Fr. Pedro “Pete” Montallana, a Franciscan priest and tireless advocate for the protection of the Sierra Madre mountain ranges ...

The Philippines has lost a champion of the environment and indigenous people with the death of Franciscan priest Father Pedro ...

Indigenous groups have also lamented that their right to roam the Sierra Madre has been constrained by checkpoints and dam site closure enforced by Philippine security forces since 2020.

Fr. Pete stood alongside IP leaders, rights groups and environmental NGOs in putting a stop to the Kaliwa Dam.

Quezon to Malacañang for nine days to protest the dam’s construction due to a myriad of environmental and social impacts on the Sierra Madre mountain range. “Our lives and our livelihoods are ...