Bolivian August Public Holiday Extension Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced that once again the upcoming, August 6, non-working public holiday would not be extended (el día feriado es solo el lunes 6 de agosto). [full story]

Indian West Bengal Public Holiday Today

Sources: The Hindu (Kolkata) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the government of the Indian State of West Bengal declared the remainder of today, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, as a state public sector holiday on account of the absence of trains which are not running due to power failure. [full story]

Philippines End of Ramadan Announced

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Philippines has announced the date of the upcoming Eid’l Fitr (End of Ramadan) in the Philippines. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holidays August 1 and 10

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has issued a communique announcing that Wednesday, August 1, and Friday, August 10, 2012, would be a fully-paid public holidays (fueron declarados asuetos remunerados) in the city of Managua (para todos los que laboran exclusivamente en el Municipio de Managua). [full story]

Argentina 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Argentina for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday August 2

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Thursday, August 2, 2012, had been declared as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Janai Purnima festival (also known as Rakshya Bandhan). [full story]

Norfolk Island 2013 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Norfolk Island Government Gazette (Kingston) and Norfolk Island bank holidays and Norfolk Island public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister for Community Services for the Australian territory of Norfolk Island, Timothy John Sheridan, has gazetted the official list of non-working public holidays in Norfolk Island for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Taiwan Typhoon Public Holidays Update

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's Personnel Administration Minister, Frank Huang, has announced that Taiwan's Directorate-General of Personnel Administration is considering mandating local governments to convert a normally non-working public holiday into a working day each time a one-off typhoon public holiday is declared. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday August 2

Sources: Министерство за труд и социјална политика (Skopje) and Macedonian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that Thursday, August 2, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday for all citizens of Macedonia on account of the upcoming "Republic Day". [full story]

Greece 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Greece for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Egyptian Muslim Public Holidays Update

Sources: الهيئة العامة للأستعلامات (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian Tourism Minister, Mounir Fakhri Abdul Nour, has announced that the current alcohol ban during the month of Ramadan would be extended to the four major Islamic holidays as well. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis Public Holiday September 17

Sources: National Broadcasting Corporation of St. Kitts & Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced that Monday, September 17, 2012, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in St. Kitts and Nevis on account of the upcoming National Heroes Day. [full story]

Iraqi Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi Government has ordered the halting of office work in public institutions and declared tomorrow, Thursday, July 26, 2012, as another one-off non-working public holiday due to current and forecast high temperatures. [full story]

New Zealand 'Monday-ised' Public Holidays Bill Update

Sources: The Parliament of New Zealand (Paremata Aotearoa) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The private members bill which proposes that the following Monday be a public holiday when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend has passed first reading in Parliament, as had been predicted by New Zealand's Labour Party leader, David Shearer. [full story]

Haiti Public Holidays July 30-31

Sources: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, had issued an Executive Order declaring Monday and Tuesday, July 30-31, 2012, as additional one-off non-working public holidays to coincide with the upcoming Carnaval des Fleurs. [full story]

Paraguay Mid-Week Public Holidays Update

Sources: ABC Digital (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's Secretaría Nacional de Turismo (Senatur), Liz Crámer, has called on the government of Paraguay to follow the legislation that gives it a mandate to move mid-week non-working public holidays to adjoin a nearby weekend. [full story]

Singapore 2013 Islamic Calendar Released

Sources: Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore has released the official Islamic Calendar to be used in Singapore for the calendar year 2013, in particular for the determination of the dates of Singapore's 2 public holidays based on the Hijra calendar. [full story]

Costa Rican July 25 Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: La Nación (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Labour has confirmed that the upcoming día de la Anexión del Partido de Nicoya non-working public holiday would be observed on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

South Australian Public Holidays Amendments

Sources: The Australian (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has announced that the public holidays review he had commissioned, earlier this year, was complete with recommendations on changes to South Australian public holidays to reduce the crowding of events in March. [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday July 25 Clarified

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The regional government of Ecuador's municipality of Guayaquil has issued a statement to the effect that the upcoming fiestas patronales de Guayaquil public holiday would not be moved to adjoin the nearest weekend, as the recent decree moving mid-week public holidays in Ecuador only applies to nationwide public holidays. [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday July 26

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, July 26, 2012, as a national non-working public holiday to be observed across the country on account of Liberia's Independence Day. [full story]

Malawi Calls For New July Public Holiday

Sources: Nyasa Times (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Director of the Council for Non Governmental Organisation in Malawi, Voice Mhone, has called on the government of Malawi to declare a new annual non-working public holiday on July 20. [full story]

Italy 2013 Public Holidays Move Ruled-Out

Sources: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Rome) and Italian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Italian Council of Ministers, in yesterday's weekly meeting, has finally decided not to move any of the 2013 annual Italian non-working public holidays to adjoin the nearest weekend, as had been decided last summer. [full story]

Gambian Public Holiday July 23

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has declared Monday, July 23, 2012, as a non-working public holiday throughout Gambia in observance of the upcoming 18th Anniversary of the July 22nd Revolution. [full story]

Indonesian 2013 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta) and Indonesia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has issued a decree (Surat Keputusan Bersama tentang Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama 2013) designating public holidays and collective leave days for the calendar year 2013, for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Madagascar 2013 Electoral Public Holiday Update

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Commission électorale malgache (Cenit), has announced that the date of the long and oft posponed general elections, and corresponding electoral public holiday, would finally be announced on August 1, 2012. [full story]

Italy Public Holidays Amendment Update

Sources: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Rome) and Italian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Italian Government is once again considering amending the list of official non-working public holidays in Italy, by cancelling some, and moving some to the nearest Sunday. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 23

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that the upcoming 1st of Ramadan would be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan. [full story]

Egyptian Partial Ramadan Bank Holidays

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Central Bank has announced that all Egyptian banks would be partially closed during the upcoming month of Ramadan. [full story]

South Korean Constitution Public Holiday Restored ?

