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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Trinidad and Tobago

The list of Trinidad and Tobago 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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26 Nov 2009 (The Trinidad and Tobago Express-Port of Spain) A circular from the Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and signed by Head of the Public Service, Sandra Marchack, orders all Ministries located in Port of Spain to close, tomorrow, Friday, November 27, 2009, for the opening day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). • 16 Nov 2009 (Newsday-Port-of-Spain) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has officially ruled-out a one-off public holiday for the upcoming November 27-29 CHOGM Summit. • 14 Sep 2009 (Newsday-Port of Spain) The government of Trinidad and Tobago has confirmed that the date of the upcoming Eid ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday would be Monday, September 21, 2009. • 01 Sep 2009 (Caribbean Net News-Port of Spain) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that Saturday, October 17, 2009, would be the date of the upcoming Diwali public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago. • 29 May 2009 (The Trinidad Guardian-Port of Spain) Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning, has announced that, given the multi-racial composition of the country, the government had seen it fit to rename tomorrow's public holiday from "Indian Arrival Day" to, simply, "Arrival Day". • 30 Apr 2009 (Power 102 FM-Port of Spain) Senior Coordinator for CHOGM 2009, Sharifa Ali Abdullah, announced that a decision has been taken to change the name of the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) to be hosted in Port of Spain in November, to "Summit of the Commonwealth". • 07 Apr 2009 (i955fm-Port-of-Spain) Trinidad and Tobago's Trade Minister, Mariano Browne, who heads the cabinet cub committee for the upcoming Summit Of The Americas has announced that Friday, April 17, 2009, the first day of the summit, would be a public sector holiday only, but that it would be a regular working day for the private and financial sectors. • 15 Mar 2009 (The Trinidad Guardian-Port-of-Spain) Trinidad and Tobago's chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the upcoming Fifth Summit of the Americas, Mariano Browne, announced that closing government offices, and giving Government workers a day off on April 17, 2009, was one of the alternative measures that could be implemented if a nationwide public holiday was not granted. • 05 Mar 2009 (Trinidad News-Port-of-Spain) US President, Barack Obama, has confirmed that he would be coming to Trinidad and Tobago for the Summit of the Americas on April 17-19, 2009. • 13 Feb 2009 (Trinidad and Tobago Express-Port of Spain) Trinidad and Tobago's Foreign Affairs Minister, Paula Gopee-Scoon, is quoted as saying that people could look forward to a public holiday on the first day of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in April, but did note that Prime Minister Patrick Manning is still deliberating on the matter. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Trinidad and Tobago 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: The list and dates of official public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago are regulated by The Public Holidays And Festivals Act, Chapter. 19:05 (An Act relating to Public Holidays and Festivals) of 1872 as most recently amended in 2003. • Weekend Public Holidays: When a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday immediately following. When two public holidays fall on the same day, the following day is also given as a public holiday. • Carnival: Most businesses are closed on Carnival Monday and Tuesday, even though these days are not public holidays. • Indian Arrival Day, celebrated on May 30th, commemorates the arrival of the first Indian indentured labourers from India to Trinidad, in May1845. While this event was celebrated among the Est Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago for many years, it was not until 1994 that it was made an official public holiday, when it was called Arrival Day. In 1995 it was re-named Indian Arrival Day . • Diwali is a public holiday since 1966. One of the highlights of the Diwali celebrations here is the staging of the nine-day Diwali Nagar, which attracts over 100,000 people every year. As the choice of the name Diwali (rather than Deepavali) suggests, the public holiday's date calculation in Trinidad and Tobago follows Norther Indian practice, aligning its date with that of India, rather than that of other countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, whose Indian emigrants came predominently from the Southern parts of India, and often celebrate Deepavali a day earlier. • March 30 was declared a public holiday in 1996, by former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, in honour of Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day . • The Labour Day public holiday is celebrated, in Trinidad and Tobago, on June 19, rather than the usual May 1st, to commemorate the June 19th, 1937, revolt general strike . • One-Off Public Holidays: At the discretion of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, any other date may also be declared a public holiday. • Trinidad and Tobago International Codes TT and TTO (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .tt (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Trinidad and Tobago information and news: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Trinidad and Tobago maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Trinidad and Tobago), and Wikipedia (includes Trinidad and Tobago commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Trinidad and Tobago, 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.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Trinidad and Tobago were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Hindu Holidays : For Trinidad and Tobago, when calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally. For more details on the evaluation of Hindu holidays, see Hindu Calendar holidays.

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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 Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago, before planning any trip to Trinidad and Tobago. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.