Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Public works and Transportation (Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes - MOPT) has confirmed that the upcoming August 15 non-working public holiday for Mother's Day (Día de la Madre) was an official non-working public holiday, and that, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica, its observance would not and could not be moved to another date. [full story]