Paraguay New July 4 Public Holiday Vetoed

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan President, Horacio Cartes, has vetoed the recently-passed bill declaring a new July 4 non-working public holiday in Paraguay, marking the battle of Nanawa, permanently, and not just a one-off public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Saint Helena Day 2016 Public Holiday Date Announced

Sources: St Helena Government (Jamestown) and Saint Helena bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Saint Helena, has issued a communiqué confirming that the day in lieu non-working public holiday in Saint-Helena, for St Helena’s Day 2016, will remain on Friday, May 20, 2016. [full story]

Peruvian May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Minister of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo-MTPE), Daniel Maurate, has issued another communique squashing the social media rumours about the declaration of a one-off non-working public holiday in Peru on Monday, May 2, 2016, on account of the annual, May 1st, non-working public holiday in Peru, falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Kuwaiti Public Holiday May 5

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of the Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission (CSC), Abdulaziz Al-Zebin, has declared that Thursday, May 5, 2016, would be an official non-working public holiday in Kuwait on account of the upcoming annual Kuwaiti public holiday for the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad Israa wal Meraj. [full story]

Venezuelan April-May 2016 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued another decree extending the recently-implemented Fridays-Saturday-Sunday non-working public holidays weekends had been extended to run from Wednesdays to Sundays, for the Venezuelan public sector ("Miércoles, jueves y viernes no se laborará en el sector público a excepción de aquellas tareas que son fundamentales, que son necesarias"). [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Nigeria on account of the annual May 1st public holiday of Nigeria falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Ghana Public Holidays May 1-2

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, has issued a statement informing the public that President Mahama had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Ghana, on account of the annual May Day public holiday of Ghana falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Guatemalan May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales, has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, would not be declared as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Guatemala on account of the upcoming "Día de los Trabajadores" annual non-working public holiday in Guatemala, falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Honduras May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Minister of the Interior (ministro de Gobernación y Descentralización), Leonel Ayala, has announced that the upcoming annual, Día del Trabajo, non-working public holiday of Honduras would not be moved to Monday, May 2, 2016, on account of the said non-working public holiday of Honduras falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Kenyan Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Interior Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan government, Joseph Nkaissery, has announced that the Kenyan government had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kenya for the upcoming Labour Day annual public holiday of Kenya which falls on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Cameroon Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Présidence de la République du Cameroun (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a day in lieu bridge non-working public holiday (feriée chômée sur toute l’étendue du territoire de la république du Cameroun) due to the annual, May 1st, public holiday in Cameroon falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

DR Congo Public Holiday April 30

Sources: Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa) and DR Congo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vice-Prime Minister of the RDC (République Démocratique du Congo), Willy Makiashi, has declared Saturday, April 30, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday to compensate the annual, May 1st, RDC public holiday falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Sint Maarten Public Holiday May 3

Sources: Government of Sint Maarten (Great Bay) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Sint Maarten has announced that, following a meeting of the Council of Ministers, it had decided to change the date of the upcoming annual Carnival Day non-working public holiday of Sint Maarten from April 30 to Tuesday, May 3, 2016. [full story]

South Korea Declares May 6 Public Holiday

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, at the Cabinet meeting chaired by President Park Geun-hye, the Government of South Korea decided to go ahead and declare Friday, May 6, 2016, as a one-off (temporary) non-working public holiday in South Korea, to link the annual Orimal (Children's Day) South Korean public holiday with the subsequent weekend and thus create a 4-day period of South Korean non-working public holidays and boost the economy. [full story]

Bolivian May 2 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 ("Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social"), in its Comunicado 24/2016 has finally confirmed that the Government of Bolivia had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, due to the annual, May 1, non-working public holiday of Bolivia falling on a Sunday in 2016 ("Se traslada al lunes 2 de mayo, con suspensión de actividades tanto públicas como privadas en todo el territorio del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia"). [full story]

Guatemalan Bank Holiday May 2

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 that a day in lieu bank holiday would be observed in Guatemala on Monday, May 2, 2016, in conjunction with the annual, Día del Trabajo, non-working public holiday in Guatemala. [full story]

Algeria 2016 Labour Day Public Holiday

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian government, through its Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique has announced that Sunday, May 1st, 2016, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Algeria, on account of the upcoming "fête du Travail". [full story]

