When I lived in the Philippines - working in Manila - I knew a few filipinos that were transferred to overseas branches of the foreign corporate they were working for. One went to Singapore, one went to the US and the other two went to Aus. The thing they all had in common was working for an international corporation.

I feel you though, I couldn’t hack living in the Philippines long term, so bailed after a couple of years. Fantastic place for partying though.