandada copia del edicto de subasta mediante correo certificado con acuse de recibo a la última dirección conocida. Expido el presente edicto bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal de Vega Baja. En Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, a 17 de AGOSTO de 2026. FREDDY OMAR RODRIGUEZ COLLAZO, ALGUACIL SUPERIOR.

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GWENDOLYN ZOE ARVELO SANCHEZ Demandante V.

BRYAN EDWARDS LLORENS LOPEZ

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: AG2025RF00757. (Salón: 401 RF). Sobre: PATRIA POTESTAD - PRIVACIÓN, SUSPENSIÓN O RESTRICCIÓN. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. DORIS I. SOTO LÓPEZ DSOTO@SERVICIOSLEGALES.ORG.

A: BRYAN EDWARD LLORENS LÓPEZ.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 19 de agosto 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

20 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 20 de agosto de 2026. En Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, el 20 de agosto de 2026. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA. MARYLINE GONZÁLEZ AROCHO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

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Demandante Vs.

JORGE EFRAÍN RODRÍGUEZ WILSON

Demandado Civil Núm.: KCD2013-1102. (508). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA (IN REM). ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. AVISO DE VENTA EN PÚBLICA SUBASTA. Yo, MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, a la parte demandada y al público en general les notifico que, cumpliendo con un Mandamiento que se ha librado en el presente caso por el Secretario del Tribunal de epígrafe con fecha 7 de agosto de 2026, y para satisfacer la Sentencia dictada en el caso de autos fechada 6 de junio de 2024, notificada el 7 de junio de 2024, procederé a vender el día 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en mi oficina, localizada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque certificado y/o giro postal, todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: URBANA: Solar radicado en el Reparto Santa María del Barrio Monacillos, municipalidad de Río Piedras, que se marca con el número 83 en el plano de inscripción con una cabida superficial de 4120.88 metros cuadrados, en lindes por el SUR, su frente en una distancia de 33.51 metros con el círculo que forma el final de la calle B y en una distancia de 90.52 metros con el solar número 82 propiedad de Luis Torres Bowet separado por una servidumbre de paso para tubería de desagüe; por el NORTE, su fondo, en una distancia de 45 metros con el solar número 90 de Raúl Torres, en una distancia de 35 metros con el solar número 89 propiedad de Luis J. Cintrón, en una distancia de 15.95 metros con el solar número 88 propiedad de Gustavo Arrillaga, en una distancia de 15.55 metros con el solar número 87 propie-

dad de Juan Arrillaga, y en una distancia de 42.28 metros con el solar número 86 propiedad de Enrique Fernández; por el ESTE, su derecha entrando, en una distancia de 32.56 metros con terrenos de Miguel Angel García Méndez; y por el OESTE, su izquierda, entrando en una distancia de 50.89 metros con el solar número 84 propiedad de Amadeo Viera de Collins. Enclava edificación consistente en una casa residencial de 2 niveles que contiene sala, comedor, cocina, salón familiar, salón de juego, cuatro dormitorios, 5 baños, 2 marquesinas, terraza con barra y piscina, con valor de $350,000.00, según escritura número 2, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 7 de febrero de 1989, ante el notario Héctor H. Colón Atienza, e inscrita al folio 151 vuelto del tomo 85 de Monacillos, finca número 3,061, inscripción 7ma. Se acompaña escritura número 1 de Acta Notarial, otorgada el día 2 de febrero de 1990, ante el mismo notario. Consta inscrita al Folio #148 del Tomo #85 de Monacillos, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera (III) de San Juan, Finca #3,061. Dirección Física: Urb. Santa María,1797 Calle Camelia, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917. Con el importe de dicha venta se habrá de satisfacer a la parte demandante las cantidades adeudadas, o sea, la suma principal de $1,175,904.99, más intereses al tipo convenido y demás términos y condiciones según la Sentencia dictada en el caso de epígrafe por el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de San Juan. La PRIMERA SUBASTA se llevará a cabo el día 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de $1,491,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta, se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el día 30 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $994,000.00. De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 7 DE OCTUBRE DE 2026, A LAS 10:00 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad (1/2) del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, la cantidad de $745,500.00. A la propiedad no le afectan gravámenes preferentes. A la propiedad le afectan los siguientes gravámenes (a ejecutarse): Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor de Santander Mortgage Corporation, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $1,491,000.00, con intereses al 7 3/8% anual, vencedero el día 1 de mayo de 2021, constituida

