2007 Holidays and Events in Belize

Additional Information	Date	Name
	1/1/2007, Mon	New Year's Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	1/15/2007, Mon	George Price Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday. Commemorates the birth of PM George Price (15 January 1919 – 19 September 2011), founding father of Belizean independence. We are assuming the rule which says that if the date falls on a Sunday, the observance is moved to the following Monday, but this can be overridden by governmental proclamation.
	3/9/2007, Fri	National Heroes and Benefactors Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday (Baron Bliss death anniversary; formerly "Baron Bliss Day," renamed to National Heroes and Benefactors Day). We are assuming the rule which says that if the date falls on a Sunday, the observance is moved to the following Monday, but this can be overridden by governmental proclamation.
	4/6/2007, Fri	Good Friday
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	4/7/2007, Sat	Holy Saturday
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	4/8/2007, Sun	Easter
Note A Christian religious observance. Not a statutory public holiday.
	4/9/2007, Mon	Easter Monday
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	5/1/2007, Tue	Labour Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	8/1/2007, Wed	Emancipation Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday. Commemorates the 1 August 1834 Slavery Abolition Act which took effect throughout the British Empire.
	9/10/2007, Mon	Saint George's Caye Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday. Commemorates the 10 September 1798 Battle of St. George's Caye where a small Baymen force defeated a Spanish invasion fleet.
	9/21/2007, Fri	Independence Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday. Commemorates Belize's independence from the United Kingdom on 21 September 1981.
	10/12/2007, Fri	Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday, renamed from Columbus Day by Act No. 15 of 2021.
	11/19/2007, Mon	Garifuna Settlement Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday. Commemorates the 1832 arrival of Garifuna people to Belize (particularly Dangriga in the Stann Creek District).
	12/25/2007, Tue	Christmas Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.
	12/26/2007, Wed	Boxing Day
Note A statutory public/bank holiday.

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