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]

Canada New November 11 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: The House of Commons of Canada (Ottawa) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Canadian House of Commons bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), yet another bill aiming to extend the observance of the regional, November 11, Remembrance Day, non-working public holiday of Canada, this time by making it a nationwide non-working public holiday in Canada ("is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada") and by specifying a day in lieu when November 11 falls on a weekend ("When November 11 is a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such"), got its first reading last Friday. [full story]

Canada Mulls NB Family Day Public Holiday

Sources: Radio-Canada (Moncton) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Social Development of Canada's Province of New Brunswick, Cathy Rogers, has announced that her government was preparing a bill to declare a new annual "Family Day" non-working public holiday in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, possibly beginning in 2017. [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]

Guam 2016 Public Holidays Announced

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

Saipan 2016 Public Holidays Released

Sources: The CNMI Civil Service Commission and Office of Personnel Management (CNMIOPM) and Saipan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Saipan (CNMI), Eloy S. Inos, has released the list of official annual non-working public holidays in the CNMI (aka. Saipan), for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Mexico 2016 Bank Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of Mexico has gazetted its annual official list of the dates of Mexican bank holidays for 2016 in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF 22/12/2015). [full story]

Canada Mulls June 21 Public Holiday Extension

Sources: The Government of Yukon (Whitehorse) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Legislative Assembly of Canada's Yukon Territory has unanimously voted to add a new annual non-working public holiday, National Aboriginal Day on November 21, to "recognize the contributions of Yukon's indigenous peoples, and support efforts at reconciliation and understanding between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people". [full story]

Canadan November 11 Public Holiday Extension Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité Sociale du Québec (Quebec City) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The ruling Couillard administration of the Canadian Province of Quebec has announced that, after a year of deliberations, it had decided not to declare November 11 (the "jour du Souvenir") as an official statutory non-working public holiday in the Canadian Province of Quebec. [full story]

Puerto Rico Public Holidays Reduction Law Amended

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Senate of Puerto Rico has amended last year's law amending the list of Puerto Rican annual non-working public holidays by lumping 4 of the current annual non-working public sector holidays of Puerto Rico into one. [full story]

USA Election Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: US News and World Report (Washington DC) and USA bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). US populist presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, has in turn called for election day to be a non-working public holiday in the USA. [full story]

Canada 2017-2018 BC Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Government of the Province of British Columbia (Victoria) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Canada's Province of British Columbia has updated its official multi-year list of public holidays in British Columbia by announcing the non-working public holidays in BC for the calendar year 2017 and 2018. [full story]

Mexico Public Holiday June 7

Sources: Diario Oficial de la Federación (Ciudad de México) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mexican Ministry of Labour (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social) has announced that Sunday, June 7, 2015, would be a nationwide non-working public holiday (día no laborable en todo el territorio nacional) on account of the upcoming legislative elections. [full story]

Puerto Rico 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released its annual "Memorando Especial", which lists Puerto Rico's public sector holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Canada Terry Fox Public Holiday Update

Sources: Office of the Premier of the Province of Manitoba (Winipeg) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Selinger government of Canada's Province of Manitoba has gone ahead and, as promised, introduced legislation to rename the annual August non-statutory public holiday, commonly called Civic Holiday, in honor of Terry Fox. [full story]

Mexico 2015 Bank Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores of Mexico has gazetted its annual official list of the dates of Mexican 2015 bank holidays (los días en que las instituciones de crédito deberán cerrar sus puertas y suspender operaciones durante 2015) in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. [full story]

USA Federal Public Sector Holiday December 26

Sources: The White House (Washington DC) and USA bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). US President, Barak Obama, released an Executive Order, dated December 5, once again indicating that "All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Friday, December 26, 2014, the day after Christmas Day". [full story]

Canada November 11 Public Holiday Update

Sources: The House of Commons of Canada (Ottawa) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The current Conservative Goverment of Canada has announced that it would support the NDP Bill C-597 ("An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)") another bill which would make November 11, Remembrance Day, a national statutory holiday, throughout Canada. [full story]

Canada Mulls August Public Holiday Name Change

Sources: Office of the Premier of the Province of Manitoba (Winipeg) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of Canada's Province of Manitoba, Greg Selinger, has announced plans to rename the annual August non-working public holiday, commonly called Civic Holiday, into an annual non-working public holiday in Canada's Province of Manitoba named after Terry Fox. [full story]

Puerto Rico To Enact Public Holidays Reduction Next Week

Sources: Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado (ORHELO) and Puerto Rico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, has announced through the Governor's Mansion Press Secretary, Jesús Manuel Ortiz, that he would sign into law next week, probably Tuesday, the "Proyecto del Senado 1113" which was recently reconciled between the House and Senate of Puerto Rico, and which will reduce the number of annual public sector holidays in Puerto Rico, by combining 4 of the current annual non-working public sector holidays of Puerto Rico into one, the "Día de los Próceres Puertorriqueños". [full story]