Tuesday Mar 17, 2026

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Proposal Would Hike Daily Limit on P2P Electronic Transfers from $500 to $1,000

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Rivera Schatz: ‘The aggressor’ is the governor’s chief of staff

Verbal sparring between González Colón, Senate president shows little sign of letting up

By THE STAR STAFF

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz on Monday rejected being labeled an “aggressor” by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón. “She refers to the [La Fortaleza] chief of staff [Francisco Domenech Fernández] -- someone who ‘was’ indeed an aggressor, and who assaulted Verónica Ferraiuoli -- as the chief of staff. And Verónica Ferraiuoli told the Puerto Rico Police that he tore her underwear, assaulted her, and broke her phone,” Rivera Schatz said during a brief exchange with journalists at the Capitol. “So, she applies the title of chief of staff to a person who was, in fact, an aggressor. I have never been accused of assaulting anyone.”

Regarding the governor’s allegation that Rivera Schatz never attends the meetings she convenes, he replied: “That is not correct. As for the meetings we ‘have’ attended … The fact is, she always arrives late -- you all know that. So yes, if she expects people to wait for her for two hours while she makes her arrival, she cannot harbor such an expectation, because those of us who actually have work to do must fulfill our duties.”

Another allegation the governor has leveled against the Senate president is that his criticisms stem from his own interest in running for governor in the next election cycle.

“First of all, I appreciate the governor extending the invitation to me; however, I have stated that I am not a candidate for anything -- that this is not the time for candidacies,” Rivera Schatz said. “So, if the governor turns out to be the winning option for the NPP, well, we shall see. If she is not, well, we shall see about that, too. Thus, once again: I am neither desperate, nor do I have any particular agenda, nor am I in any hurry whatsoever. The public will evaluate all the candidates put forward by every political party, and we shall see how things unfold.”

Regarding the allegation that Rivera Schatz is obstructing the administration’s agenda, his reaction was as follows: “I believe the governor is entitled to whatever opinion she wishes to hold, and the people of Puerto Rico can look at the record. Nearly 100 percent of the appointments have been approved -- with the exception of those involving issues with tax filings or other complications. Furthermore, close to 80

percent of the administration’s bills -- both programmatic and non-programmatic -- have already been addressed. The only two bills that were rejected were measures that did not form part of the government’s official platform: specifically, the bill regarding La Parguera and the one concerning offroad vehicles. Therefore, she may hold whatever opinion she chooses, but the numbers and the data are there for anyone who wishes to review them.”

After the governor described Rivera Schatz a day earlier as “an aggressor” and compared him to the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Iran, he wasted little time responding via the social media platform X.

“They can say whatever they want -- criticize, question, and insinuate -- but no one can deny that our Governor is always right, is doing well, is very well advised, and is tender and affectionate! Rivera Schatz wrote. “Francisco Domenech is the best witness! We are lucky!”

During a press conference in Camuy, González Colón referred to the Senate leader as “someone who attacks me every day -- the very person who is supposed to be my political ally turns into my primary aggressor on a daily basis.”

“So, I believe the public needs to see that,” she said. “And I think this is evident: he will continue with his criticism every day; he will continue with his comments every day because he is driven by his ambition -- his run for the governorship -- to which he has every right. But that is still three years away.”

The governor also criticized the request for information that the Senate issued regarding former justice secretary Antonio Sagardía de Jesús.

“I am deeply concerned that the document which was approved requests the tax returns of individuals who speak critically of someone,” she said. “Because all of this is happening simply because attorney Sagardía made some remarks on the radio that the Senate president did not like [...] If they were to do that to any of you journalists -- demanding your tax returns, your personal income records, or the personal income records of the political opposition -- that would be unacceptable. This is not Venezuela; this is not Cuba; this is not Iran.”

Supreme Court suspends ex-Gov. Vázquez from practicing law

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court on Monday ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of former governor Wanda Vázquez Garced from both the practice of law and the notarial profession following her federal conviction related to financing her 2020 gubernatorial campaign.

The decision took effect immediately.

According to the court’s ruling, Vázquez, who served as governor from 2019 to 2021, was disciplined after admitting guilt in federal court to a misdemeanor offense tied to accepting political contributions from a foreigner for her 2020 campaign. Her guilty plea, entered as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, acknowledged accepting

a promise of political contributions from Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini during her bid for reelection.

As part of the sanction, Associate Justice Roberto Feliberti Cintrón ordered the court marshal to seize Vázquez’s notarial records and stamp, which must be delivered to the Office of Notary Inspection for formal examination and reporting.

The court emphasized that this step is standard protocol in disciplinary actions involving notarial misconduct or ethical violations that impede a lawyer’s ability to continue in the profession.

The ruling also directs Vázquez, a former New Progressive Party leader and former justice secretary, to notify all courts and clients of her suspension. She must additionally

return all case files and refund any legal fees for work not performed, the court said. Failure to comply with those obligations could jeopardize any future attempt by Vázquez to seek reinstatement to legal practice. The Supreme Court underscored that noncompliance “could result in her not being reinstated to the legal profession at a later date.”

The disciplinary decision stems from Vázquez’s admission of guilt in federal court in August, when she acknowledged accepting a promise of political contributions from Herrera Velutini in exchange for an official action involving the island’s main financial regulatory agency. Herrera Velutini and former FBI agent Mark Rossini were also implicated in the scheme and later entered guilty pleas.

By THE STAR STAFF

Anew legislative measure filed in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives would require financial institutions on the island to increase the daily limit for person‑to‑person electronic transfers through mobile applications such as ATH Móvil (ATM) -- from $500 to $1,000.

The proposal, titled the “Law to Expand Person‑to‑Person (P2P) Fund Transfer Limits,”

was introduced Monday by Reps. Joe Colón Rodríguez, Jerry Nieves Rosario and Luis Jiménez Torres. The bill has been sent to the House Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Commerce for evaluation.

Under the measure, banks and electronic transfer network providers operating in Puerto Rico would be required to offer customers a minimum daily transfer limit of at least $1,000.

The legislation also calls for updated security mechanisms to accompany the expanded

transfer capability.

In its statement of purpose, the bill acknowledges the rapid growth and widespread use of digital platforms for sending money instantly. It argues that current transfer caps may hinder legitimate transactions.

“Various consumers have indicated that the daily limits established by some financial institutions are restrictive, making it difficult to carry out legitimate transactions between individuals, families, small business owners, and

independent professionals,” the measure states.

The proposed legislation clarifies that its goal is to expand consumer flexibility without preventing financial institutions from maintaining additional security controls or even offering higher transfer limits at their discretion. If approved, the measure would broaden the functionality of person‑to‑person payment platforms while ensuring that institutions preserve the safeguards needed to protect users and financial systems.

Puerto Rico imposes stricter controls on private capital funds

By THE STAR STAFF

The Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish) has imposed stricter controls on private capital funds under the island’s Incentives Code (Act 60‑2019) to ensure that the tax benefits tied to those investment vehicles translate directly into productive economic activity, business expansion and job creation.

The new measures were formalized through Administrative Order DDEC 2026‑002, signed by DDEC Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard. According to the agency, the order responds to growing questions and concerns regarding the eligibility of certain investments and seeks to establish clearer parameters for administering and deploying private capital within Puerto Rico’s economy.

Developed in coordination with the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the Treasury Department, the guidelines are designed to strengthen transparency, consistency, and the overall effectiveness of the program while safeguarding the financial integrity of the funds and maximizing their economic impact.

Private capital funds play a key role in Puerto Rico’s economic development strategy by providing accredited investors with a vehicle to channel capital into companies operating on the island. In return, investors may claim tax deductions for contributions used to finance industrial or commercial activity. However, DDEC identified gaps in definitions and operational criteria that, while legally permissible, could result in investments lacking meaningful economic impact.

To address this, the order introduces detailed definitions for three types of entities: The first is private entities or businesses engaged directly in economic activity in Puerto Rico, generating at least 80% of their income from real commercial operations with employees, facilities, or assets on the island. Only investments in active entities qualify for tax incentive purposes.

The second are passive entities, which earn income primarily from financial returns such as dividends, interest, royalties, rent, or capital gains and do not generate direct economic activity in Puerto Rico. Although funds may invest in passive entities, such investments do not qualify for tax incentives.

A third category is mixed entities, which combine active and passive activities. They may qualify for incentives only when at least 80% of

their income is derived from active economic operations.

For the first time, the government has created explicit criteria to determine whether a fund’s investment genuinely promotes business activity, limiting incentives strictly to investments in active or qualifying mixed entities. Another major component of the order is the prevention of “capital recycling” a practice in which investors contribute capital to a fund only for those same resources to flow back into companies they already control, without creating new economic activity.

Under the new rules, private capital funds generally may not invest in entities linked to any investor holding 20% or more of the fund, unless the investment is directed toward new business activity, significant expansion or job creation.

Public-private partnership to operate Las Cascadas Water Park

By THE STAR STAFF

Aguadilla Mayor Julio Roldán Concepción and the Puerto Rican company Prime Amusement and Recreation Centers have announced a public-private partnership for the administration and operation of Las Cascadas Water Park in the northwestern coastal town.

“This Public-Private Partnership represents a savings of millions for our municipality, allowing us to redirect those funds toward social welfare projects,” the mayor said in a written statement. “Furthermore, it guarantees additional improvements to the park’s facilities, job creation, and a new initiative to internationalize the park as a premier Caribbean tourist attraction.”

The company will be led by its president, Huáscar Alomar -- a Puerto Rican entrepreneur with extensive experience in the family entertainment and aquatic recreation industries.

According to reports, Prime Amusement and Recreation Centers also manages the Surf N Fun Water Park in San Germán.

“It is an honor for us to assume the administration of Las Cascadas Water Park -- a facility that has served as a fundamental part of Puerto Rico’s recreational offerings for decades. Our commitment is to continue elevating the park experience, strengthening its operations, and positioning it as one of the most significant recreational destinations in the Caribbean,” Alomar said.

The new administration will assume responsibility for continuing to develop the park’s operations, with the aim of bolstering the recreational and tourism offerings of western Puerto Rico.

Las Cascadas Water Park is one of the island’s best-known water parks and a leading recreational attraction in the western region.

Authorities move to shut down illegal construction in Isabela

By THE STAR STAFF

Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Ranger Corps Commissioner Nelson Cruz Santiago announced on Monday the suspension of work on a construction project in the Guayabo neighborhood of Isabela.

“The rangers visited the area of the former Dr. Rodríguez [North West] sand quarry in the Guayabo neighborhood, located in the municipality of Isabela, on February 25th to begin an investigation into a complaint related to the alleged illegal construction of a fence. At that time, and as a preventative measure, the immediate suspension of work was requested,” Cruz Santiago said. “After confirming that

no permit existed, the area was visited on March 8th to order the cessation of construction. At that time, members of the Ranger Corps issued the official order. This morning, March 16th, the area was revisited to verify compliance with the stop-work order. However, it had not been obeyed.”

“In response, and in conjunction with the municipal administration of Isabela, the Ranger Corps today filed a complaint with the Office of Permit Management for violations of regulations and laws, including for using the sand from the foundation to mix cement and sifting it for the purpose of plastering, in clear violation of Law 19-2026,” the DNER official continued. “Members of the Puerto Rico Police, led by Lieutenant Carmelo Irizarry, attended to execute the stop-work order.”

