Philemon Embel OBE is a Member of Parliament for Nipa-Kutubu, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Ordered to take station within 100 yards of a group of nipa huts close to the trail, Henrechon advanced and stood guard as the leader and his scout party first searched the surrounding deep grasses, then moved into the open area before the huts.
Advancing with the scout party to reconnoiter a group of nipa huts close to the trail, Catherwood unhesitatingly entered the open area before the huts, where his party was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and charged by approximately 20 enemy Moros coming out from inside the native huts and from other concealed positions.
Wood was used for trusses to support the roof, which originally was made of cogon grass and was later replaced with nipa.
The parish of Silay was established in 1776 and its first church was built of light materials: bamboo, cogon grass and nipa palm.