survey done by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Tartlet, R. K. 2001). Effect of Coronavirus Pandemic to Businesses in CAR According to the National Economic and Development Authority – CAR (2019), the region has had positive economic growth over the past years from 2013-2018. However, according to the same agency, it has reported that various sectors in the region incurred more than P15.6 billion in losses with the implementation of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to contain the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (See, D. A. 2020). According to Catajan (2020), the tourism sector in CAR recorded a loss of P1.4 billion with expected arrivals lost pegged at 327,637 from March to April representing forgone tourist expenditures for two (2) months; and a total of 186 tourism establishments and 277 tour guides have been displaced in the region. The suspension of the annual Panagbenga or the Baguio Flower Festival and other local festivals have also led to the drop in tourism and agriculture sales. In the agricultural sector, 58,576 affected vegetable and livestock farmers with 24,300 losing their jobs, equating to P9.543 million lost in income. In the productive sector, at least 13,239 employees have been affected by the pandemic which halted work for almost two (2) months. According to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), there are 13,999 out of 24,716 micro small and medium scale enterprises in the entire region which temporarily closed, while 651 cooperatives halted operations, thus losing the unrealized sale of consumer goods and forgone income from loan penalties, rentals, and bookings.The infrastructure sector has also lost P3,625,749,547.51 in the subsectors of health facilities, transportation, communication, and other infrastructure. Government Response to Losses Due to COVID According to the National Government Portal (www.gov.ph), the Philippine government has implemented COVID-19 financial and loan assistance programs to cushion the economic damages to the people brought about by the lockdown, among of which are the following:  16 P a g e Social Amelioration Program (SAP) or Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – aims to provide cash or non-cash subsidy to 18 million household beneficiaries, in the amount of at least P5,000 to a maximum of P8,000 per month for 2 months, for basic food, medicine, and toiletries. In the Cordillera Administrative Region, a total of 299,000 families have benefited from the first tranche of CHR CAR REGIONAL HR SITUATION REPORT – JANUARY to JUNE 2020