Conference spotlights adoption of tech solutions in public management

By THE STAR STAFF

State agencies and municipalities in Puerto Rico are accelerating the adoption of new technological tools to modernize public services, improve transparency and respond more efficiently to the needs of citizens.

That transformation process was one of the central themes discussed during the Granicus 2026 Client Conference, held over the weekend at the Marriott Stellaris Hotel & Casino, where more than 250 leaders from government agencies, municipalities and technology experts shared concrete initiatives that are already impacting public management on the island.

For two days, representatives from public institutions analyzed how the digitization of processes, the use of artificial intelligence and the development of new digital platforms are helping governments to offer more agile services, strengthen citizen participation and optimize administrative operations.

With 68 client municipalities and more than 20 commowealth agencies, Granicus brought together its government community to exchange experiences, present real cases of technological implementation and discuss solutions that respond to the demands of an increasingly digital environment.

“Puerto Rico is demonstrating that the digital transformation of government is not an aspirational concept, but a reality that is already changing people’s lives,” Granicus Chief Revenue Officer Amir Capriles said in his opening remarks. What we saw at this conference confirms that when technology is implemented purposefully, governments can respond faster, operate with greater transparency, and build stronger relationships with their communities.”

Among the topics discussed during the conference were new technological solutions designed to strengthen the efficiency of the public sector. One such solution was the Government Experience Agent (GXA), an artificial intelligence-based tool created to streamline interaction between governments and citizens.

Initiatives related to the development of responsible and sustainable tourism were also presented, in collaboration with Discover Puerto Rico, as well as strategies to modernize permit, certification and licensing processes through digital tools that reduce paperwork and improve operational efficiency.

The agenda also included a panel of mayors who discussed initiatives to improve the oversight of short-term rentals and strengthen municipal revenue collection through the use of technology.

The event also addressed strategies to strengthen citizen participation through real-time digital sentiment analysis tools, the development of electronic service portals, the optimization of adjudication processes and best cybersecurity practices for the public sector.

Municipalities such as Cataño shared their progress in digitizing administrative processes, including the management of public bids, reflecting improvements in efficiency, transparency and citizen service.

A refugee died after Border Patrol left him at a closed

By MARK SOMMER

In the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, fear is in the air.

It is where the city’s Arakan Rohingya community has made a home. And it is where refugees who are in the United States legally have been rattled by the death of a man who was left by agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection at a closed doughnut shop on a frigid winter night. His body was found on a city street five days later.

The Rohingya community, and other Buffalo residents, are upset that the man, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, was left alone, 5 miles from his home. He was nearly blind, had trouble walking, couldn’t understand English and was wearing thin, jail-issued footwear.

“Our worry comes from future incidents that may happen,” said Alam Bin Mohamid, co-owner of the neighborhood’s new Burmese Bangla Grocery and Halal Meat store. “If this happens once, it’s likely to happen again unless there are preventive measures.”

The Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, have faced decades of repression in Myanmar, and many community members in Buffalo first made their way to Malaysia before settling in western New York. The family of Shah Alam was among them.

The Tim Hortons coffee shop in Buffalo, N.Y., where Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who spoke limited English, was dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol agents after his release from the Erie County Holding Center, on Feb. 26, 2026. Buffalo’s Arakan Rohingya community was rattled after a disabled man’s death. “Our worry comes from future incidents that may happen,” one resident said. (Jalen Wright/The New York Times)

Shah Alam was 56 when he was found dead in late February. The story of his death, first reported by The Investigative Post, a nonprofit news outlet in Buffalo, has stirred outrage over the Department of Homeland Security’s treatment of immigrants and refugees.

Fatimah Abdul Roshid, Shah Alam’s widow, said that what happened to her husband had shaken the Rohingya community’s hope that they would feel safe in their new home.

“We thought we were safe here because we had papers to show somebody that this is who I am,” Abdul Roshid, wearing a traditional black niqab that left only her eyes visible, said through an interpreter, her voice catching through her tears. “But now our community is scared the way they were scared in other countries.”

One community activist estimated that about 2,000 members of the Rohingya community live in Buffalo. Most came after the Myanmar junta’s campaign of mass murder, rape and destruction in the western part of the country, carried out by the armed forces and police from October 2016 to January 2017, when an estimated 700,000 refugees fled.

In their new home in Buffalo, the Rohingya refugees have gained access to health care and to public and religious schools. The number of Rohingya patients at the Jericho Road Community Health Center tripled between 2023 and 2025, to 1,000, according to the center, which has two clinics in Broadway-Fillmore. One in eight babies whose deliveries were handled by the health center came from a Rohingya family.

The neighborhood, which suffers from high levels of poverty and crime and was once a bastion of the Polish community, is now a home to African Americans and Bengalis as well as Rohingya people. The Rohingya, many of whom have construction skills,

have moved into and are repairing dilapidated, 19th-century wood-framed cottages on streets bruised by past demolitions. Many of the homes are in the shadow of the Central Terminal, a towering former art deco train station that is being redeveloped.

Shah Alam’s journey in western New York began on Christmas Eve in 2024, when he arrived as a refugee from Malaysia. He had gone there in 2002 to flee Myanmar’s military junta after being subjected to forced labor, and was later joined by his family. They decided to come to the United States because they couldn’t get the documents needed to become Malaysian citizens.

“A lot of our community members would say go to America, it is a place where you can thrive and be treated the same as other people,” said one of Shah Alam’s sons, Mohamad Faisal Nural Amin, 23.

But shortly after Shah Alam arrived, he was arrested. A police report from February 2025 asserted that he had trespassed onto a woman’s property and damaged a shed door. The property owner called police, who later said that Shah Alam had swung long poles he used as walking sticks at them. The police said that a scuffle ensued, and that an officer was injured.

“I apologize for my husband’s mistake, that he got lost and ended up in a house, and that he didn’t listen to the cops, but to be fair he didn’t understand anything,” Abdul Roshid said.

Afraid that Shah Alam could be taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, given the agency’s aggressive actions across the country, the family elected to have him spend what became a year in the Erie County Holding Center. Eventually, he accepted a plea deal to a lesser

charge than what he had initially faced.

Upon his release, Shah Alam was taken by Border Patrol and dropped off at a Tim Hortons doughnut shop. His son had been waiting outside the jail to take him home, while Abdul Roshid set her husband’s clothes out for him at home and prepared a meal to break the fast for the first night of Ramadan, the holiest Muslim holiday. His death on a city street, all alone, haunts them. No one had told the family that Shah Alam had been left at the doughnut shop.

“On his death bed, I couldn’t even see him, I didn’t even know where he was,” Abdul Roshid said. “And to find out he was gone without even saying goodbye breaks my heart.”

The Trump administration’s moratorium on new arrivals has put those Rohingya who were on the verge of being allowed into the country in limbo. That includes three of Abdul Roshid’s children, and her grandchildren, who remain in Malaysia. She and her other two sons who live in Buffalo are desperate to be reunited with their relatives.

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, is investigating the circumstances surrounding Shah Alam’s Feb. 24 death and what transpired before then. A spokesperson for the Buffalo Police Department said it was helping the investigation by seeking surveillance footage and witnesses.

Emails to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Buffalo field office and the Department of Homeland Security inquiring about whether the Border Patrol was investigating the handling of Shah Alam were not returned.

In an earlier emailed statement, Border Patrol officials said that their officers had offered Shah Alam a courtesy ride after he was released from the jail, and that he accepted. The officials said that they dropped him off at the Tim Hortons, which they determined to be a “warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station.”

Mayor Sean Ryan of Buffalo, a Democrat whose first executive order as mayor in January was to ban city officials from cooperating with ICE, said that the Rohingya had been a “welcome addition to the city.”

“The tragedy of this family is they fled state violence to go to Malaysia, and came to America for the promise of safety from government violence, and look what happened,” he said.

Israel says Michigan synagogue attacker’s brother was a Hezbollah commander

By ISABEL KERSHNER and NATAN ODENHEIMER

The Israeli military said Sunday that the brother of the man who drove a truck into a synagogue in Michigan last Thursday was a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon earlier this month.

The synagogue attacker, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon. Four of his relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike March 5: his brother, Ibrahim, and his two children, as well as another brother, Qassem, according to a Lebanese official and a Muslim leader in Michigan.

Israel said it had confirmed the death of Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali and his role in Hezbollah after an intelligence analysis but provided no details about how it had verified the information. It did not link the attacker in Michigan to Hezbollah.

A Hezbollah official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to talk to the media, denied that Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali or his family were affiliated with the group. He told The New York Times the Michigan attacker had been motivated by revenge for his family.

The Israeli military described the target of the March 5 strike as a Hezbollah “military structure,” where it said weapons were stored and operatives of the militant group were present.

The military said Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali had led a Hezbollah weapons team for the Badr Unit, a division of the group’s southern command. It did not mention the deaths of

any other family members.

The Lebanese official said that the Israeli airstrike hit a three-story building and that Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali’s wife was seriously wounded. The Israeli military and Lebanese news reports said the building was in the eastern town of Mashgharah.

The strike was part of an escalating cross-border battle between Israel and Hezbollah that began days after Israel

An Oakland County Sheriff vehicle stationed outside Temple Israel, which was attacked by a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon who drove a car loaded with fireworks into the synagogue in West Bloomfield, Mich., March 13, 2026. The Israeli military says that the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was killed by armed guards after his attack on the synagogue, was a Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon earlier this month. (Nick Hagen/ The New York Times)

and the United States attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel on March 2 in support of its patron, Iran, opening up a new front in the expanding conflict. That prompted waves of devastating Israeli strikes on Lebanon and persistent rocket attacks from Hezbollah on Israel.

About 800 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

Missile fire from Iran has killed at least 12 people in Israel during the current conflict, according to the Israeli ambulance service.

The Israeli military said in its statement Sunday that Hezbollah’s Badr Unit was “responsible for firing hundreds of rockets toward the citizens of Israel during the war.”

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, the synagogue attacker, had attended a memorial for his slain family members at a mosque in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, on March 8, according to the imam there, Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Institute of America.

On Thursday, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali rammed a truck through the door at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and moved down a hallway. He exchanged gunfire with security guards after his vehicle became lodged in the hallway and he killed himself.

The vehicle was found to be loaded with fireworks. One guard was injured. Roughly 140 children and staff members at the temple’s preschool were safely evacuated.

U.S. officials called it a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.

Airport security workers to miss paycheck as shutdown drags on

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Many Department of Homeland Security employees were on track to miss a paycheck last Friday amid the nearly monthlong lapse in funding for the agency,

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leading officials to warn of potential disruptions in air travel if more airport security workers call out of work.

Travelers have already experienced long security line delays at some major airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, as Transportation Security Administration workers who scan baggage, check identification and do other tasks have posted absences at unusually high rates.

About 100,000 employees across the Department of Homeland Security were to miss their first full paycheck, an agency spokesperson said. More than 300 TSA officers have left the workforce since the shutdown began, according to the department.

The shutdown stems from a congressional deadlock over how to fund the department, which is also responsible for federal immigration enforcement. Democrats have refused to approve funding without changes to aggressive tactics employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

The shutdown has had little direct effect on ICE because of a financial cushion of tens of billions of dollars appropriated by Congress last year to support President Donald Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda.

The brunt of the shutdown, which began Feb. 14, has instead fallen on other agencies housed in the department. Employees deemed essential are required to report to work even without pay.

