The laptop brand I trust the most in the Philippines is Acer. But if I were I would buy a desktop instead first. My issue with laptops is they often start with a small of amount of RAM and they aren't cheap compare to their desktop counterparts.
You can get a better deal with desktop with more RAM. I'd say focus on more and multi-core processors. Get and SSD drive if you can.
Get at least 8GB RAM if you insist a laptop still.
agree lods, per o maganda kase sa laptop pwede niyay dalhin sa school, pero may computer lab naman siguro sila pag mag proprogram na sila kaya mas maganda desktop