Samoa September 7-8 Public Holidays Could Be Extended

Sources: The Samoa Observer (Apia) and Samoa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Samoa has re-confirmed the September 7-8 public holidays declared to give Samoans practice at driving on the right. In fact, faced with criticisms, Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, quipped that "if two public holidays is not enough for the switch, the government can extend it to one month" further adding that "there’s no law to stop us from having a month off work".

Netherlands Antilles Urged To Declare Emancipation Day Public Holiday

Sources: Netherlands Antilles Daily Herald (Philipsburg) and Netherlands Antilles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Netherlands Antilles Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL), Theophilus Thompson, and Windward Islands Civil Servants/Private Sector Union (WICSU/PSU) President, William Reed, have announced that they will lobby the government to declare Emancipation Day a public holiday.

Australia Northen Territory Public Holiday Update

Sources: Northern Territory News (Darwin) and Australia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Northern Territory Committee co-chair, Fran Kilgariff, has responded for recent calls for Territory Day to become a public holiday by saying that such a public holiday would be fitting "when we do become a state".

Azerbaijan Considering Additional Public Holidays This Summer

Sources: Trend News (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has announced that non-working public holidays would be declared this summer if, as expected, daily temperatures exceed 41 degrees.

Mexico Confirms July 5 Electoral Public Holiday

Sources: Ensenada (Mexicali) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mexico's Secretary of Labour (Secretario del Trabajo y Previsión Social) has confirmed that the date of the upcoming legislative elections, Sunday, July 5, 2009, is a non-working public holiday.

Thailand Declares July 8 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Bangkok Post (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). As had been expected, the Thai Cabinet has extended the upcoming Asarnha Bucha long weekend for Government workers by declaring an additional public sector holiday on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

Indonesia Confirms July 8 Electoral Public Holiday

Sources: American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (Jakarta) and Indonesia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The date of the upcoming Indonesian presidential elections, Wednesday, July 8, 2009, has been confirmed as a one-off public holiday.

Comoros Declare 30-Day Mourning Period

Sources: Présidence de l'Union des Comores (Moroni) and Comoros bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, has declared a 30-day mourning period throughout the Comoros, starting on July 2nd.

Nicaragua Declares 3 Days Of Mourning

Sources: La Prensa (Managua) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega, has declared a 3-day mourning period following the death, yesterday, of Managua's mayor, Alexis Arguello.

Moldova July 29 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Interlic (Chisinau) and Moldova bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Moldova has confirmed that Wednesday, July 29, 2009, the date of the upcoming elections, would be a day of rest (public holiday).

Kyrgyzstan Could Add June Public Holiday Next Year

Sources: News Agency AKIpress (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Culture and Information, Sultan Raev, told reporters that Kyrgyzstan is likely to have a new public holiday, the Day of National Heritage, beginning next year.

South Africa Mandela Day Holiday Update

Sources: The Independent Online (Pretoria) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). From recent media reports, it would appear that the recently announced, July 18, Nelson Mandela Day, will not be an official public holiday.

Ghana Confirms July 1st Public Holiday Status

Sources: Ghana News Agency (GNA) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Cletus Avoka, has released a statement confirming that Wednesday, July 1st, 2009, is Republic Day, a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.

Pakistan Changes July Bank Holiday

Sources: The Daily Times (Karachi) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan has announced that the previously scheduled July 2 bank holiday had been moved to Wednesday, July 1st, 2009.

Zimbabwe Announces 2010 Public Holidays List

Sources: Zimbabwean Government Gazette (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Co-Ministers, Kembo Mohadi and Giles Mutsekwa, have announced that the list of normal public holidays had been gazetted for 2010.

Bangladesh Confirms July 1st Bank Holiday

Sources: United News of Bangladesh (Dhaka) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the Central Bank of Bangladesh released a communique confirming the July 1st, 2009, bank holiday.

Thailand Club Rules Apply To New Public Holiday

Sources: Phuket Magazine (Phuket) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A couple of years after the Buddhist Lent public holiday was exchanged for the Asarnha Bucha public holiday, it seems that most bars and "places of indulgence" will be closed on July 7.