TSA workers, whose salaries average about $50,000, have been hit hard during recent government shutdowns. Although federal law requires that federal workers receive back pay at the conclusion of a shutdown, workers often struggle to recover from those periods without a paycheck.

But the timing of the latest funding lapse has affected workers even more, union representatives say.

The current pause started barely three months after the end of another shutdown, during which many TSA workers took on second jobs to cover basic living expenses. Although they received back pay when the government reopened after 43 days, many workers have depleted their rainy day funds or have lived on credit they are still paying off, according to union representatives.

“They just don’t have the funds to continue this for very long,” said Johnny Jones, an employee at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and the secretary-treasurer of the union representing TSA employees. “They may not have the funds, plus they may not have the spirit.”

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL

Does Trump risk turning America into a rogue state?

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Suppose Iran dispatched operatives to Mexico, where, from the Texas border, they fired a missile at an American base and, unintentionally but carelessly, demolished a nearby American school, killing 175 people.

What if they then blew up fuel depots, showering a chemical rain on residents? Then struck homes, schools and clinics, as Iran’s leader warned that “death, fire and fury” would so pulverize America that it could never be rebuilt?

In that case, President Donald Trump — and all of us — would howl at outrageous attacks on innocent civilians. And we’d be right.

War achieved an industrial savagery in World War II: After the firebombing of Tokyo, the United States boasted that it might have killed more people (perhaps 100,000) in six hours than ever before. After the war, in sober reflection, the United States helped lead a global effort to try to tame the savagery of conflict and, in particular, to shield civilians. The additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions, for example, stipulate that it is impermissible to destroy infrastructure that civilians depend on — such as “drinking water installations.”

In recent years, that veneer of civilization has seemed to slip away. After invading Ukraine, Russia bombed civilians and cut off their heat and electricity. In the Gaza Strip, Israel starved Palestinians, targeted children and destroyed health care and education systems, according to a U.N. commission.

In Sudan, the United Arab Emirates has backed a militia that has starved civilians and engaged in mass murder and mass rape.

The United States supplied weaponry used in Gaza and has failed to call out the Emirates, but it still — inconsistently, halfheartedly — professed to uphold the laws of war. Now in Iran, I fear we may be retreating even further from the principles we once proclaimed, loosening the shackles that civilized nations place on themselves to protect our shared humanity.

The attack on Iran appeared to violate international law, said Oona Hathaway, a Yale University legal scholar and the president-elect of the American Society of International Law, because it neither had United Nations approval nor was necessary for immediate self-defense. Beyond that, while it is too early to be definitive, some of the American and Israeli strikes raise troubling questions about possible war crimes.

The apparent U.S. bombing of a girls’ school, reportedly killing about 175 people, is not necessarily a war crime if it was an honest mistake, Hathaway said. But The New York Times reported that the targeting employed old data. If that reflected a reckless lack of care, it might rise to a war crime, she said.

Iran reported that the United States had struck a desalination plant providing water to 30 villages, although the United States and Israel denied responsibility. The Iranian Red Crescent Society also said that attacks had hit more than 17,000 homes, 65 schools and 14 medical centers. UNICEF reports that more than 1,100 children have been killed or injured in the war so far, in multiple countries.

President Donald Trump disembarks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2026, after a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

As Phillips O’Brien, an American scholar of military strategy, put it, “One might say he was threatening to commit one of the greatest war crimes in history.”

Other countries have noticed. While some leaders have applauded the attack on Iran, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain described the American and Israeli war on Iran as reckless and illegal. The Swiss defense minister said that the American attack violated international law. Dominique de Villepin, a former French prime minister, called the American war “illegal, illegitimate, ineffective and dangerous” — and urged sanctions. In some eyes, Trump is taking us a step toward becoming a rogue state.

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David Crane, an American legal scholar and former prosecutor of war crimes, said that if a site like a desalination plant was used primarily for civilian purposes, striking it would be a war crime. He lamented that we are now in an age of “lawless conflict” propelled in part by the United States.

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I worry that if Trump grows increasingly frustrated and exhausts the target lists, he may be tempted to strike dual-use civilian infrastructure, such as the electrical grid or highways and bridges, so as to punish Iran and inflict broader misery that might provoke unrest.

Indeed, the president and those close to him seem to be telegraphing such an approach.

“We will hit them so hard that it will not be possible for them or anybody else helping them to ever recover that section of the world, if they do anything,” Trump told reporters. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denounced “stupid rules of engagement” and dismantled the Pentagon office that sought to reduce civilian casualties in war. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., boasted that “we’re going to blow the hell out of these people.”

On social media, Trump warned that if Iran obstructs the Strait of Hormuz, the United States “will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them” (his spelling and capitalization).

There are more practical reasons to oppose Trump’s war: Overall, it has not toppled Iran’s dictatorship and might have strengthened it. We helped install a younger supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who may be even harder line than his father. Blockage of the Strait of Hormuz raises gas prices and threatens supplies of fertilizer. Despite immense cost in lives and treasure, both the American and Iranian people seem, for now, to be in a worse place than before Trump started the war.

Wesley Clark, a retired four-star Army general, pointed to the practical challenges and lack of strategy and told me the war “is going off the rails.”

Step back, though, and the legacy may be even more chilling.

“The rules-based scaffolding meant to restrain the worst excesses of war is cracking,” warned Tom Fletcher, the U.N. humanitarian chief. I fear that he’s right and that “we are sliding ever deeper into a world where there are no longer any rules,” as Germany’s vice chancellor, Lars Klingbeil, put it — and it is the United States that is helping to lead the way.

In short, long after this war is behind us, we may remember it as part of a repudiation of the noble historical effort that we once led to limit the horrors of war. If so, all humanity is the loser.

Contact Kristof at Facebook.com/Kristof, Twitter.com/ NickKristof or by mail at The New York Times, 620 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10018.

Justicia no iniciará investigación contra secretario de Transportación y Obras Públicas

POR CYBERNEWS

SAN JUAN – El Departamento de Justicia determinó no iniciar una investigación preliminar contra el secretario del Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Edwin González Montalvo, tras evaluar un referido presentado por el representante Domingo Torres García.

“Basado en el análisis de la evidencia, el Ministerio Público determinó que la información recibida no constituye causa suficiente para entender que el Dr. Edwin González Montalvo cometió algún delito, por lo cual no se iniciará una investigación preliminar”, dijo la directora de la División de Integridad Pública y Asuntos del Contralor, Sonia Martínez Ortiz en declaraciones escritas.

El referido había sido presentado el 20 de febrero por

el legislador del Partido Popular Democrático, quien solicitó al Departamento de Justicia una investigación criminal por posibles violaciones al Código Anticorrupción, alegaciones de abuso de poder y represalias contra un funcionario público.

Según el planteamiento del legislador, las alegacio-

nes surgieron tras denuncias sobre un supuesto patrón de represalias contra un empleado que habría identificado irregularidades en un centro de inspección vehicular vinculado a una funcionaria del Ejecutivo.

Torres García también había solicitado la preservación de evidencia electrónica, incluyendo comunicaciones, mensajes, correos electrónicos y registros de reuniones entre funcionarios relacionados con el asunto, así como una evaluación ética independiente.

Tras analizar documentos y declaraciones juradas, la División de Integridad Pública y Asuntos del Contralor concluyó que el referido no constituye causa suficiente para iniciar un proceso bajo la Ley de la Oficina del Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente.

La determinación fue notificada formalmente al Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente.

Agreden a Jorge Santini Padilla tras choque leve en Puerto Nuevo

ba labores de pintura en el lugar.

SAN JUAN – La Policía informó que investigó una agresión tras un accidente de tránsito leve en la avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a las 12:20 de la tarde del lunes frente a un restaurante en Puerto Nuevo, donde el exalcalde de San Juan y secretario general del Partido Nuevo Progresista, Jorge Santini Padilla, de 66 años, resultó herido.

Según informaron las autoridades, un vehículo de motor rozó con el espejo retrovisor a un hombre que realiza-

La Policía precisó que, cuando Santini Padilla se bajó del auto para verificar lo sucedido, supuestamente el individuo lo agredió.

Se informó que durante la golpiza el perjudicado cayó al pavimento, se golpeó la cabeza y resultó con una herida abierta, por lo que fue transportado a un hospital del área y su condición es estable.

La Policía indicó que una persona fue detenida como parte de la investigación y que el caso será consultado con el fiscal de turno para la posible radicación de cargos.

Gobierno exhorta a la ciudadanía a participar en el Caribe Wave

POR CYBERNEWS

SAN JUAN – El secretario de Asuntos Públicos, Jean Peña Payano junto al comisionado del Negociado de Manejo de Emergencias (NMEAD), Ángel Jiménez, el director de la Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico, Víctor Huérfano, el meteorólogo y coordinador de Avisos del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (SNM), Ernesto Morales y la directora de la Oficina del Caribe del Centro Internacional de Información de Tsunami, Christa Von HillebrantAndrade exhortaron a los ciudadanos a participar en el Caribe Wave 2026 que se llevará a cabo el próximo jueves, 19 de marzo a las 11:00 de la mañana.

El ejercicio se realiza en coordinación con el NMEAD, la Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico (RSPR), en coordinación con la Oficina del Caribe del Centro Internacional de Información de Tsunami y el Servicio Nacional de Meteo-

rología (SNM), entre otras agencias estatales, federales y entidades privadas.

“Este simulacro nos permite practicar cómo actuar y hacia dónde movilizarnos ante una alerta de tsunami. Nuestro personal trabaja durante todo el año orientando educando a los ciudadanos sobre este tipo de emergencias, y este ejercicio es una oportunidad adicional para poner en práctica esos conocimientos y fortalecer la preparación de nuestras comunidades”, expresó el comisionado del Negociado de Manejo de Emergencias (NMEAD), Ángel Jiménez.

Por su parte, la presidenta del Sindicato Auténtico de Manejadores de Emergencias (SAME), Liz M. Colón Alicea, sostuvo que hablar de preparación también requiere evaluar la capacidad real de la agencia responsable de coordinar la respuesta.

“La preparación ante un terremoto o un tsunami no

puede quedarse únicamente en ejercicios. También requiere una estructura sólida, recursos adecuados y suficiente personal para poder responder cuando ocurra una emergencia real”, expresó la sindicalista.

Caribe Wave es un simulacro de tsunami que se celebra en Puerto Rico y el Caribe desde hace 18 años, y tiene como propósito evaluar las operaciones del sistema de Alerta de Tsunamis del Caribe (Caribe EWS), la preparación en la respuesta ante tsunamis y la comunicación interagencial y comunitaria. Este año, se simulará un terremoto de magnitud 7.6 al suroeste de las Islas Caimán, generando un tsunami por un colapso lateral del volcán “Kick ‘em Jenny”, en la isla de Granada.

Para participar los ciudadanos deben registrarse a través de la página de la RSPR http://redsismica.uprm.edu o la página de TsunamiZone https://www.tsunamizone.org/ espanol/caribewave/.

March 17, 2026

‘One Battle After Another’ wins Oscar for best picture

By BROOKS BARNES

“One Battle After Another” won six Oscars at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, including those for best picture and best director, at long last cementing Paul Thomas Anderson’s status as one of the foremost filmmakers of his generation.

A primal scream about authoritarianism and citizen resistance, “One Battle After Another” was also honored for Anderson’s adapted screenplay, giving the 55-year-old auteur three statuettes to take home after 28 years of nominations but no wins. (His first career nod was for “Boogie Nights” in 1998.) “One Battle After Another” added statuettes for best supporting actor (a no-show Sean Penn), casting and editing.

“What a night!” Anderson said from the stage. “Let’s have a martini.” The camera cut to the audience, where a hooting Steven Spielberg was using his hands like a megaphone.

But the evening was not a sweep. “Sinners,” a period horror fantasia about African American identity and trauma, received four Oscars, including one for Ryan Coogler’s original screenplay. The film added trophies for its score, lead actor (Michael B. Jordan, another first-time winner) and cinematography.

Jordan played the diabolical twins Smoke and Stack. He thanked Warner Bros. and Coogler for “betting on original ideas and original artistry.”

With her victory in the cinematography category for “Sinners,” Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to receive the honor in academy history. During her acceptance speech, she asked the women in the room to stand. “I feel like I don’t get here without you,” she said.

Here are takeaways from the show:

— Big night for Warner Bros.: “One Battle After Another,” which collected $210 million worldwide, and “Sinners,” which sold $369 million, both came from the same studio: Warner Bros. Most of Hollywood’s old-line movie companies have become fixated on sequels and remakes, but Warner has also gambled on highly original, big-budget movies, with “One Battle” and “Sinners” as prime examples. Netflix and Paramount Skydance spent recent months trying to acquire Warner and related corporate assets. Paramount Skydance, which notably had no Oscar nominations Sunday night, emerged as the winner. If the acquisition clears a regulatory review later this year, the Oscars will be the end of an era for Warner — its end as a stand-alone movie company.

— Tough night for indies: Netflix left the ceremony with seven Oscars, the most in its history, according to Ted Sarandos, the streaming service’s co-CEO. Those wins — along with the love showered on Warner’s auteur blockbusters — came at the expense of indie darlings like A24’s “Marty Supreme,” which starred Timothée Chalamet and left empty-handed despite having nine nominations. (The voter backlash to Chalamet’s swaggering antics on the Oscar campaign trail has been real.) Also blanked were “The

Paul Thomas Anderson accepts award for best adapted screenplay for “One Battle after Another,” during the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)

Secret Agent,” a Brazilian film, and the absurdist “Bugonia,” each of which had four nominations.

who has been a character actress since 1982. “He just wrote a dream part and let me just grab it by the throat,” Madigan said from the stage, thanking Zach Cregger, who wrote and directed the film.

— ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: The film was named best animated movie, and it also won for best song. Maggie Kang, one of the film’s directors, used her acceptance speech to encourage diversity in filmmaking. “This is for Korea, and for Koreans everywhere,” she said.

— And the award goes to … two!: In a rarity at the Oscars, one category — live-action short — resulted in a tie between “Two People Exchanging Saliva” and “The Singers.” The outcome resulted in an awkward moment, when producers for the show tried to move things along by turning

— Best actress: Irish actress Jessie Buckley completed an awards season sweep (the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, various guild ceremonies) by winning the best actress Oscar. She was honored for her performance of a mother shattered by grief in “Hamnet.” It was the specialty film’s only victory out of eight nominations.

— Three wins for ‘Frankenstein’: “Frankenstein,” a lavish period drama on Netflix, won the best costume category. It also won the Oscar for makeup and hairstyling. Anne Hathaway and a surprisingly funny Anna Wintour, the Condé Nast czarina, appeared as the presenters in a scripted marketing moment for the coming 20th Century Studios movie “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” (ABC, which broadcasts the Oscars, is owned by Disney, which also owns 20th Century. Welcome to today’s corporately consolidated Hollywood.) The film also won for production design.

— Casting gets a statue: For the first time, the Academy Awards gave a casting director a little gold man, honoring Cassandra Kulukundis for helping to put together the sprawling ensemble of “One Battle After Another.” It was an upset: Going into the ceremony, Francine Maisler had been a favorite for her work on “Sinners.”

— Supporting actress: Amy Madigan received the supporting actress Oscar for her unhinged Aunt Gladys in “Weapons.” It was a late-career triumph for Madigan, 75,

off stage lights during an acceptance speech; the microphone also began to retract into the stage.

— In memoriam: Billy Crystal opened the in memoriam segment by honoring director Rob Reiner. Barbra Streisand later briefly sang in tribute to Robert Redford, with words projected on the wall above the orchestra: “The glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it.”

— Documentary winners: Jimmy Kimmel — taking a comedic swipe at Melania Trump’s recent vanity documentary — presented the Oscars for nonfiction filmmaking. “All the Empty Rooms,” about the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings, won for short documentary, while the feature prize went to “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” about Russia’s efforts to control public perception during its war with Ukraine.

— The host: Conan O’Brien, hosting for the second consecutive year, opened the show with a parody of “Weapons,” appearing in drag as that film’s terrifying Aunt Gladys in a pretaped segment. The stars ate it up, giving him a standing ovation. As the telecast went on — for more than 3 1/2 hours — a relaxed O’Brien mixed barbed Hollywood jokes with goofy sight gags, keeping the ceremony loose and occasionally ridiculous. References to politics were relatively few.

2026 OSCAR WINNERS

Best Picture

“One Battle After Another” Nominees in this category: “Bugonia”; “F1”; “Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; “The Secret Agent”; “Sentimental Value”; “Sinners”; “Train Dreams” Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”

Nominees in this category: Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”; Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”; Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”; Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet” Best Actor

Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners” Nominees in this category: Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”; Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”; Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent” Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”

Nominees in this category: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”; Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”; Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”; Emma Stone, “Bugonia” Best Supporting Actor

Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another” Nominees in this category: Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”; Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”; Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”; Stellan Skarsgard, “Sentimental Value”

Casting

“One Battle after Another”

Nominees in this category: “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”;“Sinners”; “The Secret Agent”

Animated Feature

“KPop Demon Hunters”

Nominees in this category: “Arco”; “Elio”; “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”; “Zootopia 2”

Production Design

“Frankenstein”

Nominees in this category: “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; “One Battle After Another”; “Sinners”

Costume Design

“Frankenstein”

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan, “Weapons”

Nominees in this category: Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”; Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”; Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”; Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”

Original Screenplay

“Sinners”

Nominees in this category: “Blue Moon”; “It Was Just an Accident”; “Marty Supreme”; “Sentimental Value”

Adapted Screenplay

“One Battle After Another”

Nominees in this category: “Bugonia”; “Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Train Dreams”

Nominees in this category: “Avatar: Fire and Ash”; “Hamnet”; “Marty Supreme”; “Sinners”

Cinematography

“Sinners”

Nominees in this category:” Frankenstein”; “Marty Supreme”; “One Battle after Another”; “Train Dreams”

Editing

“One Battle After Another”

Nominees in this category: “F1”; “Marty Supreme”; “Sentimental Value”; “Sinners” Makeup and Hairstyling “Frankenstein”

Nominees in this category: “Kokuho”; “Sinners”; “The Smashing Machine”; “The Ugly Stepsister” Sound

“F1”

Nominees in this category: “Frankenstein”; “One Battle after Another”; “Sinners”; “Sirât” Visual Effects

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”

Nominees in this category: “F1”; “Jurassic World Rebirth”; “The Lost Bus”; “Sinners” Original Score

“Sinners”

Nominees in this category: “Bugonia”; “Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “One Battle after Another” Original Song

“Golden” (“KPop Demon Hunters”) Nominees in this category: “Golden” (“KPop Demon Hunters”); “I Lied To You” (“Sinners”); “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” (“Viva Verdi!“); “Train Dreams” (“Train Dreams”)

Documentary Feature

“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” Nominees in this category: “The Alabama Solution”; “Come See Me in the Good Light”; “Cutting through Rocks”; “The Perfect Neighbor”

International Feature

“Sentimental Value,” Norway Nominees in this category: “The Secret Agent,” Brazil; “It Was Just an Accident,” France; “Sirat,” Spain; “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Tunisia

Animated Short

“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” Nominees in this category: “The Three Sisters”; “Retirement Plan”; “Forevergreen”; “Butterfly”

Documentary Short

“All the Empty Rooms” Nominees in this category: “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”; “Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”“; “Perfectly a Strangeness”; “The Devil Is Busy” Live-Action Short (Tie)

“The Singers”

“Two People Exchanging Saliva” Nominees in this category: “Butcher’s Stain”; “A Friend of Dorothy”; “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”

Bond investors, wary of Iran war, turn risk-averse ahead of Fed meeting

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For now though, the combination of geopolitical tensions, sticky inflation and a weakening labor market has muddied the market’s view on the Fed’s policy direction, portfolio managers say. The uncertainty has also prompted some investors to stay away from longer-term bonds until there is more visibility on how the conflict unfolds and the central bank response.

“Investors are more cautiously positioned and have avoided riskier parts of the bond market,” said Danny Zaid, portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management.

“Volatility in rates is going to continue to be high. We continue to be neutral in duration at least ⁠until ⁠we get more clarity on the conflict.”

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ond investors have shifted to a defensive stance since the ⁠Middle ⁠East war injected fresh risk into markets, with many ⁠loading up on short-term U.S. Treasuries ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision.

On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to keep its benchmark overnight interest rate in the 3.50%-3.75% range at the end of a twoday meeting, as policymakers assess how the Iran war may influence their dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment.

Even with the heightened caution, many investors still believe the conflict will remain short-lived and contained, which is likely to limit the impact of higher oil prices on inflation. Stable consumer prices could give the Federal Reserve room to ⁠cut interest rates later ⁠in the year, some investors say, which could spark a rally across

In March, two-year yields have jumped 31 basis points (bps), on track for their largest monthly increase since October 2024, reflecting fears that central banks won’t be able to cut rates because of the inflationary impact of higher oil prices. U.S. two-year yields were last at 3.69%.

Many investors see room for two-year yields to ⁠fall, reasoning that short-term Treasuries have absorbed the bulk of the selling since the war began, pushing yields to their highest in seven ⁠months.

U.S. crude futures have spiked 46% this month, on pace for their biggest monthly gain since May 2020.

“There’s a tipping point where the increase from energy-driven inflation becomes demand destruction that starts to reduce consumer spending,” said Brad Conger, chief investment officer at Hirtle Callaghan in Philadelphia, which oversees assets from endowments and charitable institutions.

“Treasuries are a hedge against a slowdown in the economy whether the war ends quickly or whether it drags on.”

U.S. rate futures have largely stopped indicating that investors expect a Fed cut this year. Markets currently are priced for just 24 bps of easing, down from 55 bps before the war, according to LSEG estimates.

Trump disparages allies for rebuffing his requests for military assistance

By ANTON TROIANOVSKI, ERICA L. GREEN, DAVID E. SANGER and AARON BOXERMAN

President Donald Trump on Monday disparaged U.S. allies that he said had relied too long — and too expensively — on American defense, as several of those countries have declined to meet his call to send warships to escort merchant vessels in and out of the Persian Gulf.

“We don’t need anybody; we’re the strongest nation in the world,” Trump said. He suggested his request for assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz instead amounted to a loyalty test of America’s allies. “I’m almost doing it in some cases not because we need them but because I want to find out how they react,” he said.

Referring to countries that have rebuffed, or reacted coolly, to his appeal for ships, Trump said he had long believed that “if we ever needed help, they won’t be there for us,” and they were proving his point. He added, “You mean for 40 years we’re protecting you, and you don’t want to get involved in something that’s very minor?” noting that Europe, Japan and others depend on oil from the Persian Gulf far more than the United States does.

