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
MaltaToday Survey | PL still leads by four points, Muscat trust by five
Data & Surveys
The latest MaltaToday survey shows that 19% of respondents are still undecided or did not reveal their voting intentions. This category may ultimately determine the fate of the...
Climate change targets derailed by more cars and air-conditioning units
Environment
A marked increase in emissions from the transport sector and air-conditioning units, has derailed Malta’s climate change targets according to a country report issued by the...
[ANALYSIS] Land use on the electoral backburner?
Election 2017
ERA flags ‘telling example’ of PA’s piecemeal permitting
43.3% of floating voters undecided
Data & Surveys
Outdoors platform permit for Serkin
Planning
Surveys agree on PL vote, disagree on PN’s
Election 2017
[ANALYSIS] 2013 vs 2017: A tale of two campaigns
Election 2017
MaltaToday Survey | Labour still leads by four points, Muscat trust steady
PA issues permit for four ODZ villas
Planning
Qormi zoning change paves way for DIY store instead of elderly home
Corruption is main issue for voters
Election 2017
Gozo store sets ‘undesirable precedent’, ERA warns
[ANALYSIS] Is Godfrey Farrugia a game-changer?
Election 2017