Philippines Public Holiday May 9

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Presidential Palace's Communications Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr, has announced Proclamation 1254, declaring Monday, May 9, 2016, the date of the upcoming Philippines' national and local elections, as another additional special public non-working holiday throughout the Philippines. [full story]

Venezuela Extends April-May 2016 Public Holidays Again

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued another decree extending the recently-implemented Fridays-Saturday-Sunday non-working public holidays weekends had been extended to run from Wednesdays to Sundays, for the Venezuelan public sector ("Miércoles, jueves y viernes no se laborará en el sector público a excepción de aquellas tareas que son fundamentales, que son necesarias"). [full story]

Nicaraguan Labour Day 2016 Public Holidays May 1-2

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Coordinadora del Consejo de Comunicación y Ciudadanía, Rosario Murillo, has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Nicaragua on account of the annual, "Día Internacional de los Trabajadores", non-working public holiday of Nicaragua falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Jordan Labour Day 2016 Public Holiday May 1st

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordan's Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has announced that this year's annual International Labor Day non-working public holiday of Jordan would be observed on its traditional date of May 1st, and would not be moved to another date as has sometimes been the case in recent years. [full story]

Malaysian May 6 PRK State Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the government of Malaysia's State of Perak, has denied rumours that the Perak government had declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Malaysia's State of Perak on Friday, May 6, 2016, pointing-out that Wednesday, May 6, 2015, had been declared a one-off non-working Malaysian state public holiday, but only as a one-off occurrence ("It was announced last year but only to commemorate the Perak Sultan's enthronement"). [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays May 1-2

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 Monday, May 2, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday for citizens of the Orthodox faith in Macedonia on account of the upcoming "Easter Monday" annual sectorial non-working public holiday in Macedonia, as well as being a nationwide non-working public holiday in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Labour Day annual non-working public holiday of Macedonia falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

South Korea Mulls May 5-6 Public Holidays

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South Korean government's Ministry for Sports culture and Tourism has announced that the South Korean government was considering declaring Friday, May 6, 2016, the day after the annual Children's Day non-working public holiday of South Korea, as a one-off ("temporary") non-working public holiday in South Korea, to create a 4-day period of South Korean non-working public holidays and boost the economy. [full story]

Chilean 2016 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 2016, which it had released last year in conjunction with Chile's Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social. [full story]

Angola Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Rádio Nacional de Angola (Luanda) and Angolan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet Director of Angola's Ministry of Public Service and Social Security (Ministério da Administração Pública, Trabalho e Segurança Social-MAPTSS) has announced that as per the law revising Angolan official non-working public holidays, Monday, May 2, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Angola. [full story]

Malaysia Announces Sarawak Public Holiday July 22

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuching) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Sarawak, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, has finally announced that his government had declared July 22 as a new annual non-working state public holiday in Malaysia's State of Sarawak to commemorate Sarawak's independence from British colonization. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday April 29

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 Friday, April 29, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Macedonia for citizens of the Orthodox faith, on account of the upcoming "Good Friday, Friday before Easter" annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Nepalese April 25 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Narayan Gopal Malego, has issued a communiqué squashing rumours that the Cabinet of the Government of Nepal had decided to declare a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal on Monday, April 25, 2016, to mark the anniversary of the Gorkha Earthquake that devastated Nepal last year. [full story]

Jordanian Bank Holiday May 1st

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Jordan has issued the "Memorandum to Licensed Banks" (No. 12/2016, ref 10/2/5892) which announces a bank holiday in Jordan on Sunday, May 1st, 2016, on account of the annual non-working Jordanian public holiday of Labor Day. [full story]

Lesotho May 1-2 Public Holidays

Sources: Lesotho News Agency (Maseru) and Lesotho bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Lesotho has announced that it had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a one-off non-working day in lieu public holiday in Lesotho, to compensate the fact that the annual Workers Day public holiday of Lesotho falls on a Sunday in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holidays May 1-2

