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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Netherlands Antilles

The list of Netherlands Antilles bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, 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 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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12 Sep 2008 (The Daily Herald-Willemstad) The Netherlands Antilles federal Labour Affairs Administration has confirmed that December 15 would become a new public holiday, beginning in 2008. • 09 May 2008 (The Daily Herald-St. Maarten) The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles has agreed to a law amendment making December 15, Kingdom Day, a new official holiday. • 28 Apr 2006 (Nederlands Dagblad) The Netherlands Antilles federal Labour Affairs Administration has confirmed that this year, it would follow the Netherlands' handling of the rare cases when the Queen's Birthday public holiday falls on a Sunday, and that the Queen's Birthday public holiday would be celebrated in the Netherlands Antilles on Saturday, April 29, in 2006. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Netherlands Antilles 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 Netherlands Antilles are regulated by the Labour Regulation 2000 (National Decree of 27 July 2000 containing new regulations on working hours, working time and overtime). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Regional public holidays: Each Island also has its own Flag Day Holiday: • Curaçao: July 2 • Bonaire: Sept. 6 • Sint Maarten: Nov. 11 • Sint Eustatius: Nov. 16 • Saba: The 1st Friday of Dec. • Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve: Although they are not official public holidays, some shops and businesses may be closed or will close early on these days. • Government offices, banks, the post office and most stores are closed on the official holidays listed above. Some Indian owned stores are closed on January 26 for Indian Republic Day. Jewish-owned establishments are closed for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur . • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands Antilles central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Netherlands Antilles, 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.

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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 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Netherlands Antilles, 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 Netherlands Antilles, before planning any trip to Netherlands Antilles. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.