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MANILA - The country's social security institutions continue to digitalize their respective systems, which include allowing the electronic filing of benefit claims and application of loans, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to further streamline and rev up the delivery of frontline services to the public, especially amid the lingering coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis. In separate reports to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) said they have accelerated the implementation of their digital transformation initiatives, especially during the pandemic, to ensure the unhampered delivery of their services despite the restrictions imposed during community quarantines. Both institutions have also put in place information technology (IT) tools to keep their systems safe from data breaches and other forms of cyber attacks and threats. Dominguez had earlier instructed agencies