Tiger beer is from Singapore . . .You must mean San Miguel . . . a bit sweet, but not a bad drop.
I have to go to the Philippines every couple of weeks and I'd put it on par with Thailand in terms of corruption, though violence is more possible there . . . every man and his dog has a gun - see my thread on pictures from abroad.
Flippie food is the worst in Asia, though the seafood courts by the water are good value . . .
The accent? Geez, how grating can an accent be . . .nothing lilting Spanish about it, I'm afraid, more like a really bad mixture of American and Yuck. But the advantage over Thailand is that very many people speak English.
Manila is a dump.
My business is on Mindanao, not a good place to be right now, and Manila but there are so very many beautiful islands and even more beautiful beaches . . .
Between the two, TH and PI, I'd choose .......neither, to live