Saint Lucia 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister (Castries) and Saint Lucia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saint Lucia has released its annual official list of Saint Lucia bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Saint Lucia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Cuban 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Órgano Oficial del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Granma) and Cuban bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cuban government has issued the "Resolución No 23/2016 del Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social" which declares Friday, December 2, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Cuba, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Granma. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Year-End 2016-2017 Public Holidays Confirmed

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 confirmed the dates of the upcoming year-end 2016-2017 non-working public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago in line with its previously-released 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]

Dominica 2017 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 upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

US Virgin Islands 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: The Governor's Office (St. Croix) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the US Virgin Islands, Kenneth Mapp, has once again declared a one-off additional public holiday in the US Virgin Islands to be observed as a public sector holiday in the US Virgin Islands on the day after Thanksgiving 2016, namely Friday, November 25, 2016. [full story]

Dominican Republic 2017 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 Dominican Republic for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Bermuda 2019-2021 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 list of official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar years 2019-2021, as well as amending its previously-released list of the official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago To Declare Carib Public Holiday Next Year

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, has announced that the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago will be given a one-off national non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, in 2017, in recognition of their contribution to Trinidad and Tobago, thus partially meeting a long-standing request for a public holiday for the Trinidad and Tobago Caribs, aka. First Peoples. [full story]

Dominican Republic Mulls Reyes Public Holidays Amendments

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic National Assembly is currently examining yet another bill that would remove the annual January 6 non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic from the scope of the law No.139-97 which moves some mid-week public holidays in the Dominican Republic ("proyecto que modifica los artículos 2 y 4 de la Ley 139-97, para excluir el seis de enero, Día de los Santos Reyes, del ámbito de los feriados sujetos a traslados"). [full story]

Saba 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba (the regional government of Saba) has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Saba, which should also apply as non-working public holidays to all of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Haiti Public Holiday October 17

Sources: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti (Bureau de la communication de la Primature) has announced that Haiti's President has issued an Executive Order declaring Monday, October 17, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Haiti to coincide with this year's public holiday of Haiti commemorating the death of the Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines. [full story]

British Virgin Islands 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has approved and announced the annual list of, and dates of, official non-working public holidays in the British Virgin Islands for the calendar year 2017, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199), as amended. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Divali Public Holiday October 29

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 announced that Saturday, October 29, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, on account of the upcoming Divali annual public holiday of Trinidad and Tobago in 2016. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday October 17

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 Ministry of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social - MTSS) has confirmed that the upcoming October 12 non-working public holiday for Costa Rica's (Día del Encuentro de Culturas) was an official non-working public holiday (feriado de pago no obligatorio), but that, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica and, as it occurs on a Wednesday in 2016, its observance would be moved to Monday, October 17, 2016. [full story]

Costa Rica December 1st Public Holiday Returns

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A new bill has been introduced in Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly by MPs from the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) and the Frente Amplio (FA) which would declare December 1st as a new annual non-working public holiday in Costa Rica. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday August 16

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Over this past weekend, the Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic once again issued a communiqué announcing that, as per the current public holidays legislation in the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, August 16, 2016, would be the date of the official annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Día de la Restauración non-working public holiday. [full story]

Costa Rica Mother's Day 2016 Public Holiday

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]

Jamaican August 8 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and Jamaica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica, Shahine Robinson, has issued a joint JIS/MLSS (Ministry of Labour and Social Security) news release in which she rules-out the declaration of Monday, August 8, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday in Jamaica, to compensate the fact that this year's Independence Day annual non-working public holiday will fall on a Saturday. [full story]

Costa Rica Public Holiday On July 25

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 Labour has once again confirmed that the upcoming día de la Anexión del Partido de Nicoya non-working public holiday would be observed on Monday, July 25, 2016, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Eid Public Holiday July 6

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 announced that Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 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 2016. [full story]