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mediante la escritura número 25, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 28 de abril de 2006, ante el notario Orlin P. Goble, e inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 967 de Monacillos, finca número 3,061, inscripción 19na. Sustituido el pagaré de la hipoteca relacionada en la inscripción 19na., por haberse anulado la Venta Judicial, mediante la escritura número 49, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 2 de junio de 2021, ante el notario Fernando A. Rivera Munich, e inscrita al tomo Karibe de Monacillos, finca número 3,061, nota marginal 19.1. A la propiedad le afectan los siguientes gravámenes posteriores: Hipoteca en garantía de un pagaré a favor del Portador, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $330,000.00, con intereses al 10% anual, vencedero a la presentación, constituida mediante la escritura número 187, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el día 30 de octubre de 2006, ante el notario Héctor Alejandro Lugo Quiñones, e inscrita al folio 141 del tomo 967 de Monacillos, finca número 3,061, inscripción 20ma. Aviso de Demanda de fecha 6 de mayo de 2013, expedido en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Centro Judicial de San Juan, en el Caso Civil número KCD20131102, sobre Cobro de Dinero y Ejecución de Hipoteca, seguido por Banco Santander Puerto Rico versus Jorge Efraín Rodriguez Wilson, por la suma de $1,175,904.99, más intereses y otras sumas adicionales o en su defecto la venta en Pública Subasta, anotado el día 22 de junio de 2016, al tomo Karibe de Monacillos, finca número 3,061, Anotación “A”. Se le advierte a los licitadores que la adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el mismo acto de la adjudicación en moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica en efectivo, cheque certificado o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal, y para conocimiento de la parte demandada y de toda(s) aquella(s) persona(s) que tenga (n) interés inscrito con posterioridad a la inscripción de los gravámenes que se están ejecutando, que los mismos serán eliminados del Registro de la Propiedad, y para conocimiento de los licitadores y el público en general, y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general, una vez por semana durante el termino de dos (2) semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, y para su fijación en tres (3) lugares públicos del municipio en que ha de celebrarse la venta, tales como, la Alcaldía, el Tribunal y la Colecturía, y se le notificará además a la parte demandada y a su abogado o abogada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo siempre

los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunalelectronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar a Firstbank solidariamente, al 25 de febrero de 2026, por la tarjeta de crédito xxxx-xx-xxxx-5209, la cantidad en pérdida $9,328.24, más una suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados, y por el préstamo personal xxxx-xxxxxx-4352 la cantidad en pérdida de $18,586.72; más una suma equivalente al 10% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogado según pactado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle LEGAL NOTICE ni oírle. ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU16,882 NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA PO Box 194089, San Juan PR 00919 SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 FIRSTBANK Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com PUERTO RICO EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA Demandante V. y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 5 de MICHELLE L. agosto de 2026. CARMEN G. VAZQUEZ TORRES; TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETAFULANO DE TAL Y LA RIA. JOAN M. ROSARIO ALBINO, SUB-SECRETARIA. SOCIEDAD LEGAL que haya comparecido al pleito. Si el (la) deudor (a) por Sentencia no comparece al pleito, la notificación será enviada vía correo certificado con acuse de recibo a las últimas direcciones conocidas. Se les advierte a todos los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como la de la subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados en la Secretaría del Tribunal. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titulación y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere al crédito de ejecutante, continuarán subsiguientes entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Y para conocimiento de la parte demandada, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, expido el presente Aviso para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes. Librado en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 17 de agosto de 2026. MARÍA DE LOURDES LÓPEZ MOREIRA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR.

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Demandadas Civil Núm.: PO2026CV01605. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO, 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: MICHELLE L. VAZQUEZ TORRES; FULANO DE TAL Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS - 699 CALLE AUSUBO, URB. LOS CAOBOS, PONCE, PR 00716; ESTANCIAS DEL MADRIGAL, APARTAMENTO 236, 1 CALLE CAROLINA, PONCE, PR 00730. De: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.

DIRECCIÓN: BO. DE LA ROSA DILONE Y dico de circulación general, por del Tribunal Superior de DAGUAO, CARR 3. LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL orden Puerto Rico, Sala de Caguas. CALLE 3 KM 63.8, DE GANANCIALES Se le apercibe que, de no conNAGUABO, PR 00718; COMPUESTA POR testar la demanda, copia de la cual se le acompaña, radicando BO. DAGUAO BUZON AMBOS, FULANO Y el original de la Contestación 538, NAGUABO, PR MENGANO DE TAL, ante el Tribunal correspondien00718; BO. DAGUAO POSIBLES TENEDORES te con copia a la parte demanCARR 3. CALLE 5 KM DESCONOCIDOS DEL dante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará sentencia conce63.8, NAGUABO, PR PAGARÉ. (Nombre de las partes que se le diendo el remedio solicitado sin 00718; BO. DAGUAO notifican la sentencia por edicto) más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO, CARR 3, KM 5, EL SECRETARIO(A) que sus- bajo mi firma y sello del TribuNAGUABO, PR 00718; HC cribe le notifica a usted que el nal Superior de Puerto Rico, 1 BOX 42921, NAGUABO, 31 de julio de 2026, este Tri- Sala de Caguas, hoy día 17 de bunal ha dictado Sentencia, agosto de 2026. Lrasemis Díaz PR 00718.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 14 de agosto 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 17 de agosto de 2026. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 17 de agosto de 2026. Evelyn Félix Vázquez, LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO Secretaria. Arsenia Martínez DE PUERTO RICO TRIBU- Sánchez, Secretaria Auxiliar NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Del Tribunal. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HULEGAL NOTICE MACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO HUMACAO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUORIENTAL BANK NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA Demandante V. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAERICK A HERNANDEZ ROLINA SALA SUPERIOR DE QUINTERO POR SI Y EN CAROLINA

REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANA DE TAL

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: NG2025CV00177. COMO SÍNDICO DE (Salón: 207). Sobre: COBRO DÓRALO BANK Y OTROS DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. ALBERTO DE DIEGO COLLAR DEDIEGOLAWOFFICES@GMAIL. COM.

A: ERICK A HERNANDEZ QUINTERO POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACION DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE BIENES GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON Se le emplaza y requiere que FULANA DE TAL conteste la demanda dentro de

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: CA2026CV01099. (Civil: 406). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. BELMA ALONSO GARCÍA OFICINABELMAALONSO@GMAIL. COM.

A: FIRST SECURITY MORTGAGE, INC., RUBÉN DARÍO GÓMEZ GONZÁLEZ, ANA ROSA

Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha de 17 de agosto de 2026. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 17 de agosto de 2026. Kanelly Zayas Robles, Secretaria. Maricruz Aponte Alicea, Secretaria Auxiliar Del Tribunal.

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

ANA MARIA RAMOS FONSECA Parte Peticionaria

EXPARTE

Civil Núm.: CG2026RF00553. Sobre: CONVALIDACIÓN DE SENTENCIA EXTRANJERA (EXEQUÁTUR). EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.

A: ALFREDO JUAN MAYORAL CARLO GLEASON COVE 150, SANFORD, FL 32773.

