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CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT
 
32.1
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 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
 
September
 
30,
 
2023
 
(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, 2023
/s/ Aurelio Alemán
Name: Aurelio Alemán
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer