A WINNING vice-mayor of a city in Negros Oriental province was slapped with graft charges after the Office of the Ombudsman discovered P104-million transactions that allegedly bypassed public bidding.

The Ombudsman slapped former mayor and now vice mayor-elect Ernesto Reyes of Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental with four counts of graft after state investigators uncovered shady purchase of vehicles, road construction programs, and loan take-out.

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