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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MARTINO EMILIO   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST BANCORP /PR/ [FBP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP and CLO (Last) (First) (Middle) P.O. BOX 9146 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/21/2019 (Street) SAN JUAN, PR 00908-0146 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 03/21/2019   F   5,743 (1) D $ 11.16 201,588 D   First BanCorp Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 03/21/2019   A   4,409 (2) A (2) 205,997 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Share Unit

(3)

03/21/2019

A

6,612

03/21/2022

(3)

Common Stock

6,612

$ 0

18,611

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MARTINO EMILIO P.O. BOX 9146 SAN JUAN, PR 00908-0146			EVP and CLO

Signatures

/s/Emilio Martino		03/25/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares withheld to cover taxes related to a restricted stock that vested on March 21, 2019 pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock award made on March 21, 2017.
(2)	Shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to the First BanCorp Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended. The shares shall fully vest solely on the basis of the passage of time over a three year period, with 50% vesting on year two or March 21, 2021 and the remaining 50% vesting on year three or March 21, 2022.
(3)	Performance Share Units granted as a performance award, vesting based upon degree of achievement of performance goal. Each performance right represents a contingent right to receive one share of FBP common stock. At the end of the performance period, 100% of the award is paid in common stock free of restrictions. If the final amount is less than 100% of the share units, the balance is forfeited to the Corporation.

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