Even so, Trump said that “numerous countries have told me that they’re on the way.” But asked to name them, he replied, “I’d rather not say yet, but we’ll be announcing them.”

The sharpest refusal to his belated effort to build an international coalition against Iran came Monday from Germany, whose defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said, “This is not our war; we did not start it.” Top officials of Japan, Italy and Australia said Monday that their countries would not participate in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The European Union will not expand maritime operations in the region to protect traffic through the strait, said its top diplomat, Kaja Kallas. “This is not Europe’s war, but Europe’s interests are directly at stake,” she said.

Others were noncommittal, including

A man carries donated bedding for his family at a parking lot where people displaced by the fighting have erected their tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Israel said on Monday that it is expanding its ground offensive in southern Lebanon against Iranbacked Hezbollah, as President Donald Trump’s demand for countries to send warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian attacks drew a muted response. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

France, South Korea and Britain, whose prime minister, Keir Starmer, said his country would not be “drawn into wider war.”

As Iran blockades most traffic through

the oil shipping choke point, Trump’s call on social media Saturday for other nations to join the United States in an escort effort was the first time he had sounded eager to build a broad coalition against

Iran. But he was asking for backup from allies he had not consulted ahead of the U.S.-Israeli decision to go to war and whom he had derided as freeloaders again Monday.

The American-Israeli air war against Iran, now in its third week, has killed more than 2,000 people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, and has drawn in much of the Middle East. Iran has launched rockets and drones at neighboring countries and at ships in the Gulf, and global energy prices have skyrocketed. The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, briefly reached $106 on Monday.

The United States appears to have been unprepared for the extent of Iran’s retaliation and the need to protect merchant ships and giant oil tankers from attack — something that administration officials have discussed publicly since the first week of the war but has not yet begun. In a video update Monday, Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, did not offer details on how the United States would reopen the strait.

Here’s what else we are covering:

— Attacks in Lebanon: There are few signs that the conflict is easing. Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that its forces had launched a “ground maneuver” in southern Lebanon, adding to fears that a broader invasion may be coming. More than 800,000 people in Lebanon have fled their homes. The Israelis said Monday they had launched a “broad wave” of attacks across Iran.

— China summit: Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump’s trip to China later this month may be delayed because of the war against Iran, a new sign of how the conflict is casting a shadow over the relationship between the world’s two biggest economies.

— Death toll: At least 1,348 civilians in Iran have been killed since the start of the war, Iran’s U.N. representative told the Security Council on Wednesday, the latest figure the country has provided. In Lebanon, officials said that 886 people had been killed. And in Israel at least 12 people have been killed, according to authorities. The Pentagon has said that 13 American service members have died since the start of the war.

The war is making it harder to keep the lights on, 2,000 miles away

borders. When Russia invaded Ukraine, disrupting trade and driving up the price of food and oil, Bangladesh’s economy wobbled. The country’s garment industry survived that crisis and the political chaos that followed, just as it had remade itself after a factory collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 workers and scaring off foreign buyers.

Now the resilience of Bangladesh’s factories faces another test.

affected,” he added.

The way to do that, Alam said, is for Bangladeshis to conserve electricity at home. Households consume twice as much as all the factories combined. “The government needs to raise public awareness without causing panic,” he said. For instance, it could point out how much money an airconditioned home could save by switching the thermostat to 77 degrees Fahrenheit from 75.

There may be a diplomatic opportunity hidden in the crisis. Relations between Bangladesh and its neighbor India have been rocky since 2024, when Hasina took refuge in New Delhi. But Aninda Islam Amit, an official in Bangladesh’s energy ministry, said, “On average, 15,000 tons of diesel are expected to arrive from India each month.”

And, Amit said, “standing by a neighbor during a crisis is a matter of courtesy.”

By SAIF HASNAT and ALEX TRAVELLI

The final Ramadan holidays started early for university students in Bangladesh, on March 9, but for all the wrong reasons. The country’s main schools announced that classes were canceled, effective immediately, until later this month. The government shut the campuses to save electricity — a drastic response to the global energy crunch caused by the war in the Persian Gulf.

“It doesn’t feel like a vacation to me,” said Abdullah Al Mahmud Mehedi, 23, who has been studying for a master’s degree in social sciences at the University of Dhaka.

Like other countries, Bangladesh is worried about its supply of crude oil and natural gas. Access to the gas is of particular concern. About half of Bangladesh’s electricity comes from power-generation facilities that burn gas. Nearly a third of that gas comes from Qatar, and the warfare in the Gulf has all but blocked its flow.

In addition to closing the universities, the government has started imposing temporary blackouts and other measures to conserve power. If the gas runs out, so does the electricity that turns on the lights and powers the factories that are crucial to Bangladesh’s export-oriented economy.

All this is against the backdrop of Bangladesh’s delicate political condition. The country voted in a new government just a month ago, the first to be elected since the reign of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August 2024. Tarique Rahman, the new prime minister, took office in February declaring that his victory “belongs to democracy” but warning that the country “begins our journey” with a fragile economy.

Hasina was toppled, after 15 years in power, by a studentled movement that harnessed a deep sense of outrage over a financial crisis. Bangladesh’s economic model combines a reliance on making garments — nearly 85% of its exports — with the import of fuel and other essential goods. That model exposes Bangladesh to forces beyond its

Mohiuddin Rubel, the former director of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association who runs several factories of his own, blamed the country’s penchant for single-mindedness for its vulnerability.

“Bangladeshis are very good at doing one thing, like ready-made garments,” he said. “We are not diversified.” And the same goes for its power grid, which makes far too little use of renewable energy, in his view.

Shafiqul Alam, an analyst at Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis in Dhaka, said he was worried about the imminent shortage of gas and the need to keep factories humming.

Bangladesh already uses what is called load shedding, or planned blackouts, usually a couple of hours long, to reduce the strain on overburdened power stations. They are the scourge of modern factories, which cannot afford to idle thousands of workers. Most keep enormous dieselpowered generators ready to cover gaps in supply.

These generators are an expensive substitute for gasfired thermal stations, but Bangladesh does have alternative sources for diesel, including Singapore and Malaysia.

Another worry is the summer heat, which comes early to Bangladesh. The government might have to begin load shedding by April, when peak demand is expected to exceed 18,000 megawatts, Alam said. “But they must plan it properly so that the industrial sector is not negatively

In Bangladesh’s premier industrial hub, the Dhaka Export Processing Zone, the supply of electricity is guaranteed, and Rubel’s factories have a prime place inside. The zone, established in 1993, is an example of the high priority Bangladesh has put on its garment industry. The sewing machines inside would be the last to suffer from a blackout.

But Rubel knows that many Bangladeshis, including many of his colleagues, are painfully exposed to shortages. They all keep diesel generators. “Outside the zone,” he said, “people tend to need them often.”

For Trump, a promised economic boom collides with the costs of war

By TONY ROMM and COLBY SMITH

To President Donald Trump, the U.S. economy appeared to be moving in his direction at the turn of the year.

The stock market was buoyant, prices had started to level out and White House officials saw ample evidence for robust growth on the horizon. There were mounting signs of strain, but the president projected optimism anyway, as he tried to convince a restive public that the nation’s fortunes had improved.

But that was before Trump started the war in Iran in a move that has unnerved consumers and businesses around the world. Now, by his own hand, the president has upended his vision for the nation’s economic trajectory, creating a new set of hazards months before the midterm elections.

For Trump, the greatest threat is the rapid rise in energy prices, which have rippled across the economy in ways that have pinched American families even beyond the gasoline pump. The soaring oil costs have at times spooked financial markets, one of Trump’s preferred barometers for success, and threatened to aggravate what has already been a long, tough battle with inflation.

Gas prices have also undercut Trump’s lofty projections of growth this year, which he and aides previously pegged at 4% or more. Now, their talk of a boom has been replaced with a new round of speculation among economists over the odds of a recession, as families and businesses pull back in the face of higher gasoline prices and elevated uncertainty.

Not everything was as rosy as the White House had claimed before the war in Iran began. The first year of Trump’s second term touched off a period of immense disruption, particularly in the labor market, which saw new job cuts as businesses grappled with the twin shocks of a trade war and new technology.

But those weaknesses have hardly abated as Trump forges ahead with what he frequently describes as a “short-term excursion” in Iran. Speaking at a political rally in Hebron, Kentucky, on Thursday, the president barely acknowledged the growing pain at the pump, as he proclaimed his economic agenda to be an unfettered success.

“Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising, the economy is roaring back and America is respected again,” he said.

A series of economic indicators released by the government one day later appeared to tell a different story.

Inflation actually ticked up to open the year, according to a gauge preferred by the Federal Reserve, with prices rising at an annual rate of 2.8%. That cut into what had been an increase in personal income in January. And the government found that the economy grew more slowly in the final three months of 2025 than it had initially estimated. The dip came as a result of the government shutdown during that period.

Olu Sonola, the head of U.S. economic research at Fitch Ratings, said in an analysis Friday that the inflation report, in particular, painted a picture of the economy in which prices were heating up and consumers were “losing steam.” But all of the data was collected before Trump began his war with Iran, which Sonola said had threatened to “squeeze” households even further, putting future growth at risk.

By the end of trading Friday, global oil futures had reached $103 a barrel, having only briefly and barely budged after the United States joined other countries in releasing fuel from their reserves earlier in the week. Meanwhile, the average cost of

a gallon of gasoline topped $3.67 nationally, according to the AAA motor club, with prices Saturday marking a roughly 25% increase from a month ago.

The developments threatened to undercut Trump’s earlier predictions of a roaring economy in 2026. With eight months until Americans head to the polls to determine the composition of Congress, the president has labored to sell the public on the promise of a rapid turnaround, pointing to his tariffs, deregulatory policies and tax cuts.

“Prior to the initiation of the conflict, a strong case could be made that 2026 was going to be a strong year for growth,” said Joseph Lavorgna, the chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities America, who until recently served as a top adviser at the Treasury Department.

But, Lavorgna continued, a sustained spike in fuel costs posed real risks to consumers and businesses. If it were to continue for months, he predicted it would “have a detrimental effect on the economy in the first half of the year.”

Some of those consequences became apparent this past week.

As U.S. strikes on Iran intensified, the S&P 500 notched one of its worst days of the year, reflecting a growing unease among investors that Trump was nowhere near finished with the war. Mortgages also became

pricier, as angst in the bond market caused interest rates on home loans to tick up.

Even the fate of Trump’s vaunted tax refunds appeared to be in new doubt. A growing array of analysts began to worry that costlier gas prices would cut into tax refunds that the president had long promised would be generous.

Against this backdrop, investors have scaled back their expectations for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates anytime soon. By the end of the week, futures markets pointed to no cuts in 2026, down from two cuts forecast at the start of the year. Trump, however, continued to call for rate reductions this past week, amping up his pressure on the central bank at the height of the war.

“He should be dropping Interest Rates, IMMEDIATELY, not waiting for the next meeting!” the president posted on social media referring to Jerome Powell, the Fed chair.

Some economists saw more severe shocks looming in the distance. In a gloomy forecast released Wednesday, analysts at Goldman Sachs predicted that brent crude oil could average about $98 per barrel in March and April, and fall back down toward prewar levels only by the fourth quarter of the year.

As a result, they predicted that inflation would worsen in 2026, reaching 2.9% by the end of the year, and possibly jump even higher to 3.3% if oil prices skyrocketed well above $100 per barrel.

The Goldman Sachs report similarly estimated that oil prices could cut into the nation’s gross domestic product, a measure of total output, and cause an uptick in the nation’s unemployment rate, estimating that the rate could peak at 4.6% by the third quarter of the year.

Not all economists have soured on the economic outlook, however. This past week, Nancy Lazar, chief global economist at the investment bank Piper Sandler, maintained her earlier forecast for roughly 3% growth this year, pointing to a host of positive forces, including tax refunds that should buttress consumers’ finances.

“The odds of a recession are still on the low side, because the economy has so many supports for growth,” Lazar said. “This needs to be a prolonged shift up in energy prices to really create economic damage.”

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LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN.

Luz Haydee Cruz Cruz

Peticionario EX PARTE

CIVIL NÚMERO: BY2026CV00345. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO.

CITACIÓN POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉ-

RICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS E.E.U.U. ESTADO LIBRE

ASOCIADO DE P.R. SS. A los miembros de la sucesión de Doña Adolfina Aponte Rivera, las personas desconocidas y/o ignorada o a quienes pueda perjudicar la inscripción de dominio; las personas ignoradas o desconocidas a quien pueda perjudicar la inscripción solicitada, las personas ausentes o cualquier otra que se ignore su paradero que tiene, tuvieran o pudieran tener derecho propietario o real alguno sobre la inscripción solicitada del inmueble que se describe más adelante por la presente se les notifica que comparezcan a alegar su derecho, si alguno tuviere, ante este Tribunal dentro del término de veinte (20) días a partir de la última publicación de este edicto y exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la siguiente propiedad: DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA FINCA: RUSTICA: Parcela de terreno radicada en el Barrio Guaraguo del Sector El Flamboyán del término municipio de Bayamón, Puerto Rico, con una cabida de superficial de OCHOCIENTOS VEINTICUATRO PUNTO DOS MIL CUARENTA Y SIETE METROS CUADRADOS (824.2479 M/C), equivalentes a cero punto dos mil novecientos cuerdas (0.2097 cdas.) y en lindes por el NORTE, con Epifanio Cruz Aponte, por el SUR, con la finca principal (inmatriculada), por el ESTE, con Epifanio Cruz Aponte, y por el OESTE, con el la finca principal (inmatriculada y camino municipal. NÚMERO DE FINCA: La finca se encuentra inmatriculada. FINCA MATRIZ: La finca se encuentra inmatriculada).

GRAVÁMENES: Por su procedencia: LIBRE; Po si: LIBRE.

VALOR: Se establece el valor para el presente inmueble por la cantidad de TREINTA MIL

DÓLARES ($20,000.00). EN-

CLAVA: Estructura de madera y Zinc de un niveles, de veinte pies de largo (20”) por treinta pies de ancho (30’); la cual constaba de dos cuartos dormitorios, sala comedor y cocina y baño completo. Con un valor

aproximado de TREINTA MIL

DÓLARES ($30,000.00). Que, dicha propiedad inmueble tiene con dirección física la siguiente: Carretera 812, Ramal 879, Barrio Guaragua Arriba, Sector el Flamboyán KM. 5.5, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00956. Que, en dicha propiedad inmueble la aquí parte peticionaria a construido una estructura dedicada a residencia familiar la cual se describió cona antelación. Carece de inscripción registral. El presente edicto se publicará tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria en Puerto Rico, a fin de que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Se identificará en letra negrillas tamaño diez (10) puntos toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le advierte que en el plazo improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación de este, los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados, podrán comparecer al Tribunal a fin de alegar lo que en derecho proceda. Se le advierte que no hacer oposición dentro del término antes expresado, 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://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Dada en BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico, a 18 de febrero de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, Sec Interina. LUISA I ANDINO AYALA, SECRETARIA GENERAL DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

CARDONA Y LA SUCESIÓN DE SIMÓN WENCESLAO MEJÍAS

RODRÍGUEZ TAMBIÉN

CONOCIDO COMO SIMÓN W. MEJÍAS Y

COMO SIMÓN MEJÍAS, COMPUESTA POR: ÁNGELA ANTONIA MEJÍAS GUERRERO

TAMBIÉN CONOCIDA POR ÁNGELA ANTONIA GARCÍA, SIMÓN

MEJÍAS GUERRERO Y POR ALEXIS MEJÍAS GUERRERO

Parte Peticionaria EX PARTE

Civil Núm.: AG2026CV00252.

Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: FRANCISCO CARDONA RIVERA, SUS HEREDEROS Y/O LEGATARIOS; LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LAS FINCAS QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁN Y A TODA

PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE.

POR LA PRESENTE, se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los veinte (20) días contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre las fincas que se describen a continuación:

RÚSTICA: Sita en el Barrio

Aibonito de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, identificado como parcela #1 en el plano de situación, con una cabida superficial de DOS MIL CUATRO PUNTO MIL CUATROCIENTOS

VEINTIÚN DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE METROS CUADRADOS

(2,004.1421 MC), equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CINCO MIL NOVENTA Y NUEVE DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE CUERDAS (0.5099 CDAS); en lindes el NORTE, con la parcela #2, con servidumbre de paso “A” y con Pedro Guerrero Cardona; al SUR, con parcela “A”; al ESTE, con Francisco Cruz Méndez; y al OESTE, con Maximino Adames Soto. A esta parcela

le transcurre una servidumbre identificada como “servidumbre de paso B” de doscientos treinta y cinco punto trescientos setenta y nueve diez milésimas de metros cuadrados (235.0379 mc), equivalentes a cero punto quinientos noventa y ocho diez milésimas de cuerdas (0.0598 cdas). No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Catastro: 100-007081-02-000. RÚSTICA: Sita en el Barrio Aibonito de San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, identificado como parcela “A” en el plano de situación, con una cabida superficial de MIL OCHOCIENTOS SETENTA Y CUATRO PUNTO CUATROCIENTOS QUINCE DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE METROS CUADRADOS (1,874.0415 MC); equivalentes a CERO PUNTO CUATRO MIL SETECIENTOS SESENTA Y OCHO DIEZ MILÉSIMAS DE CUERDAS (0.4768 CDAS); en lindes el NORTE, con la parcela #1 y con servidumbre de paso “B” que transcurre esta parcela; al SUR, con Adolfo Lisboa Medina; al ESTE, con Ángel D. Rosa Adames; y al OESTE, con Maximino Adames Soto y con Margarita Medina Pérez. No consta inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad. Catastro: 100007-081-01-001. Usted deberá presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www. poderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría de este Tribunal, y notificar copia de la misma al representante legal de la parte peticionaria, quien es: LCDO. GIL G. VILLANUEVA HERNÁNDEZ

RUA NÚM. 22,640

SERLEGINT LLC

PO BOX 5030 - PMB 1704

AGUADILLA, PR 00605

TEL: (787) 890-8080 / FAX: (787) 986-7344

CORREO ELECTRÓNICO: info@serlegint.com

Se le informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el 9 DE OCTUBRE DE 2026, A LAS 2:45 DE LA TARDE, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual usted puede comparecer asistido(a) por abogado y presentar oposición a la Petición. Este edicto será publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de 20 días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan, si lo desean, a alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y en negrillas; toda primera mención

de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se le apercibe que, de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o, en su defecto, los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. POR ORDEN DE ESTE TRIBUNAL, expido la presente bajo mi firma y sello oficial, en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, hoy 24 de febrero de 2026. SARAHÍ REYES PÉREZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ARLENE GUZMÁN PABÓN, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ ALFREDO MATOS

MATOS

Peticionario EX-PARTE

Civil Núm.: MZ2025CV00450. Salón Núm.: 307. Sobre: EXPEDIENTE DE DOMINIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A) A LAS PERSONAS IGNORADAS Y DESCONOCIDAS A QUIENES PUDIERA PERJUDICAR LA INSCRIPCIÓN DEL DOMINIO A FAVOR DE LA PARTE PETICIONARIA EN EL REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE LA FINCA QUE MÁS ADELANTE SE DESCRIBIRÁ Y A TODA PERSONA EN GENERAL QUE CON DERECHO PARA ELLO DESEE OPONERSE A ESTE EXPEDIENTE. POR LA PRESENTE se les notifica para que comparezcan, si lo creyeren pertinente, ante este Honorable Tribunal dentro de los VEINTE (20) DÍAS contados a partir de la última publicación de este edicto a exponer lo que a sus derechos convenga en el expediente promovido por la parte peticionaria para adquirir su dominio sobre la finca que se describe más adelante. Ustedes deberán presentar su posición a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SU-

MAC), al cual pueden acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired. poderjudicial.pr, salvo que se representen por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberán presentar su alegación en la secretaría del Tribunal. Si ustedes dejan de expresarse dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia, previo a escuchar la prueba de valor de la parte peticionaria en su contra, sin más citarle ni oírle, y conceder el remedio solicitado en la petición, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. RÚSTICA: Porción de terreno radicado en el Barrio Llanos Tuna, del término municipal de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de ONCE MIL SETECIENTOS OCHO PUNTO QUINIENTOS SETENTA METROS CUADRADOS (11,708.570 m/c), equivalentes a dos punto nueve mil setecientas noventa cuerdas (2.9790 cdas.). Colindante por el NORTE, en ochenta y dos punto novecientos veinte metros (82.920 m), con terrenos de Ignacio Vázquez Rivera; por el SUR, en veinticinco punto quinientos cincuenta metros (25.550 m), en treinta y tres punto novecientos cuarenta metros (33.940 m) y en veintitrés punto ciento diez metros (23.110 m), con terrenos de Jaime Sánchez Reyes y en treinta y dos metros (32.000 m), en ocho punto trescientos cincuenta metros (8.350 m) y en veinte punto cuatrocientos sesenta metros (20.460 m), con Quebrada Grande; por el ESTE, en cincuenta y cinco punto trescientos cincuenta metros (55.350 m), con terrenos de Jamilet Ramírez Matos, en ocho punto trescientos veinte metros (8.320 m), cinco metros (5.000 m), cinco metros (5.000 m), veinte metros (20.000 m), cinco metros (5.000 m), cinco metros (5.000 m) y veintiuno punto trescientos cincuenta metros (21.350 m), con camino vecinal que da acceso a camino de Uso Público y en cuarenta y tres punto doscientos tres metros (43.203 m), con terrenos de Alfredo Matos; y por el OESTE, en ciento diecinueve punto novecientos setenta metros (119.970 m), con Lucila Monserrate Zapata Rivera. CATASTRO NÚMERO: 356-009461-05-000. El abogado de la parte peticionaria es el Lcdo. Fernando Luis Sepúlveda Silva, P. O. Box 202, Cabo Rojo, PR 00623-0202; Tel. (787) 8512708. Se les informa, además, que el Tribunal ha señalado vista en este caso para el __ de 2026, a las _______________, mediante videoconferencia, a la cual ustedes pueden comparecer asistidos por abogado

y presentar oposición a la petición. Este edicto deberá ser publicado en tres (3) ocasiones dentro del término de veinte (20) días, en un periódico de circulación general diaria, para que comparezcan si quieren alegar su derecho. Toda primera mención de persona natural y/o jurídica que se mencione en el mismo, se identificará en letra tamaño 10 puntos y negrillas, conforme a lo dispuesto en las Reglas de Procedimiento Civil, 2009. Se les apercibe que de no comparecer los interesados y/o partes citadas, o en su defecto los organismos públicos afectados en el término improrrogable de veinte (20) días a contar de la fecha de la última publicación del edicto, el Tribunal podrá conceder el remedio solicitado por la parte peticionaria, sin más citarle ni oírle. En Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a 25 de febrero de 2026. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ANNETTE GUZMÁ MEDINA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Demandante V. LUIS M. VALDESUSO

