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 IGM national press awards' environmental reporter of the year in 2011 for his report showing how a beverage company that extracted over 51,000 of cubic metres of water every year from the national water table for free, was awarded an environmental award by the University of Malta. Debono also heads Mediatoday's survey unit, which has conducted polls on all electoral appointments since 2008, correctly predicting the outcome of all elections and the 2011 divorce referendum.

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. James is married and has a son. His interests include listening to music and reading.

Maltese top EU chart for highest communication with people in other EU states
National
Maltese people are the most active users of electronic communication when it...
The Environmental Impact Assessment on second interconnector is published
National
The construction of a second interconnector is necessary to keep up with rising...
In defence of the Maltese terraced house
National
Urban planner and Studjurban founder and architect Antoine Zammit, one of the...
Boulders at Tal-Veccja cave to avert collapse
National
The Public Works Department is proposing boulders in front of the Tal-Veċċja...
PA refuses five-storey ‘precedent’ on Ħamrun main street
Townscapes
The application to construct a five-storey block consisting of four one-bedroom...
Councils shown draft plan for new Paceville flyover
National
Draft plan envisages Kappara-style roundabout and flyover instead of narrow...
PN proposes environment as a human right: 'Keep governments on their toes’
National
Why is the PN proposing a new constitutional mechanism giving courts the power...
PA approves development on Nigret farmland
Townscapes
Development will see five storey apartments replacing 11,590sq.m of...
Aloe Vera solar farm proposed on Mosta land the size of five football grounds
Townscapes
​Dino Fino, a furniture importer, is proposing the cultivation of aloe vera...
Pembroke tunnel shelved as road planners opt for two ‘hairpin turns’ in St Andrews
Townscapes
Infrastructure Malta is also finalising plans for a grade separated junction in...
Organisations file Court action against Legal Notice rewarding ODZ illegalities
National
Seven environmental NGos file a Court action against the recently...
Peralta withdraws Mellieha ODZ hotel application
Townscapes
Development had been recommended for refusal by the PA’s case officer
After DB decision, Pembroke mayor questions government funding for 1.5 km tunnel
Townscapes
Pembroke Mayor Dean Hili says government priorities should have changed after...
Architects warned to be more careful in property valuations following Santa Lucija case
National
Speakers addressing a Kamra tal-Periti seminar concur that building heights in...
Labour to lease Rialto Theatre to company owned by concrete supplier
Townscapes
Planning application filed by Rialto Operations Ltd seeks an additional floor...
Battle of the paupers: Greens richest among small parties
National
​ADPD received €5,845 in donations in 2022 and €2,703 in 2021,...
Massive Ghaxaq shopping village needs new roundabout on Tal-Barrani junction with Żejtun
National
Higher traffic volumes generated by the shopping village instead of the...
Inflation’s hard bite: 121,000 struggling to make ends meet
Data & Surveys
• 139,000 people live comfortably but unable to save...
MaltaToday performance barometer: Robert Abela administration scrapes pass-mark
Data & Surveys
Respondents to MaltaToday's new performance barometer survey were asked to...
Mdina’s natural history museum still top draw for young visitors
National
​Malta’s national museum of natural history in Mdina has emerged as the...