OFG Bancorp (OFG) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(18 U.S.C. §1350)

In connection with Oriental Financial Group Inc.’s (“Oriental”) annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, José Rafael Fernández, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oriental, hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350), that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Oriental.

In witness whereof, I execute this certification in San Juan, Puerto Rico,this 16^th day of March, 2009.

By:  /s/ José Rafael Fernández  

José Rafael Fernández 

President and Chief Executive Officer