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
Solar farm near Ta’ Hammud dolmens ‘unacceptable’ says watchdog
Planning
Heritage watchdog warns a farm for over 4,500 solar panels inside the buffer zone of the Ta’ Hammud dolmens in Magħtab will have an ‘unacceptable’ impact...
Under-staffed heritage watchdog must scrutinise over 6,300 PA applications every year
Planning
Superintendence that monitors construction projects for heritage impact says it needs to double workforce