Thanks for the advice! I believe you are right as I've searched Google and found only one thing about it concerning the Philippines and it was from a post on here funnily enough! The person basically says the same thing as you did, that it is not needed in the Philippines! I'll trust you and the other post! I've never heard anything about it since I've been a member of this forum and it's highly unlikely that it's new to the Philippines especially hearing no posts about it! Anyway, that just means it's less hassle for me!
Thanks again :-)