Nicaragua Declares November 2nd Public Holiday

Sources: MITRAB (Managua) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Yesterday afternoon, Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeanette Chávez Gómez, issued a communique declaring that Monday, November 2nd, 2009, would be a full-day public holiday for both the private and public sectors.

India Announces 2010 AP Public Holidays

Sources: Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) and India bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The state government of India's State of Andhra Pradesh released the official list of Andhra Pradesh State public holidays for the year 2010.

Indian November 13 Electoral Public Holiday In Haryana

Sources: Haryana Live (Bahadurgarh) and India bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). India's Haryana State Government has announced a one-off regional public holiday on Friday, November 13, 2009, in Bahadurgarh, Kaithal on account of that date's Municipal Council elections.

Philippines Backtracks On Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Philippines Department of Labor and Employment (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudioi.net). Earlier today, Malacañang Palace issued Proclamation No. 1808-A, which revises last spring's Proclamation No. 1808 and declares November 27 and 28, 2009 (Eid'l Adha) as regional non-working public holidays, only in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Azerbaijan Extends Eid al-Adha Public Holidays By One Day

Sources: Azeri Press Agency (APA) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers, Akif Ali, has announced that the four last days of November would be non-working public holidays on the occasion of the Gurban Bayrami, aka. Eid al-Adha, public holidays.

Mexico Considering 2010 Public Holiday Date Change

Sources: Contacto Digital (Mexico City) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Comisión de Trabajo y Previsión Social of Mexico's House of Deputies is to consider a bill that would change the date of the November Revolution Day public holiday, in 2010.

Bhutan Confirms Coronation Public Holiday Date Change

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Bhutan has finally, officially, confirmed the change of date of the upcoming Coronation Day of Druk Gyalpo public holiday.

Jordan Confirms November 29 Public Holiday

Sources: Jordan News Agency (Petra) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Jordan has confirmed that, in addition to Monday, November 30, 2009, it had also declared Sunday, November 29, 2009, a public holiday.

Malaysia Could Declare Additional Sabah Public Holiday

Sources: New Straits Times (Kota Kinabalu) and Malaysia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) secretary-general, Datuk Radin Malleh, has announced that the state government would decide whether or not to shift the state public holiday for the Head of State's (TYT) official birthday from September 16, to another date.

Panama Makes November 4 A Public Holiday

Sources: TVN Noticias (Panamá City) and Panama bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A communique from Panama's Secretaría de Comunicación de Estado has announced that Wednesday, November 4, 2009, would be an official public holiday.

Mozambique Declares October 28 Public Holiday

Sources: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo) and Mozambique bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Labour Ministry of Mozambique, after consultation with the trade unions and the employers' associationsof Mozambique, has declared Wednesday, October 28, 2009, a one-off electoral public holiday "to allow the maximum number of people to vote".

Macau Announces 2010 Public Holidays

Sources: Macau Government Tourist Office (Macau) and Macau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Macau SARE has announced the list of official Macau public holidays for the calendar year 2010.

Turkey Declares October 30 School Closure

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governor of Turkey's capital, Istanbul, Muammer Güler, announced yesterday that schools in Istanbul would be closed on Friday, October 30, 2009 to disinfect the buildings, in the face of the rapidly spreading H1N1 influenza.

Cayman Islands Declares November 6 Public Holiday

Sources: Cayman Islands Government (George Town) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Mr. Stuart Jack, CVO, has declared Friday, November 6, 2009, as a one-off public holiday, to commemorate the commencement of the 2009 Cayman Islands Constitution.

Brazil Moves Upcoming Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Notícias JusBrasil (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Many Brazilian States have decided to observe the annual, Dia do Servidor Público, public sector holiday on Friday, October 30, 2009, rather than the previously announced date of Monday, October 26, 2009.

Namibian Electoral Public Holiday Update

Sources: The Namibian (Windhoek) and Namibian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Namibia's spokesperson for the Ministry of Information, Wilma Deetlefs, has announced that, so far, she had "not heard anything on a possible public holiday" on the upcoming November 27, presidential and general elections.

