The Philippine developer raised its regular payout but omitted last year’s special dividend, reducing the total cash return to shareholders as debt and financing costs climb. Century Properties Group is returning more of its annual profit to shareholders through its regular dividend this year. But investors will receive less cash overall. The property developer declared a regular dividend of ₱0.047837 a share on July 17, an increase of nearly 14 percent from last year’s regular payment. Missing from the announcement, however, was the special dividend that supplemented the company’s payout in 2025. Unless the board declares one later this year, the omission will reduce the company’s total common dividend by about 9 percent , even as Century Properties presents the new distribution as evidence of financial resilience. Last year, Century Properties paid a regular dividend of ₱0.042114 a share and a special dividend of ₱0.010529 , for a combined distribution of ₱0.052643 a share . T...