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Bank and Public Holidays for The Bahamas

The Bahamas bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2013, 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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06 May 2013 Bahamas Majority Rule Public Holiday Debate Closed (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) Earlier today, the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, snd MP for Centreville, Perry Christie, wrapped-up the current house debate on the bill to make Majority Rule Day a public holiday. • 02 May 2013 Bahamas Majority Rule Public Holiday Bill Progress (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The recent bill "to amend the pubic holidays act to create 10th January as Majority Rule Day and a public holiday" has officially been moved in the House of Representatives of the Bahamas by Fred Mitchell, MP. • 11 Apr 2013 Bahamas Public Holidays Amendments Bill (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Prime Minister, Perry Gladstone Christie, has introduced legislation in Parliament confirming his earlier announced intent of making Majority Rule a new annual national public holiday in the Bahamas, and of renaming the Labour Day non-working public holiday in honour of the late Sir Randol Fawkes. • 21 Jan 2013 Bahamas 2013 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique which lists the official Bahamas public holidays for the calendar year 2013. • 09 Jan 2013 Bahamas Considers January 10 Public Holiday (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Prime Minister, Perry Gladstone Christie, has announced that the Bahamas Cabinet would consider declaring January 10 as a new "Majority Rule" annual non-working public holiday in the Bahamas, starting in 2014. • 10 Oct 2012 Bahamas Public Holiday October 12 (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique advising the general public that Friday, October 12, 2012, would be observed as the upcoming non-working public holiday corresponding to the 2012 Discovery Day. • 16 Jan 2012 Bahamas 2012 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique which lists the official Bahamas public holidays for the calendar year 2012. • 11 Jan 2011 Bahamas 2011 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique which lists the official Bahamas public holidays for the calendar year 2011. • 05 Jun 2010 Bahamas Amend 2010 and 2011 Public Holidays (The Bahamas Weekly-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique advising the general public of a recent Government's decision with respect to the remaining public holidays for 2010 and New Year’s Day 2011. • 15 Jan 2010 Bahamas 2010 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of the Bahamas-Nassau) The Bahamas' Cabinet Office has issued a communique announcing the official Bahamas public holidays for the calendar year 2010. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the The Bahamas 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 the Bahamas are regulated by Chapter 36 of Bahamian Statute Law, known in short form as the Public Holidays Act of 1938 (revised 12 times since 1938), most lately and comprehensively by the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2000. • Weekend Public Holidays: The Government of the Bahamas decided, in September 2002, that when any fixed-date public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday then the following Monday should be observed and kept as one of the public holidays. • Discovery Day: After his 2002 election, Prime Minister Christie appointed the National Cultural Development Commission to determine when Bahamian history month should be observed, and consequently when and how to observe National Heroes' Day. The commission yielded 2 reports. The majority report recommended that Bahamian history month be observed in October, and that Discovery Day (October 12) be observed as National Heroes Day. The minority report, however, recommended Bahamian history month be observed in January, and that January 10, the anniversary of majority rule, be named National Heroes Day . • The Bahamas International Codes BS and BHS (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .bs (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of The Bahamas information and news: Central Bank of The Bahamas (The Bahamas central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (The Bahamas maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in The Bahamas), and Wikipedia (includes The Bahamas 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 The Bahamas, may belong to a religious group that is not common in The Bahamas, 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 The Bahamas. 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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for The Bahamas, 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 The Bahamas, before planning any trip to The Bahamas. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.