Philippines October 26 Public Holiday Not Yet Confirmed

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government's deputy presidential spokesperson, Abigail Valte, has issued a rare Sunday morning statement to advise the Philippines population to wait for a formal proclamation from the Office of the President, as to whether or not the initially-announced date of Friday, October 26, 2012, would be the official date for the observance of the upcoming public holiday to mark Eidul Adha. [full story]

Russian 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian Government has released a draft RF Government Resolution, which specifies a proposed list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday October 1st

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abba Moro, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Monday, October 1st, 2012, as a paid non-working public holiday throughout Nigeria on account of Nigeria's upcoming 52nd Independence anniversary. [full story]

Peru ASPA Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Peru has issued and gazetted the Decreto Supremo 100-2012-PCM which clarifies the extent of the observance of the recently-announced October 1 and 2, 2012, one-off public holidays, declared on account of the upcoming ASPA Summit (Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de América del Sur y Países Árabes). [full story]

Spain 2013 Valencia Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has finally announced the calendar of 2013 public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Valencia, and in particular its final decision as to whether to move some mid-week public holidays to adjoin a nearby weekend. [full story]

Thailand 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The official list and dates of the 2013 bank holidays and public holidays in Thailand have been announced. [full story]

Indian Sikkim Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: The Home Department of Government of Sikkim (Gangtok) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the Home Department of the Government of the Indian State of Sikkim declared Wednesday, September 26, 2012, as a one-off state public holiday on account of the funeral rites for H.H. Kybji Lachen Gomchen Rimpoche. [full story]

Bulgarian 2013 Easter Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Република България Министерски Съвет (Sofia) and Bulgarian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bulgarian Council of Ministers has announced that it plans to further extend the Easter public holidays in Bulgaria for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Spain 2013 Madrid Public Holidays Announced

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 official 2013 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. [full story]

Ghana September 21 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's President Mahama has asked the Minister of the Interior to introduce a bill into Parliament which would convert the current Executive Instrument (executive decree) declaring September 21st as an annual non-working public in Ghana, into legislation to add it to Ghana's list of statutory public holidays. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday September 26

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 Wednesday, September 26, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday for "members of the Jewish community in Macedonia" on account of the upcoming Yom Kippur. [full story]

Spain 2013 Balears Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajo Y Salud Laboral (Govern de les Illes Balears) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's autonomous region of the Balears (ámbito autonómico de las Islas Baleares) has gazetted its official calendar of 2013 regional and national public holidays (calendario laboral). [full story]

Dominican Republic September 24 Public Holiday Unchanged

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has issued a communiqué announcing that, as per the current public holidays legislation, the upcoming Día de Las Mercedes public holiday would not be transfered and would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Monday, September 24, 2012. [full story]

Spain 2013 Castilla La-Mancha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla La-Mancha has published the list of 2013 public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha. [full story]

Jersey 2013 Public Holidays Revised

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Jersey (the government of Jersey) have released a revised list of official Jersey public holidays for the calendar year 2013, which corrects the errors in the earlier announced list of official Jersey public holidays for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Dominica Kalinago Public Holiday Update

Sources: Dominica News Online (Roseau) and Dominica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Director of Dominica's Employers Federation (DEF), Achille Chris Joseph, has come out against the declaration of another public holiday for the Kalinagos, Dominica's indigenous people. [full story]

Kazakhstan May 7 Public Holiday Official

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Kazakh Minister of Finance, Sergei Gromov, has announced that the Majlis (Kazakhstan's parliament) had finalized the pending legislation to declare May 7 as a new annual public holiday in Kazakhstan to be named Homeland Defender Day. [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday October 12

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Presidency has confirmed that the upcoming, October 9th, Guayaquil Independence Day, public holiday would be moved to Friday, October 12, 2012. [full story]

Pakistan Public Holiday September 21

Sources: Pakistan's Ministry of Interior (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Pakistani Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, has announced that the Federal Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan had declared Friday, September 21, 2012, as Yaum-e-Ishq Rasool (love the Prophet day) a one-off non-working public holiday. [full story]

Fiji Public Holidays Cancellation Update

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fijian Teachers Association has requested that the government of Fiji reinstate the Ratu Sukuna Day and Queen's Birthday public holidays, which were dropped from the list of official Fijian public holidays 2 years ago and earlier this year, respectively. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday September 21

Sources: Ghana Government Portal (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, William K. Aboah, has issued a release stating that Friday, September 21, 2012, would be a  non-working statutory public holiday in Ghana. [full story]

Afghanistan Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Afghanistan's ministry of labor and social affairs has declared tomorrow, Wednesday, September 19, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Afghanistan. [full story]

Jersey 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Jersey (the government of Jersey) have released the list of official Jersey public holidays for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Saudi Arabian 2012 Eid al Adha Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Saudi authorities have confirmed the extension of the annual Eid Al-Adha public sector holidays from 10 days to 16 days, as had been announced earlier this spring. []full story]

Peruvian ASPA Public Holidays Also For Private Sector

Sources: Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Ministry of Exports and Tourism (MINCETUR) has announced that the recently-announced ASPA public holidays on October 1 and 2, 2012, would also extend to the Peruvian private sector. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Public Holiday September 22

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Labor, Hattab Bin Saleh Al Anzi, has announced that Saturday, September 22, 2012, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Saudi Arabia to link the Thursday-Friday weekend with the annual National Day public holiday on Sunday, September 23, 2012. [full story]

