Manila, Oct. 10 -- Speaker Faustino Dy III on Friday assured the public that the 2026 national budget is being crafted with full transparency and accountability, as the House of Representatives has put in place new systems to open the budget process to public scrutiny and strengthen oversight during implementation.

In a radio interview, Dy said one of his first reforms he instituted as Speaker of the 20th Congress was the creation of the Budget Amendments and Revisions Sub-Committee (BARSc) -- the body tasked to review and realign appropriations -- and the decision to livestream all its proceedings so that every Filipino can see how lawmakers deliberate and realign funds.

"Isa na po rito ang ginagawa po natin, meron po tayong livestream...