Filipinos top tipplers in Southeast Asia: survey

"We discovered that overall consumption levels of alcohol among affluent Filipinos have risen steadily in the country by four percent since last year," it said.

"Rising alcohol consumption levels would both indicate that more affluent Filipinos have higher levels of disposable income and more social time on their hands to indulge themselves over drinks," Synovate's Carole Sarthou was quopted as saying by AFP.