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Bank and Public Holidays for Saint Lucia

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Saint Lucia 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.

Date in 2012

Holiday Name
Sun New Year's Day
Mon New Year's Holiday
Wed Independence Day
Fri Good Friday
Mon Easter Monday
Tue Labour Day
Mon Whit Monday
Thu Corpus Christi Day
Wed Emancipation Day
Mon Thanksgiving Day
Thu National Day
Tue Christmas Day
Wed Boxing Day

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Recent News and Updates

10 Jan 2012 (Office of the Prime Minister-Castries) The government of Saint Lucia has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Saint Lucia for the calendar year 2012.  28 Nov 2011 (Office of the Prime Minister-Castries) SLP Leader and Saint Lucia's Prime Minister designate, Kenny Anthony, has announced that contrary to tradition, he would not declare tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29, 2011, a one-off post-election public holiday.  12 Sep 2007 (Office of the Prime Minister-Castries) The funeral of former Saint Lucia Prime Minister, Sir John Compton, previously set for September 22, has been advanced to Tuesday, September 18, 2007.  08 Sep 2007 (Caribbean 360) A two week period of national mourning has been declared and flags will be flown at half-mast during this time.  02 Jan 2007 (Radio Jamaica) Newly appointed Prime Minister, Sir John Compton, announced that Wednesday January 3 will be observed as an additional public holiday in Saint Lucia.  03 Dec 2001 (Cana News Agency-Bridgetown) Saint Lucia Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, has declared tomorrow, Tuesday, January 4, 2001, as a one-off public holiday to celebrate the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) landslide re-election victory today.  23 May 1997 (Cana News Agency-Bridgetown) Saint Lucia Prime Minister-designate, Dr Kenny Anthony, declared tomorrow, May 24, 1997, a one-off public holiday to celebrate the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) victory in today's elections.  More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Saint Lucia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.


Background Information

Election Public Holidays: Saint Lucia usually has a one-off public holiday following a general election, but this day does not always occur the day immediately after the election.  Saint Lucia International Codes LC and LCA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .lc (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Saint Lucia information and news: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (Saint Lucia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Saint Lucia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Saint Lucia), and Wikipedia (includes Saint Lucia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).


Footnotes
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Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Saint Lucia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Saint Lucia, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Saint Lucia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.


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 Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia, before planning any trip to Saint Lucia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.



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