I wasn’t sure if Phillipino or Indonesian. Saw this woman had travelled to Dubai as well. Lots of questions. Who was the woman and man (Asian or Hispanic) walking through the crowd 45 minutes before the shooting? Lots of questions.
Filipinos are both Asian and Hispanic. The fact that their country was a Spanish colony for more than 300 years (1565-1898) means that a lot of them have Spanish ancestry. For example, my wife claims to be 1/4 European, so she doesn’t have the slanted eyes that are so common in Asia. That is also why Filipinos have Spanish-sounding names. And 80-85 percent of them are Catholic for the same reason.
I talked about all that in recent episodes of my podcast.
https://www.blubrry.com/hoseasia/