India 2017 Jammu and Kashmir Public
Holidays Amended Again
(Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017)
(Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2017)
Source: Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Srinigar) - Summary:
The Government of India's state of Jammu and Kashmir has issued the Government
Order No: 690-GAD of 2017 which further amends its annual list of the days
which will be non-working public holidays in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir
for the upcoming calendar year 2017 ("In partial modification of
Government order No. 1345-GAD of 2016 date 09-12-2016, the holiday on account
of 'Mela Khir Bhawani' shall be observed on 2nd June, 2017 (Friday) instead of
1st June, 2017 (Thursday) in the government offices and education institutions
in Kashmir Province"). - Links: full
story, other India news and
updates, India
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Montsame Agency (Ulaanbaatar) - Summary: The
Mongolian government has announced that Thursday, June 1, 2017, would once
again be a non-working public holiday in Mongolia, on account of International
Children's Day. - Links: full
story, other Mongolia
news and updates, Mongolia public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Summary:
Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee
has announced that the upcoming Lailatul Qadr (night of destiny) would
be observed on the evening of Thursday, June 22, 2017, to be followed on the
next day by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh.
- Links: full
story, other
Bangladesh news and updates, Bangladesh
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Trinidad and Tobago
Government Portal (Port of Spain) - Summary: The Government of Trinidad
and Tobago has announced that Monday, June 26, 2017, had been declared as a
non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, on account of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr
(End of Ramadan) annual public holiday of Trinidad and Tobago in 2017. - Links:
full
story, other
Trinidad and Tobago news and updates, Trinidad
and Tobago public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) - Summary: The
government of Saudi Arabia, via a Tweet by its Ministry of Civil Service, has
announced that the 2017 End of Ramadan public sector holidays would run
from Ramadan 25 until Shawwal 5. - Links: full
story, other Saudi
Arabia news and updates, Saudi
Arabia public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Tristan Times (Tristan da Cunha) - Summary:
The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has declared
Friday, May 26, 2017, as the date for this year's annual Ratting Day public
holiday in Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha. - Links: full
story, other Saint
Helena news and updates, Saint
Helena public holidays, back to the top.
Source: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) - Summary: The
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Monday, May 29, 2017, would be
a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the upcoming annual Start
of Ramadan Bank Holiday. - Links: full
story, other Pakistan
news and updates, Pakistan public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario
(Sudeban) - Summary: The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking
sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario)
has announced that Monday, May 29, 2017, would be another bank holiday in
Venezuela, on account of the annual "Día de Corpus Christi" ("fiesta
del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo") annual bank holiday of Venezuela. -
Links: full
story, other Venezuela
news and updates, Venezuela
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul) - Summary:
The government of Afghanistan has declared Saturday, May 27, 2017, as a
non-working public holiday in Afghanistan on the occasion of the upcoming
First Day of Ramadan non-working public holidays in Afghanistan. - Links:
full
story, other
Afghanistan news and updates, Afghanistan
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Government of Montserrat (Brades) - Summary:
The Montserrat "Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill 2017", which
was introduced and first read in the Montserrat Legislative Assembly last
January, and was passed by the Montserrat Legislative Assembly earlier this
month, was signed into law by Montserrat Governor Lyndell Simpson. - Links:
full
story, other
Montserrat news and updates, Montserrat
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) - Summary:
The Moldavian Cabinet has once again approved a decree on the declaration of
June 1st, 2017, as a non-working public holiday in Moldova, on account of International
Children's Day. - Links: full
story, other Moldova news
and updates, Moldova public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu) - Summary:
The Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal has announced that the
Machhindranath's chariot having arrived at Jawalakhel, Thursday, May 25, 2017,
had been declared as the date of this year's Bhoto Jatra non-working
public holiday in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. - Links: full
story, other Nepal news and
updates, Nepal
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: The Central Bank of Jordan (Amman) - Summary: The
Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan has issued a Memorandum which announces
a bank holiday on Thursday, May 25, 2017, on account of the annual Independence
Day non-working Jordanian public holiday and bank holiday. - Links: full
story, other Jordan news
and updates, Jordan public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) - Summary:
The annual list of official non-working public holidays in Hungary for the
calendar year 2018, as announced by the Government of Hungary, upon the
recommendation of the Hungarian National Economy Minister, has been officially
gazetted. - Links: full
story, other Hungary news
and updates, Hungary public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Gazette Office Cayman Islands Government
(Grand Cayman) - Summary: The Supervisor of Elections of the Cayman
Islands, Wesley Howell, has confirmed that Wednesday, May 24, 2017, would be a
one-off non-working public holiday in the Cayman Islands on account of the
upcoming general election. - Links: full
story, other
Cayman Islands news and updates, Cayman
Islands public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) - Summary:
Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Rosario Murillo, has issued a communique
declaring that Tuesday, May 30, 2017, would once again be a non-working public
sector holiday in Nicaragua, in accordance with the Decreto Presidencial
22-2010, to mark Nicaragua's Mothers' Day ("Día de las Madres
Nicaragüenses"). - Links: full
story, other Nicaragua
news and updates, Nicaragua
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
(Abuja) - Summary: The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of
Nigeria, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, has announced that the Nigerian Federal
Government had declared Monday, May 29, 2017, as a non-working public holiday
in Nigeria, on account of the 2017 Democracy Day non-working public
holiday of Nigeria. - Links: full
story, other Nigeria news
and updates, Nigeria public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Ghana News Agency (Accra) - Summary: Ghana's
Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has announced that the Government of
Ghana had declared Thursday, May 25, 2017, as a statutory non-working public
holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming African Union Day annual
public holiday. - Links: full
story, other Ghana news and
updates, Ghana
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Mediafax (Bucharest) - Summary: The Romanian
Government has announced that it would declare Friday, June 2, 2017, as a
one-off bridge public holiday in Romania, to link the annual Romanian public
holiday of International Children's Day on June 1st, with the subsequent
weekend. - Links: full
story, other Romania news
and updates, Romania public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information
(Hamilton) - Summary: Bermuda's Shadow Minister of Community, Youth and
Sports, Michael Weeks, has once again introduced a the "Public Holidays
Amendment Act" in the House of Assembly for Bermuda Day to fall on the
Friday before the last Monday of May each year. - Links: full
story, other Bermuda news
and updates, Bermuda public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: ITAR-TASS (Moscow) - Summary: The Russian Ministry
of Labor has released a draft decree for the Russian government to
postpone the days off in 2018, in the context of the announcement of the list
of official non-working public holidays in Russia in the calendar year 2018. - Links:
full
story, other Russia news
and updates, Russia public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Prime Minister's Office (Port-Louis) - Summary: The
Cabinet of the Government of Mauritius has released its official annual list of
the non-working public holidays in Mauritius for the upcoming calendar year
2018. - Links: full
story, other Mauritius
news and updates, Mauritius
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) - Summary:
The President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a
Proclamation declaring Sunday, May 14, 2017, as the National Unification Day
of the Republic of Liberia non-working public holiday to be observed
throughout the Republic as a national holiday and "to be observed on
Monday, May 15, 2017 throughout the country as a National Holiday". - Links:
full
story, other Liberia news
and updates, Liberia public
holidays, back to the top.Source: Trinidad and Tobago
Government Portal (Port of Spain) - Summary: The Prime Minister of
Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, has announced that the First Peoples of
Trinidad and Tobago would be given a one-off national non-working public
holiday, on Friday, October 13, 2017, "in recognition of their
contribution to the islands". - Links: full
story, other
Trinidad and Tobago news and updates, Trinidad
and Tobago public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (Port
Moresby) - Summary: The Government of Papua New Guinea, Michael Ogio,
has announced that Tuesday, June 27, 2017, would be declared as a one-off
non-working public holiday in Papua New Guinea on account of the upcoming
general elections. - Links: full
story, other
Papua New Guinea news and updates, Papua
New Guinea public holidays, back to the top.
