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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Puerto Rico

The list of Puerto Rico 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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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. • 03 Dec 2008 (Government of Puerto Rico) The government of Puerto Rico (Gobierno Del Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto Rico) has released its official list of Puerto Rico public holidays for 2009. • 24 Nov 2008 (Prensa Asociada) Puerto Rico's Governor, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, announced through the state human resources agency (ORHELA), that public sector workers would be on holiday, Friday, November 28, 2008, to bridge the gap between the Thanksgiving public holiday and the upcoming weekend. • 20 Jul 2007 (El Nuevo Día) The President of the Supreme Court, Federico Hernández Denton, announced that all tribunals and their personnel would be taking Thursday July 26 as a bridge public holiday, enabling them to be on holiday from Tuesday night July 24, until Monday morning July 30. • 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 2010 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 blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.