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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Solomon Islands

The list of Solomon Islands 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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02 Jul 2008 (Solomon Times-Honiara) The Solomon Islands' Minister of Home Affairs, James Tora, announced yesterday that this year's Independence Day public holiday (the 30th), would be extended for an additional day, to include Tuesday, July 8, 2008, as well as the regularly scheduled public holiday on Monday, July 7, 2008. • 27 May 2007 (Solomon Star News) The Solomon Islands will hold a state funeral later this week to honour one of its statesman, Sir Lloyd Maepeza Gina, who passed away over the weekend. • 15 Apr 2007 (ABC News) The Prime Minister announced that April 23, 2007, will be a public holiday to remember the 40 people killed and 6,000 left homeless by the quake and tsunami of April 2, 2007. • 23 Oct 2003 (Asia Africa Intelligence Wire-Honiara) Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rojumana, announced today that yesterday's announcement of a public holiday for tomorrow had been reversed, and that Friday would be a normal working day, and declared a National Remembrance Day. • 22 Oct 2003 (Asia Africa Intelligence Wire-Honiara) The Solomon Islands Government has declared Friday, October 24, 2003, a one-off public holiday to honour the seven members of the Melanesian Brotherhood religious group, recently murdered on the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal. • 24 Dec 2002 (SIBC + PINA Nius Online) Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Casper Fa'asala, has announced that Friday, December 27, 2002, had been declared a public holiday in the Solomon Islands. • 14 Jan 2001 (Pacific Magazine) Following the recent death of former national prime minister and the province's best known figure, the Solomon Islands province of Makira-Ulawa will declare next year's January 11, 2002, the Solomon Mamaloni 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 Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands are regulated by the Public Holidays Act [Cap 151], An Act To Make Provision For Public Holidays, last consolidated in 1996. • Weekend Public Holidays: Sections 2-1 and 2-2 of the aformentioned Act specify that, provided that any public holiday falls on a Sunday the Monday next following shall be a public holiday unless otherwise ordered by the Minister by notice, and that when the twenty-sixth day of December falls on a Monday the day following shall be a public holiday. • Provincial Holidays: Each Province has its own day. When a Province Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as a public holiday. • Feb 25: Choiseul. • Jun 2: Isable. • Jun 8: Temotu. • Jun 29: Central Island. • Jul 20: Rennell. • Aug 1: Guadalcanal. • Aug 3: Makira/Ulawa. • Aug 15: Malaita. • Dec 7: Western Province. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands 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 Solomon Islands, 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.

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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 Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands, before planning any trip to Solomon Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.