Taiwan To Consider Matsu Holiday

Sources: Radio Taiwan International (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Speaking in the legislature, yesterday, Taiwan's Premier, Wu Den-yih, announced that he would ask Taiwan's interior ministry whether Matsu's birthday should be made a national holiday.

Australia Announces December 28 NSW Public Holiday

Sources: The Armidale Express (Armidale) and Australia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Director of the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) Industrial Relations, Don Jones, has confirmed that Monday, December 28, has been gazetted as the 2009 Boxing Day public holiday.

Malaysia Confirms October 26 Negeri Sembilan Public Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Seremban) and Malaysia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Malaysia's State of Negeri Sembilan has confirmed that Monday, October 26, 2009, as a public holiday for the whole of Negeri Sembilan.

Dominican Republic Announces 2010 Public Holidays

Sources: La Nación Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretary of State for Labour of the Dominican Republic, Andrés Valentín Herrera, has announced the official listing of public holidays in the the Dominican Republic for the year 2010.

Australia's Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Update

Sources: The Westender (Brisbane) and Australia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The QPSU (union of public sector workers of Australia's State of Queensland) is calling on the state government to consider shifting the Queen’s Birthday public holiday to the first Monday in October.

India Announces 2010 Public Holidays For Tamil Nadu State

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and India bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu has published the official list of 2010 public holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Malaysia To Finally Declare Malaysia Day Public Holiday

Sources: The Star (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Malaysia's Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, announced in Parliament that the Malaysian Cabinet had finally come to the decision to celebrate Hari Malaysia as a national public holiday, starting on September 16, 2010.

Peru Cancels Public Sector Bridge Holidays

Sources: La Primera (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's President, Alan García, has announced that a decree will be signed this week to abolish the system of civil service bridge public holidays, instituted a few years ago.

Australian ANZAC Public Holiday Legislation Rejected By Tasmania

Sources: The Examiner (Hobart) and Australia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Legislative Council of Australia's State of Tasmania has rejected pending legislation which proposed that whenever Anzac Day fell on a Sunday or Easter Monday, the following day would be made a day in lieu public holiday.

Azerbaijan's Novruz Public Holiday Enshrined By UNESCO

Sources: Azeri Press Agency (APA) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Intigam Humbatov, has announced that the Novruz public holiday has been included into the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Niger Declares October 20 Public Holiday

Sources: AFP (Niamey) and Niger bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has declared the date of the upcoming legislative elections, Tuesday, October 20, 2009, a one-off public holiday.

Ghana Rules Out FIFA Public Holiday

Sources: Joyonline (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's President, John Atta Mills, has announced that despite the win of Ghana's national football team in yesterday's final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, he would not declare a one-off public holiday to mark the occasion.

Australia Tables ACT Public Holiday Change Bill

Sources: ACT Chief Minister Website (Canberra) and Australia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister for Industrial Relations of Australia's ACT territory, John Hargreaves, has tabled "The Holidays (Family and Community Day) Amendment Bill 2009" which will change the date of the Family and Community Day public holiday.

Cayman Islands Announces 2010 Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Date

Sources: Cayman Islands Government (George Town) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Cayman Islands has confirmed the date of the Queen's Birthday public holiday in 2010.

Slovakia Announces Official 2010 Public Holidays List

Sources: Národna Banka Slovenska (NBS) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Slovakia has published the official list of 2010 public holidays in Slovakia.

Honduras Declares October 15 World Cup Public Holiday

Sources: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' President, Roberto Micheletti, has declared tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, 2009, a one-off public holiday to celebrate today's national football team qualification for next year's World Cup in South Africa.

Guernsey Declares May 10 Day In Lieu Public Holiday

Sources: States of Guernsey (St. Peter Port) and Guernsey and Alderney bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Guernsey (aka. the Guernsey Government) has agreed to declare the day after next year's Liberation Day public holiday, Monday, May 10th, 2010, an additional official public holiday, in Guernsey.