GARCIA T/C/C LUIS MARIO VALDESUSO

GARCIA, SU ESPOSA SARA GARCIA ROMERO Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS

Demandado Civil Núm.: DCD2011-2449. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE SUBASTA. El que suscribe, Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior, Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hago saber, a la parte demandada y al PÚBLICO EN GENERAL: Que en cumplimiento del Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia expedido el día 3 de febrero de 2026, por la Secretaría del Tribunal, procederé a vender y venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor la propiedad que ubica y se describe a continuación: URBANA: Solar marcado con el número treinta y uno (31), tipo de casa modelo CM de la Urbanización La Colina, radicada en la Carretera

Estatal número ochocientos treinta y tres (833) en el Barrio Frailes del término municipal de Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, compuesta de novecientos noventa y cinco punto cuarenta y un (995.41) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el lote número treinta (30), en una distancia de cuarenta (40.00) metros lineales; por el SUR, con el solar número treinta y dos (32), en una distancia de treinta y nueve punto cero cuatro (39.04) metros lineales; por el ESTE, con Oasis Development, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cero (25.00) metros lineales y por el OESTE, con la calle B, en una distancia de veinticinco punto cero cinco (25.05) metros lineales. Sobre dicho solar enclava una estructura construida para fines residenciales, diseñada para vivienda de una sola familia. Inscrita al folio 240 del tomo 948 de Guaynabo, finca #34,273, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guaynabo. El producto de la subasta se destinará a satisfacer al demandante hasta donde alcance, la SENTENCIA dictada el 15 de octubre de 2024 y notificada en este caso el 23 de octubre de 2024, en el presente caso civil, a saber la suma de $750,668.20 por concepto de principal; generando intereses a razón de 7.25% desde el 1 de marzo de 2011; cargos por demora los cuales al igual que los intereses continúan acumulándose hasta el saldo total de la deuda reclamada en este pleito, y la suma de $85,000.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado; y demás créditos accesorios garantizados hipotecariamente. La adjudicación se hará al mejor postor, quien deberá consignar el importe de su oferta en el acto mismo de la adjudicación, en efectivo (moneda del curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América), giro postal o cheque certificado a nombre del alguacil del Tribunal. LA PRIMERA subasta se llevará a efecto el día 9 DE ABRIL DE 2026 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en el cuarto piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas de Centro Judicial de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Que el precio mínimo fijado para la PRIMERA SUBASTA es de $850,000.00. Que de ser necesaria la celebración de una SEGUNDA SUBASTA la misma se llevará a efecto el día 16 DE ABRIL DE 2026 A LAS 9:45 DE LA MAÑANA, en la oficina antes mencionada del Alguacil que suscribe. El precio mínimo para la SEGUNDA SUBASTA será de $566,666.66, equivalentes a dos terceras (2/3) partes del tipo mínimo estipulado para la PRIMERA subasta. Que de ser necesaria la celebración

PAULA IVETTE SERRANO AVILÉS

Demandante V. ELVIS

GUZMÁN POLANCO

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: BY2025RF01675. (FAMILIA Y MENORES - SALA DE BAYAMÓN SALÓN 3003).

Sobre: CUSTODIA - MONOPARENTAL O COMPARTIDA Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. CLARIBEL GASCOT NIEVESCGASCOT@SERVICIOSLEGALES.

ORG.

MARICELY APONTE RIVERAAPONTEM@SERVICIOSLEGALES. ORG.

A: ELVIS

GUZMÁN POLANCO.

(Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 03 de marzo 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 09 de marzo de 2026. En Bayamón, Puerto Rico, el 09 de marzo de 2026. ALICIA AYALA SANJURJO, SECRETARIA. MARÍA A. RUIZ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

MANUEL REYES DAVILA Peticionario EX PARTE

CAUSANTE: ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ

FRANCESCHI

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV11089. (1003). Sobre: ADMINISTRACIÓN JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES HEREDITARIOS DEL CAUSANTE ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: JOSÉ TORRES, SAN

ANTÓN #33, PINTO, MADRID, ESPAÑA 28320.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal una petición de administrador judicial en la sucesión del causante Arsenio Edmundo Suárez, en la cual usted es legatario. Representa a la parte demandante, la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDA. ANA CRISTINA GÓMEZ PÉREZ

RUA #15092

Abogada del Demandante P.O. Box 13762 San Juan, P.R. 00908 Tel. 787-459-1035 anacgomezperez@gmail.com

LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado el edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal. En San Juan, Puerto Rico a 9 de marzo de 2026. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Del Tribunal. Edith M. De La Paz Ortiz, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

MANUEL REYES DAVILA Peticionario EX PARTE

CAUSANTE: ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ FRANCESCHI

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV11089. (1003). Sobre: ADMINISTRACIÓN JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES HEREDITARIOS DEL CAUSANTE ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: DIANA PACHECO, CALLE SAN GERARDO #8, APARTAMENTO 5C, MADRID, ESPAÑA, 28035.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal una petición de administrador judicial en la sucesión del causante Arsenio Edmundo

Suárez, en la cual usted es legatario. Representa a la parte demandante, la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDA. ANA CRISTINA GÓMEZ PÉREZ

RUA #15092

Abogada del Demandante P.O. Box 13762 San Juan, P.R. 00908 Tel. 787-459-1035 anacgomezperez@gmail.com

LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado el edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal. En San Juan, Puerto Rico a 9 de marzo de 2026. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLlado, Secretaria Del Tribunal. Edith M. De La Paz Ortiz, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE

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

MANUEL REYES DAVILA Peticionario EX PARTE

CAUSANTE: ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ FRANCESCHI

Civil Núm.: SJ2025CV11089. (1003). Sobre: ADMINISTRACIÓN JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES HEREDITARIOS DEL CAUSANTE ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUÁREZ. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS. A: ACREEDORES DESCONOCIDOS

CAUSANTE ARSENIO EDMUNDO SUARES.

Por la presente se le notifica que la parte demandante ha presentado ante este Tribunal una petición de administrador judicial en la sucesión del causante Arsenio Edmundo Suárez, en la cual usted es legatario. Representa a la parte demandante, la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono se consigna de inmediato: LCDA. ANA CRISTINA GÓMEZ

PÉREZ

RUA #15092

Abogada del Demandante P.O. Box 13762 San Juan, P.R. 00908 Tel. 787-459-1035

anacgomezperez@gmail.com

LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado el edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial. pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. EXPEDIDO bajo firma y sello de este Tribunal. En San Juan, Puerto Rico a 9 de marzo de 2026. Griselda Rodríguez Collado, Secretaria Del Tribunal. Edith M. De La Paz Ortiz, Secretaria De Servicios A Sala.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA

SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS LIZ BAEZ, EN REPRESENTACIÓN

DE: ISARELIZ MERCED BAEZ Y DARELIZ MERCED BAEZ

Demandante V KATHERINE MERCED QUINTERO, CARMEN MADELINE MERCED QUINTERO, IRALIZ DARLEEN MERCED RAMOS

Demandada Civil Núm.: CG2026CV00439. Sala: 703. Asunto: PARTICIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE HERENCIA, NOMBRAMIENTO DE ADMINISTRADOR JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES DEL FINADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: KATHERINE MERCED QUINTERO - 70

HARRISON AVE #1807, SPRINFIELD MA 01103.

POR LA PRESENTE se emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) días siguientes a este edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia al abogado del demandante: Lcda. Mariely Rivera Rivera RIVERA LAW GROUP, PSC Urb. El Verde Calle Venus Lote 1-B Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725 Tel: 787-936-2214 Email: marielyriveralaw@gmail.com Este caso trata sobre división y

liquidación de bienes hereditarios. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 24 de febrero de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

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

LIZ BAEZ, EN REPRESENTACIÓN

DE: ISARELIZ MERCED BAEZ Y DARELIZ MERCED BAEZ

Demandante V KATHERINE MERCED QUINTERO, CARMEN MADELINE MERCED QUINTERO, IRALIZ DARLEEN MERCED

RAMOS

Demandada

Civil Núm.: CG2026CV00439. Sala: 703. Asunto: PARTICIÓN Y ADJUDICACIÓN DE HERENCIA, NOMBRAMIENTO DE ADMINISTRADOR JUDICIAL DE LOS BIENES DEL FINADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PR, SS. A: CARMEN MADELINE MERCED QUINTERO - 70 HARRISON AVE #1807, SPRINFIELD MA 01103. POR LA PRESENTE se emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los TREINTA (30) días siguientes a este edicto, radicando el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia al abogado del demandante:

Lcda. Mariely Rivera Rivera RIVERA LAW GROUP, PSC Urb. El Verde Calle Venus Lote 1-B Caguas, Puerto Rico 00725 Tel: 787-936-2214

Email: marielyriveralaw@gmail.com Este caso trata sobre división y liquidación de bienes hereditarios. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. EXPEDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el Sello del Tribunal, hoy día 24 de febrero de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SUB-SECRETARIA. LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS EASTERN AMERICA

INSURANCE AGENCY

Demandante V. VERONICA CINTRON RODRIGUEZ Y OTROS

Demandado(a)

Caso Núm.: CD2025CV00366. (Salón: 704). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GLENIZ TORRES MARTÍNEZGLTORRES@UNIVERSALPR.COM. A: VERONICA CINTRON RODRIGUEZ, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANO DE TAL. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de febrero 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 10 de marzo de 2026. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 10 de marzo de 2026. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. SANDRA TRINIDAD CAÑUELAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.

LEGAL NOTICE

ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE HUMACAO SALA SUPERIOR DE HUMACAO UNIVERSAL

INSURANCE COMPANY

Demandante V. RAQUEL CASTRO CLAUDIO Y OTROS

Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: HU2025CV01213. (Salón: 208). Sobre: ACCIDENTE DE TRÁNSITO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. GLENIZ TORRES MARTÍNEZGLTORRES@UNIVERSALPR.COM.

