Iris Gonzales – The Philippine Star February 7, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Dividends paid out by publicly listed companies reached P402.18 billion last year, up 17.3 percent from the P342.88 billion declared in 2020, according to latest data from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). Moving forward, PSE president Ramon Monzon said the PSE would introduce a Dividend Yield Index in the first semester to showcase companies that provide high dividends. “With around 40 percent of publicly listed companies giving out dividends to their common shareholders, we deemed it necessary to showcase…