Author: Micah Sarmiento

  • Diamond in the cloth

    Diamond in the cloth

    A woman is a diamond, but here, in this country, she’s in a draw-string bag engulfed in cotton and velvet with only muted light peeking between the threads. Read more

  • COA orders OVP to return P375-M confidential fund liability

    Commission on Audit (COA) ordered the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to return P375 million in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), adding to its existing P73 million liability, in a notice of disallowance issued April 20, citing serious breaches of spending rules. COA directed Vice President Sara Duterte, special… Read more

  • Mr. Krabs and His Cents: 2% TOFI and the Striking Disproportion

    Mr. Krabs, the famously money-obsessed owner of the Krusty Krab, guards every cent as if his life depends on it. Beneath the caricature of greed, however, lies a simpler truth: having grown up with almost nothing, every coin represents security.  Read more

  • It’s Noche Buena Again

    It’s Noche Buena Again

    To listen to faint music of the bells, To see cousins who you’ve lost touch with. To sit at a long table with the side of my father, To feast on the food prepared by my mother. It’s a dull weight on the shoulders.  To pick at your rice amidst… Read more