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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-22-055078
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221030
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221101
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221101

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VILLAMIL FELIX
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001217324

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14793
		FILM NUMBER:		221351376

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 9146
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST BANCORP /PR/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				660561882
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE
		STREET 2:		SANTURCE
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908-0146
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7877298200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1519 PONCE DE LEON AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 9146
		CITY:			SAN JUAN
		STATE:			PR
		ZIP:			00908-0146
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>00908</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>PUERTO RICO</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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                <value>First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share</value>
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                <value>2022-10-30</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares withheld to cover taxes related to restricted stock that vested on October 30, 2022 pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock award made on October 30, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents shares of restricted stock issued on October 30, 2022 pursuant to the First BanCorp Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, which vest solely on the basis of the passage of time over a one-year period on October 30, 2023.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Sara Alvarez, Esq., Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-11-01</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FILINGS UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED AND
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

Sara Alvarez-Cabrero, Esq. with
full power of substitution, as the undersigneds true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity
as: (a) Director of the Board of Directors of First BanCorp. and/or FirstBank
Puerto Rico; (b) in any other capacity related to any of these entities; or (c)
in
the undersigned's individual capacity, all documents, certificates, instruments,

statements, filings and agreements ("documents") to be filed with or delivered
in
accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the
rules
and regulations thereunder;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute and timely file any such
documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever that, in the opinion of
such
attorneys-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing
authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorneys-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney
shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorneys-in-
fact may approve.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying
and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact?s
substitute or substitutes, have lawfully done or cause to be done or shall
lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the
rights
and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned,
is not assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the
Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file documents under the Securities Act and

the Exchange Act with respect to securities held by the undersigned, unless
earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Limited Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a

confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney
to be executed as of this 5th day of November, 2020.


/s/ Felix M. Villamil

Agreed to and Accepted by:

/s/ Sara Alvarez-Cabrero


Affidavit Number 505

	Sworn and subscribed before me by Sara Alvarez-Cabrero
of legal age, single, attorney at law and resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in
her capacity as Secretary of the Board of Directors of
First BanCorp. and FirstBank Puerto Rico, respectively, who are personally known
to
me.


Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 5th day of November 2020.

[SEAL] 	/s/ Stephanie Cummings, Esq.
	Notary Public

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