MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino Dy 3rd has denied that there were budget insertions in the ongoing bicameral conference committee (Bicam) deliberations on the 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways, calling the allegations "inaccurate and misleading." His statement comes after the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)/ revealed that Dy and House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairman Mikaela Suansing had the highest insertions made in the 2026 House General Appropriations Bill (HGAB) from the proposal made by DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon. According to the PCIJ., Dy has made P2.68 billion in insertions in the budget, while Suansing has P1.773 billion in insertions. Dy said that the PCIJ report suggesting that lawmakers were secretly adding funds or provisions during the bicam deliberations were "false" and misrepresented how the national budget is finalized,. He added that all items in the House version of the budget underwent the proper process and were approved by members of the House even before the bicam deliberations began “Lahat po ng nilalaman ng ating panukalang batas—kasama na ang mga pondo, probisyon, at programa—ay dumaan sa tamang proseso. Iyan ay inaprubahan ng buong House of Representatives sa ikatlong pagbasa, at bago pa man magsimula ang BICAM, naipasa na ito, (All the contents of our budget bill- including the provisions, funds, and programs- went through the right process. This was approved by the entire House of Representatives in the third reading, and before the Bicam deliberations began, was already passed)," Dy said.