Indonesian Public Holiday September 20

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jakarta's General Election Commission (KPU) has once again declared a regional non-working public holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia's political and economic capital, this time on Thursday, September 20, 2012, on the date of the upcoming second round of the Jakarta gubernatorial election (Pemilukada). [full story]

Panama 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Gaceta Oficial Ministerio de la Presidencia (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's government has released the official list of regional public holidays in Panama for the upcoming calendar year 2013. [full story]

Spain 2013 Castilla y León Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Castilla y León (Valladolid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Castilla y León has published the list of official regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Peru ASPA Public Holidays October 1 and 2

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following a request by Peru's Ministry of Exports and Tourism (MINCETUR), the Peruvian Chief of Cabinet, Juan Jiménez Mayor, has announced that, once again, Monday and Tuesday, October 1 and 2, 2012, had been declared as one-off public holidays, on account of the upcoming ASPA Summit (Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de América del Sur y Países Árabes). [full story]

New Zealand 'Monday-ised' Public Holidays Clarification

Sources: The Parliament of New Zealand (Paremata Aotearoa) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The New Zealand Labour Party MP who presented a private members bill proposing that the following Monday be a public holiday when Waitangi Day and Anzac Day fall on a weekend, presented his arguments to a select committee of the Parliament of New Zealand. [full story]

South Australian Public Holidays Amendments Update

Sources: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Industrial Relations Minister of the Australian State of South Australia, Russell Wortley, has announced that the South Australian government was going to ask the general public for feedback on the proposed changes to the list of non-working public holidays in South Australia. [full story]

Guatemalan School Holiday September 14

Sources: El Quetzalteco (Guatemala City) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan Ministry of Education has announced that Friday, September 14, 2012, would be a schoold holiday (clases en escuelas e institutos públicos solo se suspenderán el viernes, por feriado) on account of the upcoming September 15 Independence Day non-working public holiday. [full story]

Maldives Ramadan Public Holidays Recuperation

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of the Maldives has released a communique confirming that Saturday, September 15, 2012, would be a regular working day, in compensation for last month's declaration of August 22 and 23 declaration as non-working public holidays to link the Eid ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays with the nearby weekend. [full story]

Chilean Public Holiday Bill For September 11

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Communist Party has introduced a bill in the lower house of Parliament (Cámara de Diputados) to declare September 11 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Chile. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday September 17

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Tongan Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that the Tongan Cabinet has confirmed Monday, September 17, 2012, as an official public holiday to mark the Official Birthday of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupouto'a ‘Ulukalala. [full story]

Argentina September 24 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has signed into law the bill recently passed by the Argentine Senate and Cámara de Diputados, which declares a one-off non-working public holiday on Monday, September 24, 2012, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Tucumán. [full story]

Australian Queensland 2013 Public Holidays Change Confirmed

Sources: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Attorney-General of the government of the Australian state of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, has confirmed that the amendment of the Queensland state public holidays legislation which would see the return of the Queen's Birthday public holiday to its pre-2012 date, and a move of the Labor Day public holiday to October, would take effect in 2013. [full story]

Slovakian 2013 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published the official list of calendar year 2013 public holidays and non-working days in Slovakia. [full story]

Fiji September 13 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The permanent secretary to Fiji's Information Ministry, Sharon Smith-Johns, has announced that there was no substance to the rumours that an additional one-off public holiday was to be declared for Thursday, August 13, 2012, to honor Iliesa Delana victory at the London Paralympics. [full story]

Lebanon Papal Bank Holiday September 15

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Saturday, September 15, 2012, would also be a one-off bank holiday in Lebanon on the occasion of the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon (Visite de Sa Sainteté le Pape Benoît XVI au Liban). [full story]

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2013 Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Cocos (Keeling) Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Brian Lacy, has signed Community Bulletin A52/2012 which officially gazettes the bank holidays and public holidays in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Christmas Island 2013 Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the Administrator (Indian Ocean Territories) and Christmas Island bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Administrator of Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, Brian Lacy, has signed Community Bulletin A51/2012 which officially gazettes the bank holidays and public holidays on Christmas Island for the calendar year 2013. [full story]

Argentina Considers June 27 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Parlamentario (Buenos Aires) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Labour Commission of Argentina's lower house (Cámara de Diputados) has moved to the full house a bill that would declare June 27 as a new annual non-working public holiday for Argentina's public sector employees. [full story]

Israeli New Year Public Sector Holidays

Sources: משרד הפנים (Tel Aviv) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). Many Israeli ministries, including Israel's Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labour, have announced extended closures to coincide with the upcoming Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur. [full story]

Spain 2013 Valencia Public Holidays By Month End

Sources: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has announced that it would announce its calendar of 2013 public holidays, and in particular whether to move some public holidays to adjoin a nearby weekend, as it had said it was considering, by September 30. [full story]

Lebanon Papal Public Holiday September 15

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has issued a decree declaring Saturday, September 15, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Lebanon on the occasion of the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon. [full story]

Spain 2013 Canaries Public Holidays

Sources: Canarias Ahora (Santa Cruz De Tenerife) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno of the regional government of Spain's autonomous region of las Islas Canarias, has announced the official list of 2013 regional public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Canaries Islands. [full story]

Armenian Public Holiday September 17

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Armenian Government has announced that it had declared Monday, September 17, 2012, as another, one-off, non-working public holiday in Armenia on account of the upcoming Exhaltation of the Cross feast. [full story]

Hungary 2013 Public Holidays Draft

Sources: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Hungary has released a draft version of the list of official non-working public holidays in Hungary for the calendar year 2013, based upon the recommendation of the Hungarian National Economy Minister, György Matolcsy. [full story]