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This paper deals with sub-national politics in one province of the Philippines, Negros Occidental. The Negros oligarchy, developed within the few final decades of Spanish colonialism, have re-established themselves in power under democratic auspices in the last quarter-century. This paper is a study of oligarchic domination within a democratic political system. Under this broader heading, there is a specific focus on the role of violence in the Negros oligarchs’ practice of multidimensional political, economic, social and cultural control and domination.