The Philippines was occupied by the Spanish Empire from 1565 to 1898. For an occupation that long it really puzzles me why we aren't a Spanish-speaking country. In our history classes during elementary and high school we were told that Spanish was only taught exclusively to the rich. But I don't really buy that since almost all of their former colonies in the Americas speak Spanish. So what's with our case?
Mainly because the Spaniards didn't deal with us Filipinos the same way they did their closer colonies. More can always be said on the matter, so any further input is welcome; for the meantime, u/KippyPowers has examined the language issue, and also has a further examination on how it went down.