Philippines Public Holiday February 8

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has tweeted a reminder to the Philippines population that President Benigno Aquino III had declared Monday, February 8, 2016, as a special non-working public holiday in the Philippines, on account of the upcoming annual Chinese New Year public holiday of the Philippines. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday February 8

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname announced that the upcoming "Chinees Nieuwjaar" (Chinese New Year) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Monday, February 8, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Angola 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Rádio Nacional de Angola (Luanda) and Angolan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Angola's Ministry of Public Service and Social Security (MAPESS) has announced the list of non-working public holidays in Angola for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Timor Leste 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has issued a press communiqué containing its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Timor Leste for the calendar year 2016 (Feriadu sira iha tinan 2016). [full story]

Austalian 2018 NSW Public Holidays Released

Sources: NSW Government (Sydney) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of New South Wales has released its annually expanded list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of New South Wales (NSW) for the calendar year 2018. [full story]

Bahamas 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of the Bahamas (Nassau) and Bahamas bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Bahamas has released its annual official list of the non-working public holidays in the Bahamas, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Madagascar 2016 Public Holidays Officialized

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement, at yesterday's weekly meeting, has adopted the previously-entered "Décret du 4 janvier 2016 fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2016", thus officializing the list of non-working public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Cook Islands 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of Prime Minister Organization (Avarua) and Cook Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Cook Islands has released it annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Cook Islands, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Mauritius 2016 Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Mauritius has finalized its previously-released annual list of official non-working public holidays in Mauritius for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Mexico Bank Holiday February 1st

Sources: Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mexico's Asociación de Bancos de México (ABM) and Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB) have jointly issued a communiqué announcing that Monday, February 1st, 2016, would be a bank holiday throughout Mexico, on account of the upcoming Constitution Day annual non-working public holiday in Mexico. [full story]

Guatemalan 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan Government has, in turn, released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Guatemala for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Macedonian 2016 Saint Sava Public Holiday

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, January 27, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday for citizens members Serbian community in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Saint Sava annual sectorial non-working public holiday of Macedonia. [full story]

Malta 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Malta Bankers Association (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Malta Bankers' Association has released its annual list of bank holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2016; dates when banks in Malta will be closed in addition to the previously-announced 2016 general non-working public holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Suriname 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has released its annual list of expected bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Suriname dates for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Anguilla 2016 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Anguilla (The Valley) and Anguilla bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Anguilla has released its annual list of the official bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Anguilla for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday January 25

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 an official communiqué confirming that, as per the current legislation on public holidays in the Dominican Republic, the upcoming "Día del Patricio Juan Pablo Duarte" annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic, would be moved, in 2016, from its traditional date of January 26, to Monday, January 25, 2016. [full story]

Bhutanese 2016 First Snow Public Holiday

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, local time, Bhutan's Home Ministry has declared today, Wednesday, January 20, 2016, a government non-working public holiday in Bhutan, due to the "first snowfall of the winter" traditional non-working public holiday in Bhutan. [full story]

Philippines Public Holiday February 25

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has reminded the population of "Proclamation No. 1071. Declaring Thursday, 25 February 2016, as a Special Holiday throughout the country" which declares Thursday, February 25, 2016, a special non-working public holiday in the Philippines on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. [full story]

Omani 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have released the dates of the annual non-working public holidays in Oman for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Fiji 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fiji Governing Cabinet issued an amended version of the previously-released and gazetted list of the dates of the official non-working public holidays in Fiji for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Cameroon 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Présidence de la République du Cameroun (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cameroon has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Cameroon for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Cambodia 2016 Bank Holidays Amended

Sources: National Bank of Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Cambodia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Bank of Cambodia (Cambodia's Central Bank) has released an amended list of bank holidays in Cambodia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Bermuda 2018 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bermuda, has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar year 2018, as well as amending its previously-released list of the official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

New Caledonia 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa) and New Caledonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of New Caledonia, following its earlier release of the list of non-working public holidays in New Caledonia in 2016, has released its annual expanded list of bank holidays in New Caledonia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Ethiopian 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Ethiopia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its annual list of the expected dates of the non-working public holidays in Ethiopia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Barbados 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Barbados Ministry of Labour (Bridgetown) and Barbados bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Barbados has published its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Barbados for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Lesotho 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Lesotho Cabinet (Maseru) and Lesotho bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Lesotho has published its annual official list of bank holidays and public holidays in Lesotho for the current calendar year 2016. [full story]

Macedonian 2016 Theophany Public Holiday

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 Tuesday, January 19, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday for believers of the Orthodox religion in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Orthodox Epiphany (Theophany) annual sectorial non-working public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Croatia 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Vlada Republike Hrvatske (Zagreb) and Croatia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Croatia has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Croatia for the calendar year 2016, once again unchanged in the number of public holidays in Croatia as compared to previous years. [full story]