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). An initiative is gathering steam in South Korea's parliament to restore the July 17, Constitution Day, South Korean non-working public holiday, which was cancelled a few years ago. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday July 22

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kemaman) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Government of Malaysia's state of Terengganu, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, has announced that Sunday, July 22, 2012, would be a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Terengganu State. [full story]

Vietnamese Public Holidays Amendments Promulgated

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Vietnamese President, Truong Tan Sang, has promulgated the recently-voted revised Labour Code and its amendments to the official list of non-working public holidays in Vietnam. [full story]

New Zealand Public Holidays Amendments Update

Sources: Radio New Zealand (Auckland) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The leader of New Zealand's Labour Party, David Shearer, has announced that he feels confident that there are enough votes to pass in its first reading last February's Member's Bill which proposes that the following Monday be a public holiday when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend. [full story]

Venezuelan 2013 Bank And Public Holidays

Sources: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector (La Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has released the official list of the dates for the 2013 public holidays and banking holidays in Venezuela. [full story]

Indonesian Ramadan Confusion Again

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Once again, Indonesia's two largest Muslim organizations, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama, are at loggerheads as to the date of the start and end of the upcoming month of Ramadan, and its associated non-working public holidays. [full story]

Oman Public Holiday July 23 Confirmed

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced that Monday, July 23, 2012, would be the date of the upcoming Renaissance Day non-working public holidays, for both the private sector and the public sector of Oman. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holiday July 20

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour (Ministra del Poder Ciudadano para los Trabajadores), Jeannette Chávez, has announced that Friday, July 20, 2012, would, once again, be a one-off public sector holiday on the occasion of this year's Revolution Day Anniversary (33 aniversario del triunfo de la Revolución Sandinista). [full story]

Swaziland Public Holiday July 23

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's acting Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Hlobisile Ndlovu, has announced that Monday, July 23, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming birth anniversary of King Sobhuza II, who was born on July 22, 1899. [full sory]

Australian 2014 Public Holiday For G20

Sources: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the Premier of Australia's State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has announced that a public holiday would also be considered in conjunction with the G20 being held in Brisbane in 2014. [full story]

Philippines July 13 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (Twitter) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines' Deputy presidential spokesperson, Abigail Valte, has announced that, once again, President Benigno Aquino III had ruled-out the declaration of a non-working public holiday on Friday, July 13, 2012, the date of the recently-announced Day of Remembrance for the late comedian Rodolfo "Dolphy" Vera Quizon. [full story]

Israel 2013 Bank Holidays and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Israel has officially released the list of days in 2013 which will be observed as bank and public holidays in Israel, as part of its annual announcement of the "Days on which BOI will not publish Foreign Exchange rates in 2013". [full story]

Isle of Man 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tynwald has officially announced the actual dates of the official non-working public holidays in the Isle of Man for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Cayman Islands 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Corporate Manager in the Deputy Governor's Office of the Cayman Islands, Christine Wright, has released a confirmed listing of 2013 public holidays in the Cayman Islands, as usual barring the actual date of the public holiday for Her Majesty the Queen's birthday, for which official confirmation is awaited. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Sango Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Orisa community of Trinidad and Tobago has repeated its call for the government of Trinidad and Tobago to declare Sango Day as a new annual non-working public holiday, in recognition of the contribution of the Orisa community to the development of Trinidad and Tobago. [full story]

Puerto Rico Public Holiday July 26

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Puerto Rico's Governor, Luis Fortuño, has declared another additional one-off public sector holiday, on Thursday, July 26, 2012. [full story]

South African Public Holidays Review Update

Sources: South African Press Association (Pretoria) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South Africa's Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (aka. CRL Rights Commission) has announced that its current review of the list of official public holidays in South Africa, with a view to reducing the number of Christian public holidays, would leave Christmas and Good Friday untouched. [full story]

Nigerian State Public Holidays July 9-10

Sources: Vanguard (Jos) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Nigeria's Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has declared 2 non-working public holidays, Monday and Tuesday, July 9 and 10, 2012, to mourn the dead in Plateau State's recent wave of violence. [full story]

Bhutan March 20 Public Holiday Considered

Sources: Kuensel (Thimphu) and Bhutan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bhutan's National Assembly has proposed declaring March 20, the date of the United Nation’s International Day of Happiness, as a new annual non-working public holiday, Gross National Happiness Day. [full story]

Armenian Public Holiday July 16

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Armenian Government has announced that it had declared Monday, July 16, 2012, as another non-working public holiday in Armenia on account of the upcoming Vardavar (Transfiguration) feast. [full story]

Libyan Public Holidays July 7-8

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8, 2012, had both been declared non-working public holidays throughout Libya on account of the upcoming General National Conference elections. [full story]