Indonesian 2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has amended its previously-released 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, by adding the long-expected Pancasila Day annual public holiday of Indonesia and shuffling around the list of collective leave days public holidays in Indonesia in 2017. [full story]

Ghana December 7 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, has issued another statement indicating that Wednesday, December 7, 2016, had not been, and most likely would not be, declared a non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of that date's General Elections. [full story]

Madagascar Cancels November 25 Public Holiday

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's "Service conseils de la Primature", has issued a terse communiqué indicating that, contrary to what had been announced last week, Friday, November 25, 2016, would not be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Madagascar on account of the upcoming "Sommet de la Francophonie" ("La journée du 25 novembre n’a pas été décrétée fériée par le gouvernement"). [full story]

Romanian Public Holiday December 2

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Government has published the "Government Decision no. 871/2016 on the establishment day of December 2, 2016 as a day off" (Official Gazette, Part I, no. 950) which declares Friday, December 2, 2016, as a one-off bridge public holiday in Romania, to link the annual Romanian public holidays of Saint Andrew's on November 30 and the National Day on December 1st, with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Costa Rican Otto Public Holidays November 24-25

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 President, Luis Guillermo Solís, has issued a decree declaring Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25, 2016, as one-off non-working public holidays in Costa Rica, on account of the impending arrival of tropical storm Otto. [full story]

Paraguay 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, has signed the "Decreto número 6292" which lists the annual official non-working public holidays in Paraguay for the upcoming calendar year 2017, including which of the annual non-working public holidays of Paraguay will be moved to adjoin a nearby weekend during the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Guam November 25 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: The Government of Guam (Chamorro) and Guam bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The spokeswoman for the Governor of Guam, Oyaol Nigirairikl, has announced that Guam Governor, Eddie Calvo, would not be declaring Friday, November 25, 2016, the day after the upcoming Thanksgiving non-working public holiday of Guam, as another one-off GovGuam public sector holiday in Guam. [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]

Thailand 2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Government Cabinet, through government spokesperson, Thaksada Sangkhachan, has declared Tuesday, January 3, 2017, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a five-day period of public holidays in Thailand from December 31, 2016, until January 3, 2017, inclusively. [full story]

Vietnam 2017 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has accepted the recommendations of the Ministry of Interior for the calendar of official public holidays in Vietnam in 2017, as set-out in the "Official Letter 5039 / BNV-TCCB 4002", in response to the earlier proposal by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam of 2 proposed options for the annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam 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]

Madagascar Public Holiday November 25

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's "ministère de la Fonction publique et de la réforme administrative, du travail et des lois sociales", has announced that it is drafting a decree, expected next Tuesday, to declare Friday, November 25, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Madagascar on account of the upcoming "Sommet de la Francophonie". [full story]

Ukraine 2017 Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At today's meeting, Ukraine's Cabinet issued a still unnumbered disposition which approves the previously-released draft resolution by the Ukraine's Ministry of Social Policy, specifying the annual official list of 2017 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, as well as the postponement of some working days in 2017, "in order to create favorable conditions for the rational use of working time". [full story]

Belarus 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Постановления Совета Министров (Minsk) and Belarus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Council of Ministers of Belarus has approved the annual list of official non-working public holidays in Belarus in the calendar year 2017, and released the details thereof in the "Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 912". [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday November 10

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The spokesperson of Nepal's Home Ministry, Balkrishna Panthi, has announced that the government of Nepal had decided to declare Thursday, November 10, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal on account of the annual Nepalese holiday of Phalgunanda Jayanti. [full story]

Pakistan Iqbal Day Public Holiday Restoration Ruled-Out

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has ruled-out the rumoured declaration of November 9 as a non-working public holiday in Pakistan on account of Iqbal Day. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday November 7

Sources: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Monday, November 7, 2016, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Día de Todos Los Santos") annual bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday November 4

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). After 2 months of announcements by various Ministers of Ghana (Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Netson Akatey, in September, and the Interior Minister, Prosper Bani, late last month) that Friday, November 4, 2016, the date of this year's moved Farmers' Day, would not be a non-working public holiday in Ghana, earlier today, Ghana's Deputy Interior Minister, James Agalga, announced that Friday, November 4, 2016, would in fact be a statutory public holiday in Ghana "and must be observed as such". [full story]

Vietnam 2017 Public Holidays Submitted

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vietnamese Ministry of Interior has issued the "Official Letter 5039 / BNV-TCCB 4002", in response to the earlier proposal by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam of a draft containing 2 proposed options for the annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Secretary of Malaysia's State of Johor announced that the government of Malaysia's State of Johor had declared that Monday, October 31, 2016, would be a one-off additional non-working public holiday in the State of Johor, to celebrate their winning of the Malaysia Cup against Selangor. [full story]