Nicaraguan Labour Day 2016 Public Holidays May 1-2

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Coordinadora del Consejo de Comunicación y Ciudadanía, Rosario Murillo, has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Nicaragua on account of the annual, "Día Internacional de los Trabajadores", non-working public holiday of Nicaragua falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Jordan Labour Day 2016 Public Holiday May 1st

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordan's Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has announced that this year's annual International Labor Day non-working public holiday of Jordan would be observed on its traditional date of May 1st, and would not be moved to another date as has sometimes been the case in recent years. [full story]

Malaysian May 6 PRK State Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the government of Malaysia's State of Perak, has denied rumours that the Perak government had declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Malaysia's State of Perak on Friday, May 6, 2016, pointing-out that Wednesday, May 6, 2015, had been declared a one-off non-working Malaysian state public holiday, but only as a one-off occurrence ("It was announced last year but only to commemorate the Perak Sultan's enthronement"). [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays May 1-2

Sources: Министерство за труд и социјална политика (Skopje) and Macedonian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday for citizens of the Orthodox faith in Macedonia on account of the upcoming "Easter Monday" annual sectorial non-working public holiday in Macedonia, as well as being a nationwide non-working public holiday in Macedonia on account of the upcoming Labour Day annual non-working public holiday of Macedonia falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

South Korea Mulls May 5-6 Public Holidays

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South Korean government's Ministry for Sports culture and Tourism has announced that the South Korean government was considering declaring Friday, May 6, 2016, the day after the annual Children's Day non-working public holiday of South Korea, as a one-off ("temporary") non-working public holiday in South Korea, to create a 4-day period of South Korean non-working public holidays and boost the economy. [full story]

Chilean 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Valparaiso) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Ministro Secretario General de Gobierno has announced a revised version of the annual list of bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Chile ("Feriados de carácter general" and "Irrenunciable") for the calendar year 2016, which it had released last year in conjunction with Chile's Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social. [full story]

Angola Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Rádio Nacional de Angola (Luanda) and Angolan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet Director of Angola's Ministry of Public Service and Social Security (Ministério da Administração Pública, Trabalho e Segurança Social-MAPTSS) has announced that as per the law revising Angolan official non-working public holidays, Monday, May 2, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Angola. [full story]

Malaysia Announces Sarawak Public Holiday July 22

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuching) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Sarawak, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, has finally announced that his government had declared July 22 as a new annual non-working state public holiday in Malaysia's State of Sarawak to commemorate Sarawak's independence from British colonization. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday April 29

Sources: Министерство за труд и социјална политика (Skopje) and Macedonian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that Friday, April 29, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Macedonia for citizens of the Orthodox faith, on account of the upcoming "Good Friday, Friday before Easter" annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Nepalese April 25 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Narayan Gopal Malego, has issued a communiqué squashing rumours that the Cabinet of the Government of Nepal had decided to declare a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal on Monday, April 25, 2016, to mark the anniversary of the Gorkha Earthquake that devastated Nepal last year. [full story]

Jordanian Bank Holiday May 1st

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Jordan has issued the "Memorandum to Licensed Banks" (No. 12/2016, ref 10/2/5892) which announces a bank holiday in Jordan on Sunday, May 1st, 2016, on account of the annual non-working Jordanian public holiday of Labor Day. [full story]

Lesotho May 1-2 Public Holidays

Sources: Lesotho News Agency (Maseru) and Lesotho bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Lesotho has announced that it had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a one-off non-working day in lieu public holiday in Lesotho, to compensate the fact that the annual Workers Day public holiday of Lesotho falls on a Sunday in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holidays May 1-2

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 issued an official communiqué confirming that the upcoming 2016 "Día del Trabajo" annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic would, once again, be moved from its traditional date of May 1st to Monday, May 2, 2016, in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Singapore May 7 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Singapore has issued a communiqué announcing that Saturday, May 7, 2016, the date of the upcoming Bukit Bato by-election would not be gazetted as another one-off non-working public holiday in Singapore. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan May 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Barely a day after the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic confirmed the, previously-decreed, Friday, May 6, 2016, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, signed amendments to that Kyrgyzstan's government decree on the transfer of weekends in May 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Basque Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's Basque autonomous region (País Vasco) has released its annual calendar of official Basque regional public holidays ("calendario laboral") and bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017 in Spain's Basque region. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Public Holidays May 5-9

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic has confirmed the Friday, May 6, 2016, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, meaning that there will be a period of 5 uninterrupted non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan, from Thursday, May 5, until Monday, May 9, 2016. [full story]

