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
[ANALYSIS] Pressure on Muscat: from Anglu to Manuel
National
Three months before the general election Muscat earned a reputation for ruthlessness when he removed his own deputy leader just days after the latter fumbled in a TV debate. Is...
Paradise Bay owners apply to regularise illegalities
National
MEPA still has to inform the developers through a “screening letter” whether the application conforms to existing policies.
Budget: Between prejudice and supplements
Opinions
[ANALYSIS] A double dose of reason
National
New 13-storey tower proposed in Mriehel
National
Gozo accounts for only 2.5% of domestic violence cases
National
Obituary | Lino Spiteri, his own man
National
MEPA set to ‘dismiss’ permit for Black Gold’s extended pavement
New roundabout proposed opposite White Rocks
National
Solar farm proposed at Lapsi Reverse Osmosis plamt
National
Downscaled Balzan project set for approval
National
MaltaToday Survey | Traffic overtakes migration as top concern
Data & Surveys
Spot the tea party
Opinions
Leisure Clothing: One Maltese job for every five Chinese