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
Apartments, car park and supermarket proposed in St Julian’s
National
Application for the development of a public car park, a supermarket, retail outlets, a coffee shop and 25 residential units presented to MEPA.
Not just play, but also work on Santa Marija | MaltaToday Survey
National
The most popular way to spend the Santa Marija holiday is to enjoy the sea and sun at the beach. Only 6% will be going abroad, while 9% will cross the channel to spend their...
Environment Protection still headless at MEPA
National
Minister at a bus stop | Joe Mizzi
Interview
MaltaToday survey | The Great Siege syndrome: one in five thinks Malta is being ‘invaded’
Marsascala caravan project exempted from EIA
National
Mizzi plays cat and mouse with Arriva
National
Penalty reduced for school whistleblower
National
All’s well that ends well?
Opinions
The Chinese equation: from bridges to power plants
National
New MEPA CEO’s salary €10,000 less than predecessor
Pre-election drop in public service disciplinary cases
Why jobs were not shed during crisis
National
Berlusconi, guilty as charged
Opinions