The new port will cut travel time between Negros and Panay islands
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and provide Iloilo sugar planters with an alternative milling option in Negros Occidental, home to Asia’s largest sugar refinery. , one of the priciest tourism destinations in Western Visayas, has its own airstrip for light passenger aircraft and was the filming location of the 1970s moviestarring 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and the late Vic Vargas.
In the nearby Sagay City, two operational sugar mills – Lopez and Bato sugar centrals – also process sugarcane.
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