Jamaica Holidays in 2016

Country Name	Jamaica
Capital City	Kingston
Time Zone	UTC−05:00
Currency	Jamaican dollar
Currency Code	JMD
Calling code	011	1 876

Day Date	Holiday	Comments
Friday January 01 Jan 1	New Years Day
Wednesday February 10 Feb 10	Ash Wednesday
Friday March 25 Mar 25	Good Friday	Friday before Easter Sunday
Sunday March 27 Mar 27	Easter Day
Monday March 28 Mar 28	Easter Monday	Monday after Easter Sunday
Monday May 23 May 23	Labour Day
Monday August 01 Aug 1	Emancipation Day	Slavery in the British Empire ended on 1 August 1834
Saturday August 06 Aug 6	Independence Day	Independence from the UK in 1962
Monday October 17 Oct 17	National Heroes' Day	Third Monday in October
Sunday December 25 Dec 25	Christmas Day
Monday December 26 Dec 26	Christmas Day (observed)
Tuesday December 27 Dec 27	Boxing Day (observed)