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Bank and Public Holidays for Saint Helena

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20 Apr 2012 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has postponed this year's annual Ratting Day public holiday from its previously-announced date of Friday, April 20, 2012, to Monday, April 23, 2012, due to bad weather. • 16 Apr 2012 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has declared Friday, April 20, 2012, as the date for this year's annual Ratting Day public holiday. • 09 Mar 2012 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) Earlier today, the Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha declared Friday, March 9, 2012, to be a public holidays for the island's annual Queens Day public holiday. • 16 Dec 2011 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) The government of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has announced a period of non-working public sector holidays from December 21, 2011, to January 16, 2012. • 26 May 2011 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has declared tomorrow, Friday, May 27, 2011, as the day for this year's annual Ratting Day public holiday. • 01 Apr 2011 (St Helena Government-Jamestown) The Governor of St Helena, Andrew Murray Gurr, has issued a proclamation declaring Friday, April 29, 2011, as a public holiday on the occasion of the upcoming royal wedding of of Prince William and Kate Middleton. • 28 Jan 2011 (St Helena Government-Jamestown) The Government of St Helena, has announced that the 2011 HM Queen's Birthday public holiday would be moved from its gazetted date of Monday, April 18, to Maundy Thursday, April 21, 2011, to create a 5-day weekend when combined with this year's late Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays. • 11 Aug 2010 (St Helena Government-Jamestown) The Governor of St Helena, Andrew Murray Gurr, has issued a proclamation declaring Friday, May 20, 2011, as a public holiday in lieu of the annual, May 20, St Helena’s Day public holiday which falls on a weekend in 2011. • 21 May 2010 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) The Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha has declared today as the day for the island's annual Ratting Day public holiday. • 08 Apr 2010 (Tristan Times-Tristan da Cunha) Earlier today, the Chief Islander of Saint Helena's region of Tristan da Cunha declared Thursday, April 8, 2010, to be a public holidays for the island's annual Queens Day public holiday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Saint Helena public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Dependencies: St. Helena includes 2 ependencies; Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, which follow most of Saint Helena's public holidays, but also have some of their own (particularly Tristan da Cunha). • Ratting Day: is an important public holiday on the island of Tristan da Cunha, whose date fluctuates between mid-May and mid-June. • Saint Helena International Codes SH and SHN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sh (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Saint Helena 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 (Saint Helena maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Saint Helena), and Wikipedia (includes Saint Helena commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Saint Helena, 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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Saint Helena, 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 Saint Helena, before planning any trip to Saint Helena. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.