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
Peace without justice: Why is Abela playing to Trump’s tune?
National
By aligning with Trump’s narrative on Ukraine, Abela risks endorsing a peace that compromises justice, at a critical moment when Ukraine urgently needs Europe’s...
[WATCH] Johann Buttigieg: ‘Issuing permits helps keep property prices in check’
Interview
Johann Buttigieg is back in the driving seat at the Planning Authority after a five-year hiatus, three of which were spent consulting major developers like Michael Stivala. The PA...