TCI: Bottle Creek Clinic hold Up: Response to the Premier

#Providenciales, 31 December, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – Happy New Year to Middle and North Caicos, and the entire Turks and Caicos. May God continue to shine his grace upon all of you and your families.

Today it is with a heavy heart that I inform you all, that the accusations made against me and my company, Jaca TCI Ltd. by The Premier in the December 20-27 Issue, Volume 15 – No. 50 of the Sun News Paper, are completely and utterly incorrect.

Unfortunately I can only say that either your team did not advise you of the facts or you have intentionally released false information. Its gives me no pleasure in bringing to light the factual events which occurred during the Bottle Creek Clinic Project, but it is imperative that the people of Bottle Creek and the entire Turks and Caicos Islands know the truth.

Madam Premier, you stated: “The Bottle Creek Clinic was a fight from (the time) we got elected.” I’m confused about this statement. I can provide numerous emails to the contrary. In fact the Permanent Secretary for that department and EMS department staff can attest to all the emails I sent requesting to begin the Project. The Honorable Derek Taylor Intervention was done at the request of my colleague Jeff Lee on behalf of Jaca TCI Ltd.

Madam Premier the budget for The Bottle Creek Clinic was $1.8 million. My initial bid came in a little over that, I was asked to come within the budget and to do value engineering and show savings on the project. I then came in with a price of a little over $1.5 million. Recommencement of work after negotiations was $68,000, which led to me creating savings of over $140,000. The Bottle Creek Clinic came in below budget and still as a state of the art Clinic for the people of Bottle Creek.

Unfortunately I think you are confusing this project with the Promenade, where you and your team had to shuffle figures around to find monies near or around the amount of $900,000. Madam Premier please explain to the people of North and Middle Caicos and the entire Turks and Caicos Islands, why that project had doubled. One can only assume why.

The ditch you are claiming I did not dig, was outside my scope of work, and outside the scope of the bid. This ditch was something Fortis TCI asked for which would allow them to upgrade per their master plan for that area. Your EMS department asked for quotes from a few persons. I ended up with it two weeks ago.

You also mention that the temporary power had to be sourced. Madam Premier, two days before your so call opening of the Bottle Creek Clinic, to save face for my friend Ralph Higgs, not you, I personally went and turn on that power in my name.

Here in the Twin Islands we are our brothers keepers. What affects Ralph affects me and the entire community of North and Middle Caicos. I will continue to say Ralph is a good person, but that he is led by a party which does not care about the people of North and Middle Caicos. Madam Premier, please tell the people what the PDM has ever done for the Twin Islands.

Madam Premier please tell me and the people of the Twin Islands where is the truth in anything you have said in that article, it is all lies.

In an effort to clear my name, my company name and receive a public apology, I have decide to take this matter to court, where everything, all factual details will come out. As all information presented by you in that article is False.

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. May God continue to Bless and Protect the people of Turks and Caicos Islands.

FROM ARLINGTON “CHUCK” MUSGROVE ED #4 CANDIDATE