Guatemalan 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced the list of Guatemalan bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2016, in addition to the previously-released list of 2016 public holidays in Guatemala. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holidays January 22-24

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Gonzalo Trigoso, has issued a communiqué reminding the Bolivian population that, once again, Friday, January 22, 2016, would be observed as an official non-working public holiday throughout Bolivia ("feriado con suspensión de actividades") to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of the plurinational state of Bolivia ("aniversario del Estado Plurinacional"). [full story]

DR Congo Public Holidays January 15-16

Sources: Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa) and DR Congo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The "Ministère de l’Emploi, du Travail et de la Prévoyance Sociale" of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced that Friday and Saturday, January 15-16, 2016, would be non-working public holidays in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("Les journées du vendredi 15 et samedi 16 janvier seront chômées et payées sur toute l’étendue du territoire nationale"). [full story]

Indonesian 2016 Bank Holidays Amended

Sources: Central Bank of Republic of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indonesia's Central Bank, has released an amended version of its previously-released list of 2016 Indonesian bank holidays in Indonesia and non-working public holidays in Indonesia. [full story]

Nepalese Maghi Public Holiday January 15

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Minister of the government of Nepal has announced that Friday, January 15, 2016, had been declared a nationwide non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Maghi or Maghe Sankranti annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Ukraine May 4 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Responding to questions about the coincidence of May 2nd and Easter Monday in the previously-announced and confirmed list of 2016 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, the Ministry of Social Policy has re-issued the letter №10846 ("On the calculation of working time rules for 2016") which confirms that "despite the fact that a day off match two holidays, the transfer is subject to only one day - Sunday (May 1) on Tuesday (May 3)". [full story]

Chilean 2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Valparaiso) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Ministro Secretario General de Gobierno has announced a revised version of the annual list of bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Chile ("Feriados de carácter general" and "Irrenunciable") for the calendar year 2017, which it had recently released in conjunction with Chile's Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social. [full story]

South African 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: South African Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South African Government Communication and Information System has announced the dates of the annual non-working public holidays in South Africa for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Kosovo 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: The Kosovo Banking Association (Shoqata e Bankave të Kosovës) and Kosovo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kosovo Banking Association (Shoqata e Bankave të Kosovës) has, in turn, announced its annual list of bank holidays in Kosovo for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

New Zealand Land Wars Public Holiday Momentum

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following petition, calling for a new annual non-working public holiday to mark the New Zealand Land Wars, gathering 7000 signatures, New Zealand's Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, re-ignited the debate for a new public holiday in New Zealand at last weekend's commemorations for Ruapekapeka Pa. [full story]

North Korean January 8 Public Holiday At Last ?

Sources: 조선중앙통신 (Pyongyang) and North Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). According to rumours about the agenda for North Korea's upcoming 7th Workers’ Party of Korea Congress scheduled for May 2016, the birthday of Kim Jong Un could finally be declared a red day, non-working, public holiday in North Korea, beginning in 2017. [full story]

Grenada 2016 Public Holidays Announced

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 annual official list of Grenada bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Grenada, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Netherlands 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Nieuwsoverzicht Rijksoverheid (Amsterdam) and Netherlands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dutch Government (the government of the Netherlands) has released its list of official non-working public holidays in the Netherlands for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Indonesian 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Central Bank of Republic of Indonesia (Jakarta) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indonesia's Central Bank, has announced the list of 2016 bank holidays in Indonesia, in addition to the list of 2016 non-working public holidays in Indonesia previously-announced by the government of Indonesia in its annual decree ("Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2016"). [full story]

Japanese 2017 Bank and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 日本銀行 (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Japan (Japan's central bank) has released its annual list of official national holidays, public holidays and bank holidays in Japan for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Slovenian 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana) and Slovenia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Slovenia has announced its annual official list of Slovenian bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Slovenia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has released its official list of Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and of non-working public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Albanian 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bank of Albania (Tirana) and Albanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Albania has announced its annual list of the official Albanian bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Albania for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Dominica 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (Office of the Prime Minister) and Dominica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica has released its annual official list of the Dominica bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Dominica, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Estonian 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Vabariigi Valitsus (Tallinn) and Estonian bank holidays and public holidays. (qppstudio.net). The Government of Estonia (Vabariigi Valitsus) has announced its annual official list of Estonian national holidays, Estonian flag days, and non-working public holidays in Estonia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Seychelles 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: The Central Bank of Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of the Seychelles has released its annual list of the official bank holidays in the Seychelles for the calendar year 2016. [full story]