Source: The Government of Yukon (Whitehorse) - Summary: The
Community Services Minister of Canada's Yukon Territory, John Streicker, has
announced that the territorial government had made good on its promise to add a
new annual non-working public holiday, National Aboriginal Day on
November 21, to "recognize the contributions of Yukon's indigenous
peoples". - Links: full
story, other Canada news
and updates, Canada public
holidays, back to the top.Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) - Summary:
Hungary's Parliament is considering a bill to make December 24 a new annual
non-working public holiday in Hungary. - Links: full
story, other Hungary news
and updates, Hungary public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Malta Department of Information (Government of Malta) - Summary:
Launching his re-election campaign, earlier this week, Malta Labour leader and
Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, has once again promised that, should his party
win a re-election, it would restore the day in lieu public holidays for Malta
public holidays that fall on a weekend, canceled "without prior
consultation" by the preceding PN government. - Links: full
story, other Malta news and
updates, Malta
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Maldives President's Office Press Release (Male) - Summary:
The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has decided to
declare Sunday, May 7, 2017, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the
Maldives "as a high number of government employees and the public were
involved in conducting the local council elections held today". - Links:
full
story, other Maldives
news and updates, Maldives public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) - Summary: The Bank of
Jamaica, Jamaica's Central Bank, has released the official list of bank
holidays in Jamaica for the calendar years 2021 and 2022. - Links: full
story, other Jamaica news
and updates, Jamaica public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR)
- Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has
released its annual official list of the gazetted 2018 public holidays to be
observed in Hong Kong ("General holidays for 2018"), in
accordance with the Employment Ordinance and General Holidays Ordinance
as well as amendments thereto. - Links: full
story, other Hong Kong
news and updates, Hong Kong
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers (Baku) - Summary:
Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree declaring June 24-28,
2017, inclusively, as non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan on account of
this year's annual Armed Forces Day and the Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
annual public holidays of Azerbaijan. - Links: full
story, other
Azerbaijan news and updates, Azerbaijan
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) - Summary:
The executive of Spain's Basque autonomous region (País Vasco) has
gazetted its annual calendar of official regional public holidays ("calendario
laboral") and bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2018 in
Spain's Basque region. - Links: full
story, other Spain news and
updates, Spain
public holidays, back to the top.Source: Government of Montserrat (Brades) - Summary:
The Montserrat "Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill 2017", which
was introduced to the Montserrat Legislative Assembly and had its first reading
last January 24, was passed by the Montserrat Legislative Assembly yesterday. -
Links: full
story, other Montserrat
news and updates, Montserrat
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) - Summary:
The Royal Civil Service Commission of the Government of Bhutan has announced
that Friday, May 5, 2017, would be a non-working public holiday throughout
Bhutan on the occasion of the upcoming Zhabdrung Kuchoe (Death
Anniversary of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the Unifier of Bhutan), annual
Bhutanese non-working public holiday. - Links: full
story, other Bhutan news
and updates, Bhutan public
holidays, back to the top.Source: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) - Summary:
The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has announced its
annual list of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in
Spain's Autonomous Region of Andalucia for the calendar year 2018 ("calendario
de fiestas laborales en Andalucía para el año 2018"). - Links: full
story, other Spain news and
updates, Spain
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) - Summary:
The Philippines House of Representatives has unanimously approved, in its third
and final reading, the House Bill 5241 declaring December 8 of every year a
special national non-working public holiday in the Philippines on account of
the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. - Links: full
story, other
Philippines news and updates, Philippines
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Uzbek National News Agency (Tashkent) - Summary:
Earlier today, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, signed the
resolution "On shifting day-off from Saturday, 6 May, to Monday, 8 May
2017" which declares Monday, May 8, 2017, as a one-off non-working
public holiday in Uzbekistan, in connection with the celebration of the 2017 Day
of Memory and Honour non-working public holiday of Uzbekistan. - Links:
full
story, other
Uzbekistan news and updates, Uzbekistan
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique (Algiers) - Summary:
In a communiqué released earlier this morning, the Algerian government's Direction
générale de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative has
announced that Thursday, May 4, 2017, had been declared a one-off non-working
public holiday, for both the private and public sectors, on account of the
upcoming legislative elections in Algeria. - Links: full
story, other Algeria news
and updates, Algeria public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Governo de Portugal (Lisboa) - Summary: The
government of Portugal has declared a national public sector holiday (tolerância
de ponto) on Friday, May 12, 2017, to coincide with the upcoming visit of
Pope Francis to Portugal. - Links: full
story, other Portugal
news and updates, Portugal public
holidays, back to the top.
Source: Interfax (Tiraspol) - Summary: Transdniestria's
government has announced its annual list of official non-working public
holidays in the Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic (TMR, aka
Transdniestria or also the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) for the
upcoming calendar year 2018. - Links: full
story, other
Transdniestria news and updates, Transdniestria
public holidays, back to the top.
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