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PM urged to dissolve House due to fiasco over high power rates

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (Dec. 24) suggested to dissolve the House of Representatives sooner than later to take responsibility for her sustained failure to cut the expensive power rates. People’s leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut was holding the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra completely

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Pheu Thai-led govt likely to survive four-year term: Thaksin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 24) forecast that the current Pheu Thai-led government under premiership of his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra will likely survive their four-year term until 2027. The billionaire power player told reporters in Chiang Mai that disputes between coalition partners may spontaneously arise in

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Business

Cabinet approves handouts, minimum wage increase and tax breaks, PM says

  By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S Cabinet today (Dec. 24) approved new minimum wage increases from January, tax breaks to boost spending and the second phase of the government’s signature handout scheme, the prime minister said. Paetongtarn Shinawatra also told reporters she hoped for economic growth of more than 3 percent next year.

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