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• 'No Smoking' in Palace of Justice  

Jump to full article: Cebu Daily News (ph), 2010-03-22
Author: Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Reporter

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NO smoking in courts please.

The Supreme Court made this request as it reiterated calls to avoid smoking inside public buildings after three lawyers were seen smoking inside the Public Information Office of the SC building in Ermita, Manila.

In an en banc resolution penned by Associate Justice Arturo Brion, the high court said the courts should designate areas for smoking.

The high court warned lawyers Brandon Domingo, Leo Felix Domingo, and Emiliana Helen Ubongen that a repetition of any prohibited smoking under the law and against internal court policies shall be dealt with more severely.

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