Yes Philippines starting now to accept crypto currency but selected area only not the entire Philippines , and base on my research as of now bitcoin can be use only as a payment method through fast-food and selected groceries aroud manila. But it's a good start , because for sure in the near future more filipino will adopt cyrpto currency because of being so useful and friendly used especially when it comes withdrawal, sending money and buying goods.
Well, In my own opinion. As of now, Bitcoin is not legal yet it can be used as a transaction in the Philippines. Regarding to your research that they used bitcoin in fast food and groceries I do not think they implement to used it. I know that in other countries like South korea they used it as a payment method but in the Philippines its not yet used like that.However, hopefully they can use it that way because for me its a sign of developing countries.