Philippines. National Capital Region. Manila. Paradise village. A father and his five children stand in their wooden hut and look through the window. A laundry with clean clothes is hanging on a rope and drying in the sun. Paradise village has a population of 15'000 people and is a part of Barangay Tonsuya situated on Lettre Road in Malabon. Manila is part of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Luzon island. Manila is the capital of the Philippines and one of the sixteen cities that comprise Metro Manila. Metro Manila is the most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines. © 1999 Didier Ruef