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
MEPA to ignore Tribunal’s sentence on illegal buildings
National
The authority will be disregarding a recent landmark sentence handed down by the Review Tribunal for the Environment and Planning which decreed that the  ban on...
Senglea council calls for changes to design of proposed hotel
National
While hailing the investment in tourism in Senglea, the council called on MEPA to ensure that the development does not impact on the harbour views
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
Spanish workers double, more Italians take up jobs in Malta
History is just as important as maths
Opinions
Ombudsman to meet Mallia over army promotions dispute
77% of patients in health centres are not given their files
30% do not turn up for Mater Dei appointments
Health
Coast Road: expropriated land earmarked for petrol station