Bahamas Discovery Day Public Holiday Still Unchanged

Sources: The Tribune (Nassau) and Bahamas bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahamas' PLP opposition party has once again called on the FNM governing party to gazette the change in name of the October Discovery Day public holiday to National Heroes Day.

Dominican Republic Confirms Constitution Day Public Holiday Date Change

Sources: Diario Libre (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Labor (Secretaría de Estado de Trabajo - SET) has confirmed that Friday, November 6, 2009, the annual Día de la Constitución Dominicana, would be a regular working day, and that the corresponding public holiday would be observed on Monday, November 9, 2009.

Honduras Moves Army Day Public Holiday

Sources: Proceso Digital (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Minister of the Interior (Ministro de Gobernación), Oscar Matute, announced yesterday that the upcoming, October 21, Army Day public holiday would be moved to the following Monday, October 26, 2009.

Cyprus Announces 2010 Public Holidays

Sources: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cyprus has released its official list of non-working public holidays in Cyprus for the calendar year 2010. [full story]

Jersey Approves December 28 Public Holiday

Sources: Jersey Evening Post (Jersey) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jersey States' members have finally approved, by a vote of 23 to 20, the proposition of Economic Development Minister, Alan Maclean, which would move the Boxing Day public holiday to December 28, in 2009.

Argentina's October 12 Public Holiday Name In Question

Sources: Univision (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's INADI (Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo) has introduced another proposal to the government to rename the October 12, Día de la Raza, public holiday into the Día de la Diversidad Cultural Americana.

Poland Votes New National Holiday

Sources: Polskie Radio (Warsaw) and Poland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Poland's lower house of Parliament (the Sejm) has passed a bill declaring a new, September 1st, national holiday, the National Day of Memory for the Warsaw Uprising.

Nepal Sambat Public Holiday Back To The Fore

Sources: Kantipur (Kathmandu) and Nepal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Nepal's Nhunda Organising Committee, Tirtha Ram Dangol, met Nepal's Prime Minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, on the occasion of Nepal Sambat 1130 to renew calls for the implementation of Nepal Sambat as a National Sambat.

Zimbabwe Unions Push For June 6 Public Holiday

Sources: The Zimbabwe Chronicle (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Zimbabwe Congress of the Trade Unions (ZCTU) has renewed its call to have June 6, the anniversary of the Kamandama Mine Disaster in Hwange where more than 400 mine workers died in 1972, be declared an official non-working public holiday.

Bulgaria Votes Against August 23 Public Holiday

Sources: Sofia News Agency (Novinite) and Bulgaria bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bulgaria's Parliament has voted against a proposal to declare August 23 as an annual national public holiday and non-working day.

Belize Announces Official 2010 Public Holidays List

Sources: Belize Ministry of National Security (Belmopan) and Belize bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The press office of the Government of Belize has announced the official list of 2010 public holidays in Belize.

Chilean Bill To Cancel October 12 Public Holiday

Sources: La Tercera (Santiago) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill was introduced in Chile's Senate by senators Jaime Naranjo and Jaime Gazmuri, that would eliminate Chile's October 12 public holiday and replace it with a June 24 public holiday to coincide with the Mapuche Indian new year (We Tripantu) and to be called the "Día de los Pueblos Originarios".

Peru Renames October 12 Holiday

Sources: ANDINA (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's plenary Congress has passed the Proyecto de Ley N° 1706 which renames October 12 from Día de la Raza to Día de los Pueblos Originarios y del Diálogo Intercultural.

Papua New Guinea Gazettes Official 2010 Public Holidays

Sources: Bank of Papua New Guinea National Gazette (Port Moresby) and Papua New Guinea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Papua New Guinea has released the gazetted official public holidays for 2010.

Grenada Announces 2010 Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada (St George's) and Grenada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Grenada has released its official list of 2010 public holidays to the Grenada press.

Samoa Half-Day Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Radio New Zealand International (Tafaigata) and Samoa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Samoa has declared a half day public holiday on Thursday afternoon, October 8, 2009, to pay respect for the victims of last Wednesday's tsunami, which killed 143 people.

Spain Announces 2010 Public Holidays In Capital Region

Sources: Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid.