At least two Filipinos were injured in the Oct. 10 missile and drone attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a Philippine migrant workers official said on Sunday.

Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac said in a post on X that, as of 11 a.m. Philippine time, both Filipinos remained in intensive care units as they recovered from injuries sustained in the assault on the Saudi capital's main international gateway.

The Philippines is among the world's largest labor-sending countries, and Saudi Arabia hosts one of the biggest overseas Filipino communities in the Middle East — the population the DMW, the government department that oversees the welfare of the country's overseas workers, serves.

The strike, the third on the airport this week, killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300, according to the Saudi civil aviation authority. It said the dead included four Saudis and two Bangladeshis, as well as one person each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt.

All three strikes on the airport have been attributed to the Houthis, the military, political and religious group that rules most of northwest Yemen and has periodically fired missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia in recent years. The Houthis have not directly claimed responsibility for the attack, but a Saudi-led coalition plans to respond.

On Sunday, the Houthis renewed their warnings against the use of Saudi airports, saying the kingdom "bore responsibility for failed interceptions."

Separately, eight Filipino seafarers arrived in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 8 after evacuating the MT Kazimah III, a Kuwait-flagged oil tanker that was struck by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Oct. 1.

The strait, the narrow passage between Iran and Oman, is one of the world's busiest routes for oil tankers, and the Philippines counts among the leading suppliers of crew to the international merchant fleet — making the safety of Filipino crews on such waters a recurring focus in Manila.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi said it provided airport assistance to support the seafarers' journey and repatriation to the Philippines. The embassy said the assistance reflects the Philippine government's continuing commitment to the welfare of Filipino seafarers, particularly those serving on high-risk maritime routes.

Also on Sunday, the DMW said in a statement that all Filipinos in Panama were reported safe after two powerful earthquakes struck the South American nation on Oct. 9. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the DMW's report in a text message to BusinessWorld, and, referencing the Philippine Embassy in Mexico, said there were no reports of Filipinos affected by the earthquake.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Panama on Oct. 9 at 12:56 p.m. local time, with its epicenter located near Pitaloza Arriba. Quakes of magnitude 7.0 and above are classified as "major" under the USGS scale. The USGS later detected a second, 6.6-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter 14 kilometers west of Río Grande.

Seismologists recorded more than 100 aftershocks, some measuring magnitudes 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2. As the aftershocks continued for hours, the government of Panama declared a state of emergency on Oct. 11.

— Francessca S. Abalos, BusinessWorld