Possible Clues:

• Person from the Philippines
• Tagalog speaker
• Imelda Marcos, for one
• Islander getting half-hearted boost on island? Not so
• From Manila, perhaps
• Asian climbing on island, going under spur, say
• Manila man
• Asian type of pastry I secure inside
• Asian pastry — one thing to roll it must be imported
• Balikbayan box recipient