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CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18,
United States Code)
Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 (subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63
of Title 18, United
States
Code),
the
undersigned
officer
of
First
BanCorp.,
a
Puerto
Rico
corporation
(the
“Company”),
does
hereby
certify,
to
such
officer’s knowledge, that:
The Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2022 (the “Form l0-Q”) of the
Company fully complies with the
requirements
of
section
l3(a)
or
15(d)
of
the
Securities
Exchange
Act
of
1934
and
information
contained
in
the
Form
10-Q
fairly
presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company.
Date: November 8, 2022
/s/ Aurelio Alemán
Name: Aurelio Alemán
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer