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Neil Jayson Servallos - The Philippine Star
February 16, 2026 | 12:00am
Sen. Robinhood Padilla presides over a public hearing of the Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs, joint with the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, at the Senate on February 13, 2026.
Ryan Baldemor / The Philippine STAR
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robinhood Padilla on Friday apologized to people offended by his controversial remarks calling today’s youth “weak” amid rising suicide cases.
Padilla maintained that strict measures, including a total ban on social media for children aged 16 and below, are necessary to address the youth mental health crisis.
Facing backlash online and from mental health advocates, Padilla said the controversy served a purpose: to force a national conversation on the impact of the digital age on children.
Addressing television host Kim Atienza, who had reminded Padilla that “depression is not a simple matter of generational divide,” the senator said, “Paumanhin po.”
