Hardware and warranty issues!

I have an iPhone 5 32gb that was bought in Taiwan by brother and gave to me as a gift. He have gone to Taiwan as a vacation. After a month of using it, I noticed that the volume controls stuck when pushed, and only one speaker at the bottom works! I asked a local Mac store here in the Philippines if they could fixed / replaced the unit since it is still under warranty. They told me that the only units they can replace are those units bought here only in the Philippines from April 12 onwards.
Can anybody please help me on this. Is it true that they can only replace or fix units availed here in the Philippines.
If it is, can you give me any suggestion?

"only one speaker at the bottom works! "
As Tonefox said, there is only one speaker at the bottom of the iphone.
". Is it true that they can only replace or fix units availed here in the Philippines."
Yes.  The warranty is only valid in the country of original purchase.

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