14 Facts About Manuel Briones

Manuel Cabahug Briones was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, judge, and politician from Cebu, Philippines.

Manuel Briones was the first Supreme Court Associate Justice from Cebu, and he was a former Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, two-term Senator, Member of the House of Representative for four consecutive terms, and editor from Cebu, Philippines.

Manuel C Briones was born to parents Pedro Cabahug and Engracia Briones in Mandaue, Cebu on January 1,1893.

Manuel Briones bore his uncle's last name for the rest of his life.

Manuel Briones studied in a private school owned by Antolin Frias, a writer and journalist in Cebu.

Manuel Briones was part of the law firm together with Dionisio Abella Jakosalem and Paulino Gullas.

Manuel Briones married Celestina Lorenzo and had six children, including former Cebu governor Jose L Briones.

Manuel Briones was elected as representative of Cebu's old first congressional district for the 5th Philippine Legislature on June 3,1919, and served for three more terms until the 8th Philippine Legislature in 1931.

Manuel Briones once was the majority floor leader, coauthored the country's first labor code, the Workmen's Compensation Act, led the Mindanao legislative survey that resulted in infrastructure projects, and was the principal author of the Republic Act 1161, otherwise known as the Social Security Act of 1954.

Manuel Briones was the only candidate from Visayas who won and served in the Senate until 1953.

On February 5,1942, Briones became Court of Appeals Associate Justice and afterwards as the 51st Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by the appointment of Sergio S Osmena on September 15,1945, becoming the first Cebuano to hold such position in the country's judiciary.

Manuel Briones served in the Supreme Court until May 24,1949.

In 2019, Manuel Briones was recognized as one of the Top 100 Cebuano personalities by The Freeman, Cebu's longest-running newspaper.

Manuel Briones was recognized alongside Tomas Osmena, Resil Mojares, Max Surban, and Rubilen Amit as part of the centennial anniversary of the local newspaper.