James Debono

James Debono

James Debono is MaltaToday's chief reporter on environment, planning and land use issues, and one of the newspaper's main political analysts. Apart from blogging regularly on politics, James Debono won the IĠM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 and in 2025. Debono coordinates MaltaToday's surveys, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008. He read history and obtained his Masters' degree from the University of Malta, and in the past worked for TV production house Where's Everybody before joining MaltaToday in 2005. A co-founder of Moviment Graffitti and active in Moviment ghall-Ambjent, he served as a media officer for Alternattiva Demokratika - the Green Party.

Articles by this author
New roundabout proposal in Triq tal-Barrani linked to shopping mall development
Planning
Plans for a new roundabout in front of Lidl supermarket in Triq tal-Barrani have been submitted, with the development tied to a proposed shopping mall that will replace a batching...
Google translate and sketches: How safety officers communicate with migrant workers
National
Interviews with OHS officers highlight the language barriers on construction sites and the reluctance of migrant workers to refuse hazardous tasks, often due to a lack of...