Just like they own most of that Manila suburb.

The opposition candidate who seemed to have the best chance of winning a Senate seat was Joseph Estrada, a popular movie actor and former mayor of a Manila suburb.

A police spokesman said bodyguards were assigned to Mr. Ferrer and his family after a note was delivered to their home in a Manila suburb Friday.

The officer, Capt. Edilberto Adeva, was arrested late Saturday in his father's house in a Manila suburb, officials said.

Nerez said he was attending an international school in a Manila suburb.

Three gunmen today killed Jaime Ferrer, a member of President Corazon C. Aquino's Cabinet, on a busy street near his home in a Manila suburb.

Police gunfire scattered 2,000 people in a demonstration outside a tobacco factory in the Manila suburb of Marikina.

Fear 'Under Your Skin' "You don't consciously articulate the fear to yourself, but it's there," said an American woman who lives in an exclusive Manila suburb.

There are several co-defendants, including Mr. Estrada's son, Jose Ejercito, who has just ended a term as mayor of San Juan, a Manila suburb.

Mr. Estrada promised to move residents whose homes were destroyed to safer locations during a visit to the dump in a Manila suburb, saying 2,000 to 3,000 houses are available.