He is also a board member and a resource person for training programs of the Gamot Cogon Institute or GCI, based in Iloilo, Philippines.
32.
Pine trees are usually used to build the houses, especially for wealthy families, while bark bamboo and cogon grass is used by the poor.
33.
Grasslands-The grasslands are characterized by the dominance of Cogon grass ( " Imperata cylindrica " ) and " Saccharum spontaneum ".
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On the other hand, roofs made of cogon / nipa / anahaw declined from 69.6 % in 1990 to 50.3 % in 2000.
35.
In 1850, the town had some 1, 983 houses constructed like most Philippine houses, some made of wood, most of bamboo and cogon grass.
36.
In the same year, Mat-i was renamed President Roxas, Cogon-Bingkay was renamed Salvacion, and sitio Pamoblaran was converted into barrio San Antonio.
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In 1595, a temporary building made of bamboo and cogon was built to serve as shelter for the patients who journeyed to Mainit to seek cures for their ailments.
38.
Otherwise, words of local origin are written and spelled in the native manner along Spanish spelling rules ( " jendeh ", " cogon " ).
39.
The first church made up of wood and cogon grass as its roof was also established in San Antonio but was eventually burned down by the flaming arrows of marauding Aetas.
40.
Cogon Grass, a highly-invasive rhizome, first introduced to the area as packing material in satsuma trees imported from Asia, has now become a serious Southeastern agricultural problem.
