James Relativo – Philstar.com December 27, 2021 | 6:00pm MANILA, Philippines — It’s safe to say that 2021 has been an eventful year for all of us — for better or for worse. From the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the new threat of a “more transmissible” Omicron variant, to the various scandals and controversies involving government officials and agencies, the year was a mixed bag of old and new hurdles. It was also a time when controversial laws like the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 came into and withstood Supreme Court scrutiny. But it wasn’t entirely peppered with negative stories: some w…