Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Bahrain Civil Servants Get October 16 Public Holiday

Sources: Gulf News and Bahrain public holidays. Late last night, Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, announced that with Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, likely to be on Saturday, October 13, the public sector will have Friday, a weekly day off, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, as Eid days, and Tuesday in compensation for Saturday. People working for private establishments will resume work on Tuesday.