If I have to pay someone who is in the philippines and is a total normie not into crypto, I normally tell them to make a coins.ph account, tell me the bitcoin address associated to their account, and send them bitcoin which they now can directly convert into php.
Convenient, but very pricey in terms of fees and conversion rate.
Any other alternative you guys are aware of?
Unfortunately, unless the person you're transacting with is willing to learn the ropes a bit and transact peer-to-peer, you're out of luck. Coins.ph is simply the easiest option due to the far better UI/UX and due to the variety of withdrawal options.
Next to Coins.ph would probably be Abra, also an exchange, but with slightly worse UI and less withdrawal methods, but the fees tend to be lower.
I've created a short thread in the past comparing Coins.ph and Abra's fees:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5174388