Por la presente se le emplaza para que notifique a la Licenciada Lisandra Rodríguez Moreno, ESTUDIO LEGAL RODRÍGUEZ MORENO, PO BOX 722, Caguas, Puerto Rico 00726, Teléfono 787-603-5199, con copia de la contestación a la demanda, radicada por la parte demandante dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto, que se publicará una vez en un perió-

Sánchez, Secretaria. Madeline Lugo Navarro, Sub Secretaria.

LEGAL NOTICE ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO

CELISSE CUADRADO CUADRADO Demandante Vs.

VICTOR LUIS FONTANEZ VAZQUEZ

Demandado Civil Núm.: HU2026RF00382. Sobre: CUSTODIA Y PRIVACIÓN DE PATRIA POTESTAD. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.

A LA PARTE DEMANDADA: SR. VICTOR LUIS FONTÁNEZ VÁZQUEZ, PARADERO DESCONOCIDO.

Por la presente se notifica a usted que la parte demandante ha interpuesto una Demanda en su contra en la Secretaria de este Tribunal. Es abogada de la parte demandante la Lcda. Sharee Santana Fuxench de la Oficina de Servicios Legales de Puerto Rico, Inc., en la Calle Georgetti 55, Esquina Carreras, P.O. Box 9096 en Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792, 787-8520905. Usted dispone de un término de treinta (30) días a contar de la publicación de este Edicto, el cual se publicará una vez, para formular la alegación que a su derecho competa. Término dentro del cual usted deberá contestar la Demanda, según se dispone en la Regla 10.1 de Procedimiento Civil de Puerto Rico, y advertencia a las efectos de que, si no contesta la Demanda radicando el original de la Contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente, con copia a la parte demandante, se le anotará la rebeldía y se le dictará Sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello oficial del Tribunal Superior, Sala de Humacao, Puerto Rico hoy día 17 de agosto de 2026. Evelyn Félix Vázquez, Secretaria Del Tribunal. Ivelisse Serrano García, Subsecretaria.

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Vaqueros capture 18th BSN title with Game 7 win over Aguada By THE STAR STAFF

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he Vaqueros of Bayamón won their 18th National Superior Basketball (BSN by its initials in Spanish) championship on Sunday night with an 81-74 victory over the Santeros of Aguada in Game 7 of the finals at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. After a close first half that ended with Bayamón leading 33-31, a three-pointer by Manny Camper gave Aguada its first lead of the game, 36-35, in the early going of the third quarter, sparking an exchange of baskets and lead changes. The teams played to a tie in the quarter as Bayamón entered the final 10 minutes with a 57-55 advantage. With five minutes left to play, the score was tied at 65. A minute later, the Vaqueros held a narrow 67-66 lead. Then the champions stepped up. Stephen Thompson Jr. and Renaldo Balkman hit consecutive three-pointers to give Bayamón some breathing room, making the score 73-68 with 2:43 remaining. Aguada still had an answer. Jacob Wiley scored four straight points to cut the deficit to a single point, 73-72, keeping the Santeros’ hopes alive. With 56 seconds on the clock,

Gary Browne answered with a mid-range basket that restored a three-point lead for Bayamón, 75-72. On the ensuing possession, one of the night’s biggest plays unfolded. Balkman once again put his veteran experience to use, blocking a shot attempt in the lane by Joel Soriano and handing possession back to the Vaqueros. Browne was fouled and sank both free throws, extending the lead to 77-72 with 28.3 seconds remaining. Soriano kept Aguada’s hopes alive with a put-back dunk following an offensive rebound, but Bayamón’s Javier Mojica answered from the free-throw line, bringing the score to 7974 with 19.7 seconds left. The Santeros were unable to narrow the gap any further. Jassel Pérez scored the Vaqueros’ final two points from the line, and as the clock hit zero, “El Rancho” celebrated yet another BSN championship. Pérez finished with 25 points to lead all scorers, while Mojica and Chris McCollough added 13 and 12 points, respectively, for Bayamón. Damion Jones grabbed 10 rebounds. Soriano led Aguada with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Wiley scored 14 points, Camper and Rigoberto Men-

The Vaqueros of Bayamón won their 18th BSN championship on Sunday night with an 81-74 Game 7 victory over the Santeros of Aguada at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. doza had 12 points each, and Iván Gandía added 11 points for Aguada.

