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
IVF | A tale of two Christian democrat dilemmas
National
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, leader of the PN’s sister party in Poland, reacted to the Polish church’s threat to excommunicate MPs voting for IVF by insisting...
Changes in building heights discourage solar panel purchase
National
National renewable action plan says uncertainties of changes in building heights discouraged PV panel investment.
No meters for boreholes
National
MEPA contract with CEO’s former firm extended till 2013
The spectre of a Greek tragedy
Opinions
Malta third largest EU users of social networking sites
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Interview
Malta third largest user of social networking sites
In the patriarch’s shadow
National
MEPA Auditor’s term extended indefinitely
National
13 quarry operators guilty of serious health and safety breaches
Pro-divorce PN voters number 26,000 [SURVEY]
Data & Surveys
Bisazza Street: government to fork out more money to Arriva
Heritage committee objects to Vassallo’s Villa Alhambra plans