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/
Thought you might find this clip interesting: Taxi driver perspective from Mandalay Bay Hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_3RQlKJb0&feature=youtu.be