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
Colonial-era pillbox on Qui-Si-Sana rooftop set for demolition
National
MEPA failed to notice the presence of a historical coastal defence structure located at roof level of a five-storey residential building in Qui-Si-Sana.
Dynamics of a campaign foretold
Elections 2013
In his analysis of the first days of the campaign, JAMES DEBONO notes that Lawrence Gonzi risks being perceived as a divisive and gaffe-prone figure in his desperate bid to win...
Labour still enjoys eight-point lead [FULL SURVEY]
Data & Surveys
Wading in the water
Opinions
Labour still enjoys eight-point lead
Elections 2013
[ANALYSIS] Gonzi | The cost of irrelevance
Elections 2013
European Commission raps Malta over water pricing
National
[ANALYSIS] Lawrence Gonzi: survivor, or delayer?
Budget 2013
Record processing for Nazzareno Vassallo’s Qormi supermarket
Tax cuts: the social obscenity
Opinions
Mixed reception for property renovation schemes
National
Labour leads with 9 points, as PN edges closer
Elections 2013
[ANALYSIS] From GonziPN to SimonPN?
Elections 2013
After the Christmas truce... the election
National