Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan 2017 - The Result

Kerinah Mah the Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan 2017 state level

The Kaamatan celebration for this year is already reaching its peak with Unduk Ngadau Kaamatan crowning moment with resulting Miss Kerinah Mah representing Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu beat the other 43 participants representing each district (except Banggi - disqualified). That being said the former Unduk Ngadau 2016, Sherry Anne Laujang passing the baton to continue the Huminodun legacy. The state-level pageant is held on the 31st of May annually at the Hongkod Koisaan building in Penampang, and is the highlight and ending point of the month-long Kaamatan celebrations.

Below is the full result

TOP 7
1. Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu - Kerinah Mah
2. Penampang - Shareene Francis Loudin
3. Papar - Arveyna Pamella Januin
4. Likas - Angel Sungkadhamai Marshal
5. Tambunan - Bibiana Artecca
6. Klang Valley - Sharlina Gilbert Mojinun
7. Tuaran - Vannesa Claria

The last time representative from DBKK won was in 2014 (Cheryl Lynn Pinsius) and also the previous year (2013 - Immaculate Lojuki).

Interesting fact:-

The representative from the district of Penampang has won the most titles (Unduk Ngadau state level) by 7 times followed by Tanjung Aru (4 times) and Kota Kinabalu & Inanam (both 3 times).

Most district to produce state level Unduk Ngadau winner (Since 1987)
1. Penampang (7 times)
2. Tanjung Aru (4 times)
3. Kota Kinabalu (3 times)
3. Inanam (3 times)
5. Tuaran (2 times)
5. Putatan (2 times)
7. Several district such as Klang Vally (Daphne Iking), Telupid (Melinda Louis) and many more won for the very first time (hope not the last though).

Big thanks to Carrybeans and Millenium Production for taking the big step to do a facebook live streaming coverage that gathered all the fans throughout the world. At one point the live viewers reached at peak as 20,000 viewers!




 

Puntung, the Sumatran rhino, is dying

Puntung, the three legged Rhino is dying

KOTA KINABALU: All hope of saving Puntung – one of the remaining three Sumatran rhinos in Sabah – is gone after veterinarians confirmed that she is dying of squamous cell cancer. 

Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said Puntung had earlier undergone dental surgery, which was believed could save her and her species. 

However, euthanasia is now being considered. 

“We thought that we had saved her from her life-threatening dental infection a few months ago. 

“But now, it turns out that that the swelling on Puntung’s left cheek that alerted us to the infected tooth root had a more serious origin,” he said when contacted. 

He said the swelling on Puntung’s cheek had progressed after her surgery and two subsequent biopsies revealed she has squamous cell carcinoma. 

Tuuga said the cancer has been spreading rapidly over the past few weeks and specialists from several countries agree that it would be fatal – with or without treatment. 

“As of today, Puntung can no longer breathe through her left nostril. She can no longer vocalise, she is in pain and her condition is declining fast. 

“Other than administering painkillers, there is nothing more anyone can do,” he said. 

Veterinarians and other specialists are now making preparations to perform Oocyte retrieval (the process of collecting mature eggs directly from a female’s ovaries, prior to their release from ovarian follicles) on Puntung. If the procedure is succesful, Puntung may be able to contribute to the survival of her species. 

Sabah’s Sumatran rhino population has dwindled to just three specimens in captivity, with the animal considered extinct in the wild. 

TheStar