Hello I own a Real Estate company in Cebu City, If we can be of any help to you in the future please get in touch, I have a large group of friends here, whom are in all types of employment and so could be helpful in pointing you in the right direction in your search for work, I realize you are not planning on coming to Cebu, but I can highly recommend this City.
The expat community is tighter here, the city is much less crowded and there is more of what you would expect in terms of Pacific Island living going on in this part of the Philippines. All that being said, Cebu is becoming a prosperous and sophisticated Industrial / Commercial city as well. You might find that it is the right recipe for the Philippines.