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
ODZ fireworks factory proposed in Siggiewi
National
The fireworks factory is being proposed in the vicinity of the police academy in Ta’ Kandja.
Rate the minister survey: Traffic woes send Mizzi to the bottom of the pile
Data & Surveys
As tourist arrivals soar, Edward Zammit Lewis flies high, while finance minister Edward Scicluna gets 10-point boost ahead of Budget  
Delimara beaches at mercy of ‘gatekeepers’
National
Smart City hospital to rise seven storeys
National
Motorsport: No role for Environment Authority in site selection
Tony Zarb, last of the militants
National
[FULL DATA] Trust barometer puts Muscat in 11-point lead, but Busuttil gets trust boost
Trust barometer | Muscat leads by 11 points as Busuttil gains trust boost
New ODZ petrol station proposed in Kirkop
National
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