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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Dominican Republic

The list of Dominican Republic 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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06 Nov 2008 (Secretaria de Estado de Trabajo-SET) The Secretary of State for Labour of the Dominican Republic has released its official listing of public holidays for the year 2009. The dates announced are in line with our long-tern forecasts. • 24 May 2008 (El Nuevo Diario-Santo Domingo) Leading union leaders have submitted a draft law to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Julio César Valentín, to amend law 139-70, which currently moves the May Day/Labour Day public holiday to adjoin the nearest weekend, so that in the future, the Labour Day public holiday would remain on the set date of May 1st. • 14 May 2008 (Presidency’s Press Office) The press office of the has announced decree 193-08 which extends the usual May 16 presidential election public holiday by a half-day. The afternoon of Thursday, May 15 will therefore be a public holidays, as well as Friday the 16th. • 21 Feb 2008 (La República-Santo Domingo) The Supreme Court has declared as un-constitutional, articles 1-2-4 of law 139-97, which move the August 16 Restoration Day public holiday to the following Monday, whenever it falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. • 20 Nov 2007 (Diario Libre) The Minister of Labour announced that, in 2008, only 2 mid-week public holidays will move to the next Monday; those of May 1 (Labour Day) and November 6 (Constitution Day). • 19 Oct 2007 (The Dominican Today) The government has declared today, October 19, 2007, a national day of national mourning in memory of Padre Luis Quinn, the Canadian priest who worked for the development of San Jose de Ocoa for over forty years. • 19 Sep 2007 (El Nuevo Diario) The Ministry of Labour announced the official list of 2008 public holidays in the Dominican Republic. The announced list follows the text of the governing law (Ley No. 139-97) to the letter. • 06 Dec 2006 (Secretary of State for Labor) The Secretary of State for Labor has confirmed the list of official 2007 public holidays dates and, in particular, which fixed-date holidays would be moved to a neighbooring Monday, accoridng to the law 139-97 of June 19, 1997. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic are governed by the nuevo Código de Trabajo (Ley No. 16-92) in its updated version of 1999, and by the Ley núm. 108 que señala los días festivos y por tanto no laborables en las oficinas públicas y particulares which replaced the law 3933, of September 20, 1954. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: The moving of some of the fixed-date public holidays, to the nearest Monday, is set out in the law 139-97 of June 19, 1997, which states that public holidays that are neither patriotic, nor religious, in character, shall be moved to the closest Monday if they occur on a weekday. However, these changes are subject to official confirmation near the end of every year, for the following year. • Eves: Although they aren't official public holidays, most people take off the afternoons of Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic, 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 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Dominican Republic, 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 Dominican Republic, before planning any trip to Dominican Republic. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.