Puerto Rico tops Dominican Republic in 4 sets in Final Six opener By THE STAR STAFF

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uerto Rico opened its NORCECA Men’s Final Six campaign with a four-set victory (25-22, 23-25, 25-23 and 25-22) over the Dominican Republic at Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce on Sunday. Team Puerto Rico needed some time to adjust to the setting and atmosphere of the large arena, but once settled on the court, they were able to impose their rhythm during the match’s decisive moments. The victory was built on offensive consistency and the ability to close out sets under pressure, although captain Arnel Cabrera noted that Puerto Rico would look to significantly improve its serving during practice as the week progresses.

Klistan Lawrence Vidal at the net for Puerto Rico during the host team’s opening match against the Dominican Republic on Sunday at the NORCECA Men’s Final Six in Ponce.

“We’ve had success against the Dominican Republic in recent matches,” Cabrera said after the match. “They are always hardfought, gritty games, and we came mentally prepared for a tough match because we know the demands of this tournament while playing in front of our home crowd.” In the third set, with the match tied at one set apiece, Puerto Rico reached set point first at 24-23 thanks to a well-executed play in the middle by Ismael Alomar, and closed out with a block by Pelegrín Vargas against Adrián José Figueroa Lantigua. In the fourth set, the Dominican Republic came from behind to tie the score at 21 following an unsuccessful attack by Vargas, then took a 22-21 lead with a block by Moisés Alexander Ortiz Valdez against Klistan Law-

rence Vidal. However, Puerto Rico responded with two consecutive points, including an attack by Vargas, to reclaim the lead at 23-22. The match concluded on an ace by Jonathan Rodríguez that sealed the win and a positive start for Team Puerto Rico. Pedro Molina led the Puerto Rican offense with 20 points, followed by Lawrence and Vargas with 15 points each. Ortiz Valdez and Héctor Alexis Cruz Cepín led the Dominican Republic with 14 points each, while Edwad Domingo Rojas de Jesús added 10. Puerto Rico held a significant advantage in attacks (58-42), and prevailed in blocks (12-9), and aces (7-3). The Dominican Republic committed 21 errors, while Puerto Rico recorded 38.

PR falls to DR at Women’s NORCECA Continental Championship By THE STAR STAFF

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uerto Rico fell in four sets to defending champion the Dominican Republic on Sunday in its final group-stage match of the 2026 Women’s NORCECA Continental Championship at the Prof. Ricardo Gioriver Arias Volleyball

Palace in Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-23) to finish the group stage undefeated (3-0) in Group B and advance directly to the tournament semifinals. The match’s first set, which went Puerto Rico’s way, 25-21,

was the Dominican Republic’s lone set loss during the group stage. Puerto Rico finished third with a 1-2 record and were to face the United States in the quarterfinals on Monday. After Puerto Rico took the first set, the Dominican Republic prevailed 25-19 in the second set and 25-21 in the third before closing out a hard-fought fourth set, 25-23.

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The Dominican Republic held advantages of 65-56 in attacks, 11-9 in blocks and 4-2 in aces. Puerto Rico committed fewer errors, 16 compared to the Dominicans’ 21. Dominican captain Brayelin Martínez was the match’s top scorer with 24 points, followed by her sister Jineiry Martínez with 21. Gaila González contributed 20 points and Yonkaira Peña added 10. Decelise Champion led Puerto Rico with 16 Puerto Rico fell to defending champion the Dominican Republic points, followed by Paola Santiago with 15 points in four sets on Sunday in its final group-stage match of the 2026 Women’s NORCECA Continental Championship in Santo Domingo. and Valeria Vázquez with 14.

