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Bank and Public Holidays for Dominica

Dominica 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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24 Dec 2011 (Dominica News Online-Roseau) The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Nicholas Liverpool, has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, December 27, 2011, and Monday, January 2, 2012, as non-working public holidays in Dominica. • 08 Dec 2011 (The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica-Office of the Prime Minister) The Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) has once again confirmed that the date of the upcomng Merchants' Holiday, Monday, January 3, 2012, was not a non-working public holiday. • 02 Dec 2011 (The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica-Office of the Prime Minister) Dominica's Cabinet Secretary, Felix Gregoire, has dismissed rumours that the national day of mourning announced for Saturday, December 3, 2011, would be a non-working public holiday in Dominica. • 27 Nov 2011 (Dominica News Online-Roseau) Dominica's Office of the Prime Minister has announced that a day of national mourning would be declared on the date of the funeral of Cadence legend Jeff Joseph. • 18 Jan 2011 (Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica-Roseau) Dominica's Government Information Services has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Dominica for the calendar year 2011. • 31 Dec 2010 (The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica-Office of the Prime Minister) Dominica's Waterfront and Allied Workers Union (WAWU) has confirmed that the date of the upcomng Merchants' Holiday, Monday, January 3, 2011, was not a non-working public holiday. • 30 Dec 2009 (GIS Press Release-Roseau) Dominica's Government Information Services has issued a press release announcing that Monday, January 4, 2010, had been declared a one-off, post-election, public holiday. • 19 Dec 2009 (Dominica News-Roseau) Following his re-election to a 3rd term in office, last night, Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, announced that his government would declare a public holiday in the month of January, "to celebrate and savor the achievement of our having conducted a peaceful and conclusive process of electing a new government". • 02 Sep 2009 (Dominica News Online-Roseau) Dominica Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has declared tomorrow, Thursday, September 3, 2009, as a one-off public holiday on account of the expected passage of Tropical Storm Erika. • 20 Jul 2009 (The Antigua Sun-Roseau) The government of Dominica has declared Tuesday, July 28, 2009, a one-off public holiday to encourage Dominicans to attend the first two international cricket matches to be contested in the island. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Dominica 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 Dominica are regulated by the Public Holidays Act 1907 (amended in 1961 and 1990), Shop Hours Act (1937), the Labour Standards Act (1977), and the Labour Contracts Act (1983). • National Repentance and Dedication Day: This holiday, celebrated annually on April 8, was created in 2005, following the consecutive death in office of 2 Prime Ministers. However, this is not a public holiday (despite many online sources claiming so). • Carnival Tuesday: Although Carnival Tuesday is listed in the 1990 revision of the Dominica Public Holidays Act, it seems to be only observed by banks. • Dominica International Codes DM and DMA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .dm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Dominica information and news: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (Dominica central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Dominica maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Dominica), and Wikipedia (includes Dominica 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 Dominica, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Dominica, 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 Dominica. 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 Dominica, 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 Dominica, before planning any trip to Dominica. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.