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Bank and Public Holidays for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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20 Mar 2012 (Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado-ORHELO) Puerto Rico's Governor, Luis Fortuño, has declared 2 additional one-off public sector holidays, on Friday, March 23, 2012, and on Thursday, April 5, 2012. • 26 Jul 2011 (Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado-ORHELO) The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released the "Memorando Especial Núm. 17-2011", which lists the public sector holidays for the calendar year 2012. • 07 Jun 2011 (El Nuevo Día-San Juan) Puerto Rico's Senate has approved by 26 votes to 0 (and no abstention) the establishment of a new annual public holiday, on March 30, to commemorate veterans of the Vietnam war. • 01 Apr 2011 (Primera Hora-San Juan) Puerto Rico's Governor, Luis Fortuño, has announced that the upcoming Maundy Thursday, on April 21, 2011, would be a one-off public sector holiday. • 05 Apr 2010 (Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado-ORHELO) The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released the "Memorando Especial Núm. 11-2010", which lists the public sector holidays for the calendar year 2011. • 08 Dec 2009 (Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado-ORHELO) The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released the "Memorando Especial Núm. 28 - 2009", which amends the list of public sector holidays for the year 2010. • 10 Aug 2009 (Oficina de Recursos Humanos del Estado Libre Asociado-ORHELO) The public sector's human resources department of the government of Puerto Rico (ORHELA) has released the "Memorando Especial Núm. 11-2009", which lists the public sector holidays for the year 2010. • 23 Jun 2009 (Primera Hora-San Juan) Puerto Rico's Chamber of Representatives has approved, and sent to the Senate, the Proyecto de la Cámara 1387 which would sharply reduce the number of public sector holidays in Puerto Rico. • 06 Apr 2009 (Primera Hora-San Juan) The Vice-President of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives, Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló, has introduced a bill, Proyecto de la Cámara 1387, which would reduce the number of public sector holidays in Puerto Rico, from the current 19 to 15. • 16 Dec 2008 (Primera Hora-Guaynabo) Puerto Rico's Governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, has declared 4 additional days of public sector holidays for the end of this year. These 4 additional public sector holidays are: December 24, 26 and 31, as well as January 2. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Puerto Rico public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Laws: The list, dates, and observances, of official public holidays in Puerto Rico are regulated by the "Ley para Regular las Operaciones de Establecimientos Comerciales" (also known as the "Ley de Cierre") and the "Código Político, Artículo 387". • Public Sector Holidays: Although Puerto Rico has an impressive tally of días feriados oficiales de Puerto Rico (official Puerto Rican public holidays) and días feriados federales (federal public holidays from the US), only civil servants observe all 21 Puerto Rican and federal public holidays. • Puerto Rico International Codes PR and PRI (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .pr (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Puerto Rico information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Puerto Rico maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Puerto Rico), and Wikipedia (includes Puerto Rico commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Puerto Rico, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Puerto Rico, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Puerto Rico, before planning any trip to Puerto Rico. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.