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
Sliema council objects to Preluna beach concession
National
Mayor says council is against any encroachment on public beaches, particularly on beaches which are in their natural state
2,880 new graves for Addolorata cemetery, space for ash urns
National
Government presents new application for additional graves and charnel houses, and space for the burial of ash urns
Sliema - proposed Townsquare tower rises to 34 levels
The phenomenology of Joseph Muscat
Opinions
Public belvedere allocated to private kiosk
National
Alfa Gardens wedding hall hit by enforcement
National
MEPA to ignore Tribunal’s sentence on illegal buildings
Senglea council calls for changes to design of proposed hotel
Extension of Mellieha Bay Hotel foreseen in latest plans
Study exposes effects of workplace surveillance
Business News
The state of good governance | Joseph Said Pullicino
Interview
Enemalta applies to dismantle Marsa power station
National
Grotta disco ‘sanctioning’ application turned down
Tony Blair lends face to Azeri pipeline
Business News