September 11, 2020
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11494
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY INTERVENTIONS AND PROVIDING MECHANISMS TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY AND BOLSTER THE RESILIENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known and cited as "Bayanihan to Recover as One Act."
SECTION 2. State of National Emergency. — Presidential Proclamation No. 922, s. 2020, was issued declaring a state of public health emergency throughout the Philippines due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Thus, Republic Act No. 11469 or the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" was enacted declaring a state of national emergency over the entire country to control the spread of the disease. However, the rise of confirmed cases of COVID-19, and the serious threat to the health, safety, security, and lives of our countrymen persist. The severe disruption to livelihood and all other productive activity were reflected in the country's economic contraction during the first semester of 2020. In view of unabated spread of...
