Fiji Official Public Holidays 2012

Sources: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fiji Governing Cabinet has approved the list of the dates of public holidays for the year 2012, following a submission by Fiji's Minister for Labour, Filipe Bole. [full story]

Norfolk Island Declares List Of 2012 Public Holidays

Sources: Norfolk Island Government Gazette (Kingston) and Norfolk Island bank holidays and Norfolk Island public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister for Community Services for the Australian territory of Norfolk Island, Timothy John Sheridan, has announced the list of 2012 official public holidays in Norfolk Island. [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]

Samoan Calls To Restore ANZAC Public Holiday

Sources: Radio New Zealand International (Apia) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Samoa’s Returned Services Association has publicly appealed to the Samoan Prime Minister to reinstate the ANZAC Day holiday. [full story]

Samoa Declares 2-Day Electoral Public Holidays

Sources: Talamua Media Corp (Apia) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Cabinet has announced 2 days of public holidays to coincide with the upcoming general election on Friday, March 4, 2011. [full story]

Fiji Rules-Out February 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Fiji's Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Colonel Pio Tikoduadua, has announced that there would be no public holiday to mark the passing of the former President Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda. [full story]

Vanuatu Declares January 3 Public Holiday

Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late yesterday, in a surprise move, Vanuatu's President, Johnson Iolu Abbil, signed the "Declaration of Public Holiday Order No: 120 of 2010" declaring Monday, January 3, 2011, as an official nationwide public holiday in Vanuatu. [full story]

Fiji Clarifies New Year Public Holiday Status

Sources: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Director of Information of Fiji's Interim Government, Setaita Natai, has issued a statement to the effect that Saturday, January 1st, 2011, will not be a public holiday in Fiji. [full story]

Vanuatu Rules-Out Extra New Year Public Holiday

Sources: Radio Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Vanuatu's Private Secretary to the Head of State, Rave Nigai, has announced that neither Friday, December 31, 2010, nor Monday, January 3, 2011, would be public holidays. [full story]

French Polynesia Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: Journal Officiel de la Polynésie Française (Papeete) and French Polynesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Council of Ministers of French Polynesia has released an Arrêté n° 2471 CM which officially declares the list of French Polynesian public holidays for the calendar year 2011. [full story]

Vanuatu Declares December 24 Public Holiday

Sources: Vanuatu Daily Post (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu, at the request of its Prime Minister, has declared a one-off public holiday, on Friday, December 24, 2010. [full story]

Timor Leste Declares Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Governo de Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has declared 2 year-end public sector holidays, on Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31, 2010. [full story]

Fiji Declares December 25 Public Holiday

Sources: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The interim government of Fiji has done an about-face and has announced that it had decided to declare Saturday, December 25, 2010, as an official public holiday in Fiji. [full story]

Fiji Clarifies Christmas Day Public Holiday Status

Sources: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Industrial Relations and Employment of Fiji has announced that, Saturday, December 25, 2010, is not a public holiday and that, as such, most shops in Fiji will be open on that day. [full story]

Vanuatu Announces 2011 Public Holidays

Sources: ANZ Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the calendar year 2011. [full story]