Crisis panel tasked to handle kidnapping of salon operator

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines  – Police and local government authorities activated a crisis management committee to deal with the kidnapping of a salon operator in Ipil town in Zamboanga Sibugay. 

Ipil town Mayor Eldwin Alibutdan said the CMC, which he chairs, had not received information on whether the kidnappers have contacted the family of Luicita Galvez Morrison, 34, owner of RL Salon and a live-in partner of British national Raymund George Morrison, who was seized Sunday night from her salon in Barangay Magdaup, Ipil town.

The provincial joint peace and security control center, chaired by the Army’s 102nd Brigade chief Brig. Gen. Santiago Baluyot, was also mobilized to help track down the whereabouts of the Morrison.

Unconfirmed reports said the kidnappers demanded a P10-million ransom.