Philippines CNY Annual Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Senator Edgardo Angara has introduced legislation that would make the ad hoc declaration of Chinese New Year as a one-off public holiday in the Philippines, as was the case in 2012 and 2014, into an annual public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Nepalese Tamang Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the government of Nepal had once again declared Friday, January 31, 2014, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Sonam Lhosar festival marking the beginning of the Tamang New Year. [full story]

Argentina 2015 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The annual official list of non-working public holidays in Argentina for the calendar year 2015 ("Feriados Nacionales y Puentes Turísticos 2015") has officially been gazetted. [full story]

Burkina Faso 2014 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale (Ouagadougou) and Burkina Faso public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Burkina Faso has announced it annual list of non-working public holidays in Burkina Faso for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Peru January 27 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Ministra de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, Nancy Laos Cáceres, has announced that contrary to last-minute rumours to the contrary, Monday, January 27, 2014, would not be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Peru. [full story]

Guinea Conakry 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry has announced its annual list of 2014 non-working public holidays (jours chômés et payés) in the Republic of Guinea Conakry. [full story]

Egypt Could Move January 25 Public Holiday

Sources: الهيئة العامة للأستعلامات (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's interior minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, has announcxed that his ministry was considering changing the date of the annual national police day non-working public holiday in Egypt, from January 25, to June 30, beginning in 2015. [full story]

Vanuatu 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Indonesia To Combine Election Dates From 2019

Sources: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that Indonesia would hold its presidential election and legislative election concurrently, starting in 2019. [full story]

Paraguayan 2014 February 3 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Honorable Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill to declare February 3 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Paraguay, under the name "Día de la democracia paraguaya", will mechanically not be passed in time for February 3, 2014. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in St. Kitts and Nevis for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Norway 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Norges Bank (Oslo) and Norway bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Norway's Central Bank (Norges Bank) has updated its multi-year list of bank holidays in Norway with the announcement of Norwegian bank holidays for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Gabonese 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Prévoyance Sociale has released its annual list of non-working public holidays in Gabon for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Panama 2014 Bank Holidays Announced

Banco Nacional de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Banco Nacional de Panamá has released the list of annual bank holidays in Panama for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Yemeni 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء اليمنية سبأ (Sanaa) and Yemeni bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Yemeni Ministry of Civil Service and Insurance has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Yemen for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Bosnian Public Holidays Legislation Stalled

Sources: Federalna novinska agencija (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Almost 5 years after Bosnia's Council of Ministers approved an initial draft law on public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the process of turning that draft into law is seemingly stalled. [full story]

Canada 2016 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 2016. [full story]

Suriname 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has released its annual list of expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Macedonian 2014 Theophany Public Holiday

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 Sunday, January 19, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday for believers of the Orthodox religion in Macedonia on account of the upcoming annual Orthodox Epiphany (Theophany) annual sectorial non-working public holiday. [full story]

Guyana 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guyana has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays in Guyana for the calendar year 2014. [full story]