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Bermuda 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.

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20 Apr 2012 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) Bermuda's Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Patrice Minors, has announced that the Government of Bermuda had decided to keep the annual Labour Day non-working public holiday in September, rather than move it to May 1st. • 15 Jun 2011 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) The date of Bermuda's upcoming National Heroes' Day public holiday has been confirmed as being Monday, June 20, 2011. • 27 Apr 2011 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) The government of Bermuda, has released a list of official public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar year 2013. • 22 Jan 2011 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) The government of Bermuda, has released a list of official public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar year 2012. • 07 Jan 2011 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) The Government of Bermuda has reissued an advisory listing the dates of all official Bermuda public holidays for the calendar year 2011. • 22 Dec 2010 (Bermuda Department of Communication and Information-Hamilton) The Cabinet Office of Bermuda has issued a notice to clarify which days in 2010 have been declared as public holidays in both the public and private sectors. • 18 Sep 2010 (Bermuda Stock Exchange-Hamilton) The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has announced its list of exchange public holidays for 2011. • 02 Aug 2010 (Bermuda Online-Hamilton) The Bermuda Online web site, owned by The Royal Gazette daily newspaper of Bermuda, has posted a list of 2011 public holidays in Bermuda. • 04 Jun 2010 (The Bermuda Sun-Hamilton) The Cabinet Office of the Government of Bermuda has issued a clarification of the upcoming June public holidays, as well as those to come until the end of 2010. • 15 Nov 2009 (The Royal Gazette-Hamilton) Bermuda's Premier, and Tourism and Transport Minister, Dr. Ewart Brown, has announced that he would introduce legislation to amend the Bermuda's Public Holidays Act to allow retailers to remain open during holidays when cruise ships are in port. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bermuda 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 Bermuda, and their observances, are governed by the Public Holidays Act 1947 (Laws of Bermuda, Title 28, Item 8) of May 30th, 1947, as amended most recently by the Public Holidays Amendment Act 2008. The list of holidays is contained in the appended Schedule, which was amended by 1999:44 s.3 effective 22 December 1999; and by 2008:24 s.3 effective 1 July 2008. • Public holidays occurring on the weekend are normally moved to the following Monday. If Christmas and Boxing Day both fall on a weekend then they are observed on the following Monday and Tuesday. If December 25 is a Sunday, then the day off work for Christmas is Tuesday. • Bermuda grinds to a complete halt for two days every summer to turn its attention to a cricket game. Over 7,000 people attend one or both days. It is also broadcast live. The festive game began officially in July 1902 between the Somerset Cricket Club in the west end and the St. George's Cricket Club in the east end. Venues of the game change yearly between both clubs. The popularity of the annual game was such that it caused continued absences from employment. As a direct result, the 2-day public holiday was first introduced in 1947 and has been in effect ever since. Since 1999, a celebration of emancipation is now part of the ritual of the first day of Cup Match, formally renamed Emancipation Day. • Bermuda International Codes BM and BMU (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .bm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bermuda information and news: Bermuda Monetary Authority (Bermuda central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bermuda maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Bermuda), and Wikipedia (includes Bermuda commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Bermuda, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Bermuda, 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 Bermuda. 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 Bermuda, 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 Bermuda, before planning any trip to Bermuda. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.