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
PA refuses DLH’s bid to revoke Portelli penthouse permit
Planning
A permit for penthouses was first issued by the Planning Authority, then revoked by the law courts, and subsequently sanctioned again by the Planning Authority
Church consents to mobile kiosk opposite Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary amid objections
Planning
The erection of a mobile kiosk and toilet, with the church’s blessing, at the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary is being opposed by the Għarb council and the heritage watchdog