He completed his primary and secondary education in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class.
As editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian, Sarmiento melded the University of the Philippines student newspaper into an independent though solitary voice against martial law rule at a time when the mass media was under the control of the Marcos government.
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In 1967, Sarmiento, Jr. enrolled at the University of the Philippines in Diliman where he joined the Alpha Phi Beta fraternity.
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His father, Abraham, was a well-known lawyer and close friend of President Diosdado Macapagal who would be appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines years after his son's death.
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After the ouster of the Marcos government, Abraham Sarmiento would be appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
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