A: RAQUEL CASTRO CLAUDIO, POR SÍ Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL

DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON FULANO DE TALDIRECCIÓN: PO BOX 8496 HUMACAO PR 00792. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que 27 de febrero 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 10 de marzo de 2026. En Humacao, Puerto Rico, el 10 de marzo de 2026. EVELYN FÉLIX VÁZQUEZ, SECRETARIA. LAURA DE JESÚS GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Plaintiff V. ANA MARIA FRANCESCHINI

CARLO; JOSE ANTONIO FRANCESCHINI CARLO; MARITZA FRANCESCHINI CARLO; LILIANA MARIA FRANCESCHINI CARLO, AND; MARIA CECILIA FRANCESCHINI CARLO AS KNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATES OF JOSE ANTONIO FRANCESHINI

RODRIGUEZ A/K/A

JOSE A. FRANCESHINI

RODRIGUEZ A/K/A JOSE

A. FRANCESHINI AND ANITA CARLO ARROYO A/K/A ANA CARLO ARROYO A/K/A ANITA

C. FRANCESHINI A/K/A

ANITA FRANCESHINI; JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATES

ABOVEMENTIONED Defendants

Civil No.: 3:25-CV-01448. JAG. Re: FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

To: JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATES OF JOSE ANTONIO FRANCESHINI RODRIGUEZ A/K/A JOSE A. FRANCESHINI RODRIGUEZ A/K/A JOSE A. FRANCESHINI AND ANITA CARLO ARROYO A/K/A ANA CARLO ARROYO A/K/A ANITA C. FRANCESHINI A/K/A ANITA FRANCESHINI -1261 RD. 19, APT 2-A, MANSIONES DE GARDEN HILLS COND., GUAYNABO, PR 00966. Pursuant to the Order for Service by Publication entered on 03/10/2026 by the United States District Court, you are hereby SUMMONED to appear, plead or answer the Complaint filed herein no later than thirty (30) days after publication of this Summons by serving the original plea or answer in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and serving a copy to counsel for plaintiff: Attorney Juan C. Fortuño Fas, at PO Box 3908, Guaynabo, PR 00970, telephone number 787751-5290, email address: dcfilings@fortuno-law.com. This Summons shall be published by edict only once in a newspaper of general circulation in the island of Puerto Rico . Within ten (10) days following publication of this Summons, a copy of this Summons and the Complaint will be sent to defendant party JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE as unknown heirs of the Estates of JOSE ANTONIO FRANCESHINI RODRIGUEZ a/k/a JOSE A. FRANCESHINI RODRIGUEZ a/k/a JOSE A. FRANCESHINI and ANITA CARLO ARROYO a/k/a ANA CARLO ARROYO a/k/a ANITA C. FRANCESHINI a/k/a ANITA FRANCESHINI, by certified mail/return receipt requested, addressed to their last known address. Should you fail to appear, plead or answer to the Complaint as ordered by the Court and noticed by this Summons, the Court will enter default against you, as such, proceed to hear and adjudicate this cause against you based on the relief demanded in the Complaint. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, summons is issued pursuant to Fe. R. Civil P. 4(e) and Rule 4.6 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 10th day of March, 2026. ADA I. GARCIA-RIVERA, ESQ., CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT. ANA DURAN, DEPUTY CLERK.

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Cangrejeras are a win away from a perfect regular season

By THE STAR STAFF

The ninth and penultimate week of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) regular season concluded on Sunday night with the 19th victory for the firstplace Cangrejeras of Santurce as they swept the Leonas of Ponce in straight sets in their final home match at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Hato Rey.

With the triumph, Santurce (19-0, 54 accumulated points) secured the maximum three available points, leaving them just one victory away from completing the regular season undefeated.

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World Baseball Classic (All times Eastern)

Quarterfinals

Friday

At loanDepot park, Miami Dominican Republic 10, Korea 0

At Daikin Park, Houston United States 5, Canada 3

Saturday

At Daikin Park, Houston Italy 8, Puerto Rico 6

At loanDepot park, Miami Venezuela 8, Japan 5

Semifinals

At loanDepot park, Miami

Sunday

United States 2, Dominican Republic 1

Monday

Italy (5-0) vs. Venezuela (4-1), 8 p.m.

Final

At loanDepot park, Miami

Today

United States (5-1) vs. Italy-Venezuela winner, 8 p.m. (FOX)

Santurce’s Wilmarie Rivera (12) and Ponce’s Abby Akey meet at the net. The Cangrejeras are a win away from an undefeated regular season.

The set scores were 28-26, 25-17 and 25-14.

Holding a two-sets-to-none lead, the Cangrejeras were in control at the second technical timeout of the third set with the scoreboard reading 16-9, thanks to a block by Kara McGhee against Ponce’s Kristin Lux, who was attacking from Zone

4.

A few points later, a triple block on Lux made the score 18-11 and Santurce never looked back, eventually building a 10-point lead (23-13) following a successful spike by Helena Grozer.

Set point arrived at 24-14 when Neira Ortiz controlled a ball at the net, and the

victory was sealed on the very next play when Stephanie Enright of the Leonas missed a spike from Zone 4, sending the ball out of bounds.

The Cangrejeras outplayed Ponce 4841 in attacks, 10-2 in blocks and 4-1 in service aces. Both teams recorded 56 defensive plays, while the Leonas held the edge in passing (37-29) and assists (18-10).

The Santurce offense featured three players in double figures: Tamara Otene, Andrea Rangel, and Grozer, who scored 21, 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Jordan Wilson was the only Ponce player to score in double digits, with 12 points.

Final week of LVSF regular season

Wednesday

Cangrejeras at Atenienses de Manatí, Juan Aubín Cruz Coliseum, 8:30 p.m.

Valencianas of Juncos at Criollas of Caguas, Roger Mendoza Vidal Coliseum, 8:20 p.m.

Thursday

Leonas at Pinkin of Corozal, Carmen Z. Figueroa Court, 8 p.m.

Forget ‘Marty Supreme.’ Meet the real table tennis champion of New York.

By CLAIRE FAHY

Yasiris Ortiz’s Hollywood debut emerged from a group chat.

In October 2024, Ortiz’s friends began texting about a movie scheduled to film in New Jersey that was looking for background actors. That movie was “Marty Supreme,” a 1950s romp about a table tennis player’s haphazard quest for world dominance, which was up for best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards.

Just a few weeks later, Ortiz — dressed as a Brazilian table tennis player competing in a fictional British Open — starred in her first movie.

But Ortiz, 28, is not an aspiring actress. She’s a table tennis player, who next month will compete in the sport’s ITTF World Team Championships in London.

The movie, which stars a few real-life pros, including Koto Kawaguchi of Japan,

shined a spotlight on New York City’s table tennis scene in the 1950s. Its main character, Marty Mauser, is played by Timothée Chalamet, whose game isn’t quite that of a real champion, Ortiz said: “He was trying.”

In the film, Mauser is a regular at a dimly lit Times Square club. He also hustles the locals at a New Jersey bowling alley outfitted with a few scattered tables in a bid to fund a career-making trip to Japan.

Today, table tennis in New York looks quite different, with more bright lights and fluorescent pink, less grime and orange. Stand-alone clubs like PingPod, open 24/7, have popped up around the city, as well as a handful of table tennis bars, complementing old-school basement spots like Club Deportivo in Washington Heights.

Those hodgepodge locales formed a landing pad for Ortiz when she arrived in the city in 2016. Now, she wants to make her own mark on that landscape by creat-

ing spaces for New York’s youth to learn how to play table tennis.

Originally from the town of Bayaguana in the Dominican Republic, Ortiz left home at the age of 9 to attend a table tennis academy in Santo Domingo, the nation’s capital. She went to school in the morning and trained in the afternoon in hopes of playing at international tournaments as a member of the Dominican Republic’s national team. She dreamed of competing in the Olympics.

Ortiz eventually moved to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, where she attended college while training for the national team. Ortiz had just competed in the Pan American Games and the Latin American Table Tennis Championships with the national team when she learned that her mother was moving to New York City with two of Ortiz’s younger siblings — and wanted Ortiz to move with them.

She had not lived with her family for almost a decade by the time she moved to the United States.

“I was lost,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do at that point.”

At the age of 18, Ortiz found herself in Washington Heights in Manhattan with little knowledge of the city and little knowledge of English.

Through table tennis, Ortiz became more comfortable with her surroundings and her new life. She began frequenting Club Deportivo, where she started to make friends and play in tournaments and exhibitions. The people at the club even helped Ortiz and her family find an apartment in the Bronx.

Ortiz flirted with giving up the sport, but found her skills improving as she competed against players from around the world in local tournaments. She returned home and won the Dominican Republic’s national championships in 2017, a year after leaving.

Ortiz’s career was back on track, but new ambitions had emerged alongside it.

Before her big win, a man challenged her to a game at a SPIN table tennis club downtown. “I destroyed him,” she said.

That man was Jorge Perdomo, the now-retired principal of Public School 1 in the South Bronx. He invited Ortiz, who was around 19 at the time, to become a table tennis instructor for his after-school program. In a school system where roughly 42% of children are Hispanic, Perdomo thought Ortiz could be a role model for his students.

“I believe sports are really good for kids and that there is a different way to get students engaged in wanting to be part of the school community,” Perdomo said. “Yasiris was instantly, automatically in love with teaching kids.”

On her first visit to P.S. 1, Ortiz was impressed — Perdomo had three new tennis tables and even a robot that could assist with her training. He began to mentor her and helped her realize that she could earn a living through teaching.

Ortiz spent about two years working in the after-school program at P.S. 1. When she saw other students coming to the school to play in basketball leagues with branded uniforms and backpacks, she had the idea to start Spin & Learn, a nonprofit that would expand free table tennis programming to children across the city.

Coaches at Spin & Learn, which officially started in 2019, teach table tennis after classes and sometimes during school hours on lunch breaks, working students through drills, showing them how to warm up and focus and encouraging them to stay engaged — both at the tennis table and in class. Ortiz, one of

Yasiris Ortiz, center left, a table-tennis pro at a class for Spin & Learn, the nonprofit she started to bring the sport closer to children across New York, on March 4, 2026. Ortiz’s goal is to open a stand-alone training center with separate areas for student tutoring and homework.

the club’s coaches, also hosts tournaments for the students to compete in and show what they have learned.

Spin & Learn currently operates in 11 schools across the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn. Perdomo said that no student involved in the program at P.S. 1 during his time there had ever missed class.

“Since I learned so much through this sport, I wanted to always combine this with academics,” Ortiz said. “So not just creating a program that is for table tennis and sports, but for life skills, values, creating like a pathway for students to get to their careers.”

This month, Spin & Learn will expand its operations beyond schools for the first time, beginning with a 12-week program at the Police Athletic League’s New South Bronx Center. Ortiz’s goal is to open a stand-alone training center with separate areas for student tutoring and homework.

Ortiz has received opportunities outside of sports. She graduated from the City College of New York in 2023 with a degree in computer science and was offered a software engineering job. But she ultimately decided to stick with Spin & Learn.

“It was the kids,” she said, of what swayed her decision. “It was the impact on their lives.”

Tacia Maxwell-Cameron, a teacher at P.S. 1., said that while students might feel pressure to be perfect in the classroom, with table tennis there is more room for them to be agile and make their own quick decisions while solving problems.

Evelyn Encalada, a second grader participating in Spin & Learn at P.S. 1, said she wanted to be a teacher when she grew up and was enjoying learning to play table tennis.

“When I hit it, I’m proud of myself,” she said.

In the past, when Ortiz mentioned Spin & Learn, she said, most people would refer to it as a hobby or think that table tennis was purely recreational, not understanding how big the sport was and how seriously she took it. “Marty Supreme” has helped to change that perception, she said.

“Everybody is talking about the movie and even trying table tennis for fun,” Ortiz said. “It feels really good for our community in creating more awareness of the sport.”

David Silberman, a co-chief executive of PingPod, said that “Marty Supreme” was doing for table tennis what the Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit” had done for chess, and said he was seeing a sustained bump in demand for PingPods around New York.

As the sport’s popularity has grown, it has only served to help the students enrolled in Spin & Learn, Maxwell-Cameron said. Table tennis, she said, has allowed them to think outside the box about their futures.

“People go to the Olympics playing table tennis,” she said. “You just have no idea how far they can take this.”

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