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
Pembroke council objects to Fino tower buildings dwarfing listed Australia Hall
Planning
Council objects to proposed buildings dwarfing Australia Hall, calling for buffer zone around listed historical monument to ensure that its prominence is preserved
Over 65,000 Maltese workers could not afford a holiday in 2020
National
Percentage of Maltese workers who could not afford a hotel increased from 25% to 27%