[1] Various government agencies held meetings to discuss health protocols due to the still prevailing COVID-19 pandemic to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19 among attendees of the State of the Nation Address (SONA).

[7] Prior to the start of President Rodrigo Duterte's speech, a prayer was conducted which was followed by the singing of "Lupang Hinirang", the national anthem, by Morissette.

[9] He started with describing his administration's intention as "pure and unpolluted" and characterized the past five years of his presidency as "truly challenging and humbling" before thanking frontliners for the contribution in responding against the COVID-19 pandemic.

[8] Duterte mentioned the decongestion of traffic on EDSA, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila, amidst the community quarantine measure touting that his administration has "taken away misery of public commuting".

Duterte mentioned other actions which he considered as his administration's accomplishments including the extension of the validity of driver's licenses to 10 years, going after water concessionaires, and improvements in the Philippine economy prior to the onset of the pandemic.