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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Jamaica

The list of Jamaica bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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30 Jul 2010 (Jamaica Information Service-JIS) Jamaica's Ministry of Labour and Social Security has announced that the annual, August 1st, Emancipation Day public holidays would be observed on Monday, August 2, this year. • 01 Aug 2009 (Jamaica Information Service-Kingston) Jamaica's Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has announced that Saturday, August 8, 2009, had been declared a national day of mourning. • 03 Apr 2009 (Jamaica Information Service-Kingston) Jamaica's Information Service has issued a release stating that, in 2009, the Emancipation Day public holiday would be observed on Saturday, August 1st. • 02 Apr 2009 (The Jamaica Observer-Kingston) Jamaica's Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles, has announced that Monday, August 3, 2009, would be a public holiday in Jamaica, as the August 1st Emancipation Day public holiday falls on a Saturday in 2009. • 08 Jan 2009 (Jamaica Ministry of Labour & Social Security Communications Unit) Jamaica's Ministry of Labour has released its list of the official 2009 public holidays. • 21 Aug 2008 (Reuters) Earlier tonight, Bruce Golding, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, told Reuters he hoped to declare a national public holiday after the current Olympic Games to celebrate the island's success (as of tonight, Jamaica has collected seven athletics medals, including golds in three sprints). • 27 May 2008 (Jamaica Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports) The Chairman of the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee, Professor Verene Shepherd, has called for an expansion of the national heritage calendar to embrace all the critical moments in the country's history that have helped to shape the nation. • 15 Nov 2007 (Radio Jamaica) Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that local government elections would occur on Wednesday December 5th. • 31 Aug 2007 (Jamaica Gleaner News) The Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA) has advised that all 10 commercial and merchant banks will close at noon on Monday, September 3, 2007, on the day of the upcoming national election. • 16 Nov 1997 (The Jamaica Gleaner-Kingston) The government of Jamaica has declared Monday, November 17, 1997, a one-off public holiday to celebrate today's Jamaican national football team qualification for the 1998 World Cup finals. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Jamaica public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Jamaica are regulated by the The Holidays (Public General) Act of 1895 (Laws of Jamaica, Vol. VII), most recently amended in 1973. • Christmas Day: Oddly enough, the Holidays Act of Jamaica does not list Christmas Day as a public holiday (although it does specifically refer to the day after Christmas). But, in practice, Christmas Day has been observed as a public holiday in Jamaica for as far back as records can be found. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that fall on a Sunday are moved to the following Monday. (the same is not always true for public holidays that fall on a Saturday). • Jamaica International Codes JM and JAM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .jm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Jamaica information and news: Bank of Jamaica (Jamaica central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Jamaica maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Jamaica), and Wikipedia (includes Jamaica commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Jamaica, 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.

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 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Jamaica, 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 Jamaica, before planning any trip to Jamaica. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.