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A Chinese robot beat Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record. Should we be impressed? By YAN ZHUANG

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n 2009, Usain Bolt set the men’s 100-meter dash world record of 9.58 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. On Saturday, a humanoid robot developed by Chinese company X-Humanoid beat that record by 0.19 seconds, according to Chinese state media. The robot ended its sprint by slamming full speed into a padded wall, falling down and being carried away by human assistants. High-profile feats of robotic athleticism have become increasingly common in China, where a humanoid robotics industry has flourished, aided by generous state support and billions in investment. Robots have danced and performed martial arts at the country’s top events. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing over the weekend, they boxed and participated in soccer matches. One played tennis against a human opponent, moving across the court and angling itself to return volleys. Earlier this year, a robot ran a marathon faster than any human in history. But what do these robotic superhuman feats amount to? “Most of the sports the humanoids are doing don’t directly translate into utility for many of the mundane tasks people are trying to get humanoids to perform, like being useful around the house,” said Michael Milford, a professor and director of the robotics center at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. The robots are “capable in very specific and somewhat contrived events,” he said. Chinese media has also acknowledged the gulf between athleticism and real-world applications in its coverage of the games. “A factory robot does not need to win a sprint, nor does a service robot need a medal,” read a commentary in Xinhua, the state news agency. “But every gain in speed, stability and precision on the competition floor can bring robots one step closer to becoming genuinely useful beyond it.” Even without significant and proven real-world applications, these high-profile displays and the attention they have attracted are already paying some dividends. Unitree Robotics — a humanoid robotics company whose videos of robots performing kung fu, kickboxing and back flips have attracted millions of views online, and whose robots featured heavily at the Humanoid Robot Games last year — debuted on the Shanghai stock market last week. Its shares ended their first day of trading up by more than 460%. Progress and imperfection Alan Fern, a robotics professor at Oregon State University, was part of a research team that set the Guinness World Record

for the fastest 100-meter run by a robot on two legs in 2022. That robot ran it in 24.73 seconds. To go from that, in four years, to X-Humanoid’s 9.39 seconds was an “enormous achievement,” he said. But he noted that robotics companies have become relatively experienced in making robots that can run, jump and do acrobatics in controlled environments. He added that incremental improvements in these sports are mostly related to developing better hardware and refining the controls, rather than any significant technological breakthrough. The robot at the games in Beijing that could play tennis against a human was more impressive, he said, because that involved interacting with something unpredictable. Most robots struggle in situations in which they need to adapt to changing situations. Yet the tennis robot had to track a fast-moving ball, decide where to move, coordinate its body and time the strike. The robots are still far from perfect, with accidents abounding at the games. Robots fell down, sparked small fires and crashed into objects, according to videos of the event. The unusual running style of one machine, with its arms up near its face, earned it the nickname “shy robot” on social media platform Weibo. Many of the racing robots did not seem capable of slowing down on their own and instead stopped by running into a padded barrier. The vision of humanoid robots eventually being able to do anything a human can do is still far away, Fern said. “Outside entertainment and a limited number of tightly constrained industrial settings, these robots do not yet have the general-purpose intelligence and reliability needed to operate in messy real-world environments,” he said. Milford said that it could take many years before robots can safely and reliably perform in everyday settings. He drew a comparison to self-driving cars: Three or four decades ago, a self-driving car could drive across a continent on highways. But only in recent years has the technology become advanced and safe enough for such cars to be deployed widely and largely without incident. Car racing may be another good analogy, Fern said. “We still marvel at the engineering achievements in Formula One, and some of those advances eventually transfer elsewhere, but we do not interpret every faster lap as a revolution in transportation,” he said. “Similarly, beating Usain Bolt does not mean that the robot has surpassed humans at locomotion in any general sense,” he added. Bolt did not respond to a request for comment.

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