Tag: Bayanihan To Recover As One Act

Senate approves proposed Bayanihan law 2 on third reading

(Eagle News) — The Senate on Tuesday, July 28, approved the proposed Bayanihan To Recover As One Act on third reading. Voting 22-1, senators gave the green light to Senate Bill 1564 that, if passed into law, would provide an additional P140 billion  for the country’s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to pass the same. The President made the call as he thanked […]

President Duterte calls on Congress to pass proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, July 27, called on Congress to pass the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. The President made the call in his fifth State of the Nation Address, as he thanked Congress for passing the Bayanihan We Heal as One Act at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bayanihan We Heal as One Act, also known as the first Bayanihan law, granted President Duterte additional powers […]

House Committee of the Whole approves proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act

(Eagle News)–The House Committee of the Whole approved on Wednesday night the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act. With the approval of House Bill 6953, lawmakers came closer to virtually enhancing and extending the  Bayanihan to Heal As One Act or Republic Act 11469, which had granted President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the COVID19 crisis, to September. The Bayanihan to Heal As One Act which was passed by both chambers of Congress […]