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
Trust barometer | Muscat leads by 11 points as Busuttil gains trust boost
National
MaltaToday's latest survey shows that Labour leads by 4 points over the PN when it comes to voting intentions, with Muscat enjoying a strong but reduced 11-point trust...
New ODZ petrol station proposed in Kirkop
National
The proposal includes a carwash, a VRT garage and a store.
MEPA divided over Gozo hotel plans ahead of demerger
Kiosks to be banned from having chairs and tables
National
Posh Mellieha valley can’t take its own stink
National
In support of the bus strike
Opinions
New fireworks factory proposed in Kercem
National
Religious buildings singled out for policy revision
National
Kalanka should be restored to natural state – Din l-Art Helwa
Dingli cliffs quarry extension to benefit from de-listing
National
Over 900 sign petition demanding lower car tax
National
Businesses and tariffs: When a 25% reduction is just ‘not enough’
No border inspectors on weekends, animal products going unchecked
Store approved beneath Fort Bingemma
National