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This monthly
recap of September 2005 worldwide public holidays news and updates, covers all the countries
of the world, and is based on our daily review
of hundreds of online newspapers, government sites, and institutional sources,
and over a decade of experience following
worldwide public holidays, to place current events in context, and anticipate on
possible future changes.
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News Item Summary
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30-Sep-2005 |
Honduras |
 Honduras Confirms 2005 October Public Holidays Omission (Source: Diario El Heraldo-Tegucigalpa) - Summary: Honduras' Secretary of Government and Justice, José Cortés, has confirmed that government workers will only observe one of the three upcoming October public holidays, that of October 3rd. Links: full story and other Honduras news and updates.
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27-Sep-2005 |
Kazakhstan |
 Kazakhstan Declares October 24 Bridge Public Holiday (Source: Kazakhstan Today-Gazeta) - Summary: Kazakhstan's Prime Minister, Danial Akhmetov, has signed a decree making Monday, October 24, 2005, a one-off public holiday to bridge the one-day gap between this year's October 25 Republic Day public holiday, and the preceding weekend. Links: full story and other Kazakhstan news and updates.
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20-Sep-2005 |
Belize |
 Belize Publishes 2006 Official Public Holidays List (Source: Ministry of Home Affairs-Belmopan) - Summary: The government of Belize has released its official list of public holidays for the year 2006. Links: full story and other Belize news and updates.
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20-Sep-2005 |
Malta |
 Malta Public Holidays Amendments Challenged (Source: International Labour Organization-ILO) - Summary: Malta's General Workers' Union (GWU) has launched an official complaint in front of the ILO (International Labour Organization) claiming that the recent amendments to the National Holidays and Other Public Holidays Act (Chapter 252 of the Laws of Malta) violates Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 of the ILO. Links: full story and other Malta news and updates.
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15-Sep-2005 |
Cambodia |
 Cambodia Cancels October 23 Public Holiday (Source: Royal Government of Cambodia Website) - Summary: Cambodia has released it 2006 list of official public holidays. As our local contacts had reported, the list, for the first time, does not include the October 23 public holiday commemorating the 1991 Paris Peace Accords. Links: full story and other Cambodia news and updates.
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15-Sep-2005 |
Dominican Republic |
 Dominican Republic Announces Official List Of 2006 Public Holidays (Source: FEDOMU-Santo Domingo) - Summary: The Minister of Labour of the dominican Republic, Dr. Washington Gonzales Nina, has announced the list of official public holidays, in the Dominican Republic, for 2006. Links: full story and other Dominican Republic news and updates.
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15-Sep-2005 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
 Antigua and Barbuda Renames VC Bird Day Public Holiday (Source: Antigua Official Gazette-Vol. XXV No. 57) - Summary: Antigua and Barbuda's Governor-General, James B. Carlisle, has signed into law, the "Public, Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2005" (Law No. 8 of 2005, An Act to amend the Public Holidays Act Cap. 345). Links: full story and other Antigua and Barbuda news and updates.
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14-Sep-2005 |
South Korea |
 South Korea 2006-2018 Public Holidays Reduced (Source: Chosun Ilbo-Seoul) - Summary: South Korea's Astronomy and Space Science Institute has announced that, for the period 2006-2018, at least one of the two extended South Korean public holidays, Chuseok and the Lunar New Year, will fall on a weekend, with both extended public falling on a weekend in 2009 and 2012. Links: full story and other South Korea news and updates.
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12-Sep-2005 |
Papua New Guinea |
 Papua New Guinea Announces 2006 Public Holidays (Source: Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Port Moresby) - Summary: Papua New Guinea's Governor General has received the official list of 2006 public holidays for gazetting. Links: full story and other Papua New Guinea news and updates.
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9-Sep-2005 |
French Polynesia |
 French Polynesia's CESC Rejects June 29 Public Holiday Change (Source: Conseil Economique, Social Et Culturel De La Polynésie Française-Papeete) - Summary: French Polynesia's consultative council on new legislation, the CESC, has issued a negative opinion on the proposed change of the June 29 public holiday to the date of November 20. Links: full story and other French Polynesia news and updates.
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6-Sep-2005 |
Kenya |
 Kenya Asked For November 21 Referendum Public Holiday (Source: Capital FM-Nairobi) - Summary: The Chairman of Kenya's Electoral Commission, Samuel Kivuitu, wants the government to declare Monday, November 21, 2005, a public holiday on the occasion of that day's referendum. Links: other Kenya news and updates.
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3-Sep-2005 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
 Ivory Coast Could Declare 2-Day Football Public Holiday (Source: Le Nouveau Réveil-Abidjan) - Summary: The weekly Le Nouveau Réveil has announced that a 2-day public holiday would be declared if the Ivory Coast's Elephant national football team wins its upcoming game against Cameroon. Links: other Côte d'Ivoire news and updates.
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