THE Ombudsman said it is filing shortly graft charges against former Rep. and now Mayor Monico Puentevella of Bacolod and Department of Education Regional Director Victorino Tirol Jr. for the purchase of overpriced information technology (IT) equipment in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

The two earlier refuted the findings of the Ombudsman regarding their alleged unilateral awarding of the IT contract to Merryland Publishing Corp. without public bidding despite the fact that the personal computers and IT peripherals were overpriced.

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