Dominican Republic 2015 Public Holidays Announced

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 announced its annual official finalized listing of non-working public holidays in the the Dominican Republic for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Azerbaijani Ashura Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, Mubariz Gurbanli, has stated that he did not see any need for Azerbaijan to declare a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming annual Ashura Muslim festival. [full story]

Bolivian November 3 Public Holiday Confirmed

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 issued a communique confirming the fact that Monday, November 3, 2014, would be a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Bolivia, on account of the annual Todos los Santos non-working public holiday of Bolivia falling on a Sunday in 2014 ("se traslada al lunes 3 de noviembre al coincidir con domingo"). [full story]

Pakistan Public Holiday November 9

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced that Sunday, November 9, 2014, would be the date of the annual non-working public holiday throughout Pakistan to mark Iqbal Day. [full story]

Philippines Public Sector Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Secretary to the Office of the President of the Philippines, Paquito N. Ochoa Jr., has announced that, in a reversal of an earlier announcement, Malacañang had issued Memorandum Circular No. 73 declaring a one-off afternoon non-working public sector holiday, on Friday, October 31, 2014, "to allow employees to travel to their respective provinces", before the November 1, 2014 as special non-working day. [full story]

Philippines November 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines' Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary has sent a correction to the media this time ruling-out any chance that Sunday, November 2, 2014, would be, declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Malaysian 2014 Public Holidays Amended Further

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Perak has announced that the newly-announced date for the non-working public holiday for the Sultan of Perak's Birthday would be observed beginning in 2014, and not in 2015 as had been expected, as the birthday of the previous Sulatn of Perak's had already been observed as a non-working public holiday in Perak earlier this year. [full story]

Bahrain 2014 Ashoora Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Deputy Prime Minister, Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring Monday and Tuesday, November 3 and 4, 2014, as non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming anniversary of Ashoora. [full story]

Guatemalan Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a Governmental Decree signed by signed by Guatemalan President, Otto Perez Molina, Interior Minister, Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, and Secretary General of the Presidency, Gustavo Martinez, the day of Friday, October 31, 2014, was declared another one-off non-working public holiday for Guatemala's public sector ("permiso laboral con goce de salario a los servidores de la administración pública"). [full story]

Nepal Mulls SAARC Public Holidays

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that it was considering the declaration of November 26 and 27, 2014, as one-off non-working public holidays in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal on account of the upcoming SAARC summit in Kathmandu. [full story]

Algerian November 2014 Public Holidays

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Sécurité Sociale) has announced that Monday, November 3, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Algeria on account of annual Achoura non-working public holiday in Algeria. [full story]

Indian Capital Public Holiday October 29

Sources: The Hindu (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Lieutenant-Governor of India's Delhi Capital State has declared Wednesday, October 29, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday in all government offices under the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, on account of the upcoming Chhath Puja. [full story]

Angolan November 3 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: AngoNotícias (Luanda) and Angola bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The director of the legal department of Angola's Ministry of Public Work and Social Security Administration (MAPTSS), Jesus Maiato, has issued a statement ruling-out the declaration of an additional, substitute, non-working public holiday in Angola, on account of the upcoming November 2, "Dia dos Finados", annual non-working public holiday of Angola, falling on a Sunday in 2014. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday October 29

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Wednesday, October 29, 2014, had once again been declared a nationwide non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Chhath annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Honduras October Bank Holidays

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Bank Association (Asociación Hondureña de Instituciones Bancarias) has announced that banks in Honduras would follow the recently-gazetted new combined October non-working Fiestas Patrias public holidays, and would be closed from Wednesday noon until the weekend. [full story]

Philippines October 31 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines' Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr., has made an announcement on television last night denying new rumours that Friday, October 31, 2014, had been, or would be, declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Puerto Rico Amended 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released the amended version of its annual "Memorando Especial", which lists Puerto Rico's public sector holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015, based on last summer's amendments to the law regulating public holidays in Puerto Rico. [full story]

New Caledonia 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa) and New Caledonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of New Caledonia has released its annual expanded list of bank holidays for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Czech Republic 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Czech National Bank (Prag) and Czech Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced its annual list of the twelve annual bank and public holidays for calendar year 2015 in the Czech Republic. [full story]

Indian Islamic New Year 1436 Tomorrow

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, the moon sighting committee of the Hilal Committee Mumbai announced that the first day of the new month of Muharram will be tomorrow, Sunday, October 26, 2014. [full story]

Bangladesh 2014 Ashura Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it had sighted the New Moon crescent tonight and, therefore, that the upcoming annual Ashura, and related public holiday, would be observed across the country on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, which corresponds to the previously-announced date for Ashura, and related public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]

Spain 2015 National Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent gazetting of the 2015 public holidays in the last of Spain's autonomous regions, the national government of Spain has gazetted its annual list of official national non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Sint Maarten 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Sint Maarten (Great Bay) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sint Maarten Labour Department has released the official annual list of non-working public holidays in Sint Maarten for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Indonesian 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, announced that it had agreed to update the previously-gazetted annual list of 2015 non-working public holidays in Indonesia, due to the late realization that the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad would occur twice in 2015, thus making one off the 2015 days of joint leave (Cuti Bersama) unnecessary. [full story]

Bahrain Hijri 1436 Bank Holidays

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Bahrain has announced that it would declare a bank holiday on Saturday, October 25, 2014, in line with the recently-announced non-working public holiday in Bahrain to mark the upcoming annual public holiday for the Islamic New Year 1436, as well as add a compensatory bank holiday on Sunday, October 26, 2014. [full story]

