Bermuda Announces National Heroes' Public Holiday

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The date of Bermuda's upcoming National Heroes' Day public holiday has been confirmed as being Monday, June 20, 2011. [full story]

Bolivia Confirms June 21 and 23 Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia Boliviana de Información (La Paz) and Bolivia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, has announced that the relatively new, June 21, public holiday would be a nationwide public holiday, for both the public and private sectors, and not only in the western part of the country. [full story]

Azerbaijan Announces June 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Azəri-Press Agentliyi (APA) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Azeri Cabinet of Ministers has announced that there would be two effective non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan in June 2011. [full story]

Tonga Announces June 6 Public Holiday

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Tonga has announced that the date of the upcoming Emancipation Day public holiday would be Monday, June 6, 2011, instead of Friday, June 4, 2011. [full story]

Lebanon Declares Resistance and Liberation Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The office of the caretaker prime minister of Lebanon has issued a statement to the effect that a national non-working public holiday had been declared for Wednesday, May 25, 2011, to mark the upcoming Resistance and Liberation Day. [full story]

Ghana Declares African Union Public Holiday

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior has announced that Friday, May 25, 2011, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Ghana on account of the upcoming African Union Day. [full story]

Thailand Confirms May 16 Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's secretary to the Cabinet, Ampon Kittiampon, has issued a statement confirming that the Thai Cabinet had decided to make Monday, May 16, 2011, an extra non-working bridge public holiday, thus creating a five-day weekend. [full story]

Azerbaijan Announces May 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Azəri-Press Agentliyi (APA) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Azeri Cabinet of Ministers has announced that there would be two non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan in May 2011. [full story]

Argentina Confirms August 22 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, Argentina's Minister of the Interior, Florencio Randazzo, confirmed that the 2011 annual public holiday commemorating the death of General José de San Martín would be moved from Monday, August 15, to Monday, August 22, 2011. [full story]

Philippines Rule-Out April 9 Public Holiday Move

Sources: GMA News Online (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines government has announced that the upcoming Araw ng Kagitingan public holiday would be commemorated on a Saturday, April 9, 2011, as originally gazetted. [full story]

Singapore Confirms Deepavali 2011 Public Holiday Date

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has announced that the date of the upcoming Deepavali public holiday had been confirmed as Wednesday, October 26, 2011. [full story]

Tunisia Confirms March 20-21 Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة تونس افريقيا للانباء (Tunis) and Tunisian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tunisia's Prime Minister's Office has announced that, despite the recent regime change, the upcoming public holidays of Sunday and Monday, March 20-21, 2011, had been maintained as non-working public holidays. [full story]

Georgia Confirms Nowruz Public Holiday

Sources: Trend News (Tbilisi) and Georgia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Georgia has confirmed that the upcoming Nowruz, on Monday, March 21, 2011, would be a public holiday for the first time. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Announces March 21 and 24 Public Holidays

Sources: АКИpress новости Кыргызстана и Центральной Азии (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Labor Ministry of Kyrgyzstan has announced that Monday, March 21, and Thursday, March 24, 2011, would be non-working public holidays throughout Kyrgyzstan. [full story]

Turks and Caicos Declare Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, local time, the Turks and Caicos Advisory Council issued a press release confirming that the Council had agreed that Friday, April 29, 2011, would be a one-off public holiday to mark the wedding of HRH Prince William. [full story]

Bolivia Confirms January And June Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia Boliviana de Información (La Paz) and Bolivia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Labour, Felix Rojas, has ratified a confirmation of January 22 and June 21 as annual non-working public holidays in Bolivia. [full story]

Isle of Man Officializes Royal Wedding Public Holiday

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Isle of Man Treasury has confirmed approval by Tynwald of a statutory Order fixing Friday, 29 April, the day of the royal wedding, as a Bank Holiday in 2011. [full story]

Bermuda Re-Issues 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information(Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Bermuda has reissued an advisory listing the dates of all official Bermuda public holidays for the calendar year 2011. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Rule-Out January 7 Public Holiday

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At the at the post-Cabinet meeting news conference, Trinidad and Tobago's Foreign Affairs Minister, Suruj Ramabachan, officially ruled-out the declaration of a public holiday on Friday, January 7, 2011. [full story]

San Marino Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino (San Marino) and San Marino bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). San Marino's Central Bank has published the San Marino Government's official 2011 list of public holidays in San Marino. [full story]