Manuel Cabahug Briones (January 1, 1893 – September 29, 1957) was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, judge, and politician from Cebu, Philippines.

[5] While he was studying, he began his journalistic career as part of the first newspaper in Cebuano language, Vicente Sotto's Ang Suga (The Light), in 1910.

[6] Historian and scholar Epifanio delos Santos included his name on the list of promising young Filipino journalists.

[5][3][7] The old first district was composed of the towns Bogo, Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, Danao, Pilar, Poro, San Francisco, Sogod Tabogon, and Tudela,.

[4] The two candidates lost to their rivals from the Liberal Party: Elpidio Quirino, who was elected president, and Fernando Lopez, who became vice-president.

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