Bahrain Hijri 1436 Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's First Deputy Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring Saturday, October 25, 2014, as a non-working public holiday in Bahrain to mark the upcoming annual Islamic New Year 1436 public holiday. [full story]

Iraqi Hijri New Year 1436 Public Holidays

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has once again declared Saturday, October 25, 2014, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Hijri New Year 1436. [full story]

Philippines Amon Jaded Public Holiday October 25

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the Philippines' Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Mujiv Hataman, has announced that the date of the upcoming Amon Jaded (Islamic New Year 1436) annual non-working public holiday in the Philippines' ARMM, would be Saturday, October 25, 2014. [full story]

Egyptian Hijri 1436 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A cabinet spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration has announced that Saturday, October 25, 2014, would be a non-working official public holiday for both the public sector and the private sector on account of the upcoming Hijri 1436 Islamic New Year. [full story]

Lebanon Hijri 1436 Bank Holiday October 25

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that the upcoming Hegire (Islamic New Year) bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, would be observed on Saturday, October 25, 2014. [full story]

Algerian Hijri 1436 Public Holiday

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Saturday, October 25, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Algeria on account of the Hijri 1436 Islamic New Year. [full story]

Palau Public Holiday October 24

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Friday, October 24, 2014, would be the date of the annual non-working public holiday in Palau on account of the upcoming United Nations' Day. [full story]

Libyan Public Holiday October 23

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has announced that Thursday, October 23, 2014, would once again be a non-working public holiday throughout Libya to be observed as The Third Anniversary of the Declaration of Liberation. [full story]

Taiwan 2015 Public Holidays Extended

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Taiwan (the Executive Yuan) has approved an extension to the previously-announced annual calendar of non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the calendar year 2015, by adding bridge public holidays to the recently-passed change of public holidays law in Taiwan which added the concept of substitute public holidays when one of Taiwan's official annual non-working public holidays falls on a weekend. [full story]

Indonesian Deepavali Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jakarta branch of Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, announced that, Wednesday, October 22, 2014, the day of the upcoming Southern Indian Deepavali, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday for "all Indian nationals and Indonesians of Indian descent on Wednesday so they can celebrate Deepavali, or the Hindu New Year" [sic]. [full story]

Bahrain 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Central Bank has published its annual list of expected bank and public holidays in Bahrain for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

UAE Hijri New Year 1436 Public Holiday Move Ruled-Out

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chairman of the UAE's Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAGHR), Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, has announced that the probable dates for the upcoming annual Al Hijri New Year non-working public holidays for the private and public sectors of the UAE are on the UAE weekend and that no substitute public holiday will be granted to compensate that fact. [full story]

Jordanian Hijri 1436 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular decreeing a public holiday in Jordan on Saturday, October 25, 2014, to commemorate the upcoming annual Jordanian non-working public holiday for the Hijri New Year 1436. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday October 23

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has confirmed that the upcoming "Divali" (aka. Diwali or Deepavali) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Thursday, October 23, 2014, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Kuwaiti Hijri 1436 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Saturday, October 25, 2014, as the date of the annual non-working public holiday for the upcoming New Hijri Year 1436 annual public holiday in Kuwait. [full story]

Omani Hijri 1436 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud Al Busaidi, has announced a non-working public holiday for the employees of the ministries, public authorities and other departments of the State’s administrative apparatus, on the occasion of the upcoming annual Hijri New Year 1436 non-working public holiday in Oman. [full story]

Namibia Election Day Public Holiday November 28

Sources: The Namibian (Windhoek) and Namibia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Electoral Commission of Namibia has announced that, this time, Friday, November 28, 2014, the date of the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections had been declared and gazetted as a one off non-working public holiday in Namibia. [full story]

Botswana October 24 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Botswana Press Agency (Gaborone) and Botswana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governement of Botswana has published the Statutory Instrument No. 117 & 118 of 2014 in the Government Gazette of October 13, 2014, thus officially making the previously announced Friday, October 24, 2014, one-off non-working public holiday in Botswana, official. [full story]

Romanian 2015 Religious Holidays Announced

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Patriarchate has released its annual official list of religious holidays and observances in Romania for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Cape Verde CAN 2015 Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Ministro da Administração Interna (República de Cabo Verde) and Cape Verde bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Cape Verde has once again declared a one-off non-working public holiday (tolerância de ponto) to allow citizens to watch the game with Mozambique, the fourth round of the CAN 2015 qualifications. [full story]

Philippines October 15 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has issued an official statement on Twitter denying new rumours that Wednesday, October 15, 2014, had been, or would be, declared as an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Mozambique Confirms October 15 Public Holiday

Sources: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo) and Mozambique bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mozambique's Minister of Labour, has finally announced that Wednesday, October 15, 2014, had been declared as a one-off sectorial optional public holiday on the occasion of that day's 5th General Elections of Mozambique (Tolerância de Ponto para todos os trabalhadores, funcionários públicos e agentes do Estado de todo o país, durante todo o dia 15 de Outubro de 2014, quarta-Feira próxima). [full story]

Russian 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Банк России (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Russian Central Bank has, in turn, released it official annual list of the bank holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Thailand Bank Holiday January 2

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has announced that Friday, January 2, 2015, had also been declared another additional, one-off non-working bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions throughout Thailand. [full story]

Azerbaijani November 2014 Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has announced the list of official annual non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan for the upcoming month of November 2014. [full story]