Indian CH and UP Public Holidays Moved To April 19

Sources: Dept. of Information and Public Relations of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governments of India's state of Uttar Pradesh and of the Union Territory of Chandigarh have announced that they had declared Tuesday, April 19, 2016, as the date of the upcoming Mahavir Jayanti public holiday to be observed in Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh, instead of the previously-announced date of Wednesday, April 20, 2016. [full story]

Bangladesh Declares April 23 and May 7 Public Holidays

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's government has announced that it had declared 2 additional one-off non-working public holidays in Bangladesh for the upcoming third and fourth phases of Union Parishad (UP) polls, on April 23 and May 7, 2016, respectively. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holidays April 24 and May 1-2

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jordanian Prime Ministry has issued a circular once again decreeing Sunday, April 24, as well as Sunday and Monday, May 1-2, 2016, as additional one-off non-working public holidays in Jordan on account of the upcoming Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday non-working public holidays of Jordan in 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Murcia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has released its annual calendar of official non-working Murcia public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2017 in the Spanish region of Murcia. [full story]

Paraguay Votes New July 4 Public Holiday

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan Senate has approved a bill initiated in Praguay's lower house of deputies, including the recent modifications to it making this new July 4 non-working public holiday in Paraguay, marking the battle of Nanawa, permanent, and not just a one-off public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Gabonese Public Holidays April 16-17

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail et de l’Emploi has announced that, in addition to the upcoming annual, April 17, National Women's Day, non-working public holiday of Gabon, it had additionally declared April 16, 2016, as an additional, one-off, non-working public holiday in the Gabon ("journée fériée, chômée et payée sur l’ensemble du territoire"). [full story]

Indonesian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia has issued its final 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. [full story]

UAE 2016 Israa wal Mairaj Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Government has announced that the annual non-working UAE public holiday for the upcoming Israa wal Mairaj UAE public holiday had been moved from Wednesday, May 4, 2016, to Thursday, May 5, 2016. [full story]

Venezuela Public Holidays April 15-19

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has declared another one-off non-working public holiday for Venezuela's public sector on Monday, April 18, 2016, so that in conjunction with the earlier declared April-May Friday public holidays in Venezuela, and Tuesday's annual Independence Declaration public holiday in Venezuela, there will be a period of 5 days, April 15-19, of non-working public sector holidays in Venezuela. [full story]

Bonaire Public Holidays May 2

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bonaire government has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, on account of the annual, May 1st, non-working public holiday in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2016, falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sources in Bolivia's Minister of Labour have indicated that the Government of Bolivia is planning to declare of Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, due to the annual, May 1, non-working public holiday of Bolivia falling on a Sunday in 2016 ("hasta la próxima semana se emitirá un comunicado en el que se instruirá que el feriado por el 1 de mayo recorrerá al lunes"). [full story]

El Salvador Mothers' Day Public Holiday Generalized

Sources: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador (San Salvador) and El Salvador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). El Salvador's legislative assembly has approved a bill that declares that the annual El Salvador non-working public sector holiday on May 10, to commemorate Mother's Day (Día de la Madre), will henceforth be a fully national non-working public holiday in El Salvador, for both the private and public sectors of El Salvador ("asueto remunerado para el sector público y privado"). [full story]

Taiwan 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directorate General of Personnel Administration has released its official annual calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Bosnian Public Holidays May 1-2-3

Sources: Federalna novinska agencija (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has announced that, as per the federal Law on Public Holidays of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the annual, 2-day, May Day, non-working public holidays of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will run from Sunday, May 1, until Tuesday, May 3, 2016. [full story]

Sri Lankan Public Holidays April 13-17

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, in separate communiqués, the Sri Lankan Minister of Public Administration, Ranjith Maddumabandara, and the Sri Lankan Minister of Home Affairs, Vajira Abeywardena, have announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided to once again declare Friday, April 15, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Sri Lanka, presumably to link this year's, April 13-14, Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sri Lankan Public holidays with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Taiwan Public Holidays Reduction Stalled

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's legislative general assembly has approved the recent resolution of the Health and Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee’s calling for the general assembly to return to the Ministry of Labor the Executive Yuan's proposed amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Labor Standards Act, which would see a reduction of the number of Taiwanese national holidays as days off from 19 to 12. [full story]

Indian Tamil Nadu Public Holiday May 16

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Tamil Nadu has announced that it had declared a non-working public holiday in India's state of Tamil Nadu on Monday, May 16, 2016, on account of that date's assembly polls. [full story]

Bangladesh Shab-e-Meraj May 4

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee has announced that the moon of the month of Rajab had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky yesterday and therefore that the Lailatul Meraj would be observed on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. [full story]

Paraguay May 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees, Édgar Rodas, has issued a communiqué preempting the expected questions ("ante la duda de mucha gente") and ruling-out the move of any of Paraguay's May 2016 public holidays (May 1, May 14 and 15), as all 3 of these May 2016 public holidays in Paraguay fall on weekend days during the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Australian 2017 Queensland Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Department of Justice and Attorney-General of Australia's State of Queensland has announced the dates of the annual non-working public holidays for 2017 in Australia's State of Queensland, taking into account all the changes to the annual non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Queensland of the past few years. [full story]

Romania Mulls June 1 Public Holiday

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced in Romania's upper house of parliament (Senatului României) which would add a new, June 1st, annual non-working public holiday in Romania, as well as bank holiday in Romania, to mark International Children's Day. [full story]

Tajikistan Mulls Rakhmon Public Holiday

Sources: Majlisi namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan (MNMORT) and Tajikistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament (the Majlisi Namoyandagon) is considering a bill which would amend the law "On Public Holidays of the Republic of Tajikistan", creating a new annual non-working public holiday in Tajikistan, to mark the presidency of Tajikistan’s longtime ruler Emomali Rakhmon. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan April 7 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recently passed, and signed into law, bill in Kyrgyzstan's parliament, for a new annual, April 7, non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan to be officially known as the "Day of the People's April Revolution", has been gazetted in the official state newspaper of Kyrgyzstan "Erkin Too" (Free Mountains). [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holiday April 11

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 announced that the date of the upcoming non-working public holiday in Costa Rica to commemorate Juan Santamaría, as per Article 148 of Costa Rica's Labor Code, would be Tuesday, April 11, 2016. [full story]

Venezuela Extends April-May 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued another decree declaring all Fridays to come in April and May 2016, as non-working public sector holidays in Venezuela for the Venezuelan public sector ("Se declaran los días viernes como no laborables para el sector público, a partir del 08 de abril de 2016 y mientras persistan los efectos del fenómeno climático el niño sobre la central hidroeléctrica simón bolívar"). [full story]

Kyrgyzstan April 7 Public Holiday Approved By Parliament

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill recently introduced in Kyrgyzstan's parliament, and matching an earlier presidential decree authorizing a new annual, April 7, non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan to be officially known as the "Day of the People's April Revolution", has been voted on and approved in the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan following an expedited session encompassing all three necessary readings of the bill. [full story]

Honduras Public Holiday April 18

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The private employers' confederation of Honduras (Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada - Cohep), has announced that employees of the Honduras private sector would observe the upcoming annual Americas' Day ("Día de las Américas") non-working public holiday of Honduras on Monday, April 18, 2016, instead of the annual date of April 14. [full story]

Benin Public Holiday April 6

Sources: Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Benin has declared Wednesday, April 6, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bénin ("Le gouvernement déclare la journée du 06 avril chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire National") on account of the upcoming presidential inauguration of president-elect, Patrice Talon, that will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan April 7 Public Holiday Approved In Committee

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill recently introduced in Kyrgyzstan's parliament, and matching an earlier presidential decree authorizing a new annual, April 7, non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan to be officially known as the "Day of the People's April Revolution", has received the emergency approval of the relevant parliamentary committees on constitutional legislation, state structure, judicial and legal affairs, and on social affairs, education, science, culture and public health. [full story]

Singapore 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has released the official list of non-working Singapore public holidays and bank holidays in Singapore for the upcoming calendar year 2017 which, for a third consecutive year, does not include any error in the date of the 2017 Deepavali public holiday in Singapore. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan April 7 Public Holiday Returns

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, the President of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambaev, signed a presidential decree authorizing a new annual, April 7, non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan to be officially known as the "Day of the People's April Revolution", to mark the day a popular revolution ousted authoritarian ex-President Kurmanbek Bakiev in 2010. [full story]

Nepalese 2016-2017 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of the government of Nepal has gazetted its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year B.S. 2073 (April 2016-April 2017), a list which contains 52 public holidays, in addition to Saturdays. [full story]

Kiribati Public Holiday April 8

Sources: Kiribati Public Service Office (Bairiki) and Kiribati bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kiribati has announced that the upcoming National Health Day non-working public holiday in Kiribati would be observed on Friday, April 8, 2016. [full story]