I don't know if people have observed this, but the columns at the upper tier of the San Agustin facade are not Corinthian. They are Tuscan columns but instead of the entablature sitting directly into it; between them are square Corinthian capitals.
I don't know if it is merely a result of illiteracy or if this is really the intention of the architect to add flavor to its Baroque-ness and mannerisms comedy. This was designed and built during the Late-Renaissance period after all. I supposed the latter since the lower tier is in a very sophisticated ionic baroque design, and is in no way a work of an illiterate architect. And as they say, The only way to properly break the rule and it would still work is to know the rule, then break it, and then follow it., Michaelangelo is known to do this.
The Philippines is no stranger to such strange classicism. I have seen this in the Museo de la Salle arch (built in modern times). A design that I assumed they followed from an existing old building somewhere (Maybe this church itself). But instead of Corinthian capitals, they used Ionic.
photo from: allaboutjoseph Tumblr
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