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 the upcoming 2016 "Día del Trabajo" annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic would, once again, be moved from its traditional date of May 1st to Monday, May 2, 2016, in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Singapore May 7 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Singapore has issued a communiqué announcing that Saturday, May 7, 2016, the date of the upcoming Bukit Bato by-election would not be gazetted as another one-off non-working public holiday in Singapore. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan May 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Barely a day after the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic confirmed the, previously-decreed, Friday, May 6, 2016, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, signed amendments to that Kyrgyzstan's government decree on the transfer of weekends in May 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Basque Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's Basque autonomous region (País Vasco) has released its annual calendar of official Basque regional public holidays ("calendario laboral") and bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017 in Spain's Basque region. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Public Holidays May 5-9

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic has confirmed the Friday, May 6, 2016, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, meaning that there will be a period of 5 uninterrupted non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan, from Thursday, May 5, until Monday, May 9, 2016. [full story]

Indian CH and UP Public Holidays Moved To April 19

Sources: Dept. of Information and Public Relations of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governments of India's state of Uttar Pradesh and of the Union Territory of Chandigarh have announced that they had declared Tuesday, April 19, 2016, as the date of the upcoming Mahavir Jayanti public holiday to be observed in Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh, instead of the previously-announced date of Wednesday, April 20, 2016. [full story]

Bangladesh Declares April 23 and May 7 Public Holidays

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's government has announced that it had declared 2 additional one-off non-working public holidays in Bangladesh for the upcoming third and fourth phases of Union Parishad (UP) polls, on April 23 and May 7, 2016, respectively. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holidays April 24 and May 1-2

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jordanian Prime Ministry has issued a circular once again decreeing Sunday, April 24, as well as Sunday and Monday, May 1-2, 2016, as additional one-off non-working public holidays in Jordan on account of the upcoming Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday non-working public holidays of Jordan in 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Murcia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has released its annual calendar of official non-working Murcia public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2017 in the Spanish region of Murcia. [full story]

Paraguay Votes New July 4 Public Holiday

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan Senate has approved a bill initiated in Praguay's lower house of deputies, including the recent modifications to it making this new July 4 non-working public holiday in Paraguay, marking the battle of Nanawa, permanent, and not just a one-off public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Gabonese Public Holidays April 16-17

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail et de l’Emploi has announced that, in addition to the upcoming annual, April 17, National Women's Day, non-working public holiday of Gabon, it had additionally declared April 16, 2016, as an additional, one-off, non-working public holiday in the Gabon ("journée fériée, chômée et payée sur l’ensemble du territoire"). [full story]

Indonesian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has issued its final annual decree ("Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2017") designating the list of Indonesian public holidays and collective leave days ("cuti bersama") for the calendar year 2017, for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

UAE 2016 Israa wal Mairaj Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Government has announced that the annual non-working UAE public holiday for the upcoming Israa wal Mairaj UAE public holiday had been moved from Wednesday, May 4, 2016, to Thursday, May 5, 2016. [full story]

Venezuela Public Holidays April 15-19

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has declared another one-off non-working public holiday for Venezuela's public sector on Monday, April 18, 2016, so that in conjunction with the earlier declared April-May Friday public holidays in Venezuela, and Tuesday's annual Independence Declaration public holiday in Venezuela, there will be a period of 5 days, April 15-19, of non-working public sector holidays in Venezuela. [full story]

Bonaire Public Holidays May 2

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bonaire government has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, on account of the annual, May 1st, non-working public holiday in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2016, falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sources in Bolivia's Minister of Labour have indicated that the Government of Bolivia is planning to declare of Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, due to the annual, May 1, non-working public holiday of Bolivia falling on a Sunday in 2016 ("hasta la próxima semana se emitirá un comunicado en el que se instruirá que el feriado por el 1 de mayo recorrerá al lunes"). [full story]

El Salvador Mothers' Day Public Holiday Generalized

Sources: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador (San Salvador) and El Salvador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). El Salvador's legislative assembly has approved a bill that declares that the annual El Salvador non-working public sector holiday on May 10, to commemorate Mother's Day (Día de la Madre), will henceforth be a fully national non-working public holiday in El Salvador, for both the private and public sectors of El Salvador ("asueto remunerado para el sector público y privado"). [full story]

Taiwan 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directorate General of Personnel Administration has released its official annual calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Bosnian Public Holidays May 1-2-3

Sources: Federalna novinska agencija (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has announced that, as per the federal Law on Public Holidays of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the annual, 2-day, May Day, non-working public holidays of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will run from Sunday, May 1, until Tuesday, May 3, 2016. [full story]