INQToday: Marcos eyes radical solution in West PH Sea row

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

Marcos eyes radical solution in West PH Sea row

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is calling for a paradigm shift in the West Philippine Sea dispute, said the Palace on Tuesday.

“It’s time that the countries that feel that they have an involvement in this situation, we have to come up with a paradigm shift,” Marcos told Japanese media.

Castro welcomes SMNI programs’ suspension: It’s long overdue but start of accountability

ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro has maintained that the suspension of two Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) programs — including Gikan Sa Masa, Para Sa Masa which features former president Rodrigo Duterte — has been long overdue.

Nevertheless, Castro said on Tuesday that this is still a welcome development, hoping that the suspension orders handed down by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) earlier would be the start of extracting accountability from the network.

Tolentino leaves blue ribbon committee to fulfill pledge to head it for short time

Senator Francis Tolentino formally announced he is leaving his post as the chairperson of Senate committee on accountability of public officers and investigations.

The panel is also known as the blue ribbon committee.

Jonathan Majors convicted of assault, dropped from Marvel films

Actor Jonathan Majors, a rising Hollywood star who had been set to play the leading role in an upcoming Marvel superhero film, was found guilty by a New York jury on Monday on charges he attacked his ex-girlfriend in the back of a car.

Shortly after the verdict, a spokesperson for Walt Disney- owned Marvel said the studio had dropped the actor from future projects. Majors portrayed a villain known as Kang the Conqueror in this year’s “Ant-Man” movie and was scheduled to play the lead role in 2026 release “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.”