MANILA: Nine women are among the ten examinees with the highest marks in the 2024 Shari'ah bar examinations (SBE), the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, chairperson of the 2024 SBE, announced that a total of 183 out of 853 examinees, or 21.45 percent, passed the first digitalized and regionalized special exams for the Shari'ah courts. The top ten passers are Punginagina, Nurhaifah Hadji Said (86.75%); Gubat, Sittie Nasriyyah Gani (86.10%); Alonto, Sittie Fairoza Yahya (86.02%); Suwalawan-Hadjinoor, Jonaina Diamla (85.57%); Mambuay, Ayesha Aminah Alonto (85.35%); Usodan, Fatimah Sohra Lucman (85.10%); Acmad, Aznairah Orpilla (84.87%); Barapangcat, Abdulwasi Aleem (84.40%); Abdulmalik, Saaduddin Sharief (84.30%); Al-Namit, Maria Belen Arceno (83.75%); and Said, Normalah Pangcoga (83.75%). The SC said the Oath-Taking and Roll Signing Ceremonies of the successful SBE passers would be held on August 14, 2024 at the Manila Hotel. The 2024 SBE were held last Apr il 28 and May 2 at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City, and the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City. It adopted the use of the computer-based program Examplify, which the examinees used to take the tests digitally in their respective testing centers. The 2024 SBE examiners were Dean Norhabib Bin Suod S. Barodi (Persons, Family Relations and Property); Atty. Yaser H. Apion (Jurisprudence [Fiqh] and Customary Laws [Adat]); Judge Macaundas M. Hadjirasul (Procedure in Shari'ah Courts); and Judge Jamel T. Mamutuk (Succession, Wills/Adjudication and Settlement of Estate). Source: Philippines News Agency